Transfer of B/Haram prisoners to Anambra: Obiano lied — Peter Obi

Former Governor of Anambra state, Peter Obi , has refuted claims by the state governor Willie Obiano that the transfer of Boko Haram prisoners was concluded in 2012 during the reign of former Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and Obi as governor of the state.

He expressed shock about Obiano’s claims, describing it as a blatant lie.

Reacting to the claim that Jonathan and Obi were behind the relocation of Boko Haram terrorists to Anambra State, the media aide to Peter Obi, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said he was shocked that Governor Willie Obiano would personally sign such a release laying claims to what appeared nauseating and childish.

Obienyem said that such a claim would only end up proving to the people that there were more to the relocation than they already knew.

Describing the claim as a blatant lie, Obienyem wondered how an action or a plan concluded by a man who left office almost 16 months ago was being implemented now.

TRANSGENDER: EX-OAU Student Dapo Adaralegbe Transform To Woman

The last has not been heard of Dapo Adaralegbe; the first Nige¬rian transgender who was born a boy, but has now transformed into a lady and now referred to as Stephanie Rose.

Dapo, who made history as the first Nigerian to transform from male to female, recently released her latest photographs looking completely fair in complexion. He was a law student at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife, Osun State until he was expelled in 2001 from the school due to identity crisis.

After the sad experience, he relocated to Netherlands as Dapo and later underwent surgery to change his gender from male to female. Before he left the country, Dapo granted an interview in which he spoke extensively about his life as a trans-sexu¬al, how he is a woman trapped in a man’s body and his ordeal as a student of O.A.U.

He was quoted to have said the follow¬ing: “I was studying Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ife. I am of the 1995 set, but I had to leave school in 2001 because of pressures. People were too harsh on me; they did not understand me at all.

Buhari Sacks CSO Abdulrahman Mani For Exposing Alleged Secret Meeting With Former Petroleum Minister

President Muhammadu Buhari has fired Abdulrahman Mani, his chief security officer (CSO), over what insiders described as “shady deals” in fixing appointments and for “undermining” the president. Presidency sources told Ashiwaju.org  that Mani committed various misdemeanor, “chief among which was a recent discovery that he was actually the one who leaked Buhari’s itinerary to Diezani Alison-Madueke when he travelled to London in May”. Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, had surprisingly traveled on the same British Airways flight with Buhari, sitting in the same cabin and right behind the then president-elect. 

Tenant Murdered By Landlord's Son In Nkpor Over Alleged Late Payment of Electricity Bill

A tensed situation arose between a landlord and his tenant over delay in payment of electricity consumption bill that degenerated into a fight which left one person dead and five houses razed down by angry mob in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria 

Investigation revealed that trouble started when a tenant simply identified as David was attacked by his landlord and his family for allegedly not being able to offset his electricity bill.

As the landlord forcefully wanted to collect the money from the tenant, fight ensued between them, on seeing that the landlord seeing is being overpowered by the tenant, the son of the landlord brought out a knife and stabbed the tenant who immediately fell and slumped after loosing so much pants of blood as regards the knife perforation into his stomach and died.

But before the stabbing, the landlord’s daughter had earlier hit the tenant with electric pressing iron on his face which made him to lose some of his teeth.

The Transfer of Boko Haram Detainees to Ekwulobia Prisons: Obiano’s True Position

The attention of the governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has been drawn to the cover story of Vanguard and Daily Independent on Friday, July 3, 2015, crediting him with some comments on the transfer of Boko Haram detainees to Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State. 

We wish to inform the general public that Governor Obiano NEVER made any comments to these publications. Since the eruption of this controversy, Governor Obiano’s position has been consistent. This is fully reflected in the two Press Statements issued on Sunday, June 28, 2015 and Wednesday July 1, 2015. In both statements, his message was simple – he re-assured Ndi Anambra that he was on top of the situation and that he was speaking with the relevant authorities to achieve a peaceful resolution of the issue. Governor Obiano’s commitment to this extremely sensitive issue remains the same. 

Man Dumps Wife For Multiple Birth, Governor Ambode Intervene

Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode the Governor of Lagos State, has directed his deputy, Dr. Mrs. Oluranti Adebule to immediate rehabilitate and provide welfare assistance to Mrs. Ruth Uche, the mother of three set of twins whose husband absconded from their home in Agege, Lagos.

This was made kwon in a statement signed by the Governors Chief Press Secretary Habib Aruna on Friday.

Ambode’s directive followed newspaper publications which narrated the ordeal of the woman, who spoke with reporters during her distress visit to the Government Secretariat, Alausa on Thursday.

EL-RUFAI TO SUE NEWSPAPER OVER N90BN ASSETS REPORT

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Thursday announced that he has directed his lawyers to sue The Union newspaper over a report by the paper that he declared owning N90billion and 40 mansions.
“After a busy few weeks as governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai is dismayed by the blatant falsehood being practised as journalism by The Union newspapers,” the governor’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement. “He has consequently directed his legal team to vigorously enforce his rights to protect his reputation from the vandalism of irresponsible hacks.”
The statement added, “The Union chose to write a spurious story alleging N90b as his assets declaration without seeing the declaration made by Malam El Rufai. The circle of blackmail that did the story claimed they heard a rumour, and they pursued the rumour so vigorously they transformed it into news.
“When some of their cohorts made contact with the governor’s media team insisting that they respond to rumour, they were told that it is better if they chose the more legitimate route of agitating for a public asset declaration.

Boko Haram massacres over 148 in Borno homes, mosques

Suspected Boko Haram militants gunned down 48 Muslim worshippers in two northeastern Nigerian villages, witnesses and a lawmaker said Thursday, shortly after some 100 people in the same region died in a similar attack.
“The Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 men and injured 11 others in the attack,” local lawmaker Mohammed Tahir said of the Wednesday raid in the flashpoint Borno state.
Medical staff help a man who is treated in a hospital after he was injured in a bomb blast carried out by young female suicide bomber detonated her explosives at a bus station in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 22, 2015 in an attack likely to be blamed on Boko Haram.  The blast happened near a fish market in the Baga Road area of the city, which has been repeatedly targeted in recent weeks by shelling, bombs and suicide attacks.
Also the militants killed close to 100 people in attacks on homes and mosques in a northeastern Nigerian village, witnesses said Thursday.

ASUDEB Destroy Properties Worth Millions of Naira At Ngozika Estate Road Market

ASUDEB Destroy Properties Worth Millions of Naira At Ngozika Estate Road Market

Traders along Ngozika and Iyiagu housing estate, Awka in Anambra state have accused the men of the Anambra State Urban Development Board (ASUDEB) for illegal demolition of their shops under short notice.

The traders protest in their tens carrying pla-cards with  different inscriptions called on Governor Willie Obiano to rescue them from the activities of the men of ASUDEB whom according to them  have always taken to carrying out illegal operation at the expense of the poor masses.

Speaking to journalists, Chief Sam Onyiloguru decried the action of the men of ASUDEB, stated that they were given short notice to adjust to their demands.

Former Benue Governor Suswan Arrested, Pays £5000 Bail Fee For Beating Wife Silly In London

Immediate past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, was recently arrested by the Metropolitan Police in Britain and charged with battery after he allegedly beat up his wife, Yemisi in their luxury London home. The governor was however quick to deny on social media that he was at peace with his wife as no such incident occurred.
But according to reports, the Metropolitan Police Domestic Violence Office booked Governor Suswam into its London detention center for several hours last week and a judge set a £5,000 bail bound for him before he was released. Police arrested the embattled Governor Suswam in his luxury London home after they received a distress 999 call from his wife Yemisi, the former first lady of Benue State.
Mrs Suswam was said to have told a dispatcher over the phone that she feared for her life after being physically assaulted by her husband over a heated argument relating to Suswam’s mistress (names withheld.) One family source told the police that Suswam hit Yemisi severally and inflicted injuries on her.

APC National Leader Bola Tinuu & Akande Shuns Party NEC Meeting

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC and former governor of Lagos State,  Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu is absent at the ongoing meeting of the National Executive Committee, NEC meeting of the party in Abuja.
Also, former interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande was also not present at the meeting.
Both leaders of the party have apparently not hidden their dissatisfaction with  the national assembly leadership election held on June 9.
The elections eventually plunged the party into crisis, eliciting verbal attacks and cold war amongst leaders of the party.

I Do Not Know Anything About Boko Haram Inmates transfer To Anambra----Obiano

Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State, yesterday, said the transfer of Boko Haram prisoners to Ekwulobia prisons in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, was concluded in 2012 under former President Goodluck Jonathan administration.
The governor, who spoke through his Senior Special adviser on Political Matters, Mr. Chinedu Obidigwe, said the decision was taken during a seminar organized for officers and men of the Nigeria Prison Service, NPS, in which Ekwulobia and Kuje prisons in Anambra and Abuja capital territory respectively, were chosen as prisons for the Boko Haram inmates.
But former Governor Peter Obi, in a swift reaction, expressed shock about Governor Willie Obiano’s claims, describing it as a blatant lie.
However, Obidigwe said the transfer of Boko Haram suspects would have been effected immediately but for the 2015 general elections on ground that it would affect the second term ambition of Jonathan in the South East geo-political zone.

BUHARI Sacks DSS D.G Ita Ekpenyong

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General of the State Security Service, Ita Ekpenyong. and appointed Lawal Daura as new Director General of the agency 

The removal of Mr. Ekpenyong and appointment of his replacement was announced Thursday by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, via a statement by the Director of Communications in his office, Haruna Imrana.
According to the statement, Mr. Daura was born in Daura on the August, 5, 1953.
He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980.
He started his carrier in the State Security Service in 1982 and rose to the rank of Director.
He was at one time the Deputy Director, Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre, at the Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007.
He also served as State Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun and Imo States.

‪#‎GloNPFL‬Today WED 1ST JULY Results

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By Cyril Megamoney Shedrack.

El-Kanemi Warriors 1-0 Dolphins

Wikki Tourists 1-1 Giwa FC 

Heartland 1-0 FC Ifeanyiubah

Shooting Stars 1-0 Sharks

Nasarawa United 2-0 FC Taraba

Kwara United 2-3 Enyimba

Abia Warriors 3-1 Bayelsa United

Warri Wolves 1-0 Lobi Stars

Sunshine Stars 3-1 Akwa United

Rangers 2-1 Kano Pillars

PDP REJECTS BUHARI’S APPOINTMENT OF ZAKARI AS INEC ACTING CHAIRMAN

 NATIONAL leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Wednesday rejected in totality the appointment of Hajia Amina Bala Zakari as acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by President Muhammadu Buhari, alleging that the presidency plans to use her appointment to compromise the Election Tribunals in favour of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Addressing Journalists in Abuja yesterday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh stressed that with her appointment, the public no longer have confidence and trust in INEC, alleging that she was made the acting INEC Chairman because of her very strong relationship with the presidency and a governor from the North West who influenced the position for her.
According to Metuh, “The PDP is particularly disturbed by the development in INEC where President Buhari, who knew all along that the immediate-past INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega would be leaving office by June 30, had to wait for him to handover to one of the national commissioners only to reverse it immediately, thereby injecting bad blood in the commission.

Head Coach Mitko Dobrev has been re-leaved of his post at IfeanyiUbah Football Club

The management of IfeanyiUbah fc, has re-leaved the entire technical crew of the club from their post two days after the Anambra Warriors lost their unbeaten home record 1-0 to Wikki Tourists of Bauchi, in a Week 14 tie played at Rojenny stadium Oba on Sunday.

Rhythm sports crew gathered that the two assistant coaches, Willie Udube and Isaac Paha, have been sacked due to disciplinary issues.

Head coach Mitko Dobrev, will be giving another post in the team, the Bulgarian will also be sent on a refresher course abroad. 

Millennium Stadium Cardiff to host 2017 UEFA Champions League Final.

The Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will host the Champions d in Prague for a meeting which touched upon on a variety of subjects, including the appointment of club competition final venues in two years' time.

Cardiff has long been reported to be among the frontrunners for the 2017 Champions League final and the Millennium Stadium was confirmed as host by UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino on Tuesday.

UEFA also announced that the Friends Arena, Stockholm, will host the 2017 Europa League final and the Philip II Arena, in Skopje, Macedonia, will stage the 2017 Super Cup.

Meanwhile the San Siro stadium in Milan, will host the champions final in 2016, Europa league final will be staged at St Jekobs Park in Basel on 18th May.

Liverpool are set to complete the signing of exciting Barcelona starlet Bobby Adekayne.

From Cyril Megamoney Shedrack.

According to Liverpool Echo, the 16-year-old winger, who was also coveted by PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, is expected to complete a move to the Kirkby Academy this week. He will undergo a medical on Merseyside on Wednesday.

Adekanye was born in Nigeria but was brought up in Holland after his parents moved to Amsterdam when he was four.

He was available as a free agent after being caught up in a dispute between Barcelona and FIFA over the recruitment of youngsters to their highly-acclaimed La Masia Academy.

FUN PHOTOS FROM KAYMU FASHION HANGOUT

 The Kaymu Fashion Hangout which held on Sunday 28^th June 2015 at Four Points by Sheraton saw a large gathering of fashion bloggers in Nigeria.

It was a fun packed event moderated by Kaymu’s Head of PR and Offline Marketing Tomiwa Oladele and featured styling competitions for bloggers who got to win fab outfits courtesy of Kaymu, outfit illustrations by Claire Idera, massage sessions and make-up by MUD Nigeria.

The stylebyayaba team was also on ground to give DIY tutorials, while guests networked, ate and drank.

Check out photos from the event below:

REVEALED: “IN THREE YEARS, NNPC GENERATED N8.1 TRN, GAVE NIGERIA N4.3 TRN, POCKETED THE BALANCE”

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, generated about N8.1trillion between 2012 and May 2015, but paid only N4.3trillion to the federation account, Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said Monday, citing new details from the federal economic council meeting.
The balance of the oil money — about N3.8trillion — was withheld and spent by the NNPC unilaterally without approval or National Assembly appropriation, the governor told journalists.
Also, the governor confirmed at the meeting that from November 2014, about $2.1billion was withdrawn from the excess crude account without the approval of the National Economic Council, NEC.
Mr. Oshiomhole, who, alongside the governors of Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and Zamfara governor, Abdulazeez Yari, briefed journalists, said following the discovery, the NEC has set up a four-member committee to comb the books of the NNPC to confirm its remittances and how the excess crude account was utilised.
President Muhammadu Buhari dissolved the board of the NNPC on Friday, to pave way for full investigation of the corporation.
Mr. Oshiomhole said Monday’s meeting was the first time the NNPC and the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, briefed the National Economic Council, as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Read Why APC Wants EKWEREMADU Removed

The battle for the control of the National Assembly may be long drawn as the leadership of the All Progressives Congress on Monday insisted on removing the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of the minority Peoples Democratic Party.

Ashiwaju.org learnt on Monday that the ruling party  APC was still miffed that Ekweremadu emergence as the deputy senate president and had vowed never to allow “a senator from a minority party take over the duties statutorily assigned for the majority party.against the provision of the constitution and standing rule of the Nigerians Senate”
A leader of the APC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Ashiwaju.org   that Ekweremadu as deputy senate president would hamper the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The APC leader said, “As deputy senate leader, Ekweremadu is automatically the Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Amendment. This is a sensitive position that, statutorily, should not be held by the minority.
“Ekweremadu and his PDP co-travellers will hamper the policies of the Buhari government. By the virtue of Senate rules, a member of the minority is not supposed to be the deputy senate leader; so, he is occupying the post illegally.

GAY MARRIAGE RIGHT: Open Letter To President Buhari From Nigerians Gay Couple In America

A report calling President Muhammadu Buhari  to repeal laws that legalize discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and people who are inter-sex and trans-gender. The report specifically attacks the anti-gay law, the “Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act of 2014” has encouraged evictions, mob attacks, police torture, and public whippings against gays, the groups say.

The report was co-authored by PEN America and PEN Nigeria, leading human rights organizations dedicated to freedom of expression and supporting literary works in Africa, and the Leitner Center for International Law of Fordham University.
The report titled “Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression.”

Gunmen Murdered Ex- First Lady Security Aide

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to
former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has been shot dead by unknown assailants.
Igbomie’s corpse was found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport Road, Abuja.
The former PSO, who was married with two children, was believed to have been killed by assassins who shot him at point-blank range in his car and left the engine running.
A source said the body of the DSP was found early in the morning with all his phones, wallet and other personal effects intact in the car.
 “We believe Tamuno was killed by hired assassins because they did not take away anything in his car, his phones and wallet were still with him when his body was found in the car with the engine steaming.

OKOROCHA And IHEDIOHA Feud Thickens

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has warned the former deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Emeka Ihedioha, to respect his office and stop insulting him on the pages of newspapers.
This was just as he admonished the former federal legislator to concentrate his energies on his petition at the governorship election tribunal.
Okorocha, who was reacting to a media report credited to Ihedioha, alleging that the governor had been stealing the funds of the state since he assumed office in 2011, advised the former lawmaker to face his case at the election tribunal and stop what he described as ‘unnecessary distraction’.
The governor, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, said Ihedioha in the said report, accused the governor of acquiring multi-billion-naira property since he assumed office.

Journalist Pummel By Smugglers For Reporting Criminals Activities In Border Town Lagos

A Badagry, Lagos State based journalist and Executive publisher of Prime Magazine, a community magazine serving that area, Mr. Yomi Olomofe, tasted the bile of criminal gangs who descended on him and pummeled him to a pulp because of his constant reportage of their illicit activities in the border town.
Olomofe who has been described as fearless pen pusher, narrates that the smugglers sent hoodlums who waylaid him and battered him mercilessly.
Hear him:
“I was with another colleague of mine on a visit to the command, when some smugglers, who claimed that journalists have been writing negative stories about them, pounced on me. While beating me, they threatened to kill me so as to serve as deterrent to journalists writing stories about them.
I was there with the correspondent of Tide Newspaper, thank God a friend from Rotary Club came to take me away, I would have been dead, because I was left there almost lifeless.

Registrar Radiographers Registration Board Kidnapped In Anambra

The  Registrar Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria, Chief hat Mr Okpalaeke  Sunday Michael, has been kidnapped.
He was kidnapped 8 pm at Ubo Bridge Ndiokpalaeke , his home town on his way back to his residence in Ekwulobia, Aguata local government area.
He is not staying in the village as he built at Ekwulobia sequel to lack of access road to his community and lack of basic amenities , so www.odogwublog.com was told. He has not returned home in the last 16 years. That visit was his first to his village since 1999.
The 38 years old Radiographers Registrar in Nigeria came home on Thursday to bury his late wife and yesterday was his final stay though he does not sleep at his community as he returns to Ekwulobia everyday and returns the next day. The wife died during child delivery.
But yesterday, he was returning late only to be ambushed by a Highlander Jeep and a Hilux Escort, they blocked his way at the Bridge locked in a massive wet land without any building in sight up to 4 kilometers or so.

Buhari Orders Arrest Of In-Law For Defrauding People To Gain Access To Presidency & Contract Award

Alhaji Musa Yola

Charity as its literarity said begins at home, this gave rise to the sudden rise in demand for increase access to President Muhammadu Buhari been created by one Alhaji Musa  Yola, an In-Law to the president taken to the mechanism of defrauding people in the means of granting access to the president.
Online media has been a washed with comments and reaction that led to the arrest of the wife of the president brother.
In a directive issued to the men of the Department f the Security Service, DSS, President Muhammadu Buhari felt disappointed with the shocking news of a close relative of theirs to have engaged in such dastardly act and did not spear the rod to caution any willing suspects to refrain from such activities.
President Muhammadu Buhari ordered Nigeria’s security agents to arrest his brother-in-law for allegedly extorting money from an unnamed businessman, a close confidante of the Nigerian leader . He said the suspect, named Musa Yola, was the immediate younger brother of Mr. Buhari’s wife.
Our source disclosed that the suspect, also addressed as “Alhaji Yola,” reportedly received N300 million from a businessman after promising to provide his dupe with political access to secure an oil block from the Buhari administration. According to our source, Mr. Buhari personally ordered last Monday night that Mr. Yola be produced before him in handcuffs in the company of the businessman he duped.

POLICE RECOVER DECOMPOSED BODY OF EX-FUTA VC FROM STORE

The decomposed body of the former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Albert Ilemobade who was reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen last week was on Sunday found hidden in a store in his Ijapo Estate residence in Akure, Ondo state capital. 
He was reportedly abducted last Monday along with his gateman and was said to be taken to an unknown destination until his body was found by security operatives.
Sources said the Octogenarian’s decomposed body was found after the arrest of two of his domestic staff by security agents in Ogun state while trying to sell the Toyota RAV4 Jeep stolen from the late Ilemobade’s residence.
The two suspects confessed to killing Ilemobade, hiding his corpse in a store which housed the generating set before running away with his Vehicle which they planned to sell.
Following the arrest of the two suspects in Ogun state, the police in Ondo state went to the deceased house in ijapo estate, Akure for a raid and investigation but found the late VC’s corpse in the store.
When journalist visited the scene on Sunday, the body had been removed by detectives to the mortuary for autopsy. 

PRESS RELEASE : THE PLANNED RELOCATION OF BOKO HARAM CONVICTS TO ANAMBRA PRISONS

The attention of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has been drawn to the mischievous speculations on the social media that the planned relocation of some Boko Haram convicts to some prisons in Anambra State was done with his tacit approval and endorsement. I wish to categorically dismiss these speculations, hearsay and beer parlour banters as fundamentally untrue and should be disregarded by Nigerians.
Hard Facts
The fact is that when governor Obiano got wind of the planned relocation of these high risk prisoners to Anambra State, he quickly swung into action and contacted the relevant authorities to seek clarifications on the matter after which he raised several objections to the plan.
Among Governor Obiano’s many objections are -

Concession Of Nnamdi Eze of PDP To Dozie Nwankwo of APGA What It Potent To Senator Ekwunife Chances--- Guest Writer

The sojourn of Iyom Uche Ekwunife in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District may be short-lived following the sudden turn of events at the Anambra Election Petition Tribunal holding in Awka. In a surprise move, the man who was initially returned by INEC as winner in the House of Representatives for Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia Federal Constituency, Dr. Nnamdi Eze of PDP conceded defeat to Mr. Dozie nwankwo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Dr Eze and his party PDP accepted that Mr. Nwankwo is the real winner in the election based on the computation of total results collated at the respective Polling Booths in the constituency and should have been declared winner. The dramatic turn of event was said to have surprised the Head of the Tribunal, Justice Nayal Aganaba who reportedly expressed shock at the development.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: Ebele Obiano Sets To Empower People With Dissability

In continuation of the free provision of artificial hands through her pet-project, Caring Family Enhancement Initiatives (CAFE), the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, shall commence the 3rd phase of the project to put a smile on the faces of persons with disabilities in the State.
Ndi-Anambra who have need for artificial hands are hereby directed to submit their personal  data to the office of the wife of the Governor of Anambra State Government House, Awka immediately.
The details include:

Social Media Award : Bishop Ezeokafor Congratulates Aide Charges Journalists to Discharge Their Duty Without Fear Or Favour

   

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship Most Paulinus Ezeokafor has charged journalists to discharge their responsibilities effectively without fear or favour.

Bishop Ezeokafor who gave the charge at St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, Awka while congratulating his media Aide, Mr. Abuchi Onwumelu who was recently honoured by social media journalists for his creative ingenuity and also for creating a Social media forum where media Practitioners interact and socialise, said journalists as purveyors of information occupy an important position in society and held the key to projecting rightful information that would enable the people to see things in the right perspective.

He said the Church would continue to support media practitioners with prayers stressing that the job of the media was to disseminate accurate information while calling on government at all levels to allow the media to practice their profession without any form of molestation, inducement or even threat to life. 

According to Bishop Ezeokafor, ' Media practitioners should be given a free hand to operate; people should stop harassing them. They  should be encouraged. Truly, journalists are endangered species. I want those in political positions to understand that they cannot do without the media. Even the Church cannot function properly without the media, that's why we are here praying for them,' Bishop Ezeokafor said.

ANAMBRA’s ROADS, POLITICS AND STATESMANSHIP

By Ifeanyi Afuba

The shrill claim by Mr Valentine Obienyem in several weekend newspapers [June 13 – 14, 2015] that the Nkpor – Amawbia old road recently commissioned by Governor Willie Obiano was started and completed by Mr Peter Obi is incorrect and an unnecessary venture in controversy.  Obi’s credentials as a former governor of Anambra State are not under any danger of assault. His report card is out in the public domain and as a public figure, no one individual or institution has copyright on his record of service.  On the basis of verifiable accounts of his stewardship, leadership, social and philosophical leanings, varying perceptions of his reputation have [naturally] emerged.

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Delta State university Bans In-descent Dressing on Campus

The authorities of the Delta State University, Abraka on Saturday banned the wearing of miniskirts by female students.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Vincent Peretemode, in a statement made available to our correspondent, also ordered the reduction of fellowship centres in the school from over 80 to four.
The VC in the statement stated that the number of fellowships in the varsity’s three campuses portended crisis.
He said in the statement, “I have observed in the recent times that over 80 fellowship centres are on the three campuses. We cannot allow such. Fellowship centres have in recent time portended crisis that was almost unabated.”
He added that the school authorities also banned the wearing of miniskirts by female students.
The statement listed the four approved religious bodies to include Catholic, Anglican, Joint Christian Campus Fellowship and Our Saviours Chapel, as it indicated that there could be crisis among the students if the fellowship centres were not reduced.
The vice-chancellor said the number of religious centres in the institution was alarming, especially in Asaba campus totaling over 20. He stated that the figure tripled when added with that of Asaba campus.

TRAGEDY STRUCT ONDO :As Embattled Regent Found Dead

Tragedy struck in Akure, Ondo state as the queen  of Oba LuMure Ayelomi of Ayeka in Okitipupa
area of the state, Olori Dupe, was found dead after she was kidnapped ten days after, even when her abductors had collected N2m.
The kidnappers had requested  for N30m  from the traditional ruler who pleaded that they should consider the harsh economic realities in the country.
The queen’s  corpse was dumped at the outskirts of   Ode Aye along Ore Road.
Meanwhile, the Akungba-Akoko regent, Omosowon, and some of her aides were kidnapped along Ose- Owo expressway on their way from a public function in Akure.
The regent was held for two weeks because her kidnappers refused to reduce the N20m ransom they requested from her family and her community.
The intervention of the state government and security operatives, from within and outside the state, later paid off as the kidnappers den was invaded.
Omosowon, narrating her  in the hands of her captors, said she was chained, blindfolded for two weeks under a  cocoa tree.
She has since returned home but still visits the Trauma Centre in Ondo town for treatment following the injuries inflicted on her head by her abductors.

APC & NPC Condemned Traders Protest in Anambra

Following the complete shutdown of Major markets across  major cities of Onistha. Ekwulobia, Nnewi and Awka over alleged plans by Federal Government to relocate Prison inmates in the north eastern part of Nigeria, being a Boko Haram ravaged zone of the country to Anambra state, 

The secretary of the All Progressive Congress in the state, Mr. Chukwuma Agufufo has described the entire exercise as false and a  disconnect between the state and federal government to know plans of government for the state.
He blamed the state government of not been in-tune with the federal policy and the exclusive preserve character of the constitution on f the position of prison inmates and relocation that is preserve under the exclusive domain of the federal government through the Nigeria prison service as their caretaker
Agufugo condemned the action of the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano and based it on the premise to discredit the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration  before the people of the zone as a government that does not care for the people of the zone.

Why I Dropped My Preisdential Ambition For Buhari -------Saraki

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has denied reports that he is nursing the ambition for presidency in 2019, saying he actually quit his presidential bid in the 2015 election for President Muhammadu Buhari.

Saraki stated that he contributed immensely to the emergence of Buhari as President and contributed greatly to his victory in the presidential election held on March 28, 2015.
The Senate President, who spoke to select journalists in an exclusive interview in Abuja on Saturday, also denied having plans to dump the All Progressives Congress due to the ongoing crisis in the party over his leadership of the Senate.
Rather, he said what remained paramount in his mind at the moment was how to support the Buhari-led administration to tackle the various social and economic problems confronting the country.
Saraki said, “I was the first person that stepped down his political ambition, once General Buhari announced that he was going to contest the presidential election. And since then, prior to the period of election, I worked tirelessly to support his emergence.

Anambra Traders Oppose FG Allege Plans To Transfer Boko Haram Prisoners To The State

Commercial activities were paralysed on Saturday in Anambra State following protests by traders across the state.
The traders, who closed their shops as early as 9am in major cities of Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi, Ekwulobia and Agulu, took to the streets protesting what they termed plan by the Federal Government to transfer Boko Haram detainees to prisons in the state.
At Tarzan junction, Nkpor in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, traders and other residents blocked the Enugu – Onitsha Expressway chanting songs suggesting they would be forced to revive the clamour for Biafran Republic if pushed to the wall.
The traders carried placards bearing inscriptions like ‘Buhari should not destroy the peace in Anambra State,’ ‘Biafra kanyi choro’ (We want Biafra), ‘Buhari, Igbos cannot accept your prisoners, ‘We do not want Boko Haram in Anambra,’ ‘Federal Government, why extend Boko Haram to Anambra?’ and ‘Boko Haram prisoners are not allowed here.’
Speaking with journalists during the protests, the Secretary-General, Anambra State Amalgamated Traders Association, Chief Chuma Elucharu, stated that traders in the state decided to shut markets to protest the rumoured relocation of Boko Haram detainees to the state.
Eluchraru said the protests would be continuous until the Federal Government assured that there was no such plan.