Obanikoro Concedes Defeat To Agbaje,Return As Minister of State Defence

Former Minister of State for Defence and gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has accepted the result of the December 8 Lagos PDP gubernatorial primary which returned Jimi Agbaje as winner.
Consequently, Obanikoro is to withdraw the case he instituted in court challenging the outcome of the gubernatorial primaries.
He will also any moment from now return to his post as Minister of State for Defence, an office he relinquished to contest the gubernatorial election in Lagos State.
His return may be announced anytime from today.

Three Fraudsters Sentenced For Stealing N480,000

                                                                 Abidemi Adesanya              
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, has convicted and sentenced the trio of James Ettete; Ekene Jude and Abidemi Adesanya to two and half years imprisonment each, for stealing the sum of N480,000 (Four Hundred and Eighty Thousand Naira only) belonging to Skye Bank Plc.

VIDEO: “I Am 100% With Buhari,” Says Pastor Bakare

In an exclusive interview , Pastor Tunde Bakare, the serving Pastor and Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly Church in Lagos, has debunked insinuations being circulated on social media that he opposes the presidential candidature of General Muhammad Buhari.

Bakare ran with Buhari in 2011 on the presidential ticket of the Congress For Progressive Change.
He explained that the audio tape being circulated was a talk he gave immediately after the last governorship election in Ondo state in 2012, saying he made it clear for those who cared to listen that he supports Buhari’s ambition any day.

A Rejoinder To 'Semi-Illiterate' PDP Secretary Prof. Wale Oladipo By Dr. M.K. Hassan

I was shocked to read a press statement from Wadata Plaza issued by a so called Professor Wale Oladipo, secretary of the PDP, saying that General Muhammadu Buhari is a semi illiterate jackboot. It is no wonder that our education system has fallen so low, else how can one explain a professor making such a statement? How did Wale Oladipo become a professor to start with? It is quite astonishing that he can say this. The professor doesn’t seem to understand the basic rudiments of learning and what it means for one to be literate or not.

Blaming Jonathan for insurgency won’t exonerate APC -PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has said no amount of allegations against President Goodluck Jonathan can exonerate the All Progressives Congress of blame for insurgency and wave of violence ravaging some northern states of the country.

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, alleged that the body language and inciting utterances of APC leaders, including their Presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), had served as fuel to the raging flame of terrorism.

He said that by going to the international media recently to distance themselves from complicity and in turning round to blame the PDP, he said the APC was asking Nigerians to suddenly grow forgetful of the barrage of statements by their leaders that he alleged promoted insurgency.

Bomber hits Bauchi market, casualties unknown

Less than eight hours after a female suicide bomber detonated explosives at the Dukku motor park in Gombe, another blast has rocked Bauchi, the capital of Bauchi State.

Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at about 5.30pm Monday at a market place in the town.

Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Maohammed, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Monday, said he had yet to be briefed on the bombing.

Police Flee As Soldiers Foil Access Bank Robbery, Kill Armed Suspect In Delta

In a dramatic scene Monday, Nigerian policemen on patrol fled for their lives when a group of armed robbers stormed the Access Bank in Agbor, along old Lagos-Asaba road, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State.

Ashiwaju.org gathered that the suspects, numbering approximately seven and armed with sophisticated weapons, stormed the bank in a Toyota vehicle around 2 p.m., shooting into the air as customers and bank employees scampered for safety.
The suspects allegedly killed a policeman said to be working with the bank.
Eyewitness accounts disclosed that the alleged thieves were overpowered by the operatives of the Nigerian army on patrol in the area, killing one of the suspects on the spot.
According to Ashwaju.org sources, as the shooting was on, police on patrol took to their heels, driving off before the soldiers arrived.

Ondo APC begs primaries losers to support candidates

Following the outcome of the All Progressives Congress national and state assembly primaries in Ondo State, losers have been urged to shelve their personal ambitions and support those who emerged as the party’s candidates.

Chairman of the party, Mr Isaac Kekemeke, while meeting with the party leaders from the 18 local governments in the state on Monday, said it was the only way the party would be successful in the coming elections.

He said, “The only way for the party to win the forthcoming general elections in the state and country as a whole in 2015, is to be united and go to the elections as a team and not as a divided house. Elections cannot be won when members of the party are aggrieved.

Jang names son as commissioner

The Plateau State Governor, Mr. Jonah Jang, has named his son, Yakubu, as the state Commissioner for Lands and Urban Planning.

Before this new development, Yakubu was his father’s Special Adviser on Special Duties. Yakubu, according to the Commissioner for Information. Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, will take over from Mr. Yilji Gomwalk, who has been picked as the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate for the 2015 governorship election, Mr. Gyang Pwajok.

Abubakar, who briefed newsmen in Jos on Sunday, said the action was to allow for continuity in governance.

Meanwhile, the PDP governorship candidate has appealed to all those who contested with him in the primary to close ranks and work with him for the growth of the state.

New video shows B’Haram killing captives in dormitory

Militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, has vowed that “from now on, killing, slaughtering, destruction and bombing’’ would   be its religious duty anywhere it invades.

The group, in a new video released to journalists on Saturday, showed its armed members   mowing down civilians lying face down in a dormitory.