Thursday, September 5, 2013
Offa rerun election: PDP candidate rejects victory
Councillorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Shawo South West ward in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, Mr. Afolabi Olawole, has rejected the victory attributed to him following the recent rerun election held in the local government last Saturday.
He was declared the winner of the ward election by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission in Saturday’s rerun election.
He stunned his party, the PDP, and the public, when he declared that he did not win in the election.
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Why GEJ cannot fight corruption
“When the head is rotten, it affects the whole body”
— A popular African proverb
At the inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2011, Nigeria’s first minority president, the man whom much hope had been invested to clean the Aegean Stable shocked the entire nation. It was in the answer he gave to what had seemed to be an innocuous question that had left Nigerian bewildered. Jonathan had been asked why he had not deemed it fit to set a personal example in transparency by declaring his assets. The interviewer sought to know why he had not fulfilled the constitutional obligation. He wanted the President to tell Nigerians when he would submit his assets to public scrutiny as an example to other public officials.
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Pandemonium In Ikorodu As Clerics Who Died Ages back shows up on a wall of a Mosque + The Pictures -
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Pastor charged over demise of teen after ‘special' deliverance from witchcraft
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A suspected drug addict goes berserk, stabbing 6 people.
One of the victims, a 40-year old man, died from the injuries he sustained during the attack.
The incident happened in the Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident which occurred in the Ausar Quarters of Ringim town also left five people injured.
The victim was identified as Magaji Ringim, as a staff of the School of Legal Studies in Ringim.
Bala Shehu, a resident of the area, told NAN the suspected killer, popularly known as “AKT”, had been well known as a thug in the area.
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Strike against Syria unlikely to provoke clash with Russia - John Kerry
Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday a US military strike on Syria over its chemical weapons use was unlikely to provoke a clash with Russia, a key Syrian ally that has blocked efforts to sanction Damascus at the UN Security Council.
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Senate panel approves plan to strike Syria
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Wednesday to approve President Barack Obama's plan to strike Syria in retaliation for the reported use of chemical weapons by leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
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WikiLeaks releases Spy Files 3
The WikiLeaks organization has released what they are calling “Spy Files #3”. The latest offering of documents showing nefarious US Government illegality contains 249 documents from 92 global intelligence contractors.
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Chairman of President Jonathan's PDP Bamanga Tukur threatens Atiku's PDP with suspension
Rapper M.I is now Lagos State Ambassador for Energy
It really could be the era of the Chairman! First, MI was named UN ambassador for the Smuggling of Migrants. He then became a Glo ambassador. And now, Africa's number 1 rapper could be the Lagos State Ambassador for Energy! Big congrats to rapper M.I !
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Beverly Osu : ''Why I Got Nak-éd In The Big Brother House'' - (PHOTO)
In this revealing interview, ex BBA Housemate talks about her relationship with Angelo and her experience in the Big Brother house.
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Questionmark Boss, Kevin Lucciano Mother dies 2 Weeks After His Wedding
This is really a sad news. That's Lucciano and his mom (in the pic above) two weeks ago in London at his wedding reception. She died yesterday at Ilorin teaching hospital after a brief illness. Kevin has also announced her death via his Facbook page. This is really sad. May her soul rest in peace.
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20-Foot Crocodile Left Man Stranded On Australian Island For Two Weeks
An Australian man said a New Zealand kayaker spent two weeks stranded on an island off the Western Australia coast as a result of being stalked by a crocodile.
Don MacLeod of Kalumburu said he spotted a light Saturday on Governor Island, off the far northern coast, and he investigated to discover a New Zealand man who told him he had been dropped off by a boat for a kayaking trip, but had been unable to leave the island for two weeks before an enormous crocodile was stalking him, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday.
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Person declaring to be Jesus threatens his Antichrist friend with an an Iron bar
The Florida man, who claims to be Jesus Christ, chose not to turn the other cheek, and instead, threatened his neighbor with an iron rod, police said.
Kenneth David Peterson, 51, said the neighbor in question is the Antichrist, police said.
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₦33bn police pension Fraud: EFCC gets court order to seize suspects’ property
ABUJA—A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, cleared the way for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to freeze the illicit property of two of the prime suspects in the looting of the Police Pension fund to the tune of about ₦33 billion. The two suspects to lose their property scattered in many locations in Lagos and Abuja, are Atiku Abubakar Kigo and Uzoma Cyril Attang, who are alleged to have used the stolen funds to acquire the assets.
ContinueUS military attack would be considered threat to Syria’s national security - Syrian oppositioner Maher Merhej
One of the Syrian opposition leaders warned Washington that the American troops in the region would be attacked by squads of suicide bombers formed by the Syrian opposition in case Obama attacked Syria, Secretary General of the Syrian National Youth Party al-Chabaab, Maher Merhej, said in an exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia.
"Motherland is more important than opposing the government", said Maher Merhej, secretary-general of the Syrian opposition party Al Chabaab in his interview to the Fars News Agency (FNA) on August 31.
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Saka MTN: Afiz Oyetoro, a.k.a Saka spotted in the Studio With Don Jazzy (Photo)
Putin got a message for Obama: 'We defend the norms and principles of international law'
Moscow suggests that the critical situation around Syria should be discussed at the "Group of Twenty" summit on September 5 – 6 in St. Petersburg.
God Forbid I'm Not Broke - Kas
In a recent chat with a Punch reporter, Fimile crooner Kas says he is not broke and people spreading the rumor should put a stop to it. ou are likely to have been broke: “I have been busy. The truth is that you cannot rely on music alone. Hence, the diversification. So, it’s amazing that people can ever think I am broke. God forbid, I am not broke. Amidst laughter, he adds, “I’ll run back to London, if I ever become broke. I have a sachet and bottle water-producing company, which used to be based in Maryland, Lagos. However due to an overwhelming demand from customers, I had to shut it down and open a much bigger one in Surulere.”
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