Update: 30 Vehicles Damaged in Sunday's Abuja Clashes

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At least 30 vehicles were damaged in Sunday clashes between commercial motorcycle operators and soldiers on guard at the St. Mary Catholic Church, Karu, of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja.
The journalists have found out that the incident started around 1 p.m. after one of the soldiers allegedly found a dagger on one of the motorcycle riders as the result of personal search.

The man was said to have hidden the knife in his clothes and attempted to go into the church premises.

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Nigerian Policemen implicated in varsity student’s killing arrested

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The policemen accused of collaborating with hoodlums to kill two youths in Badagry, Lagos State, have been arrested.  They were arrested on Friday, according to the police authorities.

However, a new video made available to our correspondent identified two of the policemen as Inspector Adefemi Ashogbon, who is the station officer of the Badagry Police Division, and one Sergeant John Sonayon.  The two policemen and four other yet-to-be-identified policemen could be seen at the scene watching hoodlums beat the victims to death.

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Obi playing The Game of politics with Nigeria’s unity —APC

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The All Progressives Congress says the “sensationalisation” of the recent “home return” of 14 persons from Lagos State by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State can threaten the nation’s unity.

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Obi playing politics with Nigeria’s unity —APC

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The party, in a statement on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said Obi’s action was dangerous.

The APC said instead of reaching out to his Lagos State counterpart, as he had done on less important issues in the past, Obi wrote an “over-dramatised letter” to the Presidency and leaked it to the media.

According to the party, Obi, by his action, has set off an avoidable friction between the Igbo and the Yoruba.

The APC added that Obi by the approach, wanted to gain an undue advantage ahead of the forthcoming Anambra governorship election.

The APC stated, “We are not saying Governor  Obi has no right to play politics, but he must fight clean and avoid any action that could hurt, not just the enduring harmony between the Igbo and the Yoruba, but also the unity of the country.

“Resorting to primordial sentiments, anytime election is approaching, is Governor Obi’s modus operandi. He did it just before the 2009 election, when he labelled the ACN, under which Dr. Chris Ngige contested, as a Yoruba party, and he is going down the same path now. This is all about the November 2013 election.

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Presidency, APC in Serious war of words

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The Presidency on Sunday blasted APC leaders saying that these were not just unprogressive but also describing  them as “politically expired” politicians. However, the APC reacted swiftly, saying Nigerians knew perfectly that  most of the PDP leaders were septuagenarians and octogenarians.

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Presidency, APC In War Of Words

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APC national leaders – Chief Bisi Akande  is 74 years, Maj.-Gen. Muhamadu Buhari,70;  Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, 61  and Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, 61. The PDP National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur,  is 76; Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih, is 80  and Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, Umaru Dikko, is 77.

But the Presidency, through the Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, said with the “politically expired” leaders in the APC, there was no way  it would be a threat to the PDP.

It  added in a statement in Abuja, that  it would be foolhardy for anyone to think that the  APC would be an alternative to the PDP.

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Convention: Atiku Protests Exclusion

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As politicians begin  subtle battles ahead of 2015 elections, a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has complained that he is being sidelined by the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party.

Already, he said his name was not on the delegates lists from Adamawa State chapter of the party for the August 31 Special National Convention.  The party will use the convention to elect some of its national officers, who resigned recently due to irregularities in the last election that brought them to office.

Atiku is also protesting against his not being invited for the party’s National Executive Committee and Board of Trustees meetings, which he said should not be so “since he is a statutory delegate as a former Vice President.”

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Jonathan chides elders for ‘provocative statements’

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday chided some unnamed national elders who he accused of making provocative statements capable of further dividing the country along primordial cleavages.

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Jonathan chides elders for ‘provocative statements’

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The President described as worrisome that those fanning the embers of disunity were elders who witnessed the civil war, saw its devastating effects on Nigerians and were supposed to be teaching the younger generation the need to be united.

Jonathan spoke at the 80th birthday reception organised in honour of the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Anthony Anenih, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. He told former national leaders who attended the event, including Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and General Abdusalam Abubakar (retd) to help in converting Nigeria’s diversity to strength.

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My Husband Was Blackmailed: Wife Of Hotel Owner In Custody For Human Head Saga

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Mrs. Nkiru Mokwe, wife of the owner of Upper Class Hotel, Onitsha Anambra State, where human heads were recovered by security agents on Thursday has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan and Senate President David Mark to save the life of her husband.

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My Husband was set up: Wife Of Hotel Owner In Custody For Human Head Saga

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Without even waiting for investigation of the controversial matter to begin, her husband's hotel was on Friday demolished on the orders of the state governor, Peter Obi.

She insisted that her husband, Bonaventure Mokwe, is being set up...

Mr Bonaventure was arrested along with 10 other people in connection with the recovery of the two human heads in his hotel.

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Igbos Deportation From Lagos: APC Tells Gov Obi to Apologise to Nigerians.

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we only deported 14 Igbos to Anambra state. - APC.

there was no basis for Obi to apologise to anyone. APGA.

The Newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday accused Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, of threatening the country’s unity and whipping up tribal sentiment by sensationalising the recent ‘deportation’ of some indigenes of the state from Lagos.

The party in a statement by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, called on Obi to apologise to Nigerians, noting that only 14 Anambra indigenes were deported and not 72, as widely claimed.

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Now That Mega Party APC Gets INEC Approval - What Next ?? (By Dele Momodu)

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Fellow Nigerians, let me start by congratulating the leaders and members of the newly registered political party, All Progressives Congress (APC) of Nigeria, on their well-deserved victory. 

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Mega Party APC Approved By INEC - What Next ?

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. You will agree with me that it was never a smooth ride for them, and they were forced to fight like wounded lions, every step of the way, against all manner of forces that attempted to frustrate their efforts and derail their mission. 

But APC should not be over-confident. What binds PDP together is very strong, access to power and money, a surfeit of it for that matter.

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Army & Police Prevent Church Burning By Mob In Abuja

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A joint effort by the Nigerian army and police earlier today prevented the attempted burning of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Nyanya area of the federal capital territory in Abuja .

Sources at the church told SaharaReporters that trouble started when a Hausa-speaking Muslim man in the area was prevented from parking his car too close to the church building. The measure was put in place as a way of preventing Islamist militants from attacking Christian places of worship on Sundays.

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Trailer Park Unions: Why We Exposed Boko Haram Members In Our Midst

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Following the recent arrest of 42 suspected members of Boko Haramin Lagos and Ogun States, membersof the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers in some of the named locations have stepped up vigilance, writes ARUKAINO UMUKORO 

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Why We Exposed Boko Haram Members In Our Midst – Trailer Park Unions

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Ileke new trailer garage, Ogun State, used to be a quiet park for heavy duty trailer trucks. That was until recently, when it was named as one of the areas where 42 suspected members of Boko Haram were apprehended in various parts of Lagos and Ogun states.

They were paraded last Monday by the 81 Division of the Nigerian Army in Lagos.

According to the Nigerian Army, the suspects fled from Borno State following a state of emergency declared by the Federal Government. The General Officer Commanding the 81 Division, Maj.- Gen. Obi Umahi, explained the raid was carried out following intelligence report that the sect planned to unleash terror on parts of the South-West.

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Destitiute Randomly picked up at Marina Lagos this morning

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People observed this vehicle picking up destitute at Marina Lagos around 6:30 this morning. Office of youth and social development was written on the KIA Motors truck that carried away the homeless people seen loitering and sleeping in the area. Wonder where they're taking these ones too since Gov Peter Obi of Anambra is quarreling with Gov Fashola for allegedly dumping over seventy homeless people in Onitsha last week.

Governor Fashola has since said only 14 destitute were repatriated from the state and not the 70 people widely reported. The governor said the homeless people said they certainly were from Anambra state and needed assistance to return home, so they took them to Onitsha.

APGA suspends Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State

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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) yesterday suspended Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State after accusing him of being involved in anti-party activities. The party voted to remove Okorocha at an emergency National Executive Council meeting which held in Abuja yesterday afternoon following Okorocha's recent dissolution of his cabinet and alleged membership of the opposition coalition, All Progressives Congress (APC).

APGA is accusing him of dissolving his cabinet so he could include more members of the newly registered political party, APC, in his government.  

“The NEC unanimously resolved to suspend, with immediate effect, the Governor of Imo state, Rochas Okoroacha, from the party for gross anti-party activities, bordering on his involvement with the All Progressives Congress contrary to the clear provisions of the APGA constitution." The National Vice-Chairman of APGA (South-West), Tayo Sowunm said yesterday.

Two Human heads discovered In Onitsha Hotel ( Photos)

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This is the popular hotel in Onitsha that was demolished by the Anambra State government last week after two human skulls were allegedly discovered inside. The hotel, called Upper Class Hotel, is located at 8 Old Market Road, Onitsha and is owned by business man, Mr Bonaventure Mokwe.

The human skulls, a male and a female head, were discovered after the Nigerian police raided the hotel following a tip off. Mr Mokwe has been arrested along with 10 other people. 

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