Protesters Today Stormed The National Assembly In Abuja To Oppose The Proposed Social Media Bill.

Protesters Today Stormed The National Assembly In Abuja To Oppose The Proposed Social Media Bill.Protesters on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly in Abuja to restate their opposition to the proposed Social Media Bill.

The protest, being attended by civil societies that are against the bill, was ongoing as at press time.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday distanced himself from the bill.

We Realised In 2015 That Unless We Come Together, The PDP Will Succeed In Killing Nigeria- Buhari

We Realised In 2015 That Unless We Come Together, The PDP Will Succeed In Killing Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari has recounted how he and some opposition leaders were forced to make sacrifices that led to the merger arrangement that produced the All Progressives Congress, APC, explaining that they had to do this to prevent the country from going under.

He stressed that with the desperate situation the country found itself, the leaders of the opposition at that time had no other alternative than to sacrifice and join hands to build a party that would take out the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Buhari made this assertion during the launch of a book, titled: ‘From Opposition to Governing Party: Nigeria’s APC Merger Story,’ written by one of the founding fathers of the APC, now Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu.

Election Of Senator Uche Ekwunife Of Anambra Central (PDP) Nullified.

 Election Of Senator Uche Ekwunife Of Anambra Central (PDP) Nullified.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu on Monday nullified the election of Senator Uche Ekwunife of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) following an appeal brought before it by the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh.

Ekwunife represented Anambra Central Senatorial District.
Her election was upheld in October by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Awka, Anambra State.
Justice Naiyi Aganaba while reading the verdict of the tribunal said in October said, Victor Umeh failed to establish his case that Ekwunife was wrongly declared the winner of the March 28 election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
But Justice Datijo Yahaya of the Court of Appeal ruled that election of Senator Ekwunife did not meet the provision of the Electoral Act.
He then ordered that fresh election is held in the Anambra Central Senatorial District within 90 days.

IPOB,MASSOB Regroups For Further Protests

The business community of Onitsha, Anambra State has started recovering from the effect of last week’s pro-Biafra violent protests that left nine people dead and property worth millions of naira destroyed. After the Wednesday’s mayhem in the city and the subsequent dismantling of the barricade used by the protesters to block the Bridge Head and other entry points in Onitsha,indication emerged that members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were regrouping on Thursday to begin another round of violent demonstration.

This was, however, aborted following the beefing up of security in the area. For instance, several truck loads of soldiers, from the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, were seen heading to Onitsha on Thursday and this, perhaps, scared the organizers of the protests. Hundreds of the IPOB agitators, who gathered at one location in Onitsha, had to hurriedly disperse for fear of arrests.

The suspension of the protest, however, does not mean the agitation is over.

For now, the agitators have resorted to the use of the social media to whip up sentiments and gather more support for what they described as impending referendum on Biafra. One of the messages that have hit the media is entitled, ‘The Biafra question: A case for self-determination referendum.’

INEC Announces Yahaya Bello As The Winner Of The Kogi Governorship Poll.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alh. Yahaya Bello as the winner of the Kogi governorship poll.

APC polled 247,752 votes to defeat PDP who came a strong second with 204,877 votes. In today’s supplementary poll, APC polled 6885 votes to beat PDP which polled 5363 votes.

Declaring the results in Lokoja, the Chief Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Emmanuel Kucha, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, said having fulfilled all legal requirements, Alh. Yahaya Bello is declared winner of the election and Kogi Governor-Elect.

Kucha declared: “That Yahaya Bello, having polled the highest number of votes and satisfied the law is hereby returned elected”.

Bayelsa Guber: APC Candidate Is In Early Lead.

The result that is trickling in after ballots have been counted show that the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate is in early lead.

The APC Governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, is leading in five Local Government Areas namely; Ekeremor, Brass, Kolokuma/Opokuma, Nembe and Yenagoa Local Government Areas.
The Incumbent Governor Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson is said to have won in Sagbama LGA, while he is running neck to neck in Ogbia LGA with the APC governorship candidate.
The Elections in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area has been postponed as crisis had erupted in the area following reports of serious security bridge that resulted in gun shots leading to the death of about eight persons in the area.

Nine Alleged Boko Haram Extremists Plotting Attacks On Abuja Arrested By The DSS.

Nigeria’s intelligence agency says it has arrested nine alleged Boko Haram extremists plotting attacks on Abuja, the capital, over the festive season.

Saturday’s statement follows a warning Friday from the U.S. Embassy that extremists may be planning attacks on hotels favored by Westerners.

The Department of State Security says one of the nine men arrested was carrying out surveillance of a “high-profile hotel.”
It says all nine were detained in the past month and had infiltrated the capital in central Nigeria from the country’s northeast where most extremist attacks occur.
Boko Haram has claimed previous suicide and car bomb attacks that have killed hundreds in Abuja. Their suicide bombings, village raids and kidnappings continue in the northeast.
Nigeria’s 6-year Islamic uprising has killed 20,000 people and spread to neighboring countries.

Kogi APC Candidate Alhaji Yahaya Bello, Has Vowed To Do All He Can To Unite Aggrieved Parties.

The Governorship candidate of the All progressive Congress in the ongoing governorship election in Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has vowed to do all he can to unite aggrieved parties.

Bello told journalists in Lokoja today that he would not be a sectional governor. Rather, he said he would be a governor for all, irrespective of ethnic or political affiliation.

He said, “I may be from Kogi Central, but that does not mean I will favour the place at the expense of other areas, I am for the development of Kogi State and that will be my focus.

“I do not believe in power shift as some people are advocating. The development of the state as a whole will be my priority. I will ensure that sectional division among our people is taken care of.”

He called on the people of the state to troop out to cast their votes in the supplementary election to bring the election to a conclusion.

Bayelsa Guber: A Woman Shot Down In Oporoma By Stray Bullet.

A woman was killed on Saturday as voters went to the polls in tight security to elect a new governor in Bayelsa, officials said.
Bayelsa is the home state of former president Goodluck Jonathan, where incumbent governor Seriake Dickson is running against former governor Timipre Sylva for another four-year term in office.

The woman was shot dead in Oporoma, a town at least 100 kilometres (60 miles) west of Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s oil hub which is the capital of neighbouring Rivers state, in one of a series of shooting attacks.
The governor’s spokesman Daniel Iwariso-Markson said a woman had been killed in Oporoma, indicating there had also been shooting attacks in Ekeremor, Nembe town and Brass.
“She was hit by bullets fired during the shooting,” he said, without giving details.
Dickson said the attacks targeted his supporters.

Boko-Haram Cameraman Arrested By The Nigerian Army.

Boko-Haram Cameraman Arrested By The Nigerian Army.The man behind the production of video footages which Boko Haram insurgents usually post on the Internet, Abdullahi Abubakar Sadiq, has been arrested by soldiers of the Nigeria Army in Borno State.

Sadiq was the suspect No. 58 in the recently published photograph of ‘100 Wanted Boko Haram suspects’ that was circulated by the Department of Army Public Relations in October.
In the published photograph, believed to have been sourced from a screen grab of a video clip, Sadiq, who appeared to be in his late 40s, was seen carrying a video camera tripod.
Spokesman of the Nigeria Army, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said he was arrested in Uba town of Askira Uba local area of Borno state.
Many residents of Borno state who viewed the video footage that was posted on YouTube showing the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, leading his group of insurgents to perform prayers during the last Eid Kabir celebration, confirmed that the video was taken in a community called Pumbum, which was not far away from Uba town: which made some logical sense if the Boko Haram’s video man, Sadiq, was arrested in that locality.

KOGI SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION RECORDS LOW TURNOUT OF REGISTERED VOTERS.

A low voter turnout was recorded in the Kogi governorship supplementary election in Ankpa and Igalamela/Odolu local government areas of the state on Saturday, as most of the registered voters failed to turn up for accreditation.

The low turnout was visible in Ankpa Local Government Area where results from nine polling units with 6,018 registered voters were cancelled in the Nov.21, election.
Further not more than 200 voters were accredited at the affected polling units as at 11:30 a.m.
Although polling officers in various units visited confirmed that electoral materials had arrived the polling units before 8:00 a.m., the officers were seen less busy.

Bayelsa Guber: Dickson Sponsored Attack On Our Supporters - APC

 Dickson Sponsored Attack On Our Supporters - APC
The Director, Media and Publicity, Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation, Chief Nathan Egba, of the All Progressives Congress in today’s governorship election, has accused the state governor, Seriake Dickson, of sponsoring violent attacks on members and supporters of the APC across the state.

He alleged that Dickson imported over 5,000 thugs from Delta and Rivers states to cause violence in the election, adding that the thugs have been terrorising people in riverine communities in the state, scaring them away from the polling units with gunshots.
“The wave of attack has confirmed our fears and alarm earlier raised that Governor Dickson was the one planning to cause violence.
“The affected communities are Oporoma in Southern Ijaw LGA, where the APC State Chairman, Tiwei Orunimighe, hails from; Brass LGA, home of the APC governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva; Ekeremor LGA, home of the Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri; and Nembe LGA.

3 People Killed In Yesterday Bomb Blast In Borno.

3 People Killed In Yesterday Bomb Blast In Borno. At least three people were killed and six others injured on Friday in suicide attacks in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state blamed on Boko Haram Islamists, vigilantes said.

Two bombers blew themselves up at a security checkpoint outside Sabon Gari village in Biu district, 180km south of state capital Maiduguri, killing two civilian vigilantes and injuring four people.
Earlier, a young male bomber riding a motorcycle detonated his explosives in nearby Kimba village, killing one person and injuring two others.

Corrupt Public Officers Should Face Capital Punishment. NLC

Following the mindboggling revelations arising from the $2.1bn arms procurement scandal, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday insisted on its stance that corrupt public officers should face capital punishment.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, stated that the ongoing detention of some persons by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in connection with the alleged stealing and diversion of monies meant to prosecute war against insurgency in the North East, justified the union’s calls for summary execution of corrupt public officials.
Some ex-high ranking government officials, including former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki are currently in the custody of EFCC over complicity in the $2.1bn arms deal.

EFCC SHOULD PRODUCE CHIEF RAYMOND DOKPESI IN COURT ON DEC I4th 2015. COURT ORDERS.

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) to produce the former chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, in court on December 14, 2015 and show cause why he should not be granted conditional or uncondi­tional bail by the court.

Dokpesi had being in the custody of the EFCC in the last one week over an alleged money laundering involving N2.1 billion.
Justice Kolawole, while ruling in an exparte motion argued by Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), ordered the EFCC should be put on notice and appear on Decem­ber 14 with the detained former boss of DAAR Com­munications.