The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday ruled out any fresh governorship election in Bayelsa State as requested by Adams Oshiomole, the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC). INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, in a press briefing in Abuja on Sunday dismissed the APC’s demand for a fresh governorship poll in Bayelsa State. He said the commission on Friday concluded its work on the Bayelsa State governorship poll. The APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had in a letter dated February 14, 2020 and addressed to the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, called for a fresh election…
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The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, sources at the Presidency told Daily Trust yesterday. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out of the 110 kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, in 2018. The sources that the money was ready to be delivered when the terrorists, who had made the request for a specific amount totalling millions of Naira in hard currency, changed their minds and rejected any ransom. They…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has slammed National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, as a dubious and political armed robber without verifiable academic certificate. He also described Oshiomhole as a politician without character. He also described the APC National Chairman as a man always driven by survival instincts. He said these in an interview at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday in response to Oshiomhole recent outburst on national issues. Wike said in reaction to Oshiomhole’s parable that he (Oshiomhole) is an antelope, while Governor Wike is a tortoise, that his pedigree and education are…
There have been arguments on how the whites have adopted the politics of International conspiracy to under develop Africa and other struggling continents. Some have postulated that the western world inordinately use African leaders to achieve their evil aim while others are of the thought that the western world use or inject killer diseases into Africa via space which is either intended to depopulate Africans or make Investors run away thereby resulting into: hunger, poverty, crime and unemployment. It is against this background, ourworldgist seeked the opinion of our reliable writer, Sani Michael Omakoji (SMO) to bear his mind on…
Lately, judiciary, especially Supreme Court has been under attack by Lawyers and non lawyers alike. The recent supreme court judgements that generated a lot of outbursts are that of Imo State Gubernatorial Judgement and that of :Bayelsa’s Gubernatorial Judgement. The aftermaths of these judgements have made some politicians who have no idea of law interpretation that is subject to: logics, judicial precedents and constitution call judiciary all manners of abusive names. For example, following the supreme court judgement on Bayelsa that disqualified APC’s Governor- Elect, Oshiomole who is APC’s national chairman has made some derogatory statements in such a way…
Two trucks loaded with bags of cement belonging to the Dangote group involved in multiple accidents have crushed score of persons to death and several others injured in Ogun State. The accidents occurred around 12:20 pm on Saturday at the old tollgate Ota, along the Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. A mob reportedly mobilised and set the two Dangote trucks ablaze after it was learnt that they caused the fatal crashes. The Federal Road Safety Corps, Sector Commander, Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele confirmed the incident. Oladele explained that the multiple fatal…
NEMESIS finally caught up with a notorious kidnapper operating in the North, who confessed to the abductions of some of her boyfriends. While kidnapping is assumed to be the exclusive preserve of men, this female kidnapper has shown by her statement, according to police sources, that even ladies are not left out of the nefarious business. The involvement of HauwaYunus, the female kidnapper, according to ArewaLive findings, has opened more dangerous dimensions to the alarming extent kidnapping has reached in the country. It is not an exaggeration that kidnapping is now a big business in Nigeria. In fact, it is…
Following Thursday’s Supreme Court Judgment that nullified the election of David Lyon, ( Breaking: Supreme Court Sacks Governor-Elect Of Bayelsa ) the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State gubernatorial race, the National Chairman of the Party, Adams Oshiomhole has written a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asking for conduct of a fresh poll. The petition which was dated 14th February 2020 noted that the Apex Court did not void the votes that the APC polled at the election, adding: “The implication of this is that the votes of the APC must be reckoned with in determine…
Barack, Michelle Obama Celebrate Valentine’s Day With Sweet Photo Exchange and social media users across the world have identified the photo as the most romantic picture for 2020 Valentine’s celebration. Michelle Obama shared this romantic picture on her Instagram official page which attracted millions of likes and comments within a few hours of her post. In a post intended to celebrate her husband, Barack Obama, Mrs Michelle Obama posted, “You make even the coldest days feel warm,” the former first lady captioned her cute snap of Barack and their daughters playing in the snow. “Happy Valentine’s Day, my loves. You…
According to the elders, black and yellow colours means a lot to the history of #Igala Kingdom.Situated in the eastern part of the river Niger and Benue confluence, and also extending across the Niger in Lokoja, Kogi state of Nigeria, lies the homeland of the #Igala people. Brief history of the #Igala people It is essential to state here that #Igala and Igbo have important historical, ancestral and cultural relationships. Eri who is said to have migrated from southern Egypt through the #Igala area, settled, and established a community in the middle of Anambra river valley (at Eri-aka) in…