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2019 Elections: Nigeria declares Friday as public holiday

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We are ready, nothing can stop February 23 elections, except God - INEC chairman

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<b>Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission says “only an Act of God” can stop the conduct of the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly election slated for Saturday.</b><br>
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INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this in Abuja while addressing a cross-section of the diplomatic community and international election monitoring groups in Nigeria, for the 2019 General Election.<br>
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The briefing which was organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in conjunction with INEC, is aimed at engaging with friends and partners of Nigeria on the rescheduled election.<br>
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Yakubu, who was represented by an INEC National Commissioner, Dr Mustapha Lecky, said that the commission had put in place everything possible to ensure the elections held on Saturday.<br>

Nigeria Decides We are ready, nothing can stop February 23 elections, except God - INEC chairman

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Nigerian policemen, soldiers nabbed endorsing Buhari publicly

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<b>The Nigeria Police Force says it is investigating the authenticity of a photo showing some policemen endorsing President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term.</b><br>
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In a photo which has since gone viral on social media, three policemen are seen throwing up eight fingers, a sign that has been adopted by the Buhari campaign organisation to mean ‘four plus four’.<br>
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In a Twitter post, the police said, “IGP M. A Adamu has charged the Digital and Forensic Unit of the police to investigate the authenticity of the photo to ascertain whether it is real or photo-shopped. The outcome of the investigation and appropriate actions will be made known to the public.”<br>
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In a related development, another photo of soldiers endorsing Buhari surfaced on social media on Wednesday.<br>
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In the photo, four soldiers clad in camouflage wielding AK47 rifles are seen holding up eight fingers signifying continuity of the Buhari administration.<br>
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Olajumoke is rude, talks to me recklessly - Baby-daddy cries out

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The baby daddy of bread hawker turned model, Olajumoke Orisaguna, has revealed that things have taken a downward turn for them, even as he spoke about her rudeness towards him.<br>
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In an interview with <i>eelive</i>, he said his girlfriend’s celebrity status has been more of a hindrance than a blessing.<br>
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“Sujimoto has been of tremendous help to us, though he couldn’t help me as he promised. I appreciate that it was him God used to put a roof over our heads.<br>
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Every time I attempt to get a job, I get scorned because they keep seeing the mother of my children as a superstar. I can work even at car-wash outlets, as long as the job is legitimate, I don’t mind. That’s how bad things are,” he said.<br>
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Although they live together and have two children, the lovers are not married; a situation that Sunday blames Olajumoke for.<br>

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PDP will be defeated on Saturday - Tinubu boasts

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Co-chairman Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged party members in Lagos to intensify  the mobilisation for Saturday’s rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections.<br>
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Noting that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was jittery, he said the ruling party will defeat the opposition party at the poll and put it to shame.<br>
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The former Lagos State governor also explained why Igbo in Lagos should vote for the APC, saying that the government in the Centre of Excellence has never discriminated against them and other non-indigenes in the distribution of the dividends of democracy.<br>
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Tinubu, who urged women leaders to mobilise traders for the crucial poll, also advised youths to heed President Muhammadu Buhari’s advice by shunning thuggery, ballot snatching and other forms of violence.<br>
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council Co-chairman Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday urged party members in Lagos...

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18 people killed by Boko Haram in Borno

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Eighteen firewood merchants were killed by suspected Boko Haram members in Borno State.<br>
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A source told NE that the 18 persons were slaughtered around Koshebe, in Jere Local Government Area of the troubled state.<br>
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A police officer who worked in one of the Divisional Police Offices in Jere, speaking anonymously to our correspondent, revealed that 10 corpses were evacuated from the scene of the attack to Maiduguri.<br>
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He said that eight other corpses were yet to be evacuated as the vehicle could not traverse the difficult terrain to pick them from where they lay.<br>
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Another source said he saw security vehicles conveying the corpses along Kadamari-Maiduguri road at about 2pm on Tuesday.<br>
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He said, “There was an attack and ambush on firewood sellers who had gone to the bush to fetch their products by suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Koshebe general area of Jere Local Government Area of Borno State.<br>
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2019 Elections: Foreign observers raise the alarm over security threat

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A team of foreign observers under the aegis of the Pan African Women Project International Observers have raised the alarm over classified information of a planned bomb attack on selected targets in Kano.<br>
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The observers said they received emails from a source they did not make public, that a mosque and a popular market were being targeted for the attack ahead of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.<br>
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The Publicity Secretary of the group, Ms. Mphoeue Keitseng, who hails from Botswana, said this at a joint press conference with their local partners in Kano, late on Tuesday.<br>
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The group also noted that from their interactions with stakeholders across Nigeria, they observed that the late release of funds to the Independent National Electoral Commission played a substantial part in events which led to the postponement of the elections.<br>

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N4.9 Billion Fraud: EFCC confronts Fani-Kayode with 115 cheques

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The N4.9bn fraud trial of a former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, resumed on Wednesday with the prosecution tendering 115 cheques as exhibits against him and his co-defendants.<br>
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Fani-Kayode is standing trial in connection with the funding for the failed re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.<br>
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He is being prosecuted alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman; one Danjuma Yusuf and a company, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited.<br>
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The four are answering 17 counts of  conspiracy, unlawful retention of proceeds of theft and money laundering before the Federal High Court in Lagos.<br>
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Ronaldo’s Juventus fall in Madrid

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Atletico Madrid dismantled the Italian juggernauts Juventus Wednesday winning the first leg match 2-0 in the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League.<br>
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Although Juventus, parading Ronaldo, Paulo Dybala and Mario Mandzukic had superior possession, Atletico were more menacing in the box, with more shots on target.<br>
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But the glory of the night at the Wanda Metropolitano. belonged to defenders Diego Godin and Jose Gimenez who scored Atletico’s two goals within five minutes deep in the second half.<br>
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The victory has put Atletico within sight of the quarter-finals and called into question Ronaldo’s mission with Juventus.<br>

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Sterling scores late winner for Manchester City at Schalke

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Raheem Sterling sealed a dramatic 3-2 Champions League win for 10-man Manchester City at Schalke as the English champions scored twice in the last five minutes on Wednesday.<br>
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Sterling tucked away the winner at the Veltins Arena in the 90th minute just after substitute Leroy Sane fired home a stunning free-kick for the Premier League leaders against his former club in the last 16, first leg.<br>
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Schalke led 2-1 at half-time as the video assistant referee (VAR) twice intervened to award penalties, both converted by Nabil Bentaleb, cancelling out Sergio Aguero’s opener in Gelsenkirchen.<br>
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City were in real trouble with 22 minutes left when Nicolas Otamendi, who gave away the controversial first penalty, was sent off for a second yellow card before Sane’s moment of brilliance and Sterling’s winner.<br>
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However, City still have some work to do in the return leg on March 12 with Fernandinho, who was booked when conceding the second spot-kick, and Otamendi both suspended.<br>
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Drama as sensitive electoral materials for Kano lands in Oyo

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There was a mild drama on Wednesday at the Central Bank of Nigeria branch in Dugbe, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after the Form EC8B of the Independent National Electoral Commission meant for Kano State was found in the election material deliveries meant for Oyo.<br>
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The form, which is one of the sensitive election materials, is the result sheet for a particular ward within a state.<br>
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While journalists were moving round the CBN premises around 5.30pm to monitor the sorting of the materials, a group of INEC officials, including ad hoc ones, suddenly raised an alarm.<br>
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One of them subsequently took the form to a superior INEC official, who documented it in a register.<br>
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Lawyer reveals how he paid $30,000 to Justice Onnoghen's account

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A senior lawyer Mr Joe Agi, SAN, has challenged the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to come up with evidence to support his claim that the $30,000 he (Agi) deposited in the account of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Walter Onnoghen was a bribe to compromise the $3.18 billion Paris Club case.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mr Agi in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja explained that though he convinced the suspended CJN to open the said domiciliary account with the Standard Chartered Bank ten years ago with initial deposit of $30,000, but insisted that the said deposit was never a bribe to the CJN or the trial judge in the Paris Club Fraud case Justice A. Ademola.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The senior lawyer alleged that Mr Malami and those he described as ‘a cabal’ had been after him since he exposed and secured the refund of what he called a fraudulent deduction of $3.18billion from local governments to account by the federal government part of the Paris Club refund.<o:p></o:p></div>
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According to him, rather than the government to pay him his legal fees of over N70 million for exposing and winning the case in court, Malami and the same cabal had framed him up with trump up charges including bribing the suspended CJN.</div>

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Fulani herdsmen kill 16 in Benue

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen on Wednesday killed 16 persons and injured two others during an invasion of Ebete community in Usha council ward of Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.<br>
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It was gathered the herdsmen stormed the area at about 1am when the residents were fast asleep.<br>
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They reportedly opened fire on houses as the attacked community residents attempted to escape in the ensuing melee.<br>
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After the attackers escaped, 16 people were confirmed dead while two others sustained injuries.<br>
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They are said to be receiving treatment at General Hospital in Obagaji, headquarters of Agatu LGA.<br>
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An eyewitness, Daddy Seni, who spoke to our source in Makurdi, said his father and siblings were among the deceased.<br>
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INEC commences distribution of sensitive materials

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has commenced the distribution of sensitive materials for the conduct of the Feb. 23 presidential and national assembly elections.</div>
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NAN reports that Dr Nkwachukwu Orji, INEC Resident Electoral Officer in Anambra State, who supervised the exercise, said on Wednesday that it was a repeat of what was done on Thursday, Feb. 14.</div>
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He said that the commission had received a replacement for all card readers damaged by the fire which burnt INEC office storage facility on Feb. 12.</div>
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”On Tuesday, Feb. 12, fire incident affected INEC storage facility where smart card readers for 17 Local Government Areas were packed.</div>
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INEC reaches final decision on Rivers APC

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has now concluded that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, will not be fielding candidates in the 2019 general elections.</div>
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INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, put an end to the matter when he addressed the press in Abuja on Wednesday ahead of the Saturday’s elections.</div>
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According to him, the commission will obey the pronouncement of the Supreme Court which is the highest court in the country according to the constitution.</div>
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Yakubu said, “As for APC in Rivers, I think the Supreme Court has made a number of pronouncements on that matter and for that reason, the commission has taken its decision going by the judgement of the Supreme Court.</div>
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School director in court over alleged rape, assault of students

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Director of the Stephen Centre International School, Abeokuta, Isaac Oluwole Newton-Wusu, on Wednesday, appeared before an Ogun high court over alleged rape and indecent assault on five female students of the school.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The police arraigned Newton-Wusu on a five-count charge, but he pleaded not guilty.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Atiku insists on selling NNPC

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday in Kaduna reiterated his plan to privatise the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC), if elected president on Feb 23.<br>
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Abubakar spoke at a town hall meeting with ward, local government and state party leaders in the state at the Kaduna Trade Fair Complex.<br>
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He said that the NNPC had failed to serve the purpose for which it was established in 1977.<br>
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According to him, selling-off the Corporation and all the three refineries is the best option for the country, likening it to the sale of Nigerian Telecommunication Limited (NITEL).<br>
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Abubakar said Nigeria is among the biggest producers of crude, but lamented that the country still imports refined products for local consumption at exorbitant prices to the detriment of the common man.<br>
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He said, if elected President, he would deregulate the NNPC and sell it to Nigerians. the way Obasanjo sold NITEL.<br>
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SDP expels South West Chairman

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The Social Democratic Party, SDP has expelled its South West Zonal Chairman, Chief Supo Sonibare due to what it termed his inappropriate attitude and character towards the leadership of the party.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The expulsion was contained in a letter dated 12th February 2019 which was signed by the National Chairman, Prof. Tunde Adeniran and the National Secretary, Alhaji Shehu Gabam.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The party also accused Sonibare of anti-party activities, undermining party decision, disloyalty to the party, insubordination, disrespectful habitual acts towards the party’s leadership.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This behaviour is inappropriate as it is tantamount to gross misbehaviour and therefore in clear violation of Article 19.4 of the Party’s Constitution as amended”</div>

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