Prayer warriors storm Ekweremadu’s house

Some pastors have reportedly turned up at the Asokoro home of deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, to offer him special prayers. Photographs published on Twitter showed the pastors placing their hands on the PDP senator, who was on his knees. Ekweremadu was recently interrogated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged money laundering and properties acquired in Nigeria, United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. In one of the photographs, the unsmiling senator listened to some preachment by one of the clergymen. The trending photographs have been generating…

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Trump admits his son met Russians for dirt on Clinton

U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged on Sunday that his son met with Russians in 2016 at Trump Tower to get information on his election opponent Hillary Clinton, saying it was “totally legal” and “done all the time in politics.” The Republican president had previously said the meeting was about the adoption of Russian children by Americans. Trump’s morning Twitter post was his most direct statement on the purpose of the meeting, though his son and others have said it was to gather damaging information on the Democratic candidate. In a…

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Akwa Ibom PDP loses deputy governor Moses Ekpo to APC

Pa Moses Ekpo, deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State has reportedly resigned, according to a tweet by @APCNewspaper and ibom.com.ng The resignation has not been confirmed officially by the PDP controlled Akwa Ibom State Government, but the APC organ said Ekpo, the oldest deputy governor in Nigeria, is heading to join Senator Godswill Akpabio into the All Progressives Congress. Both are political allies. Akpabio was a former governor of the state for eight years(2007-2015) and installed incumbent Governor Udom Emmanuel. BREAKING: @MrUdomEmmanuel Deputy, Pa Moses tenders resignation. To join @SenatorAkpabio in…

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Senator Adamu: Bukola Saraki a drowning man

The senator representing Nasarawa West in Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Adamu, has described Bukola Saraki as “a drowning man” who is clutching at straws to salvage his dwindling reputation. Adamu, while reacting to Saraki’s recent allegation that he (Adamu) is “a mischievous liar,” said the senate president actually “turned reality on his head because he (Saraki) is the actual liar.” Senator Saraki had, in a recent statement issued by his media aide, alleged that the former Nasarawa State governor’s support for President Muhammadu Buhari was half-hearted and only prompted by Adamu’s…

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Sergio Aguero hits 200th goal as Manchester City spank Chelsea

The new English football season got off to a familiar start as two Sergio Aguero goals, including his 200th for the club, handed Manchester City a 2-0 win over Chelsea. The victory enabled the 2017/2018 English Premier League champions to claim the FA Community Shield for the fifth time at a sun-baked Wembley. The game between title winners and Cup holders is the traditional curtain-raiser to the new season. But on this evidence the gap between the two teams, which last season stood at 30 points in the Premier League,…

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Hollywood actor Steven Seagal now Russian envoy

Russia has appointed Hollywood actor Steven Seagal as special representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to focus on humanitarian issues with the United States (U.S.). Russian Foreign Ministry which made the announcement on Facebook late on Saturday said Seagal will be tasked with furthering “Russian-American relations.” It is unclear how Seagal who was given Russian citizenship in 2016 will go about accomplishing that goal. It would be recalled that an alleged Russian spy with apparent ties to a Donald Trump campaigner in has been in the news concerning…

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My charter for restructuring Nigeria

As we approach another election cycle, the prognosis for a national crisis coveys a reality of frightening proportions. We are confronted by existential threats that seek to engender the fragmentation and disintegration of our nation as a holistic entity. Nigeria has become a divided and segregated society like never before. We have become polarized by ethnicity; we have become balkanized by religious fundamentalism. We have become fractured by political insensitivity and leadership disability. The advent of the Boko Haram insurgents and the ubiquitous Fulani herdsmen phenomenon have further exacerbated social…

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Understanding President Muhammadu Buhari’s politics

In the last few weeks, several political developments that can dismember the Nigerian nation have surfaced in the country. Due to the quiet disposition of Muhammadu Buhari, our current President, some people often attribute many of the happenings to him. In the month of July 2018 however, the President made a number of profound statements which appear to suggest that he is greatly misunderstood and that there are basic differences between Buhari and his party, the All Progressive Congress, APC. In a lengthy telephone conversation, Musa, my pro-Buhari friend of…

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Akpabio meets Buhari in London

Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio met vacationing President Muhammadu Buhari in London today, four days before he crosses over to the All Progressives Congress. Issues discussed were not diclosed. Akpabio had met Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja on Thursday and also national leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos. Akpabio’s decision to leave the PDP has dampened PDP celebration over the defection of a dozen senators, three governors and some 30 members of the House of Representatives, who hitherto were members of the All Progressives Congress.…

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NDDC to construct 69km road, 22 bridges in Delta coastal communities –Adjogbe

From Grandball Joel THE Executive Director of Projects at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Engr, Sam Adjogbe has disclosed that the Buhari administration is set to construct a 69 km road with 22 bridges to link the coaster communities in Delta state for effective oil exploration and smooth take of the Maritime University at Okerenkoko. Speaking at Evwreni in Ughelli North,Delta state, when the Buhari Support Group Center, BSGC made him  patron of the group, Adjogbe held that the Buhari administration has touch lives and communities in the Niger…

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