Soludo Visits Nnamdi Kanu; Says Kanu Condemned “Enforcement Of Senseless Sit-at-Home” Order

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By Gideon Njoku

Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo has scored a first. He has registered as the first Governor from the South East to visit the Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu at his detention facility in Abuja.

The Governor, in a post said he visited Kanu on Friday, May 13, 2022, where they had a “frank discussion in a convivial atmosphere.”

He said the visit to Kanu was not only to felicitate with him, but as “part of the wider consultations with critical stakeholders in search of lasting peace and security in the South-east.”

Soludo Said that Kanu, who was in high spirits, “expressed sadness over what he described as ‘sacrilegious killings’ of innocent persons, kidnappings and all sorts of criminalities including the brutal enforcement of the senseless sit-at-home perpetuated by sundry groups, claiming to be acting for or on behalf of IPOB.”

Here is the full text of Professor Soludo’s post on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

“I visited Mazi Nnamdi Kanu yesterday, (Friday 13th May, 2022) to felicitate with him and also as part of the wider consultations with critical stakeholders in search of lasting peace and security in the South East.

“He was in very high spirits and we had quality and frank discussions in a convivial atmosphere.

“He expressed sadness over what he described as ‘sacrilegious killings’ of innocent persons, kidnappings and all forms of criminalities, including the brutal enforcement of the senseless ‘sit-at-home’ perpetuated by sundry groups claiming to be acting for or on behalf of IPOB.

“He assured that if the opportunity arises, he will be glad to personally broadcast to his followers to maintain the peace.

“Together, we shall restore peace, security and prosperity in Anambra and the South-east. It is well indeed!

CC Soludo, CFR.”

Kanu has been in the Federal Government custody since June 2021 when he was brought back from Nairobi, Kenya. He is being prosecuted by the Federal Government on allegations of sundry issues including terrorism and treasonable felony.

Sokoto: Gov Tambuwal Declares 24-hour Curfew

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By Gideon Njoku

Alarmed at the violent riots by Muslim youths which erupted in Sokoto, Sokoto State on Saturday, May 14, 2022, the Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has slammed a 24-hour curfew on Sokoto with immediate effect.

Tambuwal said it is to protect lives and property.

It is not known if the Muslim Youths who stormed the streets in their hundreds, will obey the Governor’s order, and what Security Agents could do if they don’t.

The youths are protesting the arrest of two persons by the Police, involved in the gruesome killing of Deborah Samuel, a second year Christian student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto. They are asking for their release.

In the process, they are also on destruction spree. The Catholic Cathedral, Sokoto, the seat of Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has been torched. A number of Christians have been beaten up, and their houses and properties and businesses either torched or destroyed.

Security Agents are battling the situation to restore calm.

JAMB Releases UTME Results

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May 14, 2022

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By Ayodele Oni

Students that sat for the 2022 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME) a week ago can now access their results.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) announced that the results have been released.

Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

JAMB directed candidates to send UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that was used for registration.

The statement reads: “To check the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, all a candidate needs to do is to simply send UTMERESULT to 55019 using the same phone number that he/she had used for registration and the result would be returned as a text message.

“This is the only process of checking the 2022 UTME results for now as the Board has not uploaded it on its website for obvious reasons.

“In addition, candidates are forewarned that they would, as usual, receive all kinds of messages from desperate fraudsters on how to check their results different from the aforementioned one.

“Hence, the Board urges all candidates to ignore all such messages on how to check their 2022 UTME results as they are all products of deceit aimed at misleading them.

“The Board, in line with its desire to adhere to the ease of doing business protocol of the government, has emplaced this user-friendly and simplified process of checking UTME results.

“Furthermore, this simplified process would also serve to preclude the unconscionable exploitation of candidates by shylock business centres and cyber cafes which often take advantage of hapless candidates.”

BREAKING: Bishop Kukah’s Seat, Catholic Cathedral Under Attack; Police Command, Christian Community In Danger

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By Gideon Njoku

Sokoto is presently under fire. Hundreds of Islamic Youths, Fundamentalists, are out in full force. They are rioting. They are protesting the arrest of two people by the Sokoto State Police Command, involved in the grisly murder of a Deborah Samuel, a Christian student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, for alleged blasphemy.

They are demanding, violently, the release of the arrested, or they would, on their own, release them by force. Opinion is that they could burn down the Police Command Headquarters.

In the process, they are attacking everything and everyone Christian.

The Seat of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Cathedral, is under attack. It is on fire. The prayers are that Bishop Kukah is not within, and is safe.

Kukah, in a statement, after Deborah’s murder, had strongly condemned the tragedy, asked for the arrest of the perpetrators, but called on the Christian Community in Sokoto, to keep calm.

The youths are also attacking Christians individually. One Christian woman, in her home, was dragged out, attacked and badly beaten and clubbed. Her survival could be in doubt, from the frightening video of her attack. Others are suffering same fate.

Security Agents are out in full force, and trying their best to handle the situation, but the youths are overwhelming and very aggressive and angry. Guns are booming.

Deborah was, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, stoned and clubbed to death by her school mates. Her body was then set ablaze. They videod the gory , scene and posted same on social media, and were jubiliating.

Outrage greeted the gruesome murder by the civilised World. The United Kingdom has called for the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators.

The Sokoto Sultanate, also, condemned the murder, and appealed for calm.

Sokoto: Gov Tambuwal Declares 24-hour Curfew

Alarmed at the violent riots by Muslim youths which erupted in Sokoto, Sokoto State on Saturday, May 14, 2022, the Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has slammed a 24-hour curfew on Sokoto with immediate effect. It is not known if the Muslim Youths who stormed the streets in their hundreds, will obey the Governor’s order, and what Security Agents could do if they don’t. Read More

Emefiele Is Reckless, Talks Irresponsibly – PDP; Insists On His Sack

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By Gideon Njoku

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, talks Irresponsibly, and does not have the carriage of one in such a high position.

The Party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, was reacting to Emefiele’s statement where he asked Nigerians who criticised his dabble into political party politics to go ahead and have a heart attack while he has his fun.

The CBN Governor had caused a stir, and shocked Nigerians, by not only dabbling into politics and registering as a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, but by aspiring to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Even though speculations had been rife on his interest in the Presidential office, he neither confirmed, nor denied it, but Nigerians were alarmed when Emefiele purchased the APC N100m Expression of Interest and Nomination Presidential forms which he, however, later explained were purchased for him by grateful farmers. Not many people were convinced.

When it was pointed out to him that as the CBN Governor, it was both morally and ethically wrong of him to dabble into politics and that it was a breach of a CBN act for him to aspire to run for the office of the President while still holding the office of the CBN Governor, Emefiele went to court.

However the pressure and the controversy prevented him from going further. At the close of the submission of the APC Presidential completed forms, Emefiele was not one of those who submitted their completed forms.

But even at that, not a few Nigerians insist Emefiele must resign. They say he has desecrated the high office of the CBN Governor. They say he has compromised the office. For instance, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, usually keep all their sensitive materials with the CBN for elections. Now, INEC is in a quandary. It hardly knows where to store the materials for the 2023 General elections if Emefiele continues to be in office, given his surprising unprecedented political moves.

It is based on all those and more that the main opposition Party, PDP, insists Emefiele must go.

The party was also miffed by what it called Emefiele’s recklessness when he asked Nigerians criticising him to go ahead and have a heart attack.

Emefiele was appointed the CBN Governor by the PDP Government of President Goodluck Jonathan. He was reappointed by President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office.

Following is the full text of PDP’s Press Statement dated May 14, 2022.

PDP Blasts Emefiele Over “Heart Attack” Comment

…Insists He Can’t Continue as CBN Governor

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns as reckless, irresponsible and unpardonable, the comment by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, that he is “having a lot of fun’ in his actions which are in violation of the CBN Act 2007 and the Public Service Rules.

“This comment by Emefiele who also stated that Nigerians can go ahead and ‘have heart attack’ over the widespread anxiety in the country arising from his involvement in partisan politics, is provocative and enough to trigger a nation-wide restiveness, pitch Nigerians against the CBN, shut down the economy and destabilize the polity.

“The PDP asserts that despite Mr. Emefiele’s alleged withdrawal from the Presidential race due to the pressure by our Party, he still cannot continue as CBN Governor having become partisan as a card-carrying member of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“The CBN which keeps ALL sensitive materials for elections cannot be trusted with the custody of such materials with a biased Mr. Emefiele at the helm of affairs.

“It was despicable to watch Mr. Emefiele on Thursday May 12, 2022 at the Presidency, brazenly and derisively spit at the concerns of millions of Nigerians, the International Community and the Corporate World when he said of Nigerians, “let them have heart attack. It’s good to have heart attack. I am having a lot of fun.”

“Mr. Emefiele has crossed the red lines; he is provoking and daring Nigerians to do their worse especially in the face of huge allegations and revelations of massive looting, manipulations and doctoring of the books in the CBN under his watch as recently exposed in a leaked phone conversation and for which he ought to be behind bars.

“His unthinking and insensitive comment further establishes that he is not a fit and proper person to hold public office and continue the coordination of our national commonwealth as the CBN Governor, having exposed his lack of the required professionalism, code of conduct and regard for public concerns on issues that affect our economy and the electoral process.

“It also underpins the thoughtlessness and endemic corruption in the Buhari-led APC government and further shows the decadence in the CBN under Mr. Emefiele.

“The fact that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to decisively rebuke and sack Mr. Emefiele only confirms that impunity is an official policy of the APC administration.

“Emefiele should know that Nigerians will never have heart attack because of APC’s impunity. Instead, they are now, more than ever before, ready and resolute to confront the situation and rescue our nation from the stranglehold of the APC.

“Now that he has been confirmed to be a card-carrying member of the APC, Mr. Emefiele must forthwith steer clear of the CBN as he cannot continue as the Governor. Anything short of that amounts to testing the will of the people and the PDP will not hesitate to call out our members and teeming supporters across the country to, within the ambit of the law, defend and protect the integrity of the CBN and our electoral process.

“For Mr. Emefiele, he should be ready for investigation, prosecution and possible conviction for the atrocities allegedly superintended by him as the CBN Governor.”

Ekiti Gov Election: I Chose A Dubious Person As Running Mate – ADP Gov Candidate

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May 14, 2022

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By Ayodele Oni

As cloud over the status of the running mate to the candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP), in the June governorship election in Ekiti State, Mr Idowu Afuye, gathers momentum, the candidate of the party, Mrs Kemi Elebute-Halle, said it was unfortunate a dubious person was picked as deputy.

The ADP Governorship candidate’s remark followed a claim by Afuye during the week that he has defected to the All Progressive Congress, (APC).

Afuye had cited lack of internal democracy in ADP and high-handedness of the candidate as reasons for dumping the party.

But Mrs Elebute – Halle described the defection of her running mate to another party as a mere speculation as she explained that the deputy has not formally informed her of such decision.

Mrs. Halle made this known while addressing journalists at her situation office in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital at the weekend.

“I want to believe that those who pushed him to that would have been able to understand electoral act, that the moment a candidate has been published on INEC list, you don’t quit.

“I think the political party which might have pushed him would have learnt much more than that. I should have believed that they were well thought and have political experiences but unfortunately, if candidate would quit a party, it has to be done through procedures and protocols.

“I Iearnt he said a lot of things but I want to leave him to his opinion. I am well brought up.”

Erelu Elebute claimed that Afuye has apologized to her by saying that he was being misconstrued by the media.

“I have done my best in this political race. If APC is threatened, they should meet me. I put them under a lot of tension. I did all that I have done because I don’t joke with success. I am an aggressive achiever.”

Halle debunked rumour that she would decamp to another party any moment from now saying such might have been mischievously conceived as she said some of the political parties have been approaching her including the APC.

Describing her running mate as a person of questionable character, Elebute said questions had been asked as to why she picked him as her deputy.

“I called him, I said my deputy governor, somebody said you’re a serial blackmailer but I don’t listen to gossip. I told him my deputy governor, you’re first a human being, I would see that ten people would say the same thing about you.

“I went to the market at Ode-Ekiti, where he hails from, he collected several flyers and posters from me, there was no poster anywhere, and Ode people said they don’t know what my party is all about.

“If you see any poster in Ode-Ekiti, I did it myself. The bike men collected money and they did if for me after he had collected hundreds of posters from me including money to do same, he never did.”

At a point, the ADP governorship candidate said, she confronted Afuye that, he had never brought anybody to the party where he would be deputy governor.

“I took him to be my running mate without minding his frivolities in spite of several allegations against him believing that there’s no one that doesn’t have his or her past.

On the claim that he left ADP for APC with 20,000 of his followers, Elebute said, Afuye only brought himself to the party and that he drove himself out.

The State Chairman of ADP in Ekiti, Kunle Abegunde said, the only meeting Afuye attended with the Executive Members of the party was late in the evening of a particular day.

“He wanted to talk then and I said I don’t know you as the deputy governor of our party. He apologized. I am the Chairman of the party. If he had come to the party with 20, 000 people, I would have known.”

Afuye, was a former coordinator of Ekiti South agenda, a group clamouring for a Governorship candidate from Southern Senatorial district of the State.

He once placed a curse on any politician from the area that accept to be running mate to any candidate from other parts of the state.

Meanwhile, after his purported defection, Afuye had raised alarm claiming that his life was in danger and called for police protection.

2023: Group Seeks Consensus Candidate For South-West; Says North Plans Waterloo For Zone

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May 14, 2022

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By Akinwale Kasali

“The South-west will move to another Political Party if the APC denies the Zone the Presidential ticket”

The embarrassing number of aspirants from the South West region jostling to take over the Presidential Seat from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 has prompted the Pan Yoruba Group, Alliance of Yoruba Democratic Movements, AYDM, to urge a prune down of the number of aspirants to two.

In a statement on Friday, May 13th, 2022, the Group said the multiplicity of candidates may rob the region the slot of the Presidency in 2023.

The group said the Northern leaders in the APC appear to have designed the architecture that will lead to the South West political waterloo in the coming primary slated for the end of May.

“There is a conscious attempt to set the South West against itself. With some six aspirants contesting on the All Progressives Congress, (APC) alone, the prospect of the next President emerging from the South West is dim” AYDM, an alliance of some 121 different Pan Yoruba groups said in the statement signed by its General Secretary, Popoola Ajayi.

AYDM called on the South West leadership to employ credibility and public acceptability as the yardstick to arrive at a consensus candidate.

The coalition asked the people of the South West to prepare to move to another political party if the APC fails to produce a Presidential candidate from the region.

“The people of the South West have no other option than to leave the APC if the party fails to pick its Presidential candidate from the region. It will be another sign of treachery and a confirmation that the alliance of the South West and the North in 2015 was in bad faith. It will show clearly that the core North can never be trusted now or in the future” Ajayi said

The group said some of the aspirants have no basis to even collect the forms except for the purpose of deepening the crisis of selection in the APC South West.

Kano: Gale of Defection Hits APC

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May 14, 2022

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By Tosin Olatokunbo

The rank of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC in Kano state is depleting daily in a manner that has not been experienced in the last eight years since the party came to power.

An indication that things are not okay in the party first emerged last week after a former member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin said he was quitting the party.

The former House of Representatives member said he has dumped the party, urging his supporters to watch his next move to another party.

“I have done my best for APC. It’s time to move on. I will announce my new political party within the next 24 hours. I will make a formal statement in due course,” Jibrin said in one of his social media platforms.

The former lawmaker who is also the Director General of Ahmed Bola Tinubu Campaign Group has been having a running battle with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, who is believed not to be dispose to his aspiration to represent the party in the House next year.

But in a last-minute effort to stop Jibrin’s defection, Governor Ganduje tried to broker a truce during the week after meeting with the lawmaker.

From all indications, the peace talk seemed to have hit the rocks, it’s not enough to persuaded the former House of Representative Chairman on Appropriation, who has now defected to the Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso-led ANPP.

On Friday, the former lawmaker was among those that received Kwakwanso from the airport during his visit to the state, ending speculations of his plan to join the party, under which the former governor plans to contest for president next year.

Apart from Jibril, the magazine learnt that those that have left the party in anger include a former governor of the state, Ibrahim Shekarau, the Chief of Staff to the governor, Ali Makoda, amongst others.

The Daily Trust reported that effort by APC Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu to persuade Shekarau to remain in the party has also failed.

The former governor had refused to attend a meeting in Abuja arranged by the Adamu to broker truce among warring factions in the party in the state.

According to the newspaper, Shekarau was billed to attend a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, where the issues will be resolved, but later discovered that it was at the instance of Adamu. He refused to attend.

Shekarau, the magazine learnt later confided in some close aides that the development has proved to him that the APC leadership is not ready to settle the rift between him, Governor Ganduje and other aggrieved members of the party in the state.

Media Group Condemns Sokoto Killing; Says It Is A threat To Nigeria’s Fragile Unity

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May 14, 2022

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By Akinwale Kasali

Media Group, Journalists for Democratic Rights, JODER, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to use his position to ensure justice for Ms Deborah Samuel who was lynched and killed by a mob in Sokoto, the North West Nigerian State.

The Group said If nothing is done, other people with the same instinct will continue to take laws into their hands posing greater danger to the prospect of stability in the country.

JODER added that the killing of the student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto represents a potential threat to the fragile peace in Nigeria.

In a statement on Friday signed by its Programme Officer, Tajudeen Disu, JODER said the stoning and burning of a lady is a trait unknown to all Religions and alien to the Nigerian constitution that everyone in the country is bound to uphold.

It added that the perpetrators have brought sorrow and pain not only to the family of the bereaved but have also diminished the collective humanity of the country.

“Ms Deborah was not given any chance to defend herself, there was no arrest or trial except that a mob passed death sentence on her through stoning and lynching.

“These conducts are despicable. We call on the Federal Government and the Sokoto State Government to take pro-active measures to ensure justice and also to punish the perpetrators of the inhuman murder”, JODER.

Disu said given the fragile nature of Nigeria and the growing religious and ethnic distrust, killings of this nature could fuel a national crisis.

The group added that the killing of the lady by a mob can spark conflict in other parts of the country if not addressed with the highest form of responsibility by the government.

“Sokoto State has been one of the most peaceful states in Nigeria which has recorded less faith induced violence. The current incidence raises the danger that several states in Nigeria may have become vulnerable to violence induced by faith”, the statement reads.

Ondo State Born Howard Medical Genius, Boubini, Is Our Pride – Gov Akeredolu

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May 14, 2022

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By Ayodele Oni

Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has congratulated a Nigerian Medical Doctor, Boubini Miyensinte Jones-Wonni on her emergence as the best graduating student in the Howard University Medical School, class of 2022

Boubini graduated at the age of 22.

The Governor also celebrated Boubini on her admission into the prestigious Harvard University Medical School as one of the only two members of her class admitted for residency (Post Training) training in internal Medicine.

Boubini is from Arogbo-Ijaw Kingdom in Ese- Odo local government area of Ondo State.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary go the Governor, Richard Olatunde stated that the Governor commended Boubini for her exemplary display of brilliance and intelligence.

Governor Akeredolu said she has exhibited the ethos and values the people of the Sunshine State are known for-resilience, hardwork and dedication.

“The young Boubini is our pride in Ondo State. The people of the Sunshine State are known for alluring values and ethos.

“She has displayed the brilliance we are known for in her exploits even from elementary stage.

“Undoubtedly, Boubini has carved a niche for herself. She is evidently cruising on an excellent path of greatness to the future with a clear vision to render nothing but excellence.

“The numerous laurels to her credit in the course of her academic pursuits, even at a very young age, underscores her zeal to unleash her outstanding potentials on the world.

“On behalf of the people of the sunshine state, I celebrate our own Boubini. I congratulate the good people of Arogbo-Ijaw Kingdom, and most especially, her parents, who have built her a strong academic background and provided the needed encouragement. We are indeed, proud of her. She is our collective pride.

“On our part, we shall continue to prioritise education and celebrate excellence when it is achieved.

“It is our belief, that the young Boubini will continue to inspire our young people to strive for excellence. We shall always remind the people of our dear state of our core values. We must not lose focus.

“With her academic trajectory, we are sure that Boubini will continue to make the state and indeed, the nation proud. We are very elated that this star is shining on the world from the sunshine state.”

The Governor wishes Boubini a very successful career, while praying to God to grant her long life and good health to reach her full potentials.

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