2023 Presidency: Nigeria’s Existence Will Be Under Threat If APC Wins – Pastor Giwa

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August 25, 2022

Mascot Uzor-Kalu Visits ABN TV's Corporate Office [Photos]

The Abia State governorship candidate of Action People Party, APP, Hon. Mascot Uzor-Kalu on Thursday paid a surprise visit to the corporate office of ABN TV and Radio in Umuahia, the Abia State capital.

He was accompanied by his aides and some political associates.

The former Abia Chief of Staff was in the city for some political engagements where he also decided to use the opportunity to exchange a handshake with his long-time friend, Ifeanyi Okali, the Director of Fakzy Media Ltd, owners of ABN TV and Radio.

He commended the media outlet for its professionalism and objectivity in reportage, saying it has no political biases.

Mascot also called on other media outlets to emulate ABN TV and radio.

Welcoming him, Mr. Okali thanked him for the visit, wishing him success in his political endeavours.

He pledged that the media organization will continue to observe sound ethical values in the service of the people.

Man Who Killed Stepmother With Pestle, Broke Father’s Leg In Katsina Arrested

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August 25, 2022

A 25-year-old resident of Ambassador Quarters in Katsina State identified as Najib Shehu has killed his stepmother and broke his father’s leg.

The incident according to the police occurred on August 18, 2022, at about 1600hrs after the culprit had a misunderstanding with the stepmother Asiya Mohammed ‘F’, aged 60yrs of the same address.

The police spokesman SP Gambo Isah in a statement on Thursday said the suspect went into the kitchen, grabbed a pestle, and hit her several times on the head. She sustained head injuries from this and was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

He added that the suspect had in the spur of the moment also hit his father’s leg several times with the said pestle, leading to many fractures.

To this end, the suspect has been arrested and he also confessed to the commission of the offence. The said pestle has been recovered as an exhibit and an investigation is ongoing.

2023: Obasanjo, Peter Obi, Ikpeazu, Wike, 2 Other Governors Meet In London [Photos]

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August 25, 2022

2023: Obasanjo, Peter Obi, Ikpeazu, Wike, 2 Other Governors Meet In London [Photos]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London.

Although details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, ABN TV learnt that it was part of negotiations ahead of the 2023 presidential election.

Wike attended the meeting with his allies including Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State; Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and former Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke, among others.

Our correspondent gathered that a meeting between Wike and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, will also hold in London later today.

Before today’s meeting in London, ABN TV reports that there are increasing fears in the PDP that the crisis between Atiku and Wike may affect its chances in the 2023 presidential elections.

The party leaders, who spoke to our correspondent in separate interviews on Wednesday, expressed concern about the growing relationship between Wike and influential members of the All Progressives Congress, describing the development as worrisome.

The party’s top members specifically expressed concern over the meeting Wike and two other PDP governors held with the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in London on Monday. 1xbet موقع

The party elders are apprehensive that the activities of Wike and the governors of Oyo and Benue states, Seyi Makinde and Samuel Ortom, may negatively affect the PDP’s chances in the 2023 presidential election. لعبة poker

ABN TV gathered that the Tuesday meeting between Wike and Tinubu in the UK dominated discourse among the PDP hierarchy on Wednesday. قواعد لعب البوكر

The National Working Committee of the party met with PDP governorship candidates across the 36 states of the federation at its Wadata Plaza headquarters in Wuse, Abuja, on Wednesday.

The meeting was attended by all PDP governorship candidates except the Oyo State governor, who is currently out of the country.

FG To Secure Abuja Rail Tracks With N718m — Minister

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August 25, 2022

Abuja-Kaduna Rail: Expect Increase In Fare, Says Minister

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N718.19 million to secure the 45-kilometre Abuja rail tracks and stations.

This was disclosed by the Minister of the FCT Mohammed Bello during a briefing after the FEC meeting on Wednesday in Abuja.

“In the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of today, I presented a memo and the council approved a contract to two companies for the provision of security services for the Abuja Light Rail Mass Transit System,” the minister told reporters during the briefing.

“These companies are Messrs Al-Ahali Security Guards Limited and Messrs Seaguard Security and Protective Company Limited

“They are going to provide security to the entire 45 kilometres of track including 12 stations.

“And these security services are meant to protect the key infrastructure on the rail tracks, the signaling and communication equipment as well as the electrical system.

“Al-Ahali Security Guard Limited is going to secure 27.4 kilometres of the track, covering eight stations at the cost of N407,214,000 over a two-year period, while Seaguard Securities and Protective Company Limited are going to secure 18 kilometres of the rail tracks including four railway stations and that is at a cost of N310,979,250.”

The Federal Government’s recent move followed an attack on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line which led to the suspension of operations.

In the March attack, gunmen had planted explosives and attacked the passengers (kidnapped scores). Months after the incident, the Federal Government said it cannot recommence train services for now.

Minister of Transportation Muazu Sambo said such a move will be insensitive to the plight of families whose loved ones are still in captivity.

According to him, the government is investigating the right type of surveillance equipment to procure to effectively monitor the tracks along the Abuja Kaduna route as well as concessioning it in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement.

Lady Who Sold 3-Week Baby For 600k Arrested In Ogun

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August 25, 2022

Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old lady, Mary Olatayo, for allegedly selling her three weeks old baby for N600,000.

The suspect was arrested following a complaint by the baby’s father who reported at Mowe Divisional Police Headquarters in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun.

The Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement made available to journalists in Abeokuta on Thursday.

He said the complainant told the police that he was in a relationship with the suspect and she got pregnant for him.

According to him, the father said he rented an apartment for the suspect where she lived until she was delivered of a baby boy.

“He (the father) complained further that the lady suddenly disappeared with the baby from the apartment 3 weeks after delivery only for her to be found in an hotel where she has gone for a hookup with another man.

“All efforts to know where the baby is proved futile,” Oyeyemi quoted the complainant as saying.

Oyeyemi said after the report, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, detailed detectives to the scene where the suspect was arrested and brought to the station.

“On interrogation, Mary Olatayo confessed to the Police that she has sold the baby to someone in Anambra state at the rate of six hundred thousand naira.

“She confessed that it was her friend Chioma Esther Ogbonna who led her to the buyer in Anambra state and that they both shared the money equally,” he said.

The Police Spokesman hinted that her confession led to the arrest of Chioma Esther Ogbonna who also corroborated Mary’s claims.

According to him, further investigation by the police revealed that, Mary Olatayo, a native of Omu-Aran in Kwara state, is a call girl, who sees the baby as a disturbance to her business hence she decided to do away with the baby.

“Fortunately for her, she has an accomplice in Chioma a native of Imo state who quickly contacted the buyer in Anambra state,” he said.

Oyeyemi quoted the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, to have ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation Departments for further investigation.

He said the CP also directed that everything possible must be done to recover the baby.

NDLEA Nabs Sokoto Traditional Ruler On Wanted List Over 436kg Cannabis Sativa, Others

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August 25, 2022

National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Sokoto Command, has arrested a Traditional Ruler in the state for dealing in drugs

The suspect Umar Mohammed, is a village head of Rugga in Kajiji Ward of Shagari local government area of Sokoto state.

Parading the suspect, the commander of the NDLEA in the state Mr Adamu Iro,said the suspect was arrested following intelligent report made available to the command.

He said the suspect who is a traditional Ruler has been in the wanted list of the command for a long period.

“Earlier before now we arrested his wife in possession of large amount of illicit drugs but we released her following an investigation that, the drugs belongs to her husband.

“On n August 22, we have been able to reach him and found 436.381 kg of Cannabis Sativa and 1 kg of Diazepam at his resident,” he said the NDLEA commander” says the commander.

He explained that, the suspect has since confessed to the crime and also told the command that he has been in the business for a long period.

He said that, the command would ensure speedy investigation on the matter with a view to promptly charge the suspect to court.

He assured citizens of the NDLEA’s determination to raid drug peddlers in the state and ensure their prosecution accordingly.

He called on the general public to support NDLEA to achieve its mandate of ending all forms of drug abuse and related crimes in the society.

SAD!! Family Who Lost All Four Kids At Once In Abia Remembers one Year After Incident (VIDEO)

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August 25, 2022

SAD!! Family Who Lost All Four Kids At Once In Abia Remembers one Year After Incident (VIDEO)

Mr. & Mrs. Chibuzor Ikwunze, of Umuagu, Umuhu Ohuhu in Umuahia North local government of Abia State who lost all their four kids in the ill-fated barbecue known as suya and fruit juice meal have marked the first adversary of the ugly incident.

The four children, Kelechi Chibuzor 12, Sunday Chibuzor 10, Oluomachi Chibuzor (f) 8, and Kingsley Chibuzor 3, were among the seven persons who passed on on August 25, 2021, in Umuahia after the meal.

They had during the school holidays last visited a family friend, Mr. Sunday Ogbah at Umuaeze in Umuahia North when the sad incident occurred.

Mr. Ogbah himself along with two children also died mysteriously. Only his wife and daughter survived even though they also ate from the said meal.

Speaking with ABN TV on Wednesday in Umuahia, the couple said it has not been easy to cope without the presence of their children.

Mr. Chibuzor Ikwunze said he and his wife have only been coping through the grace of God and prayer from loved ones.

“It’s not something that is easy, it is a heavy burden to me, that one day all my four kids I play with, I eat with and do everything with and all of a sudden I realize they have all gone

“If not by God’s grace and the love He has towards me and my wife, it is not easy at all. I thank God for his strength and grace which has kept us alive even as we bear our pain. I thank Him for the fortitude, the health, and grace to endure

“It is not by our strength it is by the prayer of God’s children upon us that sustained us,” he said in Igbo.

The wife, Mrs. Ikwunze also corroborated the husband’s position, saying it has been a difficult experience.

The family also expressed dissatisfaction that the result of the autopsy conducted by the state government on the victims to ascertain the actual cause of their death had not been released to them one year later.

They gave the wife of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu a thumbs down for not showing care as a mother despite several efforts to get her assistance to help Mrs. Ikwunze get over her losses.

Mr. Ikwunze said the family has appealed to the Abia first lady to assist his wife with employment to get her engaged so she could heal from the losses.

He thanked the people of Ohuhu community, especially Chief Obi Aguocha the president general, Hon. Sam Onuigbo, Abia Assembly Speaker, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji who donated a car and other Interventions to assist the family and other individuals.

He urged parents to pay adequate attention to their children at all times.

Former Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, Dokubo Is Dead

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August 25, 2022

Former Niger Delta Amnesty Boss, Dokubo Is dead — Charles Quaker Dokubo

A former Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo, is dead, ABN TV reports.

According to reports, Dokubo, 70, died at a hospital in Abuja on Wednesday night.

The professor of strategy was born in Abonnema, Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State on March 23, 1952.

His primary and secondary school education were all in Abonnema.

He did his ‘A’ levels at Huddersfield Technical College in West Yorkshire.

From 1978-1980, Dokubo was admitted to the University of Teesside at Middlesbrough, where he undertook a course in modern History and politics and was awarded a BA [Hons.]

He completed his Masters Degree in Peace Studies, before continuing his doctoral degree in Nuclear Weapon Proliferation and its control.

Sen. Kalu Replies Mao Ohuabunwa, Says He Has Offered Abia North Projects Not Frying Pan

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August 25, 2022