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As part of the grand plan to win the August 9 governorship election in Osun State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has settled for one of the arrowheads of Senator Isiaka Adeleke’s political group and former Speaker of the State House of Assembly,  Honourable Adejare Bello, as the running mate to its governorship candidate,  Senator Iyiola Omisore. The decision to pick Bello, a lawyer, Nigerian Tribune gathered, was arrived at after a wide consultation and several hours of meeting with the Ede politician, said to possess the clout to whittle down Adeleke’s influence in the town and even rally many people who would have been swerved by Adeleke’s defection to the APC. Bello had declined to follow Adeleke, his political leader of many years, to the APC, a move that appeared to have paid off. A news release issued and signed by the Osun PDP chairman, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa, noted that “the elders’ caucus of the party, after two days of serious deliberations, brainstorming ...

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Thursday, vowed not to work with Governor Ibikunle Amosun and his faction of the party in the state. Osoba said this while addressing his loyalists at a stakeholders’ meeting held at his residence at Ibara GRA, Abeokuta, saying the simmering crisis in the party had reached a point of no return, as the meeting kicked against sharing of party offices with the governor’s faction. The former governor of the state directed his loyalists which included the three senators representing the state at the National Assembly, Adegbenga Kaka, Akin Odunsi and Gbenga Obadara and six other members of the House of Representatives and other members of the party to commence the compilation of a new members’ register in the 236 wards in the state. It will be recalled that the party in the state held parallel congresses in April which was a clear indication that all was not well with the party. He said: “Your exc...

      A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Thursday, vowed not to work with Governor Ibikunle Amosun and his faction of the party in the state. Osoba said this while addressing his loyalists at a stakeholders’ meeting held at his residence at Ibara GRA, Abeokuta, saying the simmering crisis in the party had reached a point of no return, as the meeting kicked against sharing of party offices with the governor’s faction. The former governor of the state directed his loyalists which included the three senators representing the state at the National Assembly, Adegbenga Kaka, Akin Odunsi and Gbenga Obadara and six other members of the House of Representatives and other members of the party to commence the compilation of a new members’ register in the 236 wards in the state. It will be recalled that the party in the state held parallel congresses in April which was a clear indication that all was not well with the...

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Olusegun Osoba, on Thursday, vowed not to work with Governor Ibikunle Amosun and his faction of the party in the state. Osoba said this while addressing his loyalists at a stakeholders’ meeting held at his residence at Ibara GRA, Abeokuta, saying the simmering crisis in the party had reached a point of no return, as the meeting kicked against sharing of party offices with the governor’s faction. The former governor of the state directed his loyalists which included the three senators representing the state at the National Assembly, Adegbenga Kaka, Akin Odunsi and Gbenga Obadara and six other members of the House of Representatives and other members of the party to commence the compilation of a new members’ register in the 236 wards in the state. It will be recalled that the party in the state held parallel congresses in April which was a clear indication that all was not well with the party. He said: “Your e...

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor COULD THIS BE TRUE…? The good people of Ikonifin, Ola Oluwa Local government area of Osun State would have been in a panic state of dilemma if an attempt to lau ... nch Boko Haram by Pastor Olatoke, using his own church had been successful. The pastor of the Baptist church Ikonifin, who is also the CAN President of Ola Oluwa Local Government, conspired with three members of his church, Emmanuel Atanda, Peter Oyedepo and Ogunniyi Babatope to dress like a Muslim and use turban to cover their faces. When it was around 11-12pm on Sunday (18/05/2014) during the church services, these three men stormed the church premises and started throwing firearm (Banger) to scare the people of the church away. On seeing this, the worshipers took to their heels, running helter skelter to save their lives during which many were injured. But it was unfortunate for those men as they were arrested when they were trying to ...

Officials of the Federal Taskforce operating in Lagos on Tuesday sacked officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, from controlling traffic on federal roads in Lagos. Scores of the officials dressed in grey and black uniforms were seen controlling traffic on tollgate and Ojota area while LASTMA officials had to give way to them to avert crisis. At Ojota, the Federal Taskforce, sponsored under the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme, SURE-P, took over the road from LASTMA officials and a clash became imminent before the police intervened to salvage the situation. It was gathered that the federal taskforce men stormed Ojota, in Ikorodu Road around 7.00am and took over from LASTMA, leading to confusion in the area. Also, a statement from the Lagos State Government and signed by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Aderemi Ibirogba said the police in Lagos have intercepted a strange group of usurpers posing as traffic officials on Lagos...

The Rivers State Chapter of Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has reported the shooting this morning by the police of Senator Magnus Abe, the Senator representing Rivers   South East   zone and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), and Chief Tony Okocha, the   Chief of Staff   to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. The party also reported the killing of five youngsters by the police at the rally of the party at the  College  of Arts and  Science  in  Port Harcourt , along with the arrest of Ike Chinwo, a member of the Federal  House of Representatives  representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency. According to the spokesman of the party, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, the rally was already in progress when  policemen  from MOPOL 19 stormed the venue and started shooting rubber bullets and teargas to disperse the crowd.

Mary Konye, the 21 year old jealous friend being accused of attacking Naomi Oni with acid in Dec. 2012 made some shocking allegati ons of her own in court today. She told the courts through her lawyers that Naomi set up the attack and asked her (Mary Konye) to 'play the stalker' and throw the acid on her face, which was all part of an elaborate plan to be rich and famous. 

Edmund Metatawabin (right) was sent to a remote church-run school for aboriginal children in Canada at the age of five where he, and hundreds of others, say they faced years of abuse and torture. He spent about 10 years at the school, beginning in the 1950s. One morning, he says, he was feeling ill and threw up while eating porridge. He says he was slapped and told to go upstairs. When he felt better - four days later - he went back to the dining hall and was forced to eat his own vomit. "I was given that porridge I got sick on and I had to eat that … And if you don't eat, then you're going to get beat up some more, and you're going to get punished - and if you throw up again you're going to have to eat that too, so what choice do you have?" Metatawabin, 66, says at times he and his classmates were forced to sit in an electric chair - either as punishment or as entertainment for the staff at St Anne's Indian Residential School, which operate...

Rebels fighting in Syria have given rivals from an al-Qaeda affiliate 24 hours to surrender, according to activists in the country. Saturday's ultimatum comes amid days of deadly infighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in two northern provinces, Idlib and Aleppo. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels from an alliance of Islamist groups attacked positions of the fighters from ISIL, killing and capturing dozens of people on Saturday. The ISIL has been blamed for brutal killings in areas under their control, turning many local residents against them and leading to a growing resistence to the al-Qaeda-linked group's grip on several areas of the country.

Lagos state to replace the outdated yellow cover Certificate of Occupancy with Electronic Certificate. This is done to counter the risks associated with the hard copy C of O in terms of forgery, fire, counterfeiting and cloning as a result of absence of any security features attached.

Two courts in Rivers State allegedly burnt down as they prepare to arraign Evans Bibi for contempt of  court orders  because he still lay claims to the office of the Rivers State Speaker after the court ruled and ordered that he should refrain from doing so.

A bill to amend the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Act scaled through second reading in the House of Representatives, which seeks to extend the validity of JAMB result from its present one year to three academic years. Rep Ibrahim Ebbo (PDP, Niger), who sponsored the bill said Nigerians mostly the poor have been the highest in sitting for the yearly examinations, despite the increasing cost of purchasing the forms. The law-maker cited the West African Examination Council (WAEC), the National Examination Council (NECO) as example whose validity extends into years. The members voted unanimously for in favour of the passage of the bill. Deputy speaker, Emeka Ihedioha who presided over the sitting then referred the bill to the education committee for further legislative duties.

Celebrities have started sharing their   rags to riches   story to inspire people who look up to them. In a new interview with   Sunday Sun , actor Ramsey Noah recalled the years before the fame and money. "Those were the times when things got really bad for my mother and I and we had nothing. It was so bad that we didn’t have a home or shelter to live in. We had to stay in a store, a small store that could take only one mat. My mother and I squeezed ourselves in that mat. We didn’t even have a cup to  drink water  not to talk of a stove to cook. And my mother had to borrow, beg and stuff like that. These were moments when I was young I didn’t realize the gravity of poverty we were in, I couldn’t tell. But it was a good orientation for me. It was moments that I thank God for making me past through, because that has sustained and helped me even as an actor. The ability to deliver all the roles they give me because I have tasted both sides of the coin." Ramsey...

The Aristokrat record Music star “Burna Boy” exited the Headies 2013 on Thursday night (Dec.26) when rising Afro pop star Sean Tizzle was awarded with the Next Rated star award. The category has been chosen to honour the most promising musician during the period of nomination. The award which comes with a brand new Hyundai Tucson SUV was presented to Sean Tizzle. Immediately Sean Tizzle was announced as the winner, Burna Boy left the venue, telling photographers not to take his photos.

A 75-year-old man, Ogueshi Nwoye (surname removed), resident in Ogbesuwe quarters in Asaba,   Delta   State, slumped and died at the weekend after an alleged marathon sex with a 21-year-old female   school   dropout at the same quarters. We reliably gathered that the lady, popularly called “Lady P”, a renowned commercial sex worker, was sent out of school for poor academic performance, after failing to pass her JSS 3 exams several times. OUR checks revealed that her stock in trade was to seduce more elderly men into sex romps. Sources said that Ogueshi Nwoye, one of her admirers, was challenged to a sex bout after parting with N5,000, a situation that led both into some rounds of sex, which left the man gasping for breath afterwards. He slumped and was rushed to a nearby hospital by sympathisers, where he was confirmed dead on arrival. Although DSP Charles Muka, the acting police spokesman in the state, said he was yet to get the report and could not ...

The PDP is now minority in the  House of Representatives . In a historic move, 37 members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday announced a long-awaited defection from the ruling Peoples  Democratic Party , PDP, to the All Progressive Congress,  APC , thrusting the APC into the lead as the majority party in a House divided for months by PDP’s internal conflicts. With the move, the APC  leads  the House with 175 members ahead of PDP’s 171. The remaining seats are shared by  Labour Party , Democratic Peoples Party, All Progressive Grand Alliance and Accord Party. It is the first time the PDP, in its 14 years of existence, would lose the majority number in any arm of the  National Assembly . Members of the PDP say the APC could only take charge of the House if its members hit 181, basing their argument on the rule that requires a simple majority to take over leadership. They argue that for a 360-member house, such majority will be above ...

The All Progressives Congress has set up  committees to handle the registration of its members in each state of the federation. Members of the committee will be drawn from the national secretariat, defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, the Congress for Progressive Change and the All Nigeria Peoples Party in each state as well as governors where APC has one. The ACN, the CPC and ANPP merged to form the APC. It was learnt in Abuja, on Sunday, that barring any last minute change, the APC National Secretariat would name two members, the chairmen of the defunct ACN, ANPP and CPC as well as the state governor (where APC has a governor), would also be part of the committee. It was also gathered that the caretaker committees would be inaugurated within two weeks before the commencement of the registration exercise. A reliable party source confided in our correspondent that the two party officials appointed by the national body would be sent to states other than their states of or...