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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said it has uncovered plans by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to clamp down on key members of the opposition parties as well as civil society organisations ahead of the 2019 general elections. In a statement by PDP spokesman, Kola Olagbondiyan, the party said the clampdown would be linked to fathom corruption charges just to weaken the opposition ahead of the polls. “Part of this heinous plot is also to arrest members of the civil society, opinion leaders, the media and professional groups who refused to buy into the fabrications, lies, deceptions and…

The federal government has on Sunday, April 1, released more names of people who have allegedly looted the nation’s treasury under the watch of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alhaji Lai Mohammed, minister of Information and Culture who released the list claimed that those complaining that the list was too short did not understand that it was strategically released as a teaser, Channels TV reports. “At the press conference where the list was released, I did say it was a tip of the iceberg. Apparently, this does not mean anything to people whose style is to comment on issues they barely…

The Federal the government has set up an in-house committee to investigate whether Cambridge Analytica’s worked for the then Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2007 and 2015 general elections campaigns, broke the laws of the country or infringed on the rights of other parties and their candidates, a Presidency source said. At the moment, the government is reportedly scrutinising the reports of the data mining firm, Cambridge Analytica, which allegedly swiped the data of more than 50 million Facebook users to sway elections in many countries, including Nigeria, where it was said to have waged a campaign to perpetuate discord…

A total of 750 cattle rustlers, bandits and kidnappers weekend swore to an oath with the Quran and the Bible that they would no longer engage in criminal activities. The renunciation was the culmination of efforts by the new commissioner of police in Kaduna State, Austin Iwar, who had been engaging different community leaders to persuade deviants in their areas to abandon crime and embrace government’s amnesty. The latest ceremony is coming two weeks after another set of 400 bandits and kidnappers similarly swore to an oath with the Quran renouncing crimes. Addressing journalists after the ceremony, Mr Austin Iwar,…

Some angry constituents at weekend pelted Garba Hamman Julde, a member of the House of Representatives from Taraba State with stones over allegation of abandoning them for two years. Julde, who represents Bali/Gassol federal constituency in the lower legislative chamber, was presenting 11 motorcycles and one car to the ward executive members and local government chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bali local government area when he was attacked. He was, however, quickly spirited away by security operatives but not without sustaining injury in the attack. An eyewitness, Musa Sandirde, who said the constituents vowed not to re-elect…

“Bambam’s eviction should teach us a lesson. This is how Jesus will come. It happened like rapture”. “That’s how Nigerians viewed the eviction of Bambam from the House, with many hoping to be told that it was an April Fool prank”. The above were reactions from visibly surprised fans when Big Brother (Biggie) unexpectedly evicted Bambam from the reality TV show after the Legend Saturday night party. Perennial host Ebuka Uchendu joined the housemates for their weekly Saturday night party. Shortly after Ebuka enjoyed an evening of high life music with the housemates, he announced the arrival of an unexpected…

Today is marked globally as Easter Sunday. It is a day set aside to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death. Easter, the season in which Christians mark the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, represents the triumph of good over evil; and life over death. It is also a time to show love, forgiveness, compassion and renewed hope in the Grace of God. In most countries in Europe, Easter is derived from the Jewish festival of Passover. “In Greece, the feast is called Pascha, in Italian Pasqua, in Danish it is Paaske, and in French it is Paques,”…

Years ago, there was a great web site called Global Ideas Bank that was a clearing house for creative ideas to improve society. I can’t find it anymore (though a blog has picked up the idea), but one of the ideas cataloged there was a collection of rules about life. I’d like to pass those rules on with a few of my own. These rules are rather contrarian. Instead of wise bits of encouragement or a pat on the head, this is hard-knocks advice that assumes that dealing squarely with reality is the best approach. Each ends with an implied…

Anthony Joshua’s ascent to the summit of modern heavyweight greatness continued on Saturday night but it was more of a chess match than a war as the Londoner outpointed Joseph Parker to claim a third ‘major’ world-title belt. For a superfight, unifying three of the four major world crowns, there were aspects of the showdown which disappointed. Not the efforts of the two young, still-developing heavyweights, but more the manner in which the battle was managed. The refereeing was pitiful. All the inside-fighting and clinch-fighting was disallowed by referee Giuseppe Quartarone. He was appalling, constantly separating the two as if…

People’s Democratic Party, Nigeria’s main opposition party, says President Muhammadu Buhari is a beneficiary of corruption freebies, noting that he lacks the moral standing to fight corruption. In the statement signed by Kola Ologbondiyan, the party’s spokesperson, PDP challenged the President to explain how N1.1 trillion crude oil revenues was stolen under his watch as a former minister of petroleum. The party stating this in a statement issued on Saturday as a response to the “PDP looters’ list” released by the presidency on Friday also challenged the ruling All Progressives Party (APC) to tell Nigerians the source of its campaign…