BREAKING: Many police Officers Killed Over Suicide Bombing Many Police Officers Killed Over Suicide Bombing A suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police truck in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing nine policemen. This was revealed by a police spokesman, Mehmood Khan Notizai. According to the Spokesman, the attack took place in Sibbi, a city some 160 km (100 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. Hospital officials said at least 7 policemen were wounded in the attack, the latest in a series targeting police personnel in Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack. Ethnic Baloch…
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EXCLUSIVE: March 11 Elections: Party Procured 1,500 AK-47 Rifles March 11 Elections: Party Procured 1,500 AK-47 Rifles The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi chapter, says it has uncovered a plot by a major political party to disrupt the March 11 elections in Ebonyi. Austin Edeze, the director-general of the PDP Governorship Campaign Council, who did not name the party, stated this during a press conference on Sunday in Abakaliki. Mr Edeze alleged that the party had procured and distributed over 1,500 AK-47 rifles to its agents to cause mayhem and guarantee its victory in the March 11 elections in the…
Police Shot Man Over Argument Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Police Shot Man Over Argument The Plateau State Police Command will on Monday (today) hold an orderly room trial for a policeman, Solomon Damak, who allegedly shot a young man during a political argument. Damak is being detained at a police facility in Jos, the state capital. It was reported that the victim, identified as Nyommena Badapba, said to be a resident of the Tudun Wada community, was shot in his shoulder on Sunday during an argument with the policeman. The argument was based on who will win the…
Call, Congratulate President-elect Tinubu, Igbo Kinsman Tells Peter Obi Call, Congratulate President-elect Tinubu, Igbo Kinsman Tells Peter Obi A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chris Adighije, has called on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, to concede defeat and congratulate the nation’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Mr Adighije, also the pro-chancellor and chairman of the governing council of the Federal University, Lokoja, gave the advice in a statement on Sunday. He said Mr Obi should show sportsmanship by calling the declared winner of the election to congratulate him. According to him, what Mr Obi needs now…
Presidential Election Victory: Traditional Religion Worshippers Congratulate Tinubu Presidential Election Victory: Traditional Religion Worshippers Congratulate Tinubu Traditional religion worshippers under the aegis of International Forum of Araba/Oluawo (Ajo Awon Araba/Oluawo L’Agbaye) have congratulated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on his election victory. The Forum, in a congratulatory message issued on Monday and signed by its Secretary, Araba (Dr) Kunle Bamisaye, commended the ‘doggedness, sacrifices, maturity and sense of patriotism demonstrated’ by the president-elect before and after the elections. “His Eminence, Araba Awodotun Owolabi Aworeni, the Araba Agbaye Olu-lsese, the Trustees and members of International Forum of Araba/Oluawo as well as all other…
JUST IN: Saturday’s Governorship Polls Set To Be Postponed JUST IN: Saturday’s Governorship Polls Set To Be Postponed Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections across the country could be postponed, except the appellate court reverses itself on the relief it granted the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party LP counterpart, Peter Obi. The court had last week stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC from tampering with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS deployed in last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Obi in his application moved by his team of lawyers,…
JUST IN: Ahead Of Guber, Fresh Crisis Hits APC JUST IN: Ahead Of Guber, Fresh Crisis Hits APC A fresh crisis is brewing among the members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State. This is as the former Chief of Staff to former Governor Rotimi Amaechi, Tony Okocha has now declared himself as the leader of the APC in the state. Okocha, in a media briefing in Port Harcourt on Sunday, claimed that his emergence as the leader of the APC in the state follows Amaechi’s alleged directive that members of the APC should vote against the then…
JUST IN : Labour Party Dumps Governorship Candidate, Endorses PDP Guber Labour Party Dumps Governorship Candidate, Endorses PDP Guber Barely a week to March 11 gubernatorial and state assembly elections, the Oyo State chapter of the Labour Party has endorsed the re-election bid of Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This was disclosed at a Press conference held at headquarters of the Labour Party in Ibadan on Sunday. The party’s chairman in the state, Atayase Sadiq, while speaking at the event, stated that the decision to endorse Makinde’s reelection bid came following an extensive consultation with members…
EXCLUSIVE: Labour Party Governorship Candidate Rejects N20Billion Bribe To Step Down For APC Guber Twitter User Alleges That Labour Party Gubernatorial Candidate In Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, Rejected N20Billion Bribe To Step Down For Tinubu’s Stooge, Sanwo-Olu.
PDP Fixes Date For ‘Black Uniform’ Protest At INEC Headquarters PDP Fixes Date For ‘Black Uniform’ Protest At INEC Headquarters The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked its members to join a protest at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the result of the presidential election. On Wednesday, INEC declared Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the election that was held on February 25. Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes to defeat Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who had 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP)…