Breaking: Atiku presents 6-point demand to Buhari

Breaking: Atiku presents 6-point demand to Buhari

The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in last week’s election, Alh. Atiku Abubakar has presented a six-point demand to the Federal Government .

President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar

Top on the demand was unfreezing of opposition politicians’ bank accounts.

Another major demand presented to the former Head of State and Chairman of the National Peace Committee, (NPC) Geneneral Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd) was demilitarisarion of subsequent polls.

Gen. Abubakar led members of the committee to a meeting with Atiku and his running mate, Mr. Peter Obi in Abuja yesterday night.

The NPC is expected to meet President Muhammadu Buhari government with the demands .

Other demands by Atiku were:

*That accreditation of voters should take place before voting in subsequent elections.

*That there should be no deployment of the military in subsequent elections.

* That INEC should open its back end server to all participating parties.

*That there should be a release of all politicians detained illegally by FG.

A source at the meeting disclosed that Atiku “warned that tensions are building up in the land.”

NPC team included Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Bishop Kukah and Rev. Fr Atta Barkindo.

Atiku and his team informed the group that the election of Feb 23 was the worst in 20 years since the country returned to democratic rule. and that it was marked by brazen rigging with no consideration to the will of the people.

They listed the following as issues they had with the Presidential polls:

*Deployment of the military was unconstitutional and in breach of Supreme Court judgement.

*That resultantly, a lot of malpractices between the INEC officers, the ruling party and the military took place to undermine the votes/voters of the PDP.

*That there was collaboration between INEC and FG to undermine the sanctity of the votes of the people.

*That this is the worst election in 20 years. No improvement from 2015.

It was learnt that Gen. Abdusalam and his team pleaded with the PDP flag bearer to avoid anything that could jeopardise the nation’s peaceful co-existence.

Lawmaker laments threat to life as thugs attack his office in Lagos

Lawmaker laments threat to life as thugs attack his office in Lagos

The lawmaker at the Federal House of Assembly representing Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency I, Hon Mutiu Shadimu has raised the alarm over threat to his life as some hoodlums attacked his office in Lagos.

Shadimu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate in a statement, said the thugs destroyed property and injured his Personal Assistants and members of his party during the attack.

The lawmaker called on law enforcement agents, the police, Director of State Security (DSS), and other security agencies to ensure his security and that of his people.

“I want to bring to the notice of Nigeria, the security agencies and all relevant government agencies of the recent development in my constituency, Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency I, which has to do with the recent attack in my office during our campaign. My office was attacked, my people were also attacked with guns, about five persons have sustained injuries. We reported to the police force but up till now such attacks are still going on.

“I want to call on the Nigeria police and other law enforcement agents to live up to their responsibility in arresting criminals who were involved in the attack of my office. I want to bring this to the notice of Nigeria that the crisis in Oshodi-Isolo is getting out of hand and the security agencies need to respond to defend the people,” he said.

He added that attacks on opposition parties were not worth it during elections, saying some politicians resort to 

Arewa Youths Attack Nnamdi Kanu, Calls Him A Drug Addict Who Shouldn't Be Taken Seriously

Arewa Youths Attack Nnamdi Kanu, Calls Him A Drug Addict Who Shouldn't Be Taken Seriously

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Sunday rubbished the claims by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu that President Muhammadu Buhari was “dead” and has been replaced with one Jubril from Sudan.

This was made public by the National President of AYCF, Yerima Shettima who described the IPOB leader as a drug addict who should not be taken seriously.

In an interview with Daily Post, Shettima Shettima said, “For me, I don’t believe in the story. Nobody can come out and justify that the current President is not Buhari. A mere allegation of somebody who is a drug addict from another part of the world does not make any sense to me.

“This information came out from somebody who is addicted to drugs and talks anyhow. So, I don’t believe in whatever he’s saying.

“If it was a responsible person that raised the issue, some of us would have taken it seriously and looked into it but this is a man that often times keeps lying and says things that don’t make sense to me.

“When he wakes up after taking something he would just say things that are so impossible, so I don’t take him seriously.”

Boko Haram kidnaps another set of girls

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Boko Haram kidnaps another set of girls

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped 15 girls overnight in a village near Toumour, southeastern Niger, the local mayor said on Saturday.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Boukar Mani Orthe, the mayor of the town in Niger’s Diffa region near the border with Nigeria, said about 50 unidentified armed men seized the girls in a village about nine kilometres from the town centre.

On Thursday suspected Boko Haram fighters killed eight people working at French drilling company, Foraco’s water well site in Toumour.

Boko Haram has been waging an insurrection since 2009 aimed at establishing an Islamic state in northeast Nigeria. It has launched repeated attacks into neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon.

The violence has killed thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee their homes in the large Lake Chad basin region.

Kidnapping of schoolgirls has been a Boko Haram horror mark, since its fighters in 2014 kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, in Nigeria.

It also staged this year, another major kidnap of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe state.

In Mali, French forces said they “put out of action” some 30 Islamist militants, possibly including veteran Malian jihadist leader Amadou Koufa, during a raid in the central Mali region of Mopti.

The French army, which has about 4,500 troops in West Africa battling Islamist militants, did not specify whether the jihadists had all been killed or taken prisoner. The operation took place with air support on Thursday night, it said.

“At this stage of the evaluation of the operation, it appears that about 30 terrorists were put out of action,” the army said in its statement on Friday, adding that Koufa and other prominent militants were probably among them.

Koufa, a radical preacher, inspired the Massina Liberation Front (MLF), a group blamed for a wave of attacks that has shifted Mali’s six-year-old Islamist insurgency from the remote desert north ever closer to  its populous south.

Pogba sparks transfer rumour after partying with Messi

Pogba sparks transfer rumour after partying with Messi Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba might not be involved for France and Argentina during the international break but they did have time for a deep conversation while having dinner in Dubai.

Not available for their respective nations during the two-week break in their domestic campaigns, both have travelled to the United Arab Emirates for a short holiday. Pogba Pogba missed Manchester United’s last game at Manchester City due to a thigh problem, while Messi has only played once for Barcelona since breaking his arm in mid-October .
The pair bumped into each other while at Salt Bae’s Turkish steak house and engaged in a lengthy discussion regarding a number of topics. Reportedly, among them was Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante, who Pogba claimed marked Messi out of their World Cup round of 16 clash in the summer. Agent Mino Raiola made no secret of his desire to move his client away from Old Trafford after he was criticised by manager Jose Mourinho. Defender Gerard Pique said he would welcome the arrival of the 25-year-old if he did indeed complete a move to the La Liga champions. “We would be happy to have him here,” Pique said in August.