Suspected Terrorists Attack Five Villages In Adamawa, Kill 15

Suspected Terrorists Attack Five Villages In Adamawa, Kill 15


It has been a deadly attack in Adamawa State as suspected Boko Haram militants raided five villages in Girei Local Government of Adamawa State, leaving about 15 people dead.

This attack came just as the President Muhammadu Buhari had said that the war on Boko Haram has been significantly won and gave assurances that everything possible would be done to keep the terrorists away from reclaimed villages.

There had been earlier reports that suspected herdsmen carried out the attack but eyewitnesses told Channels Television that about 300 suspected terrorists carried out the attack.

Security operatives have since been sent to the area.

A community leader in the area, Mr Phineas Elsha, told Channels Television during a phone interview that leaders of the community, who were acting on information, had told security operatives that the attack was in the offing before the attackers struck.

BREAKING NEWS!!! Police DPO, Okereofor, 29 Others Massacred By Fulani Herdsmen

BREAKING NEWS!!! Police DPO, Okereofor, 29 Others Massacred By Fulani Herdsmen

THE Divisional Police Of­ficer, (DPO) in charge of Vonokilang police station in Direi Local Government Area of Adamawa State and 29 others were this morning killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen.
It was gathered that some suspected Fulani herdsmen who were on vengeance over a quarrel between them and some farmers two years ago had storm Demsare, Wunamokoh, Dikajam andTaboungo communities.

The DPO, a Chief Super­intendent of Police (CSP), Okozie Okereofor, who just assumed duties two months ago was reported­ly ambushed when he was leading his men to the dis­puted area and shot dead. Also killed were 29 others.

The corpses of the Po­lice Officer and the civil­ians were deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yola.
Spokesman of the state Police Command, DSP Othman Abubakar, confirmed the death of the DPO, saying that he and his team were attacked while on official duty in the affected villages before he was killed by suspected Fu­lani herdsmen.

Abubakar who declined to give the number of death, said he was yet to gather enough facts on the incident.
“The suspected Fulani herdsmen raided four vil­lages in Girei Local Govern­ment Area on Sunday morn­ing around 5:30 am killing scores including a DPO. They looted the town of food, live stock and set some houses ablaze.

My Name Is Ayo Fayose; Buhari Will Not Do Well – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has once again attacked President Muhammadu Buhari and has wished him to fail in his governance of the country.

In an interview with Premium Times, Fayose said he is a factor to be reckoned with in Nigerian politics and declared that anyone that ignores him does so at his own peril.

He further highlighted how he defeated his opponents during the election period declaring that he is the first Nigerian governor to defeat two incumbent governors at two different attempts, landslide.

“I did not only defeat them, I defeated them in their homes, in their wives’ bedrooms, in their sitting room, everywhere. They were badly defeated. They have all the forces, they have all the money, and they have the contacts, he said”.

“My name is Ayo Fayose. He will not do well. The attitude of a man can only be corrected when you are still young. The older you get, you will continue to exhibit your traits. That is why I told you Buhari is a dictator; he can never lead a people or a government without being dictatorial.”

“You see, the power of Buhari is not more than to kill somebody. He can send soldiers to you to come and kill you but people will know that the killing is not normal. It must be a high-wired killing. I am not afraid of him. The power of Buhari is not more than you go and lock somebody up. I am not afraid of him. I am not in the calibre of politicians who are saying, ‘ah don’t let me die o! Don’t let my mother die o,! You don’t take the inheritance of your father if you are not sure you are ready to take it. I am not in that category. Most noble men today have gone underground for fear of the unknown. And in times like this, when you train a lion, when you keep a lion in your family house, those of you promoting that lion will end up in his stomach one day.”

“The same thing we were telling Obasanjo that time. We said Obasanjo was a dictator. Obasanjo consumed most of them who were promoting him that time. I have never minced words, before the campaign…I am not a sycophant to say that it was after Buhari became president that I started praising or talking against him.. I started from day one.”

“I was 24 years old when Buhari was head of state of Nigeria. We were daily being beaten in Ibadan when we queued up for essential commodities. I remembered how he stopped import duties and did a lot of things damaging to the economy, the same way he is still doing it today. God raised Joseph at a given time. God raised Moses to warn Pharaoh of the consequences of his leadership, until he perished. I have said it clearly that any attempt to confront me and attack my government will bring Buhari’s government down.”

“My name is Ayo Fayose, I mean every word I am saying. As powerful as God has made the snail, he warned the snail to beware of salt. God gave the snail a protected shield behind him and told him to crawl all over the world, but warned him to be mindful of salt. I am salt. He should be mindful of me.”

“It doesn’t matter his might, we have seen presidents before. We were here when Obasanjo was here. We were here when other presidents came and we will still be here when he will leave. I am not a coward. Call me controversial if you like. Men that will make history will be very controversial. Courageous people will be controversial. The bible makes it very clear that the righteous will be as bold as a lion.”

Benue South Rerun: Mark Under Pressure To Step Down

There seems to be mounting pressure on the immediate past Senate president, David Mark, to step down from the February 13 Benue South senatorial rerun poll.

Groups Ask David Mark To Step Down

About ten groups, under the auspice of the United Idoma Citizen (UIC), on Sunday, January 24, urged the former Senate president, who had been in the Senate since 1999, to step down for other to lead.
This renewed call is coming on the heel of a similar call by another 10 groups, under the aegis of the Confernece of Idoma Pressure Groups, Mark to step down from the race, The Punch reports.
The latest called was made by the coordinator of UIC, Sunday Ogbe, in a statement saying that it was time for Senator Mark to step aside, after serving the Idoma people for 16-year.

The group listed some of the projects, which included the construction of Oweto road, a dam in Otukpo and the University of Medical Sciences that was poorly executed as some of the reasons why they no longer want the senator as their leader.
Ogbe said: “Should this be a credit or a discredit since these projects are either nonexistent or levels of completion are still below 30 per cent?
“Why has Mark chosen to return to the Senate as a floor member, having served as the number three man in the nation for eight years.
“Mark’s 16 years in the Senate is a complete disaster. His achievements were only seen on the pages of newspapers and blogs.
“As the number three man in the nation for eight years, his kinsmen back home had no portable water.”
He further stated that the major roads leading to Mark’s constituency are in bad shape and those that the federal government sponsored was not executed by his referred contractors.
just a month ago asked
The UIC’s statement read in part: “It is sad, yet shameful, that Mark is asking for votes from Idoma people he betrayed. He has been using the creation of Apa State as a gimmick to hoodwink our people.
“He promised to use the last drop of his blood to create Apa State; now the story has changed.”

Jonathan Addresses UN, Swiss Press, Wednesday in Geneva

Jonathan Addresses UN, Swiss Press, Wednesday in Geneva

FORMER president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, will, on Wednesday, January 27, hold a world press conference in Ge­neva, Switzerland.

The press conference, which holds at 3:00pm local time, is part of ac­tivities lined up by the Circle of Diplomats (Circle Diplomatique) Geneva, in honour of Jonathan, which would be concluded with a din­ner same day.

According to a press release by Guy Mettan, Executive Director of the Geneva Press Club, Jonathan will address two most crucial topics in Ni­geria and West Africa at the press briefing.

Mettan said the former Nigerian president would talk about security and civil peace in Nigeria and West Africa, on one hand, as well as improvement of health and education of children, on the other.
He said accredited United Nations cor­respondents and Swiss journalists are expected at the press conference, which will most likely see Jonathan talking about Boko Haram ac­tivities in Nigeria and the fight against insurgency.

The Circle of Diplo­mats will also host a din­ner in honour of Jonathan on Wednesday night at the Intercontinental Ho­tel, Geneva.

Since leaving office on May 29, 2015, Jonathan has engaged in peace missions and election monitoring on behalf of the United Nations.

He has also received global awards and ac­claim for peacefully re­linquishing power after losing the presidential election last year.

Jonathan had conceded defeat to President Mu­hammadu Buhari last year even before the final results of the 2015 Nige­rian presidential election was announced.

Blame IBB for Nigeria’s Poor Economy – Buhari

Blame IBB for Nigeria’s Poor Economy  – Buhari


President Muhammadu Buhari has blamed the poor run of Nigeria’s economy on the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) introduced by former Head of State, General Ibrahim Babangida.

Speaking through the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, Buhari condemned Nigeria’s over-reliance on crude oil, and asserted that the Structural Adjustment Programme pointed Nigerians in the wrong direction.

He advised Nigerian youths to take advantage of the oil crisis in other to diversify into Agriculture and non-oil sectors.

Ogbeh disclosed this during an exclusive interview with Channels Television in Otukpo, Benue State, at the flag off of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Benue South Senatorial re-run election campaign for its candidate, Mr Daniel Onjeh.

Ogbeh also expressed concern over the high rate of unemployment among Nigerian youths with the advice that they take up opportunities being created in the agric-sector, in other to earn themselves legitimate sources of livelihood.

Gov Wike Deserted As PDP Collapses In Rivers State

Gov Wike Deserted As PDP Collapses In Rivers State

The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike has become further depleted with the exit of more heavyweights of the Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of which he is the leader.

The latest Rivers PDP heavyweights who have recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) include three front line gubernatorial aspirants of PDP, Chief (Captain) Sunday Nwankwo, Chief Bekinbo Soberekon and Engr. Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, who were allegedly rigged out by Wike during the PDP primaries.

Others include Dr. Diamond Tobin-West, Dr. Basoba Anga, Chief Tubonimi Wokoma, Hon. Daye Ojuka and Hon. Ibroma Kirchner.

 

APC kick-started the formal burial of PDP in Rivers State with the defection of Chief (Captain) Nwankwo, the Etche-born, Port Harcourt-based billionaire and former National Presidential Committee Member of PDP.

 

The oil and gas czar dumped PDP and joined APC with thousands of his supporters at a colourful ceremony held at Mba in Etche LGA of the State.

 

Addressing the huge crowd, Chief (Captain) Nwankwo said: “I was hitherto a financier of PDP and the backbone of the party in Mba clan but with the turn of events in the state, with Wike exhibiting inept leadership and lack of power to govern a complex state like Rivers State, I am hereby teaming up with my friend and brother, Dr. Dakuku Adol Peterside, and others that are interested in rebuilding the state in APC.

I hereby promise to channel same resources to the victory of APC and all its candidates. I, therefore, urge all my supporters in the 23 LGAs of the state to cross over to APC and ensure the success of the party in all the re-run elections in the state.”

 

Receiving the decampees, Rivers APC gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, reminded Etche people of the numerous roads he constructed in Etche LGA when he served as Commissioner for Works and promised to do more when he is sworn in as Governor of the State after the re-run elections.

Other APC stakeholders that witnessed the epochal event were Chief Allwell Onyesoh, former Commissioner and immediate past Chairman of Rivers State Post-Secondary Schools Board; Chief Nnamdi Okere, former Etche Council boss and immediate past Special Adviser to then Governor Rotimi Ameachi; Chief Ogbonnah Nwuke, a re-run candidate for Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency; Hon. Golden Ben Chioma, a rerun candidate for the House of Assembly seat in Etche; Chief Okey Amadi, a former Commissioner under Amaechi; Chief Ambrose Igbokwe Nwuzi, former Commissioner; and Hon. Chidi Nweke, a former Commissioner for Agriculture, among others.

 

In Buguma, veteran politician, Chief Bekinbo Soberekon led Dr. Diamond Tobin-West, Dr. Basoba Anga, Chief Tubonimi Wokoma, Hon. Daye Ojuka and thousands of other PDP members in Kalabari Kingdom into APC.

 

Rivers APC leader, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, was on hand to receive the decampees and the Senator to represent the South West Senatorial Zone; and Dr. Dawari George, the APC candidate in the re-run election for Asari-Toru/Akuku Toru Federal Constituency.

 

“As if the two events at Etche and Buguma were not enough damage to the burial of PDP, Akuku-Toru the home Local Government Area of Hon Dr Tammy Dagogo the immediate past Minister of Sports and Wike’s strong man formally hammered the nails on the coffin of the dying PDP in Rivers State with a carnival of praise and worship at Briggs Compound, New York City-Abonnema; the APC State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya and APC Deputy Governorship candidate in the state, Asita Honourable Asita received Bekinbo Dagogo-Jack, governorship aspirant of the PDP who led former Lawmaker, Hon. Ibroma Kirchner and hundreds of high profile defectors from PDP,” APC said in a statement.

 

In the statement Rivers APC in Port Harcourt warmly welcomed the latest members of the party, congratulating them for taking the right decision at the right time.

 

The statement condemned Wike’s alleged threat to PDP stakeholders in reaction to the gale of defections to APC.

 

Wike, according to reports, summoned PDP stakeholders, threatening to go down with all who may have benefited from his administration should he fail in the re-run election.

 

He was reportedly to said: “I am worried over the incessant defections of many of my aides to APC in the state. Everybody is running away to APC and they expect me to stay calm and suffer the brunt alone.

It will never happen. We were in it together and we must suffer together. If they say I stole money in the Ministry of Education, I didn’t eat it alone. All of you took part. Some of you built the Almajiri schools.”