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Meet this young Nigerian who becomes Assistant Commissioner of Police at the age of 41. His name is Abba Kyari, from Borno State who just got elevated to his present position. Abba posted on his Facebook Time Line some hours ago about his new status. The message Reads: "Glory be to Almighty GOD and My Sincere Apprecition To IGP Ibrahim Idris, The Police Service commission, My Family, Friends and Well Wishers. I have been Promoted to the Prestigious Rank of Assistant Commissioner of police based on IGP's Recommendation for Gallantry, Exceptional and Superlative Performance. At 41yrs am the Youngest Assistant Commissioner of police in Nigeria Today. Pls Join me to Celebrate this Great Moment."

By Tope Igho Today, the parents of the Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, Ekiti State, Architect Sola Omotoso, Chief and Chief Mrs Michael Adebayo Omotoso, popularly known as 'Embassy' celebrates 50th wedding anniversary. According to Omotoso Media Office, the Chairman rejoice with his parents on this epoch making anniversary, and also pray for long life and continuous success of the union. He salutes their commitment and dedication to each other in the last fifty years. Omotoso described the marriage as an ideal union, and enjoin younger couples to derive inspirations from his parents, noting that no marriage is devoid of challenges. He counseled couples to depend absolutely on God and prevent third parties from intruding into their marriages, noting that this is indeed the secret of the success of his parent's marriage in the last fifty years. He further explained that their determination to remain together impacted immensely on the successes of thei...

​ Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has accused the Department of State Service (DSS) of recording telephone conversations of Nigerians perceived as critical of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) government, editing the conversations and leaking same to Sahara Reporters, which has now become the official propaganda platform of the federal government. Governor Fayose, who said he was not bothered by the new sinister antic of the federal government, added that; "Rather than sitting down and be monitoring peoples phones, the federal government should provide food for Nigerians and save the lives of those that are being killed in Southern Kaduna and other places." The governor, who reacted to his telephone conversation with Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike that was published by Sahara Reporters today, through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said; “If the President and his hatchet men in the ...

Two days after Sahara Reporters published an offensive article written by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State against the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, Nigerians are now mocking the online news platform over its persistent attack on Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose and his Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom Wike. On December 27, Sahara Reporters, which is known as the propaganda platform of the APC had published an article titled; “Pastor Adeboye's Endorsement Of Gov. Ayo Fayose And Its Contradictions” purportedly written by a non-existing Pastor Julius Oluwafemi to attack on Pastor Adeboye and the RCCG. Today, Sahara Reporters published what it called an exclusive audio leak of Governors Wike and Fayose mocking Nigerian Army over Rivers State rerun election. But the audio was only about Governor Fayose congratulating Governor Wike for standing firm to prevent the will of the people of Rive...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has described the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye as a fake, fortune seeking and an inconsistent political pastor who always pray for politicians for cash. The party described Pastor Adeboye as a fortune seeking and fake pastor, asking; “Why are these fortune seeking pastors pretending to be winning souls for Christ when they are selfish traders who are busy exploiting the ignorance of worshippers? Instead of visiting the poor in prisons, our fake pastors visit corrupt politicians who have stolen billions.” Pastor Adeboye had during his tour of the country to the state as part of the church’s annual ‘Let’s Go A Fishing” programme, said to Mr. Fayose: “We thank God for your courage, for your boldness, we thank God for your being willing to take risks so that your people can be protected. You have been a governor who knows when to say enough is enough in defence of his peo...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the statement credited to the State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr Jide Awe, disparaging the person and image of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye as a demonstration of the devilish mind-set of the party and height of political rascality, saying; denying the statement was a mere afterthought. The PDP noted that Pastor Adeboye commending the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, for the governor’s courage and willingness to defend his people and the cause of the common man in the country was a statement of fact. Spokesperson of the PDP in the State, Mr Jackson Adebayo, in a statement on Monday, said; “it is the height of crude politics for the APC to insinuate that a man of God of Pastor Adeboye’s standing took bribe to commend Governor Fayose for what is obvious. He said; “Pastor Adeboye is a respected man of God. He is not a pol...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the statement credited to the State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Mr Jide Awe, disparaging the person and image of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye as a demonstration of the devilish mind-set of the party and height of political rascality, saying; denying the statement was a mere afterthought. The PDP noted that Pastor Adeboye commending the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, for the governor’s courage and willingness to defend his people and the cause of the common man in the country was a statement of fact. Spokesperson of the PDP in the State, Mr Jackson Adebayo, in a statement on Monday, said; “it is the height of crude politics for the APC to insinuate that a man of God of Pastor Adeboye’s standing took bribe to commend Governor Fayose for what is obvious. He said; “Pastor Adeboye is a respected man of God. He is not a politic...

Our attention has been drawn to press statement credited to Chief Jide Awe, who is still parading himself as the chairman of our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in which he insinuated that the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye may have collected bribe from Governor Ayodele Fayose to declare support for him. While we do not want to dabble into the argument of whether or not the statement was issued by Chief Jide Awe, or the propriety of him issuing press statements on behalf of the party, we wish to state that in saner climes, he (Jide Awe) will not even be parading himself as Chairman of any political party. Most importantly, we cannot join anyone in rebutting the highly offensive statement made against a revered man of God like Pastor Adeboye and the entire RCCG, because when the so-called State Exco of the APC being led by Chief Jide Awe did the same against the Osun State Governor, Alhaji Rauf Aregbesol...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has frown at the comment made by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye yesterday commending the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, for what he called the governor’s courage and willingness to defend his people and the cause of the common man in the country. The party said it was alarmed that a cleric of Pastor Adebayo’s standing could praise Governor Fayose for his persistent insults and abuses on President Muhammadu Buhari, noting that Pastor Adeboye’s should be seen as speaking for himself and his comment must not be seen as representing that of the entire members of the RCCG. In a release issued in Ado Ekiti on Sunday and signed by State Chairman of the party, Chief Jide Awe, the party alleged that Fayose could have bribed Pastor Adeboye with huge amount of money to get such endorsement, which they are now circulating everywhere. Pastor Adeboye had during his tour o...

​ In continuation of his ameliorative programs in complementing governor Fayose's laudable welfare scheme, the chairman of Moba local government, Hon Adeniyi Adebayo has distributed bags of rice, chicken, and cash gift to his people Those targeted in the first face of the exercise were party leaders, party faithfuls, youths and women across the eleven political wards of the LGA. The distribution of the fiestas benevolence was done in the council headquarters of the LGA. The largess' distribution which was personally done by the council boss, Hon Adeniyi Adebayo assisted by the vice chairman of the LGA, Hon Owolabi Mayowa, the secretary of the LGA, Hon Odunlami Akinloye witnessed unprecedented massive turnouts. Praising the PDP led administration in the LGA and State, the beneficiaries of the largess said they've never had it cosier like this before during festive periods. They thanked the Chairman and Governor Fayose for bringing welfare packages to their door...

Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has faulted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu on reasons for the renewed electoral violence in the country, saying; “Violence returned to our electoral process because of INEC partisanship and manipulation of the electoral process in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC).” He said “rather than lamenting, the INEC chairman should return the electoral commission to what he met by detaching it from the APC, which INEC has obviously merged with,” adding that; “if INEC is neutral as it used to be before APC took power, there won’t be electoral violence.” In a statement issued on Wednesday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said; “There were elections in Nigeria between 2011 and 2015, and those elections were credible, such that Nigerians were sure that popular candidates and parties would emerge victorious becaus...

The chairman of Moba local government area of Ekiti state, Hon Niyi Adebayo has empowered 220 youths across the eleven wards that constitute the local government. The empowerment program is a continuation of the ameliorative programs conceived by the State Governor, Dr Ayodele Fayose, and being executed by the council boss, Hon Adeniyi Adebayo. The empowerment program coincides with Hon Adebayo's 12 months in office. In his address to the youths, the council boss thanked God for where he is, and what he has been able to achieve so far within the first 365 days in office. He thanked the people's governor of Ekiti State for given him the rare opportunity to serve his people. Hon Adebayo said, "normally, every moment spent in office, you have to thank God. Every opportunity you have in office, you have to appreciate God. I thank God for sparing my life till today, I sincerely appreciate the effort of Dr Peter Ayodele Fayose. "The governor has told us to...

A member of the gang that killed Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mohammed Alkali, and his driver in Uju Forest, Omoku area of Rivers State, Christian Chukwuemela Ekikeme (22) has linked a top member of the All Progressives Congress  (APC), Mr Kachi Nwokocha, who is also an aide of the Minister of Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Ameachi as sponsor of the gang. Full name of Kachi Nwokocha listed as the sponsor of the gang is Augustine Kachi Nwokocha and incidentally, he is a top APC member and close lieutenant of Ameachi. He was Commisioner for Power under Ameachi. In a petition written by Ameachi to the Inspector-General of Police on March 27, 2015, alleging arrest and killing of APC members in Rivers State by the police, Augustine Kachi Nwokocha was listed as number 145 on the list of APC that Ameachi claimed were being threatened  and harassed, using Police in Rivers State and Zone 6, Calabar. Christian Chukwuemela Ekikeme, who...

An incident which can aptly be tagged as most outrageous happened in the north central state of Plateau, Nigeria. In a remote and sleepy hamlet of Kanke local government, a little girl of Five was found to be pregnant. According to the child's parents,the perpetrator of the bizzare act is not known but the police has begun an inquiry with the view to fathom the identity of the mystery man or men behind the heinous crime. Speaking further,they Father of the girl told newsmen that until few months ago,the poor child began to complain of excruciating pains in her groin which they didn't pay commensurate attention to. After a while,they noticed that her breasts were developing,all of which they attributed to early adolescence precocity. Their fears was confirmed after tests were carried out on her when they noticed her protuberant tummy. The pregnancy test came back with a positive verdict. The locals and family of the girl are still in a state of shock which is quite rationa...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Thursday besieged the Ado-Ekiti branch of Zenith Bank Plc and withdrew money from his personal accounts that were earlier frozen on the orders of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The two accounts, which had the sum of N82 million and N300 million respectively, were frozen by the EFCC earlier this year, but a judgment by Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti last Tuesday, declared the action of the anti-graft agency as illegal and uncostitutional. Fayose, who spent about two hours inside the banking hall, served the manager of the branch the court judgment. An elated Fayose, who spoke to reporters after collecting the sum of N5 million from one of the accounts, said he used a counter cheque to do the transaction. "I came here with the court judgment and the orders made by the court that my account be de-frozen and that I be given access to my money. I came with the intention that I won'...

Ondo State born publisher of SaharaReporters, an online platform that is notorious for blackmailing top public officials, especially those sympathetic to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been caught in the web of a $350,000 (N169 million) bribery scam. In an attempt to distract Nigerians from the gravity of electoral crimes committed by agents of the Federal Government caught on video across Rivers State during the last Saturday’s National and State House of Assembly rerun elections, Minister of Transportation and immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi and Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside paid Omoyele Sowore a sum of $350,000 on Tuesday. Sources who confirmed the deal, said the $350,000 was sourced from NIMASA and Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), with NIMASA releasing $220,000 as payment for “international image laundering consultancy” while NDDC paid $130,000 for what they called; “p...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said the about 400 persons recently employed at the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti were asked to go because the process of their employment did not promote Equal Opportunity Policy of his administration. He also said the process was hijacked by some people and was lopsided in nature. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the governor explained that a situation that did not allow for fairness to all would never be tolerated by his government. The governor, who was shedding more light on the recent development at EKSU, which pitted workers in the institution against the management, added that some people had 20 or more candidates that were given jobs, while children of those with no godfather stood no chance. "The recruitment exercise done sometime this year in Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti was cancelled by the governor because it did not promote the Equal Opportunity Pol...

‘The Tyrant Buhari Is Wrong Person To Intervene In Gambia’ –Fayose Ayodele Fayose, the governor of Ekiti State, has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s involvement in meeting President Yahya Jammeh to persuade him to concede defeat as an aberration. “A man like Buhari under who free, fair and credible elections no longer exist lacks moral rights to preach obedience to democratic principles to anyone,” Fayose said in an emailed statement to The Trent on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. The governor said great Africans like former President Goodluck Jonathan, President John Mahama of Ghana and others who have lost elections and conceded defeat were in the best position to intervene in Gambia and not someone like Buhari, who lost election three times and never conceded defeat. In a statement signed by his media aide, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose wondered what President Buhari, whose government is desperately moving Nigeria from a multi-party democracy to a one party State, woul...

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday granted bail in self-recognisance to a judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Adeniyi Ademola and his wife, Olabowale, who is the Head of Service of Lagos State. Justice Jude Okeke granted a N100m worth of bail to the couple in self-recognisance on Tuesday, shortly after the two were arraigned  on 11 counts including, being in possession of firearms without valid licence, conspiracy to receive gratification and receiving gratification of N30m from Joe Agi and Associates, between March 11 and March 26, 2015. The judge granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N50m each, totalling N100m for the two of them. But since the bail was granted in self-recognisance, the two defendants were not required to produce sureties to guarantee their release. They would only need to sign bail bonds worth N50m each in addition to depositing their passports and other travel documents with the court in order to ...

Sergey Mavrodi, founder of MMM has called on the Nigerian government to look at the benefits of the scheme on Nigerians rather than the fear expressed by the federal government that it is a ponzi scheme.  Mavrodi disclosed this in an open letter to the Federal Government of Nigeria on their MMM participants page, NAN reported. He said the scheme has done a lot to improve the welfare of Nigerians and reduce poverty despite the fear expressed by the federal government that it is a ponzi scheme. He furthermore urged the government to look at the benefits of the scheme to over three million Nigerians in one year of its existence in the country, especially, where the scheme is the only source of livelihood for some Nigerians.                            The open letter read,” So far MMM has come under a constant attack from you. In this regard, I would like to ask you a few simple questions. Since you are concerned with the interests of millions of your fellow citizens, I hope th...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, “over failure to give account of the spending of 500 billion Naira as running cost between 2006 and 2016 and the monthly income and allowances of each Senator and member”. The suits filed last Friday at the Federal High Court Ikoyi followed two Freedom of Information requests dated November 25, 2016 sent to both Dr Saraki and Mr Dogara. The group in that request asked the leaders of the National Assembly to “urgently provide information about alleged spending of 500 billion Naira as running cost between 2006 and 2016, and the monthly income and allowances of each Senator and member of the House of Representatives”. The originating summons, with suit numbers FHC/L/CS/1711/16 and FHC/L/CS/1710/16 respectively, were brought pursuant to section 4(a) of the Freedom of Information Act, and signed by SERAP executive ...