1600 Members Dump APC In Edo - Politics -

No fewer than 1,650 members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have dumped the ruling party in Edo State.

The members, from the 12 wards of Oredo Local Government Area of the State, resigned their membership of the party yesterday.

Spokesman of the former APC members, Omo-Osagie Efosa, who addressed journalists in Benin City, the state capital, pointed out that they decided to resign their membership of the party because the “change mantra,” which was what brought them into the party had failed.

Omo-Osagie also listed the undemocratic manner in which the party was run by the state leadership and the “cabal like manner“ in which cronies and political jobbers were secretly anointed by some party leaders to conduct the last congresses in the state as part of their reasons.

Omo-Sagie further claimed that during the party’s council primaries, of which he was a front runner for the chairman in Oredo LGA, he was arm-twisted and edged out of the race after he had paid for and collected nomination form.

He said, “They secretly selected councillors and chairmen as candidates for the election and were not allowed to face the electorate in the primaries.

“Even when there were complaints that some leaders were collecting huge sums of money from aspirants, the party blatantly refused to entertain the complaints nor did it investigated them to give victims the needed justice.”

http://www.metronaija.ng/members-dump-decamp-apc-edo/

Three Girls Found Dead In A Hotel Room In Abuja (graphic Pic) - Crime -

The ladies in this picture were taken to a hotel by unkown guys and the next morning they were found dead and some parts of their body missing.

The Gaiki police command is currently investigating the case as the hotel manager and some staffs on duty have been arrested.

Source:
http://nairaplus.com/2018/08/three-girls-found-dead-in-a-hotel-room-in-abuja-photos/

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N470 Million Niger Bridge Collapses In Dangana, Niger State - Travel -

A Niger bridge collapse in Dangana in the Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, left many motorists and residents stranded for more than four hours on Friday.

The people condemned the government for abandoning the structure which had reportedly gulped millions of naira.

Findings show that the bridge contract was awarded in January, 2017 at the cost of N470m by the state government to ease the suffering of motorists and commuters in the community, Punch Metro reports.

According to reports on Sunday, the project contractor, Soject Nigeria Limited, abandoned the site following the failure of the government to pay the balance of N77m.

A driver, Adamu Lapai, told our correspondent that the government was playing politics with the bridge, noting that the failure to complete the facility was causing untold hardship to the people.

“Government is extremely insensitive to the plight and the suffering of the people. If government had paid the contractor the balance of the contract sum as at last year, he would have completed the bridge by now,” he explained.

“Because of the forthcoming general elections, we learnt that the government has released N77m for the completion of the project. Honestly speaking, if they fail to complete that bridge before the election, God knows they will not get one vote from Gulu, Lapai and other communities,” Lapai added.

The motorist, who spent over four hours on the bridge, added that “There was no financial commitment on the side of the government and that was what made the work to stop thereby inflicting suffering on those using the bridge.”

The Village Head of Dangana community, Yanusa Abdullahi, said that motorists and commuters were going through difficully on the bridge, noting that farmers could no longer take their produce to the market

“People of my community and others that make use of the bridge are suffering a lot; at times they find it difficult to take their farm produce to nearby villages or towns to sell due to the collapse of the bridge.

“Without that bridge, farmers cannot go to the market to sell their farm produce. We are appealing to the state government to speed up the construction to ameliorate the suffering of the local farmers of Dangana,” Abdullahi stated.

He said the temporary diversion created by the construction company was not helping matters as vehicles were getting stranded inside the river.

The Project Manager, Suject Construction Ltd., Milad Jarbanda, gave the assurance that the bridge would be completed in 10 days.

https://lailasnews.com/motorists-and-residents-groan-as-n470million-niger-bridge-collapses/

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Tambuwal To Tinubu: When You Were Denied Buhari’s VP, You Tried To Rock The Boat - Politics -

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday said, he is able and capable to compete with President Buhari in the coming 2019 Presidential election.

He made this known while reacting to the statement of the APC National Leader, Ahmed Tinubu, about his exit from the ruling party.

According to a statement on the State’s Twitter handle, @sokotogovthouse, Tambuwal said;

“If I wanted to and if the Presidency is what (why) Ahmed Tinubu thinks I defected, I could contest with President Buhari under the APC. I have what it takes to have contested with Mr. President.”

“Tinubu tried to rock the boat when he was denied Buhari’s vice presidency. He thinks every other person could behave his way. If I wanted to contest under the APC as president, I could have done so and only the votes could have produced a winner.

“In any case, Tinubu is confessing that there is no level-playing ground for all members of the APC; that there is no internal democracy in it and that some people were denied their right to internal democracy.”

Tinubu had on Sunday alleged that Tambuwal wants to become president: “Governor Tambuwal’s exit can be distilled to one cause. He covets the Presidency. However, he had not the stomach to challenge President Buhari in a primary.

Tambuwal felt further insulted that he would be compelled to face a direct primary just to retain the governorship nomination,” Tinubu said in a statement titled, “They go away because we go the right way,” which he personally signed.

https://lailasnews.com/i-have-what-it-takes-to-compete-with-president-buhari-tambuwal/

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Some APC Senators Are Against Oshiomhole’s Move To Impeach Saraki – Reps - Politics -

Some members of the House of Representatives have stated that some of their colleagues on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were against the move by their National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole to effect an impeachment of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

They made this disclosure while urging Buhari to order the arrest of Oshiomhole over what they termed as his persistent attacks on the National Assembly.

The Reps, under the aegis of Parliamentary Democrats Group, PDG, said Oshiomhole was ridiculing Nigeria before the global community by launching relentless attacks on Senate President Saraki, and the entire federal legislative arm of government.

The group made the appeal in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Hon. Timothy Golu, over the weekend.

PDG insisted that the former Edo State governor was destabilizing the National Assembly with threats.

The statement read, “Oshiomhole has refused to sleep because he wants Senator Bukola Saraki removed as duly elected Senate President.

“He is distracting our nation’s democracy and ridiculing us before the global democratic community. His style is too primitive for democracy.

“Let him come through the door with 2/3 of the Senators to legally achieve his selfish objective. What his ignorance would not allow him to know is that even some APC Senators are not part of the charade. Access to democracy is not brigandage but respect to the rule of law and due process.

“Oshiomhole’s anti-democratic utterances is making us a laughing stock. We advise him not to kill himself on Saraki as there is nothing he can do to subvert the law of democracy just to achieve an anti-democratic goal.

“We call on President Buhari to immediately call him to order or direct the IGP Ibrahim Idris to arrest him so that peace can flow.

“He is destabilizing the National Assembly with threats and the use of security agencies to haunt our leaders.

NECO Releases June/July 2018 SSCE Results - Education

he National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the June/July 2018 Senior Secondary Schools certificate Examination results, out of the 1,041,536 candidates who sat for the examinations, only 742,455 of the candidates got at least five credits including Mathematics and English Language.

In a statement signed by the acting Registrar of the Council, Abubakar Gana, said a total number of 20,181candidates were involved in examination malpractices less than that of 2017.

Source: https://grandmarketsquare.com/breaking-neco-releases-june-july-2018-ssce-results/

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Court Stops Multichoice From Increasing Dstv Subscription Rates - TV/Movies -

Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja has restrained MultiChoice Nigeria from effecting its recent hike in DSTV subscription.

The company had in July increased the subscription rate for the DSTV Premium package from N14,700 to N15,800, Compact Plus from N9,900 to N10,650, Compact from N6,300 to N6,800, Family from N3,800 to N4,000, and Access from N1,900 to N2,000.

The implementation of the rates commenced on August 1.

However, ruling in a case challenging the hike in subscription on Monday, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba granted an injunction restraining MultiChoice from implementing the new rates.

Also, the court restrained the company from any conduct capable of interfering with the regulatory process of the Consumer Protection Council (CPC).

The orders were granted in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/894/2018 Federal Republic of Nigeria v. MultiChoice Nigeria Limited.

Representing the Federal Government were Babatunde Irukera Esq, Abimbola Ojenike, Eme David-Ojugo, Moray Adebayo, Teniola Medupin and Florence Abebe.

https://www.okayng.com/court-stops-multichoice-from-increasing-dstv-subscription-rates/

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Meet Faith Omoniye Lesley, Nigerian Female Welder (Photos) - Career -

Founder, Faomoly Concept, Miss Omoniye lesley faith , is on her way to building a business empire. Already, her company is the toast of customers far and near, seeking fast, convenient and cost-effective experience of her work.
26yrs Old Miss Omoniye lesley faith, is a passionate young welder from Bayelsa State. She graduated from the University of Education port harcourt, where she studied Linguistics. During her NYSC she worked as a manager at Def steel stainless rail company 2011 – 2012 where she gain the motivation to established her own company called FAOMOLY CONCEPT in 2013,
After being Awarded as the Young Entrepreneur Of the Year at the Just Concluded 2018 Nigeria Reliable Icon Award In Bayelsa,Omoniye lesley faith is set to exchange and also focused on developing entrepreneurial and enhancing their skills.
FAITH is an industrious woman , she promotes other small scale business , visiting the orphanage’s at yearly basis by assisting them with funds,food,cloths and may more. Faomoly Concept are into building finishing, installing stainless hand rail ,Italian wrought iron for staircase and balcony…widow protector and tank stand etc.

SOURCE
https://www.reportnaija.ng/2018/08/20/photos-meet-nigeria-passionate-female-welder-faith-omoniye-lesley/