Political party where politicians swear to deadly oath barefooted

No fewer than 689 candidates contesting for various positions on the platform of Justice Must Prevail Party on Wednesday swore to what the national chairman described as “deadly oath of integrity that kills if violated.” The national chairman of JMPP, Dr. Olusegun Ijagbemi, also said the party would build a 26-feet-tall-concrete wall round the country to guard against Boko Haram, smuggling and other criminal activities at border areas. A pastor and an imam administered the oath to the candidates who stood barefooted while it lasted, at the party’s convention in…

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“There won’t be peace in APC” -Communications Minister, Shittu

The Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has threatened to work against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, at the February elections. Shittu who lost in the race for the governorship ticket said without restitution, there won’t be peace in the APC. The National Working Committee of the APC had raised the Peace and Reconciliation Committee for each of the six geopolitical zones to reconcile aggrieved members ahead of the general elections. The minister joins the list of Governor Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun) and his…

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Pics: How Ex CDS, Badeh was assassinated

The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the murder of ex-chief of Defense Staff, Alex Badeh. A statement issued by the Air Force Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said that the ex-service chief who was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi Road died from gunshot wounds. ‪It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce the unfortunate demise of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, who died today, 18 Dec 18, from gunshot wounds sustained when his vehicle…

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Aggrieved customer sues Ecobank N1bn for fraud and forgery

Ecobank Nigeria Plc is in hot soup as a businessman, Mr. Linus Ukachukwu has accused the bank of forging documents to open an account for his company, Lingo Nigeria Limited, without his consent. The businessman lamented that “we bought N50 million shares from Diamond Bank in 2004 and since then we had not collected any dividends. “Last year, we went for the dividends, only to discover that the dividends were being collected by Ecobank. Upon further inquiry, we discovered that the payments had not been made into our accounts, we…

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Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Julius Berger/FRSC collaborate to ease gridlock

The Ogun State Sector of the Federal Road Safety Corps has revealed it would collaborate with Julius Berger Nigeria Plc and the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, to ease the gridlock on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway during the Yuletide. Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun State Sector Commander of the FRSC, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun. According to him, a brief ceremony was held to remove the barriers earlier erected for the reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around Oremeji/Asese, up to Mowe. “This is…

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