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Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, is fighting to save his job after the crisis at the club deepened with another shambolic defeat, the UK Mirror reports.

United were beaten 3-0 by Tottenham, thanks to three second-half goals from Harry Kane and Lucas Moura (twice).

Tottenham fans taunted Mourinho with chants of “you’re getting sacked in the morning”, after Mauricio Pochettino’s side piled the pressure on the under-fire United boss.

Mourinho needed a win after United’s 3-2 defeat to Brighton, but watched on as his side lost for the second game running.

United have now lost two of their opening three Premier League fixtures, for the first time since the 1992/1993 season.

Mourinho now faces a battle to prove he is the man to turn around their fortunes. The Portuguese is already at odds with United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, over the latter’s failure to deliver all the transfer targets he identified this summer.

Woodward sat stoney-faced in the United directors’ box, as the team side unravelled before him. The Old Trafford supremo faces a tough decision over what to do to halt the current slide

Osinbajo demands answers from Babangida, Obasanjo, Jonathan over oil money

Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has questioned how oil money was spent under previous administrations.

Osinabjo called out former presidents like Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, while answering questions from Nigerians at a town hall meeting in Minnesota, United States on Sunday, according to a statement issued yesterday by his media aide, Laolu Akande.

On OPEC statistics on oil revenues accruable to Nigeria under successive administrations between 1990 and 2014, the Vice President said not much had been done in terms of infrastructure, despite the huge oil revenues.

“Under the IBB/Abacha administrations (1990 – 1998) Nigeria realised$199.8 billion; under the Obasanjo/Yar’Adua governments (1999 – 2009), the country got $401.1 billion; and during the Jonathan administration (2010 – 2014), Nigeria got $381.9 billion from oil revenues.

“The question that we must all ask is, what exactly happened to resources? The question that I asked is that where is the infrastructure?

“One of the critical things that we must bear in mind and see is that this government, despite earning $94 billion, up until 2017, we are spending more on infrastructure and capital than any previous governments; so we are spending N1.5 trillion on capital; that is the highest we have spent since 1990,” he said.

Transfer: Real Madrid confirm goalkeeper’s exit

Real Madrid youngster, Andriy Lunin, will play the 2018/2019 season at Leganes, after the two clubs agreed a loan deal for the goalkeeper.

Lunin, 19, joined Madrid from Zorya Luhansk in June and featured in two International Champions Cup games, while Keylor Navas was on post-World Cup leave.

With Thibaut Courtois’ arrival from Chelsea, the Ukrainian has dropped further down in the pecking order, with Kiko Casilla third choice.

“Real Madrid C. F. and C. D. Leganés have reached an agreement over the loan of Andriy Lunin for the current campaign, in a deal running until 30 June 2019,” Madrid confirmed in a statement on their official website.

Lunin made his professional debut at 17 for first club Dnipro and already boasts two caps for Ukraine having represented his country from the Under-16 to U-21 levels.

Manchester United v Tottenham: What Mourinho did to journalists after 3-0 loss

nze ihunanyaAugust 27, 2018

Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho clashed with a journalists during his post-match press conference on Monday.

This was after he led his side to a 3-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

The Portuguese called for more ‘respect’ from the British media.

Mourinho took offence when the score line of the game was pointed out to him and the former Chelsea boss, however, recounted his own achievements in the Premier League in comparison to the other managers in England’s top flight.

After the journalists reminded him that his side had lost 3-0, he said, “Just to finish, do you know the result?”

Holding up three fingers, he added, “3-0. 3-0. Do you know what this means?

“3-0. It also means, 3 Premierships and I won more Premierships alone than the other 19 managers together.

“Three for me… and two for them.”

As he stormed out of the room, he said, “Respect. Respect. Respect. Respect.”

Tottenham cruised to victory through goals from Harry Kane and Lucas Moura.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side are now level on point with Liverpool, Chelsea and Watford at the top of the Premier League table.

Under IBB / Abacha , Nigeria got $199.8 bn; OBJ / Yar’Adua, $401.1 bn; GEJ, $381.9 bn; where are these monies ? – Osinbajo

Nigeria’s problem not restructuring – Osinbajo
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA – VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring rather prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly.

Osinbajo also said prudent management of the nation’s resources and the provision of essential needs of the people were better ways of addressing Nigeria’s development challenges.

The Vice President stated this while fielding questions from a cross-section of Nigerians at a town hall meeting in Minnesota, the United States of America, Sunday.

According to him, “the problem with our country is not a matter of restructuring and we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into the argument that our problems stem from some geographical restructuring. It is about managing resources properly and providing for the people properly, that is what it is all about.

“I served for eight years as Attorney General in Lagos State and one of the chief issues that we fought for in Lagos state was what you call fiscal federalism. We felt that there was a need for the states to be stronger, for states to more or less determine their fortunes.

“So, for example, we went to court to contest the idea that every state should control, to a certain extent, its own resources (the so-called resource control debate). We were in court at that time up to the Supreme Court and the court ruled that oil-producing states should continue to get 13% derivation.

“While we were at the Supreme Court only the oil-producing states and Lagos were interested in resource control, everybody else was not interested in resource control for obvious reasons. Now, that is the way the argument has always gone, those who have the resources want to take all of it, while those who do not have want to share from others.”

Continuing, Osinbajo said, “My view is that we must create the environment that allows for people to realise themselves economically because that truly is what the challenge is with our country.”

The Vice President added that Buhari-led Federal Government has put in place an economic structure that was able to function properly despite previous challenges, particularly corruption that led to a slowdown in the economy.

On the impact of corruption on the economy and the solution adopted by the administration, he noted that “Unless we are able to deal with the fundamental questions especially around corruption, our economic circumstance will keep going one step forward, two steps backwards”.

He further said, “When you talk about corruption in Nigeria, the truth is stranger than fiction. It is the kind of thing that would cripple an economy anywhere because you simply don’t have the resources for the graft and the greed of the numbers of people who want to steal the resources.

“All that we have been able to deal with is grand corruption. When we started the TSA, the whole point was to aggregate all of the funds of government that were in private banks. So we put all of the money in the central bank so that we could at least see the movement of money and by doing so, we were able to save 50% of the corruption that was going on then.”

The Vice President in a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande assured Nigerians in the US that the Buhari’s government could be trusted, noting that “we can say for sure that the President is not going to sign off money and just bring it out to share.”

Relying on OPEC statistics on oil revenues accruable to Nigeria under successive administrations between 1990 and 2014, the Vice President said not much had been done in terms of infrastructure development despite the huge oil revenues realized by the country.

According to him, “Under the IBB / Abacha administrations (1990 – 1998) Nigeria realized$199.8 billion; under the Obasanjo / Yar’Adua governments (1999 – 2009), the country got $401.1 billion; and during the Jonathan administration (2010 – 2014), Nigeria got $381.9 billion from oil revenues.”

“The question that we must all ask is that what exactly happened to resources? The question that I asked is that where is the infrastructure.

“One of the critical things that we must bear in mind and see is that this government despite earning $94 billion, up until 2017, we are spending more on infrastructure and capital than any previous government, so we are spending N1.5 trillion on capital, that is the highest we have spent since 1990,” he added.

Responding to concerns on how government was utilizing recovered funds, the Vice President disclosed that the Buhari administration is committed to a transparent use of the funds in providing infrastructure.

He said: “What we are doing with the proceeds of corruption is by making it a line in the budget so that it can be accounted for properly; it is not a special fund somewhere that is just being used in any way, but as a single line in the budget for infrastructure which is our major spend.”

In the area of agriculture, Osinbajo said, the target was to attain self-sufficiency in the production of rice, tomato etc.

According to him, “We are doing a lot of work in agriculture. Take rice, for instance, we are doing a lot in rice production and we have increased local production such that we are no longer spending $5 million daily on rice import.

“Today, we are doing 11 million metric tons of paddy rice and are now importing only 2 per cent of what we used to import.”

On Nigeria’s rise on the World Bank’s ease of doing business index, he said though the challenges were daunting, the government was committed to going beyond the 24 places it moved up to in the last rankings.

The Vice President added that reforming Nigeria’s port system was top on the agenda of government as
efforts were underway to improve the turnaround time for cargo clearance at the ports.

According to him, “If you look at the port issue, for example, we must be able to clear our port system; people must be able to import and export their goods in hours not weeks and months.

“So, we have to work our port system and one of the things we have been able to do is what we call the National Trading Platform or the single window. We are getting to the point where we are going to launch the national trading platform where the whole port system is integrated into one.”

On improving the health budget at both the state and federal levels, he said the focus was on trying to do National Health Insurance because funding health care through budgeting has proved to be practically impossible.

He said, “We simply do not have the resources, the states and Federal Government cannot do enough. So, the National Health Insurance is a very basic part of it and we are currently working now with the World Bank and with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to establish a proper National Health Insurance Scheme.”

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the U.S., Mr Sylvanus Nsofor led other Nigerians within and outside the state of Minnesota to the meeting held in Minneapolis.

Tiwa Savage laments being born woman

nze ihunanyaAugust 27, 2018

Mavin Queen, Tiwa Savage has lamented about how hard it is to be a woman in Africa.

The award wining singer took to her Instagram story, indicating she is going through some hard times.

The mother of one in her post said she was tired of fighting and almost at the point of giving up.

On her Instagram, she wrote; “It’s a sin to be a woman in Africa.

“I feel like giving up, tired of fighting, tired of proving myself, tired of smiling.”

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, arrested for slapping Dana Air employee

nze ihunanyaAugust 27, 2018

Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke, was on Monday afternoon arrested at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, for slapping an employee of Dana Air.

It was gathered that the actor arrived late for his 12:15pm Abuja flight and the airline’s security personnel tried to help him to meet up with the flight by searching him.

According to eye witnesses, Iyke refused to be searched and pushed the man away, but the man insisted that he must be searched before boarding.

The man’s insistence was said to have angered Iyke, who slapped the man for ‘wasting his time.’

Iyke was later arrested by officers from the Airport Police Command.

Dana Air’s Media and Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa, who confirmed the incident, said Iyke was, however, released, after he had apologised to the airline employee.

Ezenwa added that the actor eventually missed the flight, which was still on ground when the incident happened.

The Public Relations Officer, Airport Command, Alabi Joseph, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, also confirmed the incident, saying that Iyke was released after he tendered an apology.

Buhari says rule of law must be subject to national interest; .Zimbabwe's president takes oath as U.S censure hangs over vote

1.Buhari says rule of law must be subject to national interest

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the principle of rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest.

He said where national security and public interest were being threatened, the individual rights of those allegedly responsible must take the second place.

Buhari said these in an address he delivered at the opening of the 2018 Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Abuja.

He said, “The rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest.

2.Zimbabwe's president takes oath as U.S censure hangs over vote

Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabwe to unite behind his presidency on Sunday, as he took the oath of office following a divisive election that U.S. observers said had called the country’s democratic credentials into question.

The Constitutional Court confirmed Mnangagwa as president on Friday, dismissing a challenge by the man he beat in the July 30 ballot, Nelson Chamisa.

Thousands of Zimbabweans, some bussed in, and foreign leaders including South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and Paul Kagame of Rwanda gathered at Harare’s national stadium for Sunday’s swearing-in.

3.Islamic State claims responsibility for western Libya checkpoint attack

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a gun attack on a checkpoint east of the Libyan capital Tripoli earlier this week, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Saturday.

Thursday’s attack took place between the towns of Zliten and Khoms on the coastal road leading from Tripoli to the port city of Misrata, an area in which members of the Islamist militant group are known to be operating, according to the Zliten mayor.

Amaq said “seven Libyan road security personnel were killed” in the attack by Islamic State fighters, while around 10 more were wounded. It provided no evidence.

A local official and a resident on Thursday said at least four people had been killed in the attack, among them security personnel.

Libya has seen occasional attacks by Islamist militants who have benefited from the turmoil that followed a NATO-backed uprising in 2011.

4.Japanese PM Abe seen headed for extended term despite policy doubts

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his candidacy on Sunday for a ruling party leadership election he is expected to win, despite low expectations for his economic policies and doubts over his push to revise the pacifist constitution.

5. North Korea newspaper blasts 'double-dealing' U.S. after Pompeo's trip canceled

North Korea's state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of "double-dealing" and "hatching a criminal plot" against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June.

Pompeo has pressed for tangible steps toward North Korea’s abandonment of its nuclear arsenal while Pyongyang is demanding that Washington first make concessions of its own.

North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper said U.S. special units based in Japan were staging an air drill aimed at “the infiltration into Pyongyang”, citing a South Korean media

- A Nigerian lady recently appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to build a wall between the Island and mainland - In the now viral video, the lady suggested that it's the only wise thing to construct in the state A Nigerian entrepreneur has gone viral after a video of her appealing to the Lagos state government to build a wall separating the Mainland from the Island. The lady identified as TopeFnR was attacked by fellow Nigerians who thought she was trying to spite those living on the mainland of Lagos state. Many who felt her rant was caused by the closure of the third mainland bridge and the inconveniences it caused supported her on her appeal. See video below: eagleee.com had earlier reported that the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Adedamola Kuti, said on July 10, 2018, that consultations had begun for the closure of the Third Mainland Bridge for repairs. PAY ATTENTION: Get best news on Nigeria's #1 news app Get your daily relationship tips on Africa Love Aid group on Facebook Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Ministry of Works was going to hold a meeting with stakeholders on Wednesday to discuss how to manage traffic during the repairs. Lagos Police Commissioner Parades Suspected Criminals (Nigeria News) - on eagleee.com TV

- A Nigerian lady recently appealed to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to build a wall between the Island and mainland In the now viral video, the lady suggested that it's the only wise thing to construct in the stateA Nigerian entrepreneur has gone viral after a video of her appealing to the Lagos state government to build a wall separating the Mainland from the Island.The lady identified as TopeFnR was attacked by fellow Nigerians who thought she was trying to spite those living on the mainland of Lagos state
Many who felt her rant was caused by the closure of the third mainland bridge and the inconveniences it caused supported her on her appeal.
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Kuti told the News Agency of Nigeria that the Ministry of Works was going to hold a meeting with stakeholders on Wednesday to discuss how to manage traffic during the repairs.

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Reducing the 2019 presidential election to a trek contest shows how stupid these politicians think we are

I have had a hard time figuring out what was going through the mind of presidency spokesperson, Garba Shehu, when he issued the following statement:

“I think there are two things here; one is to say that the president is responsive to the enormous support and commitment of his own people that had come out in their numbers to see him and he just decided that he couldn’t go on riding in a black vehicle and he came out and walked the distance.

“The second thing, he is curious that these days, one or two people who are aspiring to be president are campaigning on their youthfulness and good health.

“I think the president has done one thing today – that the issue is not how old one is but how fit he is; how healthy he is. Now that the president has proven his fitness and well-being, to continue in office is a settled matter

“I think that if people want to campaign against him they should do so on issues that are of significance to Nigerians. The president is fit, he is healthy; he is good to go for second term.”

Shehu and his fellow courtiers in the presidency are famous for issuing plenty of banal, irresponsible statements. You have to say this one ranks up there among their silliest because it was totally uncalled for, ill timed and asinine.

The most annoying thing that came out of Shehu’s 'show of fitness' statement is that a handful of presidential aspirants have been flaunting pictures of how fit they are at a time of a crippling economy, decrepit infrastructure, poor power supply, soaring unemployment and rising inequality.

Hence in one Sallah break, we have essentially reduced a most important and decisive election for our country to a fitness circus.

It’s just seven months before the presidential elections and you would think the contenders should be taking on themselves on policy proposals, the Boko Haram and herdsmen crises and of course an economy that is so moribund, businesses have been packing up shop and sending millions into the unemployment market.

We can do better and we should indeed do better. I am looking forward to the first presidential debate starring candidates Buhari, Atiku, Saraki, Sowore, Moghalu and Durotoye. Let’s stop with the crap that is the fitness Olympics and focus on the issues and the issues only.

Our country is on the brink as it were. The least our presidential contestants can do is treat this season with all the seriousness it deserves.

Why Saraki must quit as Senate President – Hon. Gbajabiamila

The leader of the House of Representatives and chairman of the APC Caucus, Femi Gbajabiamila, has explained why Bukola Saraki must step down as the Senate President.

In an interview with Premium Times, Gbajabiamila said that though he was family friend with Saraki, this was based on the “letter of the law”.

According to the lawmaker who cited the US Congress as example, it was not about impeachment, but Saraki’s eligibility for the office he occupies.

“The Senate President is a family friend I grew up with and did not know or meet in politics. That’s why this has been particularly difficult for me and I wish the situation was not what it is now. I believe beyond the 2/3rds debate, a constitution or law is interpreted based on the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. If a provision is ambiguous as it apparently is now you look at the intention of the drafters and framers if the constitution.

“So question is – could it have been the intention of the framers that a minority or opposition member would be a senate president? The answer is clearly no. Any other interpretation will lead to absurdity. If we say yes the law did not mind a situation where such would happen then it means an opposition senate president can use his position to make sure the ruling party/government fails. It would be in his interest to do so, so as to give his opposition party the opportunity to take over government. This could never have been the intention.

“If I were the senate president and I belonged to the opposition I would make sure the House did not reconvene so the money needed to finance the budget would not be approved by the National Assembly. Or what stops an opposition senate president from appointing all opposition members as committee chairmen including committees needed to make the government function?

“The midterm elections are coming up in the US in November. If the democrats should regain control of the Congress as speculated Speaker Ryan automatically steps down.

“Nowhere in the world that I know where constitutional democracy is practiced does the minority party occupy headship of the legislature. Now the provision commonly referred to that the whole House shall elect to mean the whole House shall elect from among the candidates produced by the majority party.

“This is why I said then that the House elected Tambuwal and not PDP. Even the PDP knows this and that is why even though here was ample opportunity to elect a PDP member as senate president because they were in the majority on the day of election they did not present a candidate.

“So it really isn’t about impeachment or 2/3rds. It’s about office eligibility. This is my take. Like I said I have a relationship with the senate president that goes beyond politics and wish it hadn’t come to this but it is what it is,” Gbajabiamila said.

2019 elections: Vote for APC, reject Saraki, PDP – Oyedepo tells electorates

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Mr Iyiola Oyedepo, has urged the people of the state to vote for His party during the 2019 general elections.

He told the people of the state not to forget the hardship they had allegedly been subjected to since 2003 under the leadership of Dr Bukola Saraki, the current administration and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

Oyedepo, in his Eid-el-Kabir message, called on Muslim faithful to use the occasion of the celebration to pray for the rescue of the state.

“Poverty, hunger, misery and despondency are everywhere and on every face of the people of the state”, NAN quoted him as saying.

“Succeeding governments since 2003 have pauperised the generality of the people of the state; the government has no programme that can benefit the masses”.

According to him, successive governments since 2003 only carried out projects that have no direct impact on the lives of the common people.

“What is the benefit of Aviation College, Metropolitan Square, Football Academy, Shonga Farm and Underpass to the ordinary people on the streets?

“All these projects have no direct benefit on the masses of the state,” Oyedepo said.

He also challenged the state government to disclose how much the Aviation College had generated as revenue since its establishment.

“You should not forget all these wasteful projects when voting during next year’s general election; Kwara people should vote wisely,” he said.

Oyedepo claimed that the state government since 2003 had received over N1 trillion in federal allocation, Value Added Tax, bonds, internally generated revenue and Paris Club refund.

He also appealed to the people of the state to collect their voter’s card to enable them to vote for all APC candidates in the 2019 general elections

Emmanuel’s supporters hold Lagos rally as Akpabio’s godfather backs gov

The Akwa Ibom State Government has said nobody can deter Governor Udom Emmanuel from seeking re-election in 2019. The Personal Assistant to the wife of the governor on Protocol Matters, Mrs Nsikan Ukpanah, who spoke to journalists during a rally by Emmanuel’s supporters in Lagos, on Saturday, said the governor’s followers were not intimidated. Asked if ex-governor Godswill Akpabio’s defection to the All Progressives Congress could pose a problem for Emmanuel’s re-election bid, Ukpanah said, “The people of Akwa Ibom voted the governor when they didn’t even know him. Now that they know him, they will vote him again. “We are not intimidated or afraid of anybody. One man is not enough to make the governor stay back; it is the people that matter. These people (supporters) that came out were not sponsored by the governor. They invited me. You can see them in the rain; they are passionate about the governor. That is to show you that the governor deserves a second term.” Ukpanah advised Akwa Ibom indigenes in Lagos to transfer their voter cards to Uyo, “because we are going to vote the governor back to the seat of power.” According to her, the people of Akwa Ibom are proud of Emmanuel and his feats since he assumed office in 2015. Meanwhile, a political godfather of Senator Akpabio, Chief Michael Afangide, has joined the campaign for Emmanuel’s re-election. Ninety-eight-year-old Afangide who is one of the frontline elders in the state, said he was supporting Emmanuel because of his detribalised approach to governance and seriousness in providing infrastructure in the state. Afangide, who Akpabio, fondly calls the political leader of Essien Udim, where they both hail from, described himself as a founding father of the PDP. He said in Uyo on Saturday that he supported former governor Victor Attah to lead the state for two terms likewise Akpabio, adding that he had no reason not to support the PDP and Emmanuel for two terms as governor. Saying Akapbio is still his political godson, he added that the senator’s reason for leaving the PDP was personal to him and he cannot carry him (Afangide) along with him to the APC. “For over 20 years, we have been building the PDP, I cannot build a thing of such magnitude and get up one day to abandon it for no good reason,” he said

IPOB: Detained Imo Women released with All Charges Struck Out

A Magistrate Court in Owere, Imo State, has ordered the release of over 100 women detained after a protest demanding the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.

The women were arrested on August 18 and detained following allegations of alleged treason and unlawful assembly among other offences.

There have been campaigns and demands for their release, especially on social media. Report have emerged of how Global rights group, Amnesty International, on Friday condemned the detention of the women protesters describing it as a violation of their rights.

In an interview on Friday, a human rights lawyer who was at the court, Sam Amadi, confirmed their release, saying they were let off following a directive of the Imo State director of public prosecution.

“Yes, they have been released. The DPP gave a directive for the case against them to be struck out, earlier today and we took it to the magistrate, along with the detained women. The court ordered the immediate release of the women. All them who came to the court were released from there.

“Only about 12 of them who were not in this prison are expected to be released from the Okigwe prison where they are held. The case has also been struck out,” Mr Amadi said.

The lawyer who represented the women, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, confirmed the development.

Earlier on Friday, the Takeitback Movement spearheaded by Omoyele Sowore, a presidential aspirant of African Action Congress (AAC), demanded the release of the women.

“We strongly protest the unjust detention of over 100 Nigerian women in Owerri, Imo State, and are outraged at the biased treatment of Nigerians in their own country,” the movement said in a statement by its Director of Media and Communication, Rachel Onamusi-Kpiasi.

“Nigerians are slaughtered mercilessly at an increasingly disturbing frequency by herdsmen and the present government neither speaks nor acts. There have been zero arrests of the perpetrators and no compensation for the surviving victims. Boko Haram has decimated the North with scant retribution save for the present government swelling their coffers in ransom money.

“But women – our mothers, wives and sisters – who carried out a peaceful protest and caused neither harm nor disturbance to civic peace are quickly rounded up like cattle.”

The group said the government’s disregard for human rights of citizens is a disrespect for human life.

“The government’s disregard of the fundamental human rights of her citizens, as well as the reports of starvation of the arrested women since their incarceration points to a disrespect for human life and well-being. Carrying IPOB memorabilia can never be sufficient justification for this gross miscarriage of justice.

“The TakeitBack Movement fundamentally believes that all Nigerians have a right to peaceful protests. We also believe that raising questions about the restructuring of Nigeria is an inalienable right.

”Again, we ask, where is the justice? While men, who have maimed and killed hundreds walk around free and unfettered, our mothers from the South-east are in prison for raising a flag. We demand the immediate release of these women,” the group said.

About 300 APC members defect to PDP in Ebonyi

Former House of Assembly member, Bede Nwali, leads APC members to join PDP

- He assures the opposition party of their unalloyed support and commitment come 2019 general elections

- Muhammadu Buhari says the APC has the full understanding of Nigeria’s challenges

New round of defections have hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) as about 300 members of the party joined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi state.

The defectors were led by a former House of Assembly member, Bede Nwali, on Thursday, August 23, at the PDP state secretariat in Abakaliki, Vanguard reports.

Nwali who spoke on behalf of the decampees thanked the PDP executives and members in Ebonyi local government area of the state for welcoming them back to the party.

He assured the party of their unalloyed support and commitment come 2019 general elections.

Nwali compared their years in the APC to being in Egypt. He said they decided to join the PDP following the enormous impact of the PDP-led government in the lives of Ebonyi people in less than three years of coming into power.

The state chairman of PDP, Onyekachi Nwebonyi, when receiving the decampees, thanked them for taking bold steps to join the PDP in the state.

The PDP family is impressed with the number of people that decamped today and this reveals that three APC governors will equally decamp to PDP by next week," Nwebonyi said.

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has said the combined efforts of defectors and their backers in the opposition will not distract his administration from the good work it is doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria.

President Buhari, who spoke in Daura on Thursday, August 23, stressed that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has the full understanding of Nigeria’s challenges and is encouraged by the support of Nigerians in addressing them, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report.

The president spoke at a lunch with some APC governors accompanied by some members of the national and state assemblies and commissioners.

Osun: Gov Aregbesola’s appointee, Babalola dumps APC for PDP

Peter Babalola, the Chairman of Osun State Local Government Service Commission, has resigned his appointment and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Babalola, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a letter to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, said he resigned to pursue other endeavours.

Babalola was one of the 17 APC aspirants in the July 19 governorship primary in which Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola emerged the winner.

NAN reports that Babalola, who was received by the South West PDP Deputy Chairman, Yomi Akinwonmi, and the State Chairman, Soji Adagunodo, at the party secretariat on Friday in Osogbo, said he left the APC because of imposition and impunity.

He expressed the belief that the next governor ought to come from Osun West.

Babalola promised to work with the PDP in order to ensure victory for its candidate in the September 22 governorship election.

In his remarks, Akinwonmi, who represented the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, said that Babalola took the right step by leaving APC.

He urged PDP members in APC to return to the party, saying equal rights and privileges would be given to them.

Osun: Gov Aregbesola’s appointee, Babalola dumps APC for PDP

Peter Babalola, the Chairman of Osun State Local Government Service Commission, has resigned his appointment and defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Babalola, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in a letter to Governor Rauf Aregbesola, said he resigned to pursue other endeavours.

Babalola was one of the 17 APC aspirants in the July 19 governorship primary in which Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola emerged the winner.

He expressed the belief that the next governor ought to come from Osun West.

Babalola promised to work with the PDP in order to ensure victory for its candidate in the September 22 governorship election.

In his remarks, Akinwonmi, who represented the National Chairman of the party, Uche Secondus, said that Babalola took the right step by leaving APC.

He urged PDP members in APC to return to the party, saying equal rights and privileges would be given to them.

Atiku, Saraki, Kwankwaso, others big disasters to Nigeria's democracy - BCO

The Buhari Campaign Organisation has said that the president has a 99.9% chance of winning the 2019 presidential election

- The organisation said top politicians have ruined Nigeria's democracy

- According to the BCO, Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, Rabiu Kwankwaso and many others are big disasters to Nigeria's democracy

The President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization, (BCO) has described the Senate president, Bukola Saraki; former vice president, Atiku Abubakar; Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso and the governor of Sokoto state, Aminu Tambuwal as Nigeria's biggest disasters.

The BCO said the top politicians have ruined Nigeria's democracy.

Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, August 22, in Jos, Plateau state capital city, the national coordinator of the BCO, Danladi Pasali, labeled them as empty vessels that only make loud noise without physical muscles to match Buhari's integrity and popularity.

Daily Trust reports that Pasali said the defection of Atiku, Saraki, Tambuwal and the rest from All Progressives Congress (APC) to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wouldn't serve as a threat to President Muhammadu Buhari's reelection bid come 2019.

Pasali said: "Their defections would not affect the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019 and our party is ever ready to deliver on its campaign promises to Nigerians no matter the plot to distract the government."

"These are people who left PDP to join APC thinking of themselves and their personal ambition but under President Buhari they didn't get want they want and then left again. They are a big disaster to democracy," he said.

The BCO also said that President Buhari has a 99.9% chance of winning 2019 presidential election because he has succeeded in delivering 80 per cent of his electioneering campaign promises.

Meanwhile, eagleee.com previously reported that President Buhari’s 2019 re-election bid has been endorsed by the Etsu Patigi, Patigi local government area of Kwara state, Ibrahim Chatta-Umar.
While receiving youths from Lade, Kpada and Patigi districts in his palace, the monarch said the people of the area will vote for the president in 2019.

The royal father said his call for support for Buhari was based on the fact that the president’s achievements had endeared him to people.

Atiku, Saraki, Kwankwaso, others big disasters to Nigeria's democracy - BCO

The Buhari Campaign Organisation has said that the president has a 99.9% chance of winning the 2019 presidential election

- The organisation said top politicians have ruined Nigeria's democracy

- According to the BCO, Atiku Abubakar, Bukola Saraki, Rabiu Kwankwaso and many others are big disasters to Nigeria's democracy

The BCO said the top politicians have ruined Nigeria's democracy.

The BCO also said that President Buhari has a 99.9% chance of winning 2019 presidential election because he has succeeded in delivering 80 per cent of his electioneering campaign promises.

The royal father said his call for support for Buhari was based on the fact that the president’s achievements had endeared him to people.

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