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Electoral Violence: Be Ready For Real Election                   – Oshiomhole Chides PDP, Dickson By Bolaji Ogundele  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to be ready for a real election, where votes will count and not banking on using guns. The National Chairman of the ruling party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who gave the challenge in Abuja during the inauguration of the party’s National Campaign Councils for Kogi and Bayelsa states governorship elections yesterday, particularly charged the PDP in Bayelsa State not to turn the election into a war. According to the party chairman, the APC takes the elections in the two states seriously because it believes elections are won through the ballot and not through the barrel of guns, noting that the electoral culture in Bayelsa State had not conformed much to the universally accepted electoral processes, but had been mostly threatened by arms violence. Announcing the governor of Kadu

Revealed! Why Insurgency War Is Being Prolonged In North-east There are growing concerns that the insurgency war in the North-east is being prolonged by massive external funding from fundamentalist groups and foreign nations, investigation has revealed. Former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo also added his voice to these concerns Wednesday, saying foreign funding for Boko Haram has risen to 50 per cent. However, in a bid to boost troops’ morale, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered service chiefs to take urgent steps to settle the entitlements of soldiers affected by insurgency across the country as well as the welfare packages designed for their dependents. Obasanjo’s assertion came as top military sources expressed concerns that the war against insurgency is prolonged by foreign funding and interference. Also, a group, National Democratic Front (NDF), has criticised the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, over his claim that 847 soldiers were killed b

BOKO HARAM SUFFERS EXCRUCIATING DEFEAT FROM NIGERIA ARMY Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have in the course of their pursuit of remnants of Boko Haram criminal elements recovered four AK 47 Riffles, one Rocket Propelled Gun (RPG) Tube, one 60mm Commando Mortar, one abandoned Gun Truck and one Motorcycle belonging to the fleeing Boko Haram criminals. In a similar encounter, troops deployed at Gubio successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack on their location and neutralized one Boko Haram criminal, recovered one AK 47 Riffle, one magazine, one Very High Frequency (VHF) Radio, one mobile phone in addition to syringes/sample of injections during a mop up operation. Additionally, troops of 231 Battalion arrested one Boko Haram criminal suspect named Baana Zakari(aka Okocha) at Biu main motor park.  Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect acts as an informant to Boko Haram criminals within Bama general area. Furthermore, troops acting on credible information arres

Edo Specialist hospital is govt property The Edo State Government has said that it wholly owns and manages the Edo Specialist Hospital, which is positioned to provide effective and efficient healthcare services to the people. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, flayed protests over the ownership of the hospital, noting that the hospital remains an asset of the state. According to him, “We want to state categorically that the Edo Specialist hospital is 100 percent owned by the state government. No equity of the hospital has been transferred to any individual or group. “The hospital is also wholly managed by the Edo State Hospital Management Board and supervised by the Edo State Ministry of Health.” He noted that the state government was concluding work on the Edo State Health Insurance Scheme, which will enhance access to effective healthcare in the state. “The Edo State Health Insurance Scheme w

Journalists have the least sex, farmers the highest, says new study A new study has come out listing journalists as having the least sex in all professions of the world, while farmers come tops on the list as having the most of the bed game. The study, said a third of farmers surveyed boast about having sex at least once a day, while a staggering 67 per cent of them rated their performance in the bedroom as “incredible,” according to the study by sex toy manufacturer Lelo. Sex expert Kate Moyle said it was because farmers were more likely to be fitter than desk-bound city dwellers, and therefore have more stamina. “Even within groups such as professions where there is a lot of similarities, we have to consider that there is a huge amount of individual differences impacting people’s sexuality and sex lives,” Moyle told the UK Mirror. “However, what we may expect are some trends, for example, the level of physical activity in a career such as a farmer, rather than someone in

Obaseki: A man desperate for second tenure                                                                               By: Gideon Obhakhan Major signs of distress, defeat and desperation are beginning to manifest in recent actions taken by the incumbent governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki. The actions have exposed the innermost feelings of a man desperate to return for a second tenure as governor of Edo State – thanks to Edo People’s Movement, EPM that has succeeded through series of engagements, to push Mr Obaseki to a point that he could no longer hide the venom in him. The actual workings of his mind which were cleverly concealed for eight years, while working as a diligent technocrat under the leadership of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, have been revealed. It is now obvious that Mr Obaseki is not the man that he pretended to be in 2016 when he was voted massively by Edo people to carry on with the good works initiated by his predecessor. The man we now know, is a

Less Than 48 hours, Another Petrol Tanker Fire Hits Onitsha By Francis Onyeukwu Awka – About 48 hours after petrol tanker accident resulted to fire disaster at Upper Iweka and Ochanja areas of Onitsha, another petrol tanker caused yet more damage early on Friday morning in Onitsha. The fire incident occurred at Omaba Phase two around Chukwudi Bus Stop Onitsha after another tanker laden with petrol fell at the middle of Onitsha/Enugu Expressway about 3.30am Friday. Mr Emeka Obinwa, Executive Assistant to Gov Willie Obiano on Anambra State Emergency Management Agency (SEEMA) media confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Awka. He said that SEMA team visited the scene about 4 am on Friday, adding that no life was lost. Obinwa said the incident took the same dimension as that of Wednesday afternoon, but noted that timely arrival of fire fighters in the state led to the quenching of the inferno. “The second fire outbreak in Onitsha within the week wa