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An undergraduate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, was on Friday found dead, and her eyes and underwear missing from her corpse found at the Commissioners’ Quarters behind the Anambra State Government House. A resident of the area, who spoke to our correspondent on condition of anonymity, said, “The corpse of the 300 level student of the university was dropped by the roadside around Commissioners’ Quarters by an unknown car.” The source gave the name of the student as Pauline. He added, “The true cause of her death has not been ascertained, but the corpse has been taken away by the police “She was found dead without her underwear and eyes at a junction before Demonstration Primary and Secondary School, Commissioners’ Quarters, Awka, close to GRA Phase 3 Agu Awka, a suburb of the state capital. “This is one in many deaths recorded among students of the university. My advice is for these girls to be mindful of the kind of men they go out with; they should be m...

Prophet TB Joshua has given a “prophetic warning” to the President Muhammadu Buhari government concerning the handling of “inconclusive elections” in the country. “The (Nigerian) government should be cautious of the way they go about inconclusive elections,” Joshua told congregants. “This can be an open door for Satan. You know satan kills, steals and destroys,” he continued, calling for urgent prayers for the nation. “Pray for the nation, Nigeria – for peace and harmony, for understanding and wisdom,” said the cleric, leading his congregation at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) in prayer. Supplementary elections are currently being held in Kano, Sokoto, Plateau, Benue, Bauchi and Adamawa – with unfortunate reports of violence and voter intimidation, especially in Kano – corroborating the urgency of the prophet’s warning.

The incoming house member, Anambra State house of assembly for Nnewi North state constituency Hon. Nonso Okafor, has in a grand style thanked all and sundry who participated actively towards his success at the polls. It started with church services at three different churches ie ....... Anglican Church, Living Faith Church, and St Peter's Catholic Church, Odida Nnewichi, where he once more thanked all that made it possible for his emergence as the person to represent them. He promised to implement to the letter all his campaign promises to the people which is the real reason he was elected. He reiterated the fact that the masses contributed 100% to his electoral victory and promised not to fail them. He however thanked all that came around to celebrate with him, saying that he is happy that God gave him the victory, which is s not just for him but for every person that stay in Nnewi. While speaking to newsmen he went further to reaffirmed his earlier stand of making the pe...

The National Rescue Movement, NRM, one of the political parties that participated in the March 9, 2019 House of Assembly elections in Anambra State, said it has mobilised 15 lawyers to challenge the declaration of candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, as winner of the Idemili North State Constituency election in the state. Rising from a joint meeting of the state and local government executive committee of the party held in Ogidi, headquarters of Idemili North on Thursday, the candidate of the party for the state constituency election in Idemili North Constituency, Barr Onyeka Martin Chukwuemeka, described the election as a fraud. “I cannot call what took place in Idemili North on March 9 as an election, because, there were many irregularities that went contrary to the electoral law. From what we gathered from polling booths and agents that worked for our party in all the polling units, we realized that people were bullied to vote against their will. “In Nkpor, ...

Madam Elizabeth Okafor, a 90 year-old woman from Ebenebe community, Awka North LGA of Anambra State is crying to whoever that cares to help her locate her only stepson, Mr. Okafor Ikechukwu, who got missing since September 17th, 2013, after he was attacked with his Friends, Daniel Nwoye, Felix Nwoye, and Nonso Obiagu by villagers when they were conducting  night prayers in their house, based on the allegation  that they were planning to destroy a notable shrine in their community. Mrs Okafor said that the shrine had a gory  history of receiving human beings and twins as sacrifices before the coming of missionaries. According to her, her stepson, Okafor Ikechukwu, until the incident, was not only a well known youth activist in the community, but also a well behaved young man. Mrs Okafor claimed that some elements within the community wanted the young man dead by all means. According to her, the people insisted that wherever he is seen within the community, Anambra S...

The Federal Government has inaugurated the inter-ministerial Presidential Inauguration Committee with a view to coordinating activities leading to the inauguration of the president on May 29. Inaugurating the committee Thursday in Abuja, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF recalled that about four years ago, “the Buhari Administration came on board with the promise of Change built on economy, security and anti-corruption. The Government has since 2015 committed itself to working hard to achieve sustainable economic growth, as well as a secure and corruption free nation”. He said “preparatory to the inauguration of the new Administration, Mr. President approved the constitution of this Presidential Inter-Ministerial Inauguration Committee (PIC-2019) to plan, organize and execute all approved programmes for the series of activities that would be undertaken”. While the SGF would serve as chairman of the committee, the members include several ministers, permanent secretari...

The current governor of Imo state and the senator elect in the just concluded National Assembly election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr Rochas Okorocha, Wednesday asked the commission to hand him over his certificate, noting that the commission cannot seize his certificate because of a mere petition against him. Okorocha made this known when some of his supporters marched to the government house to protest. Recall that INEC removed his name from the list of senators-elect who will receive their various certificates on Thursday. The commission argued that the governor was declared winner under duress. In view of the above therefore, Okorocha opined, “I wonder why INEC will withhold my certificate for a frivolous reason, without hearing from me. I am not a violent person and those who know me know that,” he said. “This is why we have peace in Imo state. The Returning Officer could not have done that under duress under the watchful eyes of the Po...

AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th Senate, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu  Abdullahi (APC, Niger North), has allayed fears of Nigerians on possible leadership crisis in the 9th Senate as it was in the 8th. Speaking with journalists shortly after collecting his Certificate of Return from Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  as senator-elect, yesterday, Abdullahi said the required lessons to be learned from the leadership squabbles of the 8th Senate had been learned, and would not repeat itself. “I was a key player in the leadership configuration of the 8th Senate and the attendant crises that followed, as one of the 43 returnees now, the lessons learned will be used to prevent the mistakes of the past from happening,’’ he said.  Senate Meanwhile, strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the fight for who becomes the presiding officers has taken a new dimension. This time, former governor of Kano State, Senato...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Imo State has admitted that the presidential and national assembly elections in the state were fraught with irregularities and expressed regret over the challenges that almost marred the polls. Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC of the state, Prof. Francis Ezeonu made the commission’s position known in the state, yesterday at the Imo INEC Interactive Meeting with Stakeholders in Owerri, the state capital. Disclosing that there were a few hitches that impeded the timely deployment of materials on the Election Day to some areas, Prof. Ezeonu stressed that the meeting created a forum for the commission to review what happened on the Feb. 23 elections across the state. He alleged that there were deliberate efforts to frustrate the use of Registration Area Centres (RACs); in some places as the commission’s water tanks were carted away soon after delivery. He said, “Wires used in reticulating electricity at the ce...