Kolapo Olapoju

January 7, 2016

Buhari’s associate, Dasuki’s friend- Jafaru Isa is first APC chieftain to be arrested over #Dasukigate

A former military governor of Kaduna State, who’s a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Lawal Jafaru Isa, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Isa, a close political associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, was picked up by officials of the anti-graft agency on Wednesday night. The APC chieftain is the first member... Read More

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January 7, 2016

Ooni of Ife begins nationwide tour, visits Aregbesola (PHOTOS)

The recently crowned Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi has kicked off his nationwide tour. The thank-you tour will see the monarch pay courtesy visits to key politicians and public figures. For the first leg of the tour, the Ooni of Ife on Wednesday, visited the Governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola. See below, photos... Read More

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January 7, 2016

‘I was selected as one of Biafran soldiers’ | Read IPOB member’s statement to DSS

A handwritten statement by a member of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been obtained by Sahara Reporters. The statement is reportedly being used as evidence by the Department of State Services (DSS) to prove that potential ‘Biafra soldiers’ usually took weapons along to IPOB meetings. Tochukwu Meribe, the author of the statement, revealed... Read More

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January 7, 2016

Soyinka birthday dinner: ‘Wike must stop these silly distractions’ – Amaechi

Former Rivers governor, Rotimi Amaechi says his administration never misappropriated N82 million in hosting a birthday dinner in honour of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, as alleged by the government of incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike. Amaechi, the Minister of Transportation cautioned Wike and his ‘coterie of court-jesters and attention-seekers in his administration to desist from... Read More

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January 7, 2016

‘PDP is a clean party… punish our members who ate arms funds’ – National leadership

The National leadership of the PDP says it’s not averse to the prosecution of the looters of funds meant for the purchase of arms to prosecute the war against Boko Haram. The opposition party said the culprits should be adequately punished to serve as a deterrent to others, while adding that the prosecution of its... Read More

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January 7, 2016

#Dasukigate: N400m found in account of army officer, 9 northern politicians to be quizzed

In furtherance of the investigation into the $2.1 billion alleged arms funds diversion, N400m may have been traced to the account of a serving army officer. The account of the officer, who was involved in the procurement of arms during the last administration, is being investigated by operatives of the EFCC. A senior operative of... Read More

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January 7, 2016

How I installed Radio Biafra transmitter on MTN mast in Enugu – IPOB suspect

David Nwawuisi, who is on trial alongside Nnamdi Kanu, says he was paid an initial sum of N150,000 to install a Radio Biafra transmitter on an MTN mast in Ngwo, Enugu state. Nwawuisi, a telecommunication maintenance engineer, was an employee of Ericsson, the firm managing mast sites for MTN, before he was contracted by pro-Biafra proponents... Read More

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January 7, 2016

N82m birthday dinner: ‘EFCC, insecure Wike, you know where I live’ | Read Soyinka’s response

On Wednesday, the Nyesom Wike-led Rivers state government released a statement, claiming that about N82 million was allegedly spent by his incumbent, Rotimi Amaechi, to host Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on his 80th birthday dinner. The Rivers government had called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the funds spent on Soyinka’s... Read More

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January 7, 2016

‘There’s nothing like $2.1bn arms deal… it doesn’t exist’ – Raymond Dokpesi

Former Chairman of Daar communications, Raymond Dokpesi says the ongoing investigation into the alleged diverson of $2.1 billion is a figment of the imagination of the current administration. Dokpesi said the All Progressives Congress-led federal government is using the investigation as an attempt to ‘destroy the very root of the Peoples Democractic Party’. The PDP... Read More

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January 6, 2016

‘Not one kobo of public funds was given to me by Jonathan, Dasuki’ | Fani-Kayode clears his name (READ)

When the National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh was accused of being a beneficiary of the $2.1 billion arms funds, he promptly released a statement, in an attempt to clear his name. About a week later, he was picked up for questioning by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Toeing the same path, a former Aviation... Read More

Femi Fani-Kayode, public funds, Sambo Dasuki

January 6, 2016

NFF Head of Protocol, Ibrahim Abubakar shot dead

Nigeria Football Federation Head of Protocol has been killed by armed robbers. Ibrahim Abubakar was shot dead in his Auja home, in the wee hours of Wednesday. The Head of Protocol’s death was announced on the Twitter handle of the NFF. The remains of Abubakar has been taken to Kaduna for burial, according to Islamic... Read More

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January 6, 2016

Change is coming to LASU, hostels as well

Undergraduates of the Lagos State University Ojo, will finally get the hostels they have long desired and craved. The Lagos state Government has also approved 70 years as retirement age for professors of the institution. Governor Akinwumi Ambode on Tuesday, signed the Lagos State University (Amendment) Bill, into law at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The... Read More

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January 6, 2016

Shiite leader, ‘El-Zakzaky is safe, secure and very fine’ – Police

The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, is ‘safe, secure and very fine’, at a police detention facility, suspected to be in Kaduna state. The Shiite Islamic group had clashed with Nigerian soldiers in Zaria, December 2015, which led to the reported massacre of over 300 of their members. The headquarters of... Read More

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January 6, 2016

Did Fani-Kayode receive N1.7bn from Dasuki’s largesse?

Staff of the campaign organization of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, have reportedly petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, over the role of the campaign’s media director, Femi Fani-Kayode, in the funds received by the team. According to Sahara Reporters, the petitioners alleged that Fani-Kayode received N1.7 billion from former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo... Read More

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January 6, 2016

Dasukigate: How Olisa Metuh became his own whistle-blower

National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, may have been his own whistle-blower in the ongoing investigation into the diversion of arms procurement funds, under the last administration. The former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki is the principal character in the investigation and trial of those complicit in the alleged diversion of over $2.1... Read More

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January 6, 2016

Dasukigate: German arrested, detained in EFCC custody for ‘over a week’

A German businessman has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in connection with the ongoing investigation into the diversion of $2.1bn arms procurement funds. The German was arrested after being linked to millions meant for arms purchase and training of security personnel outside the country under the immediate-past administration of Goodluck Jonathan.... Read More

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January 6, 2016

‘Soldiers raped our women, killed and buried them’ – Islamic Movement in Nigeria

Female members of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, have accused soldiers of raping their members before killing them, in the December clash between the sect and the Army. The women made the allegations on Tuesday, in a press conference held in Kaduna. Speaking under the aegis of Sisters Forum of the Islamic Movement of... Read More

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January 5, 2016

Blasphemy: Islamic cleric sentenced to ‘death by hanging’ in Kano

A Tijjaniyya cleric, Abdulaziz Dauda, popularly known as Abdul Inyass has been sentenced to death by hanging, by a Sharia court in Kano. Inyass and 13 others were accused of making blasphemous statements against Prophet Muhammad during a Maulud festival held on June 31, 2015. He was arrested on August 18, 2015 in Abuja and taken to... Read More

January 5, 2016

Nnamdi Kanu welcomes son while in detention

Uchechi Okwu Kanu, wife of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has given birth to a baby boy. Kanu, who is also the leader of the Indigenous Republic of Biafra, was arrested is under trial for treason and other offences, after being arrested by the Department of State Security in October 2015. Kanu was... Read More

January 5, 2016

Biafra-INEC Chairman appointed

A Catholic Priest, Reverend Father Samuel Aniebnam has been appointed as the Chairman of Biafra Independent National Electoral Commission (B-INEC). Although Biafra is not yet an entity, leader of Biafra Independent Movement, Ralph Uwazuruike, was reported to have made the appointment at the Ojukwu Memorial Library, Owerri, Imo state. According to Vanguard, Uwazuruike stated that the... Read More

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January 5, 2016

Dasukigate: Former PDP Chairman, Haliru Bello arrives court in wheelchair (PHOTO)

Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Haliru Bello, has arrived a Federal High Court in Abuja for his arraignment over the diversion of funds meant for the procurement of arms for the war against Boko Haram. Haliru Bello and his son, Abbah Mohammed and their firm, Bam Properties, have been charged on four counts... Read More

January 5, 2016

‘Our signatures were forged… we didn’t suspend Senator Shehu Sani’

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Abbas Ani, has written to the leadership of the party, alleging that the signatures in Senator Shehu Sani’s letter of suspension from the party, were forged. The Tudun Wada Ward Six was said to have suspended Sani, the senator representing Kaduna-Central senatorial district, in December. Sani was suspended for... Read More

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January 5, 2016

‘I’m in charge of IPOB, Radio Biafra | Read Nnamdi Kanu’s statement to DSS

Radio Biafra Director and leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu says he described Nigeria as a zoo in order to facilitate ‘the desired change’. Kanu, who has been charged with treason and other offences, revealed this in a statement made to the Department of State Services on October 24, ten days after he was arrested in... Read More

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January 5, 2016

EFCC requests release of military chiefs for probe over Dasukigate

A list of serving and retired military officers is reported to have been compiled by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for interrogation in connection with the $2.1bn arms procurement investigation. The anti-graft agency is believed to have sent a letter to the Army Headquarters for the release of the affected officers. Punch Newspapers reports that former service... Read More

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January 5, 2016

‘APC leaders are desperate to expand their empire across the Atlantic’ – Dickson

Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, has yet again, stressed that he’d defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, in the supplementary governorship election in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. A rerun election will be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Southern Ijaw LGA and 101 other units across six... Read More

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January 5, 2016

Harming Buhari ‘will spell doom for the country’

A group known as Buhari South-East Youth Movement (BSEYM) has threatened to shut down the country if any harm befalls President Muhammadu Buhari. The threat is in reaction to Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka’s prophecy that ‘many people are plotting to assassinate President Buhari’. Consequently, the group cautioned on Monday, that all those nurturing the evil... Read More

January 4, 2016

Shi’ite Muslims to FG: ‘Where is Sheikh El-Zakzaky?’

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria are worried over the plight and condition of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who is either in the custody of the Army or Police. Shiite Muslims are said to have complained that El-Zakzaky, who was reportedly remanded in Kaduna Prisons by a magistrate court, could not be found in... Read More

January 4, 2016

10,000 CCTV cameras to be installed in Lagos

The Lagos state government has indicated its readiness to re-activate the 1,000 Close Circuit Television, CCTV Cameras installed by the Federal Government in the state. 10,000 new cameras will also be installed in the state by the government, in order to improve the security of the state. Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Akinyemi Ashade disclosed... Read More

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January 4, 2016

‘IPOB has a hidden agenda to colonise South South’

Arewa Peoples Congress’ leader, Sagir Ringim says the agitations of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra is a plot to ultimately colonise the South South. Sagir Ringim revealed to Vanguard that the protests and clamour for the creation of Biafra, is an attempt to reap the benefit of the oil-rich Niger-Delta region. “Those Indigenous People of... Read More

January 4, 2016

Who diverted Jonathan’s campaign rice in Edo PDP?

Rice meant for the campaign organisation of former President Goodluck Jonathan, was allegedly diverted by some governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party. Some leaders of Edo state PDP, led by Okharedia Ihimekpen, had last week, alleged that governorship aspirants in the state diverted the rice meant for PDP members during Jonathan’s presidential campaign. Ihimekpen... Read More

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