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David Ogba Onuoha, a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA), has dumped the party for the governing All Progressives Congress(APC). Onuoha who was also the APGA Senatorial candidate for Abia North district during the February 23 national Assembly election, attributed his decision, to the irresolvable internal squabbles rocking the national and Abia chapter of the party,APGA. Recall that Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, ex-governor of Abia state and the APC candidate during the February 23, 2019 senatorial seat election held in Abia North district, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, was declared the winner of the Senatorial poll. Orji Kalu polled a total 31,203 votes to defeat Senator Mao Ohuabunwa, who polled 20,801 votes and the candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief David Ogba, who scored 11,410 votes. However, confirming his defection to the All Progressives Congress(APC), in a telephone interview on Tuesday, Ch...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, on Monday said it arrested a couple for torturing a 10 year-old child in Ibadan. NSCDC Commandant, Alhaji Iskilu Akinsanya while parading the suspects, said that Olawale Taofeek a carpenter who lives at No 43 Olupo, Amuloko area of Ibadan and his wife Romoke Olawale 38 years of the same area, jointly tortured their daughter Abibat Olawale by tying the girl’s hand to the ceiling and putting fire under her, till the girl confess to an allegation of theft. Mr. Olawale alleged that Abibat Olawale took (N3, 000) three thousand naira from the house and the money, according to him, belongs to one Rukayat Trimisiyu of the same community. It was gathered that during a search for the money, N600 was found in Abibat’s bag and that she later brought the remaining N2,400 from where it was hidden in the house. Akinsanya while speaking said, “As part of responsibilities saddled by the Ni...

The Ondo State Governor and Chairman of the Southwest Governors, Rotimi Akeredolu, has disclosed what was agreed upon during the meeting with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo with regards to Amotekun. Akeredolu said governors of the region and Osinbajo agreed on a legal framework to be established to backup the region’s security outfit. Recall that the Southwest governors had  met with Osinbajo  yesterday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting is coming 24 hours after the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, said  Amotekun was not a threat to national unity. Amotekun, an initiative of Southwest Governors, was first  declared illegal  last Tuesday by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami However, Akeredolu while addressing State House correspondents after the meeting, said: “We held a very fruitful discussion, the governors of the ...

Multi-award winning Starboy, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, a.k.a Wizkid, is getting married! Starboy took to his Twitter page to break the news to his numerous fans on Dec 24, 2019, where he wrote, “Next year! I’m getting married!” In March 2018, Wizkid c ategorically stated during a radio interview on Urban 96.5 FM Lagos that he may never get married. The ‘Joro’ crooner in his interview said marriage is not his thing because he has a lot of women who are dear to his heart. According to him, “I have no plans to get married except all the women that have ever been in my life agree to marry me at the same time.” When asked to streamline the women and pick one, he replied, “That will be hard because I have a lot of women that are really really dear to my heart”.