Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has denied reports that he is no longer a member of the seven aggrieved governors within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Otherwise called G7 governors, the group also include; Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Abdulfatai Ahmed (Kwara), Murtala Nyako (Adamawa), and Rabiu Kwankwanso (Kano). They had joined other PDP chieftains to form a splinter group now known as New PDP, after walking out of the Special National Congress held at the Eagles Square, Abuja The faction led by Abubakar Kawu Baraje has former vice president Atiku Abubakar and former governors of Kwara and Osun, Senator Bukola Saraki and Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Sam Jaja, among others as members. Reacting to speculations that he recently dumped the faction, Aliyu maintained that those jittery by the moves of the G7 were trying to mislead the public. Speaking when members of the civil service uni...
You saw the tweets yesterday from people who said they witnessed the fight at the club early Monday morning...now Davido's camp have released pictures of his injured bodyguard, TJ, who was allegedly stabbed twice, in the neck and the hand, by the DJ of the club. They also released a press statement explaining what happened that day. Find the statement below and more photos of TJ after the cut... The facts: DJ Jaydee of Grotto stabbed Davido's bodyguards, evades police F alsified accounts of a recent incident at the Grotto club on Sunday have made the rounds. Davido’s Management hereby wishes to clear the air on them with the statement below. A fter a successful outing at a recent concert on Sunday November 3 at Eko Hotels, popular musician Davido headed to the Grotto Nightclub on Victoria Island. After a brief stay at the club, Davido and his crew proceeded to his vehicle outside to head home. Upon entering the vehicle, he realized that his ATM card...
The police on Thursday arraigned a landlord, Orisa Obi, in a Life Camp Magistrates’ Court for breaking into a female tenant’s apartment and stealing property valued at N1.5 million. Obi, 46, of 37 Road, Gwarimpa Estate, Abuja, is facing two counts of house-breaking and theft. The police prosecutor, Sgt. Salihu Mohammed, said the tenant, Miss Esther Akpata, reported the matter at Gwarimpa Divisional Police Station on Sept. 2. Mohammed alleged that the accused broke into his tenant’s apartment and stole N200,000, one I-Pad, four water dispensers, one DSTV decoder and trinkets, among others, all valued at N1.5 million. The prosecutor said Obi also destroyed Akpata’s television set, a TV stand, refrigerator, a microwave and tore her underclothes. The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 353 and 287 of the Penal Code. If convicted, the accused person can be sentenced to seven years in prison or be given an option to pay a fine or both...
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