The General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleman, has called on members of his ministry all over the nation to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, ahead of the February 23 presidential election. The fiery cleric who is known for his prophetic powers said this on Sunday during a sermon in the ministry’s International headquarters in Auchi, Edo State. Apostle Suleiman who had been silent about political happenings in the country spoke to his congregation in a subtle manner, when he unequivocally said: ” it’s better to vote for a person that would steal…
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Ex-Nigerian politician, Hon. Bethel Amadi has died. Hon. Amadi died on Sunday in an undisclosed hospital in London, United Kingdom. A close family source had confirmed his dead to Meridian Spy, on Sunday evening. Born 25 April 1964, Hon. Amadi was a rare breed, and a top-notch political figure whose legacies in the political landscape in the last few decades have indelible in the golden sands of time. The former House of Representatives nember who had represented Ikeduru/Mbaitolu federal constituency of Imo State, attended University of Jos, where he bagged a bachelor’s degree in law with Honours. He was called to…
The national chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, has resigned from active politics. Falae’s resignation comes less than 24 hours after his party endorsed President Muhammadu Buhari for the February 16, 2019 presidential election. The endorsement was announced by the National Executive Council of the SDP on Thursday. Falae, however, cited health reasons for his decision to quit active politics.Crisis hit the party following the decision of a former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, to challenge the emergence of a former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, as its presidential candidate. A court ruled in…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested six male suspects involved in the shocking, barbaric and indecent assault meted out on a young Nigerian female as shown in a video which recently went viral. Following the dehumanizing incident in which pepper was poured into the private part of the lady, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had ordered a comprehensive investigation into the report. The Edo State Police Command, led by its Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, swung into action, leading to the investigative breakthrough. Two other male suspects are still at large.Efforts are being intensified to arrest…
A middlee aged man has been shot dead by unknown assailants at about 6:30p.m.on Thursday at Ibusa Junction in Asaba. The deceased, popularly known as A’Boy, laid in the pool of his blood on the road and caused traffic jam along the Nnebisi Road. Most traders around the area hastily packed up, locked up their stalls and ran for fear of being attacked. Eye witnesses told NAN that the assailants came in a try-cycle, shot the man on the head at close range, fired sporadically into the air to scare people and fled the scene.Police patrol team from the…
The United States of America has said it does not have any preferred candidate in the February 16, 2019 election.a The country’s position was stated by its Consul General to Nigeria, Ambassador John Bray, on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson.Bray said the United States was only interested in free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. A statement by the Special Adviser to Dickson on Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, said the Consul General restated the commitment of the US to violence-free electoral process, insisting the country was not supporting any candidate in…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Thursday adopted President Muhammadu Buhari as its candidate for the 2019 election. This is part of its resolution at the ongoing NEC meeting in Abuja. Details shortly…..
The Federal High court sitting in Abuja has declared Alhaji Mohammed Sani Musa as the winner of the Niger East APC Senatorial District primaries. In a landmark judgement on Thursday, the court declared Musa winner of the October 2nd primaries having pulled the total votes of 39,192 votes as against Senator David Umaru’s votes of 5,870. The presiding judge argued that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress acted in total disregard to logic, the constitution as well as the party guidelines to supplant Mohammed Sani Musa with David Umaru who scored paltry votes of 5,870. She added that the…
The federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, are expected to hold another meeting on Thursday as part of the effort to resolve the issues that led to the strike in public universities since November 2018. ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, confirmed that at the end of the union’s last meeting with the Ministry of Labour and Employment they agreed to resume talks today. According to him, ASUU delegation at the end of the meeting had agreed to meet with their members to discuss the federal government’s new position on the union’s demands before taking a stance…
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has released a statement in response to the comment made by Kaduna state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, that anyone who comes into Nigeria to interfere in our politics will leave in body bags. The EU in its statement said Governor El-Rufai’s comment will not in anyway deter them from carrying out their duty. “We are aware of the comments by the Governor of Kaduna about non-interference by foreigners during a talk show on the elections Tuesday 5 February. “The EU only deploys an election observation mission when it is invited to do so…
No fewer that 80% of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have voted for the continuation of the ongoing nationwide strike. It was gathered that over 200 members of the University of Ibadan, UI, chapter of the Union who attended the congress voted for the continuation of the strike while a little above 50 voted for its suspension with conditions. According to one of the ASUU members, the members who voted did not even consider the third option which states that the strike should be suspended with conditions. Speaking after the referendum, Dr. Deji Omole, Chairman of…
Kayode Egbetokun, a former Chief Security Officer to Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State, has been appointed Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Kwara state is one of the expected battle grounds of the 2019 elections, with Bukola Saraki, Senate President, who left the ruling party for the opposition, and Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information, both pushing hard to put their respective parties in control of the state. It’s however believed that Egbetokun’s posting to Kwara State was due to his ability to mount strong security surveillance against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his…