The office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Isialangwa South Local Government Area in Abia State has been set ablaze, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Available information on our news desk has it that the incident was carried out by some unknown hoodlums in the Local Government Area. The hoodlums were said to have stormed the INEC office and set it ablaze around 2 am on Sunday morning without any prior knowledge of the people in the neighborhood. Swift measures were, however, taken by youths in the neighborhood who quickly mobilised to extinguish the inferno; and as well alerted the police…
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Sintayehu Yinesu of Ethiopia has on Saturday emerged winner of the 2019 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon. Yinesu breast the tape in a time of 2.17.20 to grab the ultimate prize of $50,000. Joshua Kipkorir of Kenya also came second with a time record of 2.18.16 to go home with $30,000 while William Yegon, also of Kenya, came third with a record of 2.19.04. Goyet Gideon of Nigeria came 14th and first from the nation to finish the race. Meleka Dinke, still from Ethiopia, was the first female to finish the race. She ended at 2:48:03. The race started in…
On Tuesday, 29th January, the news of the abduction of Mr Donatus Nwamkpa, the chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia State awashed the media space. The shocking news left many concerned Nigerians with unverified insinuations on the possible forces behind Nwamkpa’s abduction. However, MERIDIAN SPY, has reliably gathered that Mr Donatus Nwamkpa only stage-manged his own abduction with his internal loyalists, contrary to popular reports that he must have been kidnapped by opposition political parties in the State. We, can reliably report that no one had kidnapped the embattled APC gaffer, rather he stage-managed his own abduction…
On Tuesday, 29th January, the news of the abduction of Mr Donatus Nwamkpa, the chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Abia State awashed the media space. The shocking news left many concerned Nigerians with unverified insinuations on the possible forces behind Nwamkpa’s abduction. However, MERIDIAN SPY, has reliably gathered that Mr Donatus Nwamkpa only stage-manged his own abduction with his internal loyalists, contrary to popular reports that he must have been kidnapped by opposition political parties in the State. We, can reliably report that no one had kidnapped the embattled APC gaffer, rather he stage-managed his own abduction…
An aide to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, Mr Wilson Chukwuma Eze has resigned from the governor’s cabinet, MERIDIAN SPY reports. Mr Chukwuma Eze who until the time of his resignation was a Senior Special Assistant to the governor on youth mobilization made made his resignation public on his verified facebook page on Thursday. Following his resignation from the governor’s camp and the fold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the popular youth mobilizer has defected to the All Progressive Congress and has declared his support for the party’s governorship candidate in the State, Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah. Attempts…
Both the All Progressive Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are currently making last-minute expedient move to hijack voting process in the forth coming general elections in Edo State, MERIDIAN SPY has reliably learnt. A field investigation carried out on Wednesday by MERIDIAN SPY secret correspondents in Benin, revealed how both parties are battling side-by-side to get some slots for the Independent National Electoral Commission adhoc staff job in most of the Training Centers in the State. All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had their agents seen going about in three major Training Centers…
The All progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council has stated that the party’s campaign in Kano will hold as scheduled. In a statement on Wednesday by Festus Keyamo, Director of Strategic Communications of the Council, the APC urged its supporters to disregard the rumour making the rounds that the rally has been put off. He said: “This is to inform all our party faithfuls and supporters in Kano State that the Presidential Campaign Rally will hold Thursday, January 31, 2019 as originally scheduled. “This notice has become necessary due to misinformation in certain quarters that the rally has been put…
The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the February 16 election, Atiku Abubakar, says he gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) N300m as kick-off fund when the agency was established in 2003. Mr Atiku said this on Wednesday night at The Candidates, a media interactive platform organised by the National Television Authority, NTA, and sponsored by the McArthur Foundation, which was held in Abuja and anchored by Kadiara Ahmed. Atiku, who was asked questions akin to his ability to fighting corruption if elected as Nigeria’s president, gave several instances where he had in time past made moves against…
A coalition of various interest groups under the umbrella of Coalition of Concerned Youth and Students for good Governance and Sustainable Education has berate the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in the Federal Polytechnic Bida, Mr Umar Saganuwan over gross misconnduct and leadership rascality. In an open letter signed by the National Convener of the group, Comr. Adekanbi Sunday and its National Secretary, Comr. Mahmud Ommai Hassan, the group says Mr Umar Saganuwan who is the Chairman of ASUP, Bida Polytechnic , has become a thorn on the flesh to both the management of the school under…
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Chief Justice of Nigeira (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial at the Code of Condcut Tribunal. President Buhari announced the suspension at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday. He said the suspension became necessary followed the order of the CCT directing him to suspend Onnoghen, pending the completion of his trial. The President has however swore in Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed as the acting CJN. Mohammed who hails from Bauchi state is the most senior justice of the Supreme Court.
The Federal High Court has dismissed the application of Chief Emenike seeking to set aside the ruling that upheld the submission of Dr Uche Ogah’s name as the authentic governorship candidate of APC in Abia State to INEC. The court held that the nomination and election of Dr Ogah was not only proper but valid as his election was superintended by the National Working Committee of the party in accordance with the Party’s Electoral Guidelines. More details later —-
Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has declared ex-Cross River State Governor, Donald Duke as the authentic presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP. In a unanimous decision by a three-man panel, led by Justice Abdul Aboki, the court set aside the December 14, 2018 judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which had declared Jerry Gana the candidate of the party. The court also awarded N500,000 cost against Gana, in favour of Duke. Details later…