Theophilus Afe

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to Professor Philip Alston, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights urging him to “use your good offices and position to urgently request the leadership of the House of Representatives of Nigeria to explain the alleged deliberate padding of the 2016 budget with N481 billion (Nigerian Naira), removal of critical projects and replacement of such projects with constituency projects, which have not only undermined the fight against corruption in the country but also exacerbated extreme poverty and violations of internationally recognized human rights.” The petition dated 27 July 2016 and signed by SERAP executive director Adetokunbo Mumuni states that, “SERAP considers the alleged budget padding, diversion of public funds and abuse of office by the leadership of the House of Representatives as amounting to a deliberate retrogressive action, which cannot be justified by reference to the tot...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said he will not hesitate to prosecute party loyalists and those who supported his Presidency bid during the 2015 presidential election if any of them was involved in corrupt practices. He also said that some unnamed persons pressurised him to contest the 2015 presidential election which he won. He said the pressure mounted on him was too enormous that he could not resist it. Buhari spoke in an interview he granted a magazine, The Interview. Buhari, while faulting claims that he had been sparing those who sponsored his campaigns and members of his All Progressives Congress in his ongoing anti-corruption war, said he would come down hard on any of his backers that cases of corruption could be established against. The President said, “Do you just grab people along the road and take them off to court for trial just because you want to create a semblance of balance? “First, there has to be an accusation which must be properly investigated, and whe...

In a dramatic twist in Benin, the Accord Party gubernatorial candidate and younger brother to Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Party, Dr Don Pedro Obaseki has stepped down for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 10 2016 election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, collapsing his entire political structure into the PDP. Dr. Obaseki, a veteran writer and university lecturer said he decided to endorse Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu because he realised that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is the best candidate for the election, describing Adams Oshiomhole and his brother, Godwin Obaseki as betrayers and unworthy of trust.

Booth 016 Osu -Owerri ward 1. Result for Imo state house of Assembly. APC-30 votes. PDP-71 vote. Void-27. Senate Result. APC-41. PDP-74. APGA-1. ANPP-1. Void- 11. Town school umuakagu Ehime Mbano PDP 162 APC 16 Umuogbede polling unit 003 Umuariam/Achara,Obowo LGA PDP-92 APC-28 Void -2 More Results from Obowo LGA UMUEZEALUM ODENKUME UMUOSOCHIE WARD RESULT. P.D.P 99. A.P.C 60. VOID 3. BOOTH 003 OBOWO Unit 10 umuarim| achara APC 44. ::) PDP 114. OBOWO Umuabiaka boot 001 APC 58 P D P 90 #ImoRerun:See All UNCONFIRMED Unit By Unit Results As They Come In; Umuochichieze Booth 011 Amuzi Obowo PDP 135 APC 36 VOID 18 Okohia ward 5,umuna ONUIMO LGA. PDP 102, APC 20 Umunwandu Ndiuhu Booth AMUZI OBOWO PDP 114 APC 28 APA 1 NPPP 1 VOID 9 TOTAL BALLOT PAPER 498 USED 153 REMAINING 345 Okohia ward 5,booth 08, Umuna ONUIMO LGA. PDP 22, APC 8. Okohia ward 5,booth 010,umuna,ONUIMO LGA. PDP 37, APC 29. ward 10,booth 004,ONUIMO LGA Obowo PDP 46. APC 34. Eziama ward 01,booth 003 ONUIMO LGA results. PDP 49. AP...

1. It took PDP 16 years to make a dollar = N197, but it took APC just 1 year to make a dollar N350. ... 2 It took PDP 16 years to destroy Nigeria, but it took APC just 1 year to massacre, dismantle, kill and bury Nigeria. ... 3. It took PDP 16 years to make fuel price N87 per litre, but it took APC 1yr to make fuel N145 per litre. ... 4. It took PDP 16 years to make Nigeria corrupt, but it took APC just 1 year to make Nigeria fantastically corrupt.

Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa A new group, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, on Thursday vowed to launch six missiles, shut down Nigeria’s satellite system and enforce a ‘no flight’ operation within the country’s airspace from Tuesday next week.  The group, which said it was working closely with the deadly Niger Delta Avengers, which has claimed responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas facilities in the region, also gave the Nigerian military 48 hours to quit the region or face extermination.  The JNDLF made the threats in a statement sent to journalists in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Thursday, signed by ‘General’ Akotebe Darikoro, Commander, General Duties; ‘General’ Torunnanaowei Latei, Creeks Network Coordinator; ‘General’ Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro, Pipelines Bleeding Expert; and ‘General’ Pulokiri Ebiladei of its Intelligence Bureau.  THISDAY could neither independently verify the source of the e-mail nor the authenticity of the new group, but several other groups that la...

As the Federal Government moves against the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), militancy in the region has tak­en another dimension as a new group: The New Delta Suicide Squad (NDSS) has emerged. Unlike the NDA which con­centrates its attacks on pipelines and facilities of major oil firms, the new group has threatened to destroy the equipment of private oil firms’ installations in the re­gion. The announcement of the group came on the heels of Pres­ident Muhammadu Buhari’s threat in a national broadcast to mark his first anniversary in of­fice, to crush the upsurge in mil­itancy in the Niger Delta which has crippled Nigeria’s oil produc­tion. The NDSS warned owners of tank farms, storage tanks and private jetties to quit the Niger Delta within seven days. It said failure to comply with the deadline, the owners of such facilities stood the risk of losing their investments. In a statement issued on Monday by the spokesman of the group, Harry Ebiye, he said: “The New Niger Delta Suicide Squ...