Friday, 25 November 2016

The threat of a new political party by Reuben Abati

Read his piece below...
When aggrieved politicians within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) decided to join forces with members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the All Progressives Peoples Alliance (APGA) to form the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2013, they had well-defined, if not so clearly stated, even if poorly conceived objectives: to send President Jonathan out of power, displace the PDP which had clearly become a dominating hegemonic party, exert vengeance and offer the people an alternative.

   The triumph of the APC in the 2015 elections resulting in victory at the Presidential level, in 23 states out of 36, and also in the legislature, state and federal, was propelled on the wings of the people’s embrace of this slogan of change. Change became the aphrodisiac of Nigeria’s search for democratic progress. The new party’s promises were delivered with so much certainty and cock-suredness. Those who were promised free meals were already salivating before casting the first vote.

Another SA pastor commands church members to touch live wires and get drunk through anointed water (Photos & Video)

Apostle Philip Sithole of Divine Word Ministries in Hammanskraal is making the headlines after he reportedly commanded his church member to touch live wires and also got another drunk through anointed water.


This only comes after a doom insecticide-spraying pastor from Limpopo became a global topic for spraying his congregation with an insecticide killer tsupposedly 'heal' the church members

In the video released by The Daily Sun, Apostle Philip Sithole first announced that he would command people to touch live wires and they will not get electrocuted.

He then invited a lady out to the podium and ordered her to touch live wires, before asking a man to drink from an anointed water, who instantly got drunk and lost his balance.


More photos and the video, below...

PDP suspends Buruji Kashamu, six others


Leadership of the Ogun State chapter of PDP has announced the suspension of seven of its key members namely Buruji Kashamu, Bayo Dayo, Pegba Otemolu, Semiu Shodipo, Fatai Adeyanju, Segun Seriki, Daisi Akitan, and Bowale Solaja.

A statement signed by the party chairman and secretary, Sikirulai Ogundele and Olabode Bankole, states that the suspension is based on the recommendations from a committee set up by the party in June to investigate their alleged involvement in anti-party activities and misappropriation of party funds.

Thursday, 24 November 2016

Prosecutors Seek 10-Year Prison Term For Eto'o Over Tax Fraud


Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o for alleged tax crimes committed when he played for the Catalan club.
In addition to a sentence of 10 years and six months, prosecutors are also demanding a fine of $15.1 million for the four counts of tax fraud for supposedly defrauding Spain's tax authority of almost $4 million from 2006-09, according to court documents released Thursday.

Prosecutors are seeking the same punishment for the player's representative at the time, Jose Maria Mesalles Mata. The administrator of a company that facilitated the deals, Manuel de Jesus Lastre Abreu, is facing more than six years in prison and a fine of $2.3 million.

Kanye West To Spend Thanksgiving At The Hospital


It's probably not how he envisioned himself spending the holidays. But it looks like Kanye West will be forced to stay in hospital throughout Thanksgiving.

The 39-year-old was rushed to UCLA Medical Center after a reported breakdown on Monday and has remained there. People reported that his wife Kim Kardashian who has been by his bedside ever since left for the first time late on Wednesday, with a bodyguard in tow. But the mag claim she is expected to return first thing in the morning.

102 Killed, 215 Injured, 50,000 Houses Burnt In Kaduna – CAN


The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday said that over 102 villagers in Godogodo and Gidan Waya communities in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State had been killed by Fulani herdsmen in the last six months.
The organisation added that 50,000 houses were burnt in 25 Christian communities, while  215 people were injured in Kaduna State within six months by the herdsmen.

CAN also accused President Muhammadu Buhari and the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, of not doing enough to curtail the massacre.

Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the representatives of the 25 villages displaced by the crisis rocking Southern Kaduna, CAN President, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, said the killings amounted to ethnic and religious cleansing.

According to him, Christians in communities in Southern Kaduna have been facing the dangers of extinction and genocide because of the threats of attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

Be Fair To Me, Patience Jonathan Tells The Media


Dame Patience Jonathan, wife of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has denied media reports that $175m is missing from her bank accounts.

Patience said her account balance as of the time it was frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was less than $10m.

She, therefore, urged the media to be fair to her and stop twisting facts. She said this in a statement signed by her spokesman, Mr. Sam Dokubo, on Wednesday.

The statement added, “For the avoidance of doubt, while indeed it is true that Dame Patience is in court for the protection of her fundamental rights infringed upon by a ‘No debit order’ placed on her funds by the EFCC, it is not for $15m but for funds less than $10m as has been clarified several times.

Anti-IPOB Protesters Take Case To American Embassy (Photos)

Members of Stand Up for Peace Movement have gone on a protest in Abuja on Thursday, in reaction to America’s stand that IPOB is not a t...