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Youth Democratic Party Submits Letter Of Intent To Participate In 2023 Poll
The Nigeria Youths Democratic Party (NYPD) on Tuesday submitted its letter of intent to register as a political party and participate in the 2023 elections.
As monitored by Native Reporters, the National Chairman of the party, Barry Johnson after submitting the letter of intent at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Abuja urged youths to participate in the electioneering process that will enthrone a new leadership in the country.
Johnson urged Nigerian youths to join the NYPD noting that there is a need for Nigerian youths to break the monopoly of leaders who cling to power at the expense of the nation.
“We will like to call on Nigerian youths both home and abroad. They are already automatic members of the Nigeria Youths Democratic Party.
“We have our own political party now so it will be fraudulent for any Nigerian youth to join a failed and a sinking ship.
“We want the world to know that we are a political party that is under registration process with INEC and we are not holding ourselves back from what we can provide for the Nigerian people,” he said.
Johnson stressed the need for INEC to do the needful by registering the NYPD as the party is determined to save the nation’s democracy.
February 3, 2021
APC governors forum DG accuses Transparency International of attempting to influence 2023 polls
The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Salihu Lukman, has accused Transparency International of attempting to influence the outcome of Nigeria’s 2023 general elections.
TI had in its 2020 report of Corruption Perception Index released on Thursday said Nigeria scored 25 out of 100 points, ranking 149 out of 183 countries surveyed.It was the country’s worst rating in years.
TI cited an absence of transparency, nepotism, lack of adequate anti-corruption legal frameworks, the prevalence of bribery and extortion in the Nigerian Police, corruption in the security sector, among others, as reasons for the low rating.But in a statement issued on Tuesday, the PGF DG described the rating as a poor attempt at politicising the fight against corruption.
“For a government that prioritises the fight against corruption to have been condemning in the way the CPI report did, it is not only indicting but troubling,” the statement partly read.
“Given that it is a report of “perception by Nigerian businesses and country experts on the level of corruption in the public sector”, it is important to engage the issue beyond the media campaign going on, which may only be gaining prominence because of the widespread sentiments of Nigerians that every government initiative promotes corrupt practices and every public official is corrupt.

“With or without the 2020 CPI report, this is the belief of most Nigerians. Therefore, the 2020 CPI report only help to advance the gullibility of most Nigerians with a report of the survey of ‘perception by Nigerian businesses and country experts.’”
February 3, 2021
DJ Tunice Dies After Hitting His Head On The Ground While Mopping
A popular Abuja-based disk jockey, DJ Tunice, has died, Igbere TV reports.
DJ Tunice is said to have died on Monday night, February 1 after suffering a domestic accident.
According to his close friends, the deceased was mopping the floor in his apartment when he slipped and hit his head on the ground. He was rushed to different hospitals but was allegedly rejected until he died.
His friends have taken to social media to express shock at his demise. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
February 3, 2021
Child Trafficking: 19 unidentify victims arrive Benue
The Benue State government has received 19 victims of child trafficking who were brought home from Lagos, following the intervention of Break the Silence Initiative Nigeria (BSiN), a non-governmental organisation (NGO).
The victims made up of seven boys from Ushongo and 12 from Vandeikya local government areas of the state were among many other unidentified Benue teenagers trafficked to different parts of Nigeria by some people who security operatives described as unscrupulous elements.
Receiving the victims on behalf of the government, Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Tabitha Igirgi appreciated the NGOs involved and the Nigerian Police for the interception and repatriation of the affected children, adding that the government would do all it could to end the ugly practice.
The Executive Director of BSiN, Mrs Phoebe Awange, accompanied by Mr Benjamin Usman of Child Trafficking Department, Lagos State Police Command, explained that her organisation swung into action upon receiving a tipoff on the January 28, leading to the rescue of the victims and the arrest of two traffickers who are currently undergoing investigation.
She urged the government to beam its searchlight on the Southern part of Nigeria, especially Lagos and Rivers states as there are more victims of trafficking yet to be discovered.
The Zonal Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) North Central Zone, Mrs Gloria Bai, said NAPTIP was present to witness the handover and to ensure justice for the victims.
The Programme Manager of Eunice Spring of Life Foundation (ESLF) Mr Tine Agernor streesed the importance of partnership as a key strategy for addressing societal ills, saying it was through partnership with relevant stakeholders that the return of the children was made possible.
He called on parents, guardians and community members to be observant and take action to end human trafficking, which he describing it as a gross human rights violation.
February 3, 2021
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February 3, 2021
Zamfara Govt Donates ₦50 Million To Sokoto Fire Victims
The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Muhammad Matawalle, has announced the donation of the sum of ₦50 million to victims of the Sokoto Main market fire incident which occurred last week.
According to a statement by the Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, the Governor, accompanied by the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, visited the site of the incident, where he noted that whatever affects the Sokoto people directly affects the people of Zamfara State.
“What affects the eye directly affects the nose too. We are basically the same people and we must share our good and bad moments together,” Governor Matawalle said.
He said he was unable to visit the state last week due to the security situation arising in Zamfara at the time but prayed for Allah to give the victims of the incident the heart to bear the loss while also urging them to consider it as a special test from God.
“When this market was built, it was one of the best in this country, but it has experienced more than one trial like this. God knows why these have to happen. But we must leave all matters in His hands as only He knows best,” Governor Matawalle said.
Responding on behalf of the victims, Governor Tambuwal thanked his counterpart and promised to ensure that they are compensated appropriately.
He also noted that already, the other side of the market has been separated and all the traders have moved there to continue with their businesses.
February 3, 2021
Police Denounce Burning Of Fulani Herdsmen’s Houses In Abia
Abia State Police Command has debunked a viral video in which homes of people said to be Fulani herdsmen were burnt in a Sunday attack in Ogboko Ozuitem, Bende local government area of the state.
Speaking with ABN TV on Monday, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Janet Agbede said the video did not emanate from the incident of Sunday, calling on mischief makers to desist from spreading falsehood.
According to the Commissioner of Police, some hoodlums at about 4am on Sunday invaded an open field in the community where Fulani herdsmen were resting with their cows, killing about 15 livestock and injured a herder whose name was identified as Abdullahi.
She further explained that the Bende incident did not take place in a settlement but an open arena and as such no makeshift houses were burnt as the viral video portrayed.
CP Agbede while stating that the injured victim is stable in a medical facility where he is currently receiving treatment said efforts are ongoing to arrest the hoodlums involved in the attack.
Recall that the member representing Bende Federal Constituency, Hon. Benjamin Kalu had on Monday visited the injured Fulani herder where he promised to assist with the medical bills.
He also met with heads of security agencies in the state to device means of forestalling future attacks.
February 2, 2021
PHOTOS: One dead as Sunday Igboho allegedly burns Fulani settlement in Ogun
The Miyyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, Ogun State Branch, has alleged that popular activist, Sunday Adeyemo alias Sunday Igboho, razed down another Fulani Community in Igua area of Yewa North in the state.
State chairman of MACBAN, Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim Dende, told newsmen that the house of the Sarkin Fulani of Igua, Alhaji Adamu Oloru, was burnt down by youths led by Mr. Igboho.
“They burnt the houses and that of Sarkin Fulani, Alhaji Adamu Oloru, located at Igua this [Monday] evening. They also set cattle market ablaze.”
“We have been contacting the security agents, including the DSS, as we are aware that he is coming.”
“We listened to the information on radio, we learnt that he was welcomed by the state government.We are helpless as we don’t have anybody to protect us. Many of our people are now scattered in the bush,” he said.
It was gathered that a Fulani Herdsman identified as Jiji Danmawale was killed in the inferno. Meanwhile, Mr. Igboho visited Ogun state on Monday evening disclosing that he was invited by the state government.
February 2, 2021
Nandi Kanu is “made in China Shekau” – Aisha Yesufu Blasts IPOB Leaders
Aisha Yesufu, popular activist, on Tuesday, reacted to the warning issued to her by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Yesufu described Kanu as “made in China Shekau.”
The IPOB leader had warned Yesufu, a co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group to be “very careful” over her comment on the Eastern Security Network, ESN.
The activist had condemned ESN attack on Fulani herdsmen and killing of their cows in Isuikwuato area of Abia State.
She had wondered why the government would allow a parallel security outfit in the country.
Yesufu had declared the ESN action as unacceptable, which should not be condoned.
Against this backdrop, the IPOB leader warned the activist to be very careful.
However, Yesufu while sharing Kanu’s warning, wrote: “Tell the Made in China Shekau that I am not one of those #VictimMentality people that are swayed by his premature beard and stooped posture that he has taken on that have them kissing his feet with his infantile outbursts and decision making that have had him out in the cold.”
February 2, 2021
Court adjourns Orji Uzor Kalu’s arraignment until June 7 as EFCC seeks transfer
Tuesday, adjourned the arraignment of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, charged for alleged N7.1 billion fraud until June 7.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was to arraign Kalu, following a Supreme Court order that he and his co-defendants in fraud charge be retried, having quashed the 12-year jail sentence handed to them by a Federal High Court in Lagos.
When the matter was called, counsel to the EFCC, Mr Chile Okoronma told the court that there was a preliminary matter that needed to be resolved before the former Abia governor could be arraigned.
According to Okoronma, the prosecution has written a letter to the Chief Judge of the court seeking a transfer of the matter to the Lagos division of the Court.
“Looking at the charge sheet, no element of any of the offences took place in Abuja.
“We will be asking that the matter be adjourned “sine die” (indefinitely) while we await the response from the chief judge,” Okoronma submitted.
He held that proceeding with the matter in the Abuja division of the court would be an exercise in futility.
The trial judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, however, refused to adjourn the matter indefinitely and insisted that counsel should take a specific date to return to court.
February 2, 2021