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  The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas, has disclosed that all the money in Cynthia Okereke’s account was cleared Friday. Rollas who was giving update on the alleged kidnap of his members, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell (Agbogidi), said the veteran actors are for now, only missing, and have not been confirmed to be kidnapped. He said, “We have not confirmed the kidnap as it were. The only thing we know is that all the money in Cynthia Okereke’s account was cleared this morning (Friday). “We are expecting to get a kind of signal from the people holding them hostage to know whether it is a kidnapping or not”. Meanwhile, the Police Command in Enugu State said it has found the car of missing Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke. The Public Relations Officer in Enugu, DSP Daniel Ndukwe confirmed the development on Saturday. Ndukwe said, “the current report at our disposal dwells on a case of an abandoned and recovered vehicle, as well as a missing person.” He sa...

  The federal capital territory of Nigeria, Abuja has come under heavy security attacks following threats by some terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari. There have been intelligent reports of some areas in Abuja that the terrorists have planned to attack and this led to the shut down of all federal government colleges in the FCT. It would be recalled that some presidential guard were killed by bandits earlier this week. Just yesterday, an army barrack in Abuja was attacked and this led to the death of unnumbered soldiers who engaged them in a gun duel. A former senator, Ben Murray-Bruce has taken to his twitter page to reveal that there was an attack at Chicken Republic restaurant yesterday by armed robbers and it led to the phones and cars of customers stolen.

 

  An unknown number of soldiers were said to have been killed on Thursday night by Boko Haram terrorists stormed an Army checkpoint around Zuma Rock, the border between FCT and Niger State. Sources said the terrorists arrived Zuma Rock on the axis of Madalla and Suleija along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, at about 8.30p.m., and took the soldiers by surprise, opening fire from different angles. “They were shooting continuously at the checkpoint for more almost one hour, and soldiers at the checkpoint were fighting back. But after a while, the shooting stopped,” a source said. The sources said the terrorists later abandoned their mission of moving into Abuja and retreated towards Kaduna axis. While retreating, the bandits who were said to be in several motorbikes, reportedly attacked some villages and shops in Madalla and carried foodstuff on their motorbikes before bolting. Following the retreat of the terrorists, more troops and equipment from the Army base in Zuma Barracks were deploy...

 

  The members of the minority caucus in the Senate staged a walk out of the chambers on Wednesday. They protested against the Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s refusal to allow the lawmakers commence an impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari. The senators, who had earlier held a two-hour closed session, were angry that Lawan did not allow them to discuss the issue of insecurity that was deliberated upon extensively in the closed session. The Senators across party lines later  addressed journalists and gave Buhari, six weeks to end the insecurity in the country or face impeachment. The Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Phillip Aduda, moved a point of order seeking to discuss insecurity on the floor of the Senate but Lawan ruled him out of order. Aduda, then led his colleagues to the Senate Press Centre where he told journalists that Buhari would be shown the way out if he failed to tackle insecurity within the next six months. Aduda said, “We agreed at the clo...

  Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, popularly known as "Shi'ites" on Monday in Abuja staged a peaceful protest to demand for the release of the international passports of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat. The group, which gathered along the Aguyi Ironsi Way in Maitama, accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government of gross violation of the fundamental human rights of the couple. IMN said one year after a Kaduna High Court discharged and acquitted the El-Zakzakys of terrorism charges, the authorities had refused to release the travel documents to them to enable them have access to medical attention overseas. The protesters vowed to sustain the protest and hold those in positions of power responsible, if anything untoward should happen to them. There was no record of any attack from the security agents as the protest was later terminated shortly after the protesters had passed their message to the Nigerian government. Peter Obi Can’...

 

  2023 elections may not hold as crisis in INEC deepens [DETAILS] The 2023 elections in Nigeria may not hold due to in-fighting in the Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that there is palpable tension within INEC over the continued push by the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership to ensure the participation of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and former Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, in the 2023 senatorial elections of Yobe North Senatorial District and Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, respectively. Sources at INEC disclosed that political parties, particularly the ruling APC, are mounting pressure on Prof. Mahmood Yakubu-led INEC in respect of their anointed candidates, who are deemed ‘powerful’ in the Nigerian political space. Some of the back and forth that has gone on in recent days about names published by INEC as candidates, some of whom did not participate in primaries at all, or did not even purchase nomination...

 

 

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately quit the race over the allegations bordering on hiring of fake Bishops to attend the unveiling of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has charged the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately quit the race over the allegations bordering on hiring of fake Bishops to attend the unveiling of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima. Other issues for which Tinubu should withdraw from the race, according to the PDP, are his alleged attempt to use certain authorities in Abuja to manipulate and upturn the result of the Osun governorship election, and the allegation of perjury against him. At a press conference addressed by PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the party said it was appalled by the nauseating, blasphemous and unpardo...