On Monday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus will hold an emergency meeting in Abuja to discuss prevailing national issues. The meeting is coming after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed the earlier scheduled Feb. 16 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The APC caucus which is a statutory organ of the party, is chaired by President Buhari and has the Vice President and all the party’s former governors as members. Its membership also includes the party’s serving governors, and members of its National Working Committee (NWC), among others. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,had a few hours to commencement of the presidential and National Assembly elections announced the rescheduling of the exercises by one week. By the postponement, the Presidential and National Assembly elections now comes up on Feb. 23, while the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections comes up on March 9. Yakubu had said the decision to postpone the elections was taken after a meeting with INEC Commissioners, citing “logistics’’ problems as issues that prompted the postponement. He said the decision was further necessitated after reviewing the level of the commission’s preparedness for the exercise.The post 2019 Election: APC national caucus to hold emergency meeting on Monday appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.2019 Election: APC national caucus to hold emergency meeting on Monday
On Monday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus will hold an emergency meeting in Abuja to discuss prevailing national issues. The meeting is coming after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) postponed the earlier scheduled Feb. 16 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The APC caucus which is a statutory organ of the party, is chaired by President Buhari and has the Vice President and all the party’s former governors as members. Its membership also includes the party’s serving governors, and members of its National Working Committee (NWC), among others. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,had a few hours to commencement of the presidential and National Assembly elections announced the rescheduling of the exercises by one week. By the postponement, the Presidential and National Assembly elections now comes up on Feb. 23, while the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections comes up on March 9. Yakubu had said the decision to postpone the elections was taken after a meeting with INEC Commissioners, citing “logistics’’ problems as issues that prompted the postponement. He said the decision was further necessitated after reviewing the level of the commission’s preparedness for the exercise.The post 2019 Election: APC national caucus to hold emergency meeting on Monday appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.Kenyan lawyer, Robert Chesang shot dead
On Sunday afternoon, famous Kenyan lawyer, Robert Chesang was assassinated in his home in the outskirts of Nairobi. According to the Standard newspaper, the gun attack happened in Lukenya area, Machakos County. The assassins reportedly escaped. Policemen who were called to the scene of the crime had to scale the fence to enter the compound as the gates were locked. The lawyer was said to have been alone in the house during the time of the incident. Police said they recovered seven spent cartridges of an AK47 rifle at the scene of murder. “It is rare to find thugs with rifles and especially AK47. This seems to be classic elimination using serious people probably state operatives,” a police official said. The body has been moved to Shalom Hospital mortuary.The post Kenyan lawyer,Robert Chesang shot dead appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.39-year-old woman arrested for defrauding church of N100m in Ogun State (Photo)
The Ogun State Police command has arrested a woman for allegedly defrauding a Christian faith-based organisation to the sum of N100m.The suspect, 39-year-old Iwuagwu Onyinyechi was arrested under the pretence of assisting the organisation to raise fund for its charity programmeSpeaking to newsmen on Sunday, Police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the lady was arrested after a petition written by a Lagos-based lawyer of the organisation, Godswill Ojakovo, to the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, in which he complained that his client was defrauded by the suspect through an act of forgery.According to Oyeyemi, the suspect claimed to have got a Local Purchase Order (LPO) from a property company and appealed to the organisation to help fund the LPO, consequent upon which a sum of N33.118m was transferred into to her bank account.He said while the organisation was awaiting the repayment of the loan, the suspect came with another two LPOs she claimed to have got from a Catholic Hospital, Iju and a private school in Ikorodu, Lagos State, upon which another sum of N77m was given to her, after convincing the organisation with relevant documents and proofs to back her claims.But as soon as the suspect got the last payment in September 2018, she was nowhere to be found, prompting the organisation to make inquiries about the LPOs she submitted before they discovered it was all forged.“Upon the petition, the Commissioner of Police Ogun State, Ahmed Iliyasu, directed his monitoring team to go after the suspect and bring her to book. The team technically tracked the suspect and got her arrested on January 21, 2019.“On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime by admitting that the LPOs presented by her were forged and some of the companies she claimed to be the owners of the LPOs, were made up by her.“Meanwhile, the CP has directed the monitoring team to arraign the suspect in court as soon as the investigations are concluded,” DSP Oyeyemi stated.The post 39-year-old woman arrested for defrauding church of N100m in Ogun State (Photo) appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.Photo: 19-year-old nursing mother stabs her husband to death over alleged infidelity in Lagos
Mary Adeniyi, a 19-year-old nursing mother has been arrested for stabbing her husband to death in Lagos. Mary committed the offence on Friday afternoon, during a scuffle with her husband, Solomon Nduka, 30, over her alleged infidelity at their Shagamu Road, Ikorodu residence. According to reports, the deceased usually accused the suspect of cheating on him which led to a fight. Adeniyi, said to have a 4-month-old baby, allegedly stabbed Solomon in the neck which ultimatelty led to his death.The post Photo: 19-year-old nursing mother stabs her husband to death over alleged infidelity in Lagos appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.Political Violence: Young man shot dead in Kogi State
Unknown gun invaded the home of Suleiman Sule house in Anyigba, Kogi State on Saturday and shot him dead Until his death, Suleiman was a staunch supporter of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state. 
The post Political Violence: Young man shot dead in Kogi State appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.Man dies in police custody in Edo as family couldn't afford to pay N20,000 bail
A man from Eguare Opoji, Ekpoma identified as Mr. Osifo Okoeguale allegedly died in police custody because his sister couldn't afford to pay the sum of #20,000 allegedly demanded by the police from Ekpoma Division. According to activist Kola Edokpayi It all happened on the 12th day of February, 2019 when the man was arrested alongside his 14 years old cousin in Ekpoma. The deceased elder sister came to the Police Station to facilitate his bail, the IPO allegedly demanded the sum of #20,000 for bail. The woman pleaded with the IPO to collect the sum of #15,000 but he allegedly refused to collect the money and insisted on 20k. The woman left the station in frustration and came back two days later only to be told that her brother died in police custody. Kola Edokpayi and his team stated tthat they are handling the matter in the interest of justice. 
The post Man dies in police custody in Edo as family couldn't afford to pay N20,000 bail appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.StarTimes drops decoder, antenna prices – So you can catch all the breaking news while it’s hot
StarTimes has reduced the prices of its decoder+antenna for new subscribers to N8,900 for HD decoders and N7,900 for SD decoders until March 31.You can also catch up with all the current and latest breaking news in the country on its rich news channels like PlusTV Africa, Channels TV, NTA News 24, TVC and others.Follow @startimesng on social media for more information or call 014618888 for moreThe post StarTimes drops decoder, antenna prices So you can catch all the breaking news while its hot appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
