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2019: INEC, security agents should be neutral- Umahi

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Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, Wednesday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and security agents not to take any side while discharging their constitutional responsibilities in next year’s general election.

He stressed that the neutrality of the electoral body and the security agents would preserve the unity of the country and provide a free, fair and credible  general election.

Addressing National Defence College Course 27 Participants led by Commodore Murtala Bashir who paid him a courtesy call at the Government House Abakaliki, Umahi urged politicians to eschew violence and shun bitterness and rancour.

He condemned the killings of three persons in Ebonyi State during last week’s All Progressives Congress, APC, National Assembly primaries in Onueke, Ezza South Local Government Area of the state.

Osun poll : Don’t heat up polity with hate speeches, CEPEJ tells politicians Umahi said: “ I advocate that the leaders of this country should do everything possible to lower the tempo of politics and look more into securing the future of our youths.

This is very important. People that are aspiring to political offices are not to help the people. It is all about  answering a name and  stealing money. “If I were God, I would say whoever that doesn’t have a handwork should not come into leadership. You must have what you were doing that you know you were sustaining yourself with before you now come to lead your people. “People that never saw N1 million before now want to control billions. Don’t you see that there are certain lives in our society that are evidence of tramadol? The tension in the society today is getting worse.

“Ordinary primary election, a particular party killed three people in our state. It is one party and not party versus party. So, we need your prayers for 2019 even though I continue to say that the future of this country is in the hands of the security agencies and INEC because the security man ought to be very neutral. “But the moment that neutrality is not there, then the civilians must go and learn the act of anti-terrorism because  if those that are supposed to defend the people now turn against them, then the people must have to learn how to defend themselves.”

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Dangote Foundation Donates 80,000 Bags Of 10kg Rice To Communities

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The Aliko Dangote Foundation has donated 80,000 bags of 10kg rice to support vulnerable communities in Lagos State.

The Special Adviser on New Media to the Lagos State Governor, Jubril Gawat, disclosed this on his X handle on Wednesday.

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; founder and chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; and Chairman of First Bank of Nigeria Holdings Plc, Femi Otedola, were present at the event of the food distribution.

Dangote has reportedly spent about N15bn on the food intervention programme with beneficiaries across Nigeria.

The food intervention programme by his foundation was first launched in Kano State on Saturday, and will see over one million bags of 10kg rice distributed across the 774 local government areas of the 36 states and Federal Capital Territory.

Here are pictures from the event.

We appreciate Dangote for this kind gesture.

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36-Year-Old Lady In Shock After Her 19-Year-Old Daughter Welcomed A Baby Without Her Knowledge

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She wrote: “My 19year old daughter made me a granny at the age of 36 😭😭 im still shook and traumatized

She hid the pregnancy for 9months up until her water broke. After God fear ama 2000.

Amid so many reactions from netizens, she also wrote;

“Lol some comments amuse me .. I’m not ashαmεd or embarrassed that I had my daughter at the age 18 , yes it was not planned but she has been the biggest blessing to me

I’m a mad that she got pregnant, yes any parent would be . Because I still wanted her to achieve more.

I’m also mad that she hid it from me because I could have planned better . And as for that little baby boy , I will love and raise him as my own son . He’s a huge blessing to me and the family.”

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Chinese Man Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Killing Nigerian Girlfriend

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Geng Quandong, a Chinese man standing trial for the murder of his Nigerian Girlfriend named Ummukulsum Buhari, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano High Court, Daily Nigerian is reporting.

On September 16 2022, Mr Quangrong stαbbed his 23-year-old girlfriend to death at her family residence in Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.

According to him, He said he had spent millions numbering upto 60 million naira on her.
All the expenses he made included buying her a car worth 10 million naira, Getting her a house worth 4 million naira, Opening a business worth of 18 million naira. Plus other millions he spent planning for their weddings and extra spendings he’s done for her.
And he did all that with hopes that they will get married to each other, But she married someone else instead. So he was really heartbroken which led to his actions.

Mr Quandong, 47, was found guilty of the offence of culpable homicide punishable with death under Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Kano State and convicted accordingly.

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