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Eden Hazard brings up Chelsea century Eden Hazard took his tally of Chelsea goals to 100 as he scored in the Blues' Premier League clash with Watford. Having ended an eight-match scoreless streak by netting in Chelsea's defeat of Brighton and Hove Albion 10 days ago, Hazard snatched the winner against Bournemouth in the EFL Cup quarter-finals. That effort took the Belgium international to 99 club goals and, after drawing a blank in Chelsea's loss to Leicester City, Hazard hit his century with the opening goal in a Boxing Day trip to Watford. Mateo Kovacic intercepted the ball on the halfway line and sent Hazard, again operating as a false nine for Maurizio Sarri's side, racing through on the Watford goal. And the forward made no mistake with the chance, rounding Hornets goalkeeper Ben Foster with ease before slotting the ball into the open goal. Hazard is the 10th Chelsea player to reach a landmark 100 goals for the club, but lags some way behind record ...

A Facebook user known as Maradeam Osuji has taken to the platform to reveal that Delta State University, DELSU female students are now being robbed of their pants at gunpoint. Reports have it that unknown hoodlums are now stopping girls and snatching their panties at gunpoint for reasons best known to them. It was also claimed in one of the online reports that some girls are also being forced by the gunmen to urinate in cellophane bags.  The students and residents of Abraka are now calling on the vice-chancellor, state government and security agents to do something about the negative growing trend. Read post below;

 14 killed, many injured in fresh Plateau attack Tragedy struck again on Sunday night with over 14 persons feared dead in two separate fresh attacks by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Jos South and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The killings came at the time when the governor of the state, Simon Lalong, was in Beijing, China, with President Muhammadu Buhari for the 7th Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation scheduled to hold from September 3 to 4. The latest killings came barely 24 hours after the alarm raised by the Executive Director of Stephanos Foundation, a civil rights’ organisation, Mark Lipdo, of fresh plots by the herdsmen to attack some villages in the State. He said, “It is rumoured that the Fulani will sweep over Berom Land on (Sunday) September 2. This was how all the past attacks were rumoured and the security operatives took it for granted until hundreds were wiped out, some in their sleep. Here again is another rumour. “What wi...

Elections will not affect 2019 UTME – JAMB The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has said that the 2019 general elections would not affect the board’s 2019/2020 examination. He made this remark while fielding questions from journalists shortly after delivering the 2018 Annual Sobo Sowemimo Lecture of the Abeokuta Club in Abeokuta. Oloyede said that since the Independent National Electoral Commission had given the dates of the elections, then the board would only need to adjust accordingly. “I don’t think there will be any need for a shift in the examination date because of the 2019 general elections. I believe INEC has done well by giving us a prior notice six months ago. “They have given us the date of the elections. So we have no excuse not to have adjusted. We have adjusted appropriately,” he said. Oloyede decried the rate at which candidates, who were not qualified to write the examination applied for it, the...

EKITI 2018 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: SHOW OF SHAME AND RAPE OF DEMOCRACY. BY ANTHONY AKEJU akejuanthony1@gmail.com http://tonycharisma.blogspot.com Democracy is the most popular form of government, which has become a benchmark for measuring the level of socio-political civilization of any society or a nation in the international community. The word democracy is a derivative of two Greek words ‘demos’, meaning people, and ‘kratia’, meaning rule, which implies the ‘rule by the people’. Democracy is a difficult concept to define because of the relativity of its meaning to different societies. American scholar Larry Diamond defines democracy as a “Meaningful and extensive competition among individuals and organized groups (especially political parties) either directly or indirectly, for the major positions of governmental power in addition to popular participation in the electoral process and respect for the civil and political rights of the people”. Further attempt at ...

EKITI 2018 Governorship Election: Show of Shame and Rape of Democracy

Drunk driver kills five in Ondo road accident No fewer than five people lost their lives while several others were injured in an accident which occurred at the Agbabu junction on the Ore – Okitipupa road in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday evening. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr.  Femi Joseph, said the accident occurred at about 6.30pm. He said, “Five people died in the accident, three females and two males. From the information we got from one of the survivors, it was the driver of the bus, simply identified as Daniel, who caused the accident as he left his lane to collide with the other vehicle coming from Okitipupa. “We were told that the driver was drinking alcohol while he was driving and swerved to the other lane to collide with the car. He ran away immediately the accident occurred. We are still looking for him.” He said it was a case of a head-on-collision between a bus with registration number Lagos MT 138KJ...

God won’t forgive me if I support Atiku for president – Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says ex-vice president Atiku Abubakar “can never enjoy” his support for a political office. Obasanjo, in an interview with  Premium Times,  said God will never forgive him if he backs Atiku’s presidential ambition. Atiku served as vice-president to Obasanjo from 1999 to 2007. He aspired to succeed Obasanjo in 2003 but the elder statesman went ahead to complete another term. By 2007 when Obasanjo’s second term ended, both men had fallen apart. Obasanjo’s alleged third term agenda was also said to have worsened their dispute. Obasanjo said he has no personal grudges against Atiku but only works with anyone “working for the good of Nigeria”. He said, “If I support Atiku for anything, God will not forgive me. If I do not know, yes. But once I know, Atiku can never enjoy my support.” “It is not a question of working with or not working with an individual. If you ar...

Ighalo grabs 12th goal in China Super Eagles forward, Odion Ighalo, continued his impressive scoring form for Changchun Yatai by grabbing the equalising goal in their 1-1 home draw with 10-man Shanghai Shenhua in the Chinese Super League on Saturday. Ighalo’s strike came in the 71st minute after he was set up by Serbian, Nemanja Pejcinovic. Shanghai Shenhua took the lead a minute after the half hour mark through Cao Yunding. They were reduced to 10-men eight minutes from time when Sun Shilin was sent off for a second bookable offence. Ighalo also grabbed a brace in Changchun Yatai’s previous league game against Tiajin Quanjian, which they won 3-0. He has now netted 12 goals in 16 appearances in the CSL for his club this season. The former Watford striker is currently the joint second top scorer in the CSL along with Isreali international, Eran Zahavi. Changchun Yatai moved from 12th to 10th position in the table following the draw.

Iheanacho targets goals against United in EPL opener Leicester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho has said he is excited ahead of the first Premier League game of the season against Manchester United. The 21-year-old is likely to start next Friday’s tie; with England international Jamie Vardy – who returns to Leicester a week before the fixture – expected to be rested. Iheanacho, who scored three Premier League goals in an injury-hit debut campaign with the Foxes, has vowed to make his mark on the team, should he be picked by manager Claude Puel. “I am happy to get two goals in pre-season games. As a player if you have an opportunity you have to take it,” the Nigeria international told  The Mirror . “If I am chosen for the game against United I have to keep my goal-scoring record and work hard for the team and see how it goes. “Everyone would be happy to play the first game of the season. I would like to be part of it and am looking forward to it. I think it is going...

Umahi bars APC from using Abakaliki Stadium for rally Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has barred members of the All Progressives Congress, Ebonyi State Chapter, from using the Abakaliki Township Stadium as venue of its rally scheduled to hold on Saturday. Umahi, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Emmanuel Uzor, made the assertion on Thursday while addressing members of the State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria during a courtesy visit. He announced that the stadium was undergoing reconstruction work, including asphalting of the entire premises and installation of floodlights. “I urge the opposition All Progressives Congress in the state to look elsewhere for its proposed rally slated for Saturday. “The Abakaliki Stadium it vowed to use for the rally is still undergoing reconstruction and renovation,” the governor said. Continuing, he said, “Abakaliki Stadium, as you all know, has been under reconstruction and as I am talking to you, ...

Police arrest killers of former Katsina commissioner, 35 Zamfara bandits The Police Force Headquarters on Wednesday paraded eight members of a robbery gang which attacked commuters along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, during which a former Commissioner for Education in Katsina State, Prof Halimatu Idris, was shot dead. The suspects are Lawal Tukur, 40, leader of the gang; Sulaiman Sani, 27; Abubakar Ahmad, 30; Abubakar Adamu, 33; Yahaya Musa, 33; Kabiru Bala, 23; Rufai Tukur, 26; and Shehu Audi, 32. This is just as the police said 35 bandits had been arrested in Zamfara State in connection with the attacks and killings in some villages of the state. The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Moshood, who paraded the suspects in Abuja, said Tukur and Sani confessed to having killed four of the commuters, including the former Katsina commissioner on the day of the attack. The robbers had struck on Sunday, July 22, along the Abuja-K...

I wish I was never a member of APC, Kwara Speaker says, leads 23 lawmakers to PDP Twenty-three out of the 24 members of the Kwara State House of Assembly on Wednesday defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party. Only the member representing Ojomu/Balogun Constituency of Offa Local Government Area, Mr. Saheed Popoola, remains in APC. The Speaker of the Assembly, Dr. Ali Ahmad, speaking on the floor of the House during the defection, said APC had been “fictionalised.” Ahmad said, “All the honorable members — except one — have finally changed party to the PDP. “This is permitted by the Proviso to Section 109 (1) (g) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “Today, as I and other members of the Kwara State Assembly dump the APC for good, I heaved a sigh of relief. “In 2014, I was terribly sad leaving PDP reluctantly with 36 other members of the House of Representatives. “Today, I am the happiest leaving the APC for good...

2019 polls: Police, civil defence demand N317m to feed dogs, horses The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps will need N310m to feed and administer drugs to dogs that will be deployed in states for the 2019 elections. The Nigeria Police Force will also require N7m to feed 50 horses that would be used for patrol during the elections which will take place between February 16 and March 2, 2019. The information is contained in the 2018 virement proposal sent to the National Assembly for the 2019 general election by President Muhammadu Buhari. The total police budget for the elections stands at N30.5bn; the Office of the National Security Adviser, N4.2bn; the Department of State Services, N12.2bn; NSCDC, N3.5bn and the Nigeria Immigration Service, N2.6bn. Buhari, in a letter he wrote to the National Assembly on Tuesday, requested a total virement of N228.8bn, largely allocated to new projects “inserted” in the 2018 by the National Assembly to offset part of the proposed...

SEARCH Daily Post Niger S Ekiti guber: I disarm Buhari – Fayose says as he prays for Eleka    Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Kolapo Eleka Olusola that he will be declared winner by Saturday night. Fayose stated this in a new video, where he could be seen clutching a Bible on his left hand and laying his right hand on Olusola. Olusola, a professor, is the incumbent Deputy Governor of the state, endorsed by Fayose as his successor. “In the name of Jesus! Lord God of heaven, I pray by the grace you have given me to be the leader of this state, I commit you Kolapo Olusola into God’s hands, receive power to succeed me in Jesus name,” Fayose said to which the people assembled shouted “Amen”. “They have come together to destroy the votes; they have come to cause confusion. They boast of their powers in Abuja, we boast in the pow...

Ekiti Guber: Voting begins in Are-Ekiti, Afao-Ekiti Wole  Balogun, Ado-Ekiti Voting commenced early in Are-Ekiti and Afao-Ekiti in the, on Saturday. Afao -Ekiti is country home of incumbent governor, Ayo Fayose. As at time of filing this report, Governor Fayose was said to be resting at home as he was yet to step out to cast his vote. Details later…

Ekiti guber: DSS arrests PDP candidate’s running mate, Ogunsakin, lawmaker, Fayose’s aide, 50 others …Report false, unfounded – Police Wole Balogun, Ado-Ekiti Just few hours to the Saturday, July 14 governorship poll in Ekiti State, arrests of top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and top government functionaries  of the state government were allegedly made by the Department of State Services (DSS). Deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ayodeji Ogunsakin, and Chairman, House Committee on Information, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Samuel Omotosho, were among about 50 others in PDP stalwarts arrested on Saturday, that were allegedly arrested on Friday night by operatives of DSS. Ogunsakin, who spoke to the reporter on the phone on Saturday night, said  that some of the PDP chieftains and Governor Fayose’s aides arrested were picked up with their wives and children. He claimed that they were being arrested for no reasons, addin...

#EkitiDecide Ekiti guber: Large turnout of voters in Ado-Ekiti There was large early turnout of voters in Ado-Ekiti capital city, as electorate already  trooped out enmasse as early as 6.00am trekking long distances to get to their  polling units. Some were trekking as long as five kilometers to be able to vote for the candidates of  their  choice. The large turnout was believed to be as a result of massive mobilization drives by the two main party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The massive turnout were noticed at Odo Ado, Ijigbo, Ajilosun, Adebayo areas, Ilotin, Oke Bola, Atinkankan, Okeyinmi and Oke Ila areas of Ado-Ekiti. The polling units in those areas already had long queues of  prospective voters. As at 6.45p.m, security and election materials were already arriving in those units. Some of the voters trekked from  hamlets located at Eminrin, Erunfun along  Afe Babalola University Way in t...

I’m not happy with happenings in Ekiti –Ooni Femi Makinde The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has said he is not happy with what is happening in Ekiti State ahead of the governorship election holding in the state on Saturday. A statement on Thursday by the Directorate of Media and Public Affairs of Ooni’s Palace quoted Oba Ogunwusi as saying this when the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwright, paid him a courtesy visit at his palace in Ile Ife. The monarch, who expressed worry, said other states would be negatively affected if the Ekiti State governorship election was marred by violence. The Ooni said, “What I heard happening in Ekiti State during this electioneering period does not make me happy as their father. Enough of the crisis; we do not want any crisis in Yorubaland. Where there is violence, progress and tranquillity will be deprived, but where there is peace, there is progress. “I specifically warn all youths in Ekiti State to maintain pea...

Jerry Gana declares for presidency on SDP platform A former Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana, has declared his intention to run for president in 2019. He also lambasted the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for “failing to live up to its promises to Nigerians.” The former minister said this in Abuja on Thursday while addressing journalists and supporters at the national secretariat of the Social Democratic Party where he went to purchase the N1m expression of interest form. He said the tension in the country has not been this intense since the end of the civil war in 1970. Gana said, “With the utmost sense of responsibility and honour, I hereby express my well-considered interest to aspire as the presidential candidate of the SDP, with a view to ultimately contest in the forthcoming presidential elections in 2019. “Being a patriotic and committed democrat who has carried a burden for the rapid, effective and even development of our dear nation for decad...

Chelsea sack Conte as manager The long-running saga over Antonio Conte’s future appears to have been resolved with Chelsea sacking him as manager and appointing Maurizio Sarri, according to media reports on Thursday. The BBC said the 48-year-old Italian’s two year reign — which brought league success in 2017 and the FA Cup last season — was ending although they added Chelsea would not comment. However, Conte’s apparent dismissal drew a response from Chelsea’s Cesc Fabregas, who liked a tweet a Chelsea fan posted about Conte having been sacked although the Spanish 2010 World Cup winner subsequently claimed he had liked it by accident. Conte leaves with the best win percentage 65.1% of any of Chelsea’s managers in the Premier League era. Former banker Sarri, 59, will be Chelsea’s ninth full-time manager since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003. Conte — who had a year to run on his contract — is seen to have contributed to his own demise by falling out both with the playe...

Ekiti election: Police withdraw from Govt House Police have withdrawn from the entrances to Ekiti Government House and the Kolapo Olusola Campaign Office on Fajuyi Road, Ado Ekiti. Riot policemen had, on Tuesday, manned the entrances when President Muhammadu Buhari came for the All Progressives Congress mega rally on Wednesday. He left immediately after the rally. They dispersed supporters and members of the Peoples Democratic Party from the campaign office on Wednesday, saying no permit was obtained. Our correspondents observed that the entrances to the government house were free for vehicles to go in and out on Thursday.

nt Buhari Signs NFIU Bill Into Law President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Bill into law. Now law, the NFIU Act of 2018, establishes the NFIU a central body in Nigeria responsible for receiving, requesting, analysing and disseminating financial intelligence reports and other information to law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies and other relevant authorities to enable the institutions to act on the same. Also, the act dissolves the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit established in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act and amends the same as well as the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, among others. The NFIU which is an independent and operationally autonomous body is “institutionally domiciled” in the Central Bank of Nigeria, a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, on Wednesd...