Suspected kidnappers who disguised as pastors killed in Delta

The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the death of three suspected kidnappers who disguised in pastor’s outfit.

The suspects died following a gun duel between them and a police patrol team at Agbogidi Motor Park, close to the Onitsha head bridge, along the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway on Friday.

It was learnt that the police operatives had stormed the park based on intelligence report and engaged the suspects in a 10-minute gun duel.

Confirming the report at the weekend, the state Commissioner of Police, CP, Ibrahim Zanna, diplayed the corpses of the suspects, saying his men acted on credible information.

According to him, his men were on the trail of the mole who reportedly fled the scene before he could be fished out by the policemen.

Zanna said, “The suspects drove into a bar in the park in a Toyota Corolla car allegedly waiting for their target, said to be a United Kingdom-based native of Asaba coming home for Christmas.

“On sighting the police patrol team, the suspects opened fire with spontaneous response from the police officers.

“Some brave persons at the motor park assisted the police during the operation,” the CP stated, calling on the general public to always provide the police with credible information that could lead to the tracking down of hoodlums.

“The police recovered the vehicle, one AK 47 rifle, one pump action gun, one locally made pistol with 19 rounds of 7.6mm, eight live cartridges, one expended cartridge and church aprons from the suspects.”

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APC is out to create jobs, restore Nigeria’s economy – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the All Progressives Congress, APC, is out to create jobs and restore the economy the country.
Buhari’s remark was contained in a statement congratulating the governor-elect of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu.

Buhari in the statement by his Media Aide, Femi Adesina, described Akeredolu’s victory at the Saturday’s governorship election in the state as “a well-deserved victory.”

The President also congratulated the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, the Chairman of the Campaign Committee, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State, and all party faithful who worked towards the victory of the party in Ondo State.

He said, “From the beginning, this election set out to be a different kind of election. The unity and resilience of the party was tested. I am happy we came out of this victorious.

“This is a huge win. The mood today is against corruption, insecurity and for the restoration of the economy and the creation of jobs. This is where the party stands and I am happy that the electorate has read the situation correctly.”

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Militants blow up gas pipeline in Delta

Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants, on Sunday blew up a pipeline in Delta State.

The pipeline is operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC in Delta State.

However, no separatist group from the oil rich region has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The attack was confirmed to vanguard by the Ughelli South council Chairman, Mr Paul Etaga.

Etaga said the pipeline popularly known as Abura line, was bombed at about 7:30am on Sunday morning.

Etaga disclosed that he visited the site of the incident in company of the Commanding Officer 222 battalion, Agbaraha-Otor, Lt. Col U. S Abdulsalam, the Ughelli South Division Police Officer, Oghenedoro Samuel and heads of other security agencies in the area visited the scene of the blast.

According to Etaga, the inferno from the blast has been curtailed by fire fighters drafted from the Otor-ogun Gas plant in Ughelli South.

He said, “Though no arrest has been made, the security agencies are currently investigating the incident and are on the heels of the perpetrators so as to bring them to book.”

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Ondo Election: Buhari sends powerful message to Akeredolu, Saraki reacts

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, November 27, reacted to news regarding the victory of Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), in Ondo state.

President Muhammadu Buhari charges Aketi to deliver for the Ondo people.

Buhari described the governor-elect's victory as "a well-deserved victory".

In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President also congratulated the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; the Chairman of the Campaign Committee, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau state, and all party faithful who he said put in their best and braved the odds to ensure a successful outing for the party’s candidate.

He rejoiced with the people of the state who he said aligned with his own belief that Akeredolu, with his pedigree, possesses the qualities to transform the state into the Ondo of their dreams.

The statement reads: "From the beginning, this election set out to be a different kind of election. The unity and resilience of the party was tested. I am happy we came out of this victorious.

"This is a huge win. The mood today is against corruption, insecurity and for the restoration of the economy and the creation of jobs. This is where the party stands and I am happy that the electorate has read the situation correctly," said the President.

He called on other contestants in the election to see the triumph of Chief Akeredolu as the wish of God and enjoined them to work together with him to make the state a truly progressive and economically prosperous one for all.

The President commends the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Security Agencies and the voters for the peaceful and successful conduct of the elections.

As the Governor-elect prepares to assemble his team, and bring the much desired CHANGE to the people, President Buhari urges him to put behind whatever acrimonies may have arisen from the electioneering process, and reach out to all well-meaning people in the state and beyond, to implement his vision.

The President uses the opportunity to assure Nigerians that the APC-led administration under his watch is committed to playing by the rules, and there will be no let-up "until we see the great nation of our dreams in all spheres of national development."

In a similar vein, President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki has congratulated Chief Rotimi Akerodolu over his victory at the poll.

Saraki in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity Mr Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja on Sunday, said the people of Ondo state “could not have had a better choice.’’
Saraki said Akeredolu’s victory did not come to him as a surprise, going by his excellent credentials and years of preparedness for the business of governance.

Akeredolu Akeredolu He, however, urged the governor-elect to be magnanimous in victory by working with all relevant stakeholders in the arduous task of moving the Sunshine State to the next level.

He urged Akeredolu to fully deploy his wealth of experience garnered over many years in private legal practice in running the affairs of the state. Saraki lauded the security agencies and INEC for the peaceful conduct of the election and thanked the people of the state for voting for APC during the election.

Saraki said: "The people of Ondo have made a clear choice by voting for the APC. I can only assure the good people of Ondo state that APC and its flag bearer have all it takes to wipe away your tears.

"Akeredolu will provide you the dividends of democracy that have hitherto eluded you .

"With Akeredolu on the saddle of governance, I have no doubt that the state will soon witness unparalleled development socially, economically and politically."

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Biafra can be attained, Igbos will not beg Buhari - Ohaneze

– Chief (Mrs) Calista Nkiru Adimachukwu (Mmilioma), says Igbos are a priceless asset to Nigeria as a whole

– Mrs Adimachukwu says Igbos cannot beg for a place in Nigeria

– Similarly, Major Hamza Al- Mustapha, has advised the Igbo race to be united in order to achieve Biafra

– The ex-CSO to General Sani Abacha, says the actualizationof Biafra is possible

National Women Leader, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief (Mrs) Calista Nkiru Adimachukwu (Mmilioma) has said that the Igbo are the highest contributors to Nigerian independence compared to other regions.
Calista Nkiru says the Igbos must be given that which is due them.

Adimachukwu however noted that it is sad that since independence in 1960, other regions have countered Igbo objectives.

Acording to Vanguard, the women leader said: “The Igbo have not been given the opportunity to taste solid leadership in Nigeria. Even after Nigeria got independence, Dr, Nnamdi Azikiwe, was made a ceremonial President whereas his NCNC and Awolowo’s AG were capable of forming a solid government and producing the Prime Minister.”

“Azikiwe sacrificed that for the peaceful existence and unity of Nigeria. Although Azikiwe had support from Awolowo, he reasoned that if the West and East teamed up against the North to form government, the nation may lose its equilibrium as the North might feel short-changed.

Therefore, Azikiwe sacrificed that chance for the unity of Nigeria. In fact, the Igbo do not even want to talk about the circumstances surrounding the death of Major Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi. Even in the Fourth Republic, Dr Alex Ekwueme contributed immensely to the formation of the PDP, thinking that probably the Igbo might get the chance to control the central government.”

She added that: “The Igbo hoped that Ekwueme would be made the presidential candidate of the PDP, but there was gang-up by the military against the Igbo, and Chief Olusegun Obasanjo became the presidential candidate of the PDP.

Obasanjo’s candidacy was the continuation of the defeat of the Igbo because the northern oligarchy never wanted an Igbo man to be the President of Nigeria. Even before that episode, the Igbo voted for Chief M.K.O Abiola, but when it came to the time when an Igbo person needs votes from the West and the North both in primaries and main elections, the Igbo are usually disappointed.

The Igbo have sacrificed a lot for the political development of Nigeria even to the extent of supporting a northerner in the Second Republic and also giving Sir. Tafawa Belewa support to be Prime Minister in the First Republic.

“The Igbo have been disappointed time, without number whenever they needed support from other regions.

This is one of the reasons the Igbo want the Federal Government to implement the report of the 2014 National Conference in order to end the issue of junior and senior partners in the Nigerian project and also to neutralise any gang-up against the Igbo now and in the future.

There is no doubt that the Igbo are disappointed because President Goodluck Jonathan lost the election.

This is because the Igbo believed that since he was the one that instituted the National Confab and received the report, he would have been in a better position to implement it.

Again, he showed the Igbo that he has their interest at heart. Because of him, the Igbo now have international airport and other developmental projects in the region. I believe he could have done more if he won re-election in 2015.

There are also other projects in the South-East which he started that are still unsung. The Igbos have no regrets voting for Jonathan and will do the same again if the need arises.

Notably, in the 2011 presidential election, similar thing happen where the North-East and North-West voted massively for Gen. Buhari, and he lost in that election. However, those who voted for him then had no regret.

They repeated the same feat in 2015 and he won. The President did a lot to ensure that the 2015 elections went well and without violence. He should be commended for his efforts in the 2015 elections.

All said and done, the Igbo will continue to hope that their contributions to national development will be remembered by all.”

Meanwhile, former Chief Security Officer (CSO), to ex-Military Head of State, late Gen Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al- Mustapha, has advised the Igbo race to be united in order to achieve their purpose.

Major-Hamza-Al-Mustapha says Igbos must come together to achieve their goal.

Daily Post reports that Mustapha made the appeal yesterday, November 26, at this year’s Odumegwu Ojukwu’s memorial service in Owerri, Imo State.

Noting that Ojukwu was a committed military leader, the former CSO said the Igbo race has all it takes to lead the world.

According to Mustapha, “In the absence of unity of purpose, Ndigbo will end up wasting their time and achieving practically nothing.

“We equally feel the pains of Ndigbo. There are palpable traces of poverty in every street in this land”

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Jose Mourinho sent off for a second time in a month

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho was sent off during his side’s 1 – 1 draw at home to West Ham United on Sunday, November 27.

The moment referee orders Jose Mourinho out of the technical area

The former Chelsea coach kicked a water bottle to protest referee Jon Moss’ decision for showing Paul Pogba a yellow card for diving.

Although, replays showed West Ham’s Mark Noble did not make contact with the France midfielder.

Recall that the ‘Special One’ was also sent to the stands by Mark Clattenburg in United’s 0 – 0 draw at home to Burnley in October, 2016.
Moss had dismissed him in October 2015, when Mourinho was in charge of Chelsea.


The whole drama came barely fifteen minutes into the encounter after two quick goals were scored.

The visitors took the surprised lead barely two minutes into the encounter when Diafra Sakho nodded into the net from Dimitri Payet’s free-kick.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was partly at fault for the goal but made amends in the 21st minute when he scored from Pogba’s ‘delicious’ delivery in a similar fashion.

West Ham need to thank their goalkeeper Darren Randolph who was spectacular throughout the entire 90 minutes.

Although United would have won the game, but for Jesse Lingard’s goal which was correctly ruled out for offside.

It ended; Manchester United 1 – 1 West Ham United, a result which means United have drawn their last four home matches.

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I do not perform fake miracles, no trader died in my church – Abuja pastor, Esezebor

Bishop Emmanuel Esezobor, founder of Fire House Church International, located beside Niger-Delta Gardens and Hotels Check Point, Nyanya, Abuja, has reacted to news making the rounds that a trader died in his church while he was performing fake miracles.

In the incident, which purportedly happened in May, the pastor allegedly offered the Igbo trader N500, 000 to pretend to be dead so he could perform a miracle of waking him up. But luck ran out of him when the man died in the coffin before they reached his crusade ground.

The wife of the deceased trader was said to have reported the matter to the police, which led to the pastor’s arrest but he was reportedly released through the help of his influential friends in Abuja and had gone back to the business performing strange miracles in his church.

But the pastor has refuted the allegation, saying it was the devil using people to spread lies against him because the ministry was waxing stronger than expected.

In a statement made available to newsmen at the weekend, Prophet Esezobor said, “It is a story that would soon pass away. We have not had a murder case in the Fire House Alter and all the branches we haven’t had a murder case for five years. We don’t know where they are getting their stories from. These are cheap talkers who are looking for popularity. God be praised.

“We preach Jesus, we don’t preach self. It has been Jesus all the way and he said if his name is lifted up, he will claim souls. It has always been about souls, souls, and souls.

“All our sons, daughters, friends relations believe in our vision and have been praying with us and sending us best wishes and we are at home enjoying Christ and waiting for our evening service today.

“We have not held any crusade at the only Abuja stadium as the said rumour claimed we are only planning to hold one next year February, 15th 2017, when we will storm the National Stadium for healing service and I want everyone to be there to see the power and glory of God at work.

“When I read the fake and cooked story I started speaking in tongues because the devil is out to propagate God and celebrates Jesus. We also heard how they said a trader whom they claimed I paid to act for me and in the process he died.

“Who then was the trader? Who are his relations? Which police station they took to? Which cell I was detained? All these are questions begging for an answer.

“Challenges have made me a champion and I see it as a stepping stones to greater things. Healing is real and I preach it, the Bible says “I shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.

“I have seen God do mighty things in righteousness and this is a big motivation coming at the end of the year making us more sensitive and prayerful. We know that the devil is after the body of Christ and I pray for all the pastors to go back to their prayer alters as we are over comers,”he stated.

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BREAKING: INEC declares Akeredolu winner of Ondo governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in yesterday’s governorship election in Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, as the winner of the poll.

The Returning Officer, Prof Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, on Sunday in Akure said, Akeredolu garnered 244, 842 votes to beat his closest rival, Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party who polled 150, 380 votes.

The Returning Officer added that Chief Olusola Oke, the candidate of Alliance for Democracy, scored 126, 889 to come third.

Ambali disclosed that the total registered voters at 1, 647, 973, out of which only 584, 997 voters were accredited while valid votes were put at 551,272 votes and 29, 615 votes were rejected.

He said, “Having polled the highest number of votes and having satisfied all requirements, I hereby declare Oluwarotmi Akeredolu the governor-elect of Ondo State.”

Results had earlier placed Akeredolu as winner of the election of the Ondo governorship election

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Nigerian Army needs eye glasses to see killing of Biafra agitators

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, worldwide on Sunday condemned the continued denial of the killing of its members by the Nigerian government, military and other security agencies.

The Nigerian Army had debunked claims by Amnesty International that its men killed over 150 pro-Biafran protesters, stating that the allegation is an “outright attempt to tarnish the reputation of the security forces in general and the Nigerian Army in particular, for whatever inexplicable parochial reasons.”

But IPOB stated that the denial means that the entire defence staff of Nigerian Army “need eye glasses to see the barbaric crimes committed by the Nigeria soldiers against the members of IPOB through out the period of peaceful demonstrations in Biafraland”.

The group, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Comrade Emma Powerful, called on world leaders to visit YouTube and watch the crimes allegedly committed by the Nigeria government and her security agencies against unarmed IPOB members during rallies and demonstrations in Aba, Onitsha, Owerri, Igweocha (PH), Calaba, Uyo, Asaba, Enugu, Bayelsa and other numerous cities to mention a few.

The statement reads, “The Nigeria defence headquarters should have asked for the video coverage from the media companies both international and local media outfits in the world after watching the videos from all corners of Biafra if they still doubting the killings then you understand that they are not a well organised institutions and any body still doubting or asking questions about this crime committed by Nigerian army against defenceless peaceful civilians, then that person needs to be under medical care for madness.

“The world now have the video evidence of the cold blooded brutal massacre of defenceless Biafra civilians.

“We want similar in controvertible proof to substantiate the cut and paste purpoted refuttal by the Nigeria army spokesman.

“We IPOB suggest the defence head quarters of the Nigerian army and presidency to watch the video again before coming out to make a mockery of themselves and the entire Nigeria

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Over 20 Boko Haram Killed, 6 Soldiers injured in Borno ambush

The Caretaker Chairman of Gwoza local government area of Borno State, Hon Saeed Salisu Sambo, on Saturday morning narrowly escaped death from a Boko Haram ambush on his convoy around Bama town while on his way from Gwoza to Maiduguri.

Six soldiers of the 121 Task Force Battalion Pulka who were providing him security cover were injured as they attempted to clear the ambush.

Speaking to newsmen today on the ambush, Hon. Saeed said, more than 20 Boko Haram insurgents were killed while many fled due to the superior power of the soldiers.

He said, “The incident happened at about 5km into Bama town, 10am yesterday, (Saturday) after living Nguro-Soye.“

According to him, the insurgents detonated an IED, followed by sporadic gunshots which was repelled by the gallant soldiers.

“Six (6) soldiers sustained various degrees of injuries, and more than twenty of heinous actors (BH) were killed by the rocket launcher fired by troops as I vividly saw them running away, as the military engageed them in response,” the council boss said.

Hon Sambo gave the list of soldiers injured as: Sgt Onu Oga, Cpl Jonah Inji, Lcpl Dauda Isa, Lcpl Lawal Yahaya, Cpl Oku Sunday and Pte Austin Matthew.

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Trump won’t destroy Nigeria-US relations – Foreign Affairs ministry

The new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Sola Enikanolaiye, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Donald Trump’s presidency would not disrupt the U. S. and Nigeria’s long-existing relations.
Enikanolaiye said that there was no need for Nigerians to be agitated over Trump’s presidency.

The permanent secretary expressed optimism that the long existing relations between Nigeria and the U. S. would be strengthened in the years ahead.

He said, “We do not think that Donald Trump’s presidency would lead to a disruption in the relations between Nigeria and the United States.

“The United States and Nigeria have had excellent relations since the attainment of Nigeria’s Independence.

“And under every government in the U. S, whether Republican or Democrat, we have always had cordial relations.

“So, we do not think that this already existing relations between Nigeria and the U. S. would necessarily be altered under the U. S. President-Elect Donald Trump.”

The permanent secretary, however, said that Nigeria would not be naive to be caught unawares by any future eventualities.

Enikanolaiye said that ahead of eventualities, his Ministry would on Monday, Nov. 28, hold a special retreat in Abuja, to deliberate on some of Trump’s rhetorics during his campaigns.

He said, “Given the President-elect’s rhetorics during his campaigns and election, we would not be naive not to prepare for these eventualities.

“We have, therefore, decided to organise a special retreat on Monday, Nov. 28, in Abuja.

“This retreat would give major foreign policy stakeholders the opportunity to deliberate on what Trump has said and advise government on how best to respond to this.”

Enikanolaiye recalled that Nigeria had excellent relations with the administration of the outgoing president Barack Obama in different areas, including economic ties, deepening of Nigeria’s democracy and other areas.

NAN

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Ladies excited as pastor shares ‘anointed’ cucumbers during

The founder of Prophetic Healing Deliverance Ministries in Zimbabwe, Prophet Walter Magaya, stirred up controversies on the social media on Sunday as pictures of him distributing and selling ‘anointed’ cucumbers during his church service went viral.

The report is causing a stir as cucumber has recently been “literally discovered to have many uses,” apart from being an edible fruit.

The pastor created room for criticisms as the report had it that his church members, especially the ladies, heavily patronized him.

While some called him fake for selling cucumbers in the house of God, others said “only him knows why he chose cucumber of all fruits” to distribute.

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How we robbed Basketmouth of $200, phones in Lagos – Suspects

The suspects, who robbed veteran Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth, at gun point at his residence in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, on September 7 have been arrested.

The comedian was in company of his family when unknown gunmen broke into his home and carted away valuables.

They were paraded before newsmen at the state Police Command headquarters, Ikeja on Saturday.

Twenty-four-year old Chibuzor Ugwu, the suspected leader of the three-man gang confessed, saying “Anytime I come to Lagos, I take my gang to vandalise vehicles and steal auto parts. We normally targeted Toyota and Honda vehicles.

“But the day we robbed Basketmouth’s house, we had operated on some vehicles in the area that day. We then peeped into a compound and saw a very nice car.

When we gained access into the compound, we realised we could make more money by robbing the occupants of the house.

“We then used a bolt cutter to enter through the kitchen. It was when we entered the house that we realised that it was Basketmouth’s house. We saw the pictures of him and his family on the wall,” Ugwu said, adding that he had done nothing else than internet fraud and robbery since he left secondary school.

Speaking further, the Enugu State indigene living in Anambra State said he pointed a gun he was holding at the comedian and told him to cooperate.

According to him, they were shocked the comedian told them he had no cash at home.

Ugwu said, “We thought we were going to find millions of naira at the house. He was begging us not to hurt his family. He said he did not keep cash at home. But we told him to cooperate so that we would just operate peacefully and leave.

“We searched the whole apartment and found nothing. We only got a $200 note in his wallet along with the mobile phones in the house which he handed to us.

“Eventually we left with the little we could find, we were not ready to hurt him because it was clear he was telling the truth when we searched everywhere and found no money.

“We sold the phones to a friend, Osama at the Computer Village in Ikeja and the gun I took to the operation was purchased for N80,000 in Benue State.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects, said they would be charged to court soon.

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How mentally ill graduate beat mother to death in Benue

Pandemonium struck at Ufia Street in Otukpo, Benue State on Monday after a graduate of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Godwin Orinya, killed his mother.

Orinya, a native of Ado Local Government Area, LGA of the state, was said to have started acting strangely lately.

His ‘new’ attitude reportedly prompted his family to commit him to a local mental health care centre run by a man at Agboke, Ohimini LGA of the state.

The herbal doctor, who strictly uses herbal medicine as treatment for mental illnesses had reportedly gone out to get some herbs when Orinya pounced on his mother who was with him.

He beat her to death and escaped from the centre.

When contacted, the Benue Police Command image maker, Mr. Moses Yamu, told ALEXLUCKYNEWS on Saturday that efforts were on to apprehend the suspect who is at large.
“We will get him as soon as possible, so he does not do harm to others.”

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‘I am not Jesus’- Oyinbo man explains his mistaken identity

Following an incident in Kenya where he encountered people who simply thought he was Jesus the son of God , the ‘mystery’ man has explained himself.

Daniel Christos was mistaken to be ‘Jesus’ in Kenya
When some Kenyans spotted a man who looked like the biblical Jesus Christ based on the movies they must have seen (where Jesus is presumed to be an Oyinbo man), they simply took the opportunity to take pictures and even invite him into their homes.

As it turns out, the man who had this experience, is non other than an Australian man identified as Daniel Christos.

Christos who said he is not a beggar, but actually a traveler from Perth, Australia, took to his Facebook page to react when a user identified as Mook Carter III said they would set up a committee to crucify him together with two thieves. He said he was uncomfortable with the threat, and felt the need to respond saying:

“I arrived in Kenya less than 2 weeks ago from Ethiopia and have been welcomed with so much enthusiasm like I’ve never experienced before in my life. In fact, it’s been so extreme that it’s been a little overwhelming.

Every single corner I walk on in Nairobi I have noticed someone either taking a photo or video while hundreds of times a day I hear people calling out “Jesus!”.

Kenyan people, in general, have been very friendly and loving. Until I find this photo of me circulating online. I feel a little concerned by this person’s comments. I don’t know who wrote it and I don’t know if it was just a joke or if they were serous, but it has made me a little uncomfortable to walk in the streets of Nairobi. I shouldn’t have to respond to such close minded nonsense but a quick message to whoever posted the photo and comment… I AM NOT JESUS! I HAVE NEVER PRETENDED TO BE. I am a traveler who has come to your country as a visitor, i would hope that one day if Jesus does return you treat him with a little more respect than you have treated me. To everyone else, you are a beautiful people, I love you!”

LOL! What do you think?

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Unbelievable! Mourinho make shocking bid for Chelsea star

– Jose Mourinho is now set to raid former club Chelsea for the signing of Willian in the January 2017 transfer window

– Since Antonio Conte became the new coach of Chelsea, the Brazilian has not been given playing times

– Last season when Mourinho was at Chelsea, he had a superb relationship with Willian

Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho is now set to raid his former club Chelsea as the Portuguese gaffer was reported to be interested in luring forward Willian to Old Trafford.


The 28-year-old Brazilian star has fallen down the pecking order since the arrival of new manager Antonio Conte who has given the player limited playing time.

Before Jose Mourinho was axed at Chelsea, the Portuguese man was an admirer of the Brazilian star as he netted seven times last season for the Blues.

Willian who was Chelsea’s player of the year for last season has not started in the premier League since the Blues’ 2-0 victory at Hull City on October 1, 2016.

It was also said that the death of his mother also restricted his chances to play for Chelsea who are currently topping the premier League table with 31 points after 13 games.

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Igbos don’t want Biafra! – Iwuanyanwu reveals what they are really after

- Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu advised President Buhari to speed up Nnamdi Kanu's trial

- He noted that his detention is turing him into a hero

- The politician said Igbos only want to be president and not secede
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu has revealed that the Igbo people are not really agitating for secession but actually desire to produce the country’s president

The detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) has sparked the agitation for an independent Biafra state but Iwuanyanwu believes that what the Igbos actually want is to have a president from the region.

The Punch reports that the businessman and politician said this on Friday, November 25 at the National Executive Council meeting of the Nigerian Union of journalists in Owerri, the Imo state capital.

Iwuanyanwu noted that the continued detention of Kanu was turning him into a hero and advised President Muhammadu Buhari to speed up his court trial.

He said: “Igbo people are majority tribe in Nigeria. We are everywhere and doing greatly.”

The statesman also lashed out at Niger Delta militants for blowing-up oil and gas pipelines.

He described their act as stupidity capable of hindering the progress in the region and urged Buhari to quickly summon a meeting of elders in the country in order to find a permanent solution to the problem of insurgency and militancy.

Governor Rochas Okorocha also noted that the unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.

He said: “I see myself as an unusual Nigerian. While Igbo parents gave birth to me, I was born in the North, went to school there and even married in the North there. I was empowered by the West. For me, there is no better place to call our own than Nigeria. We must do everything possible to protect the country from those who seek its downfall.”

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Fayose reconstructs roads himself, drives an excavator

– Governor Ayo Fayose promised to fix roads in Ekiti in spite of the financial crisis in the country

– The Ekiti governor was at the flag-off of the repair of Efon-Aramoko-Igede-Ado Road

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti drove an excavator as he flagged-off the rehabilitation of the Efon-Aramoko-Igede-Ado Road in the state.

In a statement by Mr Idowu Adelusi who is the chief press secretary to the governor, he said the governor decided to fix the road after it was abandoned by the federal government.

He said: “Though this is a federal road, we are going to fix it because we won’t join those who are not giving people value for their votes to further punish our people. We run a responsible and responsive government and people should tell those at the federal level to stop giving excuses and to stop complaining.

“We are calling on federal authorities to be alive to their responsibilities and stop complaining and give us value for our votes, as we will change this change that has brought inconvenience to our people. Despite the paucity of funds, we won’t be deterred and discouraged. We will ensure that the road is made motorable before Christmas period and I urge the people to cooperate with the contractors.”

He assured that before he leaves office, the Aramoko stretch of the road will be covered in asphalt.

Oba Olu Adeyemi who is the Alara of Aramoko-Ekiti said he had written to the federal government to complain about the state of the road.

He said: “I am deeply touched by the decision of the governor to start the rehabilitation of this road. The bad portions are menace to us here. That the governor has the view of rehabilitating a federal road, bearing in mind the problems associated with getting reimbursed for it, is very commendable. The governor has left an indelible mark in our hearts.”

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Germany, Portugal avoid each other in 2017 Confederations Cup draw

The draws for next year’s Confederations Cup have been conducted in Kazan.

Hosts Russia will take on Euro 2016 winners Portugal, Mexico and New Zealnad in Group A.

Current world champions, Germany, have been placed in Group B, along with Chile, Australia and the winner of next year’s Africa Cup of Nations.


The tournament will act as a warm-up for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
It will kick off in Saint Petersburg on June 17 until July 2. Matches will also be staged in Kazan, Moscow and Sochi.

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How I stopped Atiku from becoming President – Anenih

Former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustee, Tony Anenih, has revealed that he stopped former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, from being President.

Anenih, who has announced he is stepping out of politics, said this in his book titled ‘My Life and Nigerian Politics’, which was presented in Abuja on Saturday.

He explained that Atiku wanted to become the President, when former President Olusegun Obasanjo was contesting for a second term.

“As a result of my preparations for Chief Obasanjo’s second tenure, I stepped on the toes of many of those who did not want him to seek a second term. These are the people I can now refer to as members of the ‘G3’. These were General Ibrahim Babangida, (ex-) Vice- President Atiku Abubakar and the (ex-) National Security Adviser, General Aliu Gwarzo,” Anenih said.

“There was no other way I could have offended the vice-president other than that I prevented him from being PDP’s presidential candidate in the 2003 presidential election. He erroneously believed that he was the only politician at the Villa and that he was better qualified than the President. I was well ahead of him in all his plans to prevent Chief Obasanjo from running (for re-election).”

Anenih also claimed he recommended Atiku as Vice-President, after he had just won the Adamawa State governorship election.

He added: “I asked Obasanjo whether he would want a vice-president that would give him absolute confidence and allow him to sleep with his two eyes closed or whether he would want a vice-president he did not trust.

“He answered that he would like to sleep with his two eyes closed. It was at this point that I asked him: ‘What about Atiku?’ Chief Obasanjo’s answer was that Atiku had just won his governorship election and the law might not allow him to come on board as his running mate.

“We both decided to get a lawyer to advise us and Barrister Alimi Rasaq of Kwara State was sent for. He advised us that there was nothing in the constitution that prevented Atiku from being his running mate; especially as Atiku had not been sworn in.”

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See how to end Niger Delta millitant

he wave of attacks on oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta will stop only if the FederalGovernment commits itself to a genuine dialogue.The chairman of the default Technical Committee on the Niger Delta, Ledum Mitee, told The Guardian in Port Harcourt, that irrespective of the recent stakeholder meeting between the presidency and Niger Delta leaders, the attitude of the Federal Government had not shown it was committed to dialogue.According to Mitee, while government strategy to end the crisis in the Niger Delta is not clear, it is obvious that Niger Delta leaders still need to do some work to get a firm commitment from the government that dialogue is the preferred option.He said everybody in the countrywould want a resolution of the problem through dialogue and not military confrontation.“For me, there is no alternative to dialogue. I don’t see any alternative to dialogue. The point I keep on making is that we will not be tired of dialogue. But it is not just dialogue. What we have asked for this time is not just dialogue but a conversation thatis backed with some credible action on the ground. If you agreed on something, then you go and do it and that will instil confidence in the process and inthe people at the grassroots,” he said.Mitee, who is a former president of the Movement for the Survivalof the Ogoni People (MOSOP) explained that the government should ensure that the Niger Delta technical committee reportwas updated to accommodate existing circumstances so as to provide a clear basis for sustainable peace in the Niger Delta.To this end, he argued that if government was sincere it couldimplement some of the key demands of the Niger Delta leaders within the next three to six months to boost confidence that government was indeed committed to the resolution of the Niger Delta conflict.On the current amnesty programme, Mitee called for its review to include an exit strategythat could transit recipients frombeing mere receivers of stipendsto persons who duly employed.According to him, the government of the late PresidentUmaru Yar’Adua and that of President Goodluck Jonathan, ina bid to normalise crude oil production, failed to fully implement the recommendations of the technical committee on how the amnesty programme should be implemented.Mitee said government should to tackle the Ogoni clean-up andenvironmental remediation of the Niger Delta areas with seriousness to boost the confidence of the people of the region.He also suggested that the issue of the maritime university at Okerenkoko and maritime academy at Oron should be addressed as well.Mitee lamented that governmenthad allowed the Niger Delta crisis to fester for too long. He observed that the emergence of another militant group under theaegis of Niger Delta Avengers years after the Movement for theEmancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) ceased attacks on oil installations ought to give everyone concern so much so that the Niger Delta question should be urgently addressed.

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Chelsea is my club- Victor Moses

Victor Moses has said he is enjoying life at Chelsea and hinted he is not thinking about a move to Barcelona.

The Super Eagles forward, scored the winning goal as the Blues defeated Tottenham 2-1 at home on Saturday, to go top of the Premier League.

“This is my club. The manager gave me the opportunity to express myself and I’m pleased with how I’m doing,” Moses said afterwards.

His goal against Spurs was his third – all three goals have come at Stamford Bridge.

Moses was also voted Man of the Match for the second week running.

Chelsea manager, Antonio Conte, has already advised the player to shun a move to Barcelona.

BREAKING: Akeredolu of APC wins Ondo governorship election

Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress has won the 2016 governorship election in Ondo State.

This follows the results of the Governorship election so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC where the All Progressives Congress Candidate is leading his other contenders with a wide margin.

Of the 18 Local Government Areas of the state, results of 17 Local Government Areas have been submitted, out of which Akeredolu is comfortably leading in 14 LGAs.

The Chief Returning Officer, Prof. A. Ambali, who announced a break Sunday morning said they will reconvene at 11am.

Results of the 17 Local Government Areas announced show the following:

APC: 237,812

PDP: 145,367

AD: 104,111

Reacting to the development, the APC candidate, Akeredolu thanked the people of the state for choosing him as the next leader of the state.

“Ondo has decided and I am humbled that my people chose me. Our time to Think Anew and Act Anew has come.

Thank You Ondo State,” he tweeted.

ALEXLUCKYNEWS reports that only Ilaje local government’s result is still being awaited.

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Ondo election: AD stuns APC, PDP, pulls off incredible win

Olusola Oke, the candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in the ongoing Ondo state governorship election, has pulled off a surprise win over his counterparts from other political parties.

Reports sent in by ALEXLUCKYNEWS journalists on ground in Ondo show that the AD gubernatorial candidate defeated other candidates in Ilaje area of the state with impressive results coming out of polling booths in the region.

The results are as follows:

Mahin 11, Unit 1, Ilaje: AD 29, APC 9, LP 1, PDP 1

Mahin 11, unit 2, Ilaje: AD 26, APC 14, LP 1, PDP 5

Mahin 11, unit 5, Ilaje: AD 96, APC 7, LP 1, PDP 9

Mahin 11, unit 7, Ilaje: AD 59, APC 15, LP 1, PDP 18

Mahin 11, unit 18, Ilaje: AD 60, APC 34, LP 1, PDP 8

Mahin 11, unit 19, Ilaje: AD 98, APC 34, LP 1, PDP 8,

Mahin 6, Ilaje: AD 60, APC 24, LP 1, PDP 21

Mahin 7, Ilaje: AD 64, APC 46, LP 1, PDP 31

Mahin 8, Ilaje: AD 44, APC, 39, LP 1, PDP 10

Meanwhile, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the polls, Eyitayo Jegede and the outgoing governor, Olusegun Mimiko,
have both recorded big wins in their respective wards .

While Mimiko won his Ward 07, Unit 20 Ondo west LGA thus: AD 15, APC 40, PDP 176; Jegede managed to pull off an impressive win in his area as well chalking up 184 votes while APC had 77 and AD managed 32 votes.

You can check out our live updates from the unofficial results coming in from Ondo state here.

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Prophet makes it rain at church member's traditional wedding

A Nigerian prophet has set tongues wagging with the drama on display at one of his ‘faithful’ church member’s traditional marriage ceremony.

Prophet Ebelenna Chukwu who is the General Overseer of the Jehovah The Mightier Than All Deliverance Ministry in Onitsha, Anambra state, showed an outpouring of affection on one of his female church members on her big day.

Prophet Ebelenna was seen spraying lots and lots of cash on the dancing couple, while someone followed him around with a briefcase filled with money.

Pastor Ebelenna Chukwu
The prophet can be seen dancing and spraying more and more money, while the musicians sang his praises (why won’t they when he sprayed some money on them too).

Prophet Ebelenna whose church is popularly known as ‘Excess Power’ in Onitsha and its environs, shared the video of the wedding on his Facebook page.

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AWCON 2016: Falcons, Black Queens qualify for semi-final

Nigeria has qualified for the semi-final of the ongoing Africa Women’s Cup of Nations in Cameroon.
The Super Falcons beat Kenya 4-1 on Saturday, to finish as winners of Group B.
Florence Omagbemi, whose team hammered Mali 6-0 and drew 1-1 with Ghana in their previous fixtures, were in sparkling form with goals from Ngozi Okobi, Faith Ikidi, Oshoala Asisat and Desire Oparanozie sealing victory.
The Black Queens of Ghana won Mali 3-1 in Yaounde and came second in the group.
Nigeria will take on South Africa in the last four on Tuesday, while Ghana play hosts Cameroon.

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Ezekwesili blasts Buhari, Jonathan for leading Nigeria into recession

A former Minister of Solid Minerals, Mrs. Obi Ezekwesili, has accused the administrations of former President Goodluck Jonathan and that of the incumbent, Muhammad Buhari, of leading Nigeria’s economy into recession.

According to her, the duo failed to adopt the right policies to deal with the crash in crude oil prices, which began in mid-2014, hence the ongoing economic crisis.

Ezekwesili noted that while Jonathan’s administration failed to do something about the impending recession before leaving office, the current administration equally failed to launch a comprehensive fiscal stabilisation programme on assumption of office in May 2015.

She spoke as the guest speaker at the inaugural Business Lecture of the Lagos Country Club in Lagos on Thursday night.

She said, “The parlous state of the Nigerian economy by the 29th of May, 2015 should have instructed an incisive and urgent macroeconomic stabilisation programme to realign the price levels in the economy. By May 2015, we knew we were already in trouble. As a matter of fact, we were already in trouble in 2014. That was the first time that growth collapsed to 3.8 per cent. The incoming administration should not have been told that we were weak and vulnerable.

“Had the government made quick and necessary adjustment that corresponded close enough to the level of impact of the 40 per cent decline in oil revenue, our story could have been different today. We would never have lost growth.”

Ezekwesili, a former Vice-President of the World Bank, further stated, “There is a new level that our post-2014 oil shock economy needed to find for stability. We needed a policy response that could have enabled that adjustment to happen immediately.

That response could have helped the economy to absorb the shock. It could have reassured the investors. It could have reassured the consumers. It could have helped us to reasonably retain investor confidence in the economy, but that did not happen.”

She stated, “The attendant fiscal pressure and the delayed right policy responses were severe enough that by 2015, economic growth had sharply declined from 3.8 to 2.7 per cent. And then began the sharper loss of growth into negative growth rate by 2016. It was a major mistake that the economy did not get timely and right type of policies that could have helped us avoid the calamitous collapse into negative growth in the last three quarters of 2016.

“The economic preferences did in fact worsened matters and set off a wave of uncertainties that dented investors’ confidence in the economy. So, it is accurate to conclude that both the preceding and successor governments conspired by their actions and inactions to throw the Nigerian economy into the deep throes of economic recession of which it must be rescued in order to avoid social implosion.”

The former minister, therefore, urged Nigerians to place a demand on the government to retrace its step and implement the right policies.

She said, “The record of the government today for timely and right actions on the economy is, however, so far not encouraging at all. For almost one year, the government delayed prime action on the fuel subsidy regime despite its aggravating import on fiscal imbalance.

“Over the same period, it delayed the right action on the exchange rate policy despite the deleterious effects that it was having on foreign reserves, the value of the naira, as well as on inflation. Before the government came on board, inflation level was nine per cent; today, inflation has doubled to more than 18 per cent. The greatest enemy of the poor is inflation. The greatest enemy of business is inflation. All you need in order to destroy the poor is total unstable price levels in an economy”

On how to restore the economy to the path of growth, Ezekwesili added, “The citizens must place a demand on the government to implement right economic policies.

“As long as we continue on the path of wrong economic prescriptions for the economy, the situation will to worsen. The more these indicators deteriorate, the harder it will be for growth to resume. The macroeconomic stability that poor choice of economic policies helped to unravel within one year took many years of work

“It is therefore critical for citizens to convict the federal government to urgently retrace its steps back to what it failed to do on May 29, 2015.

We swore to allow the market economy to adjust itself without command and control. The government failed to launch a deep fiscal consolidation programme. Recession is nothing new in the countries.”

Recently, the President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Dr. Frank Jacobs, has said with the current economic situation, the country may not be out of recession in 2017 .

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Ondo election: Jimoh Ibrahim allegedly writes Akeredolu, congratulates him in advance (READ)

allegedly written to congratulate Romiti Akeredolu, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the ongoing election in the state.

According to the letter obtained by our reporter on Saturday, Jimoh, whose ambition to govern the state was truncated by the Supreme Court, claimed that from every indication, Aketi, Akeredolu would eventually win.

Ibrahim earlier threw his weight behind Akeredolu of the APC.

However, Ibrahim warned him to avoid the outgoing governor, Olusegun Mimiko if the baton of leaderhip is eventually handed over to him.

Meanwhile, checks by our reporter Friday evening show that the Independent National Electoral Commission was yet to make any official announcement.

The letter reads:

My dear Egbon

Congratulations I have computed the results sent to me from 2907 wards by my party agents accross Ondo State. It shows you are leading with unrecoverable margin.

I congratulate you as Governor-elect of our lovely state. I will advise you quickly maintain distance from Mimiko if you want to succeed.

I have no doubt that you will urgently create hope for our people, kindly do whatever you can to assist our lovely civil servants
I saw poverty in those villages I visited during campaign please kindly assist traditional rulers as much as you can.

Ondo state account requires clear audit and this is urgent for immediate recovery of our money to assist in major programme infrastructural development
Once again congratulations

Jimoh Ibrahim.

OFR CFR

PDP Candidate 2016

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Those guilty of corruption should face death penalty – Senator Joseph Dada

Senator Gbolahan Joseph Dada (APC-Ogun West) has advocated capital punishment for corrupt officials in the country.

Mr. Dada, who made the suggestion during interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday, said “corruption is the bane of this country and the only way out is heavy penalty, even death sentence, for those found guilty.

“The only way you can stop corruption is through death sentence”.

Mr. Dada noted that there were so many laws that should be promulgated at this stage of Nigeria’s development, pointing out that England did so too at a stage in her life.

He accused civil servants of being the major culprits, pointing out that they had access to public funds which made it easy for them to steal from the national treasury.

“This is why some of them, after stealing so much money from government, set up personal businesses but collapse soon after because they only know how to steal, not to create wealth.

“Wealth creation is a process that must be sustained but you go bankrupt the day you are taken away from the source where you steal,” he said.

The lawmaker said about 1.2 million houses built with stolen money in Lagos and Abuja were in the market for sale with nobody to buy them.

“That is why you find houses everywhere unoccupied because they steal this money and they ask the contractor to go and build houses for them. Go to Lekki, you will find them there and here in Abuja.

“If you borrowed money from the bank will you be able to lock up the houses unoccupied,” he asked.

Mr. Dada implored the Federal Government to impose property tax on all unoccupied houses in the country, promising that he would soon sponsor a bill to identify who owns each building in the country using modern platforms on the internet.

These include Bank Verification Numbers, E-passports, GSM numbers, company registration numbers, national identity card numbers, driver’s license and DNA, to know who owns which building in Nigeria.
Mr. Dada said corruption has devastated the country’s economy so much that the only way to stop it is the death penalty.

He said although the developed nations would frown against it, people should read the history of England.

“Who killed King James?” he asked. “At that time, that was what could solve the problem for them, we are not civilized here, we think we are, because we are riding exotic cars, in fact we are in the 14th in Nigeria.”

He said Nigeria had disappointed the world not just Africa “because in every group of Africans you see, five are Nigerians.

“So, the whole world expected us to be trail blazers that would lead Africa out of poverty.

“Today, many in Russian, Malaysian, Thailand, Indian and Great Britain prisons are Nigerians. Why? It is because of indiscipline in the society,’’ he said.

He said Nigeria was gradually getting to the stage the Republic of Liberia was when the war broke out. “The major danger here is the large population of youths who are unemployed.

“When you have a large population of youths who are under-educated, under-housed, under-developed and you have a handful minority in the ruling elite class monopolizing the government apparatus, you are courting trouble.

“Nigeria as an oil producing nation is an enabler for job creation.

“My worry is that if nothing is done, the crisis would start from starvation, food shortage. Texas in the United States is bigger than Nigeria and the population of Texas is about 20 million and Nigeria, in about ten years time, will be 200 Million.

“The land is not expanding, yet population is increasing. We are not like India and China sub-continents. India is bigger than Nigeria. So, they can accommodate large population but that is not the issue.

“The issue is that they have a productive economy. So, we can’t compare them with Nigeria at all.

“Let Nigeria compare herself with neighboring West African countries. We had an opportunity to turn Nigeria into a productive economy for 40 years but we wasted the opportunity.

“All the money made from oil was wasted. We have no petro-chemical industry, now we import virtually everything.

“The few industries that were left by the colonial European administration have all collapsed,’’ the lawmaker said.

Mr. Dada said that was a great mistake and that Europeans should have been left to run their industries while Nigerians took over governance.

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Chelsea vs Tottenham: Blues go top after seeing off London rivals

Chelsea came from behind to defeat Tottenham 2-1 on Saturday, ending their London rivals’ unbeaten start to this campaign.
Christian Eriksen gave the visitors the lead with an incredible long-range effort, but the Blues responded before the break with an equally brilliant strike from Pedro.
Nigeria’s Victor Moses slammed in the winner in the second half, to ensure Chelsea returned to the summit of the league.
Antonio Conte’s men have now won seven consecutive league games.
Before the Derby, Manchester City beat Burnley 2-1 at Turf Moor, with Sergio Aguero scoring a brace. Liverpool saw off Sunderland 2-0 at Anfield and Hull City drew 1-1 with West Brom.
Swansea edged a remarkable nine-goal thriller, beating Crystal Palace 5-4, while Leicester City needed a last-minute penalty to draw 2-2 with Middlesbrough at home.

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Guardiola says he is determined to crack Conte’s 3-4-3 system

Manchester City coach, Pep Guardiola, has said he is determined to break down Antonio Conte’s winning formula, when both teams play each other next Saturday.
The Spaniard was speaking after Sergio Aguero’s brace saw his team beat Burnley 2-1 on Saturday at Turf Moor.
Later in the evening, Chelsea won their seventh consecutive fixture in the league, by defeating Tottenham 2-1 at Stamford Bridge .
“The Crystal Palace game and the Burnley games were really important,” Guardiola told a post-match news conference.
“Now we are going to play against the best team of this moment in the Premier League.
“In the last five or six weeks they have played amazing – not just clean sheets but the way they play.
“We have to try and discover his [Conte’s] secret and what we can do to beat him.
“We have now six days, seven days to prepare that game. Most of the players are tired and that’s why we are going to prepare our game as much as possible.”

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Ondo election: Jegede, Mimiko win polling units

Governor Olusegun Mimiko and the PDP governorship candidate Eyitayo Jegede have recorded big wins in their polling units as results of the Ondo election trickles in.

ALEXLUCKYNEWS gathered that while Jegede won in his polling unit, Ward 2 Unit 9, Mimiko won in his Ward 7, Unit 21, Ondo West local government area in Ondo town.

Jegede polled 184 votes to defeat All Progressives Congress candidate, Rotimi Akeredolu and the Alliance for Democracy candidate, Olusola Oke, who polled 77 and 32 respectively.

Eyitayo Jegede wins in his polling unit

The PDP candidate also polled  176 votes to defeat Akeredolu who polled 40 and Oke who recorded 15 votes in Mimiko’s polling unit.

Exactly 1,280,580 voters are expected to decide who the next governor of Ondo state will be as ALEXLUCKYNEWS was monitoring the proceedings.

However, voting has officially come to an end in most polling units in Ondo state and counting of the votes have commenced.

Checkout the unofficial results here

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BREAKING: Human rights lawyer Fred Agbaje confirmed dead in London

The Punch is reporting that human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, has been confirmed dead.

According to sources, he was confirmed dead in London on Saturday, November 26, after an undisclosed ailment.

Richard Akinnola, one of the close allies of the legal practitioner, was said to have confirmed the death of the freedom fighter.

Another lawyer, Gbenga Demola-Ojo, also confirmed the demise of Agbaje, wrote this on Facebook: “Fred Agbaje, constitutional lawyer, gentleman, media personality and patriot! May your great soul find rest!”

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Medical student gets 19 awards in Uniben

A medical student at the University of Benin (Uniben) has broken records, even as he got 19 awards at the institution’s last convocation ceremony.

The student, Pius Ehiremen Ojemolon was the toast of the day, as he was called upon severally to receive his awards.

Pius Ehiremen Ojemolon has been described as a genius as he was the recipient of 19 awards at the last Uniben convocation.

Nigeria has so many genius’s like Pius Ehiremen, many of them doing the nation proud even in the diaspora. Only recently, a young and talented boy from Ebonyi state, Ihere-serg Mascot, assembled a car which is powered by solar energy.

The 16-year-old boy said his car does not emit gas neither does it use fuel.
According to one Facebook user, Hon Agwu Francis, Mascot presented the car to Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi state at the government house, Abakaliki.

In a similar vein, Yusuf Ololade Faidat a graduate of the University of Ilorin has won 19 prizes for her academic performance.

Daily Trust reports that the lady who is in her early 20s was the star graduate at the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences and was recognised at the ceremony held on Saturday, October 22.

received the N20,000 prize from the senate for being the best student in her faculty and N10,000 for being the best graduate in her department.

She also got the prizes for best student in the departments of Behavioural Sciences , Pathology, Community medicine, Paediatrics and child health, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics and gynaecology and Surgery.

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Attack on Delta community: I will avenge the death of my mother – Henry College

A Delta State resident, Mr. Henry College, whose mother, and younger
brother, were allegedly abducted and killed by armed Isaba militants in Epame Community of Udu Local Government Area has
vowed to avenge their death if the Delta State Government fails to intervene and ensure justice.
College and some other displaced Epame
indigenes made the vow at the monthly human rights clinic organized by
the Centre for the Vulnerable and Underprivileged , CENTREP, in Udu
on Saturday.

The Okwagbe indigene said he managed to escape when the incident
occurred and reported the matter to the Aladja Community.

According to Henry, who is currently taking refuge at the
Aladja Community Hall, “if the government does come into this
matter, I will avenge their death; I won’t allow it go like that.”

Another Epame indigene, Eric Obiama who also spoke to ALEXLUCKYNEWS, cried out to the Government to help the Internally Displaced Persons.

The father of seven noted that he lost twenty of his live stocks, in addition to his building, which was raised down by the militants.

A leader of Aladja Community, Comrade Ighotegwolor Bezi stated that his people would fight back if they were attacked
again by the Isaba militants.

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Plateau is drifting apart under Lalong – Damishi Sango

A former Minister of Sports and current chairman, Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Plateau State, Hon. Damishi Sango on Saturday accused the APC led administration in the state of allowing the state to drift apart.
Sango stated this in a chat with journalists in Jos.

“It is unfortunate that today, Plateau is drifting apart. Plateau is supposed to be the shining star in the middle belt but the APC is bent on rubbishing everything.

“But Plateau people will never allow it, especially some of us who are still alive from the old school.”

When asked to assess the present administration since it came into office last year, the PDP Chieftain said, “I don’t want to assess it because there is nothing to assess. Lalong could not reply my last press conference and the issues raised because he has no reply to it.

“We raised a lot of issues concerning the financial recklessness of his administration, just barely a year in office, but he could not respond. Lalong has nothing to say to counter the facts.

“But let me assure you that Plateau is PDP, Plateau people will decide come 2019”, he stressed.

On the defection of Senator Joshua Dariye, the State’s House of Assembly Deputy Speaker, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi and others; Sango said, “As a party we have talked about it and we have made our position known. I don’t want to keep on talking about an inconsequential issue.

“People will vote you out of trust, then you go and say you have defected with the mandate of the people. It is unfortunate.”

He maintained that, “These younger ones just want to destroy their political future. If you go about defecting with the peoples’ mandate, who will trust you tomorrow?

“These ones you see jumping to APC with the peoples’ mandate are people who came to PDP on a platter of gold.
They never suffered anything for the party that is why they can afford to do as they please, but it’s quite unfortunate.”

However in a swift reaction, Governor Simon Lalong, through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon.

Dan Manjang, said, on the financial allegations, “when you start to throw stone at every dog that barks, then you will no get anywhere”.

Manjang told DAILYPOST exclusively that, “Sango lacks the temerity to accuse anybody of defecting from one party to another. Sango left PDP for the AD prior to the 2003 polls and came back and still left PDP for ANPP at the eve of the 2011 elections. So what is good for the goose is good for they gander.

“He is the wrong person to complain about anybody leaving PDP to any other party. It is common sense that, when the salt loses its taste, it is thrown away, so PDP is the salt in this scenario.”

The Governor’s Spokesman maintained that, “Anybody who understands the times, there will be no need to stagnate in a place that is full of impunity; you move to progressive places”.

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Singer Di’ja Speaks Up On Why She Had A Lowkey Wedding And Mavin Signing Iyanya

We’ve all remained in a state oblivion when it comes to the Sowemo singers married life. Mavin songstress and act,
Di’ja embarked on what many would call a lowkey wedding for a star of her status but she has finally given reasons to why she preferred such moves.

In her recent interview with Linda Ikeji Blog, Di’ja spoke in length saying she also had to live a normal life regardless of her status.

She said; “It was very intimate and it was also in my home town, Kaduna, so it’s kind of hard to get people to come over there and then Kaduna is not as ‘Noisy’ as Lagos.

So anything like that could be probably called low key. I just don’t translate them into being posted on my page. And I guess in the ‘Post it’ ‘Tweet it’ world; you almost kind of look abnormal if you don’t
But it’s not like am going out of my way not to, i guess it’s just not in my character to do it all the time, but i’m also getting better at my Instagram. At least you see my baby and all other stuff, (laughs). So I always say there is difference between privacy and secrecy, it’s not something to hide.

Again, i guess people forget that when you are in the entertainment industry, you also have to live a normal life.
For instance, i wake up in the morning and i give my son a bath, and sometimes my mom will, and other times, it is a maid and an aunt that would help me with him. So don’t forget you have a real life too and you have people to answer to as well.

Again you wake up and you have people that are depending on you, and people you pay for the work they do for you, you know as much as we have this entertainment life, and it’s amazing, I mean, God bless you all for liking us so much because it’s actually your love that has put us on the pedestal, but we also do these things and wake up with a regular life, so in that sense and sometimes because i could get carried away, that’s majorly the problem.”

Were all interested in what Mavin Records and former Triple MG lead act, Iyanya has in stock for us. However, Di’ja has sounded her thoughts towards this new development.

“It is Iyanya, and i mean, he is Iyanya. He is a brand on his own, so him coming in, only adds to the label and makes it greater especially for someone like myself that is still seeing so many new things that I could add and then increase my own talents and what I want to share with everybody. He is a blessing, because there is so much we can learn from him, and there is so much I can learn from him. You know, in Mavin record we are like a family, we like to collaborate with each other, and by the Grace of God, we are going to get to that point where we start doing songs together, so i think it’s a new chapter that we should all look forward to

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Arrested armed robbers reveal how they operate

Two bus conductors, 22-year-old Lateef
Sodiq and 21-year-old Tunde Lawal, have been nabbed by men of the Lagos State Command after robbing a motorist of his Honda saloon car.

The duo are members of a car-snatching gang operating in Lagos. According to the suspects, they “supplement” their work as bus conductors with robbery.

Sodiq told Punch that he was arrested in a bus by men of the Alakara Police Division, Lagos, who were already on his trail without his knowledge.

He said that on Wednesday, after concluding his bus conducting duty, he went to meet other members of his gang and they snatched the Honda at Sabo area of Yaba, Lagos and dumped the driver of the vehicle at Obanikoro along Ikorodu Road.

He said, “We did not beat the owner of the vehicle, we just asked him for the security codes of the car.

“This is the second time I would follow the gang to snatch a vehicle. I was given N50,000 the first time my gang took me along on an operation. Our leader is called Coded. He has not been caught since he ran way.

“I have been an armed robber for just one month. I came to Lagos from my state, Kwara, last year when I could no longer stand the farming business my father forced me into when he could no longer sponsor me to school.

“Now, I really feel bad about what I have done. I regret my life now. By the grace of God, if I am released, I will run back to my village immediately.”
Sodiq said he was not educated beyond primary school.

“When I finished primary six, my father did not have money for me to continue schooling,” he said.

Lawal on the other hand, explained that he thought robbery would be an easier job than his normal bus conducting work.

“My work as a bus conductor is a tough job. that’s why I decided to join the robbery gang. But now, I know better, the problem in robbery is worse. I wish I can just be released to go back to my conductor business,” he said.

Lawal explained that he was introduced to the gang by Sodiq.

According to him, the gang gave him the duty of ransacking any vehicle they snatched and gathering every valuable found in such vehicles.

“I don’t hold a gun, all I did was gather money, phones and other valuables,” he said.

The Oyo State indigene said he did not know other members of the gang except Sodiq.

He said the first operation he participated in, they were almost arrested when the police chased them but they escaped.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, has said efforts were being made to arrest other members of the gang

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