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Dr. Leonard Olalekan Shogunle, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP claims to have consulted oracles in India,China and Pakistan on the fate of President Goodluck Jonathan in the forthcoming presidential elections.  According to DAILY INDEPENDENT, Shogunle said the oracles assured him that President Jonathan will win the elections.  Shogunle said, ''Don’t assume I was kidding with my submission. I am a real Lagosian born in the Mainland during the Lagos Colony. I am 69 years old. My great grandfathers, though, migrated from Abeokuta in Ogun State to settle in Lagos, we own Abule Onigbagbo in Maryland. ''I am from Lagos Mainland so I am a real Lagosian. If I asked a spiritualist to do that for me in the country, some people would have doubts and rubbish the fellow. This year’s general election is no joke. Nigerians must be guided in the right direction. ''Last month, I went to Pakistan, Indian and up to the extreme end of China in Yung where I consul...

Muhammadu Buhari, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC has pulled out of a presidential debate organised by CHANNELS TV.  Director of Media and Communication of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Dele Alake announced Buhari's withdrawal during Monday’s edition of Channels’ TV Sunrise Daily. Alake said Buhari was pulling out of the Debate because the APC had intelligence reports which suggests that the organizers of the debates are partisan in nature and pro PDP. You will recall that after Buhari and APC raised the issue of bias on the part of the organisers the NEDG and the platform is under the control the of the government, CHANNELS TV offer to host the 2  candidates to a debate

The Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari (ret), has threatened to take legal action against the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, and the African Independent Television, AIT, for airing hate broadcasts against his personality. This came on a day the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, warned all broadcasting stations operating in the country to adhere strictly to the provisions of the broadcasting code or risk sanctions. In a protest letter lodged through the Legal Director of APC Presidential Campaign Council, Mr. Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, SAN, Buhari, insisted that the two television stations must not only retract the “hate documentaries,” but also issue a public apology to him. He said he would not hesitate to seek legal remedy should the television houses refuse to comply with the conditions. Besides, the APC candidate said he had already petitioned the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission, NBC, and the National Human Rights Co...

I was classmates with Bome Mowoe whose grandfather along with Dr. Salubi formed the PAN Urhobo Association called Urhobo Progress(ive) Union. It was an organisation borne out of necessity to cohere the activities of the Urhobo people, knowing Urhobo is made up of up to 26 Kingdoms, depending on how one counts. The victories recorded by Mowoe and Salubi include establishing Urhobo College Effurun, influencing the location of Government College Ughelli, defending the Okpes in the Sapele land ownership case against Itsekiris etc. Despite the UPU establishing the Urhobo College, many other tribes were welcome at the school. None No one has ever said he was treated badly by his peers or teachers for not being Urhobo. Even all the "jaguda" of Urhobo College, all the young boys do it together. Government College Ughelli and their yellow badge written "Sailors" is a crest of honour in Uniben, at least in those days. The boys....Itsekiri, Urhobo, Ijaw, Yoruba, all wear i...