By Lizzy Adie.
The convoy of the wife of the Presidential Candidate of the APC, Hajia Aisha Buhari was yesterday attacked by suspected hoodlums in Ilorin, Kwara state. The hoodlums vandalized about 10 vehicles during the attack. The state chairman of the party, Alhaji Ishola Balogun Fulani, said this at a press conference last night in llorin and fingered a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Mrs Buhari who was in the company of the wife of the vice president candidate Mrs Oludolapo Osinbanjo, Kwara State first lady Mrs Omolewa Ahmed and wife of the immediate past governor of Kwara State Mrs Oluwstoyin Saraki among others on their way to the women sensitization programme in llorin.
According to Fulani, a worrisome development took place today (yesterday) during the visit of Hajia Aisha Buhari, as her convoy was attacked at the Film House along Emir’s Road, llorin. About 10 vehicles were vandalized. He recalled that the APC has repeatedly report to the police and other security agencies about the plan by the PDP to cause violence before, during and after the forthcoming general election.
He thus called on the police and other securities agencies in the state to be alert and call the PDP in the state to order. He contacted the Commissioner of police, Mr Salihu Garba confirmed the development assuring that the command would investigate the incident.
By Demola Akinyemi for Vanguard.
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News :Hoodlums Attacked Mrs Aisha Buhari And Mrs Dolapo Osinbanjo
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SPORT: "Hot-Red" Liverpool fought hard to earn a victory at Swansea
It was an intriguing first half that saw Swansea dominating the half with fantastic saves from Bafetimbi Gomis and Gylfi Sigurdsson by the Belgium goalkeeper “Simon Mingolet”.
It was the sixth away successive clean sheet by the Belgium goal keeper of Liverpool. Liverpool are “hot red” as they are yet to be beaten since January and extend their unbeaten run to 13 successive league games, 10wins out of 13 league games. Thanks to the goal from Jordan Henderson as a deflected clearance from Jordi Amat came off Jordan Henderson.
Brendan Rodgers has not been beaten by Swansea since he left for Liverpool 2012 and his last game against Liverpool at Swansea a month before his move to Anfield saw him won 1-0. It was all thing of personal pride for manager Brendan Rodgers. -
TECHNOLOGY: Jason Coming to Mortal Kombat X
NeatherRealm has announced that Jason Vorhees is coming to Mortal Kombat X.
The company also announced that the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the
game are delayed.For More info and a new story mode gameplay video:
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NEWS: PHOTOS From Fire Incident At INEC Office In Abuja
With barely two weeks to the general elections, fire has gutted the warehouse of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located at its Electoral Institute on Abuja Airport road.The fire incident broke out in the late hours of Saturday, March 14, 2015 and was eventually put out around 2 am on Sunday, March 15, 2015.
While showing some journalists around the affected building, the director of security of INEC, Shettima Ngilladar, said the outbreak was caused by power surge which made the electrical panel to catch fire.He further state that the incident would not affect the general elections scheduled for Saturday, March 28, 205 as no electoral materials for the 2015 elections was in the warehouse as they have been deployed to states.
He further maintained that no foul play was involved in the inferno.He said, “These are non-sensitive materials that have been banned in the warehouse. You will see it yourself it is not hidden. It something clear, this banned non sensitive materials have nothing to do with the elections.“They are old materials in store that has not been evacuated. These are old stock of non sensitive materials, like bags, envelopes, election forms which were used in 2011 elections. They won’t be used for 2015 elections. Everything here is non sensitive. Police on ground and security investigation is on.”Ngilladar said that he could not predict the amount of money lost to the inferno since they were all in.
The commission’s National Commissioner in charge of electoral logistics, Col. Mohammed Hammanga who was at the institute to inspect the damage expressed happiness that materials affected were old stock.“We that God it has not gone beyond this. We are happy that it has not destroyed the materials that will be used in the election,” he said. -
SPORTS: More Info On Mourinho's Jr.
Mourinho Jr.'s instagram account has been closed down after his rant
earlier. Don't think his dad was happy. But i think he was right to
slam those ungrateful fans booing Cesc Fabregas, wasn't he? -
BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap former Cross River Deputy Speaker
Former Deputy Speaker, Cross River House of Assembly, Hon. Dominic Edem, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Calabar.
According to his aide, the gunmen invaded his residence around 8pm on Sunday night after firing several gunshots to scare people and then whisked him away to an unknown destination.
Edem, a former member of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), is seeking to represent the people of Bakassi/Akpabuyo/Calabar South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly.
According to his aid, “he went to a church service and as he was coming back they followed him with an Audi car. About five boys came out of the car and started shooting inside his compound and the next thing; they dragged him out and put him inside their car because he was not with any security man.
“Up till now we have not heard from them. The incident happened around 8-9pm in the night”, he added.
However, the State police command public relations officer, ASP Bassey Hogan, could not be reached for comment at the moment.
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SPORTS: Mourinho's son SLAMS 'disgraceful' chelsea fans
“Why is everyone hating and blaming Fabregas for
Sunday's performance~ It was a team effort,” Jose
Mario Mourinho Junior wrote“Fabregas might have not played as well as most
expected but at least he kept fighting… Showed a lot
of character“I've seen bad Chelsea fans but Sunday was the
worse I've ever seen, Fans booing Cesc not singing
at all, Our fans are a disgrace!!!!” tinyurl.com/ku5kp6c -
ENTERTAINMENT: ‘The Meeting’ Director, Mildred Okwo Says She’ll Be Stupid To Vote For Buhari
Respected filmmaker and The Meeting director Mildred Okwo is widely known for her attribute of being forthcoming with her thoughts and opinion.
The US-trained lawyer, who is still enjoying the accolades that have followed her AMVCA win, has decided to go on record as regard her opinion on the forthcoming presidential election and who she will be giving her votes to come March 28.
In an exclusive chat with TNS, Okwo said, “Oh yes, I’m willing to go on record. It’s GEJ till 2019! In fact, I will be stupid to vote for anybody else. I’ll vote for GEJ because no other party has shown interest in what I do for a living and again, GEJ has done a lot of things for this country which he isn’t getting credit for because he is not shouting and making noise about them.”
She continued, “To me, going to the other party would be a drag back and I’m not comfortable with that. So, I believe in GEJ and I feel if given another chance, he would do even better.”
TNS