INEC begins prosecution of 93,000 fake voters

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega

The Independent National Electoral Commission will from this week begin the prosecution of the 93,000 people that registered more than once in the last voters’ registration in Anambra State.

This was stated on Saturday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, at a press briefing in Awka.

Rivers crisis: Why I shunned Amaechi’s deputy at PH airport – Patience Jonathan

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Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has said that the refusal of senior officials of the Rivers State Government to pay her a condolence visit when she lost her foster mother was the reason why she shunned the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Tele Ikuru, at the Port Harcourt airport.
She said despite the fact that several groups and individuals from across the country came to commiserate with her, she did not receive any delegation from Rivers State.
Mrs. Jonathan said this in a statement by her spokesman, Mrs. Ayo Adesugba.
She was reacting to media reports that she snubbed Ikuru, when she arrived at the Port Harcourt airport on Sunday.
[READ: PDP crises: Did Patience Jonathan snub Rivers deputy governor in Port Harcourt?]

Photographer, others arrested for vandalism

The suspected vandals

A suspected pipeline vandal, who was arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Taskforce on Anti-pipeline Vandalism, has said he took to the illicit business because he wanted to make a minimum of N20, 000 per day.

The suspect, Precious Osuwo, who was arrested with nine others, said he was a photographer but decided to become a vandal to have funds which he could invest in his photography business.

The 24-year-old suspect said, “I am a photographer by vocation however, I was not making enough money and I needed money to buy equipment. I tried my best to meet some politicians in the state for assistance but I was refused access.

My father preferred foreign movies to local ones — Justus Esiri’s son

Justus Esiri

In this interview with GBENGA ADENIJI, musician son of veteran actor, Justus Esiri, Sidney otherwise called Dr. Sid, speaks about the kind of father the late artiste was

How did you receive the news of your father’s death?

I was in the studio recording when my mother called me to say that he was not feeling too well and that she was taking him to the hospital. By the time I got to the hospital he was dead.

My father’s death came as a shock to me. Sometimes, you have to flash back on all the things he should have done, things he did not do, things he said and what he should not have said. You recall intimate moments with him which you cannot experience again. But knowing the kind of father he was, I know he would not be happy if I continue crying for too long rather than handling the situation like a man.