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BREAKING: Ronaldo denies attack accusation, calls rape ‘abominable crime’ Published   October 3, 2018 Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo on Wednesday categorically denied accusations by a former model who says the soccer star raped her in a Las Vegas hotel penthouse suite in 2009. “I firmly deny the accusations being issued against me,” tweeted the 33-year-old, who plays for Juventus in Italy’s Serie A. “Rape is an abominable crime that goes against everything that I am and believe in.” “My clear conscious (sic) will thereby allow me to await with tranquillity the results of any and all investigations,” he added.

Criminals Now Kidnap Dead Bodies From Mortuaries In Imo For Ransom Criminals have now begun to engage in the dangerous act of kidnapping dead bodies from mortuaries in Imo state. If nothing is done soonest, relatives of the deceased in the morgue, may start facing another dimension of sorrow for keeping the dead in the mortuary. South-East Voice gathered in Owerri, that kidnappers might have found a new dangerous trend, whereby they break into motuaries and collect the dead bodies after which they demand for ransom either from the relatives or a proprietor of the targeted mortuary. One of such incidents happened in Imo State, where a female corpse was stolen by two young men after which they were said to have asked the manager of the mortuary to pay them a ransom of N5million. In what some had described as a new trend by kidnappers, took place in the month of September, 2018, in  Ikeduru Local Government Area. The name of the affected mortuary where the s

Again, Mikel missing as Rohr releases Libya AFCON qualifier squad Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi is once again excluded as Gernot Rohr releases list of invited players for the double header African Cup of Nations, AFCON qualifier against Libya. In the 24-man list made public yesterday, Super Eagles’ handler, Gernot Rohr invited in-form Ahmed Musa and 23 other players for this month’s double-take 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Libya’s Mediterranean Knights. Mikel was earlier ruled out of last month’s clash with Seychelles due to match fitness concerns after the Tianjin Teda players recovered from injury few weeks to the crunch tie. It is the third time on the bounce that the 31-year-old will be absent due to an injury from the 2019 AFCON qualifiers, having missed a 2-0 opening home loss to South Africa in June 2017. Traditionally, Rohr did not find any NPFL player worthy of call up as the foreign players will slug it out with the Libyans who pul

APC Panel cancels Lagos governorship primary, postpones exercise •Election free, fair, says party state chairman •Ambode did well but he’s not a good party man – Tinubu Sesan Olufowobi, John Ameh, Leke Baiyewu, Oladimeji Ramon and Afeez Hanafi The National Working Committee panel of the All Progressives Congress sent from Abuja to monitor the party’s governorship primary in Lagos State has nullified the exercise held across the 20 local government areas of the state on Tuesday. The Chairman of the panel, Mr Clement Ebri, who addressed the press in Alausa, Ikeja, said the election could not have held because the committee was still expecting the full list of representatives of one of the two aspirants as of 4pm. The primary is being contested by the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the anointed candidate of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Ebri, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, however, did not mention the

Senate: Govs, ex-govs seek APC tickets as party okays 265 aspirants Published   October 3, 2018 The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has released the list of aspirants for its senatorial tickets. The party, which initially scheduled the primary to hold on Tuesday, shifted it to Wednesday. The statement by the party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, on Tuesday showed that the Chairman of the Progressives Governors Forum, Rochas Okorocha, was seeking the senatorial ticket for Imo West Senatorial District. Other governors seeking the APC senatorial tickets include Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo), Kashim Shettima (Borno), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Tanko Al-Makura (Nasarawa) and Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe). While some of them are competing with others for their tickets, others are running unopposed. Among those cleared by the party to contest unopposed are a former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio

Senatorial primaries: APGA disqualifies Ubah, clears Bianca Ojukwu, others Published   October 3, 2018 The All Progressives Grand Alliance has disqualified oil magnate, Ifeanyi Ubah, from the senatorial race of Anambra South district. In a publication signed by the National Chairman of APGA, Dr Victor Oye, the party disqualified Ubah for not obtaining waiver to contest the election. Our correspondent gathered that Ubah contested the governorship primary of the Peoples Democratic Party in the November 18, 2017 poll in the state. Shortly after the poll, he dumped the PDP and joined forces with the state governor, Willie Obiano, to win the election for APGA. A few days ago, Ubah allegedly published a video on the Internet claiming that Obiano promised him the Senate seat of Anambra South district in the buildup to the November governorship race. The developed pit him against the hierarchy of the party which saw the act as insubordination. In the publicat

APC National Assembly primary: Akpabio, Uduaghan, Sani, others to run unopposed Published   October 3, 2018 L-R: Sani, Akpabio and Uduaghan The All Progressives Congress has cleared a former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio, and his ex-Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, as well as the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, to contest in Wednesday’s (today) Senate primaries. This was contained in a statement signed by the party’s acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, in Abuja on Tuesday. Those also cleared to run unopposed include the outgoing Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari; ex-Nasarawa State Governor, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu; Senate Minority Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena; and a former Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wammako. Others are ex-Benue State governor, George Akume, and a former National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Adedayo Adeyeye. The three senators representing Lagos State: Oluremi Tinubu, S