CR Bye-Election: PDP Aspirants Allege Plots To Manipulate Delegates’ List

Aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the coming bye-election for Cross River north senatorial seat have alleged that plots were underway to manipulate the processes, saying there is skewed selection of ad hoc delegates and injections of unqualified names as statutory delegates as well as removal of qualified persons from the delegate list.

The aspirants, including Rt. Hon. Jarigbe Agom Jarigb, representing Ogoja/Yala federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Mrs. Martina Odom, Dr. Mrs. Mary Eru Iji and Rt. Hon. Barr Ogana N. Lukpata, had on Wednesday sent a letter to the National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus over the matter.


In the letter, titled ‘protest against the skewed process for the senatorial primary election for Cross River Northern senatorial by-election,’ and dated September 1, 2020, the four aspirants, out of five in the race for PDP primary election slated for Saturday, September 5, 2020, demanded that “the NWC reconstitute both the primary election and appeal panels and give and should give us equal opportunity to make inputs so as to create a level playing ground.”

The aspirants decried an alleged exclusion of those they described as “already-ratified and legitimately inaugurated ward and chapter executives” from participating in the forthcoming exercise, adding that such move was intended to give undue advantage to a favoured aspirant over and above the rest of them.



Commending the NWC for the successful conduct of and eventual ratification of the ward and chapter executive congresses, the aggrieved aspirants expressed worry at what they saw as an attempt to deliberately manipulate the other remaining critical processes leading to the eventual primary election.

According to them, the purported list of adhoc and statutory delegates being displayed by the state exco was “totally against the provisions of our party constitution as stated in S.25(1)(a-r) and S.25(7), as amended in 2017, as well as against S.8 (i-xix) and S.9(iii) dealing with the electoral guidelines for primary election.”

The further said that the primary election and appeal panels were all constituted of nominees of the sponsor of a favoured aspirant and that with what was playing out “the primary election cannot be free and fair as we cannot get justice if such is allowed to stand.”

They also want the NWC to include the already ratified and inaugurated ward, chapter and other delegates as required by the party’s constitution just as the consensus building should accommodate all aspirants and their interests, and insisted that the defective list of statutory delegates already published should be purged of its alleged numerous irregularities.

On the issue of consensus candidate, they averred that they were not against it but maintained that consensus would need bringing all the aspirants into the picture, saying it amounts to shaving someone heads in his absence if done otherwise. They therefore advocated for inclusive, peaceful and transparent processes.

Meanwhile, a release, signed by the National Organizing Secretary of the party, Austin Akobundu (rted) and made available to our reporter, indicated that the state constituencies’ primaries would be held at a venue inside the state constituency in Ogoja.

Triple H Urges West Ham’s Rice To Snub Chelsea

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) legend Triple H has urged West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice to stay at the club this summer amid interest from Chelsea.

Paul Levesque — better known for his role as Triple H — is a West Ham supporter and sent the 21-year-old a message about his future.

“Declan, you’ve got big decisions ahead of you and I understand that,” he told BT Sport. “Far be it for me to tell you what to do but I’d like to give you a point of view that sometimes in life there are more important things.


“There’s an opportunity to be something more. To be a hero, to be a hero to fans who supported you. To be a hero to people who have watched you come up through a system and be successful in that system.

“To be a hero and build something on your own. To not just succeed but to succeed on your terms. Build your franchise, build your legacy, to become something more.

“To become the one and only, to become the first. Declan Rice, build your legacy, build your franchise. Stay with the people that brought you to the dance.

“Stay with West Ham and become the hero, become the champion, become everything that they all know that Declan Rice can be.”

Sources have told ESPN that the Hammers are determined to keep him but Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is keen on reverting Rice into the central defensive position he occupied earlier in his career, given his ability on the ball would enable him to play out from the back effectively.

The England international is contracted to West Ham until 2024 with an option for a further year.



Chelsea have been busy this summer with the arrivals of Timo Werner, Hakim Ziyech, Thiago Silva and Ben Chilwell.

Rice was named in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the upcoming Nation League matches against Iceland and Denmark.

 

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Marriage Proposal Rejection And The Igbo Culture Debate

The Western styled public marriage proposal has come under fresh scrutiny, following last week’s embarrassing rejection of an Igbo man’s marriage proposal to his fiancé inside a market in Owerri, Imo state. The bizarre incident, which took place barely three weeks after another lady also rejected her boyfriend’s public marriage proposal, because he did not kneel down to pop the question, has provoked culture debate amongst Igbo people and others.

A video clip of a man, who went from kneeling down to rolling in the mud in a crowded market to beg his fiancé to marry him, which ended in a dramatic rejection, has since been trending on the internet since last weekend. In the dramatic viral video, the young man, identified as Nnamdi, was seen prostrating on the ground in his desperate bid to persuade the lady, also identified as Charity, to accept to marry him.

Charity, who was not moved by his pleas, and was shifting away from the pleading lover, was overheard telling him “leave me alone!”

At a stage, Nnamdi, who was dressed in a white-coloured senator attire, went face down on the muddy ground, weeping and begging her to accept his marriage proposal; but she declined. Not even pleas from sympathisers, who gathered at the scene could sway her, as she fled the scene, leaving the guy crying on the ground.


The jilted lover, said to be a bricklayer, later disclosed that he spent his meagre income training Miss Charity in the university, only for her to dump him after graduation, because, she felt he was no longer up to her level. He further claimed that Charity was the third woman to dump him in such embarrassing manner, stressing that most young ladies nowadays see relationship as opportunity to dupe men.

A witness, who shared the video also wrote: “I am an eyewitness to this. According to the man, he trained her through school, rented and equipped her shop, bought her a small car, only for him to propose to her and got turned down.”

‎The dramatic incident took place barely three weeks after a video clip of another Nigerian lady, who rejected her fiance’s marriage proposal because he didn’t kneel down before proposing to her, went viral on the internet.

Following widespread condemnation that greeted her action on the social media, the lady, who identified herself as Lucy, later released a video statement where she insisted that any man, who wishes to seek her hand in marriage must kneel down.

She said: “My boyfriend must kneel down to propose to me. I don’t expect my guy to stand up and be asking me, “Will you marry me?” I will not accept that. I no fit accept that kind ring (proposal).

“Everybody has his own policy. That is my own policy, ok? A responsible guy suppose to kneel down to engage his girlfriend. He shouldn’t just stand. At least, give her that respect because, when you marry her, anything wey you tell the girl, she go dey do,” she added.

Expectedly, the latest embarrassing marriage rejection has sparked angry reactions and debate on Igbo marriage customs and tradition. While many commentators attacked the lady for maltreating her lover, others also took a swipe at the man for his poor handling of the marriage proposal.

“Something is wrong somewhere. This is not ordinary, and the girl is aware of it,” Obiageli Okeke reacted.

Uche Ike also viewed it as self-inflicted embarrassment. “Why are our men doing this kind of shameful act of kneeling to propose marriage to women always?” She queried.

Stanley Miyno blamed the jilted lover. He argued that he should have known that the lady would reject his proposal, but he was blinded by the huge amount of money he invested in training her through the university.

“Your foolish spending on her couldn’t allow you to see that the girl was only after your money, and did not love you,” he said.

Benjamin Edafearèniyokè Inana, also blamed the man for failing to read the handwritings on the wall. According to him, it is quite unacceptable for a man to propose to a lady without prior marriage discussion.

“It is uncalled for to propose to a lady, who has not in one way given you some assurance that you are marriageable to her. A man shouldn’t just feel because he has spent so much on a lady, the lady would end up saying ‘YES’ whenever and however he chooses to propose to her.

“A man shouldn’t also think because he has spent so much years with a lady, the years spent together would propel the lady to accept his marriage proposal against all odds.”



Oliver Anyanwu said he should have gone ahead with his marriage plan according to Igbo customs, rather than doing public proposal. “Which day this proposal thing become a new style of seeking woman’s hand in marriage?” He asked.

Comrade Ubi G.C Udogadi, however, described the public proposal stunt by the man as stupidity of the highest order, and an insult on Igbo customs and tradition.

“Why will I insult my ancestors because you rejected my ring?”, he queried; stressing that real men always has contingency plan.

According to him, “rolling himself in protest in a busy market makes me wonder if the young man actually sucked an Igbo woman’s breast; maybe, he belongs to the ‘Nano Milk generation.’ Even in the event of being a sole sponsor of the lady’s schooling, such show of supreme idiocy and insult to one’s ancestral generation ought not be. If I were to be the young man’s father or family member, I would outrightly disown him till his brains return.”

Afeez Adewale Gbadamosi, on his own, blames the incident on what he called erosion of African culture by western lifestyle.

“What took place there was absolute madness. But I don’t know why the man should put himself in such mess. It’s only useless men that allow foreign culture in our society to spoil our local culture. I do get goosebumps when I encounter some nonsensical display of stupidity in the name of modern-day relationship and marriage. The abrupt discarding of African marriage customs makes me worry because, we are already witnessing harmful effect of the so-called civilisation in our society,” he said.

According to Ben Obiatuegwu, “Kneeling down does not even denote love or respect for the girl. It denotes lack of native faith and etiquette. We bastardise our culture and antecedents in the guise of courtesy and modernity.”

Phil Ezeoguargued that kneeling down to propose marriage to a maiden is not acceptable in Igbo culture, and should quickly be jettisoned before it does more damages.

“This breeze of so-called modernisation will take us to unknown lands. Most young people don’t know what marriage is all about anymore,” he warned.

Guy Okechukwu expressed regrets that young Igbo people have embraced different values in their quests to belong to the civilised society.

“I put an engagement ring in my wife’s finger 44 years ago, without kneeling down to propose to her, and when I went for wine carrying, she brought a glass of palm wine and knelt in front of me. I drank the wine and then, lifted her up. I never knelt for her,” he said.

Ozioma Izuorah, however, added that marriage proposals should be private in accordance with Igbo customs.

“The best way is to go for the marriage proposal in private, and then announce to the world after clinching the agreement. But people of these days want to play to the gallery, and when it backfires like this, it goes viral.”

She expressed regrets that in Igboland, Umunna have since lost their bite in certain matters, especially marriages.

She added: “Many umunna are on Facebook disgracing their heritage in other ways. No moral ground to be concerned about the activities of their young ones living in the virtual world. Check out BB-Naija. It is umunna that are sponsoring it,” she said.

Queeneth Ogochukwu argued that there was nothing wrong in a man kneeling to propose to a lady.

She suggested: “A guy kneeling down to propose doesn’t reduce money in his bank account or add anything to his problems. It is just like an elderly man answering baby from a small side chick. We should just concentrate on ourselves, family and business. My hubby didn’t even propose to me with ring. We just dated and he met my family, etc. Most times, I wish he knelt down to propose. I see nothing wrong in it.”

Moses Femi Akinwande‎, however, said that such act of rejection always have unpleasant consequences.

“Young ladies should be mindful when rejecting young men’s marriage proposals, especially when the reason was because he has nothing today. If he was still in his metamorphosis stage, something bigger and beautiful may emerge, and things may change for the better,” he warned.

Samuel Okoro opined that the lady, who jilted a man that sponsored her through the university in such embarrassing manner, would definitely find herself still searching for husband many years to come.

“Don’t worry, if this drama was not a movie, this lady will still find herself in ‘Shiloh 2040’ praying for miracle husband. Sometimes, we don’t attach value to what we have until we lose it.”

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Rivers water project to deliver 330,000cm water per day, create 6,200 jobs

Rivers state government, on Monday, signed contracts for the rehabilitation and upgrading of water supply for Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas.

The project, which will upgrade 496 kilometers of pipeline will produce 330,000 cubic meters of potable water per day, and is expected to create 1,200 direct jobs and

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BBNaija: Prince tells Tolanibaj why he doesn’t like sleeping in her bed


BBNaija housemate, Prince, has explained to Tolanibaj why he does not like sleeping in her bed - In a recent conversation, he revealed that he simply doesn't feel comfortable sleeping in a bed that isn't is - The housemates became an item a week ago and there are many fans who are here for it

It appears there might be some friction between BBNaija lovebirds, Prince and Tolanibaj as they no longer sleep in the same bed as they used to. In a video clip circulating the internet, Tolani is seen confronting Prince about why he stopped sleeping in her bed, demanding for an explanation. Prince made it known that it had nothing to do with her and more about him and the way he is wired. He explained that he didn't feel comfortable sleeping in a bed that isn't his. Nigerian striker scores 2 goals to help top European club stretch their unbeaten run to 9 games

Prince explained that he didn't feel comfortable passing the night in another person's bed. Photo credit: @tolanibaj, @princenelsonenwerem Source: Instagram “If I don’t feel comfortable about any place I don’t like being in that place. Yes I can come there during the day do whatever but I’m not just comfortable sleeping there. As a matter of fact I don’t really feel comfortable sleeping in any other beds. Me telling you that I don’t feel comfortable sleeping in you guys’ room, that’s the reason.

I don’t feel comfortable there. Even when I sleep in your room, I don’t sleep as peacefully because even when I wake up the next day…how many times have I slept in your room? For every single time [I slept in your room] I always go back to my room to sleep the next day. The funny thing is, I wasn’t even the one that noticed it. People in my room noticed it.” he told her. Maya Jama and Stormzy split as fans are left confused

Meanwhile, mixed reactions have trailed the recent BBNaija live eviction show which witnessed Kaisha's exit from the reality show.

Currently trending at the number 4 spot on Twitter is the call for the return of the old voting system rather than continue with the current one as fans are displeased over the exit of Kaisha who had more votes than the other three. In the old voting system, housemates nominated who they wanted to leave the house and fans voted to save nominated housemates. Whoever had the least number of votes was evicted.
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Champions Juventus kick off Serie A defence against Sampdoria

Juventus will launch their bid for a 10th successive Serie A title at home against Sampdoria on the weekend of September 19-20, according to the 2020/21 calendar unveiled on Wednesday.

Juve will be the sole Italian club involved in the Champions League to play in the opening round of fixtures.

League runners-up Inter Milan travel to promoted Benevento while Atalanta, who finished third, are away at fourth-placed Lazio, those two matches a week later because of their European involvement.


The opening weekend also sees Roma away at Hellas Verona, Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s AC Milan hosting Bologna and Napoli making the trip to Palermo.

Both showdowns between Juve and Inter fall in 2021: January 17 in Milan and May 16 in Turin, the latter coming a week before the league is scheduled to end.

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CAN Urges Buhari To Suspend CAMA

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to issue directives to suspend implementation of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020.

Rev. Samson Ayokunle, CAN President, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja.Recall that the National Assembly passed the CAMA bill earlier this year and the president signed it into law on Aug. 7.Ayokunle said that comments in public domain were beginning to indicate that the Act was capable of further undermining the faith of stakeholders in the Nigerian state.

The CAN president, represented by, Rev. William Okoye, General Overseer, All Christians Fellowship Mission (ACFM), said that the association had not been availed with the authentic version of the Act.”We consider the Act a complex of statecraft compendium, laden with issues inimical to peace and stability and overall wellbeing of the country.”

From the reactions of stakeholders and a cross-section of the people it is apparent the Act either did not receive input from various interest groups or failed to accommodate their views.”There is need for stakeholders to seek judicial intervention or amendment of the Act. ”

We must allay stakeholders’ fears and encourage them to exercise their democratic rights, hoping that when citizens approach the state institutions they shall rise up to the challenge,” he said.‘

The CAN president urged Buhari to issue the appropriate directives to suspend the implementation of the Act based on stakeholders’ opinions and affirm a thorough reappraisal of the legislation.

“The directive should be in correlation with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), other extant legal and policy frameworks, the national economy, national security, national interest and the wellbeing of the people.”(NAN)

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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to issue directives to suspend implementation of  the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020. Rev. Samson Ayokunle, CAN President, made the call at a news conf