Ex Chief Of Army Staff, Buratai, Sues Sowore Of Sahara Reporters For N10 Billion

August 14, 2022

Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has taken the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over allegation of false publication.
Buratai is seeking N10 billion damages, because according to him, Sowore, the publisher of a United States-based online medium, linked him to a report that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related offences Commission (ICPC), found billions of currency notes in local and foreign denominations at his apartment in Abuja.
Buratai in suit number FCT/HC/CV/252/2022 filed through his lawyer, Dr. Reuben Atabo (SAN), wanted the Court to restrain Sowore and his medium from further publishing or caused to publish any defamatory publication against him.
The senior advocate prayed the court for the following reliefs: A declaration that the defendant’s publication dated 23rd day of June 2022 with the caption “EXCLUSIVE: Anti-graft Agency, ICPC Uncovers Billions in Cash Meant for Arms, Ammunition To Fight Boko Haram In Abuja Home Of Ex Chief Of Army Staff, Buratai amounts to defamation of the Claimant’s character, an order mandating the defendant to retract the said publication with a public apology which must be published in two national dailies and on the defendant’s online platform where the defamatory publication was made, an injunction restraining the defendant whether by themselves, servants, agents or otherwise, from further publishing or causing to be published the said or similar words defamatory of the claimant, damages in the sum of N10 billion being general and aggravated damages for libelous words falsely, maliciously and recklessly published by the defendant of and concerning the claimant in the online publication.

I, Not Gov Wike, Challenged Atiku’s Candidacy In court – Ex Abia Deputy Speaker

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

Former deputy speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Cosmas Ndukwe has owned up to a suit challenging the presidential candidacy of Atiku Abubakar In the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Ndukwe, who was also a presidential aspirant in the party in the build up to the primary, confirmed that it was not Governor Nyeson Wike of Rivers State that dragged Atiku to court as was widely publicized.
“That suit they are saying Wike went to court is my suit. Wike did not go to any court. It’s I that went to court because PDP violated its constitution. The matter is now at the Supreme Court. The court processes were served on the necessary parties on Thursday. That’s why they thought it was Wike.”
He said that he thought PDP had learnt its lessons on the consequences of impunity but regretted that the party still violated its constitution because of vested interest of some people.
Ndukwe, who is also a former general manager, Abia State Environmental Protection Agency, (ASEPA), said that the party should not be allowed to get away with the gross violation of its constitution.
According to him, in an interview with Vanguard newspaper, nobody compelled PDP to factor in zoning in its constitution, insisting that the party must be made to obey its constitution not minding who it favoured.
“We decided to move to the Supreme Court. The apex court will hear the matter and decide within 45 days.
“I am very optimistic that the Supreme Court will give its judgment based on equity and justice. It is a constitutional matter and nobody will violate the constitution and be allowed to go free.
“How can PDP not obey the constitution it made for itself? Now they are claiming they are operating the Nigerian constitution that allows for freedom of association. But the question is: was the party forced to make its constitution that recognised zoning?
“You know there is Nigerian Constitution that allows for freedom of association and you decided to make your constitution which of course is binding on you.
“PDP agreed on zoning even when other parties were not interested in it, and the party has always respected it. You said zoning is for fairness and equity, so, why is it at this point that PDP wants to throw away zoning?
“The party used the same zoning in selecting its hierarchy but when it came to presidential candidates it jettisoned zoning.
“Now, every serious position in PDP is occupied by northerners. The North has the presidential candidate, National Chairman, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees. Where is South in all these? The South, especially South East, is totally out of the game.
“Atiku is even thinking of picking his Campaign Director General from the West. So, where is South-East in PDP which the zone invested so much to form and incubated?”
It would be recalled that the famous suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, listed Governor Wike and Newgent Ekamon, a chieftain of the PDP, as plaintiffs while the originating summons, had PDP as the first defendants and the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), as the second. Tambuwal and Atiku were listed as the third and fourth defendants, respectively.
Ekamon want the court to determine eight points, including whether the transfer of Tambuwal’s votes to Atiku in the primary was illegal and void.
Source: Sunday Vanguard.

BREAKING: Teaching Hospital Alerts Over Outbreak Of Marburg, Upsurge In COVID19

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

The Abuja University Teaching Hospital has alerted the staff and management over the outbreak of Marburg disease and resurgence of COVID19.

In an internal memo, addressed to the Heads of Departments, staff and hospital community on behalf of the Chief Medical Director, the Deputy Director, information, Sani M. Suleiman asked members of the community to be cautious and observe the usual protocols to avoid the spread of the viruses.

“Consequently, the attention of the Heads of Departments is hereby drawn to ensure adequate surveillance and hygiene by observing protocols of prevention.

“Please circulate for more information as prevention is better than cure.”

Marburg disease was first detected in Guinea in August 2021and later broke out in Ghana

Marburg virus spreads through direct contact (such as through broken skin or mucous membranes in the eyes, nose, or mouth) with: Blood or body fluids* (urine, saliva, sweat, feces, vomit, breast milk, amniotic fluid, and semen) of a person who is sick with or died from Marburg virus disease.

The symptoms of the disease are nausea, vomiting, chest pain, sore throat, abdominal pain, and diarrhea

The symptoms become increasingly severe and can include jaundice, inflammation of the pancreas, severe weight loss, delirium, shock, liver failure, massive hemorrhaging, and multi-organ dysfunction.

Experts posit that Marburg is more deadly than COVID 19.

De Club 10 Members Celebrate Mrs. Caro ‘s Birthday

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

Members of the elite De Noble Club 10 Nigeria rallied round Mrs. Caro, wife of Engineer Ibrahim Jibrin, a top member of the Club to celebrate her birthday in the heart of Abuja yesterday, August 13. The husband of the celebrant, Engineer Jibrin, in black dress, stands next to his wife (the celebrant). The Club’s President, Abdulrazak Leramo is first from left.

Extreme right is former President of the Club, Saidu Yusuf:immediately to his right (with only head showing is Prince Emmanuel Omadivi) and Ahmed Yusuf, third from right as well as other top members.

We in Greenbarge Reporters online newspaper, wish Mrs. Jibril many happy return of the day in good health.

Pat Utomi Has No Power To Appoint Party’s Spokesman – Publicity Secretary

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

The National Publicity Secretary of the Labour Party (LP), Arabambi Abayomi, has dismissed the reports indicating that a chieftain of the party, Professor Pat Utomi has appointed Charles Okadigbo as the party’s a spokesperson.

In a statement yesterday, August 13, Arabambi Abayomi said that it is only the National Chairman, Julius Abure, that has the power, under the constitution of the party, to make such appointment.

The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to the news intercepted through multiple news media that one Mr Charles Okadigbo has been appointed as the Spokesman of Labour Party by Prof. Pat Utomi.

”It is not undisputed that LP has not made such an appointment since Utomi who is the leader of NCF cannot usurp the function of the National Chairman.

“For the records, Utomi who is the leader of the NCF, a strong affiliate of the LP, while in a zoom meeting introduced Charles Okadigbo as the Media Head of the “Big Tent,” an acronym for the NCF and No mention of LP was made on that platform.

“All appointments by the LP are made through the office of the national chairman and announcement made by the national publicity secretary under the directive of the national chairman,” he was quoted by the News Agency of Nigeria.

“According to Abayomi, for emphasis and clarity, Article 14 subsection 1(a) of the Labour Party Constitution states as follows:

”The national chairman shall give leadership to the party and shall preside over all meetings of the National Executive Council and the National Working Committee of the party.

“LP now uses this opportunity to say the LP is guided by the constitution in all its activities.

”As such, all members of the party, as well as interested members of the public presently in LP, should from here on, take serious caution that the function of the national chairman as head of LP is not in question.”

Jonathan Was “Angel” We Pushed Out Of Office, Oshiomhole Confesses

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

Former governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has described the former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan as an Angel that was defeated at the polls even though he performed creditably well.

According to him, the logic of multi-party democracy is that “even an angel can be defeated. You have set a standard that none of your successors can afford to go below.”

Oshiomhole, who spoke yesterday, August 13 at the one-year memorial lecture in honour of late Captain Hosa Okunbo, in Abuja, confessed that even though the former President left good legacies, he (Oshiomhole) fought him out of office due to their differences in political interests.

“You (Jonathan) left legacies even though I had cause to fight you because it is politics. The legacy you have left, there is no successor who can afford to do less.

“Part of your (Jonathan) legacies was when you launched the almajiri school and your thought was that no Nigerian child should be left on the street and also appropriated special funds.

“These ideas are not new but what we lack is the will to transform it to practice. We never know who are our friends until when we are no more.

“No one is appreciated until he or she leaves office.”

Oshiomhole was also the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Olu of Warri and Ogiame Atuwase III, spoke at the event, condemning the glorification of stomach infrastructure in Nigeria’s political culture, among others.

They described the late Captain Hosa Okunbo as a man with a large heart, the spirit of philanthropy and ardent love for the needy.

According to them, one of his legacies that will continue to endure is that he nurtured and mentored many to become responsible members of the society.

NCC Alerts Nigerians Of Existence Of New Malware Designed To Scam Organizations

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted Nigerians of the existence of Ransomware, which is a malware designed to deny a user or organization access to files on their computer until they pay the attackers.

The NCC’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has therefore, advised organisations to adopt stronger cybersecurity measures, including ensuring that employees use strong, unique passwords for every account and enabling multi-factor authentication (2FA) wherever it is supported to prevent ransomware attacks.

In a statement today, August 13, the NCC spokesman, Reuben Muoka said that organizations should ensure regular systems backup.

He said that the warning to organisations contained in the NCC-CSIRT’s advisory of August 12, 2022, adding that it came after the Yanluowang threat actors gained access to Cisco’s network, using an employee’s stolen credentials after hijacking the employee’s personal Google account containing credentials synced from their browser.

“Cisco reported the security incident on its corporate network but said it did not identify any impact on its business although the threat actors had published a list of files from this security incident on the dark web on August 10.

“NCC-CSIRT estimated potential damage from the incident to be critical while predicting that successful exploitation of the ransomware will result in ransomware deployment to compromise computer systems, sensitive products and customers’ data theft and exposure, as well as huge financial loss to organizations by incurring significant indirect costs and could also mar their reputations.”

The statement said that the first step to preventing ransomware attacks is to ensure that employees are using strong, unique passwords for every account and enabling multi-factor authentication (2FA) wherever it’s supported.

“In response to the attack, Cisco has immediately implemented a company-wide password reset. Users of Cisco products should ensure a successful password reset.

“As a precaution, the company has also created two Clam AntiVirus signatures (Win.Exploit.Kolobko-9950675-0 and Win.Backdoor.Kolobko-9950676-0) to disinfect any potentially compromised assets. Clam AntiVirus Signatures (or ClamAV) is a multi-platform antimalware toolkit that can detect a wide range of malware and viruses.

“User education is critical in thwarting this type of attacks or any similar attacks, including ensuring that employees are aware of the legitimate channels through which support personnel will contact users, so that employees can identify fraudulent attempts to obtain sensitive information. Organisations should ensure regular systems backup.”

The statement said that CSIRT is the telecom sector’s cyber security incidence centre set up by the NCC to focus on incidents in the telecom sector and as they may affect telecom consumers and citizens at large.

The CSIRT, it said, also works collaboratively with the Nigeria Computer Emergency Response Team (ngCERT), established by the Federal Government to reduce the volume of future computer risks incidents by preparing, protecting and securing the Nigerian cyberspace to forestall attacks, problems or related events.

I Received Letter From Ohinoyi On Ebira Involvement In Owo Church Attack – Ondo Gov

Greenbarge Reporters

August 14, 2022

The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr. Ado Ibrahim

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said that the Ohinoyi of Ebira people worldwide has forwarded a private letter to him, expressing his embarrassment on the involvement of his subjects in the Catholic attack by terrorists in Owo in June this year.

“I also have received a letter from Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, that is the leader of Ebira in the World, commiserating again and expressing his own embarrassment on what happened.”

The Ohinoyi, 94 year old acting chairman of Kogi State Traditional Council, Alhaji, Dr. Ado Ibrahim, is the paramount first class traditional ruler of the entire Ebira nation.

Governor Akeredolu, who held a special meeting with the leaders of the Ebira community in the state at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s office, Alagbaka, Akure, today, Agust 13, called on Ebira leaders to warn their wards against venturing into the kidnapping business.

Akeredolu, who stressed that the Ebira people have lived together with the indigenes of the state for long, charged them not to deviate from the farming trade.

“We summoned the special meeting with our brothers. They are not new here but because of the recent developments that have to do with the Owo massacre and kidnappings, we have to call ourselves.

“I can assure you all that we have had a very frank discussion with ourselves and the leader of the Ebiras in Ondo State spoke on behalf of Ebiras and a few other persons

“It is clear that the message from us to them is well understood and we have assurance from the Ebiras who are living in Ondo State that they would corporate with the security agencies and that the incident in Owo was something that they themselves felt very bad about.

“So, we leave here today with the belief that our brothers, Ebira that are here, would at the least work to ensure that there is security in Ondo State and in doing that, we have charged them to discuss with all their people.”

How I Escaped Being Killed By Politicians Who Wanted Me To Bend Rules – INEC Boss

Editorial staff

August 12, 2022

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State, Barrister Mike Igini, has recalled how he received death threats from desperate politicians who wanted him to bend the rules to win elections.

Speaking to news men today, August 12, at the Conference Hall of the INEC Secretariat in Uyo, as he retires from active service, Barrister Mike said that despite such threats to his life, he stood his ground to reform the electoral process, which he recalled was badly battered before the 2019 polls.

According to him, his refusal to succumb to the whims and caprices of some desperate politicians in the state pitched him against some “Dinosaurs” who were not happy with him.

He said he has already set electoral standards in the state and that his exit will not change the template.

“INEC in Akwa Ibom State under my watch is very clear on the conduct of elections as directed by INEC at the national level and we are poised to deal with historical challenges as it concerns electoral matters.

“Politicians in Akwa Ibom State are used to rigging but i have said no, that is why the ‘Dinosaurs’ are angry. Some believe that they can buy all the people all the time because of permanent interest but Mike Igini has vowed that I can’t be bought with money.

“INEC in the state will continue to serve the people even at the risk of their lives because they are doing the right thing. Democracy will have no meaning if the rule of law is not totally embrace.

“All elements who acted contrary to the rule of Electoral law in 2019 were duly punished including INEC Staff.INEC has built electoral fireworks in Akwa Ibom State so that electoral template can be maintained.”

Barrister Mike Igini recalled that in 2019, about 23 illegal polling units were discovered in the homes of some politicians in the state, adding his quarrels with politicians started when he ordered that those polling units be relocated to open places.

“In 2019, some illegal polling units were identified in the homes of politicians in the State and I directed that such polling units be relocated to open places where people can vote under a conducive atmosphere.”

All Rent Seekers Milling Around Atiku Will Make Him To Lose 2023 Presidency – Gov Wike

Editorial staff

August 12, 2022

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said that people around the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar may hinder him from winning the 2023 election.

Governor Wike, who spoke today, August 12 in Port Harcourt during the commissioning of the Rivers State House of Assembly Quarters built by his administration, said that the people who always want to be seen around Atiku in Abuja may eventually cost him the presidential election because they are going about it the wrong way.

He said that instead of milling around the PDP candidate in Abuja, they need to go to their respective states and sell the candidature of Atiku to their people, calling on Atiku to send them all back to their respective states.

Governor who said that he had already made his mind known to Atiku about those around him and how their activities may eventually cost him the presidential election if he doesn’t do the needful quickly, said: “I have told the candidate, you will win or lose this election because of people around you.

“This should be the focus of all true lovers of PDP who want electoral victory. You’re supposed to be talking about how you will win election. All these rent seekers around him (Atiku) are not doing him any favour. Rather they are trying to make him not to win election. But if that is what they wish, I wish them good luck.”

“You see that I am not talking. I am doing my work, so leave me to do my work. Those concocting ideas every day in social media cannot make you win election. Election is about the people and by the people. Those in Abuja with you (Atiku), tell them to go home and campaign for you to win election. Leave Wike alone, enough is enough.”

Source: NaijaNews.

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