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“To ensure that the evil plot goes successfully, the APC has mapped out the sum of $70,000 for each senator and $40,000 for each House of Representative member for what it calls welfare since a majority of them have been compelled to be in town suddenly," Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesman of CUPP, said. The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot to influence a take-over of the leadership of the National Assembly. According to CUPP, the plan will be brought to fruition when the lawmakers reconvene on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, Ikenga Ugochinyere, spokesman of CUPP, noted that $70,000 had been earmarked for each senator, and $40,000 for each member of the House of Representatives. His words: “The plot will see the criminal announcement of Senator Ahmed Lawan as factional Senate President, Senator Hope Uzodinma as factional Deputy Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio as fa

"Since Okorocha has displayed anti-party traits, you can’t expect him to be part of our strategic meetings again," Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National Publicity Secretary, said. The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has removed Rochas Okorocha, Governor of Imo State, as the party’s campaign council coordinator in the state. The state chapter of the APC had already announced the suspension of the governor a few days ago. However, the APC NWC confirmed the suspension on Sunday, premising its decision on Okorocha's anti-party activities. Confirming the suspension to Punch newspaper, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National Publicity Secretary, noted that Okorocha could not be part of the party's strategic meetings since he had publicly worked against the party's interest. Okorocha has vowed to work in the interest of the governorship ambition of his in-law, Uche Nwosu, who is the candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), ag

The question God asks first when He wants to bless you is, " What is that in your hand ?" You need to know what you have then you can be taught the best way to utilize it. If a refugee could make her life worth living through art exhibitions, you have no excuse sitting in your father's house looking for help from heaven. stand up now!  Tree of Life , 1976 Photograph © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC,Courtesy Galerie Lelong, New York Much has been written about Mendieta’s relationship with the earth, but not a great deal has focused on this sense of global catastrophe, the overwhelmingly real or feared natural events that might make our moving bodies disappear.  To be sure, the artist’s   Silueta Series   photographs, also on display in Metz, help us to think about the history of Mendieta’s marked absence, the notion of the trace of an end or an incomplete whole in her presentation of earth/body symbiosis.  I have consequently opened with the moving ima

Pressure mounted Saturday on embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to hold new elections, with the United States urging the UN Security Council to recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president and members of the European Union demanding a vote within eight days. The South American nation's power struggle has unleashed a full-blown diplomatic row. The United States and at least a dozen other countries have officially recognized Guaido, while Russia, China and others have thrown their support behind Maduro. On Saturday, the Venezuelan crisis was hotly debated on both sides of the Atlantic. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asked a special meeting of the Security Council to stand behind Guaido's transitional government, while the UK, Spain, Germany and France vowed to recognize him as president unless Maduro calls elections by next week. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addresses a UN Security Council meeting Saturday on Venezuela. &qu

President Muhammadu Buhari shakes hands with acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, at the State House in Abuja on January 25, 2019. Inset: Justice Walter Onnoghen. The United Kingdom has reacted to the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The British High Commission in a statement raised “serious concern” over the timing of the suspension, coming less than three weeks to the general elections. It noted the criticism triggered by the development, saying some credible and independent voices were worried about the constitutionality of the Executive to suspend a Chief Justice of the Federation. The British High Commission said while it respects the nation’s sovereign authority, it observes that the timing of the suspension “gives cause for concern”. It added that the issue if not urgently addressed may affect the perceptions on the credibility of the polls within and outside the country. It, thereafter, called fo

Sky gazers were treated to a rare lunar eclipse known as a super blood wolf moon on Sunday night, in which sunlight passing through Earth's atmosphere lit the celestial body in a dramatic fashion and turned it red. Watchers in North and South America, parts of Europe and western Africa, who were lucky enough to have clear skies, saw a total lunar eclipse -- but eastern Africa and Asia observed a partial eclipse. The blood moon with a statue in Brighton, England. Hundreds of people came out late on Sunday night or early Monday morning to witness the event, capturing images of the super blood wolf moon and sharing it on Twitter. CNN's George Engels shared images of the lunar eclipse taken by his father William on an iPhone between 2.25 and 2.40 am from La Carolina, 12 miles west of Maldonado, Uruguay.

The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, has sworn in 250 members of the general election tribunals. At the swearing-in ceremony which took place in Abuja on Saturday, the acting CJN urged the members of the election tribunals to discharge their duties with integrity, as well as the fear of God. The development comes barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari suspended Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria and swore-in Mohammed as acting CJN. According to the president, the suspension was based on the request of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, pending the completion of Onnoghen’s trial. Onnoghen is being tried over allegations of failing to declare his assets.