The All Progressives Congress, APC, has expressed concern over the listing of Enugu State among the ‘parasitic’ states contributing nothing to the Federation Account, in spite of the massive coal deposit worth billions of dollars in the state yet to be explored. The South-East Zonal Publicity Secretary of APC, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, made this known while addressing the Udi Local Government Area Exco of APC, Enugu State, at 9th Mile Corner, Sunday. The spokesman recalled that about a fortnight ago, a pro-Jonathan group, Committee of Pro-Federal Delegates, National Conference, in an advertorial on how Southern states subsidize Northern states, listed…
Author: Wale Adebayo
Plans by the leadership of the National Conference to reconvene August 4, 2014 to consider and approve the final report of the conference for presentation to President Goodluck Jonathan, has been dashed following the extension of the resumption date by one week. Following the secretariat’s inability to conclude its work, Chairman of the conference, Justice Idris Kutigi (retd), cancelled the earlier resumption date as delegates are to resume on August 11. The leadership, in a letter to delegates and signed by the Assistant Secretary, Media and Communications, James Akpandem, said the decision to extend the resumption date by one week…
25 persons suspected to have been involved in illegal bunkering and crude oil theft along the waterways of Brass In Bayelsa State have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy. Two vessels were also seized. According to the Navy, the two seized vessels identified as MV Hanan and MV Alezza Lilah, had 14 Nigerians, One Ghanaian and a Cameroonian on board with over 300,000 metric tonnes of stolen crude oil. In a statement issued at the weekend, during the handing over ceremony, Navy Commanding Officer, FOB FORMOSO, Captain Noel Madugu said the MV HANAN L had nine crew on board, all…
A Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin to 20 years imprisonment for attempted kidnap. Ebenezer Gbadamosi, 22, who had earlier been arraigned before Justice Sulyman Kawu of Ilorin High Court, on a three-count charge, was sentenced by the appellate court for attempted kidnap of the son of an Ilorin-based Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The High Court had convicted Gbadamosi on charges of conspiracy to kidnap, threat by means of telephone/SMS to kidnap and attempt kidnap under sections 2, 3, 5 and 15 of the Kwara State Prohibition and Kidnapping…
The General Overseer of God of Champion Royal Assembly, Abuja, Brother Joshua Iginla, has prophesied that a lower rank officer of the Nigerian Army will shoot Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, before arresting him. According to The Sun, Iginla reminded members of his congregation of an earlier prophecy he gave about the Nigerian Air Force helicopter that crashed in the Southern part of Bama, Borno State, wherein he prophesied that there would be survivors three months ago. The Abuja-based cleric also called on the country’s security apparatus to tighten security in the nation’s capital between today and Wednesday. He said,…
A female suicide bomber in Nigeria’s Kano city killed three people and injured seven others on Monday in an attack targeting women who had lined up to buy kerosene, police said. This came just hours after 5 people were killed in a bomb attack on St Charles Family Church, Kano and another bomb attack was foiled at North West University, also in Kano. In the Monday attack, a female suicide bomber detonated an explosive at (a petrol) station in the Hotoro area, badly injuring 10 people. The suicide bomber was said to have found her way into the crowd of…
Many people have been feared killed in an explosion that rocked a petrol station at Eastern Bye-pass Monday morning in Kano. The explosion is coming less than 24 hours after a bomb blast hit a Catholic Church in Sabon-Gari area of Kano State. Details later… ***UPDATE*** The bomb, which was detonated by a female suicide bomber at NNPC Mega station at Hotoro quarters along Maiduguri road, Kano, killed four people on the spot including the bomber while eight have been confirmed injured. The female suicide bomber had reportedly slipped into the crowd of citizens buying kerosene at the station before…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for a thorough investigation by military authorities into the alleged shooting of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria last week Thursday, in Zaria, Kaduna State. Atiku, who made the call yesterday via his Twitter handle @atiku, expressed shock over the incident, saying he was “deeply disturbed”. The former vice president, however, tasked religious leaders on the need to propagate the message of peace and restrain their followers from taking laws into their hands. He said via his tweets: “I am deeply disturbed by the fatal shooting of protesters in Zaria yesterday. “I…
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah, has described himself as a war time general, whose major pre-occupation for now is ending the menace of Boko Haram. Minimah, who spoke in Lagos at the weekend, while addressing soldiers at Ojo, Topo and Ibereko Barracks all in Lagos, said the welfare of troops deployed in various operations have remained on the front burner. He said aside paying operational allowances of troops upfront, which he said is peculiar only to the Nigerian Army, he has also ensured that soldiers wounded in action get the best medical treatment either at army hospitals…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has expressed sadness at the unfortunate incident in Zaria, Kaduna State, which led to the killing of some people, including Mahmud, the son of a renowned Islamic scholar and leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim el-Zakzaky. It also condemned Sunday’s bomb blast in Kano. Mahmud and 10 others were killed in a clash between Nigerian soldiers and Shiite Muslims in Zaria on Friday. About 40 others were also injured during the clash, which has forced military authorities to set up a panel of inquiry. Also, five people were killed in a…
Members of Chibok community in Borno State from where the over 200 secondary schoolgirls were abducted over three months ago, have lamented that even though it took the Presidency over 99 days, after the incident to meet with the parents of the girls, nothing new was said at the meeting. “We all waited patiently for the parents to come and tell us something new concerning the girls but the poor parents rather returned home more confused”, said one Malam Musa, a native of Chibok, who resides in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Musa said all that they expected to hear…
It seems like Tiwa Savage’s star began to shine brighter after she got married, attending shows here and there and making headlines. At the moment, the Mavin superstar singer is currently in South Africa. The ‘Wanted’ star performed at Sibonga in Soweto, South Africa where she thrilled her fans to a delight with her hit singles. See few shots below: –
Chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State, Bode Simeon, has resigned, citing “harassment, intimidation and threat” to his life by the former State Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. In the resignation letter dated July 26, and addressed to the National Chairman of the party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, simeone also accused a federal lawmaker from Ondo State of threatening his life. The letter reads: “You will also recall that since the coming of Otunba Gbenga Daniel in to the party, we have not known any peace. He colluded with the National Secretariat using financial inducements to destroy Ogun LP. My…
The Osun State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), has faulted the reasons adduced by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, for not showing up at a pre-governorship election debate in Osogbo, the state capital last Saturday. It described the PDP candidate’s arguments as “the wisdom of a fool”. Omisore had reportedly claimed that he was supposedly superior to the APC candidate and incumbent, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, which made it a match “between two unequal parties”. He also inferred that the “weaker of the two parties may resort to physical assault and harassment”. But the Osun…
Kaduna based civil rights activist, Comrade Shehu Sani weekend, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to take charge of the security situation in the country. Sani, who was reacting to the tragic killing of some Shiite Muslims in Zaria last week Thursday by soldiers, said the president should call the military and other security agencies to order with a view to putting to an end the recurring killing of innocent citizens. In a statement, he said it was the same type of impunity by security agencies that led to Boko Haram insurgency since 2009. He said: “We have received the tragic…
As Muslims mark Eid-el-Fitri, the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has urged Nigerians to continue to work towards the continued existence of Nigeria because its unity is not negotiable. The northern governors’ call was contained in a message by the chairman of the forum and governor of Niger State, Dr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu yesterday in Minna. The message signed by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Aliyu, Israel Ayegba Ebije, urged Nigerians to regard the current challenges as an ugly phase that will soon be a thing of the past and prayed for the celebration to usher the country into…
The Federal Government has been advised to make the refineries function at a minimum of 70 per cent of installed capacity (450,000 barrels per day) before selling them off to private investors. A civil society coalition, “Bring back out refineries”, said there is more to the issue of privatization of the refineries than meets the eye, adding that selling them at the current state of disrepair will be a waste of national heritage. The coalition, led by Mr Solomon Ben Olonade, said the wilful refusal of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to repair the refineries in a bid to…
A syndicate which speclialises in designing multinational organisations’ websites to defraud unsuspecting members of the public, particularly applicants, has been smashed by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) and six members, including a first class honours graduate arrested. The two other suspects are final year students of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA). The suspects’ modus oparadi, according to the unit, include using logos of multinational companies to place online advertisements for jobs and scholarships and demanding application fee from interested individuals. Luck ran out for the suspects after the unit received a petition from the Organisation of Petroleum…
Convener of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG), Pastor Tunde Bakare has advised the Federal Government to apologise to members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram over the murder of their leader, Mohammed Yusuf, who was killed in 2009. According to him, apologising to the sect is one of the ways to end insurgency in the country. Bakare, who was Buhari’s Vice-Presidential running mate in the 2011 presidential elections also said last Wednesday’s attack on former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy in Kaduna State is an indication that bombing in the country is taking a new dimension. The Overseer of…
The much awaited traditional wedding between Dr. Sid and his boo, Simi Osomo is going on as you read this. If you recall, The ‘Surulere‘ singer made the announcement on July 2, 2014 via his Instagram page that ‘On the 27th of July 2014 I say “I Do” to this beautiful woman #LoveMine my #LastBusStop’, he wrote. The couple got engaged in Venice, Italy last year August. Dr Sid getting married to fiancée Simi Osomo today in Lagos. Stay glued for more details and photos.