The umbrella body for youths, Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, has warned that any attempt to truncate the leadership of President Goodluck Jonathan will spell doom for Nigeria. The threat is contained in resolutions reached after the IYC convention on June 22 and June 23, 2014, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, a statement by IYC spokesman, Eric Omare, said on Monday. The Ijaw youths noted that there had been clandestine moves by some “disgruntled and power hungry Nigerian politicians” in cahoots with their foreign partners to truncate democracy in Nigeria. It said, “The Convention’s attention was specifically drawn to a report in…
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Osun State has said that the attempt by the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress to woo former Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola to their camp ahead of the August 9, 2014, governorship election in the state, cannot save the incumbent governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who is seeking a second term in office, from defeat. State Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Gani Olaoluwa, said this in a statement in Osogbo, the state capital on Monday. Reacting to the visit of APC national leaders to the estranged national secretary of the PDP in his Okuku hometown…
Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has hit the ground running as he flagged off the construction of three flyovers in Awka, to ensure hitch-free traffic in the capital city. The flyovers, which are to be constructed at Aroma, Kwata and Amawbia junctions along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the city, with a tunnel to ensure free flow of traffic, will gulp N5 billion. Performing the ceremony at Aroma Junction yesterday, the governor said the contract had been awarded to IDC Construction Company, which is also reconstructing the expressway from Amansea to Amawbia junction. According to Obiano, the bridges were also…
Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Umar Manko, on Monday, paraded a 64-year-old herbalist who allegedly killed a retired customs officer and her 10-year-old daughter by burying them alive. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the suspect, one Alhaji Olatunji Azeez was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Thursday in Ajuwon-Akute area of Ogun State. The suspect was alleged to have killed Mrs Angela Uzo Kerry and her daughter, Obiajurum. Manko said the suspect was arrested through the victim’s vehicle tracking device when her car was traced to a dealer. He, however, said the dealer led the police…
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad III, has stated that royal fathers are not in any way enemies or competitors with politicians, rather, he said they are partners in progress that are divinely saddled with leadership responsibility. Sultan Abubakar made this known yesterday in Sokoto when the new Emir of Kano, Sanusi Muhammed II, paid him a courtesy visit in his palace. The visit of Emir of Kano to the Sultan was the first of such royal visit to the revered monarch and his first visit outside his domain since his emergence about a fortnight ago. The Sultan also counseled…
As reactions continue to trail the outcome of last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has boasted that it will soon reclaim the whole of the South-West from the control of the All Progressives Congress. The National Auditor of the ruling party, Alhaji Adewole Adeyanju, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Monday on behalf of the party, said that with the election Ayodele Fayose, who was the PDP candidate, as the governor -elect of Ekiti state, the game was up for the APC in the South-West in particular and other parts of the country…
Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on youth and student matters, Comrade Jude Imagwe, has urged politicians to borrow a leaf from Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State for accepting the outcome of last Saturday’s governorship election. According to the presidential aide, Fayemi’s action has endeared him to the governor and in his view, deserves to be picked as the democracy man of the year. Imagwe spoke during the inauguration of the Convention Planning Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja yesterday. “Accepting defeat in a free and fair election is an act that must…
Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, said on Monday that President Goodluck Jonathan has entrenched a culture of credible polls in the country. Alkali, who made this known in his congratulatory message to the governor-elect of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, said the president has again proven that he is a leader that can be trusted by ensuring that every measure is taken to ensure every vote counts and the people are allowed to elect their leaders without hindrance. “Prior to the Ekiti election, President Goodluck Jonathan assured Nigerians that the election in Ekiti State will…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Secretary to the Adamawa State Government, Mr. Kobeis Aris, over his alleged involvement in the fraud rocking the state. Also arrested and being detained alongside Aris are the state Commissioners for Local Government and that of Finance. The state lawmakers had commenced an impeachment process against the state Governor, Murtala Nyako and his deputy, Mr. Bala Ngilari, over alleged fraud related offences. The three had been in the EFCC detention since Friday where they were being grilled on what they knew about the alleged illegal withdrawal of resources belonging to the…
The Federal Government has again assured that no project captured in the ongoing remodelling of airports across the country would be abandoned. The Supervising Minister of Aviation, Mr. Samuel Ortom, gave the indication at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, shortly after an inspection of the ongoing remodelling work on Monday. He, however, explained that the Federal Government would not embark on any new project in the aviation industry until the ongoing ones were completed within the two years as stipulated in the contract. Speculation was rife in some quarters that the ministry would abandon some of the ongoing projects scattered…
The Kano State Police Commissioner, Adenrele Shinaba, has said that eight persons were killed and 12 others sustained various degrees of injuries in Monday’s bomb blast at the School of Hygiene in Kano. He said the blast occurred at about 2:05p.m. The School of Hygiene, located along Bayero University Kano, BUK, road in Kano, has suffered similar attacks in the past. Speaking with journalists at the scene of the attack, the police chief disclosed that one suspect was arrested in connection with the blast. “The suspect is in our custody, and the vehicle he used for the operation has also been towed to…
No fewer than 70 suspected Boko Haram terrorists, suspected to have participated in separate attacks on Chuha I, Chuha II and Korogilim villages of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State last weekend, have been killed in an air raid, with support from ground troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, rports have quoted residents as saying. It would be recalled that more than 40 people, including teenagers, were killed weekend when suspected Islamist militants, otherwise known as Boko Haram, attacked three villages in Chibok, razed down houses, shops and vehicles before carting away foodstuffs and livestock. ‘Reliable sources’ told…
New reports have stated that at least 91 persons may have been abducted by suspected Islamic militants between Thursday and Sunday from the Kumanza,Yaga and Dagu, Damboa and Dagu, Damboa and Askira Uba Local Government Areas of Borno State, quoting local vigilante officials. Four other villagers were killed while attempting to escape from their abductors, said Aji Khalil, Chairman, Sector 5 of the local vigilante group in Borno State. “More than 60 women were among the villagers abducted by Boko Haram terrorists. “Some suspected Boko Haram members invaded Kumanza, Yaga and Dagu villages and kidnapped 91 persons. “More than 60…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal was yesterday subjected to an unnecessary search by armed men who insisted his convoy must be ransacked in Kaduna. Irked by the conduct of the men of the Nigerian Army, Tambuwal came out of the car and trekked the short distance into the venue, an incident sources say occured at about 200 metres away from the hotel where an international conference on security and development challenges of Pastoralism in West and Central Africa, organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser held. The speaker, who arrived the venue of the gathering…
EmotionS ran high, yesterday, following the startling confession of A 64-year‑old herbalist has confessed that he buried a 68-year‑old retired Customs officer and her 10-year‑old adopted daughter alive in a shallow grave behind his shrine in Ajuwon, Ogun State. The suspect identified as Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, who was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, by Police Commissioner Umar Manko, showed no sign of remorse as he said he committed the act in order to prevent the victim from demanding N9 million he used to prepare a concoction for her. The retired Customs officer, one Mrs Angela Kerry, who…
The police in Abuja have quizzed a former member of the House of Representatives, Otunba Dino Melaye over his involvement in a street protest (#BringBackOurGirls) to demand the rescue of over 200 female students abducted by Islamist Boko Haram from their school in Chibok, Borno State. Melaye, who is the Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network was interrogated yesterday by the law enforcement agency. Melaye was earlier invited through a letter from the Office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, with Ref. No. CR/3000/FIB/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.T/137 and dated June 20, 2014, directing him to appear “to discuss crucial issues of…
Hmm, Alex Ekubo is on some Titanic P with actress Ebube Nwagbo in a new movie. The Nollywood actor, Alex Ekubo and Ebube Nwagbo co-star in a new movie by Lancelot Imasuen titled – The Other Side of a Coin. A few behind the scenes photos have made its way online, see them below: –
The much talked about City People awards held on Sunday, 22nd June 2014, at 10 Degrees Events Centre in Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos. The show was anchored by Soundcity’s VJ Adams, and Yvonne Ekwere and was tagged as the biggest entertainment event of 2014 which had not just the up-and-coming, but also rave-making and veteran Nigerian and Ghanaian artistes who were celebrated for their excellence and contributions to the development of entertainment{English, Yoruba & Hause} in Africa’s showbiz capital, Nigeria. The event kicked off with a beautiful rendition of Nigeria’s National Anthem which was taken by popular singer, Queen Ure and…
More than 60 women are feared to have been abducted from Kummabza village in Damboa local government area of Borno state between Thursday last week and Sunday, according to Thisday. According to sources from the area who spoke to journalists on Monday, hoodlums believed to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect continued to invade the town last week and abducted their women. The sources also said that the whole village was destroyed by the hoodlums who were alleged to have killed about 30 men in the siege on the village. The secretary of the Damboa council, Modu Mustapha…
President Goodluck Jonathan has urged Nigerians to join hands with the Federal Government to address the challenge of terrorists masquerading as pastoralists to cause mayhem in the country. Jonathan made the call in Kaduna, on Monday, while declaring open an international conference on: Security and Development Challenges of Pastoralism in West and Central Africa.” The President, represented by Vice President Namadi Sambo, said the insurgents were exploiting the conflict between pastoralists and farmers to perpetrate terror. He said the intensity and dimension of the conflict over the last few years had reached an alarming proportion with attendant and unfortunate loss…