Friday, 31 July 2015

We now have capacity to defeat Boko Haram – Buhari

With the formation of a stronger regional coalition, Nigeria and its neighbouring countries now have an increased capacity to deal effectively with Boko Haram and other terrorist groups, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday.
The President reaffirmed his belief that the full activation and deployment of the Multi National Joint Task Force which has been established under the auspices of the Lake Chad Basin Commission will lead to the speedy defeat and elimination of Boko Haram.

Dangote, U.S. agency oil deal- what Nigeria will benefit

The United States Trade and Development Agency has signed a $997,447 training grant with Dangote Oil Refining Company to develop critical human capacity resources necessary to successfully operate and maintain Dangote’s Greenfield petroleum refinery situated in Lagos.
The USTDA grant will fund a multi-year programme to train over 100 employees of the company on refinery fundamentals, according to Newsintels.

President Buhari orders immediate release of N5bn to Victims Support Fund

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja directed the Head of Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi, to facilitate the immediate release of the N5 Billion pledged by the Federal Government since August 2014 for the Victims Support Fund (VSF).
President Buhari gave the directive after receiving a briefing from the VSF Presidential Committee headed by Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd.) at the Presidential Villa.

Senator Dino Melaye has defended his visit to the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the company of the wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki.
Melaye, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District at the Senate, has come under heavy fire, especially on the social media, from those who questioned why he will abandon the legislative business he was elected to carry out at the upper chamber of the National Assembly by his constituents.

Police invade Ekiti PDP secretariat

Men of the Nigeria Police Force today took over the Peoples Democratic Party Secretariat in Ado Ekiti, as crisis rocking the party in the State took a new twist.
Armed policemen numbering 50, one Armoured Personnel Carrier and operational vehicles were deployed in the Secretariat to prevent attack from the aggrieved members of the State Working Committee, perceived to be working against the interest of the governor.
The State Executive Committee at its meeting presided over by the Acting Chairman, Idowu Faleye, suspended the factional Acting Chairman, Mr. Tunde Olatunde; State Secretary, Tope Aluko; Auditor, Tunji Olanrewaju; Woman Leader, Busola Oyebode and Assistant Secretary, Mr Femi Esan.
The SEC at its Friday meeting also set up a seven-member disciplinary committee to try the suspended members for anti-party activities.

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has voiced its distrust of the National Conference convened by the immediate past administration of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, alleging that it was skewed to the disadvantage of the north.
The forum made this known in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muhamma Ibrahim in Kaduna State on Thursday, which came as a response to a prominent Yoruba elder, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, who has consistently urged the Muhammadu Buhari administration to implement the recommendations of the conference.

Yoruba actor, Ajigijaga dies at 60

Award-winning Yoruba movie actor and event manager, Mufutau Sanni Abdulahi, fondly called ‘Ajigijaga’, who is famous for his roles as leader of criminal activities in movies is dead.
DAILY POST recalls that the veteran actor had celebrated his 60th birthday two weeks ago.
Comrade Saidi Balogun, President of The Golden Movie Ambassadors of Nigeria, confirmed his death.
However, the cause of his death is unknown as at the time of this report.

The Nigerian Army has announced re-engagement of some of its retired officers.
The officer are expected to serve as consultants and instructors at the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), Kachia, Kaduna State.
“This will no doubt greatly ensure the sharing of knowledge and expertise between serving and retired officers of the Nigerian Army Corps of Artillery (NACA), “Major-Gen. Lawrence Jokotola (rtd) said Friday in Kaduna.
He spoke at a pulling out parade organised for him and 32 other retired generals of NACA at the Kalapanzi Barracks.

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has asked the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to stop sending members’ allocation of petrol to the tank farm and storage facilities of Capital Oil and Gas Limited.
The factional President of IPMAN, Chinedu Okoronkwo told journalists on Thursday in Abuja that Capital Oil had in the past eight weeks failed to supply its members in the Western Zone, petroleum products that have been paid for by them to the NNPC.

NDLEA nabs China-bound man with drugs in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 44-year-old man, Chide Chibude, for attempting to smuggle 1.185kg of cocaine to China.
This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, today in Lagos.
The statement said the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Mr Hamza Umar, noted that Chibude was arrested by NDLEA officers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos.
It said the arrest was effected, while the suspect was attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to China where drug trafficking is punishable by death.

Latest report from CNN says the Afghan Government has confirmed the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, dead.
It quoted the government as saying he died in April 2013.
The Afghan Government had earlier said it was investigating reports of death of the Taliban leader.
The government’s response comes after reports of the death of reclusive Taliban leader.

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has given an insight into how his successor, the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, said he was pressurized into reversing the sale of the nation’s oil refineries which he had concluded before leaving office in 2007.
Still in his serialized interview with the Channels Television programme: ‘Book Club’, monitored in Abuja on Wednesday by DAILY POST, Obasanjo lamented that Yar’Adua did not only cancel the sale, but also refunded the $750m paid by business mogul, Aliko Dangote, who led a consortium of investors to buy the troubled facilities.

A member of President Muhammadu Buhari's entourage during last week’s visit to the US confided in The PUNCH that The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to the President.
“I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria’s oil. The list, when released by the President, will shock Nigerians. But let’s wait and see first,” the source said.
The source said Buhari was taken aback when he saw the names on the list and that the list given to the President by the US might compel him to probe the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Why states are owing WAEC fees – Yari

The Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum, Governor Abdulazeez Yari of Zamfara State, today said the inability of some state governments to ascertain the total amount of money involved was responsible for their current face-off with the West African Examination Council.
WAEC had threatened to withhold the results of candidates in 19 states who wrote the May/June 2015 WASSCE following unpaid examination fees by the state governments.
Yari, who said his state was also involved in the matter, attributed the situation to a mix up.
He said there was need for some of the affected states to verify the figure before payment.

The House of Representatives today urged states owing the West African Examination Council to pay the fees of government-sponsored candidates for the 2014 and 2015 examinations.
The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Linus Okorie (Ebonyi-PDP) and unanimously adopted by the members.
Mr. Okorie expressed concern that over 600,000 candidates risked the threat of their West African Senior School Certificate Examination results being withheld by the council.

Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, has nominated 13 people as members of the State Executive Council.
In a letter to Aminu Shagali, the Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mr. El-Rufai requested the legislators consider and approve his nominees. The governor also attached their portfolios in the interest of a transparent screening process.
The nominees are:

Police Safer Highways Patrol team On Tuesday engaged some suspected armed robbery gang who invaded Odoba Hills, along Otukpa/Enugu Road in a gun battle.
DAILY POST gathered that two of the suspects were arrested with a Pump Action riffle together with some cartridges.

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead following a road crash along the Calabar-Ikom highway in Cross River State, involving a truck and a 14-seater Toyota Hiace bus.
The ill-fated bus, which belongs to a transport firm known as Calculux, was heading for Port Harcourt when the accident occurred around New-Netim community in Odukpani Local Government Area.
Cross River State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Lawrence Ikechukwu, who confirmed the accident on Wednesday to newsmen in Calabar, said the Port Harcourt bound bus, which left its terminus in Calabar was loaded with 14 passengers.

David Mark: Tribunal admits four exhibits in Onjeh’s petition

The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi on Wednesday admitted four exhibits from the subpoenaed INEC witnesses in the suit filed by Mr Daniel Onjeh of the APC challenging the return of Sen. David Mark.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mark, a former Senate President, was returned winner of the Benue South Senatorial elections held in April by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), having defeated his only rival, Daniel Onjeh of the APC.

Abuse’ of state media: Ekiti APC begins petitions

The All Progressives Congress, APC in Ekiti State has again petitioned the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission, NBC over alleged misconduct by the state radio and television stations.
The party, in a July 24, 2015 letter, said the management had gone worse instead of adjusting, after they were fined N500,000 by NBC for professional misconduct.
The State APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday said, “There was no change in the misuse of the stations in the haunting of political opponents.”

Authorities in Niger’s Diffa area, on the border with Nigeria, have banned the full Islamic veil following suicide attacks in countries in the region by women wearing the religious garment, an official said today.
“Women in the region are forbidden from wearing the full veil until further notice, in order to prevent suicide attacks by Boko Haram,” Diffa mayor Hankouraou Biri-Kassoum told AFP.
The full veil has been banned in several regions of Cameroon after a string of bombings by women and girls, including attackers wearing the garment.

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC today said the Port Harcourt and Warri refineries have been successfully re-streamed after a nine-month phased rehabilitation exercise conducted by its in-house engineers and technicians.

New Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh, has refuted reports that he has changed his mind on calling up only players featuring in top divisions to the national team.
He reiterated this today amid reports that he had soft pedalled on his approach.
Oliseh however stated that the criterion does not apply to specially talented youth players.

Saraki's wife is ready to cooperate with EFCC

The wife of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Toyin, has said she will respond to an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and assist the commission with its inquiries over corruption allegations against her.

Toyin Saraki confirmed to reporters that she had been summoned by the commission, but denied knowing the motive of the invitation.
PREMIUM TIMES had reported exclusively on Wednesday that the EFCC was moving against Mrs. Saraki, and Zainabu Yar’adua-Dakingari, the daughter of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, over alleged corruption.
Mrs. Dakingari, also the wife of a former governor of Kebbi State, is accused of N2 billion fraud perpetrated during her husband’s tenure as governor of the Northwest State.
She was initially expected to report for questioning at the EFCC headquarters Wednesday, but sent words that she was away to Saudi for Umrah (lesser hajj), and pleaded to be allowed to report on ‎ July 27, 2015.

Police high command warns against illegal use of personnel as guards

The Nigeria police high command has warned corporate bodies and individuals who hire police personnel illegally as guards to desist from such.
A statement from the police spokesperson, Emmanuel Ojukwu, said the force has realized that most corporate bodies illegally hire its personnel for guard purposes.

Nigeria rejects online degrees, warns students against virtual schools

The National Universities Commission, NUC, today called on Nigerians to stop patronising online universities and other degree awarding institutions operating online.
Speaking at a press conference, the NUC’s Public Relations officer, Ibrahim Yakasai, said that degrees obtained online are not accepted in the country.
“Nigeria will not recognize online degrees. Online degrees are not accepted in Nigeria at the moment,” he said.
Mr. Yakasai warned Nigerian students and parents against patronising Maryam Abacha American University in Niger Republic.
“We wish to restate that as the only quality assurance agency for universities in Nigeria, the NUC is maintaining its stand that degrees from Maryam Abacha University will not be accepted in Nigeria” he said
He noted that the Commission has been inundated with enquiries from some Nigerian students who had been offered admission to the university.
He said the concerned students were offered admissions on part-time basis with a graduation time of four semesters for programmes like Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health among others.
Mr.Yakasai explained that in Nigeria the duration for a fulltime degree programme is not less than three

Tension in Niger Delta as Tompolo revives MEND

There was concern in military circles in the Niger Delta region today following the planned meeting of leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
The meeting, slated for Izon House in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, is being convened by MEND leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo.
A terse invitation, a copy of which was made available to our reporter, reads: “My dearly beloved Commanders and Leaders of various wings of the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), I greet you all.
“It is my pleasure to humbly invite you to a very crucial and urgent meeting as follows:
Venue: Izon House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
“Date (of the meeting is) Saturday, July 25th, 2015. Time (is) 2pm Prompt,” concluded the letter, which was signed with Tompolo signing off with his traditional title – Izon Ibe-Ebidouwei of Izon nation.
Contacted, Tompolo said the meeting was to deliberate on recent developments in Nigeria as well as the fate of the Niger Delta region in the current

Multiple explosions hit Gombe again, many feared dead

Three explosions have rocked Gombe, the capital of

Gombe state, a week after twin blasts killed 50 people at the city’s central market.
A PREMIUM TIMES correspondent said a high casualty figure was expected in Wednesday’s attack
The first two explosions occurred at a busy motor park.
The blasts, suspected to be from Improvised Explosive Devices worn by suicide bombers, occurred at about 7p.m.

Prophet rapes brother’s wife

Detectives from Anambra State Police Criminal Investigation Department, Awka are currently investigating the alleged rape of a housewife by a white garment prophet who happens to be the elder brother to the victim’s husband on a farmland in Umuchu town, Aguata Local Government of the State.
The Criminal Investigative arm of the State Police Command embarked on the investigation after receiving a petition from a group known as Human Rights Awareness Initiative and Road Safety on behalf of the victim.
According to the victim, Mrs Chinasa Okoronkwo, the Prophet identified as Pius Okoronkwo raped the victim while working on her farmland after she escaped several sexual harassment from the suspect.
Okoronkwo, who is the founder of Covenant Sabbath Mission Yaweh church with headquarters in Umuchu, however debunked the allegation saying that it was an attempt to blackmail him after sponsoring the marriage between her and his younger brother.
Chinasa on her part admitted that the suspect sponsored her marriage but stated that the prophet had another motive for sponsoring the traditional wedding.
The victim added that after her traditional marriage, the prophet approached her and told her that it was his responsibility to impregnate her despite being married to his brother.

First class corpers will serve in Universities, says NYSC DG

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, on today said corpers with first class degrees would, henceforth, be deployed to teach in universities and other tertiary institutions.
Olawumi said this in Kaduna at a two-day pre-mobilisation workshop for the 2015 Batch ‘B’ NYSC programme.
He said the new posting policy was to properly mobilise the right manpower to boost the education sector.

Man seeks divorce after wife sleeps with his brother

A middle aged man, Ojo Owoeye who is currently seeking for divorce has disclosed in court that he caught his wife in bed with his younger brother.
His wife, Bose, who has been married to him since the past 16 years had dragged him to the Akoko Customary Court in Ondo State, asking the court to dissolve her marriage for lack of care for her and her three children, but her husband dazed the court when he revealed that his wife and his own brother were having an illicit affair.

The daughter of former President Umaru Yar’ Adua and wife of former Kebbi State Governor, Saidu Dakingari, Zaina Dakingari, has been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged fraud to the tune of N2 billion perpetrated during her husband’s tenure as governor of the Northwest State.
Also invited for questioning for alleged money laundering is Toyin Saraki, wife of the Senate President and former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki.

President Muhammadu Buhari has given more insights on the extent of corruption in the country’s oil sector under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He spoke on Tuesday while reacting to questions from members of Nigerians In Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) in the United States and Canada at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC.
According to him, “250,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude were being stolen and people sell and put the money into individual accounts,” adding that the United States and other developed countries “are helping us to trace such accounts now.”

Aggrieved parents have taken to the streets on peaceful protest in front of the main gate of the University of Lagos.

President Muhammadu Buhari has outrightly rejected the gay marriage offer by the United States of America, stating that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and strange to our culture.
This was disclosed by the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina who said that the issue of gay marriage was discussed during Buhari’s meeting with his USA counterpart, Barrack Obama but its implementation in Nigeria was rejected by the President.

Popular Malvin first lady, Tiwa Savage has been delivered of a baby boy at St. Mary’s hospital in London .

Imonitie Ilen-Otuma, a graduate of the University of Lagos has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman with sickle cell in the Lekki area of the State.
It was gathered that Imonitie, a graduate of Estate Management from the university of Lagos had earlier been apprehended in May over similar case.

Jonathan destroyed PDP-ex-presidential aide

A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart and ex- Parliamentary Liaison Adviser to late President Umaru Ya’Adua, Senator Abba Aji, has blamed former President Goodluck Jonathan for what he called the deliberate destruction of the party (PDP) before leaving office two month ago.
Abba Aji who was justifying his decision to quit his party (PDP) to join the All Progressive Congress (APC), told some journalists in an interview in Maiduguri, that the former president knew the future of the party was precariously bleak months before elections but deliberately decided to destroy it.
“PDP was deliberately destroyed by Jonathan. He was the greatest beneficiary of democracy in Nigeria and PDP’s 16 years of ruling in most states and at the federal level, yet he did everything to undermine the progress of the party and left it worse than he met it. He simply messed up the party,” he alleged.
He said the fight against Boko Haram in the northeast did not receive timely attention from the Jonathan presidency until it got out of hand, warning that a year added to the increasing violence in his home state, Borno, could create bigger problem for the state and the country.
He said the Boko Haram insurgency has forced thousands of children out of schools while their parents can not farm. He said the social and economic impact of these challenges would be catastrophic for a state that is grappling with education backwardness even before insurgency started about six years ago.

Buhari dissolves federal parastatals, agencies, institutions’ boards

President Muhammadu Buhari has dissolved the Governing Boards of Federal Parastatals, Agencies and Institutions.
The dissolution is with effect from Friday, July 16, 2015.
Buhari made this known in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

Three girls behind Damaturu suicide bombings

Three girls carried out suicide bombings in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, killing 13 people celebrating the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, police said.
“Thirteen people were killed in the… suicide blasts,” said Markus Danladi, Yobe state police commissioner. “The attacks were carried out by three underage girls. Fifteen people were also injured in the attacks.”
Boko Haram Islamists have carried out a slew of deadly assaults in northeast Nigeria over the course of their six-year-old insurgency.

Council seals 123 pharmacies, medicine stores in Osun

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria has sealed 123 pharmacies and patent medicine stores in Osun State over unauthorised sale of drugs and for operating without supervision of pharmacists, among other offences.

The Director, Inspection and Monitoring Department, Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, Mrs. Anthonia Aruya, said this at a press conference she addressed in Osogbo on Thursday.

Aruya warned Nigerians against buying drugs from hawkers, misuse of drugs which, she said, was contributing to the prevalence of some ailments in the country.

A 29 year old run way model from Argentina was escorted by Irate guards from a public gathering, after attempting to meet with the Pope on a top revealing her nipples.

The charming and full-figured model, Victoria Xipolitakis, was spotted making her way to the front row of a crowd to see the Pope without a bra and just a tiny white top under a blue dungarees, waiting to get the Pope’s attention.

For several weeks as we gathered, the controversial glamour model has been trying to get a private meeting with Pope Francis, because according to her, she wanted him to forgive all of her sins; but she was openly disgraced when she went to Asuncion in neighboring Paraguay, dressed in an unpleasing manner.

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd), yesterday, lamented the resurgence in the murderous activities of the Boko Haram sect in the last four weeks of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying that it has struck fear in the hearts of most Nigerians.

Since May 29, Boko Haram has unleashed an avalanche of suicide bombings and attacks on religious houses, markets and public places in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Plateau and Kaduna states among other places, destroying about 700 lives and property worth billions of Naira.

A Nigerian boy, 17, Jamal Ottun, who was a student at the Wallington County Grammar School in South London has drowned while swimming with his school mates at the Shawnigan lake on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Jamal, the only son of his father, on Sunday July 12, 2015.

The young athlete was in Canada with his school’s Rugby team for a Rugby tour when the sad incident occurred.

I greet and felicitate with you all, especially our citizens of the Islamic faith on this auspicious occasion of the 2015 Eid-el-Fitr celebrations.

I congratulate all those who have successfully completed the Ramadan fast in keeping with the injunction of our Creator.

Although we have come to the end of this year’s month of Ramadan, I believe that a greater acceptance by Nigerians of its key lessons of self-denial and sacrifice will serve our dear country well as we strive to overcome our present challenges, undo the damage done by years of bad governance and accelerate the pace of national development.

The Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide , IYCW has warned of imminent insurgency in the Niger Delta region over non-payment of the tuition and allowances of former militants.

It regarded the development, especially those undergoing undergraduate and post-graduate degree programmes within and outside Nigeria, as a deliberate ploy by the Federal Government to create another round of insurgency in the region.

Boko Haram kill many in Kano

Boko Haram gunmen killed dozens of people in four villages in Kano, slitting some residents' throats and opening fire on others, one resident told police today.

"Boko Haram gunmen came into our villages at night, killing 43 people," said Sheriff Kulo, from Kilwa village near Monguno, who escaped to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.

There was no corroboration of his death toll but the state police commissioner confirmed the raids, which happened late last Friday.

Osun workers resume work

Workers in Osun on Tuesday resumed work after seven weeks of industrial action called by the state labour unions due to unpaid salaries by the state and local governments.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that workers in Osogbo Local Government were seen tidying up their offices at the council secretariat that had been under lock and keys for seven weeks.

A staff of the local government, Mr Maufu Abdullahi, told NAN that workers resumed work following the directive they received from their union leaders suspending the strike on Monday.

Buhari takes stand on oil sector reform

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday assured investors that his administration will implement far-reaching reforms to boost accountability and transparency in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

Speaking at a meeting with senior officials of Chevron led by the company’s President for Africa and Latin America, Ali Moshiri, on Abuja, Buhari declared that his administration was ready to effectively address the myriad of challenges in the sector.

“We understand the situation in the industry and we will do our best to address the challenges affecting exploration, production and distribution of oil products in the country,’’ the President told the delegation.

Buhari fires armed forces chiefs to 'add vigour' to fight Boko Haram

The Nigerian government has fired four military chiefs as part of a process to strengthen the fight against terror group Boko Haram.

President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the army, navy, air force and defence chiefs as the Islamist insurgents continue to kill hundreds of people in the north east.

Government spokesperson Mike Omeri told IBTimes UK that Buhari made the decision to "re-engineer and add vigour to the military".

Ebola: why Nigeria must be vigilant

It is shocking to note that on the 29th of June 2015, a new case of Ebola virus disease was identified in Liberia , 50 days after interruption of active transmission was achieved on 9th May. Since then, a cluster of cases has been identified, all of them from Nedowein in Margibi county. Currently, five people have been confirmed with Ebola virus disease by laboratory testing as revealed by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

All hands must be on deck to continue supporting Liberia to curtail this resurgence. Liberia is located in West Africa and not far from Nigeria. We should not forget so soon that it was a Liberian infected with Ebola that entered Lagos undetected then and spread the virus which led to the death of the medical doctor attending to him.

Housewife escapes rape

A housewife, Mrs. Linda Eneje, who went on a mission to recover the debt a customer owed her husband was almost raped when the debtor allegedly slammed the door on her and went for her under skirt.

She raised the alarm and neighbours came to her rescue. The suspected rapist, Atoku Jeff Odiwegwu, 30 was arrested and was later docked before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.

Female suspect blames spirit for neighbours death

A 40-year-old woman, Helen Okeke, aka Mama Chinedu, who was accused of slitting her neighbour’s throat with a knife in the Ikota, Ajah area of Lagos State, has said she is possessed by a spirit.

The Okigwe, Imo State indigene, said she never knew that Rosemary died until when she was arrested by the police.

Okeke, who said she was unmarried and had a son out of wedlock, asked the family of the deceased to forgive her, as she was not in control of herself during the incident.

LCDA officials arrests black market operators with 47 kegs of petrol in Lagos

Eagle-eyed security officials of Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Monday apprehended a middle-aged man in Ogba area, Innocent Nwevo, with 47 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise known as petrol.

Executive Secretary of the Council, Mallam Ahmed Moyosore Jaji, said a combined team of members of the Caretaker Committee and Men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps attached to the LCDA arrested the culprit.

Citing a plethora of cases of incestuous abuses, Medinat Kanabe reviews the horrible effects of incest on victims, while also exploring the signs and effectiveness of the legal system.

Little Matilda (not real name) was eight when she was sexually abused by her uncle. Following that experience, she became sexually wild and began experimenting on her own, initiating her friends at school to sex in the process. She was sleeping with boys and girls alike in school, and even with her brother at home. Often when she slept with her brother, she called on her younger ones to come watch. Due to no fault of hers, little Matilda thus transformed into more or less a time bomb and a bad influence on her immediate communities, having lost her innocence at a very tender age.

Medinat Kanabe takes a look at cases of parental punishment and discipline gone extreme, including outright child abuse and neglect, and the place of the law in such matters.

THE one who spares his rod hates his child but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.” So says a verse in the book of Proverb. Even the Muslims have a verse that testifies to this culture in their holy book. It is therefore not surprising that Nigerians have largely embraced corporal punishment in their homes, aka disciplining the child. But just how far can one go? Recent news hitting the waves have shown increased cases of extreme child brutality in the name of discipline, highlighting seemingly the helplessness of some children in the hands of their parents or guardians.

Factory workers arrested for killing wife

An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a factory worker, Kingsley Oshiegbu, in Ikoyi Prisons’ custody over the alleged murder of his wife, Ifeoma Ndidi, 32.

Olajuwon, however, said that the court would not take the plea of the accused as it lacked the jurisdiction to do so.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Olajuwon, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending legal advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPPs).

The magistrate adjourned the case till Aug. 10.

*Seeks Renewed Approach To Curb Menace

Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Toyin Saraki, on Thursday decried the estimated death of 111 women daily during childbirth in the country.

Mrs. Saraki who spoke when she received the Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA), Mrs. Ratidzai Ndalovu, in Abuja, also called for more concerted awareness and sensitisation campaign in the fight against infant mortality.

President Buhari has declined the federal government's offer to use five new armored Mercedes-Benz cars for transportation. Aso Villa originally planned to purchase the cars.

A source connected to the Presidency told Punch journalists that President Buhari found out about the Aso Villa’s pending acquisition when the Permanent Secretary Nebolisa Emodi briefed him about the executive mansion’s activities. Astounded by what he heard, the President is said to have told Emodi that the purchase is unnecessary because they were a waste of resources.

Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, one of Africa’s leading financial institution has been named Best BAnk in Nigeria at the 2015 Euromoney Awards in London at the Natural History Museum on Thursday.

The Euromoney Awards for Excellence covers more than 20 global product categories, best-in-class awards and the best banks in over 100 countries around the world by recognizing institutions that have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and momentum in the markets they operate.

In selecting its recipients, Euromoney combines quantitative and qualitative data to honor institutions that have brought the highest levels of service, innovation and expertise to their customers.

Etiaba, 20 Others Named SANs

The Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee (LPPC) today listed the son of former Governor of Anambra State, Emeka Etiaba, among the 21 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN).

The Chief Registrar of the ?Supreme Court and Secretary of the LPPC, Ahmed Gambo Saleh, who briefed the press on Friday said that the LPPC after its 119th meeting held in Abuja conferred the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria as a mark of excellence to the 21 listed members of the legal profession.

A Federal High Court in Abuja today granted bail to a former governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, and his son, Abdul-Aziz, and others being prosecuted along with him for about N29bn fraud charges.

The bail was granted to the four accused persons in the sum of N350m each with each of the four accused persons required to produce two sureties each or one surety who must be a serving director in any Federal Government establishment.

The sureties to be produced must also have landed property in the Abuja Municipal Area Council, which the court ordered must be verified by the court bailiff.

Lafarge Africa said today that it had applied to Nigeria's energy regulator for a licence to generate 260 MW of electricity to supply to the country's grid.

Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) is licensing so-called embedded power companies to try to end electricity shortages, one of the biggest constraints to investment and growth in Africa's largest economy.

Embedded power companies are not primarily power generating groups, but generate extra power from their operations and can sell the surplus to the grid or distribution companies.

BREAKING: 12 burnt beyond recognition as Agip pipeline explodes in Bayelsa

Reports reaching DAILY POST say about 12 people were burnt beyond recognition when an Agip pipeline exploded in Bayelsa today.

The victims reportedly got burnt during a JIV visit to the site of an oil spillage along the Tebidaba-Azuzuama trunk line owned by Agip this morning.

Cholera: 8 die in Plateau

Eight people have died of cholera epidemic since May in central north Nigeria’s Plateau State, a top health official said on Tuesday.

The outbreak of the diseases was due to workers’ strike in the state, which led to scarcity of potable water, Ibrahim Gontur, the director in charge of Primary Healthcare and Disease Control told reporters in Jos, the state capital.

He said the state health authorities had already sent its rapid response team led by the state epidemiologist to the affected areas, with preposition drugs.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday condemned Boko Haram attacks which deliberately targeted Christian and Muslim worshippers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in theNorth.

More than 100 people were killed in the latest wave of Boko Haram attacks on three towns in Borno State since the end of last month.

On Sunday, six persons were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a church in Potiskum, a commercial town in northeast state of Yobe.

He blames Western culture and says such unions will spread diseases previously unknown to man

The Chief Imam of Nigeria, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has spoken out in condemnation of same-sex marriage.

The religious leader was interviewed in Abuja by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday when he gave his opinion on the increasing number of countries that are legalizing same-sex marriage.

‘I will never support same sex marriage, because of my religion and I am sure that no religion in the world will support it.

Popular comedian, Atuyota Akporobomeriere, alias Ali Baba has proposed that government should consider death penalty as a punishment for manufacturers and distributors of fake and substandard drugs in Nigeria

Disheartened by a picture of a fake drug he shared on his Instagram page, which stated the product’s manufactured date as April, 2016, an undue date, Ali Baba reacted to so many other unwholesome practices bedeviling the health sector saying offenders should not go unpunished.

He lamented that Nigerians would rather expend their time and energy on wrong issues while ignoring important life-threatening problems in the country.

Boko Haram want to trade Chibok girls for imprisoned terrorists

Boko Haram has announced its willingness to swap over 200 of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 for 16 terrorists who are being held by the government.
An anonymous human rights activist told the Associated Press that the group made the same offer last year when Goodluck Jonathan was president. That deal fell through due to last-minute problems. The activist claimed the swap was “stymied by the Department for State Service intelligence agency” and “the agency said it was holding only four of the militants sought by Boko Haram.”
Fred Eno, another human rights activist who took part in last year’s negotiations, confirmed “another window of opportunity opened,” but refused to divulge any details. Eno also said that new President Muhammadu Buhari, who only took office five weeks ago, offered the terrorist group “a clean slate” to persuade them back to the negotiating table. No one said how many jihadists the intelligence agency has behind bars. Buhari fired the agency’s leader last week.
Sir Andrew Pocock, the British high commissioner to Nigeria, does not believe the government should negotiate or even speak to the terrorist group. However, he admits a rescue mission for the girls is too risky.
“The only way for the return of the girls, in my personal opinion, is through the defeat of Boko Haram,” he explained. “I don’t think we will advocate talking to people that abduct innocent civilians and cut people’s throats on video and show it to the rest of the world. But what we could be talking about is disarmament and a rehabilitation process for those who are willing to put down their weapons.”

BREAKING NEWS! Gunmen kill Iyaloja of Ijebuland

Iyaloja of Ijebuland, Alhaja Sadia Elewuju was brutally killed on Wednesday night by some persons suspected to be hire killers.

Court grants Ohakim N270m bail for N270m fraud

Court grants Ohakim N270m bail for N270m fraud
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted a former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, bail in the sum of N270m.
Ohakim, who is being prosecuted for N270m fraud allegedly perpetrated in 2008, is to produce a surety resident in Abuja to guarantee the bail.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, in his ruling on the bail application, filed by Ohakim, also ordered the prosecuting agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ‎to submit the passport and other travel documents seized from the former governor to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.
The judge was silent on where the accused person should remain pending when he would meet the bail conditions.
But Justice Ademola had, on Wednesday, ordered the accused person to remain in EFCC custody pending the hearing of his bail application on Thursday.
At the hearing of the bail application on Thursday, the defence counsel, Chief Chris Uche (SAN), urged the court to grant his client’s prayer.
He said his client, whose passport had been seized by the EFCC, had remained faithful to the bail conditions granted him by the anti-graft agency.
But the prosecutor, Mr. Festus Keyamo, opposed the bail.
He argued that rather than granting bail to the accused person‎, the court should grant an accelerated hearing.
But the judge in his ruling held that the accused person had placed sufficient materials before the court to warrant granting him bail.
The EFCC had on Wednesday arraigned Ohakim on three counts of fraud, including making cash payment of $2.29m (N270m) for a property in Asokoro, Abuja.
The prosecution also accused the former governor of collaborating with Tweenex Consociates H.D. Ltd. ‎to conceal the ownership of the property by drafting an agreement portraying him as a tenant in the property.
Ohakim, who was governor of Imo State between May 2007 and May 2001, was also accused of failing to declare the property as part of his assets while

180 Boko Haram suspects, including babies freed

Nigeria's military has freed 180 detainees held for months, including women carrying babies with toddlers clinging to their skirts, declaring they are no longer suspected of being part of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist insurgency.

Buhari approves N400b for unpaid workers’ salaries

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a comprehensive relief package of N400 billion in a determined bid to offset outstanding workers’ salaries across the states. Specifically, the President reportedly okayed a three-pronged relief package that will end the workers plight.

This include:The sharing of about $2.1b (N413.7bn) in fresh allocation between the states and the federal

World’s oldest person celebrates 116

Susannah Mushatt Jones was a teenager during World War I and her life spans three centuries. On Monday, the New Yorker, Susannah Mushatt Jones, celebrated her 116th birthday as the world’s oldest living person.
Guinness World Records announced the occasion and released photographs of Jones, dressed smartly in a white jacket, black dress and matching hat, being presented with a framed certificate.

INEC Acting Chair Reconstitutes Committees

The Acting Chairperson of the Independent National Commission (INEC), Amina Bala Zakari, has approved the re-constitution of INEC’s 14 Standing Committees.
In a memo issued and signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, the Committees are expected to commence operation from July 1, 2015.
The Committees as constituted are:
1. Appointment, Promotion and Disciplinary Commit-tees (APDC): Hon. Lawrence Nwuruku, Chairman; Hon. Amb M.A. Wali, member; Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga, member.
2. Planning, Monitoring and Strategy Committee (PM&SC): Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga, Chairman; Hon. Prof. M.A. Salau, member; Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali.
3. Information and Voter Education/Outreach and Partnership Committee: Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga, Chairman; Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali, member; Hon. Amb. Lawrence Nwuruku, member.
4. Health and Welfare Committee: Hon Dr. S. Abdulkadir Oniyangi, Chairman; Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali; Hon. Prof. M.A. Salau, member.
5. Operations and Logistics Committee: Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga, Chairman; Hon. Amb. Lawrence Nwuruku, member; Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali.
6. Estate, Works and Transport Committee: Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali, Chairman; Hon. Amb. Lawrence Nwuruku, member, Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga.
7. Election and Party Monitoring Committee: Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali, Chairman; Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga, Hon. Prof. M.A. Salau, member.
8. Board of Survey and Technical Equipment Acquisition Committee: Hon. Amb. Lawrence Nwuruku, Chairman; Hon. Prof. M.A. Salau, member Hon. Amb M.A. Wali, member.
9. Tenders Board Committee:Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali, Chairman; Hon. Amb. Lawrence Nwuruku, member, Hon. Dr. Chris O. Iyimoga.
10. Legal Services Clearance Committee: Hon. Dr. Abdulkadir Oniyangi, Chairman; Hon. Amb. M.A. Wali; Hon. Amb. Lawrence Nwuruku, member.

PDP predicts that Nigerians’ll beg them to return in 2019

Due to the problems rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the Peoples Democratic Party has said Nigerians will beg that they come back to rule in 2019.
The National Vice Chairman, South-South Zone, of the PDP, Dr. Cairo Ojugbou, made this remark on Monday at the party’s zonal secretariat in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Ojugbou, who criticised the APC for not been able to manage the recent crisis engulfing it, explained that the ruling party had shown that it lacked coordination and ideology.
On the Rivers and Akwa Ibom State tribunals going on in Abuja, the PDP national vice chairman expressed optimism that the PDP would win.
He added that no amount of intimidation would make the party lose elections that it won squarely, adding that the people of Akwa Ibom and Rivers voted for the PDP.
Ojugbou said, “Rivers and Akwa Ibom State tribunals are sitting in Abuja. No amount of intimidation will make the PDP lose the elections it won freely and fairly in these states. Any move to rig us out will be resisted.”
He disclosed that the PDP has set up a committee led by the former Kaduna State Governor, Senator

Super Eagles Striker, Emmanuel Emenike, has renounced Christianity for Islam.
Although this is yet to be confirmed, reports from Turkey has indicated that the player told his coach at Fenerbahce, Vitor Pereira, that he is now a Muslim.

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Citing a plethora of cases of incestuous abuses, Medinat Kanabe reviews the horrible effects of incest on victims, while also exploring the signs and effectiveness of the legal system.

Medinat Kanabe takes a look at cases of parental punishment and discipline gone extreme, including outright child abuse and neglect, and the place of the law in such matters.

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