Criminals Burst Into Tears In Port-Harcourt

Criminals Burst Into Tears In Port-Harcourt

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A group of suspected criminals were apprehended earlier today by police officers in Rivers State. The arrest was made following a tip-off by a patriotic citizen who reported to the police of a suspicious movement at Ibadan waterfront, Port Harcourt. A team of police officers immediately stormed the area -as they nabbed

Anyone Saying Chibok Girls Will Return Is Lying – Obasanjo

Anyone Saying Chibok Girls Will Return Is Lying – Obasanjo

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Erstwhile President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday doubted the ability of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Federal Government to rescue the abducted Chibok girls alive.

Speaking at an event organized by the Staff Club of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State,
Obasanjo affirmed that anyone saying the girls would return was simply lying.

Obasanjo’s reaction follows several promises by the current administration that it would rescue the abducted Chobok girls alive.

Obasanjo blamed the immediate past President, Goodluck Jonathan for trivialising the distress call to rescue the girls on the day they were abducted.

He said, “The former president heard about the kidnap 8am in the morning of the abduction but failed to act

Court Orders Arrest Of Temitope Aluko

Court Orders Arrest Of Temitope Aluko

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A Chief Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital has ordered the State Commissioner of Police to arrest of former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Temitope Aluko over alleged perjury.

Chief Magistrate Adesoji Adegboye gave this order today, upon a Motion Ex-parte number MAD/10cm/2016, filed by the Ekiti State Government against Mr Aluko and the State Commissioner of Police, pursuant to Section 117 of the Criminal Code Law, Cap C16, law of Ekiti State 2012, Section 79 of the Ekiti State Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2014 and Section 23 (D) of the Magistrates’ Courts Law 2014.

In the Motion, which was filed and moved by the State Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Mr Gbemiga Adaramola, an order of the court was sought to issue warrant of arrest against Mr Aluko to be executed by the State Commissioner of Police for the purpose of committing him (Aluko) for trial for the offence of

Keep Quiet If You Have Nothing To Say --- Pat Utomi To Buhari

Keep Quiet If You Have Nothing To Say --- Pat Utomi To Buhari

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Professor Pat Utomi has lashed at  Buhari for the statement he made in Kenya that he would not devalue the Naira.

The falling price of crude oil in the international market has weakened the Naira against the dollar thereby affecting the economy of the country. Buhari who was in Kenya for three days said he was yet to be persuaded that Nigeria and its people will receive any noticeable benefit from an official devaluation of the currency. Utomi however claimed the president "has no knowledge of the economy and should allow those

One Kobo Of Buhari's Money Has Never Entered My Hand --- Mbaka

One Kobo Of Buhari's Money Has Never Entered My Hand --- Mbaka

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Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu (AMEN), says God has blessed him to the extent that he does not curry favour from politicians who come to him for prayers. Mbaka said that as at the time he prophesied that President Muhammadu Buhari would emerge victorious in the 2015 election, he had not met the president; and when he finally met him, he did not “collect a kobo from him but demanded good governance for Nigeria”. He was speaking with reporters for the first interview since his transfer from Christ The King Parish, GRA Enugu.

“When eventually I met Buhari when I went for prayers at Aso Rock, what I demanded from him was good governance for Nigeria,” he said. “I didn’t ask him to give me one kobo. One kobo of Buhari has never entered my hand.”

Mbaka said God had a reason for taking him to Our Lady Parish in Emene, a suburb of Enugu. His position

James Ibori Got Re-Arrested After Been Released From UK Prison

James Ibori Got Re-Arrested After Been Released From UK Prison

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Former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori has completed his prison terms in the United Kingdom. But he is yet to be a free man, as he was immediately re-arrested.
 

It was learnt that Ibori jailed 13 years in April 2012 by a Southwark Crown court in London was released by prison authorities on 22 January. He was released from Her Majesty’s Prison in Bedford, outside of London, where he finished his prison term. He was also initially at the Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire.
“He is out of here”, a prison source at Bedford confirmed on Tuesday night.

Our sources said Ibori was re-arrested to face another charge, which borders on the confiscation of his

Mgbajime, The Robber Burnt Alive In Benue State

Mgbajime, The Robber Burnt Alive In Benue State

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As narrated by our reader:   I was in a class teaching, my principal informed of an barbaric incidence in Aliade Local Government of Benue State. Some Gangs of thieves of (Motor Cycle snatchers) that have been operating for long attacked a guy riding Okada to survive his day to day life activities, coincidentally the thieves go after him and remove the nose of the bike owner, and injured him menacingly... Those people protecting the life and properties of people in the village called "Vigilante Group of Aliade", go after those thieves and caught one of them, brought him to the middle of the village and burn him to ashes. My take: I have not seen a single police man in the scene, either to come for an incidence reports or to come for overlook, I wonder and think of those that steal our billions of Naira in the federal level (ARM ROBBERS)

The Only Legal Wife Ojukwu Ever Had Is Me --- Bianca Tells Court

The Only Legal Wife Ojukwu Ever Had Is Me --- Bianca Tells Court

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The trial in the ongoing legal battle between the widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu and his brothers over the family estate commenced yesterday before a Lagos state High Court sitting at Igbosere.

Mrs Ojukwu in her evidence in chief before Justice Abdulfattah Lawal, admitted that neither her nor her children are shareholders or directors in Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL.

She also admitted that Ojukwu has eight children which includes the claimants, Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, adding that she is the only one that was legally married among Ojukwu’s wives, as she engaged in court, Church and traditional marriage.

Bianca, under cross examination also told the court that the suit that was filed before the court is only for the right of her children and not other children of Ojukwu.

The witness further informed the court that some of the OTL properties in question had been in the

Ezekwesili Blast Buhari: Boko Haram Always Tell Nigerians The Truth

Ezekwesili Blast Buhari: Boko Haram Always Tell Nigerians The Truth

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Oby Ezekwesili on Monday charged President Muhammadu Buhari to always tell Nigerians the truth when it comes to insurgency so as to stop creating doubts in the minds of the citizenry.

Ezekwesili who is the leader of the BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, movement made the call at the group’s usual

Why I Did Not Make Aluko My Chief Of Staff - Fayose

Why I Did Not Make Aluko My Chief Of Staff - Fayose

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Governor Ayodele Fayose, has said the allegation by the former Ekiti State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tope Aluko, that the military was used to influence the outcome of the June 21, 2014 governorship election in the state was another ploy in the fruitless efforts by the All Progressives Congress to rubbish the mandate freely given him by the people of the state.

He also said such a wild allegation could only have come from a questionable character like Aluko who he refused to appoint his Chief of Staff because he could not be entrusted with such sensitive position.

He spoke in a broadcast on state television and radio in Ado-Ekiti yesterday.

In a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said the election that ushered him to office was conducted about 20 months ago and applauded by the election observers and the

Why I Rejected Jonathan’s Dollars --- Mbaka

Why I Rejected Jonathan’s Dollars --- Mbaka

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Mbaka spoke to journalists on a host of issues, including the claim that he rejected a cash gift given to him by former first lady, Patience Jonathan, when she visited his Adoration Camp ground in Enugu.
 

On his posting, he said it hit him hard, but “God is wonderful. You can see that I am smiling, filled with cheer and the joy of the Lord. I have the feeling that God’s hand is in my going out of GRA. No matter what caused it, no matter how it was caused, I am seeing everything as the will of God. When I remember that my providing God is with me and for me, I am filled with joy and comforted. The ways of God are divine and mysterious and at times when he wants to do a thing, we humans may not understand it. We may be seeing the external but God who sees the future planned and packaged everything for us.

”When we were leaving the GRA on Saturday, the worshipers in the Adoration Ministry were filled with mixed feelings. I was also filled with thoughts of where to keep the Ministry’s assets because this is a ministry God has blessed. I am not talking about my personal assets which basically are books and clothes.

”But I am happy that, I am here, although the place am posted cannot contain the assets of the ministry, but

Ex Gov. Of Kaduna State Dr Yero Visited The Boy Whose Eyes Were Removed By Ritualist

Ex Gov. Of Kaduna State Dr Yero Visited The Boy Whose Eyes Were Removed By Ritualist

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Dr. Mukhtar Ramalan Yero In his usual way of sympathizing with people, Dallatu, personally visited the eye victim in Shika. He sympathized with the parents and pledged to render any support needed for the well being of this boy. He also supported them with an undisclosed amount during his visit.

It will be recalled that Emir of Zazzau, State Governor, Senetor Shehu Sani to other individuals and groups and now Ramalan Yero.

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Woman Riding On Land Cruiser SUV Kills Eight In Lagos

Woman Riding On Land Cruiser SUV Kills Eight In Lagos

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There was chaos on Ilaje Road, in the Bariga area of Lagos State, after a female motorist in a LandCruiser Sport Utility Vehicle crushed eight pedestrians to death. It was gathered that among the dead were a pregnant woman, two siblings, an old woman and a man returning from his place of work.

Several others were also said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries, including fractures and broken limbs in the Saturday incident which happened around 9pm.

It was gathered that the driver of the yet-to-be-identified woman had left the vehicle for her near Majok Filling Station on Ilaje Road and had left for his house. The woman, said to be staying on Adebisi Street, had barely taken the wheels to drive the SUV home when the incident occurred.


The vehicle reportedly surged forward, crushing pedestrians and killing four of them on the spot.

A set of nine injured people were reportedly taken to the Gbagada General Hospital, among whom two

Uganda Manufactures First Solar-powered Bus In Africa

Uganda Manufactures First Solar-powered Bus In Africa

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Kiira Motors Corporation is set to launch the first solar-powered bus ‘Kayoola’ in Africa in the corporation’s vision to spearhead the automotive industry in Uganda.

‘Kayoola’ can be loosely translated as ‘mass carrier’.

The Kayoola bus is uniquely designed to be powered by solar energy to make it environmental friendly.

It relies on 2 power banks (lithium-ion batteries) which power an electric motor that is coupled to a 2-speed pneumatic shift transmission.

The 2 power banks operate in automatic alternation to enable real time mobile battery recharging while the other is in use.

Mr Isaa Musasizi, the CEO Kiira Motors Corporation told journalists during the test drive at Namboole

My Fears For Buhari’s Change Agenda --- Obasanjo

My Fears For Buhari’s Change Agenda --- Obasanjo

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* Expresses Doubt Over The Ability Of Buhari’s Team To Carry Out Real Change.
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, dissected the state of socio-economic affairs of the country, especially the initiatives of the current administration, and returned a verdict of doubt. His words:

“The problem today is that it is doubtful if the current administrative system is imbued with right mix of skills and values to successfully implement a well-articulated programme of change.”
He also averred that the country was on its way to another debt burden unless the rising debts were creatively addressed.

Obasanjo, who recalled how he led Nigeria to exit the Paris Club and how he pursued public service reforms, regretted that the gains he made had been reversed.

The former president made the remarks at the conference of Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, ISGPP, Ibadan, Oyo State.

The former President stressed the need for government to kick out all forms of corruption in the polity,

Why We Transferred Father Mbaka — Catholic Church

Why We Transferred Father Mbaka — Catholic Church

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The Catholic Church on Monday clarified the recent transfer of Father Ejike Mbaka, saying the controversial priest was merely being sent to where he would be more useful to the church. In its first reaction since the controversy over the transfer broke, the church church said the posting was not meant to be punitive. The Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretar‎iat of Nigeria, Reverend Father Ralph Madu said transfer of priests within the catholic church is a “normal church procedure.”
 

“Mbaka’s own is not an exception,” Mr. Madu said. “The Bishop has the right to post any priest wherever he feels his service would be more useful to the church.” Public criticisms had greeted the Enugu Diocese’s recent decision to transfer Mr. Mbaka out of Christ the King Parish‎, GRA, where he had served for over a decade and had established a popular prayer ministry, the Adoration Prayer Ministry. Mr. Mbaka is to resume immediately at his new post at the Our Lady Parish, Emene. The priest, who is as fiery as he is controversial, had described his ‎re-posting by the church as a “calculated move” to make him suffer.
 

“I know we are going to suffer within now and few months to come,” the priest said. I am going to suffer and

Breaking News: Ekiti State Government Orders Arrest Of Aluko For Perjury

Breaking News: Ekiti State Government Orders Arrest Of Aluko For Perjury

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Special Assistant to the Ekiti State Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka has described the expelled former State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr TKO Aluko as a new distraction from the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti State,
saying he does not deserve response from sane minds.

Olayinka said Aluko was already beclouded by his desperation to seek revenge against Governor Ayodele Fayose because of the governor's refusal to make him his Chief of Staff, such that he (Aluko) was not mindful of committing the criminal offence of perjury. The governor's aide who said it was shameful that the APC have refused to accept a scandalous electoral defeat they suffered 19 months ago, asked whether it was also soldiers that rigged the 2015 presidential, senatorial, house of representatives and State House of Assembly elections that the party lost woefully in Ekiti.

He said; "For Aluko to be taken seriously, he must first have to report himself to the police to be tried for perjury and committed to prison for three years, since what he is now saying is different from

Bishop’s Wife Arraigned For Fraud In Lagos

Bishop’s Wife Arraigned For Fraud In Lagos

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The wife of a Lagos bishop, who is also a pastor, has been arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates’ court for allegedly defrauding a widow who is her church member to the tune of N2m in Lagos state, western Nigeria.

Reverend (Mrs) Precious Amanze allegedly duped the widow, Oluwatoyin Simonson, under the false pretence of assisting her to clear her debt.

The arraignment followed a petition written by Simonson’s lawyer, Barrister Patrick Ekugum, to the police at Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu, to investigate the alleged fraud and intimidation of the widow by Amanze.

According to the police, Simonson introduced Amanze to an American drug manufacturing company called Clean Shield to market their drugs in Nigeria with a specified bonus to members.

After Amanze was introduced to the network business by Simonson, she provided her office located at

Muslim Woman In Kaduna Donates Bible To Pastor, Members

Muslim Woman In Kaduna Donates Bible To Pastor, Members

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In a bid to strengthening religious tolerance and mutual understanding as the world marks International Interfaith Harmony Week by the United Nations, a Muslim woman in Kaduna yesterday donated 50 Bibles written in Hausa language to a church leader and members of the church.

Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani who arrived the Christ Evangelical Intercessory Fellowship Ministry Sabon-Tasha,

Fund Diversion: Pastor Commits Suicide In Lagos Over Accusation

Fund Diversion: Pastor Commits Suicide In Lagos Over Accusation

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A 49-year-old pastor, identified only as Bassey, has reportedly slashed his throat after he was accused by his church members of diverting funds for personal use.

It was learnt that the incident happened last Monday around 5am on Abari Street in the Mulero, Dopemu area of Lagos.

It was gathered that the suicide was reported to the police at the Dopemu divison, and policemen deposited his remains in a morgue, while his wife, called Iya Emmanuel, and son, Emmanuel, were arrested in connection with the incident.

It was learnt that the pastor had written a short note, stating that his family was not complicit in his death.

A police source told our correspondent that preliminary investigation revealed that the pastor was frustrated