Jude and Iffy Okoye Welcomes Baby Girl

Last night, Jude okoye and his wife welcome their baby girl into the world. Princess Emma Adanna Okoye. I pray that Emma will be a source of joy to her parent and the nation. She will know no sorrow and will walk when due, talk when she is suppose to talk. She will lend to nations (Amen). 

President Jonathan condoles family of late Minister of Foreign Affairs

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has received with much sadness, news of the death of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru, yesterday in South Africa.

President Jonathan extends sincerest condolences to Ambassador Ashiru’s wife, children, other relatives, friends, associates, former colleagues and staff of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs as they mourn the exemplary diplomat who gave the most productive years of his adult life to the patriotic service of his nation.

The President assures them all of the fullest sympathy, solidarity and support of the Federal Government as they mourn Ambassador Ashiru who will also be long remembered and honoured as one of the very elite few, who after a long and very distinguished career as a Foreign Service Officer in the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was recalled from retirement to serve as Minister and political head of the same ministry in recognition of his widely acknowledged leadership qualities and diplomatic skills.

Nigeria, President Jonathan believes, will always owe the late Minister a huge debt of gratitude for his notable contributions, over many years, to the establishment of mutually-beneficial relationships with other countries where he served as diplomat and ambassador, and for the country’s many diplomatic successes in the international arena during his tenure as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The President prays that God Almighty will comfort all who mourn Ambassador Ashiru and grant his gentle soul peaceful and eternal rest.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
November 30, 2014

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Teen missing for four years found alive

A 13-year-old boy who had been reported missing four years ago was discovered alive, hidden behind a fake wall of a house near Atlanta, Georgia, and reunited with his mother early on Saturday, police said.

Five people living in the house in Jonesboro, 28 kilometres south of Atlanta, were taken into custody, among them the boy's father, Gregory Jean, 37, and an adult female, said Sergeant Kevin Hughes of the Clayton County police.

Mr Jean and Samantha Joy Davis, 42, face charges of false imprisonment, cruelty to children and obstructing an officer, he said, adding that three juveniles also in the home were facing obstruction charges.

The boy's mother had apparently reported him missing to child welfare but not police, and no missing person's report was filed in Clayton County, Sergeant Hughes said.

The teen was apparently able to get to a phone recently and contacted his mother with his whereabouts, authorities said.

Clayton County police went to the home on Friday to look for the 13-year-old but Mr Jean and Ms Davis said they had no information about the boy, Sergeant Hughes said.

Goodluck Jonathan to be Served Impeachment Notice on Dec 3

According to Rep. Mohammed Tahir Monguno, President Goodluck Jonathan is to be served with impeachment notice when the House of Representatives reconvene on Wednesday.

Senators and members of the House of Representatives had commenced collecting signatures for the removal of the president after the November 20 security siege on the National Assembly. During the siege, the speaker of the House Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and other lawmakers were teargased by the police. House members began collecting signatures that same day while senators followed suit two days after. And already, 200 members and about 60 senators were said to have thrown their weight behind moves to oust the president.

The reason Why Obasanjo Is Fighting Jonathan

IT emerged at the weekend that recent outbursts by former President Olusegun Obasanjo against President Goodluck Jonathan stemmed from the latter’s refusal to implement a proposal from the former president in respect of the 2015 elections.

Sources in Abuja told Sunday Tribune that the former president had sent emissaries and also whispered to Jonathan that he would back his 2015 ambition if he (Jonathan) agreed to drop Vice-President Namadi Sambo as his running mate.

It was gathered that the former president had spoken in favour of Jonathan fielding Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, as his running mate.

News In Brief

Good morning! Here is the news in brief:

1.It was a near plane crash on Saturday when an Overland flight 1186 crash landed in Ilorin AIrport. Report says fifty-nine passengers and four crew members on board the plane escaped unhurt as the aircraft veered off the runway after landing. It was reported that the airline took off from the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja.

2. Report says Maxwell Olusegun Adegbenro, Special Assistant on Social Media to the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has raised a strong allegation against traditional rulers in Ekiti State, who attended a forum organised by Concerned Yoruba Elders in Ile-Ife yesterday. He is accusing the traditional rulers of collecting N150, 000 bribe each to attend the event.

3. A former Commissioner for Health in the defunct Western Region, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, and a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Chief Frank Kokori, on Friday cautioned the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, against taking sides on political matters relating to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the opposition All Progressives Congress.

4.Report also has it this morning that a former Lagos State Deputy Governor, Rafiu Jafojo, and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos on Saturday moved to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Others who defected to the ruling party in the state are former Lagos State Chairman, Elders Council of PDP, Dr. Oluyomi Finnih, and former state secretary of the party, Tunde Daramola.

5.The Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, yesterday reacted to the bomb blast that hit Kano central Mosque on Friday, saying Muslims cannot be intimidated into abandoning their religion. He also reiterated that those behind the attack were not Muslims, as their actions contradict the teachings of Islam.

6.A sad report says Nigeria’s former Foreign Affairs Minister, Ambassador Gbenga Ashiru is dead. Gbenga, according to report died on Saturday in a South African hospital after a protracted brain tumor. He died at the age of 66 after three months in hospital bed.

7.In a reaction to the Friday bomb blast in Kano state, the Christian Association of Nigeria has said that the attack on the mosque was evil, saying it was an act that must be denounced by all Christians and Muslims as God does not promote shedding of blood in any form. The condemnation came through the President of CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

8. About eleven persons were were reportedly killed in Omoku, headquarters of Ogba Egbema Ndoni local government area of Rivers State. According reports, the victims were killed following a shooting spree by gunmen who stormed the area Friday night and Saturday afternoon.

9.The Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) has dismissed media reports about an attempted jailbreak by some convicted soldiers in Yola Prison, Adamawa State. The Spokesperson of the service, Ope Fatinukun, in a statement said there was no pandemonium, commotion nor gun shots fired into air in Yola prison as reported widely in the media.

10. Chinedum Orji, first son of the Abia State governor, yesterday won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, House of Assembly ticket for Umuahia Central state constituency as he defeated other challengers, Adighibe Maduakolam, and George Uwalaka by 11 out of the 12 total votes cast at the Primary election. One vote was voided as his challengers picked up no vote during the election

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Kano's Bomb Blast Was Planned For 2 Months- Sanusi

The emir of kano, SLS said that the kano blast was planned for two month. Pls how did he know? And why was he not around when it happened? Here is how dailypost reported it.

Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II yesterday said that Friday’s deadly attack at the Central Mosque at his palace was planned for two months.

Over 120 people were feared dead after two suicide bombers and several gunmen launched the attack during the Juma’at prayers.

The police, however, insisted yesterday that 34 people died and not 125.

The claim contradicts the high number of bodies deposited at mortuaries at Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Sir Muhammad Sanusi Specialist Hospital, Sheikh Muhammad Jiddah General Hospital, Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.

OAU students reportedly boo, stone Jonathan; call president ‘ole' (Thief)

President Goodluck Jonathan got more than he bargained yesterday when he visited the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU).

The students who were apparently tired of Jonathan’s government could not hold back their anger as they stoned and booed the president chanting “Ole, Ole, Ole,Ole” which in Yoruba means thief.

Jonathan, who was at the OAU to attend a summit by a Yoruba group, had used the occasion to identify with the Yorubas as the 2015 general election approaches, praising the achievements of the Yoruba leaders in Nigerian history.

But the students of the university were not touched by his visit, as they displayed placards with inscription such as: “we are not responsible for Jonathan’s ineptitude”, “Don’t sell education like you sold electricity”, “We demand total reversal of 2014 hiked school fees” etc..

The students, who were later chased by security men also booed Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, who tried to calm them down.

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Keshi Is Still Nigeria's Coach

From all indications, it appears Stephen Keshi will continue as coach of the Nigerian national team, after officials confirmed he will get a new deal.

There have been calls for Keshi to be sacked as Super Eagles boss, after the team failed to qualify for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations tournament in Equatorial Guinea.

Winners Chapel is not under probe – UK Government

The British government has debunked the speculations that it is currently investigating Living Faith Church, famously known as Winners Chapel International, a church founded by Dr. David Oyedepo.

According to spokeswoman for the commission, the CC was only considering the financial information provided by the church.

The CC is an organisation that registers eligible organisations in England and Wales that are established for only charitable purposes

It also takes enforcement action when there is malpractice or misconduct and ensuring charities meet their legal requirements.

Shocking: Two Of Femi Kuti’s Children Are Not His

Femi Kuti is upset and sad angry and betrayed at the moment. A DNA test was recently carried out by the father of 5 on his children, and it shows two of them, Dupe and Tosin are not his. He revealed this to Encomium few days ago in an interview, regretting why a woman should give him what is not is. Here’s how Encomium reports it;

Out of his alleged five children: Made, Afolabi, Dupe, Tosin and Ayomide, two of them, Dupe and Tosin (a boy and a girl) have been discovered not to be his biological children, according to a recent DNA test.  He confessed being disappointed and pained that a woman can actually give someone what does not belong to him.

“I did a DNA test and was told two of the children are not mine. The first two (after Made), a boy and a girl.  It is very serious.  I never knew somebody could give you what is not yours.  I’ve three boys now. I can’t father children I was tricked to believe I am their father,” he lamented.

Because of the betrayal, he returned the two children, Dupe and Tosin, to their mothers. 

Funke, his ex-wife, gave birth to his first child and son, Made, who Femi treasures so much. And Bisi Ajala gave birth to Ayomide and one other child that the DNA test recently proved not to be Femi’s.  The third woman’s name was not revealed.

Why do some women cheat?

Ogwuche was never arraigned on terrorism - Nigerian Police

The Police High Command yesterday in Abuja has said they never arraigned Nyanya suspected bomber, Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche who was recently freed by a court of law, but said the case against him was bungled and regrets that the media misled the public for so long. A press statement released by the command after the cut.

A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Emmanuel Ojukwu read: “The attention of the Nigeria Police High Command has been drawn to a most misleading media report that charges filed by the Nigeria Police at the Federal High Court Abuja, were struck out for lack of diligent prosecution in respect of the suspected terrorist Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche.

“It would be recalled that the Department of State Services (DSS), that had intelligence on the Nyanya Bombing and was investigating it, made a formal request to the Nigeria Police to assist in extraditing one Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche to Nigeria from Sudan, through the Interpol channel of which the Nigeria Police is well versed.

100 PDP Members Defect to APC In Rivers State

Chairman Committee of Akuku Toru local Government Council said that no fewer than 100 members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party decamped to the ruling All Progressive Congress in Akuku Toru Local Government Area of Rivers state.

Receiving the decampees at Abonnema during the APC sensitization dialogue on Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVC),the Caretaker chairman of the Council, Mr. Otiasah Christian Livingstone said that the defection was a boost and a reassurance that the local government area is one of the strongholds of APC in Rivers.

He told the decampees that APC is a party hinged on liberty, equity, fairness and justice assuring that all the decampees would enjoy the same status with old members without discrimination.

The chairman also assured them that they would not be marginalized in the scheme of things, adding that, together APC will sweep the 2015 polls in Akuku Toru as well as in the entire Rivers state.

Earlier, Mr. Shedrack Aman who led the decamping PDP members said that they decided to decamp to APC having found out that the PDP do not operate based on fairness and justice rather it is made up of personality cults that pursue personal interest without regard to collectivity and the welfare of the people.

In a statement endorsed by Amusa David, Special Adviser to Caretaker Chairman on Media Adviser Publicity said that it was based on this and the handwriting on the wall that PDP will lose woefully in the state that motivated them to decamp to the winning party.

Aman said that he and his fellow decampees would work tirelessly to see that APC coast to victory in Akuku Toru local government area.

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OAU, UNILAG Students Speak On Prostitution

Prostitution in Nigerian campuses has come to stay except God intervenes all we can do is pray. Pm News Campus Square went about to ask some students why they think prostitution is so rampant on campuses and what they think can be done to curb it and here’s what they have to say…

“Prostitution in our tertiary institutions is a trade that has grown to the extent that it demands serious attention from the government.

“It is a business which the culprits are sometimes not ashamed of. Prostitution is something that the government should really look into.

“But at the same time I am not surprised by the negligence of the government because when you investigate those patronising these young students, you will find out that they are our so-called senators, and government officials.

“They (government officials) are the ones that throw the parents of these students into abject poverty and at the same time destroy their children.

Breaking News!!! Bomb blast at bus station in Yola

YOLA, Nigeria, Nov 27 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction in northeast Nigeria on today, killing 40 people including five soldiers, witnesses and a security source on the scene said.

The security source and witness Abubakar Adamu, a mechanic who narrowly avoided being blown up himself, said the blast set several buses on fire at the Marabi-Mubi junction, in a part of the country plagued by violence linked to the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency

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Al Jazeera investigation of fake doctors leads to 3 arrests in Delta state

Following the documentary, Africa investigate, 3 Nigerian ‘doctors’ has been arrested. Read the full story below

In this week’s episode of Africa Investigates, Anas Arameyaw Anas and Rosemary Nwaebuni go undercover with secret cameras to expose fake doctors in Delta State, leading to three on-camera arrests.

Nigerian law forbids abortions, except in cases where the patient’s life is in danger. Despite this, Nigeria’s Fake Doctors shows Rosemary, who is not even pregnant, twice being offered abortion services from unlicensed practitioners.

Precious Johnson Chuckwudi, who operates a pharmacy in Delta State, offered to provide an abortion - and agreed the price - despite Rosemary’s negative pregnancy test, while Mr and Mrs Ogboru offered Rosemary an abortion in the dirty backroom of a bar, without conducting a pregnancy test.

Twin Brothers Become Dads On The Same Day, At The Same Hospital

As twins they shared all the major milestones of growing up, but twins Jeromme and Jarrell Spence never expected to share the experience of fatherhood in quite the way they did.

Twins from Wolverhampton have defied odds of 150,000 to 1 to become fathers to baby boys on the same day.

UK Mirror reports that the twins were initially shocked when told their partners had the same due date of Nov. 26, but neither believed they would both be celebrating on that date. But remarkably, the pair became fathers within a few hours of each other when their sons were born at New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton in the early hours of Monday.

Incredibly, both babies were born in the same water pool in the same room and were delivered by the same midwife.

How A Prison Guard Impregnates 4 Females In Prison

Four female prison guards were shamelessly impregnated by the guy pictured above in a prison in Baltimore. He is a gang leader so powerful he boasted in the jail, 'I am the law'.

The rough guy, identified as Tavo White, showered the female guards with gifts including cars and some very expensive diamond rings.

He reportedly made $16,000 a month from smuggling drugs and cellphones into prison with help from his accomplices.

In fact, Tavo White is so bad that an FBI wire tap captured White saying, ‘This is my jail. You understand that,’ and claiming to control everything from contraband to mob hits within the prison.

Four guards – Jennifer Owens, Katera Stevenson, Chania Brooks and Tiffany Linder – got pregnant for him while he was behind bars.

Owens had ‘Tavon’ tattooed on her neck and Stevenson had ‘Tavon’ tattooed on her wrist. The sad details came to light after authorities busted a major smuggling ring inside the prison – and 13 female prison guards, seven inmates and five co-conspirators face racketeering charges.

Guards allegedly smuggled hard drugs and mobile phones into prison in their shoes for the ‘Black Guerrilla Family’, a gang which also operates on the streets of Baltimore City.

Interestingly, the four pregnant ladies and other officers involved in the dirty deal have been suspended and the department are moving to fire them.

Policeman Kills A First Class Graduate

Thirty-year-old first class graduate of Economics from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu was shot dead by a constable with the Nigeria Police. Moses had on Sunday [Nov. 23], left his No. 67 Ahmadu Ahidjo Street, Narayi High Cost family residence for a party in Barnawa, Kaduna State.

 According to his friend and eyewitness, the police constable who was identified as Alex Okpe was beating up Aminu’s girlfriend outside the party venue when he tried to intervene. At that point, the constable got angry, reached for his jeans trousers, brought out his gun and fired, killing Aminu on the spot.

The constable also shot in the air as he escaped on his motorcycle. The killer policeman has been tracked down and arrested by officers from the Barnawa Police Division. The incident has also been confirmed by Femi Adenaike, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police and he said that it was true Alex Okpe was arrested and he confessed to the killing on interrogation. He said that Okpe claimed that he fired in ‘self-defence’ when Moses and his friends were trying to fight him over his girlfriend.

 According to the Police, Okpe was not even sent to Barnawa as at that time and he will be tried and dismissed if found guilty. “The suspect is in the cell and we have commenced investigation. And if he is found guilty, we will give him an in-house trial and summary dismissal so that he can face the law for homicide”, the police boss said.

Alison-Madueke Elected As First OPEC Female President

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been elected the first female president of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Alison-Madueke was shortly elected President of OPEC at the ongoing 166th General Meeting of the body in Vienna, Austria. She replaces former President of OPEC, Libyan Vice Prime Minister for Corporations, Abdourhman Atahar Al-Ahirish.

She was before her election this morning the alternate president of OPEC and is expected to immediately begin to serve her one-year term at the helm of OPEC affairs.

OPEC is expected to at the 166th meeting, take key decisions that could halt the dwindling price of crude oil. Al-Ahirishhad in his opening remarks before the closed door meeting stated that ample supply, moderate demand, a stronger US dollar and uncertainties about global economic growth have been key factors in the recent price trend.

This he noted was in addition to the impact of speculative activities in the oil market.

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Dangote Impersonator Arrested.

Police detectives attached to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Command has arrested a member of a five-man gang who posed as renowned business mogul Aliko Dangote on Facebook in order to kidnap a beauty queen.The 20 year-old victim, Miss Sa-adat Usman Bibire, was later discovered to be the daughter of the Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor on Political Affairs.It could be recalled that ‎it was also on Facebook that the daughter of a retired Army General, Miss Cynthia Osokogwu, also met her killers.

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, while parading the suspect and other suspected hoodlums on Wednesday at the Command Headquarters, Ikeja, said the kidnappers operate a fake Facebook account in the name of the business mogul.He said ‎during the initial discussion between the duo on Facebook, the suspect had proposed that he would like to make the victim a brand ambassador for Dangote noodles, an offer she accepted.

I Am The Only APC Candidate That Can Beat Jonathan- Kwankwaso

Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State has once again vowed to pick the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket and as well go ahead to defeat President Goodluck Jonathan in next year’s election.

Kwankwaso told newsmen in Kano yesterday that delegates of the party were solidly behind him.

“As a first time presidential aspirant, I started from zero level, we are growing everyday and the tide is on our side. Things are working according to plan.

“We are succeeding by the days and I’m very happy and comfortable with our campaigns. We are getting more and more people, especially the delegates across the country. I’m not surprised because we have been in the system for some time.

“We are contesting at the right time when Nigerians really require people who can handle the affairs of the country so that we can get out of this mess this country has found itself,” he said.

FG To Give Out N9.2bn Worth Of Stoves

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The Federal Government has announced that it has approved the purchase of N9.2bn worth of cooking stoves and ‘wonder bags’ for rural women under the National Clean Cooking Scheme.

The council also awarded a contract of N60.9bn to an indigenous firm, KaKatar CE Limited, for the provision of engineering infrastructure for Kyami District, Zone C, in Abuja.

This was made known by the Supervising Minister of Information, Dr. Nurudeen Muhammed, and his counterparts in the environment ministry and the Federal Capital Territory, Mrs. Lawrecia Mallam and Bala Muhammed while briefing State House correspondents at the end of FEC, which was presided over by Vice President Namadi Sambo.

Muhammed said the N9.2bn, inclusive of Value Added Tax, was approved for the procurement of 750,000 units of clean cooking stoves and 18,000 wonder bags.

Obasanjo never wanted me as Oba therefore PDP will not rule Lagos – Akiolu

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will never produce a governor in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.

The monarch is known to have a cordial relationship with former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, incumbent Babatunde Fashola among other chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Speaking as the chief launcher of the autobiography of the former President of the Court of Appeal, Mustapha Akanbi, at the Sheraton Hotels in Abuja on Wednesday, Oba Akiolu said Lagos would remain an APC state.

“Recently, I told Bode George, Koro (Musiliu) and Ogunlewe (Adeseye) that “Look at me o! You will never win Lagos. God will give us another APC governor”.

You May Cover Your ‘Evil Work’ Here, You Can’t Cover It Before God- Obasanjo Tells Jonathan

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again torn at President Goodluck Jonathan, saying Nigerian democracy remained at risk due to the action of the present administration.

Speaking at a book Launch in honour of the pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, Mustapha Akanbi‎, in Abuja, Mr. Obasanjo, who is the Chairman of the occasion, said the president should stop encouraging ‘verbal violence which may not physically hurt but has ways of degenerating into physical violence’.

Mr. Obasanjo said the greatest indictment against any administration is to be seen trying to destroy opposition of all sort‎s which invariably mean destroying democracy.

“Management of democracy without resorting to brute force and dictatorial tendencies must be cultivated,” the former President said.

“As a leader, you must not deliberately do evil or condone evil. You should know that you will one day give account to God, you may cover up here, but before God, there is no cover up.”

The former president also spoke at length on the President’s handling of the Boko Haram insurgency, ‎corruption, the economy and youth unemployment.

On insecurity, Mr. Obasanjo said Boko Haram is not out to “frustrate anyone’s political efforts” and lamented that it took Mr. Jonathan the years to ‎fully understand the menace.

On corruption, Mr. Obasanjo said, “when the head is rotten, the whole body is useless”

On the economy, he said Nigeria would continue to sink deeper and that what Nigerians are told about the state of the economy “is not truly what the economy is”.

“The economy is in doldrums, if not in reverse,” he said.

Mr. Obasanjo’s latest attack on the President is coming seven days after he rated Mr. Jonathan’s performance as below average.

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