The peace move by elders of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo aimed at restoring peace in the troubled party may have failed.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Tukur faction asks court to stop Baraje group
The Alhaji Bamanga Tukur faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday, asked an Abuja Federal High Court to restrain the Abubakar Baraje faction from parading itself as the national executive of the party.
The Tukur faction filed the application through its lawyer, Tochukwu Onwugbufor, SAN.
The plaintiffs included Tukur and the PDP national officers elected at the party’s August 31, 2013, national convention at the Eagle Square, in Abuja.
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26-year-old Abuja Actress Jailed for Stealing IPad, IPhone and jewellery
A 26-year-old actress Nancy Ndukwe of Jikwoyi, Abuja, was sentenced by Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on September 6, 2013, Friday. She was convicted for two months of imprisonment for stealing an IPad, IPhone and jewellery.
Cpl. Paul Anigbo, on the side of the prosecution, told the court that the matter was reported at the Lugbe Police Station by one Faith Njoku of Kapuwa Village, Lugbe, Abuja on September 2.
The prosecutor told the court that Nancy Ndukwe visited her friend Njoku on the above-mentioned date and stole her IPad, IPhone and jewellery, all valued at N190,000.
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VIDEO: Lagos Commissioner embarrassed at Gani memorial occasion
Lagos Commissioner for Public Transportation Mr. Kayode Opeifa, got more than he bargained for as he strayed into Gani Fawehinmi 'Night of Tributes' occasion organized to commemorate the late radical lawyer and advocate for the masses in Lagos.
The 'Night of Tributes And Socials', attended by left-wing activists including Femi Aborishade, Lanre Legacy, Okei-Odumakin as well as members of Civil Society Organizations and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) was the second event for the day after a morning lecture in which Prof. Omotoye Olorode lashed out on Minister of Economy Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, the Goodluck Jonathan-led government and the entire PDP.
The 'Night of Tributes And Socials', attended by left-wing activists including Femi Aborishade, Lanre Legacy, Okei-Odumakin as well as members of Civil Society Organizations and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) was the second event for the day after a morning lecture in which Prof. Omotoye Olorode lashed out on Minister of Economy Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala, the Goodluck Jonathan-led government and the entire PDP.
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George Zimmerman's wife heads to court for divorce
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Russia to help Syria in case of external military strike - Putin
"Will we be helping Syria? We will," Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following a G20 summit in St. Petersburg on Friday. The US and other countries will put themselves outside of law if they begin a military operation in Syria, Putin added.
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Jonathan faults ICC on trial of Kenyatta
Delivering an address to the Joint session of the Kenyan Parliament on the sidelines of his state visit to that country, Jonathan stressed that International Organisations were created to resolve problems and not to compound them.
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U.S Guilty Of; War crimes, genocide, aggression and crimes against humanity.(QOD: Who will prosecute?)
As the world sits glued to their radios and TV screens and their other sources of information waiting for news of an attack on Syria other events are taking place that the nefarious planners in Mclean Virginia and Washington have successfully distracted the world’s attention from. At the cost of a couple of hundred Syrian lives, which in reality mean nothing for the Americans and their Al-Qaeda elements in Syria, the US has perhaps yet failed to launch another act of aggression and commit another crime against peace, but it has succeeded in accomplishing several other objectives.
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Atiku For President Billboard & Posters hit Abuja.
"They gave me one year to live. I have till March next year to expire". -US Based Nigerian Journalist, Rilwan Omosun in serious condition
A former Sports Editor of defunct Daily Times has hit hard times in the USA and needs assistance. This is his story as posted by his friend Azuka Jebose Molokwu.
In 1990, at the age of 31, I abandoned my job as the sports editor of Nigeria’s first evening daily paper, Evening Times, a subsidiary of THE DAILY TIMES of Nigeria. I relocated to United States to further my education and seek professional excellence with available opportunities in the world’s free press. I arrived Houston Texas, naïve and timid, with no formal training, information or survival guide kit to a migrant’s settlement in America, seeking all things bright and beautiful that “Yankee” had to offer. It’s “God’s own country”.Continue after the break.
Yoruba actress, Ronke Ojo a.k.a Ronke Oshodi Oke loses dad - R.I.P
Yoruba actress Ronke Ojo popularly called Oshodi Oke is bereaved. The talented actress lost her aged father, Mr Ojo few weeks ago in Nigeria.
According to sources, her dad’s death facilitated her quick return from the United State of America to Nigeria last month. Few months back, the actress delivered her second baby for her hubby Gbolahan Anthony. The burial arrangement of her late father is being put in place as at the time of gathering this report.
May his soul rest in perfect peace.
According to sources, her dad’s death facilitated her quick return from the United State of America to Nigeria last month. Few months back, the actress delivered her second baby for her hubby Gbolahan Anthony. The burial arrangement of her late father is being put in place as at the time of gathering this report.
May his soul rest in perfect peace.
President Jonathan Is Too Weak, A Total Disappointment – Asari-Dokubo
President of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahedeen Asari- Dokubo, once again took a swipe at President Goodluck Jonathan, stating that the Nigerian leader is a disappointment to the Ijaw ethnic nationality.
Asari-Dokubo said Jonathan is weak and unassertive as a leader.
The ex-militant commander, who was reacting to the latest crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has led to the factionalisation of the ruling party, lamented that Jonathan could not take bold and courageous steps to tame the dissidents.
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Fashola Bans Nigerian made Molue, Commercial Buses From Lagos Island
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
Corporal shoots ASP dead during argument at station
Their plan was to settle down, have children and grow old together.
Unfortunately, this was not to be as Olusoji, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, was gunned down by a police corporal in Gashua Bade Local Government, Yobe State, while on duty less than five months after their wedding.
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PDP crisis: Tragedy as OBJ's peace move fails
Obasanjo and other senior members of the party met with its two factions at Hilton Hotel, Abuja on Friday to discuss how to settle the differences among the warring factions. But both parties insisted that their conditions for peace must be satisfied before the party could move forward.
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Pandemonium In Ikorodu As Clerics Who Died Decades Before reappears On A Wall Of A Mosque + The Photographs -
Barely a year after a child was reportedly born with a copy of the Holy Quran in Lagos and another born with an Islamic rosary, (Tesbah) in Sagamu, Ogun State.
200 People Hurt As Around 130 Cars Accident In to Each Other (Photos)
Dozens of everyone was injured as significantly more than 130 vehicles were involved with some crashes on the A249 Sheppey crossing in Kent today. The crash which went on for 10 minutes as cars continuously collided together was the result of a thick fog.
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Female UNILAG Law School Graduate nabbed For Armed Robbery In Lagos; Chioma Ezekwesiri Leads 7-Man Robbery Gang -
This is a Ọmọ Oódua - Naija Gist exclusive you have to read. The popular saying “What a man can do a woman can do better” has been twisted in the case of Chioma Ezekwesiri, a 35-year-old University of Lagos graduate who was nabbed today for robbery in Lagos.
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