Sunday, July 6, 2014
Kano state Government seeks death sentence for alleged killer child-bride
Man stabs himself to death as his girlfriend dumped him
A 33-year-old graduate of Tai Solarin University of Education, Oluwatosin Otaiku stabbed himself to death on Saturday, in Onikolobo area of Abeokuta Ogun state on Saturday after his fiancee, one Oluwatoyin Olaogun after his girlfriend dumped him.
CNN "moves" Ukraine's Slavyansk to Russia's Crimea
The American CNN TV channel has revealed a shocking lack of geographical knowledge. A CNN report about self-defense fighters' pullout from the towns of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk in southeastern Ukraine carried a map locating Slavyansk in the western part of Crimea.
Covering Ukrainian troops' seizure of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, both situating in Ukraine's southeast Donetsk region, the CNN mislocated Slavyansk, "moving" it to Crimea which has recently become part of Russia.
World Cup: Fed Govt demands ₦2.591b account from NFF
•Congress dissolves Federation Board
The tenure of Alhaji Aminu Maigari as President, Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) came to an abrupt end yesterday following the dissolution of the board by an extra ordinary congress of stakeholders and delegates of Nigerian football.
Simultaneously, an angry Federal Government demanded explanation from the dissolved NFF on the disbursement of N2.591billion allocated to it for football administration in the country.
Maigari was arrested on Friday by operatives of the Directorate of Security Services (DSS) on his return from the World Cup competition in Brazil over allegations of financial mismanagement, but was released afterwards.
Thousands brave rain for army recruitment
THOUSANDS BRAVE RAIN FOR ARMY RECRUITMENT
It was a pathetic sight at the 13th Brigade Premises of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday as thousands of youths converged to write the examination for recruitment into the Nigeria Army.
Applicants crowded the field in the premises and spilled over to the pavements of adjoining Barracks and Marian Roads.Even when it started raining heavily, the applicants could not leave the field as they waited to be screened to write the examination.
Unrepentant convicts ■ Jailed robbers return 10 years after to kill victim’s son Agashi
A decade ago, 37-year-old Uchenna Okereke, led six other robbers to rob Okorie Orie, dispossessing him of millions of naira and successfully escaped. But the victim was able to recall the face of Okereke and he correctly identified him to the police, who acted on the information and arrested him. During interrogation, he revealed the identity of the other six members of his gang. They were all tried, convicted and slammed with 10-year jail term, which they served and were subsequently released.
Man arrested with human skull •‘I belong to Dey-Well cult, skull is that of Victoria’
A 41-year-old suspected cultist, kidnapper and ritualist, Onwuzuruike Nwakaogwu, has confessed to his involvement in a cult group popularly called Dey-Well at Igwuruta village, Ikwerre Local Government area of Rivers State, just as he revealed the identity of the deceased whose skull was found with him as Victoria.
The suspect claimed his efforts at getting money from the skull yielded fruit before his arrest as he said that it used to spew out N10, N20, N50 notes whenever he poured ‘kain kain’ (alcoholic drink) on the skull before reciting incantations.
Ikemefuna Nominated As Goodluck Campaign Leader Calls On Nigerians To Support Mr. President
Campaign Leader Calls On Nigerians To Support Mr. President.
A frontline Politician and a businessman, Chief Samuel Ikefuna has been appointed the Deputy national Co-ordinator of a leading Jonathan Campaign Organization, THE GOODLUCK NIGERIA NEEDS PROJECT.In his letter of appointment signed by the National Co-ordinator, Alhaji Mohammed Rilwanu Gulma and the Executive Secretary, Dr. Kenneth Anozie, Chief Ikefuna was appointed based on the strong support his has shown for President Goodluck Jonathan and the Transformation Agenda. “It is not always to find such men of integrity giving important support to Mr. President but Chief Ikefuna has demonstrated huge support for the President,” the appointment letter read.
History Will Be On Tinubu’s Side - By Gbenga Olorunpomi
Good people are hard to come by. The uncomfortable truth is that this world despises good people. Human beings have a natural instinct to either extinguish the spatter of lights that dot the almost tangible darkness
around us, or cover it up. We are quick to kill the better people in our society or to drag them down into the mud with us. We are uncomfortable with the notion that some people can be good while we swim in our filth. We resent the notion of such arrogance. We dont understand it, so we destroy it.
Revealed : Ex-VP Atiku behind Nyako’s impeachment Saga
Checks by Pointblanknews.com has revealed that a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar is behind the impeachment nightmare of Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako.
It has also been revealed that Atiku curiously masterminded the defection of some All Progressive Congress (APC) APC members to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to whittle down the influence of Nyako and set the stage for his exit.
When trouble started in Yola for Nyako, some believed the mastermind was the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan. They had speculated that Jonathan wanted him out because of his very acerbic letter he wrote to his colleagues and the need for his party to seize the structure in the state.
Exclusive: Gov. Babatunde Raji Fashola Wastes $500,000 On Kim Kardashian’s 45 minutes Appearance
The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola blew a whooping $500,000 on “appearance fee ‘for American reality television personality, Kim Kardashian.
Pointblanknews.com learnt that the extra budgetary largese excludes first class tickets for she and her crew, accomodation, logistics, security etc.
Despite staying less than a day in the city of Lagos the pregnant star was paid a reported $500,000 for her fleeting visit, angering some commentators and citizens of the state.
Nigerians set to pay access fees to view television content
“In other countries the public broadcast services are run from fees collected on broadcast content.”
The Federal Government on Saturday said that it would introduce content access fees to replace radio licence fees ahead of Nigeria’s migration to digital terrestrial television broadcasting by 2015.
The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, made this known at the opening of the Extra Ordinary meeting of the National Council of Information in Abuja.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
'BRT bus did not kill any soldier' - LAGBUS official reveals what transpired
But speaking about it, a LAGBUS official said they'd nothing to do with it, explaining that they just found a corpse in their bus and went to report it to the Police;
"By 10 p.m. last night, one of our buses broke down at Onipanu; by 11 p.m., a rescue team with a van went to the scene to tow the bus. Unfortunately, area boys started stoning our team which made our men to leave. Meanwhile, the driver put on hazard lights and C- Caution to alert motorists of the breakdown.Continue...
53 Boko Haram members killed after daring attack on military base
Over 50 terrorists died as troops repelled a daring attack on troops’ locations in Damboa, Borno State yesterday night. The terrorists had stormed the troops’ bases and police locations while most of the troops were out on patrol of surrounding villages.
New Gaza rocket fires as Israel's Arabs join protests over teen murder
A new volley of rockets fired from Gaza territory into Israel on Saturday, hamstring Egyptian efforts to establish a renewed truce, after protests over a Palestinian teenager's murder spread to Arab-Israeli towns.
Israeli police reported clashes in three mainly Arab towns in the northeast and center of the country late Friday after the east Jerusalem funeral of the teenager, believed to have been abducted and murdered by Jewish troops.
Strangling democracy: From information to infotainment
We are focused on the US government's ways of promoting its policies across the global community. Why would the US State Department choose to offer something like free entertainment, sometimes, at press briefings? Or - could that be some smart strategy most of us are still unaware of? The Voice of Russia has invited Italian journalist Giullietto Chiesa and Ilya Fabrichnikov, Russian expert on political communications strategy, to talk about "infotainment" and how it is used to manipulate our minds.
Mr. Chiesa, Mr. Fabrichnikov, I am happy to welcome you to our show, and before we proceed let me give you one of the latest.
Nigeria Faces FIFA International Ban From Football After Government Interference
NEWS: Speaker Mourns Demise Of Ikeja Traditional Ruler
Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adeyemi Ikudoriji has described the demise of the paramount ruler of Ikeja, the Olu of Ikeja, Oba Rauf, Adeniyi Aremu Matemi as shocking and highly regrettable.
Ikuforiji in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi Adebayo, “ The sudden death of our highly revered royal father of Ikeja, the Olu of Ikeja, Oba Rauf Adeniyi Aremu Matemi was not only sudden but sad, and highly unfortunate.
Court Fixes Date on Ban of Hijab in Lagos Schools
Justice Modupe Onyeabo of a Lagos High Court in Ikeja, has set September 26 to deliver judgment on the case.
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