ASUU Strike Will Be Over Soon, Says Mr President Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan promised yesterday to finish the doctors'and university teachers'strike. The teachers'is over 90 days. Members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) will also be on strike. The professionals are blaming the federal government for failing to generally meet up with the agreement reached with them. Jonathan promised to finish the strike when he received the leaders of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), led by its President, Dr. Osahon Enabulele.

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Boko Haram Chief, Shekau Exhibits Gripped Assorted Tools From Nigerian Troops, Vows Fresh Attacks

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Leader of the most wanted and dreaded Boko Haram Terrorists, Abubakar Shekau,  who claims he's still alive yesterday, appeared in a new video, displaying assorted weapons which he claimed his fighters seized from the Nigerian troops during face-offs.

“The weapons are here for anyone doubting our capacity to see. We have snatched armoured tanks, Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs), Hilux 4 wheel trucks and  assorted ammunitions, all from the Nigerian security forces who are claiming that that they have decimated us,” Shekau claimed.

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"Senator Smart Adeyemi Talks about Associated Airline Crash", says Plane Was On Test Flight

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Senator Smart Adeyemi, PDP, Kogi West, have said that the Associated Aircraft that carried the corpse of Late Agagu to Ekiti for burial and killed MIC Boss, Deji Falae and others was on test flight, in respect to what people told him during the investigations. The plane departed Lagos for Akure on test flight and was under repairs before then and was supposed to carry only engineers for the flight test and not passengers.

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Farmer Butchers His Lover's Husband

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The Plateau State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a 25-year-old farmer suspected to have killed one Nanbol, the husband of a woman he was going out with.

Mrs Yakbyen Nanbol, Samson’s lover aged 25, was also paraded.
According to the words of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Chris Olakpe, Samson committed the offence in Langtang North Local Government 
Area on Sept. 13.
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Boko Haram Leader, Mallam Abubakar Shekau Is Dead – JTF

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Investigators of the Joint Task Force (JTF) who have been probing the video of the leader of the dreaded Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, Mallam Abubakar Shekau have rubbished a supposed video of the militant leader, which indicated he was still alive.

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How Jonathan blocked Alamieyeseigha’s extradition to the UK

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• UK Requests Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s extradition
• Why Jonathan is ignoring the request   
• Mohammed Abacha in new money laundering scandal

Nigeria Intel investigation has learned that the British government has requested the extradition of convicted former Bayelsa state governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha to stand trial in Britain, a move that is being blocked by President Goodluck Jonathan.

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Madalla bombing: Boko Haram Suspect, Kabiru Sokoto files N300m suit against FG

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The alleged mastermind of the Christmas day bomb blast that killed about 44 persons and wounded 75 others at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, in 2011, Kabiru Umar, a.k.a Kabiru Sokoto, yesterday, instituted a N300 million suit against the Federal Government.

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Armed Groups Attack Nigeria’s Embassy In G’Bissau

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ARMED groups Tuesday attacked the Nigerian embassy in Bissau, capital of Guinea-Bissau, a country of about 1.7 million people. The reason for the action is not yet known.

The event is happening just as the country is preparing for its general elections slated for next month.

Guinea-Bissau currently has an Interim President, Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo, who emerged in May 2012 to head a transitional government following the sacking of the country’s democratically-elected government by a military coup.

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I Won’t Resign – Speaker Of The House Of Reps, Tambuwal

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday debunked rumours that he is under pressure to resign.

Tambuwal made this disclosure in a statement issued and signed on his behalf by his Media Aide, Mallam Imam Imam.

In the statement it was expressly stated that ”he is  not under pressure from any quarter to resign his appointment.”

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Video + Photos: Python Nabbed on Camera Vommiting a Dog It Swallowed

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A massive python was spotted coughing up a dog it devoured on the streets of Bangkok.

A cellphone video of the grisly regurgitation shows the snake stretch its huge jaw out wide and back up until the canine is completely out of its system, reported Nine News.
“The video tells me that the python was being stressed — like someone was poking at it — because the python will have a much more difficult time defending itself if it has a huge meal in it,” reptile expert and conservationist Jim Nesci told the Daily News.

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PHOTOS: Lagos SG Close Down the Headquarters of Lord's chosen Church

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The headquarters of the Lord’s Chosen and Charismatic Revival Church on Ijesha, Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, were sealed off by the Lagos State Government over environmental nuisance.

The Officials of the Ministry of the Environment shut down the Church in the morning of on October 6, 2013, and prevented the worshippers from having their Sunday service usually attended by thousands of faithful.

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Missing Woman Lawyer Discovered dead, Mutililated In Her Chambers

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 Authorities in Abuja are examining the suspected killer of a lady lawyer, Mrs. Ijeoma Micah, whose lifeless body was discovered mutilated, yesterday, in her chambers in the highbrow Maitama part of Abuja. Ijeoma, who owns Micah and Micah Chambers, was discovered dead in her company three times after she was claimed to have gone missing. Her husband, who it had been discovered, arrived from London on Wednesday morning, hurried to her company, because it was gathered that he hadn't heard from her for couple of days , only to find her lifeless body.

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Guber poll: Tinubu, Akande head to Anambra for Ngige

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The National leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to lead the interim National Chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, to Anambra on Tuesday.

They will attend Sen. Chris Ngige’s Governorship flag-off at the Holy Trinity field in the commercial city of Onitsha.

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NATIONAL CONFAB: We don’t have ‘no-go’ area

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LAGOS — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that the proposed National Conference will firm up the country’s unity and not threaten its corporate existence.

“I will, therefore, like to allay the fears of those who think the Conference will call the integrity of Nigeria into question. This National Discourse will strengthen our union and address issues that are often on the front burner, and are too frequently ignored,” he said while inaugurating the 13-man Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday.

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Ohio day care worker accused of raping 2 children in her care

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(CNN) -- A day care worker in Ohio is accused of raping two of the children she was trusted to care for.

Heather Koon, 25, was arrested Friday at her home in Oberlin and charged with two counts of rape, the Lorain County Sheriff's Office announced in a statement.

Koon was a full-time employee of ABC Kidz Childcare in Elyria from August 2012 to March, according to Carlos Johnson, the day care's attorney.

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Suntai's Deputy Involved Car Crash

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The Taraba state acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, on Monday was involved in a road accident along the Gombe/Bauchi Road.  Umar was said to be on his way to pay a condolence visit to Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State over the death of his sister last week when the accident occured.

According to report, some vehicles in Umar’s covoy collided with others on the convoy of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Suleiman Rilwanu Adamu, at about 11.32 am at Shafuri village in   Bauchi.
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Ex-Plateau State Governor, Chief Solomon Lar, Dies - R.I.P

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Report reaching us says first civilian Governor of old Plateau State and pioneer the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Solomon Lar, is dead.

21-year Old Precious Okeke Wins Miss Africa UK Pageant

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Precious Okeke, a Nigerian model fought off fierce competition to win the 2013/2014 Miss Black Africa UK pageant, held at the Royal Regency Hall in east London.

By far the toughest contest since the inception of the pageant two years ago, there were 30 finalists from 17 African countries who made it to the last stage.

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Pastor Wale Ojo recounts his shocking experience on the Associated Airline plane which crashed (Must Read)

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A close friend of mine told me his experience on that same plane which crashed . The Agagu family claims that the plane was in a bad state and that Feyi Agagu almost didn't want to board the plane after seeing it's condition Coincidentally I just found this real-life experience written by  Pastor Wale Ojo on his facebook wall with the title"The crashed plane and my plain experience
It was in February, 2012. A Revival in Port-Harcourt and a quick visit to two friends of mine in Abuja surged me to journey home. In twenty-four years I had not seen Tony Akhiotu, now Managing Director, DAAR Communication. Nothing of course would be wrong to say hello to him as he was expecting me. The Adebayos too, (Wole & Anita) extended to me a warm invite to visit their place. The choice was no longer mine; I had to see my friends in the capital of Nigeria, that’s what friends are for. A table had been prepared before me in the presence of my friends.
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Fani Kayode Got a message for Stella Oduah - "May God Deliver Us From This Vampire Minister!'

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