Sunday, February 16, 2014
LASU to reopen on Monday (See date)
FG Set to Grant Boko Haram Amnesty - Sets up Implementation Panel
Vice-President Namadi Sambo disclosed this on Saturday at the first annual conference of the Ahlus-sunnah of Nigeria organised by the Izalatul Bid'a wa Ikamatus-Sunnah at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos.
Libya PrisonBreak: 92 prisoners pick race after attacking guards
Spokesman of the Zliten local council, Hassan bin Sophia, said only four guards were watching 220 criminal and political detainees at the prison on Friday. He said the prisoners called for a doctor, and when the prison gate was opened, they attacked the guards and fled. Bin Sophia said 19 prisoners were soon recaptured, two of them wounded when guards opened fire.
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PhotoNews: Pres. GEJ visits traditional rulers to Woo Them
Pics: Pres. Jonathan at RCCG, Olive Tree Parish, Ikoyi today
GAY: Juno actress Ellen Page is lesbian
“I’m here today because I am gay. And because maybe I can make a difference. To help others have an easier and more hopeful time. Regardless, for me, I feel a personal obligation and a social responsibility. If we took just 5 minutes to recognize each other’s beauty, instead of attacking each other for our differences. That’s not hard. It’s really an easier and better way to live. And ultimately, it saves lives. Then again, it’s not easy at all. It can be the hardest thing, because loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves. I know many of you have struggled with this. I draw upon your strength and your support, and have, in ways you will never know.” Ellen said
Saturday, February 15, 2014
2015: President Jonathan woos traditional rulers in APC states
Jonathan visited the Emir of Kano,
Alhaji Ado Bayero; the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade; the Alaafin of
Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi; and the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akinlolu, in
their palaces.
A Presidency source, who confided in SUNDAY PUNCH, said the visits were more political than courtesy visits.
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Patience Jonathan flown abroad for treatment –Report
Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience Jonathan, may have embarked on another medical trip to Germany.
A report by an online news portal, Sahara Reporters, on Saturday quoted two presidential sources as saying the First Lady was flown out of the country discreetly. One source, the medium claimed, disclosed
that Mrs. Jonathan had kept a low profile several weeks before her
movement to a German hospital.
“She has not been in good health for a while now,” a source close to the Jonathan family reportedly said.
My grouse against PDP — Atiku Abubakar
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku
Abubakar, recently defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, of
which he is one of the founders, to the opposition, All Progressives
Congress. In this online interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, he says the
resignation of Bamanga Tukur and appointment of Adamu Mu’Azu as the
National Chairman of the PDP will not end the problems with the ruling
party
Why did you leave the PDP, despite the resignation of the former National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, who you were aggrieved with?
Bamanga Tukur is my kinsman. I have no
grievances against him. The problem of the PDP was not caused by Tukur.
Lack of internal democracy is at the centre of the crisis bedeviling the
PDP. It is a cancer that is spreading rapidly and destroying the fabric
of the party. Despite all efforts and political chemotherapy, the party
has continued to show debilitating signs.
Boko Haram threatens to Launch Assault on Cameroon over Nigeria
Violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has
threatened to declare war on Cameroon if she does not cease to support
Nigeria’s military campaign against it. In recent times, the sect has been at the receiving end of a massive onslaught by the army in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. Members of the sect have reportedly fled
these attacks and were said to have relocated to safe havens in
Cameroon, Niger and Chad.
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Student Commits Suicide On Val's Day (GRAPHIC Pic)
The entire South Campus of the University of Education Winneba in Centre region of Ghana was thrown into a state of uproar as a level 100 student of the University was discovered dead in a nearby uncompleted building. Identified as Solomon Obeng, the Basic Education student committed suicide by hanging himself in the uncompleted building on Vals Day after realizing he had obtained 3Es in his examination.
“I used to beg for food at the Schools canteen” - Flavour N’ Abania
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₦9bn contract Fraud case: Dimeji Bankole discharged and acquitted
An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday discharged and acquitted Dimeji Bankole, after finding that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission was not able to prove a 16-count criminal charge, bordering on a N9billion contract scam, filed against him.
Justice Evoh Chukwu, in a ruling on a no-case-submission filed by Bankole after the prosecution had called its witnesses against him in the trial, held that there was no evidence linking the former Speaker to the alleged offenses.
I’m glad he had accident after r*ping me –12-year-old rape victim
Punch reports;
In the emergency ward of the National
Orthopaedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, 21-year-old Oye Adeleke was lying
on a bed like every other patient who had suffered different degrees of
fracture to their limbs from accidents. But Adeleke’s case is peculiar. In fact,
the story behind how he landed in the hospital had circulated around
the ward. Some of those who were discussing the issue when our
correspondent visited him, used the word “karma” to describe his fate.
On January 18, 2014, Adeleke, who is an
apprentice meat seller at Tinubu Market in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, allegedly
added his name to a long list of sexual predators walking the streets
of Lagos. That day, which would change the life of
12-year-old Bisola (not real name) forever, was when Adeleke ambushed
the young girl and raped her for one hour.
EFCC Still Investigating Ex-Aviation Minister Oduah’s Armoured Cars Purchase.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reiterated that in spite of the sack of the former Aviation Minister, Ms Stella Oduah, investigations on the purchase of the 255 million Naira armoured cars are still ongoing.
Recounting the achievements of the commission in 2013, the spokesman for the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, told reporters in Abuja that the outcome of the investigations would be disclosed in due course.
However, Mr Uwujaren bemoaned the slow pace of prosecutions in the judicial system, which he said had largely stalled investigations. He, however, said that the anti-graft agency is not deterred.
He said that the commission had resolved to prosecute all its cases without fear or favour and would work vigorously to fight corruption in Nigeria within the ambit of the law.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Canadian subsidiary of US arms maker General Dynamics gets $10 billion Saudi arms order
The Canadian subsidiary of US arms maker General Dynamics has won a $10 billion order for armored vehicles for Saudi Arabia, Canada's International Trade Minister Ed Fast announced Friday.
The vehicles will be produced by General Dynamics Land
Systems-Canada, and the deal could be worth up to $13 billion if all
options are exercised.
Comment of The Day: Saint Valentine
"The masses are only followers. They celebrate what ever comes to them without thinking or research. If you ask people what is the reason why they celebrate valentines day? they don't know, they tell you is lovers day. But If you know much about that wicked king "saint valentine" Like people won't celebrate saint valentines day. But like I always say, People are deep brainwashed. They enjoyed to be fool and lied. Than to be awake and hear the truth. This is the world we living inn. The smart and wise ones are few. The doomed and brainwashed ones are always the majority. People are deep brainwashed and they can't even distinguish from wrong and right, true or false. That's why they makes satan work more easier to control and used the masses for his evilness. But soon many will surely discover the truth. Since the truth can't never be hidden forever under this great sun and moon light." ~Africa Freedom #realfreedom #Africa
Kenyan government accuse USAID for funding local activists
Mass protests took place in Kenya on Thursday after police has accused the US government of funding political activists. Streets of Nairobi got filled up with protesters’ demonstrations, aimed against leaders who they say behave like children. In Kenya such state of mind is called the “diaper mentality.”
Previously, Kenyan authorities banned the protests, saying that those actions promote the “threat of terrorism.” In
addition to that, Kenyan officials have accused the US Aid agency,
better known as USAID of funding political activists. They have also
reached the foreign ministry to gather the USAID officials in order to
provide an official response for those arguments.
Soviet-Afghan War lesson: political problems never settled by force
25 years ago, the almost 10-year long deployment of the limited contingent of Soviet forces in Afghanistan drew to a close. Experts have since been at variance about the assessment of the Afghan campaign, but they invariably agree that it was the biggest-scale (and actually quite ambiguous, obviously for that reason) foreign policy action throughout the post-war history of the Soviet Union.
The last Soviet soldier left Afghanistan on February
15th 1989 as part of the Soviet 40th Army, which was the backbone of the
limited contingent. The Soviet troops withdrew under the command of the
40th Army legendary commander, Lieutenant-General Boris Gromov. He
managed to brilliantly carry out the withdrawal, with the US now trying
to use his experience to more or less decently pull out of Afghanistan
following the more than 20 years of actually useless occupation of that
country. This is what an expert with the Centre for Modern Afghan
Studies, Nikita Mendkovich, says about it in a comment.
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