Saturday, July 12, 2014

Human Rights Lawyer Festus Keyamo Denied SAN Award



It always takes the grace of Eledumare for any lawyer who criticises government's atrocities to be made a SAN and this trend has been ongoing for an extended time. Not surprised! Barrister Festus Keyamo was shortlisted for the SAN award along side others but the ultimate list has been released and his name is conspicuously absent.

 LPPC Secretary and Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr Sunday Olorundahunsi, while addressing news men in Abuja, gave out the names of people who made the list. See the ultimate list below after the break.

Meet the Islamic Cleric Who Buys Dead Bodies From Hospitals & Sell Body Parts To Ritualists



Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS), at the Lagos state police command, Ikeja has arrested an Islamic cleric, Alfa Rilawan Saula accused of specializing in buying dead bodies especially that of new born for onward sale to his clients. Also in police custody are two nurses Bolaji Fagbemi and Lasisi Olayinka who were alleged to be supplying newborns or unclaimed corpses from their hospital to Saula for a fee.
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'The national anthem is very bland and uninspiring' - See Etcetera's Article.



Etcetera now doesn't think our national anthem is inspiring enough. Find his views below...

After hearing of the proposal of some delegates at the ongoing confab that we should revert to the old national anthem, I sat by my piano and played both anthems. Playing and singing to the current anthem “Arise O’ Compatriot” was basically easy because I had done that countless times and I wasn’t even looking at the piano keys as I sang through the verses. 

I downloaded the lyrics of the old anthem just to be sure I was singing the right words. I know the tune by heart because my dad frequently sang it to me when I was a little school boy. And I felt nothing as usual singing it. But right from the first line of the old anthem “Nigeria We Hail Thee,” I felt a strange sense of pride and patriotism. I felt very strange because like every Nigerian, I am saddened that as a country, we have lost our way. 

Police unmask plots by terrorists to attack Abuja transport service



Below is a Police press statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Frank Mba...

Credible intelligence reports at the disposal of the Nigeria Police indicate that terrorists have perfected plot to carry out attacks on the Abuja transport sector. The attacks which are intended to cause panic amongst Abuja residents and visitors alike are planned to be perpetrated through suicide bombings, or through the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) concealed in luggage, bags, cans, and other receptacles.

I'm Ready For PDP Forces, I'm From The Streets - Governor Aregbesola.





Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said that he is prepared to face People Democratic Party (PDP) forces in the August 9 Governorship election, insisting that he will WIN the election by popular votes. Aregbesola, who spoke in Osogbo, warned the PDP against rigging the Governorship election. According to him, the PDP does not have the support of the masses like him.

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PHOTO: JSS 3 Students, Writing Exams Sitting On The Floor In Gubi, Bauchi State.



On Wednesday, July 9th JSS 3 students at Government Day Junior Secondary School (GDJSS) in Gubi Village, Bauchi State, wrote their third term examination while sitting on the floor.

A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reporter took a picture of the students during the exams.

This photo speaks volumes. What regard does the Government have for its youth, who are supposedly leaders of tomorrow?

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Lessons from Edo teacher’s literacy drama




GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and his primary school teachers recently offered the country a classic evidence of the collapse of the foundation of education in an astounding literacy drama. A female primary school teacher for 20 years was unable to read her age declaration affidavit. Even when the governor prodded her by reading the text and asked her to repeat after him, she stuttered. The drama lasted for about five minutes. This is most shameful. It is a serious indictment of the training, recruitment, and supervision of teachers in our primary education system.
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Arms, foodstuffs, others recovered from Balmo forest




Security forces have excavated 10 riffles and 80 general-purpose machine guns from Balmo forest in Bauchi State, the Federal Government has said.


The Federal Government also admitted that some soldiers had been facing court martial over their roles in the ongoing war against terrorism in the country.

Coordinator of the National Information Centre and Director General of the National Orientation Agency, Mr. Mike Omeri, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Friday.

Omeri said, “The mopping operation being undertaken by the armed forces within the forest is yielding more discovery of arms stockpiled underground. So far, 10 riffles, 80 general purpose machine guns have been excavated from different parts of the forest.
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Ikorodu road at it again: Police kill 3, hoodlums block highway.




Pandemonium is currently reigning at Thomas Bus stop, Ajegunle on Ikorodu Road as three young men are feared to have been shot dead by policemen from the Ajegunle Police Station.


It was learnt that the men were among some residents of the area, who were protesting against the killing of two young men in the same area by policemen on Friday.

Policemen were said to have pursued four men, who jumped into the lagoon, but policemen reportedly opened fire on them, killing two instantly. Two lucky ones managed to escape.
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Fuel-laden tanker tumbles, blocks Abuja-Keffi highway




Traffic is at a standstill along the Keffi-Abuja Road, resulting in a gridlock, after a loaded fuel truck crashed on the highway on Saturday morning.  Eyewitnesses say the policemen, officials of Federal Road Safety Corps and National Emergency Management Agency are at the scene, rescuing survivors and trying to manage the traffic logjam. The casualty figure could not be ascertained as of the time of filing this report.





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Business tycoon murdered in Kenya



A prominent Kenyan businessman was shot dead in Kenya's port city of Mombasa late Friday, police and eyewitnesses said. The murder of transport magnate Shahid Bhat, which occurred along a road near Mombasa's airport, comes amid mounting insecurity in the coastal region.

"The gunmen shot at him as he was driving along the road, and as they escaped they shot at another pick-up vehicle, wounding a child," Mombasa county police commander Robert Kitur said to AFP.

Military confirms trial of soldiers that revolted in Borno state



The military has confirmed the trial of soldiers who allegedly opened fire at an automobile carrying the former Commanding Officer of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed in May 2014.(Read here)

A spokesman for the military, Colonel Nwanchukwu Onyema, who spoke at the joint briefing of the National Information Centre did not give details of the charges against the soldiers on trial, he told journalists that details of their offences would be made public after investigations are completed. Continue...

Reps ask CBN to stop trading in naira



The House of Representatives on Thursday blamed the growing trading in new naira notes on members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
In a resolution in Abuja, the House alleged that there was a cartel made up of bank workers, who exchange the new naira notes for gratifications and later resell them to members of the public.

The lawmakers accused the cartel of ensuring that new notes were not in circulation, a factor that explained the mutilated notes in the economy.
The House directed the CBN to stop the “bribe for new naira notes” by investigating the cartel and punishing the members of staff involved.

Friday, July 11, 2014

What inflated Fayose’s ego ’ll soon blow open–Jide Awe



Jide Awe, Chairman, All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, in this interview with FISAYO FALODI andKAMORUDEEN OGUNDELE, says the governorship election won by Ayo Fayose in Ekiti State was far from free and fair

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Mayor Marries Crocodile: Joel Rojas Wed A Reptile To Boost Fish Stocks [Pix/Vid]



I'm simply not AVAILABLE - Joselyn Dumas




The stunning star has been inundated marriage proposals from her numerous suitors, but has finally spoken out to place a finish to it.  I AM NOT SINGLE AND SEARCHING so please kindly ignore those publications on social networking.Those aren't EXACTLY my words,' she said. Curvy Joselyn, 33 can hardly be missed at any event, and is described since the dream woman of all men with forsight adjudging her the greatest Ghanaian celebrity in 2012


Joselyn took to social networking site Facebook earlier today to declare that she is 'simply' not available.
"For those who through that have been sending me tonnes and tonnes of marriage proposals....sorry guys I'm simply not AVAILABLE. Thanks for your understanding. God bless you." Hopefully the Romeo's will now give her a break 

That matter of a detained ex-president



France’s Nicolas Sarkozy is in trouble. It’s because the French police detained the immediate past president days back. Those law enforcers said he had questions to answer about allegations of corruption. This isn’t the first time a former French president would answer questions about corruption. But that of Sarkozy is of special interest; a rare fish caught in a net is ever a spectacle, anyway. And note that nailing an ex-president can be an arduous task, even in nations which carefully project that they apply rule of law across board.
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Dating Clearance Peters and Others is Not True - Chidinma Denies






Singer Chidinma who rose to stardom after winning the 3rd season of MTN's Project Fame West Africa and also popular for her hit single, ‘kedike,' has been alleged on several occasions that she has already established an affair with music artiste like Wizkid, Soundcity presenter Adams, and now she's recently been linked with Clarence Peters.


The singer has debunked these claims and said there is nothing other than friendship going on between herself and the ace music producer, Clarence Peters.
We recall that she also denied dating the likes of Wizkid and other industry guys whom she had been linked with. Chidinma explained that Peters is just her friend while speaking with OmoOodua
See what she said after the break.

Bored gang of Boys Beat 8 Year Old To Death.




A gang of 11 boys aged between 9 and 13 have allegedly beaten to death their eight-year-old classmate because they were bored, Chinese police said today (Friday). 

The boys allegedly attacked Zhang Tai in the road just near the town of Zhangjiakou in north-west China's Hebei province. They reportedly beat him up, before leaving his battered and bruised body lying next to the road.

A Stolen 2-Year Old Baby Found At Lagos Airport 5 Days Later





A two-year old baby girl stolen by unidentified men from her parents' home in Lagos last week Friday after a vigil has been found at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The little girl, Mercy Osunbawo, was in captivity for five days before she was found at the airport at about 2: 00 a.m. on Wednesday unaccompanied before she was rescued and handed over to the airport police. It was not certain how Mercy got to the airport.

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