Bakassi: Court dismisses move to void GTA

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Cross River lawmakers protesting the decision of the FG not to appeal the ICJ ruling on Bakassi
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An Abuja Federal High Court on Wednesday dismissed a suit in which the indigenes of Bakassi asked for an order to compel the Federal Government to repossess the Bakassi Peninsula and nullify the Green Tree Agreement it entered with Cameroon.

The International Court of Justice, in a judgment on October 10, 2002, ceded the oil rich Peninsula to Cameroon.

However, the Senate President, David Mark, at the ongoing 127th Inter-Parliamentary

Obi supervises demolition of kidnap suspect’s properties

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Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on Wednesday led the demolitionof two bungalows allegedly owned by a kidnap suspect, Mr. Emeka Ezekwe, in Umuihepune, Umuatu Village of Ihiala Local Government Area in the state.
A statement by Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem, said the governor Peter Obi carried out the demolition exercise as part of the war against kidnapping and other crimes in the state.

The demolition followed the arrest of Ezekude and the recovery of arms and ammunition buried in the ground in plastic containers in the premises.

Obi demolishes another suspected kidnappers’ den

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Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, on Wednesday led the demolition of two bungalows allegedly owned by a kidnap suspect, Mr. Emeka Ezekwe, in Umuihepune, Umuatu Village of Ihiala Local Government Area in the state.
A statement by Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem, said the governor Peter Obi carried out the demolition exercise as part of the war against kidnapping and other crimes in the state.
He had recently led the demolition of some houses belonging to another suspected kidnap gang leader, Olisa Ifedike aka Ofeakwu.

The demolition followed

Eastern Railway Project Suspended as Youth Attack Contractors.

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Youths and community are extorting & attacking workers with weapons.

The rehabilitation work ongoing on the railway track from Port Harcourt to Makurdi has been temporarily put on hold due to continuous attacks on the contractors by Ishiagu community in Ebonyi as disclosed by a railway official.

Briefing newsmen on the development he had termed a great setback, the Regional District Manager of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Eastern District, Mr Felix Njoku, asserted on Wednesday that the

October factory activity up, growth still weak — Markit

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Manufacturing improved slightly in October but slow growth and economic uncertainty suggested the sector’s recent struggles may persist over the final months of 2012, an industry survey showed on Wednesday.

Financial information firm Markit said its US “flash,” or preliminary, Purchasing

Mimiko as Ondo people’s choice

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Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State
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IT’s been victory dance for the supporters of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State who won the governorship election in the state last Saturday. The result of the election  showed that Mimiko scored 260, 199 to beat his two closest rivals – Olusola Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party who scored 155, 961 and Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, who scored 143, 512 votes.

Why I gave Boko Haram N1.5 million for Sallah rams – Senator Zanna

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Remember Senator Zanna was invited by the SSS yesterday. Well another story came up; the senator had to explain to the men who interrogated him why he gave Boko Haram members N1.5M for Sallah rams.

Monday night, Zanna arrived at the SSS headquarters in Abuja at about 1 pm where he was processed for interrogation.

He gave further insight into his relationship with the dreaded Islamist sect and reiterated his denial that Bama was arrested in his Maiduguri home.

He told his interrogators that he gave N1.5 million for Sallah rams to the sect members following their threat to attack him.

He explained that when they took his aide to his house for a search, they retrieved N250, 000 and left a message with the aide for him that he should provide them N10 million or they would come for him.

The senator, who was released at about 10 pm, is expected to report back at the SSS headquarters by 11am Tuesday.

The bottom line of it all is that, he SSS men during their interrogation with the Senator found out that, the Senator still communicates with his nephew, Bama the Boko Haram member, but the Senator insists it is not true.

26-year-old man arraigned for murder of four persons

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For allegedly conspiring with others to murder four men, a 26-year-old, Sadik Shittu, was on Wednesday in Lagos remanded in Ikoyi Prisons.
Shittu is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, murder and arson at a Yaba Magistrates’ Court.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the plea of the accused was not taken when the charges were read to him and was ordered remanded in prison by Magistrate M.O.

12 charged with robbing Lagos bank of N8m

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Twelve men, who were charged with robbing Sterling Bank, Matori Branch, Lagos of N8 million, were on Wednesday remanded in Ikoyi Prisons.
The accused are Taiwo Aremu, 26; Muktar Eleduwe, 42; Lukeman Adekunle, 26; Kola Adenuga, 26; Ahmed Ajofoba, 24; and Saheed Olawunmi, 24.
Others are Idowu Adesola, 32; Waheed Shuiab, 38; Rasheed Anifowose, 22; Ahmed Adelakun, 28; Abdullahi Abdulkareem, 24; and Adedokun Yusuf, 24.
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, which gave the order, however, did not take the pleas

Man pleads guilty to stealing battery

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An Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos will on November 1 sentence one Izuchukwu Nwachukwu, who on Wednesday pleaded guilty to stealing iron rods  and a car battery.

Chief Magistrate Amos Adeyemi fixed the date after 26-year-old Izuchukwu pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

Adeyemi remanded the defendant at the Kirikiri Prisons until the adjourned date for facts and sentencing.

Izuchukwu had admitted conspiring with another person still at large to steal the rods and the battery worth N130,000.

The prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Inedu, had submitted that Izuchukwu, who had no fixed address, stole the items belonging to one Mr. Chidi Okafor, on October 14 at 11.45p.m.

He said that the crimes occurred at No. 15, Cardoso St., Awodi-Ora in Ajegunle, Apapa, and that they contravened Sections 285 and 409 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State, 2011.

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Teacher flogs 12-year-old student to death in Anambra state

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A 12-year-old student of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.

A reliable source in the school told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Tuesday that the girl died on Thursday last week after she was flogged. The source explained that the girl fainted after being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where she died.

Haven't they banned corporal punishment in Nigerian schools? Why are some teachers still flogging? WTH?

Lagos State TO Enforce Uniforms For Molue Drivers, Conductors and Agberos

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Commercial bus drivers and conductors will begin to wear uniforms and badges as from January 2013, says the Lagos State Government.


Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa disclosed this at the weekend at a sensitisation programme for transporters on the new Road Traffic Law at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

According to Opeifa, from 1 January, all commercial bus drivers and conductors would begin to wear uniforms and badges in line with the provision of the traffic

Traffic jams, fuel queues clog Lagos roads

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Fuel queues and traffic jams clogged major roads in Lagos on Wednesday, causing much agony for motorists and other road users.

Across the metropolis, long lines of vehicles ran into adjoining streets and highways.

Some roads on the mainland, Victoria Island and Ikoyi are among those affected.

Also affected were sections of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, especially on the inward Lagos side. These include Aseese- Ibafo, Long Bridge-Berger and Alausa-Alapere.

More details later.

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Religion Is Just A Spiritual Expression - Wole Soyinka

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The Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, spoke this week at the Hay Festival in Mexico. In an extract from his talk, he tells Peter Godwin that now is the time to tackle militants in Nigeria.

Professor Soyinka, you’re not an ivory-tower kind of writer. You are not a stranger to danger, and in fact you’ve been imprisoned on at least two occasions, once in solitary confinement. Can you tell me what that was like?

Writing in certain environments carries with it an occupational risk. When I was imprisoned, without trial, it was as a result of a position I took as a citizen. Of course I used my weapon, which was writing, to express my disapproval of the [Biafran] civil war into which we were about to enter. These were people who’d been abused, who’d undergone genocide, and who felt completely rejected by the rest of the community, and therefore decided to break away and form a nation of

Forex market reform

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Wale Ajomale, 10 Ilojo Crescent, Obanikoro, Lagos State. ‍+23480330346: I appreciate Mr. Henry Boyo’s efforts at ensuring the forex market reform in Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria should be a regulator and not allocate to sell the dollar earnings of the tiers of government but keep dollar certificates in trust for their spending or conversion. I suggest that Messrs Boyo and Ojemaikhire should engage beneficiary stakeholders like the Governors’ Forum, Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, Manufacturers, Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture, Nigerian Economic Society and other Civil Society Organisations. They will pressurise the Federal Government and the CBN to reform the market and deliver us from World Bank/IMF.

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NYSC, please pay us

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Akenosi Igbanor, Babington Ashaye Street, Omole Ikeja, Lagos State. ‍ +23480932538: It is so disheartening that the National Youth Service Corps has yet to pay some corps members in Lagos State their allowance for the month of September to October after passing out last week. Most of the affected corps members have accounts with Access Bank and Ecobank. We don’t know if the problem is from the Federal Government or the banks. Others received their allowance two weeks ago while we have yet to receive ours. There have been rumours that we might not be paid. I hope this message gets to the right authorities.

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Fighting in Edo community over manhood initiation

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Many residents of South Ibie Kingdom, near Auchi, Etsako East Local Government, Edo  State  on Tuesday fled the community as fighting broke out between youths and the police.
The News Agency of Nigeria, reports that the fight broke out following a dispute between the monarch and some sections   of the kingdom on whether to hold the Manhood Initiation Celebration during Eid-el-kabir.

FG sacks consultant, hands over contractor to ICPC

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Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesome Wike, has ordered the sacking of the consultant supervising the construction of the Girl Child Secondary School in Ebonyi State.

He also ordered that the contractor handling the project be handed over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for investigation

Firm, NMA propose 21-day campaign against communicable diseases

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Reckitt Benckiser and the Nigerian Medical Association have called on government and other stakeholders involved in the fight against communicable diseases to promote a 21-day hand washing campaign across the country.

According to them, this campaign will educate Nigerians and increase awareness on hand washing as a means to killing bacteria and germs which cause communicable

AWC: Nkwocha sets 15-goal target

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Perpetua Nkwocha
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Super Falcons striker, Perpetua Nkwocha, has set a target of 15 goals for the upcoming African Women’s Championship in Equatorial Guinea.

The tournament is slated for Equatorial Guinea from October 28 to November 11, 2012,