Saturday, July 5, 2014
Update: Security man brutalized by soldiers yesterday on sick bed.
Friday, July 4, 2014
Emir Of Kano SLS Withdraws Lawsuit Against President Jonathan
Abubakar Mahmoud, his lawyer told the National Industrial Court that the Emir wishes to withdraw his case against President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and two other defendants in the suit.
Governor Fashola Condemns Military Rampage Today
Speaking with Channels TV this evening, Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola described today's action by the Nigerian Army as very disappointing, stating that they are public servants paid with tax payers money, so shouldn't behave in such a manner. He however said he's waiting for a formal report to know what really transpired.
Odu to dudu to da iwa (Odu/du/wa).
Oduduwa: Odu (Womb)
Dudu (Black)
Iwa (Character)
Odu to dudu to da iwa (Odu/du/wa).
'Odua,' simply stand for Oduduwa, when abbreviated. Oduduwa people are Yoruba's from Ile Ife, the cradle of all Yoruba people. Hidden mystery of creation. Which some of us called the "myth." The black in relationship to the womb, Simply signifies, 'mysteries of Creation.' Oduduwa as a whole, suggest what is essential to man's creation and his environment.
National Museum Esie, The Oldest Museum in Nigeria
Oduduwa Family Tree
Oduduwa and the line of Olowu
Main article: Owu kingdom
A princess marries a priest and later gives birth to the future crowned king of Owu
Oduduwa and the line of Alaketu
Cost of governance and part-time legislature
Panic, as confab delegate suffers cardiac arrest
Akintola had been a vibrant member of the conference usually bringing his wealth of legal experience to guide the activities of the body. Inaugurated on March 17, the conference has been plagued with the death of three delegates, while some had fainted during proceedings.
Gov. Murtala Nyako loses Bid to Stop impeachment
In his ruling, the state’s Acting Chief Judge, Justice Ambrose Mamadi, dismissed Nyako’s application on the ground that the lawmakers did not violate any part of section 188 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
He said the application was filed to pre-empt the action of the Adamawa House of Assembly on the allegations of gross misconduct made against the governor by the lawmakers.
Intangis has no business with Mainstreet Bank, AMCON insists
The Chief Executive Officer of Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, Mr Mustapha Chike-Obi yesterday insisted that United States financial firm, Intangis Holdings has no deal with Mainstreet Bank
A United State, US court has summoned representatives of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, a body set up to manage rescued banks in Nigeria, to appear before it in a dispute with U.S. financial firm, Intangis Holdings.
Intangis Holdings, an American financial and investment company filed the complaint for damages – tortuous interference with contract against AMCON – in the supreme court of the state of New York, alleging that AMCON ignored its right to buy one of the nationalised lenders.
National Conference: Northern delegates reject resolutions
While considering the report on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government, the conference in a rowdy session resolved the delisting of local councils from the constitution and other contentious matters.
But immediately after the plenary ended around 3pm, the delegates, under the auspices of Northern Delegates Forum (NDF), met and agreed to reject the resolutions and that they must be rescinded.
2015: APC begins full reconciliation •As Amaechi visits Atiku
AHEAD the 2015 general election, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced full reconciliation among its aggrieved members over its last month national congress, where its first elected national officers emerged.
The party, had immediately after its convention, set up a national reconciliation committee headed by the former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, who was saddled with reconciling its aggrieved members to prevent them from defecting to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or any other political partiy as being threatened by majority of them.
Boko Haram 'Massacre' fake Image.
A graphic image circulating on Facebook and Twitter is said to show the badly charred bodies of 375 Christians murdered by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria. But the claim is false.
The image is horrific. Dozens of charred corpses lie in rows in the sun. In the background near a ruined building with a rusting corrugated iron roof police, soldiers and medics – some of them wearing masks to hide the stench – stand around helplessly. A caption across the top of the photograph reads: “Boko Haram burns 375 Christians”.
The Nigerian militant group – which gained worldwide notoriety in April this year when it kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls – has been linked to hundreds of killings and dozens of atrocities and bombings since it launched a violent insurgency in 2009 to overthrow the country’s government and establish an Islamic state. Most recently the group has been implicated in attacks on villages in north-eastern Nigeria in which churches were torched and more than 40 people reported to have been killed. It has also been blamed for a car bomb explosion which claimed at least 56 lives.
Security Man In Palmgrove Estate Battered after soldier is killed by BRT Bus
The BRT driver who hit the soldier ran into Palmgrove estate in order to avoid the wrath of other soldiers present. Upon noticing that the driver ran away, the Army men ran into Palmgrove estate and when they couldn't find the driver, seized one of the Estate's security men. (pictured above)
Rampaging soldiers set Lagos BRT buses on fire
A soldier was allegedly killed by a BRT bus.
Soldiers are on a rampage along Ikorodu Road in Lagos destroying BRT buses, residents have said.
The soldiers’ actions was said to be caused by a BRT bus that allegedly run a soldier over at the Palmgrove bus stop killing him.
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Pastor Arrested for Allegedly Killing His Friend For Rituals
If not that the man’s wife called him earlier and he told her he was in Pastor’s house, no one would know:
Nigerian Police operatives attached to Ogun State Police Command have arrested a popular pastor in the state identified as Pastor Abimbola Alonge, for allegedly killing his friend, Yusuf Kamilu, for rituals.Mr Kamilu’s wife, Adijat, said after her husband was found at a junction lying half-dead the following morning, the pastor lied to them on phone that he travelled. Read what she said below:
“At about 10am when he left the house on Tuesday, Pastor Alonge called him on phone, and my husband replied that he was already about leaving. He promised to come back at about 6pm because I was not feeling alright too, and I was even using drugs.
Four Killed After A Plane Crashed Into Two Buildings In Utawala Area, Nairobi.
It also left two watchmen injured in the crash. One has been treated while the other admitted at Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital.
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FIFA secretary general worried about the degree of drunkenness in Brazil.
Brazil had banned alcohol in stadiums, but football's governing body insisted on an exemption for the World Cup. Beer multinational Anheuser-Busch InBev, is a major FIFA sponsor.
“I was struck and worried by the level of drunkeness of many supporters who do not behave well because of this” in stadiums, Valcke said late Tuesday in comments broadcast in Portuguese......
IG’s son decries security situation, terrorism
Jamil, son of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has decried the security situation in the country.
Jamil, who is a commercial pilot with IRS airline, stated that is heart was troubled each time he thought of the security challenges facing the country.
Writing on his Twitter page, the Computing Information Systems and Multi-media graduate of Kingston University, London, United Kingdom wondered why peace has continued to elude many communities and states in the country.
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Confab okays creation of Ijebu, Aba, 17 other states …supports rotation of presidency among zones.
THE National Conference on Thursday voted for the creation of 18 more states in the country.
The creation of new states was one of the decisions taken by the delegates at their plenary while considering the report of the Committee on Political Restructuring and Forms of Government.
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