Alamieyeseigha Ridicules Obasanjo At National Conference

Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha on Monday ridiculed former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
According to Alamieyeseigha, the one time Head of State shielded some oil thieves in the country during his administration between 1999 to 2007.
He also declared that half of Nigerian oil was stolen daily with full knowledge of foreign embassies.

 * Obasanjo and Alamieyeseigha

Why ‘Half a Yellow Sun’ is ‘banned’ by the Censors Board, DG “expressed strong reservations”

Source YNaija
YNaija.com has come into possession of a letter written by one of the top executives of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, making an impassioned plea for the movie to be approved by the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board. The film, based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is based on the Nigerian Civil War from 1967 – 1970, during which more than a million people died.

JAMB: Plateau parents lament costly scratch card

Some parents and guardians in Plateau have described as “exorbitant,” the N1, 500 they were being charged by JAMB for scratch card to access the examination result.

The parents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos, Pakshin and other towns of Plateau accused the examination body of extorting money from students and parents with all manners of charges.

Abia APC elects new state exco

The All Progressive Congress in Abia State on Monday elected a 31-member state executive committee with Mr Fabian Okonkwo, a legal practitioner, as the chairman.
Other members of the executive are, the Secretary, Mr Smart Ebere, the Organising Secretary, Mr Mike Odoemelam and the Woman Leader, Mrs Francisca Osuwa.

NLC attributes insecurity in Nigeria to poverty

The Nigeria Labour Congress, has lamented the lingering insecurity in the country as well as the rising level of poverty.

Policeman abducts, brutalises eight-year-old girl

Residents of Olufowobi Street, Ketu, Lagos, were thrown into confusion after an eight-year-old girl, Amarachi Abakwam, was found tied up and brutalised under the bed of a policeman attached to Police Mobile Force 22.

B’Haram: Army to begin mass recruitment in May

The Federal Government has given  the armed forces and other security agencies the nod  to embark on mass recruitment.

The PUNCH gathered in Abuja on Sunday that the directive was to give fillip to the war against terrorism in the country.

Chartered jets: Uncertainty over Reps’ probe of Diezani

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison Madueke 

Uncertainty surrounds the investigation by the House of Representatives into the alleged N10bn the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, spent to charter a private jet, Challenger 850, for her trips in the last two years.

Chime Condoles VP over Brother’s Death

Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State has expressed deep regrets and sadness over the death Sunday, of the Captain Sabo Sambo, younger brother of Vice President Namadi Sambo.

Obasanjo: Ribadu Created Enemies for Me

By Crusoe Osagie with agency report

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said the ruthless manner in which the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, carried out his duties created enemies for him in the country.

40 terrorists die trying to free captured members

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said no fewer than 40 terrorists died while trying to free their captured members in an encounter with troops in the outskirts of Bulanbuli, Borno.

This is contained in a statement issued by Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, Director of Defence Information in Abuja on Friday.

Linda Ikeji Top Blogger In Nigeria

 

1. Linda Ikeji

Linda Ikeji is the face of blogging in Nigeria. When an average Nigerian hears “blogger” Linda Ikeji comes to mind.

Police arrests three kingpins over Mushin clashes

The police has arrested three suspected kingpins whose gang had been terrorising residents in Mushin area of Lagos.The Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ngozi Braide, said the that three members of the gangs were already in police custody.
On 21 April, a group of suspected hoodlums invaded eight streets in Mushin Local Government and destroyed more than 30 vehicles.

Ngozi Braide

Nigerian governors should emulate Oshiomhole – IBB

Former military Head of State, retired General Ibrahim Babangida on Saturday commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, for embarking on people-oriented developmental projects.
Babangida gave the commendation in Igueben, Edo, where he spoke as the Chairman at a reception marking the 70th birthday of Chief Tom Ikimi, the All Progressive Congress (APC) South-South leader.

PDP lauds political leaders for uniting against terrorism

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the nation’s political leaders for uniting against terrorism, irrespective of party affiliations.
This was contained in a statement issued by Olisa Metuh, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, on Saturday in Abuja.

Akwa Ibom 2015: Etiebet Kicks Against Zoning Governorship To Eket

The founding father and permanent member of Board of Trustees of the Akwa ibom State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Donald Obot Etiebet, has kicked against what he described as the Akwa Ibom PDP disrespect to President Goodluck Jonathan and purported zoning of the governorship slot to Eket in the 2015 elections.

National Confab Chaiperson Sacked

The National Conference committee on Civil Society, Labour and Sports has sacked its chairperson, Bola Ogunrimade, for absenteesm.
The committee replaced the sacked chair with her deputy, Issa Aremu.
The committee, which is one of the ten committees of the confab sitting at the NICON Luxury Hotel, took the decision in a unanimous vote.

OPINION: RUEBEN ABATI: A JOURNALIST TURNED COMMERCIAL LIAR.

In history, Nigeria has not experienced a government as corrupt, ridiculous, unfaithful, structurally weak, deceitful, and unproductive as the Mr. Goodluck led administration. An administration that promises its populace a thing, and present to them another thing, an administration that has find pleasure in telling lies and defending imbalances, an administration that finds it delightful to enforce masses unfriendly policies on the people, an administration that has been marked with growing insecurity which has become intrinsic to the nation, an administration that has relegated the foreign reputation Nigeria built for decades in less than four years of misrule, an administration that accommodates various forms of mismanagement of public funds, an administration most unwanted by Nigerians.

Onyeka Onwenu to Launch Phones

Onyeka Onwenu, present director general, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) recently disclosed that her organization is teaming up with Tingo Mobile Limited to launch a phone with special applications to assist women in distress in Nigeria.

Woman bites pregnant neighbour after fight over burning of incense

A pregnant woman in Abuja was attacked by a neighbour after the duo had an argument about the burning of incense.
The pregnant woman, identified simply as Victoria, is said to have complained to her neighbour, Mummy Sekirat that the latter’s constant burning of incense at their Gwarimpa residence made her nauseous due to her condition.
Mummy Sekirat, whose husband works in the same office as Victoria’s, however took offence to this and attacked pregnant Victoria biting her and hitting her on the head.
Leadership reports:

Nigeria's grief over the abducted school girls is uniting our country

The mood in Nigeria at present reminds me of one of those adventure-horror films where an unseen fiend is let loose upon a community and survivors keep glancing backwards in dread, not knowing when or whom it might strike next.

WHO ARE THE PASTORS?

Romans 6: 1-2 says- ¹What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? ² God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?.

God is neither a man nor a fool that does not understand the heart of men. When pastors, who are said to be anointed, start quoting the holy bible for their own selfish interest, you can but ask yourselves WHO ARE THE PASTORS?. 

R.I.P TITO

Former Barcelona coach Tito Vilanova has passed away on Friday at the age of 45 after a prolonged battle against cancer, the club confirmed.

Seperate Attorney-General, Minister of Justice offices- Confab

National Conference Standing Committee on Law, Judiciary and Human Rights on Thursday adopted a recommendation for the separation of the office of Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation.

Sports- Green on World list

The Nigeria Football Federation technical sub-committee has decried a report that the NFF and Coach Stephen Keshi lied to Nigerians about the provisional list of Super Eagles for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals.

The report had claimed that Coach Keshi did not submit any list at Tuesday's Technical Committee meeting and that the NFF and Keshi tried to manage 'a bad case'.

"There was no bad case at all. We met with Coach Keshi and we discussed the programme of preparation for the World Cup, and everyonewas happy.

"It was wrong for anyone to say that NFF and Keshi lied to Nigerians.We are responsible citizens and diligent in what we do, and will never take the nation and its people for a ride,''said barrister Chris Green who heads the sub-committee.

Green revealed that Keshi indeed submitted a 38-man list.

'As we said, Coach Keshi is making more consultations and the list will be released next week.

We have not defaulted in any way, because the deadline for the submission of provisional list of 30 players to remains May 13," Green said at the NFF Secretariat in Abuja.

Three Chinese nationals arrested in Lagos

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) arrested three Chinese nationals and closed their factory for allegedly assembling substandard phones.

The SON enforcement team, led by  Engr Bede Obayi, said the factory was located at Allen Ikeja in Lagos.

unfounded allegations against the Acting Governor

Reacting on the allegations, the Special Assistant to the Acting Governor on Media and Publicity, Aron Atmas, expressed "sadness" that a well-respected Association like CAN could made such “unfounded allegations” against the Acting Governor.

Christian group wants Taraba Governor removed

The Taraba state chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) called for the removal of the Acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, accusing him of responsibility in the ongoing killings in the state.

The association called on the State House of Assembly to, as a matter of urgency, impeach him and President Goodluck Jonathan to remove the Acting Governor for his alleged failure to protect human lives.

According to the association, instead protecting human lives the acting governor "has become a murderer himself through the use of Islamic militants to shade innocent blood in the state."

Biafra war and my birth- Actor Chiwetel

For Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, starring in a film about Nigeria's civil war was "incredibly personal", as the conflict both affected close relatives and determined the country where he was born.

We are not for malaria- Yunusa

The Katsina State Environmental Protection Agency (KSEPA) has commenced the clearance of drainages and spraying anti-mosquito chemicals in all parts of the state.

According to the Executive Director of the agency, Alhaji Yunusa Charanchi,  the measure became necessary to control the outbreak of malaria.

He blamed poor and unhygienic environment as the cause of the outbreak of the disease.

"We have embarked on enlightenment campaign in collaboration with directors of health of all local government to educate people on proper cleaning of environment".