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[PHOTOS] Chaos As Angry Masquerades Attack Muslims Inside Mosque In Ekiti
Osinbajo Gives Ambode Permission To Reconstruct Lagos Airport Road
‘Creation Of Biafra Republic Is Imminent’ – Nnamdi Kanu
How Ex-Director In Finance Ministry Slumped And Died At A Club In Abuja
Osinbajo Set To Sign 2017 Budget On Thursday
‘Schools Will Soon Start Teaching Maths, Science Subjects In Yoruba, Igbo, Others’ – Ogbonnaya Onu
Moses, Mikel Dropped From 23-Man Super Eagles List For AFCON Qualfier Against South Africa [See Full List]
‘Fayose Is Desperate For Publicity’ – Garba Shehu Reacts To The Governor’s Call For Buhari’s Resignation
[VIDEO] Ogun Police Arrest Midwife For Replacing Newborn Baby With A Dead One
House Of Reps Member Kidnapped In Kaduna
[VIDEO] ‘Jonathan Is Always Complaining He Is Broke’ – Deji Adeyanju
[PHOTOS] Man Caught While Trying To Kidnap A Child, Grandma At Gbagada, Lagos
Arsene Wenger Signs New Two-Year Contract With Arsenal
[PHOTO] Police File Charges Against Businessman For Giving False Information On Ekweremadu’s Guesthouse
[VIDEO] Watch What Late Chukwuema Ojukwu Says About Biafra Republic
[PHOTOS] Chaos As Angry Masquerades Attack Muslims Inside Mosque In Ekiti
Posted: 31 May 2017 12:52 PM PDT
Masquerades attacked Muslims while breaking their fast in the a Central Mosque in Ikun Ekiti, a town under Moba Local Government on Tuesday, May, 30.
The attack took place at sunset around 7pm when the Muslims had gathered in the mosque to observe the Maghrib prayer after breaking their Ramadan fast.
According to PUNCH, the masqueraders were angry that the Muslims had the gut to call for prayers when they were still celebrating their Egun festival.
The masquearders attacked the worshippers with cudgels, stone and iron and inflicted injuries on them.
About five of the worshippers were said to have sustained varying degrees of injury.
The hoodlums also smashed the windscreen and destroyed two cars parked at the entrance of the mosque.
The Acting Imam of the mosque, Alh. Abdul-Rasak Abubakar-Bello, was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, where he received stitches on his head.
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Osinbajo Gives Ambode Permission To Reconstruct Lagos Airport Road
Posted: 31 May 2017 11:40 AM PDT
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has granted the Lagos State Government, permission to reconstruct the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Road from Oshodi which has been in a bad state for some years.
The state government offered to reconstruct the road despite the fact it belongs to the Federal government.
The Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, disclosed the latest development in a statement released today, May 31.
According to the statement, Ambode commends Osinbajo for granting the request of the state government to do the road. He described the action of the acting president as his own 50th birthday gift to the state.
Recall that in March this year, Ambode told the state residents at a function that his administration had the money and design for the reconstruction of the road which had become a national disgrace but that the Federal government was however hesitant in giving the state the approval to reconstruct the road. This had at the time caused a friction between him and his predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, who is the current Minister for Power, Works and Housing.
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‘Creation Of Biafra Republic Is Imminent’ – Nnamdi Kanu
Posted: 31 May 2017 11:15 AM PDT
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, May 31, says the creation of the Biafra republic is near.
Kanu who spoke through IPOB’S media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, described the level of compliance with the sit-at-home order on Tuesday as satisfactory.
He said he was encouraged by the outing, vowing that he would stop at nothing in ensuring that the people of the area were liberated from the stranglehold of their oppressors.
He thanked “friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom all over the world for their tenacious efforts that made our Heroes Day Sit-At-Home Order a resounding success”.
His statement read in part,”I will not fail to thank Road Transporters Workers, Teachers, Civil Servants, Market Leaders, Artisans, Clergymen, Businessmen, Traders, Okada/Tricycle Drivers, School Children, Parents and all the Biafraland, Transport Owners, Women Organizations, Community Leaders, Youths Leaders in every community, Wheel Barrow/Truck Pushers, and politicians who defied every odd and pressure from Aso Rock to make our sit-at-home order a memorable and resounding historical event.
“In line with this remarkable sit-at-home held yesterday(Tuesday)I will not hesitate to congratulate the people of Abia State, Anambra State, Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River State, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo State, Rivers State including the good people of Igbanke in Edo State, Igala clan in Kogi State and Idoma/Igede/Agatu in Benue State for sending a clear and unmistakable message to the whole world that this Biafra self-determination effort driven by IPOB is uncompromising.
“The fact that our people obeyed the order to sit at home is confirmation that IPOB which I lead has the mandate of all Biafrans to spearhead the ongoing Biafra restoration effort.
“Special thanks goes to my deputy Mazi Uche Mefor, our Directorate of State led by Mazi Chika Edoziem and the indescribably incredible IPOB Family all over the world.
“Those in the diaspora who poured themselves into the streets in distant and foreign lands in more than 98 countries of the world to honour and remember our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price during the genocidal war against our people in 1967 and 1970. I appreciate your enormous work because IPOB has made it possible in less than four years for every president and head of state around the world to know about Biafra.
“With near total compliance with this sit-at-home order I issued when I was still in Kuje Prison Abuja, it has proven to me beyond every conceivable doubt that Biafra restoration is a priority to all and sundry and I promise never to let Biafra down even upon the pain of death because you never let me down.
“We must join hands together, with all genuine and sincere individuals and groups, to restore Biafra with truth and honesty.
“I also wish to acknowledge and appreciate the presence of international observers and foreign journalists who were on ground to monitor this epic historical event. It demonstrates that the unique formula adopted by IPOB to restore Biafra is working. By the grace of Almighty God Chukwu Okike Abiama, IPOB under our divine leadership will restore Biafra in no distant future”.
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How Ex-Director In Finance Ministry Slumped And Died At A Club In Abuja
Posted: 31 May 2017 10:55 AM PDT
A retired director of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Emmanuel Ayodele, has died after slumping as he made to join his friends at Amity Club in the Garki area of Abuja.
Ayodele, 65, described as an active member, was said to have parked his car outside the club premises and was entering the facility when he fell.
He was reportedly rushed to the Sanklin Hospital, Mabushi where he gave up the ghost on Wednesday.
A friend to the deceased, Mr. Kazeem Idowu, told Northern City News that Ayodele’s death shocked everyone as he did not show any sign of illness before his sudden passage.
Idowu, the Assistant Secretary-General of Amity Club described the former director as an active man of “ebullient personality”, noting that he was loved by everyone.
He said, “Ayodele’s death was shocking to say the least because he was a very active person and a staunch member of the club; he has held several positions in the club and was well respected by everyone.
“He was about entering the club when he slumped and was rushed to the hospital but unfortunately, he died. We shall miss him.”
Members of the deceased family could not be reached for comment. His children are said to be overseas.
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Osinbajo Set To Sign 2017 Budget On Thursday
Posted: 31 May 2017 10:30 AM PDT
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will assent the 2017 appropriation bill into law on Thursday by 9:00am at the presidential villa barring any last-minute changes.
A reliable source confirmed that the acting president has communicated the date and time to the leadership of the National Assembly.
Recall that on May 17, Osinbajo said that he would assent to the 2017 budget.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed had earlier told State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Osinbajo that the decision on who to sign the budget would be taken when the document is transmitted to the Presidency.
But Osinbajo, via a Twitter statement by his spokesman Laolu Akande, said the question on who would sign the budget was clear.
According to the statement, when the time comes, everything is set and he is satisfied, the acting president will sign the budget.
“Just so we are clear: when the time comes, everything is set and he is satisfied, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 budget,” the statement read.
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‘Schools Will Soon Start Teaching Maths, Science Subjects In Yoruba, Igbo, Others’ – Ogbonnaya Onu
Posted: 31 May 2017 10:05 AM PDT
The Federal Government says primary and secondary schools in the country will soon start teaching Mathematics and Science subjects in indigenous languages.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu said this at the inauguration of inter-ministerial committee on teaching of mathematics and science subjects in local languages in Abuja on Wednesday, May 31.
The inter-ministerial committee involved Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education.
He said the inter-ministerial committee would help to develop the capacity of the local languages to serve as effective tools for teaching mathematics and science subjects.
According to him, the project will help Nigerian students to understand mathematics and science subjects better.
He said the project would also promote the application of science and technology for national development.
The minister expressed concern of the government over the low interest in mathematics and the science subjects by students.
Mr. Onu said various countries like India and China adopted a related strategy by teaching mathematics and the science subjects in their indigenous languages at the primary school level.
He added that those countries were making advancement in science and technology.
(NAN)
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Moses, Mikel Dropped From 23-Man Super Eagles List For AFCON Qualfier Against South Africa [See Full List]
Posted: 31 May 2017 09:40 AM PDT
Nigeria have left out Chelsea star Victor Moses from their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa next month.
Speculation has been rife in recent weeks over the whether Moses would be available for the June 10 match in the southern city of Uyo.
The 26-year-old has been Nigeria’s most outstanding player in Europe this past season but there have been doubts about his commitment to the Super Eagles.
Read: Arsenal Agree £6.8m Transfer Fee For Nigerian Striker, Henry Onyekuru
Another surprise in Gernot Rohr’s 23-man squad is a first call-up for Maroof Youssef, who plays for Egyptian side Zamalek.
The 24-year-old, who can operate as a defensive midfielder or forward but is listed in the squad as a defender, helped the Cairo club win a league and cup double last season.
They also reached the last four of the 2016 CAF Champions League.
Akwa United star forward Alhassan Ibrahim and goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, from FC Ifeanyi Ubah, are the only two players called up from the domestic league.
Nigeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC Ifeanyi Ubah), Dele Alampasu (FC Cesarense/POR)
Defenders: Elderson Echiejile (AS Monaco/FRA), Kenneth Omeruo (Alanyaspor/TUR), William Troost-Ekong (KAA Gent/BEL), Tyronne Ebuehi, (ADO Den Haag/NED), Shehu Abdullahi (Anorthosis Famagusta/CYP), Maroof Youssef (Zamalek/EGY), Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR)
Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG), John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR), Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR), Mikel Agu (FC Porto/POR), Oghenekaro Etebo (Feirense/POR), Alhassan Ibrahim (Akwa United)
Forwards: Henry Onyekuru (KAS Eupen/BEL), Victor Osimhen (Wolfsburg/GER), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City/ENG), Ahmed Musa (Leicester City/ENG), Olanrewaju Kayode (Austria Wien/AUS), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG), Moses Simon (KAA Gent/BEL)
(AFP)
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‘Fayose Is Desperate For Publicity’ – Garba Shehu Reacts To The Governor’s Call For Buhari’s Resignation
Posted: 31 May 2017 09:15 AM PDT
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has been described by Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, as someone who is desperate for publicity.
Shehu was reacting to Fayose’s call for his principal’s resignation.
Recall the Ekiti Governor had during a chat with newsmen yesterday, May 30, in Lagos called on President Buhari to resign over his ailing heath.
Garba Shehu in a chat with Channels TV last night, said he was disappointed to be called upon to react to Fayose’s statement. According to the presidential media aide, the presidency never responds to anything Fayose says.
“I’m sad that you are inviting me to speak on Governor Fayose. If you follow the Presidency, we don’t talk when he talks because he is desperate for publicity. We have a constitution that governs the country and the constitution is very clear about how the country runs. This country has a tripod of authority in terms of distribution of political power. You have the parliament which is doing its own work, you have the judiciary which is running, you have the executive and we don’t have any problem with this so therefore if anybody has a problem with the constitution then they should go and change it.”
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[VIDEO] Ogun Police Arrest Midwife For Replacing Newborn Baby With A Dead One
Posted: 31 May 2017 08:50 AM PDT
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a midwife for allegedly stealing her patient’s new born baby and replacing it with a dead one.
According to an Instagram user, Adeyemi Abolore, the drama started when the unnamed midwife who runs her clinic in Ifo, Ogun State, supervised the delivery of a local and quickly sent the patient’s relative home to get new clothes for the new mother. Just as the relative left, the midwife disappeared.
The newborn could not be found when the villagers stormed the facility to search for it, and the midwife could not be reached via telephone until 5 hours later . She eventually turned up the following day with a dead baby which she claimed was the newborn.
From the clip, the midwife continues to insist that the dead baby is the child that was birthed by the patient, while her interrogators insist that the dead baby was taken from a mortuary.
This development has sparked major outrage on social media.
“People are wicked. …..do they even stop to think of the trauma the mother will go tru or the journey she went tru 9 months + labour,” said an Instagrammer @hamdalah1.
Watch the clip
My family friend delivered her baby by around 5pm d mother in law ws asked to go home to get cloths. Wen she returned with her son the doctor/midwife had left d hospital immediately after her delivery ask informed them by d two nurses on ground. The nurses wouldn’t account for d whereabout of d newly born. The husband alarm d community chairman and elders with the youth and they went to ifo police, visited d place of delivery and only found d placeta and only one of d room ws locked. The midwife ws spoken with around 10pm after several calls and she admitted d baby ws fyn and alive. The search team left d place around 11.30pm after waiting for d midwife who didn’t show up. The next morning 28th they went back to d police station that ws wen i ws contacted. Then d woman ws around there. We all went back to d hospital and in one of d rooms already searched, a dead baby ws found which she claimed ve been in d building all thru 27th. She said d baby ws dead at birth. The locked room ws opened and money of different denominations wr found she also has d building construction going on behind d clinic. The elders within her community claimed she came back to d clinic by 1am and showed them d dead baby. D DCO ifo said while he and his team searched d clinic no baby ws found. D dead body ve been taken to mortuary for autopsy, the wicked must not go unpunished @instablog9ja, @chinnysblog
A post shared by Adeyemi Abolore (@abolorelore_sexymama_beautybar) on May 30, 2017 at 7:52am PDT
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House Of Reps Member Kidnapped In Kaduna
Posted: 31 May 2017 08:05 AM PDT
A member of the House of Representatives, Garba Durbunde, has been abducted.
Durbunde who represents Sumaila/Takai federal constituency was kidnapped along Kaduna- Jere road on Tuesday, May 30, while on his way to Kano from Abuja .
PREMIUM TIMES reports that Abdulrazak Namdas, the spokesman of the House of Representatives, denied knowledge of the incident.
“I am not aware of this but I was told some papers have carried it,” he said
But a lawmaker, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the incident.
He said the family of the kidnapped lawmaker were already in contact with the kidnappers.
The source also said the State Security Service is already investigating the kidnap.
Durbunde’s Tunde Adela, also confirmed the incident.
“It is true he has been kidnapped,” he said.
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[VIDEO] ‘Jonathan Is Always Complaining He Is Broke’ – Deji Adeyanju
Posted: 31 May 2017 07:40 AM PDT
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is broke according to a former Peoples Democratic Party youth leader and convener of the Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju.
Adeyanju, who spoke in a recent interview with Sahara Reporters, said the former President has complained he doesn’t have money. He refuted claims that the former president was a corrupt leader.
“The former president is a simple man and he is very trusting. The problem was that he trusted too many people and those people did not live up to the expectation. Personally, I do not think that the former president is corrupt. But there were too many corrupt people around him. Now, he complains that he doesn’t have money. So if a former president can be complaining all the time, not just once, not twice…..he complains frequently. Its a very complicated thing. We did our best and offered the counsel we could give but things turned out the way they did”he said
Deji commended the APC government for the ongoing war against Boko Haram and also for the return of the abducted Chibok girls which according to him, his party which is the PDP could not accomplish.
Watch Video Of His Interview Below;
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[PHOTOS] Man Caught While Trying To Kidnap A Child, Grandma At Gbagada, Lagos
Posted: 31 May 2017 07:15 AM PDT
A kidnapper was on Tuesday, May 30, caught around the Gbagada axis of Lagos State, while trying to kidnap a baby and the baby’s Grandma.
According to to LIB, ‘the mother of the little baby just parked, left the Granny and baby in the car so she could use a nearby ATM.
She left the car engine on and before she returned the kidnapper entered the car and was drove off’.
He said, ‘thank God for this soldier guy that just chased him down with a motorbike and it was really rough. The car somersaulted and the baby and grandma were both rescued with little injuries’.
The kidnapper has since been handed over to the Police.
See more photos below;
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Arsene Wenger Signs New Two-Year Contract With Arsenal
Posted: 31 May 2017 06:50 AM PDT
Arsène Wenger has agreed a new two‑year contract at Arsenal, bringing months of uncertainly to an end that even he admitted was damaging to the club over this past season.
The manager, who has been at the club since the early weeks of the 1996-97 season, met the club’s directors on Tuesday, having demanded that they back him after Arsenal’s FA Cup final victory against Chelsea on Saturday and strong finish to the campaign.
Stan Kroenke, the majority shareholder, has stood firm in support of Wenger, even during the dismal run of form from the end of January to early April, when the team lost seven of 12 matches in all competitions. They did not recover sufficiently in the Premier League and, for the first time under Wenger, they missed out on the top four. The fifth-placed finish was good enough only for Europa League qualification.
Kroenke gave his backing to Wenger and the new contract was rubber-stamped at the board meeting. Kroenke, plainly, still believes that Wenger can, with the right set of circumstances, mount a challenge for the title – the winning of which would vindicate the second half of the manager’s lengthy tenure.
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[PHOTO] Police File Charges Against Businessman For Giving False Information On Ekweremadu’s Guesthouse
Posted: 31 May 2017 06:25 AM PDT
The police on Tuesday, May 30, filed charges against a businessman, Ahmed Echodo, for allegedly giving false information that a guesthouse belonging to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Echodo appeared in handcuff before Upper Area Court, Gudu, Abuja and was charged with “criminal conspiracy and giving false information to mislead public servants contrary to Sections 97(1) and 140 of the Penal Code.”
Read: Ike Ekweremadu Reacts To The Raid Conducted On His House By Police
The accused and one Maiwada Adamu, who is at large, were said to have informed the Inspector-General of Police office that House 10, Ganges Street, Maitama occupied by one Oliver Ogenyi was being used for criminal activities.
Following the tip-off, police operatives on May 26, 2017 raided the house which was Ekweremadu’s official guesthouse and searched it, but nothing incriminating was found in the apartment.
Ogenyi, who is the steward in charge of the guesthouse was taken to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office and interrogated and released later.
Echodo was subsequently arrested for giving false information and arraigned on one-count charge.
He was remanded in Keffi Prison and the case adjourned till June 5 for trial.
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[VIDEO] Watch What Late Chukwuema Ojukwu Says About Biafra Republic
Posted: 31 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT
Former Military Governor of Eastern region of Nigeria, late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu who declared Eastern Nigeria a sovereign state on May 30, 1967, known as Biafra, gave his candid opinion on the renewed agitation in a video that had gone viral on social media.
Read: May 30: Full Text Of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s 1967 Speech That Called For Creation Of Biafra Republic
The late Ojukwu in the video said,”I led the first one and I can say I led ‘proudly’ the first one but I don’t think a second one is necessary.
“We should have learnt from the first one, otherwise, they would all have been in vain.”
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[PHOTOS] Chaos As Angry Masquerades Attack Muslims Inside Mosque In Ekiti
Osinbajo Gives Ambode Permission To Reconstruct Lagos Airport Road
‘Creation Of Biafra Republic Is Imminent’ – Nnamdi Kanu
How Ex-Director In Finance Ministry Slumped And Died At A Club In Abuja
Osinbajo Set To Sign 2017 Budget On Thursday
‘Schools Will Soon Start Teaching Maths, Science Subjects In Yoruba, Igbo, Others’ – Ogbonnaya Onu
Moses, Mikel Dropped From 23-Man Super Eagles List For AFCON Qualfier Against South Africa [See Full List]
‘Fayose Is Desperate For Publicity’ – Garba Shehu Reacts To The Governor’s Call For Buhari’s Resignation
[VIDEO] Ogun Police Arrest Midwife For Replacing Newborn Baby With A Dead One
House Of Reps Member Kidnapped In Kaduna
[VIDEO] ‘Jonathan Is Always Complaining He Is Broke’ – Deji Adeyanju
[PHOTOS] Man Caught While Trying To Kidnap A Child, Grandma At Gbagada, Lagos
Arsene Wenger Signs New Two-Year Contract With Arsenal
[PHOTO] Police File Charges Against Businessman For Giving False Information On Ekweremadu’s Guesthouse
[VIDEO] Watch What Late Chukwuema Ojukwu Says About Biafra Republic
[PHOTOS] Chaos As Angry Masquerades Attack Muslims Inside Mosque In Ekiti
Posted: 31 May 2017 12:52 PM PDT
Masquerades attacked Muslims while breaking their fast in the a Central Mosque in Ikun Ekiti, a town under Moba Local Government on Tuesday, May, 30.
The attack took place at sunset around 7pm when the Muslims had gathered in the mosque to observe the Maghrib prayer after breaking their Ramadan fast.
According to PUNCH, the masqueraders were angry that the Muslims had the gut to call for prayers when they were still celebrating their Egun festival.
The masquearders attacked the worshippers with cudgels, stone and iron and inflicted injuries on them.
About five of the worshippers were said to have sustained varying degrees of injury.
The hoodlums also smashed the windscreen and destroyed two cars parked at the entrance of the mosque.
The Acting Imam of the mosque, Alh. Abdul-Rasak Abubakar-Bello, was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, where he received stitches on his head.
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Osinbajo Gives Ambode Permission To Reconstruct Lagos Airport Road
Posted: 31 May 2017 11:40 AM PDT
Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has granted the Lagos State Government, permission to reconstruct the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Road from Oshodi which has been in a bad state for some years.
The state government offered to reconstruct the road despite the fact it belongs to the Federal government.
The Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, disclosed the latest development in a statement released today, May 31.
According to the statement, Ambode commends Osinbajo for granting the request of the state government to do the road. He described the action of the acting president as his own 50th birthday gift to the state.
Recall that in March this year, Ambode told the state residents at a function that his administration had the money and design for the reconstruction of the road which had become a national disgrace but that the Federal government was however hesitant in giving the state the approval to reconstruct the road. This had at the time caused a friction between him and his predecessor, Babatunde Fashola, who is the current Minister for Power, Works and Housing.
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‘Creation Of Biafra Republic Is Imminent’ – Nnamdi Kanu
Posted: 31 May 2017 11:15 AM PDT
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, May 31, says the creation of the Biafra republic is near.
Kanu who spoke through IPOB’S media and publicity secretary, Emma Powerful, described the level of compliance with the sit-at-home order on Tuesday as satisfactory.
He said he was encouraged by the outing, vowing that he would stop at nothing in ensuring that the people of the area were liberated from the stranglehold of their oppressors.
He thanked “friends of Biafra and lovers of freedom all over the world for their tenacious efforts that made our Heroes Day Sit-At-Home Order a resounding success”.
His statement read in part,”I will not fail to thank Road Transporters Workers, Teachers, Civil Servants, Market Leaders, Artisans, Clergymen, Businessmen, Traders, Okada/Tricycle Drivers, School Children, Parents and all the Biafraland, Transport Owners, Women Organizations, Community Leaders, Youths Leaders in every community, Wheel Barrow/Truck Pushers, and politicians who defied every odd and pressure from Aso Rock to make our sit-at-home order a memorable and resounding historical event.
“In line with this remarkable sit-at-home held yesterday(Tuesday)I will not hesitate to congratulate the people of Abia State, Anambra State, Akwa Ibom State, Bayelsa State, Cross River State, Delta State, Ebonyi State, Enugu State, Imo State, Rivers State including the good people of Igbanke in Edo State, Igala clan in Kogi State and Idoma/Igede/Agatu in Benue State for sending a clear and unmistakable message to the whole world that this Biafra self-determination effort driven by IPOB is uncompromising.
“The fact that our people obeyed the order to sit at home is confirmation that IPOB which I lead has the mandate of all Biafrans to spearhead the ongoing Biafra restoration effort.
“Special thanks goes to my deputy Mazi Uche Mefor, our Directorate of State led by Mazi Chika Edoziem and the indescribably incredible IPOB Family all over the world.
“Those in the diaspora who poured themselves into the streets in distant and foreign lands in more than 98 countries of the world to honour and remember our fallen heroes and heroines who paid the ultimate price during the genocidal war against our people in 1967 and 1970. I appreciate your enormous work because IPOB has made it possible in less than four years for every president and head of state around the world to know about Biafra.
“With near total compliance with this sit-at-home order I issued when I was still in Kuje Prison Abuja, it has proven to me beyond every conceivable doubt that Biafra restoration is a priority to all and sundry and I promise never to let Biafra down even upon the pain of death because you never let me down.
“We must join hands together, with all genuine and sincere individuals and groups, to restore Biafra with truth and honesty.
“I also wish to acknowledge and appreciate the presence of international observers and foreign journalists who were on ground to monitor this epic historical event. It demonstrates that the unique formula adopted by IPOB to restore Biafra is working. By the grace of Almighty God Chukwu Okike Abiama, IPOB under our divine leadership will restore Biafra in no distant future”.
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How Ex-Director In Finance Ministry Slumped And Died At A Club In Abuja
Posted: 31 May 2017 10:55 AM PDT
A retired director of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Emmanuel Ayodele, has died after slumping as he made to join his friends at Amity Club in the Garki area of Abuja.
Ayodele, 65, described as an active member, was said to have parked his car outside the club premises and was entering the facility when he fell.
He was reportedly rushed to the Sanklin Hospital, Mabushi where he gave up the ghost on Wednesday.
A friend to the deceased, Mr. Kazeem Idowu, told Northern City News that Ayodele’s death shocked everyone as he did not show any sign of illness before his sudden passage.
Idowu, the Assistant Secretary-General of Amity Club described the former director as an active man of “ebullient personality”, noting that he was loved by everyone.
He said, “Ayodele’s death was shocking to say the least because he was a very active person and a staunch member of the club; he has held several positions in the club and was well respected by everyone.
“He was about entering the club when he slumped and was rushed to the hospital but unfortunately, he died. We shall miss him.”
Members of the deceased family could not be reached for comment. His children are said to be overseas.
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Osinbajo Set To Sign 2017 Budget On Thursday
Posted: 31 May 2017 10:30 AM PDT
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will assent the 2017 appropriation bill into law on Thursday by 9:00am at the presidential villa barring any last-minute changes.
A reliable source confirmed that the acting president has communicated the date and time to the leadership of the National Assembly.
Recall that on May 17, Osinbajo said that he would assent to the 2017 budget.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed had earlier told State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Osinbajo that the decision on who to sign the budget would be taken when the document is transmitted to the Presidency.
But Osinbajo, via a Twitter statement by his spokesman Laolu Akande, said the question on who would sign the budget was clear.
According to the statement, when the time comes, everything is set and he is satisfied, the acting president will sign the budget.
“Just so we are clear: when the time comes, everything is set and he is satisfied, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 budget,” the statement read.
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‘Schools Will Soon Start Teaching Maths, Science Subjects In Yoruba, Igbo, Others’ – Ogbonnaya Onu
Posted: 31 May 2017 10:05 AM PDT
The Federal Government says primary and secondary schools in the country will soon start teaching Mathematics and Science subjects in indigenous languages.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu said this at the inauguration of inter-ministerial committee on teaching of mathematics and science subjects in local languages in Abuja on Wednesday, May 31.
The inter-ministerial committee involved Federal Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Education.
He said the inter-ministerial committee would help to develop the capacity of the local languages to serve as effective tools for teaching mathematics and science subjects.
According to him, the project will help Nigerian students to understand mathematics and science subjects better.
He said the project would also promote the application of science and technology for national development.
The minister expressed concern of the government over the low interest in mathematics and the science subjects by students.
Mr. Onu said various countries like India and China adopted a related strategy by teaching mathematics and the science subjects in their indigenous languages at the primary school level.
He added that those countries were making advancement in science and technology.
(NAN)
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Moses, Mikel Dropped From 23-Man Super Eagles List For AFCON Qualfier Against South Africa [See Full List]
Posted: 31 May 2017 09:40 AM PDT
Nigeria have left out Chelsea star Victor Moses from their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa next month.
Speculation has been rife in recent weeks over the whether Moses would be available for the June 10 match in the southern city of Uyo.
The 26-year-old has been Nigeria’s most outstanding player in Europe this past season but there have been doubts about his commitment to the Super Eagles.
Read: Arsenal Agree £6.8m Transfer Fee For Nigerian Striker, Henry Onyekuru
Another surprise in Gernot Rohr’s 23-man squad is a first call-up for Maroof Youssef, who plays for Egyptian side Zamalek.
The 24-year-old, who can operate as a defensive midfielder or forward but is listed in the squad as a defender, helped the Cairo club win a league and cup double last season.
They also reached the last four of the 2016 CAF Champions League.
Akwa United star forward Alhassan Ibrahim and goalkeeper Ikechukwu Ezenwa, from FC Ifeanyi Ubah, are the only two players called up from the domestic league.
Nigeria squad:
Goalkeepers: Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United/RSA), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (FC Ifeanyi Ubah), Dele Alampasu (FC Cesarense/POR)
Defenders: Elderson Echiejile (AS Monaco/FRA), Kenneth Omeruo (Alanyaspor/TUR), William Troost-Ekong (KAA Gent/BEL), Tyronne Ebuehi, (ADO Den Haag/NED), Shehu Abdullahi (Anorthosis Famagusta/CYP), Maroof Youssef (Zamalek/EGY), Chidozie Awaziem (FC Porto/POR)
Midfielders: Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City/ENG), John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva/ISR), Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor/TUR), Mikel Agu (FC Porto/POR), Oghenekaro Etebo (Feirense/POR), Alhassan Ibrahim (Akwa United)
Forwards: Henry Onyekuru (KAS Eupen/BEL), Victor Osimhen (Wolfsburg/GER), Kelechi Iheanacho (Manchester City/ENG), Ahmed Musa (Leicester City/ENG), Olanrewaju Kayode (Austria Wien/AUS), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal/ENG), Moses Simon (KAA Gent/BEL)
(AFP)
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‘Fayose Is Desperate For Publicity’ – Garba Shehu Reacts To The Governor’s Call For Buhari’s Resignation
Posted: 31 May 2017 09:15 AM PDT
Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has been described by Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, as someone who is desperate for publicity.
Shehu was reacting to Fayose’s call for his principal’s resignation.
Recall the Ekiti Governor had during a chat with newsmen yesterday, May 30, in Lagos called on President Buhari to resign over his ailing heath.
Garba Shehu in a chat with Channels TV last night, said he was disappointed to be called upon to react to Fayose’s statement. According to the presidential media aide, the presidency never responds to anything Fayose says.
“I’m sad that you are inviting me to speak on Governor Fayose. If you follow the Presidency, we don’t talk when he talks because he is desperate for publicity. We have a constitution that governs the country and the constitution is very clear about how the country runs. This country has a tripod of authority in terms of distribution of political power. You have the parliament which is doing its own work, you have the judiciary which is running, you have the executive and we don’t have any problem with this so therefore if anybody has a problem with the constitution then they should go and change it.”
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[VIDEO] Ogun Police Arrest Midwife For Replacing Newborn Baby With A Dead One
Posted: 31 May 2017 08:50 AM PDT
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a midwife for allegedly stealing her patient’s new born baby and replacing it with a dead one.
According to an Instagram user, Adeyemi Abolore, the drama started when the unnamed midwife who runs her clinic in Ifo, Ogun State, supervised the delivery of a local and quickly sent the patient’s relative home to get new clothes for the new mother. Just as the relative left, the midwife disappeared.
The newborn could not be found when the villagers stormed the facility to search for it, and the midwife could not be reached via telephone until 5 hours later . She eventually turned up the following day with a dead baby which she claimed was the newborn.
From the clip, the midwife continues to insist that the dead baby is the child that was birthed by the patient, while her interrogators insist that the dead baby was taken from a mortuary.
This development has sparked major outrage on social media.
“People are wicked. …..do they even stop to think of the trauma the mother will go tru or the journey she went tru 9 months + labour,” said an Instagrammer @hamdalah1.
Watch the clip
My family friend delivered her baby by around 5pm d mother in law ws asked to go home to get cloths. Wen she returned with her son the doctor/midwife had left d hospital immediately after her delivery ask informed them by d two nurses on ground. The nurses wouldn’t account for d whereabout of d newly born. The husband alarm d community chairman and elders with the youth and they went to ifo police, visited d place of delivery and only found d placeta and only one of d room ws locked. The midwife ws spoken with around 10pm after several calls and she admitted d baby ws fyn and alive. The search team left d place around 11.30pm after waiting for d midwife who didn’t show up. The next morning 28th they went back to d police station that ws wen i ws contacted. Then d woman ws around there. We all went back to d hospital and in one of d rooms already searched, a dead baby ws found which she claimed ve been in d building all thru 27th. She said d baby ws dead at birth. The locked room ws opened and money of different denominations wr found she also has d building construction going on behind d clinic. The elders within her community claimed she came back to d clinic by 1am and showed them d dead baby. D DCO ifo said while he and his team searched d clinic no baby ws found. D dead body ve been taken to mortuary for autopsy, the wicked must not go unpunished @instablog9ja, @chinnysblog
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House Of Reps Member Kidnapped In Kaduna
Posted: 31 May 2017 08:05 AM PDT
A member of the House of Representatives, Garba Durbunde, has been abducted.
Durbunde who represents Sumaila/Takai federal constituency was kidnapped along Kaduna- Jere road on Tuesday, May 30, while on his way to Kano from Abuja .
PREMIUM TIMES reports that Abdulrazak Namdas, the spokesman of the House of Representatives, denied knowledge of the incident.
“I am not aware of this but I was told some papers have carried it,” he said
But a lawmaker, who spoke on condition of anonymity confirmed the incident.
He said the family of the kidnapped lawmaker were already in contact with the kidnappers.
The source also said the State Security Service is already investigating the kidnap.
Durbunde’s Tunde Adela, also confirmed the incident.
“It is true he has been kidnapped,” he said.
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[VIDEO] ‘Jonathan Is Always Complaining He Is Broke’ – Deji Adeyanju
Posted: 31 May 2017 07:40 AM PDT
Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is broke according to a former Peoples Democratic Party youth leader and convener of the Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju.
Adeyanju, who spoke in a recent interview with Sahara Reporters, said the former President has complained he doesn’t have money. He refuted claims that the former president was a corrupt leader.
“The former president is a simple man and he is very trusting. The problem was that he trusted too many people and those people did not live up to the expectation. Personally, I do not think that the former president is corrupt. But there were too many corrupt people around him. Now, he complains that he doesn’t have money. So if a former president can be complaining all the time, not just once, not twice…..he complains frequently. Its a very complicated thing. We did our best and offered the counsel we could give but things turned out the way they did”he said
Deji commended the APC government for the ongoing war against Boko Haram and also for the return of the abducted Chibok girls which according to him, his party which is the PDP could not accomplish.
Watch Video Of His Interview Below;
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[PHOTOS] Man Caught While Trying To Kidnap A Child, Grandma At Gbagada, Lagos
Posted: 31 May 2017 07:15 AM PDT
A kidnapper was on Tuesday, May 30, caught around the Gbagada axis of Lagos State, while trying to kidnap a baby and the baby’s Grandma.
According to to LIB, ‘the mother of the little baby just parked, left the Granny and baby in the car so she could use a nearby ATM.
She left the car engine on and before she returned the kidnapper entered the car and was drove off’.
He said, ‘thank God for this soldier guy that just chased him down with a motorbike and it was really rough. The car somersaulted and the baby and grandma were both rescued with little injuries’.
The kidnapper has since been handed over to the Police.
See more photos below;
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Arsene Wenger Signs New Two-Year Contract With Arsenal
Posted: 31 May 2017 06:50 AM PDT
Arsène Wenger has agreed a new two‑year contract at Arsenal, bringing months of uncertainly to an end that even he admitted was damaging to the club over this past season.
The manager, who has been at the club since the early weeks of the 1996-97 season, met the club’s directors on Tuesday, having demanded that they back him after Arsenal’s FA Cup final victory against Chelsea on Saturday and strong finish to the campaign.
Stan Kroenke, the majority shareholder, has stood firm in support of Wenger, even during the dismal run of form from the end of January to early April, when the team lost seven of 12 matches in all competitions. They did not recover sufficiently in the Premier League and, for the first time under Wenger, they missed out on the top four. The fifth-placed finish was good enough only for Europa League qualification.
Kroenke gave his backing to Wenger and the new contract was rubber-stamped at the board meeting. Kroenke, plainly, still believes that Wenger can, with the right set of circumstances, mount a challenge for the title – the winning of which would vindicate the second half of the manager’s lengthy tenure.
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[PHOTO] Police File Charges Against Businessman For Giving False Information On Ekweremadu’s Guesthouse
Posted: 31 May 2017 06:25 AM PDT
The police on Tuesday, May 30, filed charges against a businessman, Ahmed Echodo, for allegedly giving false information that a guesthouse belonging to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
Echodo appeared in handcuff before Upper Area Court, Gudu, Abuja and was charged with “criminal conspiracy and giving false information to mislead public servants contrary to Sections 97(1) and 140 of the Penal Code.”
Read: Ike Ekweremadu Reacts To The Raid Conducted On His House By Police
The accused and one Maiwada Adamu, who is at large, were said to have informed the Inspector-General of Police office that House 10, Ganges Street, Maitama occupied by one Oliver Ogenyi was being used for criminal activities.
Following the tip-off, police operatives on May 26, 2017 raided the house which was Ekweremadu’s official guesthouse and searched it, but nothing incriminating was found in the apartment.
Ogenyi, who is the steward in charge of the guesthouse was taken to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad office and interrogated and released later.
Echodo was subsequently arrested for giving false information and arraigned on one-count charge.
He was remanded in Keffi Prison and the case adjourned till June 5 for trial.
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[VIDEO] Watch What Late Chukwuema Ojukwu Says About Biafra Republic
Posted: 31 May 2017 06:00 AM PDT
Former Military Governor of Eastern region of Nigeria, late Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu who declared Eastern Nigeria a sovereign state on May 30, 1967, known as Biafra, gave his candid opinion on the renewed agitation in a video that had gone viral on social media.
Read: May 30: Full Text Of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu’s 1967 Speech That Called For Creation Of Biafra Republic
The late Ojukwu in the video said,”I led the first one and I can say I led ‘proudly’ the first one but I don’t think a second one is necessary.
“We should have learnt from the first one, otherwise, they would all have been in vain.”
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