APC Denies Allegation of Desecrating Nigerian Flag

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has denied allegations that its members destroyed the Nigerian and other flags hoisted in preparations for President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to the state.

 

 

Jonathan is expected to be in Port Harcourt on Saturday for the South-south rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

 

The PDP had petitioned the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin,  alleging that supporters of Governor Chibuike Amaechi and members of the APC destroyed the flags.

Check Out Kanu Nwankwo Cute Kids [PHOTOS]

Isn't Pinky so cute?... Nigerian legendary footballer and arsenal midfielder, Kanu Nwankwo is really blessed with cute children. This photo was taken last year during christening ceremony of their beautiful daughter Pinky Amarachi Kanu Nwankwo in Hadley Wood, London, UK . Pinky was born in Feb 2012. The couple are blessed with three children.

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Police Rescue Car Snatchers From Being Lycned By Mob In Asaba

The police in Delta state has apprehended two robbery suspects believed to be specialists in car snatching and refurbishing. The hoodlums ran out of luck yesterday at the Delta State Secretariat in Asaba.
An eye witness stated that the eagle eye of the owner of the car and a Director in one of the Ministries saved his car.

The three thieves who came in Toyota Camry already succeeded in opening and starting the Toyota Corolla, but the Director who sighted them from his office rushed to the gate to have the main gate locked. However, one of the car thieves managed to escape, while two were apprehended. The timely intervention of the Nigeria police force to the scene saved the two arrested thieves from being lynched after they were stripped nak^ed.

REVEALED: Medical Student Who Wants To Sell Her Virginity For N66million Finally Unveils Her Face (PHOTOS)

A medical student in the United States who said she was ready to auction off her virginity to the highest online bidder for $400,000 (about N66million) has finally revealed her face despite fearing she'll be kicked out of university. The 27-year-old, who uses the name Elizabeth Raine to protect her identity, previously hid her face in pictures and refused to reveal what she looked like.However, she has now decided to go public in order to attract more bids.
"I actually didn't like the anonymity. People mistake it for shame," she told HuffPost.

Raine, whose mother died when she was 10, says she is selling her virginity for the money, but the adventure and scandal are also factors in her decision.
"I've been planning this for a year and I've had a personal transformation because of it," she said.
"I have a busy life. I am picky and guys were never a priority. I had other things going on."
She created a website for potential bidders to find out more about her and a blog explaining her decision to go ‘from virgin to literal whore’.

NERC stops payment of electricity fixed charge in areas without power supply

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has directed electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) to stop collecting N750 monthly fixed charge in any area without power supply for 15 days in the month.
The fixed charge is an element of an electricity customer’s monthly bill to enable the “Discos” to maintain and recover costs on permanent investments, such transformers, cables and poles.
The NERC Chairman, Dr Sam Amadi, who announced the decision in a news conference, said the order would be effective from May 1.
He said that the commission took the decision based on consideration of complaints and agitations from customers and in line with its role in the electricity industry as provided by an Act of 2005.
“It is hereby ordered that effective from May 1, 2014, where any customer of a distribution licencee has not received continuous electricity supply for a period of 15 days in a month such customer shall not be required to pay the fixed charge.
“This is provided that the disruption is not due to non-payment of electricity bills or other actions of the consumer, such as tampering, vandalism or totally unrelated to the fault of the distribution company,’’ he said.
He explained that the 15 days without electricity could either be continuous or cumulatively during the month.
Amadi urged customers to write a formal complaint to respective electricity distribution companies to address the situation “or report to dispute fora in each state for any breach of the order.
He, however, said NERC would not scrap the fixed charge but would continue to review it in line with the demands of the electricity market and international best practice.
Amadi said the new order would ensure that the Discos were more responsive so that operational issues under their jurisdictions, such as faulty transformers and cables were promptly replaced for customers’ usage.
He also urged customers not to be hostile to the companies’ officials when they come to effect repairs in their areas as that could attract sanctions.

Kaduna Assembly passes bill banning ‘Okada”

The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday passed into law, a bill prohibiting the use of commercial motorcycles in parts of the state. The executive bill, which was read for the third time at plenary, sought to amend the Commercial Motorcycle Law No. 4 of 1999 and the Road Traffic Law Cap 135 of Kaduna State 1991.
The law bans the use of commercial motorcycles in Kaduna, Zaria and Kafanchan, and provides for a fine not exceeding N10, 000 or three months imprisonment or both, on conviction.
It also provided for a fine of N20,000 or six months imprisonment or both for second offenders.
The Deputy Speaker, Peter Adamu, who presided over the sitting, explained that the law shall come into effect two weeks after it was signed into law.
Other areas affected by the ban are Unguwan Bawa in Lere Local Government, Unguwan Nachibi, Kwadaga, Janbirni and Dogon Dawa in Birnin Gwari, and Farin Ruwa, Mararraban Yakawada and Kuyello in Giwa Local Government.

Judge weeps over high rate of divorce

An Igboukwu Customary Court judge in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, Chinelo Egili, wept on Wednesday while presiding over a divorce case and lamented the rising cases of divorce in the country.
The customary court judge said women must devise ways of keeping their marriages, saying no marriage was ordained to fail.
She was presiding over a divorce case between Chizoba Ezekwo and her husband, Eze Samuel Ezekwo. Ezekwo had dragged his wife to court over alleged extra marital affairs.
The judge said when a marriage broke up, children who are the products of such union bear the brunt and she suspended the proceedings midway to allow the couple to go back home to settle the matter before the next adjourned date.
The judge said, “We cannot be coming here to preside over family matters all the time. Let’s take law out of this, this court hates divorce, it is not right before God and man. We don’t like coming here all the time to talk about families seeking to separate.
“Couples must look for ways to keep their families intact. If you cannot come together because of the agreement you signed, then it should be for the sake of the children,” she said.

Al-Mustapha Sues Islamic Cleric Over Defamatory Comments

 


A Shari’a court of law sitting at Daura Road, Kaduna, will this morning open hearing into a suit filed by Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, former chief security officer to the late Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, against a renown Islamic scholar.
Al-Mustapha had filed a criminal direct complaint against the Kaduna-based Sheikh Sanusi Khalil, a firebrand preacher known for his stiff opposition to President Goodluck Jonathan’s perceived efforts to contest in the 2015 general elections, claiming his character was maligned.
In the summons, the former security officer said that Khalil had used a comment made by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the Jonathan administration was training some 1,000 snipers to defame him.
He alleged that the preacher had, in one of his sermons last December at the Sani Zangon Daura Juma’at Mosque, Kaduna, claimed that it was Al-Mustapha who was contracted to train the killer squad mentioned in Obasanjo’s controversial letter to the president.

NBA Bans Donald Sterling For Life, Slams Him With $2.5M Fine

After his racist comments castigating his girlfriend for posting photos of black people(Magic Johnson) on her instagram page,Los Angeles Clippers Owner,Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for life .NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said.....

"[Donald's remarks are] contrary to the principles of inclusion and respect that form the foundations of our diverse, multi-cultural, and multi-ethnic league… I am banning Mr. Sterling for life from any association with the clippers organization or the NBA — Mr. Sterling may not attend any NBA games or practices, he may not be present at any clippers facility, and he may not participate in any player or personnel decision involving the team… I am also fining Mr. Sterling $2,500,000, the maximum amount allowed under the bylaws of the NBA Constitution.We stand together in condemning Mr. Sterling's views, they have no place in the NBA." Adam Silver swears he will do everything in his power to convince the other owners into quickly forcing Donald Sterling into selling the team.

For those who don't know the story, read what the 80 year old told his girlfriend below

"It bothers me a lot that you want to broadcast that you’re associating with black people. Do you have to?You can sleep with [black people]. You can bring them in, you can do whatever you want. The little I ask you is not to promote it on that … and not to bring them to my games.…Don't put him [Magic] on an Instagram for the world to have to see so they have to call me. And don't bring him to my games." GF: "I don't understand, I don't see your views. I wasn't raised the way you were raised."

Osun APC Raises Alarm Over Plot By PDP To Hack INEC Voters’ Data Base

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday raised the alarm that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had developed a new strategy to rig the June 21 and August 9 gubernatorial elections in Ekiti and Osun states respectively.
The APC in a statement by its Director of Publicity and Strategy, Kunle Oyatomi in Osogbo, alleged that the PDP was planning to hack into the data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to corrupt the voters’ register and disenfranchise thousands of voters by eliminating their names from the register.
However, the PDP in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Bola Ajao denied the allegation, saying APC was only revealing its plan to rig the election.
He said the PDP had always clamoured for the removal of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC, wondering how the same party that was not pleased with the INEC boss could plan such illicit act with INEC.
But Oyatomi alleged that “the PDP members are reported to have accessed the telephone numbers of the voters and are pretending to be calling from INEC’s office in Osogbo that prospective voters should confirm their voters’ cards’ PIN numbers for security purposes.

17-year-old Secondary School Student Brought Loaded AK-47 To School

A 17-year-old student allegedly brought three loaded guns, including an AK-47, and a knife to his Texas school Monday morning.
James Madison High School in San Antonio, Texas, was placed on lockdown until the unidentified student, who also had additional ammunition in his backpack, was taken into custody. No injuries were reported at the school of over 3,200 students, according to The Associated Press.
KSAT News reports the boy’s parents woke up Monday and discovered that their son and three of their guns were gone from their home. When they went to his school, they found their son on campus and then sat down with administrators, at which point they checked his backpack and discovered the ammo and two of the three guns. A third gun was found in a bathroom trash can, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
North East Independent School District spokeswoman Aubrey Chancellor said it is unclear exactly what the student planned to do with the weapons.
“The student had said that he planned making some demands over the announcements later today at Madison High School,” she told local outlet KSAT Monday. ”He didn’t say specifically what those demands were, but he did say if those demands were not met, he had planned on committing violence.”
Monday’s incident comes days after workers at a nearby school district received an anonymous threat via email that said a mass shooting would take place last Thursday, according to San Antonio Express-News.

Clark’s Call For Removal Of Govs In States Under Emergency Rule Diversionary, Illegal – Falana

Lagos lawyer and prominent human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to ignore a call by former federal commissioner for information and Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, to suspend democratic structures in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, preparatory to a full declaration of emergency rule in the affected states.

Falana said in a statement on Tuesday described the call by Clark as diversionary and the act of removing elected governors or suspending democratic institutions during emergency rule in a state as illegal.
According to the lawyer, such a call should not be dismissed with a wave of the hand as it was coming from a personality like the Ijaw leader, who he said “wields enormous influence around the presidency”.

We Are All Monkeys: Emmanuel Adebayor, Samuel Eto’o, Neymar & More Take A Stand Against Racism [PHOTOS]

During a La Liga match last Sunday at Villareal’s El Madrigal stadium, a banana was thrown to Barcelona midfielder Dani Alves by a racist fan.
Dani Alves calmly picked the banana up, peeled it and ate it, and continuing with the game play.
This sparked an anti-racism campaign among his fellow footballers, who took a stand against it by posing with bananas.
Those involved included people like Alves’ countryman Neymar, Samuel Eto’o, Emmanuel Adebayor, David Luis, and Liverpool duo Coutinho and Luis Suarez.
The fan who threw the banana has been identified and banned from the El Madrigal stadium for life.
Check some of the pictures below.

Principal, 57, arrested for defiling 12-year-old student

The police in Ekiti State have arrested a 57-year-old vice-principal of a girls’ college at Ikole-Ekiti for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old student.
A statement by the spokesman for the state police command, Mr. Victor Babayemi, said the incident took place on March 18 inside the vice-principal’s office.
He said the matter was reported to the police by a staff of the school who noticed the suspicious entry of the student into the VP’s office.
According to him, the witness became apprehensive when the student, after spending a considerable time in the VP’s office, did not come out.
He said: “The witness went near the door and discovered it was bolted from inside, she knocked and the

2015: Okorocha Compels Keke Operators To Declare Support For Him

Keke Operators in Imo State were Tuesday forced to stop operation and declare their support for Governor Rochas Okorocha’s re-election bid in 2015.

Government agents with some security men were seen at the Orlu Road roundabout, stopping the tricycle operators and parking them at the premises of the new international conference centre.

It was also the same situation at the Concorde area where the tricycles were being impounded and kept at Hero’s Square pending when their meeting with the governor ended.

It was gathered that any keke operator who did not want to be part of the meeting, was made to pay the sum of N2000 to go with his tricycle. But because most of them had no such money that time, they all agreed to attend the Okorocha support rally.

The tricycle riders [Keke], under the aegis of Imo Pilots Transport Association [IMPTA] later embarked on demonstration in support for Governor Rochas Okorocha as they chanted songs of solidarity along the major streets of Owerri urging the governor for a second term bid come 2015.

In their address at the end of their rally at the Freedom Square Owerri, the President, comrade Austin Chikere Ojukwu expressed gratitude to the governor for unifying the various Keke Unions under one umbrella known as “Imo Pilots”

The union equally commended Governor Okorocha for good governance and prudence in managing the resources of the state.

This they said had manifested in the numerous dividends of democracy visible in all nooks and crannies of the state.

The President pointed out that Keke Operators had benefited in such areas as provision of free fuel and kerosene, N10 million interest free loan, free Education from Primary to tertiary institution, massive road construction and dualization, construction of inland bridges as well as massive rural roads construction in each of the 27 local government areas among others.

Ojukwu assured the governor of their readiness to support his re-election bid come 2015 and stressed that “the Douglas House is not vacant for another governor come 2015”

He further assured the governor that the Keke Operators have volunteered to assist the state in tracking and checking criminality.  He however appealed to the governor to provide the union land allocation for construction of their office complex as well as appoint some of their qualified members into political offices.

Responding, Okorocha thanked the group for their continued support.  He recalled that he used the Keke during his first political rally in 2011 and assured them that he will continue to maintain the long standing relationship between him and Keke Operators.

The governor promised to send two keke operators to South Africa for training in Air Plane piloting and further pledged a donation of an official bus to assist the Keke Union in its activities to enable them continue to support him.

NDLEA Arrests Two Over 1.6kg Of Heroin

1.6kg or heroin

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okpoagu stanley chijioke

The Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two men in connection with unlawful possession of 1.6kg of heroin. The suspects, Ogbonna Paul Obioma, 36, an auto parts dealer and Okpoagu Stanley Chijioke, 30 who claimed to be jobless were apprehended at Festac town, Lagos.
Lagos State commander of the NDLEA, Mr Aliyu Sule said that the suspects were nabbed following a tip-off. “The Lagos command acting on intelligence report seized 18 wraps of heroin weighing 1.6kg at Festac town. Two male suspects found in possession of the drugs have been arrested and will be charged to court” Aliyu stated.

Workers Day: FG Declares Thursday Public Holiday

The Federal Government has declared tomorrow, Thursday, as public holiday in commemoration of the 2014 Workers’ Day celebration.

The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who disclosed this in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Fatima Bamidele, on Tuesday in Abuja, congratulated Nigerian workers on their resilience and commitment in the face of obvious challenges of daily living.
He urged them to continue to support the government in its efforts to improve the work environment and their living conditions.
The minister further called on Nigerian workers to give President Goodluck Jonathan all the support “in his desire to transform the country”.

Photos: Angry Chibok women protest girls' kidnap in Abuja

Mothers and other aggrieved indigenes of Chibok, Borno, yesterday staged a protest at the National Assembly calling on the government to speed up the release of their daughters that were kidnapped from the Government Girls Secondary school on April 14th.

The women under the aegies of Kibaku Development Association and led by senior female police officers converged at the Eagle Square Abuja, all dressed in black, from where they marched peacefully to the National Assembly, wailing and pleading for help from the govt. Senators Barnabas Gemade and Helen

President Goodluck Jonathan Cancels FEC to Mourn VP Sambo’s Brother

President Jonathan has directed that today's Federal Executive Meeting be shelved to enable members of the council attend the 3-day prayer for VP Sambo's deceased brother, late pilot Yusuf Sabo Sambo, who died in a fatal accident on Sunday April 27th along the Bill Clinton Drive, Airport road, Abuja.

Sam Nwaobasi, the Special Assistant (Media) to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation announced the suspension of the meeting.

Ex-Prisoner, Who Can't Win Councillorship, Won't Unseat Me – Aregbesola

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has said  that a politician, who was allegedly rigged into the senate from the prison, is not fit to contest the August 9 governorship election, let alone unseat him.
Aregbesola said this in Osogbo on Monday at the inauguration of 21 Roads Projects constructed by his administration. He said  that the total number of the 21 roads was 26.31 kilometres.
He said, “God dethroned a general who fought  in Monrovia, Mogadishu  and in other war torn countries and now a former prisoner wants to unseat me. It is impossible
“The general, who was sacked here was not a prisoner. It amuses me that a former prisoner, who went to the senate from prison is now the one threatening to unseat me.
“He did not win. The poll was rigged because our fathers were peace loving but they cannot try that now. If they attempt to rig, they will regret it. Let me tell you, there are some people who are not even qualified to contest any election, let alone think of winning. Don’t be afraid of them.
“He is not fit to be a councillor because he did not win his ward. He cannot contest and win.”

Alamieyeseigha ridicules Obasanjo at National Conference

 Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha ridiculed former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

According to Alamieyeseigha, the onetime 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.

It was reported that Alamieyeseigha made this statement when officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, appeared before the Senator Adamu Aliero led Committee on Public Finance and Revenue on Monday.

The delegate from Bayelsa State told members of the Committee that some oil thieves he caught when he was governor of Bayelsa state were let off the hook because of high level conspiracy and connivance of NNPC officials.

Alamieyeseigha also accused expatriates in the oil sectors for illegal activities in the industry.

He said, “I had one experience. Tankers were loaded in Bayelsa. I got the information and laid ambush for them and arrested them. About 14 big tankers and they were handed over to the police. They were charged to court and the judge ordered that the product should be tested to they were crude oil. NNPC was invited, they came took the sample and after a week the result came out as agro chemical and before I know all of them have been released.

“I went to President (Olusegun) Obasanjo. I even accused him that he is the chief bunkerer, that he should not call me again. I also accused him that those that are involved are also sitting in this arena and if he pushed me beyond that I am going to mention names. It became so hot that I was persuaded to follow him to his office. He held my hand and we entered. So there is actually enough intelligence that is open to the presidency. He himself, President Obasanjo, started mentioning names. I said ‘oh, you are the chief bunkerer, I confirm, you know them, don’t call me again".

“In fact expatriates are more involved in the crime than Nigerians. In fact some of them even offer themselves to be arrested so that when there is compensation they have a share of it. They are also involved in kidnapping. They allow themselves to be kidnapped. Oil companies are invited, their home countries will shout that their men are kidnapped; management of oil companies will now make efforts and pay ransom. When the ransom is paid they are released and that money is shared among them. So, it is a high level conspiracy that is going on.”

PHOTOS: Life and times of Amaka Igwe (1963-2014)

Delta State Govt. Arrest University Graduate For EXPOSING Bursary Fraud By Government Officials

An ex-student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Mr. Ambrose Ezeanwani, who exposed a racket in the students’ bursary scheme in Delta state was handed over to men from the Delta State Government this afternoon after days of illegal detention in Lagos.

Police officers in Sabo Station this afternoon handed him over after the Delta State officials visited to ask for his transfer to Asaba, Delta State where he will be most likely tortured and “tried” for revealing the fraud perpetrated by officials of the state.

ALGON Rejects Calls For Declaration Of Emergency Rule In Taraba

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) on Tuesday rejected calls for a declaration of a state of emergency in Taraba over the recent ethnic clashes in parts of the state.

Mr Kallamu Alhamdu, state Chairman of the association, expressed the views of his members at a press conference in Jalingo.
Alhamdu commended the Acting Governor of the state, Alhaji Garba Umar, and the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Josia Kente, for adopting steps to end the crises.
“We are disappointed by the demand of some people to call for a declaration of a state of emergency in Taraba.
“Such people did not mean well for the state and we shall continue to rise against their divisive tendencies”, he said.
Alhamdu said there was hardly any family in Taraba that one would not find Muslims and Christians living together in harmony before the unfortunate crises.
He appealed to the people of the state to shun violence and embrace peace for rapid development.
The press conference was attended by the 16 council chairmen in the state. (NAN)

Photos: See Pictures From Ini Edo’s 32nd Birthday Party With Celebrity Friends

Nollywood actress Ini Edo recently turned 32 on Wednesday 23rd April and although she was on set working on a new movie, the sexy actress decided to celebrate her birthday this past Sunday April 27th with a boat ride at Elegushi beach with some of her close friends which include Bryan Okwara, Monalisa Chinda, Annie Macaulay-Idibia, Moses Inwang and Emem Isong before taking it to the beach for the proper celebration.
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N5.6Bn Pension Scam: Adeleke, 11 Others Now to Be Re-arraigned May 2

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, today postponed the re-arraignment of a former Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Kudirat Iyabo Adeleke and 11 others implicated in a N5.6Billion pension scam.
Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte postponed the re-arraignment till May 2, 2014 following the sudden collapse of one of the defendants, Mr. Oguntayo Banjo, who allegedly had an asthmatic attack when the court was about taking their pleas. They were to be re-arraigned on charges bordering on conspiracy, stealing and criminal breach of trust.
The twelve defendants were originally arraigned on November 7, 2013 before Justice Bolaji Yusuf, who was later elevated to the Court of Appeal. Her elevation meant that the trial of the accused persons had to commence de novo.
Earlier, counsel to the 5th defendant, I. M Obiachuru, presented an application before the court, objecting to the re-arraignment of his client and prayed the court to quash the charges preferred against him. However, EFCC counsel, Gbolahan Latona, said the notice of preliminary objection moved by Obiachuru was incompetent and lacked merit. He reminded the court that such an application could only come after arraignment. Justice Gbolagunte upheld his submissions and dismissed the application.
The other accused persons who are to be re- arraigned alongside Adeleke are Muili Hakeem Aderemi, former executive secretary, Oyo State Pension Board; Adeduntan Johnson; Oguntayo Banjo, former internal auditor, Oyo State Pension Board; and Kareem Rasheed.
Others are: Muili Adedamola; Adesina Jimoh Ayoade, former cashier, Oyo State Pension Board; Adebiyi Olasumbo Musendia, former administration officer, Oyo State Pension Board; Iyabo Giwa, former cashier, Oyo State Pension Board; Adewale Kehinde, Johnson Bosede and Olujinmi Adebayo.

President Jonathan Sacks Political Adviser, Alhaji Gulak.

President Goodluck Jonathan today sacked his Adviser on Political Matters Alhaji, Alhaji Gulak. Presidential Sopkesman, Reuben Abati disclosed this Tuesday via a short message released using the microblogging tool, twitter. “President Jonathan thanks Alhaji Gulak for his services to the present administration and wishes him success in his future endeavors” Abati said.  The presidency did […]

Police Releases Tear gas On Protesting Polytechnic Lecturers & Students In Abuja | Photos

It seems like the Government frowns at protests by its concerned citizens. SaharaReporters reports that;
The Nigerian police today fired tear gas canisters at protesting polytechnic lecturers who are engaging in a peaceful protest to force the Nigerian government to have dialogue with the lecturers relating to their demands.
the lecturers and a few poly students gathered at the federal Secretariat in Abuja for ask for reopening of Nigerian polytechnics whose lecturers had embarked on a strike since last year.

Father Burns Himself and His Five-year-old Daughter Alive

A father and his five-year-old daughter were burnt alive after he poured petrol across them and held the girl down on the car back seat in front of her mother.

The 48-year-old man, whose identity has been revealed and his young daughter died in front of the distraught mother in Pescara, Central Italy.

The mother sustained second-and third-degree burns in trying to save her daughter from the flames.

The couple split up last year – they had lived with the girl and the woman’s three daughters from a previous marriage, Rai News said, reported The Local.

After their split the woman reported her partner to authorities for abuse and told them that he was violent and was trying to prevent their daughter having a relationship with her three half-sisters.

In October a court ruled he could only see his daughter once a week after he was found guilty of abuse. It ruled the visits must be conducted with a social worker present.

In violation of the court, the couple met with their daughter this week and the tragedy occurred.

Abducted Borno Schoolgirls Allegedly Married Off For ₦2,000 & Moved Abroad

This is not so good a news and we hope its definitely not true. Daily Trust has reported that the girls who were kidnapped in Borno State have been married off for N2,000 and may also have been taken abroad. Here’s how they’re reporting it below;
Most of the 234 Borno schoolgirls in Boko Haram captivity have been ferried abroad to Chad and Cameroon after they were married off to sect members on N2,000 bride price each, an elder told Daily Trust yesterday.
Dr. Pogu Chibok, who is the leader of the Chibok Elders Forum, told Daily Trust yesterday that latest information available to them indicates that most of the girls have been taken to the neighboring Cameroon and Chad by their captors.
He said before they were ferried in canoes across the Lake Chad, a wedding ceremony was conducted at a town on the border with Cameroon where they were married off to Boko Haram militants.