Hotel collapses in Delta State,leaving many injured

No fewer than seven people sustained injuries after a popular hotel, the Mekaval hotel situated in Effurun-Warri in Delta state collapsed at about 2am today September 9th. The injured were mostly indigenes of neighboring state who had come to the state in search of a miracle at the Christ Mercy Land Church, headed by one Pastor Jeremiah Fufeyin, popularly referred to as ‘Ijaw TB Joshua’.

Nigerian Army partners with NNPC to stop oil theft and pipeline vandalism

In its bid to eradicate pipeline vandalism and oil theft in Nigeria, the group Managing Director of NNPC Ibe Kachikwu yesterday September 8th held a meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin where he called on the Nigerian Army to help in the protecting NNPC's equipment and assets.

650 Nigerian refugees repatriated from Cameroon

650 Nigerian refugees have been repatriated from Cameroon to Nigeria. Mr Sa’ad Bello, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Camps Coordinator who made this known yesterday September 8th, said the new repatriated Nigerian refugees were mostly women and children.

He said they are currently undergoing health and security screening and will be settled into four major camps in Adamawa state which includes the NYSC Orientation Camp at Bajabure in Girei Council Area, Malkohi IDPs Camp in Yola South Council Area,  Fufore Camp in Fufore Local Government and Saint Theresa Catholic Camp in Yola North Area.

PDP says they’ll never hang Buhari’s portrait in their offices

The PDP has refused to hang the official portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari at the party’s national secretariat, Wadata House national secretariat, located at Zone 5, Abuja, despite the fact that it has removed that of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh on Tuesday said:

Man steals 4 month old baby and gives to his girlfriend to sell

A young lady named, Kelechi Uche was paraded by the state Police Commissioner, Joshak Habila, in Umuahia, for trying to sell a baby. Uche was arrested by some members of the public at Osusu Aku, where she went to look for buyers.

According to the police boss,a man simply identified as Uchenna and four other suspects, still at large, stole a four month old boy at gunpoint on August 21, at Ntigha Uzo in the Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. Then he gave the baby to his gf, Kelechi Uche to sell.

Pres Buhari may reduce Nigeria's foreign trip abroad

President Buhari has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to review the number of Nigeria’s foreign missions abroad. The Perm Sec in the Ministry, Amb Paul Lolo, stated this to State House correspondents today after a meeting with the President on the ministry’s activities. He stated that Nigeria must review the number of its present 119 missions abroad based on the present Economic realities

Female UNILAG student electrocuted at Campus hostel

A female University of Lagos student was electrocuted yesterday Sept. 8th after a high tension cable fell on her in front of the Sodeinde hall of residence in the campus. According to reports, the young lady was immediately rushed to the Lagos state Teaching Hospital but was certified dead on arrival. Sad! May her soul rest in peace, Amen.

LIB

12yr old girl contracts HIV after her step-brother & his friends raped her in Abuja

A 12-year-old girl (name withheld) has contracted the dreaded HIV/AIDS disease after she was allegedly raped by her 25 year old step brother, Abdullahi Mohammed and his friends at her father's house in Jahi district in Abuja.

According to Daily Trust, the girl's father and mother separated and the father married another woman who already had a son from a previous relationship.

Narrating what happened, the girl said her step brother started raping her when she was 8 years old and each time he raped her, he would threaten to kill her if she told their father.

Nigeria's FG orders withdrawal of diplomatic passports from ex government officials

The Nigeria Immigration Service has begun the withdrawal of diplomatic passports from former government officials including former governors, former Senators and House of Reps members, former Ministers and commissioners, former special advisers/special assistants, former chairmen/deputy chairmen of local government areas, all retired heads of parastatals and retired public servants.

As Buhari blazes the trail for merit - Reno Omokri writes on Buhari's recent appointments

The article is by former presidential aide, Reno Omokri. Read below...

Recently there was a big uproar about the appointments made by President Buhari. I disagreed with those who complained that the President's appointment were lopsided. Appointments should not be made on the basis of ethnicity, region or religion. Appointments should be made strictly on merit! As far as I am concerned, the President can appoint all his appointees from the same state as long as they are the best Nigeria has to offer.

75 year old man prays the court for divorce due to sexual deprivation

An Ado-Ekiti customary court, yesterday, dissolved the 26-year marriage between a bricklayer, James Kayode Oguntuase, 75 and his wife, Felicia, 53, over sexual deprivation.
Oguntuase accused Felicia of denying him sex, adultery, stealing and stubbornness, allegations which she denied.The petitioner told the court that he had caught his wife with 3 different men and that she had aborted three pregnancies for her lovers. He also accused also alleged that his estranged wife stealing N35,000, the money he had saved for the purchase of carpentry materials.

He asked the court for the custody of their 6 children,Caroline, 25; Peter, 23; Akin, 18; Ife, 15; Rachel, 12; and Tolulope, 6 stating that he'd be responsible for their upkeep and everything else.

However, the wife, in her response, said she denied the petitioner sex on grounds of ill-health, and also denied the allegations of adultery and stealing. She urged the court not to dissolve the union.

Court president, Joseph Ogunsemi, dissolved the union, saying the marriage had broken down as the two parties failed to avail themselves of the opportunity given to settle the dispute amicably.

The court also awarded custody of the children below the age of 18 to the petitioner, while Peter and Akin, who are above 18 are free to decide where to live.

The petitioner was also ordered by the court to arrange for an alternative accommodation for the respondent, the cost of which should not be more than N60,000 and not less than N48,000 per annum.

The court ordered the petitioner to pay two years rent for the new accommodation for the respondent and he is also expected to bear the cost of transporting her luggage to the new place.
The court ordered the respondent to always assist the petitioner in the upkeep of the minor children.


Vanguard

Senate begins probe of Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Jonathan, others over mismanagement of power funds

Today, the Senate will begin an inquest into alleged mismanagement of funds appropriated to the power sector from the Olusegun Obasanjo civilian administration to date. In a statement by the Clerk of Senate ad hoc Committee on Power, Cletus Ojabo, yesterday, the power sector probe will be in the form of investigative hearing/interactive session.


According to Ojabo,  the investigation would centre on funds appropriated for the power sector since 1999 and the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN.

Man found dead shortly after lodging with two women in a hotel in Delta

An offshore oil worker working with one of the oil companies in Delta state died unexpectedly after lodging with two women at Beji's court in Ugborikoko area of Warri in Delta state on September 5th. According to police report, the man arrived the hotel in company of two women but was later found unresponsive in his room by one of the hotel cleaners. The two ladies were no where in sight.

He was immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival. His body was deposited at the Warri Central Hospital. Efforts are ongoing to trace the ladies while the state CIID Asaba is investigating the matter.

Saraki awards 2 first class law graduates N500k scholarship to Law school (photos)

Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday awarded a N500,000 scholarship each to two first class law graduates of University of Ilorin, Mohammed Abdullahi Tosin from Irepodun L.G.A and Adam Mohammed Ndakuku from Edu L.G.A, both from Kwara state. According to Saraki, the scholarship fund was drawn from his pension as a former Governor of Kwara state. 

Comply with directive on Treasury Single Account or face sanctions- Buhari tells govt agencies

President Buhari has threatened to sanction Government Agencies that fail to comply with the Federal Government directive to remit generated revenues into the Treasury Single Account by September 15. This is contained in a statement released by his Special Adviser on Media & Publicity Femi Adesina today September 7th. The statement after the cut...

Asset declaration: Buhari may be the least corrupt in Africa - Washington post

Washington Post published an article over the weekend, saying that President Buhari may be the least corrupt leader in Africa after declaring that he has only N30 million in his account. The article below.

The biggest appointment so far has gone to an Igbo man - Keyamo

In an interview with Punch, lawyer Festus Keyamo said despite what many think - that Buhari is marginalizing the South West in terms of appointments - that the biggest appointment so far in the Buhari administration has gone to an Igbo man. Below is what he said...

12 year old girl kills self with hunter's gun

OPERATIVES of the Kwara State Police Com­mand are working on vari­ous theories to unravel the mystery surrounding the ac­cidental gunshot that killed 12-years old Ganiyat at the Alangua area of Tanke, Ilo­rin.

The unfortunate incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday, when a dane gun said to belong to one Baba Ria, who died about seven years ago, went off and killed Ganiyat.

A Witness who lives in the neighbourhood said that the de­ceased was playing with her peers and younger ones shortly after their mother who came to visit them left.

7yr old girl narrates how her dad touches her, puts his manhood in her mouth & offers her money

A 7 year old girl (name withheld) has narrated how her father Chukwuemeka Odunzie, pictured above molested her by touching her body and putting his manhood in her mouth and afterwards gives her money so she wouldn't tell anyone. According to Vanguard, the young girl who is a primary 3 student and resides with her parents at their Ojokoro Housing Estate, Meiran, Ijaiye, Lagos, said her dad usually touched her private part whenever her mother wasn't around or was busy with domestic work.

Adesina's appointment shows I had a good team - GEJ

Former President Jonathan says that the recent appointment of former Minister of Agriculture Akinwunmi Adesina as the 8th President of the African Development Bank, AfDB, is an attestation to the fact that he had a very good team during his administration. Jonathan said this in a congratulatory letter he sent to Adesina on his new appointment.