Motion To Probe Killing Of 13 Police Officers Thrown out Of The House Of Reps

In a curious twist, the House of Representatives yesterday rejected a motion seeking to probe the alleged killing of 13 police officers by suspected militants in Bayelsa State, saying the matter was already being investigated by the police.

The motion to probe the killings was brought by Hon. Henry Ofongo (PDP, Bayelsa), on the first day of business after the House resumed from its two-weeks Easter break, who called for an inquest into the killings by the relevant committees of the House

No Regrets About Alamieyeseigha's Pardon- Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said he had no regret over the state pardon he recently granted his political benefactor, former governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, despite the public outcry that trailed the exercise.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, made the President’s position known while featuring on a Radio Nigeria programme, Business Hour, monitored by our correspondent in Abuja.

Jonathan, Service Chiefs Meets On Amnesty Committee Report

President Goodluck Jonathan

Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan met with traditional rulers from the north on the possibility of granting amnesty to members of the Boko Haram sect, another meeting between him and the service chiefs was held Tuesday to consider the report of the Amnesty Security Committee set up two weeks ago.

The committee, which was set up by Jonathan following the agitation by northern leaders, who had met with him on the precarious security situation in the region, was mandated to consider the feasibility of granting pardon to Boko Haram adherents, among other terms of reference.

Dangote To Build $8bn Refinery In Nigeria

Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, plans to invest up to $8bn to build a Nigerian oil refinery with a capacity of around 400,000 barrels a day by late 2016, the tycoon told Reuters on Tuesday.

This will almost double Nigeria’s current refining capacity.

“This will really help not only Nigeria but sub-Saharan Africa. There has not been a new refinery for a long time in sub-Saharan Africa,” Dangote said in a telephone interview

Keshi Must Return To Nigeria If He Likes His Job-NFF

Emeka Inyama, a board member of the Nigeria Football Federation, has stated that Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi, has travelled to the US without permission and must return from his California base by Monday.

The former Mali and Togo boss left the country and failed to attend the meeting of the technicak committee and the NFF have asked him to return and answer a query.

“Keshi has been recalled and he must be in Abuja on Monday if he still cares about his job,” Inyama said.

4 Policemen Face Murder Charge For Allegedly Killing Two Persons

Four police officers have been arraigned before a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for allegedly killing two bus passengers.

They also allegedly shot another person in the foot.

The officers were said to have committed the act during a failed attempt to extort N50 from a bus driver.

The suspects, ASP Omorogbe, Inspector Emmason Udo, Hadiza Musa and Samirah Ileya of the Abacha Road Police Station, Obia/Akpor locality of Port Harcourt were alleged to have shot the victims sometimes in 2010 while the driver of the commercial bus in which the victims were riding attempted to escape from the policemen who demanded N50 from him at a check point

Three Arrested Over Murder Of 12 Policemen In Bayelsa State

Following the killing of 12 policemen by aggrieved militants in the creeks and waterways of Bayelsa State, the police in conjunction with operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) Wednesday arrested three members of the group who allegedly carried out the killing.

The policemen, who were among a 50-man contingent deployed in Azuzama to provide security at the   burial of the mother of a repentant Niger Delta warlord, Kile Selky Torughedi, alias General Young Shall Grow, were killed in an ambush in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

MEND Threatens To Resume Attacks On Friday

The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta on Wednesday announced that it would on Friday (tomorrow) resume hostilities in the country.

In an e-mail sent to journalists, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent, MEND’s spokesman, Gbomo Jomo, said a series of attacks, codenamed Hurricane Exodus, would begin at midnight on Friday.

It said the attacks would be “a direct repercussion of a forged threat letter contrived by the Nigerian and South African governments purporting to have originated from MEND”

Boko Haram Is Your Child,Buhari Blasts JONATHAN

Former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, slammed President Goodluck Jonathan, describing the virulent sect, Boko Haram, as a creation of the present administration.
President Jonathan, through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr Doyin Okupe had on Tuesday challenged General Buhari to persuade members of the sect to accept dialogue as a means of ending the orgy of violence in the North.
General Buhari, who apparently was angered by the Presidency’s attempt to link him with the sect, asked Jonathan to leave him alone and find ways of resolving the Boko Haram crisis, which he said, was borne out of the failure of his government.

Imo State Swears In New Deputy Governor

 

The former Chief of Staff to Imo state governor, Prince Eze Madumere  has been sworn-in as the new Deputy Governor of the state. This followed series of intrigues of political equation that witnessed the impeachment of the former deputy governor, Mr. Jude Agbaso.

Horror! Girl Raped To Death With Wood In Her Private Part

As we mark the celebration of easter please I plead with everyone to be fair and be human. This is what I woke up to see this morning.
I found this heart breaking picture of this young girl murdered like she was nothing on net this morning on the net. The details of where or how the victim was murdered haven’t been made known yet but I’ll try get every detailed information about the murder.
With the mind of a psychologist, I would say she was kidnapped, raped and intentionally tortured to death by…. Its obvious and painful that the wicked barbarians who did this to are out there walking the streets freely. Uhunnnnn! Something has to be done as per security in this country.
View picture at your own risk

We Wont Extradite Alamieyeiseigha- FG

The Federal Government on Friday said that it would  not extradite a former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, to the United Kingdom to face money laundering charges.

While reacting to a statement by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Andrew Pocock, the FG accused the envoy of challenging the sovereignty of the country

North Korea Prepares To Attack United State

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Friday ordered rocket preparations for strikes against the US, saying “the time has come to settle accounts,” after US stealth bombers, in a rare show of force, conducted training drills over the Korean peninsula.

Sean Combs Named Wealthiest Hip Hop Artist

Sean “Diddy” Combs has gone by many names but for now he can call himself the wealthiest man in hip-hop.

The Bad Boy Records founder ranked No. 1 on the 2013 Forbes Five, the mag’s list of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists. Diddy’s net worth is estimated at $580 million.

Since his emergence on the music scene in the late 1990s, Diddy has become an industry mogul

Armed Robbers Serve Lagos Residents Notice

Residents of Ronke Street and the environ, in Ijeshatedo area of Lagos State have raised the alarm over a letter purportedly written to them by armed robbers alerting them (residents) of their intention to raid the area. Copies of the letter, Saturday Sun learnt, were conspicuously pasted on the wall of some of the buildings. In the letter, the robbers said: “We will pay you people a visit soon

Aero Resumes Flight Operation, Recalls Sacked Workers

Aero Contractors Airlines yesterday resumed flight operations across the country, after recalling over 600 workers it sacked about two weeks ago.

The resumption of flights came just as the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority re- certified the airline for operations.

It was learnt that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) insisted that it must increase

Lil Wayne: i'm Epiletic So I'm Prone To Seizures

Lil Wayne, has opened up on the cause of his seizures which he says is “stress, no rest and overworking.”

Lil Wayne, who was hospitalized earlier this month in Los Angeles, California disclosed in an interview that he is epileptic

NollyWood Produces Oga At The Top Video

Just as a Nollywood producer cashed in on the unfortunate Aluu4 incident to make a movie ‘The Four Boys,’ another one has joined the train of opportunists who took advantage of the ‘Oga at the top’ quote to shoot a movie of same title.

The movie features popular Nollywood actor, Nkem Owoh, also known as Osuofia. Although the viral quote stopped trending on Twitter after a weeks, Nigerians put their ingenuity to test as they made T-shirts, mugs, songs and jokes about the Lagos State Commandant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Obafaiye Shem, who made the now famous statement during an interview on Channels Televison.

Man Stabs Lover To Death After Sex

Tragedy occurred on Sunday when a man allegedly stabbed his “lover” to death during an argument which arose between the two after sex.

The suspect (name withheld) who has since gone into hiding, was alleged to have taken the deceased, Tosin Alabi, 24, to a hotel on Ajilosun Road in Ado Ekiti to catch some “fun”

Abubakar: Boko Haram Should Be Granted Amnesty

Former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar has added his voice in agreement with other northern leaders who are of the views that the only solution to the Boko Haram insurgency is amnesty.

According to him, “Anything that can bring peace in the country to the people needs to be studied, to see the merit and demerit of such an action

Imo Deputy Governor Impeached

After a hard fought battle and a sustained media campaign to remain in office, the embattled Imo State deputy governor, Mr. Jude Agbaso, was impeached Thursday by the state House of Assembly.

His removal from office occurred shortly after an Owerri High Court earlier

Police: Our Story Over Killing Of Civil Defence Officers

The police authorities yesterday briefed the Presidency on the circumstances surrounding the death of two operatives of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSDC) in Lagos on Wednesday.

Both Messrs Adaji Gabriel and Innocent Akegbe, Assistant Inspector and Inspector of corps

JONATHAN SUMMONS POLICE, NSCDC OVER LAGOS CLASH

Authorities of the Nigeria Police Force and that of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were Thursday summoned by President Goodluck Jonathan to explain the clash between policemen and officials of the NSCDC, which reportedly left two officials of the latter organisation dead in Lagos

6-Year-Old Dies From Multiple Rape Injuries Inflicted By Teenage Brothers

A 19-year-old boy, Felix Inia and his 16-year-old brother, Stanley are now cooling their heels at the headquarters of the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, for allegedly defiling their six-year-old stepsister, Precious Kankamor. The incident, which eventually led to the death of the victim, occurred at Ogbe-Ijoh community, Warri South Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were said to have had carnal knowledge of the minor by forcefully penetrating her

Nigerian Army Uncovers Weapons And Bomb Making Devices At Politician's Residence

Six AK 47 assault rifles, some ammunitions and bomb making devices were found following an operation by the Nigerian troops in the home of a serving politician, Hussain Dei Dei near Dalet barrack in Kawo area of Kaduna city.
A press statement from Nigeria army division 1,

President Jonathan Signs 2013 Budget

President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday assented to the 2013 Appropriation Bill, ending the long-drawn disagreement between the executive and the legislature over the bill.

The president signed the N4.987 trillion budget passed by the National Assembly on December 20, 2012, into law at a quiet ceremony witnessed by a few top government officials

Army Denies Killing Students

The Nigerian Army Headquarters yesterday denied killing four Nasarawa State University students during Tuesday’s protest, suggesting that the police may have been responsible for the live bullets used to kill the students. At its routine monthly press briefing in Abuja, the Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR)

NANS Threaten Showdown Over KIlled Student

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to organise a nationwide protest over the alleged killing of some students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) by soldiers. NANS condemned the murder of the innocent students over mere peaceful protest and declared the Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura a persona non-grata

Man Kills Father Over Fish

One Opukeme George, a native of Tuomo in Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State is to spend the next 20 years in jail for killing his father over a piece of fish,

Pope Benedict XVI Ends His Papacy

Pope Benedict XVI spent the last day of his papacy Wednesday bidding farewell to the public and his aides as well as finalising plans for a life in retirement that will be spent in seclusion and devoted to prayers.

The pope shocked the world on February 11,