Babangida denies killing Abiola

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida has denied having a hand in the death of Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the famous June 12 1993 Presidential election.
Babangida said this in an interview that he received news of Abiola's death with shock but without regret.
Widespread belief is that Abiola was served with poisoned tea, but Babangida says even if the claims are true, he didn't take any part in it.
The ex-military ruler also said he will support an Igbo candidate for presidency in 2019, and that the Biafra agitations is an unneeded distraction.

People agitating for Biafra are very wrong- Akinjide

Former Minister of Justice. Chief Richard Akinjide has stated that recent agitations for an independent Biafra is wrong and the country's unity should be priority.
Akinjide while speaking to Vanguard newspaper said Anybody supporting Biafra must be very, very wrong. I don’t know their reason but whatever
their reason, they are wrong. We fought a war for three years over Biafra and Biafra was defeated and the whole country united with the
belief that Nigeria should remain one country and the Igbo joined the country and since then they have been governors in the country, they
have been ministers both at the state and federal levels. They have been ambassadors abroad. I don’t see why anybody should now be asking for Biafra again, I think it should be rejected.
I think they should call them to a meeting and talk to them as father to son and ask them to stop because there is no reason for them to do what they are doing. In the last
government, we had an Igbo as Minister of Finance (Dr. Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala) and also, we had an Igbo as Secretary to the government, we also had Igbo as ambassadors in many parts of the world. So, there is no excuse for anybody to say he
wants to break up the country again after we fought a bloody war of about three years. We don’t want to go back to that. We want peace
everywhere and we want a fair share whether you are from the North, East, West, South, Middle-Belt everything should be evenly and fairly distributed.
Akinjide also criticised the selection of Bello Muhammed, a northerner as FCT minister,saying only northerners have been FCT ministers since the capital was moved to Abuja.

The commissioner of health Kaduna state making a point, while the Executive Governor of Kaduna state Mal Nasir Ahmed El rufai is sitting on the floor listening during the 2016 town hall budget meeting at Hassan Usman Katsina House Kaduna.

Appeal Court sacks David Mark

Former Senate President, David Mark's election has been nullified by an appellate court in Makurdi according to reports.

Mark's election to the senate had been upheld by the election petition tribunal in Benue state, but the APC flag bearer in the polls, Daniel Onjeh appealed the ruling.

Delivering judgement, Justice Ige set aside the election of David Mark and ordered a fresh election within 90 days.

Mali arrests suspect in respect to attack

The Mali’s security ministry arrested two people suspected of links to an attack on a luxury hotel in the country’s capital that killed 20 people.

More than two armed men attacked the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on Friday in a dawn raid, killing six Russians, three Chinese and an American among others.

It can be said to be the worst jihadist strike on the West African country in years.

The siege ended hours later when Malian commandos stormed the hotel and freed 170 hostages. Two attackers were killed.

Source: Punchng

Cabinet! Meagre salary causes disquiet among ministers

There is rumoured to be some grumblings among the newly appointed ministers in the Buhari-led administration. This is not unconnected to their working conditions especially their salaries, which is far lower than their expectations.

The conditions were contained in a letter of appointment delivered to them during the week by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal.

According to the letter, while the minister will receive N2, 026, 400 Annual Basic Salary($8,514.285), minister of state is to get
N1.8million ($7,563.025) per annum.

The other conditions include: Estacode Allowance($900 per diem); Duty Tour Allowance(N35,000); Utilities Allowance (Telephone/ Electricity/ Water)–30% of Annual
Basic Salary (N607,920); Domestic Staff Allowance(75% -((N1,519,800) of Annual Basic Salary; Medical Facilities (in accordance with
NHIS Policy); Special Assistant (To be provided in kind); Security (To be provided in kind); Air Travel (By Business Class); Newspaper Allowance (15% of Annual Basic
Salary-N303,960).

The ministers have expressed fears that the salary may not be able to foot their bills.

A source said while speaking to The Nation “Most ministers have been
sad since they received their letters of
appointment because the salary and allowance
package was a far cry from where they were
coming from. We hope that ministers will
eventually not steal if they have to serve this
nation on hungry stomach.

See Artist KCEE's message to fans

Artist Kcee expresses his gratitude to his fans and doubters alike.

@iam_kceeI'd like to say to all my fans out there, thanks for the support. And to all my doubters, thank you very much because you guys have also pushed me.

posted from Bloggeroid

Ambode gives Nigeria Police Helicopters, gunboats and armor tanks.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, in response to the agitations of Lagosians on Friday, November 27, commissioned Patrol vehicles, motorcycles, Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), gunboats and helicopters.

He handed them over to the Nigerian Police and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos Command for security measures.

Present at the occasion were the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni and Minister for Interior, Lt.Gen.Abdulrahman Dambazua (rtd.).

See wizkid's response to taunt.

The tweeter user with the nameshegzyblaq on twitter, tweeted with the hastag '#With13billionponds'.

He went on to say he would make Wizkid his 'house boy', seeing as with that amount of money, you can get anyone to do any chore.

Wizkid responded and said
Wizkid Ayo Balogun 

✔@wizkidayo

I'll wash ur car and clean ur house too! https://twitter.com/i_am_weezblaq/status/67017812365320601

Aregbesola promises project completion.

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola has said all projects embarked on by his administration will be completed before the end of his tenure.

Aregbesola said this at the opening of a new Radio station in Oshogbo, Rave FM.

At the event, Aregbesola said all “detractors and opposition will soon come to appreciate my administration when all projects embarked on are completed before the end of my tenure in office.”

Eventhough he acknowledged that things were financially tough for the state, he said help was on the way for the state.

He said, “I will not be disturbed by bad comments from some people about my policies because I believe in God who sent me to Osun and supports me.

“What we are doing in Osun may not be appreciated now, but it will become what people will praise later; we came here and all we have been doing has been inspired by God.”

Aregbesola described as shameful the exaggeration of the debt profile of the state by some parties.

He said, “If we borrowed N800bn, like some (people) said, how could we have been able to pay the loan interest? How could we have survived? Though we took loan, and that is the only way we could have brought development to the state; as tough as it is, God and His help is on the way and Osun shall overcome.”

Report from Punchng.

President Muhammad Buhari approves appointment of 30 new Judges.

President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of 30 new judges for the Federal High Court on the recommendation of the National Judicial Council.

Acting Director, Information, NJC, Mr. Soji Oye, said this in a statment on Friday that the new judges would be inaugurated on December 2.

The new judges include, Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Rosemary Dugbo Oghoghorie (Delta State) and a former chairman of the Lagos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, Taiwo Taiwo (Ogun), Yellin Bogoro (Bauchi State),   Ibrahim Watila (Borno State), Mallong Peter Hoommuk (Plateau State),   Isa Hamma Adama Dashen (Adamawa State), Hassan Dikko (Kebbi State), Jude Kanyioh Dagat (Kaduna State) and   Olayinka Olusegun Tokode (Osun State), Simon Akpah Amobeda (Kogi State), Jane Egienanwan Inyang (Cross River State), Daniel Emeka Osiagor (Rivers State), Prof. Chuka Austine Obiozor (Anambra State), Iniekenimi Nicholas Oweib ( Bayelsa State), Hassan Muslim Sule (Zamfara State) and Hadiza Rabiu Shagari (Sokoto State), Saleh Kogo Idrissa (Yobe State), Joyce Obehi Abdulmalik (Edo State), Hillary Ide Osho Oshomah (Edo State), Fadima Murtala Aminu ( Adamawa State), Toyin Bolaji Adegoke (Kwara State), James Kolawole Omotosho (Ogun State), Nehizena Idemudia Ekunwe (Edo State), Stephen Daylop Pam (Plateau State) and Akintayo Aluko (Ekiti State), Dr. Nnamdi O. Dimgba (Abia State), Emeka Nwite (Ebonyi State), Abdulazeez M.Z. Anka (Zamfara State), Abdu Dogo (Federal Capital Territory) and Adamu Turaki Muhammed (Jigawa State).

Nnamdi Kanu's sister cries out for his salvation.

The younger sister of Nkamdi Kanu,detained Director of Radio Biafra and leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has raised an alarm over the health condition of her elder brother, saying that personnel of the Department of State Services (DSS) want to kill him in detention.

Princess Kanu said what she saw of her elder brother when she attended his trial in Abuja on Monday made her to conclude that the DSS wants to kill him while in their custody.

“Honestly, the way they are going about this case I’m not comfortable with it because when I saw my brother, he looked like a shadow of his former self. He looked pale and anaemic and he has physical pain as a result of torture, starvation and the hardship he is going through in the hands of the DSS operatives,” she alleged.

Source: Nigeria monitor

Blackout!! OAU students struggle to charge phones and other chattels

Igbos didn't start civil war - Iwuanyanwu

A chieftain of the PeoplesDemocratic Party (PDP),
Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, has said contrary to insinuations in some quarters, Igbo did not start
the civil war, which engulfed the country from 1967 to 1970.
He said rather, those who felt that the Igbo in the military carried out the 1966 coup started the war,
and then went on a mindless killing of Igbo.
Iwuanyanwu, who spoke in Aba, Abia State at an integrated economic summit organised by an Igbo
socio-cultural organisation, Aka Ikenga, stated that for the fact that Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe and Dr.
Michael Okpara were not killed during the coup could not translate to an Igbo coup.
Bemoaning the effect of the civil war on Igbo unity, Iwuanyanwu, who said he was a young Biafran
major during the war, stated that while northerners believe in themselves, the Yorubas in Kwara and Kogi states were proud to say they were Yorubas, stressing that the Igbo outside the core Igbo states
find it difficult to identify as Igbo.
He said there was no ethnic group in Nigeria that believes in the oneness of the country more thanthe Igbo, saying: “Igbo believe in one united
Nigeria more than any other tribe. While the Igbo have investments in all parts of the country, there is no single investment owned by a non-Igbo in Igboland.”
Earlier, President General of Aka Ikenga, Chief Goddy Uwazurike, said Aba was chosen for the summit because of its strategic position as the melting pot of commercial activities of the Igbo
nation.

Source: Sun

We need N4bn to rebuild police stations- IGP

Inspector General of Police Mr Solomon Arase has put the cost of rebuilding police stations and facilities destroyed in the northeast through Boko Haram activities at 4 billion naira.
Arase said this at an interactive session with members of House Committee on Police Affairs on Wednesday.
He said “A total of 56 police stations, formations and facilities have been destroyed by insurgents. The situation has greatly impaired efficiency, as it constitutes a major challenge to the capacity of the
police within the formations.
“The total replacement value of the affected structures comes to about N4 billion for us to put those things back to shape.”

YBNL boss Olamide loses Dad

YBNL boss Olamide Adedeji is bereaved. The rap star who just released his fifth album Eyan Mayweather posted a black image on Instagram with a caption that reads “O God, who hast commanded us to honor our father and our mother; in Thy mercy have pity on the soul of my father, and forgive his
trespasses; and make me to see him again in the joy of everlasting brightness. Through Christ our
Lord. Amen. Rest well Dad.. Forever in my heart”

RIP....Pa Adedeji

Pastor Chris in Fake Miracle Scandal

Popular Nigerian pastor, and Head of Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has been accused of paying people to stage fake miracles.
According to a South African newspaper, The Sowetan, a member of the church said Pastor Chris paid people to pretend to be sick, so they are 'healed' immediately after the pastor prays for them.
“I was offered R10 000 to rehearse and pretend to be in a wheelchair three weeks before the all-night prayer called Night of Bliss
at the Johannesburg Stadium,”
“The pastor told me that they were looking for people to work for the church. He said that I was going to sit in a wheelchair and be
wheeled around while pretending to be physically ill. I would then stand up and walk as soon as Pastor Chris stopped praying for me.
“Even children who are healthy are whisked around in wheelchairs. Some use crutches. Everyone is allocated a person who tells the
congregation about your background, your specific illness and suffering.
“The pastor then raises his hands and places them maybe on your legs if you cannot walk, and a few seconds later you get up and walk
around the room,” the source said.

He claimed he called the church the day after their offer and turned them down claiming he felt it was immoral to lie with the name of God.

Another worshipper says “ When
he started healing people, I did not see him call anyone from the audience. The people that he ‘healed’ came from a certain section of the audience and it looked like he came with them especially for the event.
“I saw a lot of people in wheelchairs leaving the venue who had not been healed. It was very sad.”

Helicopter crashes, kills 15 in Russia

A helicopter reportedly crashed in Russia’s Krasnoyarsk region killing 15 people onboard this morning.

Russia’s Emergency Situation Ministry confirmed there were altogether 25 people, including three crew members and 22 passengers, onboard.

Pastor makes new revelations about Biafra.

The general overseer of God’s Covenant of Christ Sabbath Mission, Amannachi in Orsu Local council Area of Imo State, High Priest
Clifford Nmenabu, has made a new revelation about Biafra and Nigeria.

The Pastor said he went into a trance with God where he was informed of imminent bloodshed if Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of Radio Biafra is not released.

The Pastor while addressing journalists yesterday said “Kanu was not speaking against anybody
or group of persons. His broadcasts were truth-oriented and consciousness-awakening.
It was a divine arrangement for a renaissance and liberation of a particular sect who have
been under bondage.”
He also claimed that the prophecy about Biafra was revealed to him in 1971 after the Nigerian Civil war. According to him, “The revelation came this way: The spirit of God showed me a finger that pointed at the Nigerian map. It subsequently
showed the map divided in two, one part was named Biafra and the other, Nigeria. Also in 1996, God visited and showed me, in a trance,
where properties belonging to Nigeria were kept in a place at the Bridge Head, Onitsha.
While some of the properties were thrown across to the Asaba end of the Niger bridge, the other was thrown across to the Onitsha
end. The prophecy also says that the one thrown to Asaba area belongs to Nigeria, while the other belongs to Biafra.”
High Priest Nmenabu claimed that the Biafra project must be achieved and that recent unrest in the country were signs of liberation.

Photos from Miss Criminal 2015 Prison Beauty Contest in Brazil

The Miss Criminal 2015 beauty pageant is held yearly at the Talavera Bruce women’s prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
All participants are inmates of the maximum security prison convicted for serious offences, and the event is held under tight supervision from armed guards.

See Photos

After Two Months: Obasanjo replies Jonathan's letter

Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday replied a letter written to him by immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan. Jonathan had written to Obasanjo to inform him of his next endeavour, The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation.

advising him (Jonathan) to use the new Foundation he is set to establish to engage in soul searching and in reviewing his past actions. In the letter, dated October 12, 2015, He also advised his estranged godson to consider the Foundation as a platform through which he can heal his conscience and demonstrate penitence over
his past actions.
The letter according to Premium Yes read thus
Dear President Goodluck Jonathan,
“I write to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter of September 22, 2015. I take this
opportunity to congratulate you on your
successful handover to the current President
of Nigeria, H.E. President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I am happy to note that you had a good rest
and time with your family during the break. I
hope you also had time to reflect and see what
lessons you have learned and what you can
bequeath to others.
“All of us who have had experience in our
service to the nation and to humanity must
not put it under the bushel.
“I have to commend you and your Foundation,
Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, for the faith
you continue to have in Nigeria.
“Maybe seeking how to be better and more
serviceable to the nation and humanity is also
a form of penitence and soul-searching to
give conscience a relief and to show remorse.
“I wish you well as you continue to forge
ahead with your activities in the coming
months and years. If there is any area you feel
I can be of help, you should not hesitate to
call on me.
Yours Sincerely,
Olusegun Obasanjo

PDP wins appeal in Ondo, Election Upheld

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure on Tuesday upturned the judgment of the Ondo State Election Petition tribunal which nullified the election of Kolade Akinjo, as a member of the House of Representatives representing Ilaje/Ese Odo federal
constituency.
The tribunal had ruled that Akinjo was ineligible to contest.

Delivering its judgment on Tuesday, the Appeal Court, presided over by Justice Abiyiri Shehu, faulted the tribunal judgment, for ruling that Akinjo was not a member of the
PDP at the time of the election because his membership card was not signed by his ward chairman and secretary.

The panel of judges ruled that Akinjo's challenger, the All Progressives Congress candidate Lucky Aiyedatiwa would have tendered a better case if
he had presented another card to show that Akinjo’s card was fake and not credible enough to attest to his membership of the PDP before the March 28 National Assembly
election.

The Court therefore upheld Akinjo's election as the duly elected representative in the National Assembly elections.

Army nabs Fake Miracle Pastor

The 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has arrested a pastor and two others for allegedly faking miracles and healing to deceive church members and the public.
PRO of the 2nd Brigade, Captain Eli Lazarus stated that the army acted on tip off from a member of the church about the pastor and his accomplices who have conned a lot of people.
“The self-acclaimed pastor and his
collaborators (names withheld) were
subsequently arrested and they confessed to duping unsuspecting members of the public of various sums of money.
“The suspects also confessed of stage- managing miracles and healing to attract members to their church located along Aluu
community close to Port Harcourt,”
He said the suspects would be handed over
to the police for further investigation.

Law makers move to reduce population rate.

On Tuesday at the sitting of the National House of Assembly, a Law maker raised an issue that Nigeria is under pressure from its growth rate which adds about five million people to the country’s population annually.

Honourable Babatunde Kolawole said that Nigeria must come up with an action plan to check the growing population.

“There is concern that unbridled population growth puts pressure on the country’s finances and infrastructure, especially food, housing, education and healthcare.

“It is also a catalyst for high unemployment, poverty, crime and others,” he said.

But one of his colleagues opposed the motion on religious ground, with the "free to born" ideology which led to a debate on the floor.

Even though some lawmakers supported the motion, those against it were more passionate.

Lecturers are more corrupt than politicians.

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, Dr. Theresa Akande, at the 10th National Conference of School of Business Studies with the theme, “Anticipated Change(s) in Nigeria: the Roles of Tertiary Institutions,” said that Institutions are central to the change agenda in Nigeria because lecturers are more corrupt than politicians.

Read excerpt from what she said:

"Shocking as this will sound, many of the Ad-hoc employees of INEC during elections are usually employees of tertiary institutions. Where is the change coming from? Who are the people to bring the change? Who are the implementers of the change?

“For corruption and all other frauds to be eradicated, we must look beyond those who stole in billions and trillions; it should be tackled holistically. Lecturers who inflate marks, mess around with female students, demand sex for marks or make demands for money are corrupt. In fact, they are more corrupt because they are destroying lives.

“Students who engage in examination malpractices are corrupt. Employees, who report late or absent themselves wilfully from work, are corrupt,

“So, all forms of corruption must be battled to a standstill because if this is not done, we will only be scratching the surface of our problems, instead of uprooting the very tap root.”

OAU Student shot during a robbery attack.

News reaching us reports that a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, department of Microbiology has just been shot in Asherifa, a student residential area in Ile-Ife.

 He is currently at the University Health Centre to receive treatment. He was robbed by some hoodlums in his flat of residence. The robbery continued in other parts of Asherifa which awoken residents of the community. While escaping however, the hoodlums got into a cross fire with some unknown individuals. 

The thief's were however not caught but the student was seriously injured in his hand. The gun used was that of a hunters own.