PLATEAU SPEAKER RESIGNS WHILE HIS DEPUTY WAS IMPEACHED

The  Plateau State House of Assembly has elected a new speaker. This follows the forceful resignation of John Clark as the Speaker on Wednesday.

Mr. Clark resigned after pressure was mounted on him by his colleagues who asked him to quit or be impeached. Another lawmaker, Titus Alarms, from Bokkos constituency, was promptly elected as the new speaker. Both the old and new speaker are from the Plateau Central Senatorial District where the office was zoned.

#FLASHBACK - ONE N ONLY - PLANTASHUN BOIZ

When the Men were Boiz................

SOLOMON LAR (PDP PIONEER CHAIRMAN) IS DEAD

SOLOMON LAR

The first civilian governor of larger Plateau State and pioneer National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Chief Solomon Daushep Lar is dead.

He died in an American hospital at 3.00am US time. Chief Solomon Lar has been out of political circulation and in a hospital in United States of America for medical treatment in the past nine months over age-related ailment.

FEMI FANI KAYODE RESPONDS TO AVIATION MINISTER

FKK would not let Stella Oduah's words stroll pass without a response...........................

Oya read after the cut.......................

IT IS OVER BETWEEN KRIS AND BRUCE JENNER AFTER 22 YEARS

Kris Jenner(MOMAGER) and Bruce Jenner have officially called it quits.

The couple, who celebrated their 22nd wedding anniversary earlier this year, announced their split.

"We are living apart," the Keeping Up With the Kardashians matriarch said on Monday, "but there is no animosity. We are united and committed to our family." 

11 APC GOVERNORS FORM PROGRESSIVES GOVERNORS FORUM

APC governors(11) yesterday formed the Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF.

The governors have also set up a functional secretariat to coordinate their activities just like the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF and the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum.

RAPE OF YOUTH CORPS MEMBER - COURT FREES OSUN KING

The High Court at Osogbo declared Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, Oba Adebukola Alli a free man yesterday.

He had been standing trial for allegedly raping a former youth corps member, Miss Helen Okpara,

HIDE YOURSELF IN SHAME - MINISTER OF AVIATION ADVICES FANI KAYODE

Femi Fani Kayode has become a torn in the flesh of this present administration as his hobby of criticism just got better. Considering that he was once a part and parcel of the notorious PDP government that has been unable to make our lives better for over 14 years, one would wonder if he has the moral right to release his bullets of criticism. On the flip side though, he speaks the truth on certain issues. 

He blasted the Minister of aviation who maybe ignorantly claimed that accident is an act of God.(I disagree with her\point of view). 

Keep reading after the cut............................

MAN GETS 8YRS JAIL TERM ONLY FOR KILLING HIS DAUGHTER

Amazing world where a man virtually got away with murder of his own daughter. It is really pathetic as this does not serve as a form of deterrent to aspiring murderers at all

An Islamist preacher accused of beating and torturing his 5-year-old daughter to death was sentenced on Monday to eight years in prison and 600 lashes, and was ordered to pay "blood money" to the girl's mother, according to an official with a government-backed human rights body.

KIDNAPPED AND RAPED FOR 9 MONTHS - VICTIM SHARES HER STORY

 A decade after Elizabeth Smart's kidnapping ended, she is sharing intimate details of her 9-month-long nightmare.

Smart, now 25 and married, spoke to CNN's Anderson Cooper Monday about her book "My Story," which she said tells 100% of what happened to her.

"I didn't just want to go 10% and sugarcoat the rest," Smart told Cooper. "I wanted it to be really what happened and what it was like every single day I was there, because I don't think I'm doing anyone any favors by sugarcoating it."

Her motivation for opening up is the realization that people don't often acknowledge the "just staggering" fact that one in four girls and one in six boys are sexually abused before age 18.

GOLDEN EAGLETS ARE HOPEFUL

With 10 days to the start of the 2013 FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the UAE, Golden Eaglets’ Isaac Success has said that the overall success of the team is far more important than any individual ambition.

Success comes into this fray in a blaze of glory as Africa’s best striker after scoring seven goals in five matches at the CAN Championship in Morocco last April.  But speaking from the team’s Dubai training camp on Monday, the youngster said he was not carried away about past achievements with his eyes firmly focused on the bigger picture.

SOUND SULTAN SET TO QUIT MUSIC

Sound Sultan, the consistent Naija HipHop Artiste is set to take a break from music in a bid to concentrate on promoting his Naija Ninja Brand.

He currently has three artistes in his record label.

We wish him the best.

THE NEW LOOK OF POLICE COLLEGE, IKEJA

Channels Tv's report on the Police College at Ikeja has definitely woken the authorities up from their slumber as the college now wears a befitting look.

Although we can't really judge in totality until we see the facilities inside the college. External painting and landscaping has been done.

See more pictures after the cut...........

RAPE OF YOUTH CORPS MEMBER - OSUN KING KNOWS FATE TOMORROW

After three years of legal fireworks and several postponements, judgment will now be delivered tomorrow in the case against Alowa of Ilowa-Ijesa in Obokun Local Government Area of  Osun State,  Oba Adebukola Alli who has been standing trial for allegedly raping an ex-Youth Corps member, Miss Hellen Okpara who served in his domain  2010.

Presiding judge, Justice Oyejide Falola will  deliver the final judgment  at a High Court sitting in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state where the judge was transferred.

FEMALE LAWYER MURDERED IN ABUJA

Police in Abuja are investigating the suspected murder of a female lawyer, Mrs. Ijeoma Micah, whose lifeless body was found mutilated, yesterday, in her chambers in the highbrow Maitama area of Abuja.

Ijeoma, the owner of Micah and Micah Chambers, was found dead in her office three days after she was said to have gone missing. 

Her husband, who it was learnt, arrived from London on Sunday morning, rushed to her office, as it was gathered that he had not heard from her for three days, only to discover her lifeless body. He reported the matter to Area Command of the police in Maitama.

DANA AIR HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AGAIN!!!!!!!

The Federal Government, through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority on Sunday night, announced the suspension of Dana Air’s operations nationwide.

The decision to suspend Dana’s operations came 24 hours after the NCAA grounded the operations of Associated Airlines, whose Embraer 120 plane crashed near a fuel depot two minutes after takeoff at the Lagos airport, leaving only six survivors.

The charter plane was conveying the remains of a former Governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, to Akure for interment. It also had on board 20 people, including officials of the state government, family members and friends of Agagu.

HALLE BERRY DELIVERS BABY BOY

Oscar winning, Halle Berry actress gave birth to a baby boy in Los Angeles on Saturday. The baby is the first child for husband Olivier Martinez.

This is the second child for the 47-year-old Die Another Day star, who has a five-year-old daughter, Nahla, with ex-fiancé Gabriel Aubry.

ADNAN JANUZAZ - THE SAVIOUR OF MANCHESTER UNITED

Adnan Januzaj (18) is gifted with great technique. This was on display yesterday as he saved his Manager's head with 2 clinical goals against sunderland. The match ended 2-1 in favour of Man United.

He began his career with Belgian club Anderlecht, but joined Manchester United in 2011 at the age of 16.Still wondering how he slipped from the fingers of Arsene Wenger.

DELTA PIPELINE EXPLOSION - 2 VANDALS BURNT TO DEATH WHILE 8 OTHERS WERE INJURED

Some vandals met their waterloo yesterday at  Okwokolo community in Delta State as a gas pipeline exploded, killing 2 persons and eight others injuring about 8.

Officials of the Petroleum and Pipelines Marketing Company, PPMC, were battling to put out the fire ignited by the explosion as at 6.30 pm,

512 PEOPLE COULD HAVE PERISHED AS KABO AIRLINE PLANE LOST 2 TYRES WHILE LANDING

The Nigeria Aviation Sector is in need of serious prayers at the moment as a plane transporting 494 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and 18 crew members were thrown into panic when the aircraft lost 2 tyres on landing at Sokoto, barely 36 hours after an Aircraft crashed and  killed 13 people in Lagos,

The technical crew of Kabo Air plane saved the day as it confronted the emergency and taxied to a halt. The flight, which originated from Kano, was said to be at the Abubakar Sadiq III International Airport, Sokoto, to pick some high profile passengers before heading to Saudi Arabia.