BOOK-KEEPER WHO STOLE £2M HAS BEEN JAILED FOR 4 YEARS

A crooked book-keeper at a leading real estate firm who plundered £2m from her bosses to launch her own property empire in Zambia has been jailed for four years.

Mirriam Clark, 47, blew the cash on first class flights to Africa and private school education for her children.

She bought properties in her native Zambia and used stolen funds to maintain five homes she owned across England and Wales, Southwark Crown Court heard today.

Clark was working for Dowley Turner Real Estate (DTRE) from their luxury offices on London’s Bond Street at the time of the thefts.

(PICTURES) NIGERIA MILITARY TAKES OVER BOKO HARAM BASE IN BALMO FOREST, CAPTURES 2 YOUNG MERCENARIES.

The Military announced that they have cleared out Boko haram's hideout in Balmo Forest leading to the arrest of two young mercenaries. Several  items were recovered from the terrorists. Read the report below.

Troops have cleared and taken over Balmo forest in a military operation that lasted throughout the weekend.  Prior to the operation, Balmo forest stretching from Bauchi through Jigawa States with links to the fringes of Sambisa forest was used by terrorists as bases and hideouts for launching attacks.

WAR IN BORNO AS 50 INSURGENTS, 12 SOLDIERS, 4 POLICE OFFICERS AND 4 CIVILIANS DIE IN BATTLE.

About 12 soldiers including a colonel, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, three policemen and four civilians were feared killed at the weekend when about 200 terrorists operating in many Toyota Hilux vehicles attacked Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

The structure housing the Divisional Police Headquarters in the area, markets, houses and vehicles were also destroyed during the encounter between the terrorists and the armed forces.

No fewer than 50 of the terrorists were, however, said to have been killed when ground troops and Air Force fighter jets engaged the attackers, sources said.

IMPEACHMENT DRAMA IN ADAMAWA AS GOVERNOR NYAKO DECLARES PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

The Adamawa State government yesterday declared today Monday July 7 and Tuesday July 8 as work-free days according to DailyTrust.

This is coming a day to the inauguration of the seven-man panel set up by the Acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ambrose Mamadi, to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy, Bala Ngillari. Justice Mamadi’s tenure, will expire tomorrow Tuesday.

“Governor Murtala Nyako has approved Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th of July, 2014 as work-free days in Adamawa State. This is to enable the people reflect on the current happenings in the country and use the period to offer special prayers for peace in the state. The period is also to enable Adamawa workers reflect on current challenges,” the statement said.

63 WOMEN ESCAPE FROM THE CLAWS OF BOKO HARAM IN BORNO.

Sixty-three women abducted by the Boko Haram Islamic sect from Kummabza village in the Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State two weeks ago have escaped from their kidnappers, security sources said on Sunday.

The women, the security sources said, had reunited with their families. Some witnesses said that their unexpected freedom was facilitated when the insurgents left them in the camp to embark on an operation where they attacked military formations on Friday.

This, the sources said, presented the women with an opportunity to flee from their abductors.

HORROR AT THE REDEMPTION CAMP AS 21-YR-OLD STUDENT CUTS HIS FATHER'S THROAT IN RAGE!!!!!

In what may be more than just a physical attack, a young man killed his father who was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria because he slapped him.  Read the report below from PM News.

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested Tolani Ajayi, a 21-year old student of the Department of History and International Relations, Redeemer University, RCCG Camp Ogun State for killing his father on Tuesday 3 July.

The shattered body of Barrister Charles Ajayi, 60, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, was recovered in a box at a nearby bush at Canaanland Street at the Redeemed Christian Church of God Camp, Km 46 Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

#ALUU4 - STILL NO JUSTICE AFTER 22 MONTHS

One year and ten months have passed since the gruesome murder of four (4) students of the University of Port-Hacourt by a deadly mob in the infamous village of ALUU.

The story remains the same...........NO JUSTICE.

RIP Ugonna Ibuzor!!! RIP Llyod Michael!!! RIP Tekena Elkanah!!! RIP Chidiaka Biringa!!!

FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS!!!!!!

FINALLY!!!!! HALF OF A YELLOW SUN HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR VIEWING IN NIGERIA...

The movie, 'Half of a Yellow Sun, was, on Friday, finally approved by the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), for wide release.

This is in confirmation of the story exclusive published on this website three days ago about a possible release of the movie which was unapproved by the Nigerian censor's board for months.

The board had delayed the release of the movie since April, citing current security situation in Nigeria and claiming the movie, which is based on a novel of same name on the Nigerian civil war, could incite violence.

(PICTURE) BOMB BLAST AVERTED IN IMO AS POLICE DETONATES BOMB PLANTED IN A CHURCH OVERNIGHT.

According to Premium Timess, the Police in Imo state have arrested six suspects over the discovery of two Improvised Explosive Devices in a church in Owerri, the state capital, Commissioner of Police, Abdumajid Ali, has said.

Worshippers at the Port Harcourt Road branch of Winners Chapel were full of thanks to God for sparing their lives after the police detected the explosives and detonated them.

PICTURE OF BOY RESCUED FROM KIDNAPPER'S DEN IN OGUN STATE

Fate smiled on an unidentified young boy hawking on Alhaji Jamiu Sulaimon Street in Itele, Ota area of Ogun State on Tuesday evening as he was rescued from kidnappers in the area, just as he was about to be killed.

No 3, Alhaji Jamiu Sulaimon, where the boy was rescued is unarguably one of the most beautiful houses on the street but no one could have imagined the horror discovered behind its high walls.

When our correspondent visited the scene on Wednesday morning, a police patrol vehicle was stationed in front of the compound to ward off curious residents and looters.

SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI MOVES INTO PALACE AT LAST.

Barely five hours after the police vacated the palace, the new emir, Sanusi, was led into his new home by a retinue of armed policemen, palace guards, friends and other well-wishers.

Sanusi stepped into the building for the first time since he emerged emir close to a week ago.

The new emir was earlier prevented from gaining entry into the palace by security officials who were allegedly acting on instructions from Abuja. The journey to the palace began from the Kano State Government House, Kano, by 3.30pm.

PASTOR SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR DEFILING TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRL.

A clergyman, Pastor Uwen Friday, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment by an Ekiadolor Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ekiadolor, Edo State, for defiling a 12- year-old girl.

Uwen was said to have defiled the victim at a farm in Okokhuo village in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state. The defilement was also said to have resulted to a five-month pregnancy.

Uwen was arraigned on a one-count charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. He pleaded guilty to the charge when it was read to him.

HOW LUNG FAILURE KILLED ADORABLE KEFEE.

Award-winning gospel artiste, Kefee Obareki (popularly known as Kefee), passed on in the early hours of Friday, 15 days after she slipped into a coma after collapsing on a flight from Los Angeles to Chicago, United States of America.

The singer, who was reportedly pregnant, slumped while on a flight to Chicago, where she was working on some videos, among, other things. The plane had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles and she was rushed into the Intensive Care Unit of an undisclosed hospital.

An official statement released by her United Kingdom manager, Adeline Adebayo, reads: “On behalf of the family, it is with great sadness but grateful hearts that we announce the passing to glory due to lungs failure this morning of our God’s mouthpiece, chorus leader, daughter, wife, sister, friend, Kefee Branama Queen. May her beautiful, gentle and precious soul rest in perfect peace. Amen!

WELKIN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS ANNOUNCES ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS INTO VARIOUS CLASSES.

Welkin international schools is dedicated to raising God fearing children with emphasis on e-learning. The school has boarding facilities for Nursery, Primary and Secondary school students.

Entrance examination into the Nursery, Primary, Jss1 and Jss2 classes for the 2014/2015 academic session will hold as stated below.

Venue : Welkin international schools complex, Onse road, near Ajibawo Village, Atan Ota, Ogun state.

Date :  Saturday, June 14, 2014.

Time : 10 : 00am prompt.

Tel: 08100834962, 08161262232, 08066192341.

Visit their website www.welkincollege.com for more information

LATE DORA AKUNYILI'S BODY ARRIVES IN NIGERIA.

GOV OBI STARES AT THE AMBULANCE CARRYING DORA'S BODY.

The body of a former Minister of Information and Communications, Prof. Dora Akunyili, arrived the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja late on Wednesday and was received by members of her family and political associates.

The reception team was led by the immediate-past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, who assured that the former Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control would be given a burial befitting of her status and fame.

Akunyili’s body was flown to Nigeria in a private aircraft from India. It was accompanied by her husband, Dr. Chike Akunyili; and her younger brother, Dr. Anayo Edemobi.

CONTROVERSIAL MINISTER OF PETROLEUM DIEZIANI MADUEKE LOSES BID TO OCCUPY OPEC SEC-GEN SEAT.

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to keep its current Secretary-General, Libyan Abdullah al-Badri, thus not confirming the nomination of President Goodluck Jonathan for the influential position.

Jonathan had nominated the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to succeed the long-serving incumbent, who had previously planned to retire in 2012.

But the 12-member organisation, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal, decided to extend al-Badri’s tenure, dashing the ambition of Alison-Madueke.

JONATHAN IS PLOTTING TO ASSASINATE ME - GOVERNOR KWANKWASO

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Kano State governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Wednesday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of plotting to eliminate him, in a fresh twist to a longstanding row between the two leaders.

In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday, Mr. Kwankwaso said the president was after his life and had ordered the withdrawal of half of his security details in a ploy to open him up to physical attacks.

“I have told my friends, and people of Kano, Nigerians and indeed the international community to hold Jonathan responsible for whatever happens to Kwankwaso, his family or even the people of Kano state,” Mr. Kwankwaso said at Kano State governor’s lodge in Abuja.

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JUNE 12 ELECTIONS - 21 YEARS AFTER.

Many days pass unnoticed in the annals of our country, but not June 12. It has been canonised, and fittingly so, as a defining moment in Nigeria’s history. A presidential election held on June 12, 1993 and won by the business mogul, Moshood Abiola, was unaccountably annulled by the military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida. Abiola, who was incarcerated by the Sani Abacha regime for demanding the restoration of his electoral mandate, died in mysterious circumstances in 1998.

The annulled presidential poll was remarkable, not just for its fairness, but for breaking barriers to national unity, especially our fault lines of religion and ethnicity. Abiola, the flag bearer of the Social Democratic Party, was a Muslim and he chose a fellow Muslim, Babagana Kingibe, as his running mate. This Muslim-Muslim ticket defeated a Muslim-Christian ticket of Bashir Tofa and Sylvester Ugoh of the National Republican Convention.

VICTORY FOR LASU STUDENTS AS FASHOLA ANNOUNCES REDUCTION IN TUITION FEES

In what may be considered as victory for LASU students who protested peacefully and occupied the Lagos State Government house last week, the Lagos State Government has announced a reduction in the tuition of the state university.

The government said it would reduce the fees by between 34 per cent and 60 per cent across the different faculties and courses.

Students of the Lagos State University had staged many protests to air their grievances against the “high school fees” and had demanded its reduction.

Renaissance: New Emir, New Kano, New North, New Nigeria, New Africa.. -

High scale intellectual dialogue, economic and social methodical strategizing, complexity cognizant address and redress of existing and future societal challenges and immense strength, are some of the features that defined the ancient Kano dynasty and that also define its new Emir.

The ascension of HRH Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to the Emirship of Kano, Nigeria’s #2 Muslim leadership position and by most measures, the number one traditional leadership office of northern Nigeria can be described as a meeting of two of nature’s most powerful African forces.

The Kano dynasty is one of the most notable kingdoms in ancient world history. In immense wealth, population, economic activity and cultural and intellectual output, Kano rivaled any European kingdom. It was the most prosperous of all provinces under the Fulani Dan Fodio Empire. Lord Luggard, the first Governor General of Nigeria estimated in 1904 that there were 170 walled towns still in existence in the whole of just the Kano province of Nigeria. He described Kano: “Commercial emporium of the western Sudan.’ Of its wall, he said, ‘I have never seen, nor even imagined, anything like it in Africa.”