THE CIRCLE - LAWYERS, JUDGES AND CORRUPTION.

Chief Justice, Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, pushed her anti-corruption efforts a notch higher, the other day, when she sought to identify forces fostering illicit activities in the judiciary. According to the CJN, lawyers, particularly Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), working in tandem with corrupt judges are equally corrupt. 

And her point basically that there are no corrupt judges without corrupt lawyers is incontrovertible. If the Bench stinks of corruption, the Bar may stink even more, a situation that poses grave danger to the entire legal profession and dispensation of justice. Considering the notion that the judiciary is the last hope, the only avenue for the ordinary citizen seeking justice and fairness if all else fails, the CJN’s assertions should be worrisome to all Nigerians.

FLOOD KILLS 3 AND RENDERS MANY HOMELESS IN EDO STATE.

No fewer than three persons were confirmed dead following a torrential rain on Sunday in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko Edo Local Council of Edo.

Houses and household items were submerged by heavy flooding caused by the rain.

A witness, Akinola Onabiyi, said on Monday at Igarra that the rain, which started about 5 p.m., lasted for about eight hours had rendered hundreds of people homeless.

THE CRAZE ABOUT "CREATION OF NEW STATES"

It appears some Nigerians would only be satisfied if each family gets a State. Even then, husband and wife may not agree on who becomes the governor of their State. Things are that ridiculous.

The recommendation of the National Conference that 18 new States be created is not for the well-being of Nigerians. How did the National Conference arrive at its decision? What contributions would 18 new States make to the development of Nigeria? Did the conference contemplate the implications of 18 new governors, 18 new State Assemblies, 18 new judiciary, with the other attendant bureaucracies?

We have passed the stage where new States would develop Nigeria. For years, new States have added to the national burden by diluting resources that would have been used in more productive areas.

MESSI DID NOT DESERVE THE GOLDEN BALL AWARD SAYS DIEGO MARADONA!!!

Argentina icon & legend, Diego Maradona feels Lionel Messi did not deserve to win the Golden Ball following his performances at the World Cup, Goal reports.

The Barcelona star beat the likes of Thomas Muller, Arjen Robben and James Rodriguez to the prestigious individual award after scoring four goals in seven appearances at this summer’s tournament and guiding his team to the final, yet Maradona feels the 27-year-old only won it for commercial reasons.

“Messi? I would give him heaven if possible,” Maradona said during his show on Telesur.

APC MAKES A U-TURN, CHALLENGES FAYOSE'S ELECTION IN COURT!!!!!

Over three weeks after conceding victory to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Ekiti Governorship election of June 21, in the state, the All Progressive Congress, APC, has made a U-turn and decided to challenge the result of the election at the election petition tribunal sitting in Ado Ekiti,the state capital.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of the PDP, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, winner of the election, having polled majority of votes in all the 16 local government areas of the state to defeat the incumbent governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi of APC and the Labour Party, LP, candidate, Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele.

Though details of the contents of APC petition at the tribunal were sketchy at the time this report, the interim chairman of the party in the state, Chief Jide Awe said he personally submitted the petition at the secretariat of the tribunal on behalf of the party on Saturday, since according to him, the law allowed the tribunal to operate on weekends.

40-YR-OLD MAN BEGS FOR PARDON & GETS 4YRS JAIL TERM ONLY FOR RAPING 9-YR-OLD GIRL!!!! #SayNoToRAPE.

A Kontagora High Court has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Isah Makeri, to a four-year jail term without an option of fine for raping a nine-year-old girl.

In the case which lasted about six months, Resident Counsel, Abubakar Suleiman, tendered exhibits and were all upheld by the presiding judge, Justice Yusuf Tanko Usman.

Before pronouncing his judgment on the convict, the judge had asked him whether he had a plea to mitigate the sentence but instead he pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of unlawful intercourse with the teenager and asked for pardon.

NSCDC UNCOVER BABY FACTORY IN ABA, RESCUES MORE THAN 19 PREGNANT WOMEN!!!

The business of making babies for commercial purpose is deeply rooted in many parts of Nigeria, his time the NSCDC have done a good job by uncovering another baby factory in Aba. 

Read more according to Punch after the cut...

(VIDEO) BOKO HARAM LEADER SHEKAU MOCKS THE #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS CAMPAIGN.

BOKO HARAM

Some are calling it a kind of ‘thumbing of the nose’ to Nigerian leaders and to the Nigerian People. But that seems the motive in the latest ‘non-legal’ attack by a group keeping the Nigerian society on edge.

The leader of the Boko Haram terrorist group, Abubakar Shekau, has vowed not to release more than 200 Chibok schoolgirls in his group's captivity. Shekau is saying the sect will only accede to the #BringBackOurGirls campaign after the release of Boko Haram militants held by the Nigerian government.

Mr. Shekau made the demand in a new video published Sunday, where the Islamist leader restated a position he had maintained since the abduction of the girls by Boko Haram militants April 14.

HOW SENATOR NDUME FUNDS BOKO HARAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

New leads are emerging on the involvement of Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial District at the Nigerian Senate with the Islamic terror  sect, Boko Haram.

Investigations have also revealed the role allegedly played by Senator Ndume in the death of Major Timothy Fambiya, who led the operation that led to the death of the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau.

Ndume is standing trial at an Abuja High Court over links with terrorists. He is accused of providing phone numbers of some government officials to the members of the Islamic sect.

MORE TROUBLE FOR APC AS NASSARAWA STATE GOV GETS IMPEACHMENT NOTICE

The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Alhaji Musa Ahmed on Monday, directed the Clerk of the House to serve Gov. Tanko Al-Makura with notice of impeachment for `gross misconduct’.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development followed a motion of public interest raised by the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Mr Yahaya Usman (PDP-Umaisha/Ugya) during plenary in Lafia.

Usman presented a document signed by 20 of the 24 members of the Assembly which contained the allegations of gross misconduct against the governor.

IMPEACHMENT SAGA - PANEL INDICTS GOV. NYAKO

There were indications last night that the panel raised by the Adamawa State House of Assembly to probe the allegations of misappropriation of funds had indicted the state governor, Murtala Nyako. Also, the panel might have cleared his deputy, Bala James Ngilari. The panel is expected to submit its report to the state House of Assembly today.

It was also gathered that the embattled governor was already considering defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as that remained the only option to escape the impeachment noose hanging on his neck. Erstwhile governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff,  had defected to the PDP and is set to storm Maiduguri, the state capital for a briefing with his supporters today.

A top government official, who is privy to the work of the seven-man panel, confided in Vanguard that the report concluded that Nyako was guilty and should be removed but did not indict Ngilari.

ARMY SAYS GENERALS DID NOT EMBEZZLE $43M MEANT FOR PEACE-KEEPERS.

The Nigerian Army has denied the diversion of $43m meant for the settlement of officers and men on peace-keeping missions by some army generals. Read initial report HERE.

According to Vanguard, the army made the clarification in reaction to an online media claim that the amount, which has been set aside for peace-keeping had been pocketed by the unnamed generals in the Nigerian Army.

The Army in the clarification posted in its website on Sunday, made it clear that there had never been any case of embezzlement of funds meant for peace keeping operations.

CHILD EDUCATION ACTIVIST MALALA VISITS NIGERIA , DEMANDS FOR THE RELEASE OF CHIBOK GIRLS!!!!!

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl-child education campaigner, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has called on Boko Haram terrorists to free the abducted Chibok school girls.

Malala, who commenced a three-day visit to Nigeria on Saturday, celebrated her 17th birthday in Abuja at a dinner held in her honour at Transcorp Hilton hotel. She spoke exclusively after the dinner that ended at about 10.40 p.m.

“On my 17th birthday my wish is to see every child go to school and I want to see my Nigerian sisters being released from their abduction and I want them to be free to go to school and continue their education,’’ she said.

BOKO HARAM CLAIMS RESPONSIBLITY FOR LAGOS BLAST.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for two explosions on June 25 at a fuel depot in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub.

“A bomb went off in Lagos. I ordered (the bomber) who went and detonated it,” Shekau said, according to the French news agency, which is usually the first to get hold of Shekau’s videos before they are distributed online.

21-YR-OLD COMMITS SUICIDE IN CALABAR AFTER GIRLFRIEND JILTS HIM.

Friends and family members of a 21-year-old student of Maritime Academy Oron, Effiong Otu are at a loss why he committed suicide by hanging himself on a rope in his room on Thursday morning after he was jilted by his girl friend.

Ann, a family member said that Effiong was found hanging in his room at Diamond Hill, a few minutes after he collected a rope from neighbours who became suspicious soon after he went   inside his room with the rope wondering what he wanted to use it for.

According to the source, when his mother Grace Otu, a nurse at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital   left the house at about 3pm on that fateful day, the young man borrowed a rope and killed himself.

SEVENTEEN LAWYERS ELEVATED TO THE RANK OF SENIOR ADVOCATE.

Seventeen Nigerian lawyers have been elevated to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN).

A statement by the Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee signed by the Chief Registrar/Secretary, Sunday Olorundahunsi, said they were elevated as a mark of excellence.

ARMY GENERALS IN DEEP MESS OVER EMBEZZLEMENT OF $43M MEANT FOR PEACEKEEPERS SAYS PETITION.

The Nigerian army is currently enmeshed in a controversy as a petition claims that about $43M was pocketed by top generals according to SaharaReporters.

A powerful but anonymous petition written by concerned Nigerian soldiers claims that the Nigerian Army owes its men and women who have served in various United Nations peacekeeping operations over $43 million.

The document also carpets the United Nations, which it alleges may have collaborated with cheating Nigerian army chiefs to divert the allowances of the peacekeepers into their own pockets.

“It is on record and verifiable that over 3,950 troops who participated in Peace Support Operations in Liberia and Sudan between 2013 to 2014 are still been [owed] various months of allowances amounting to over $43.23m US Dollars which is equivalent to N6,919,168,000:00 Billion Nigerian Naira to date,” the petition said.

ARMY RECOVERS MORE WEAPONS FROM DARAZO FOREST, BAUCHI

The good works the Nigerian Army is doing in the terroe ravaged North-Eastern part of the country deserves accolades as more weapons were recovered from Darazo Forest according to Sahara reporters. 

Read more after the cut..........

(PICTURES) TEARS AND AGONY AS KEFEE IS BURIED.

Beautiful gospel musician, Kefee, who died in the United States of America after falling into coma has been buried in her hometown of Sapele, Delta State.

Her death is very painful as she was just 34 with big dreams. Death is cruel.

Kefee sang KOKOROKO & BRANAMA, popular gospel songs in Nigeria till date. See video here.

NEW VIDEO - Lord Have Mercy - K9 Ft. Olamide

LORD HAVE MERCY

Watch visuals of K9's collaboration with Olamide..... You can't but like this song!!!!!!!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO.