MEND CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR ATTACK ON POLICE BOATS

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack on two Police gunboats in Bayelsa State.

In an email to PREMIUM TIMES, a spokesperson for the group, Jomo Gbomo, said the attack took place in Perembari, Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.

Mr. Gbomo said the police boats were providing security to a former militant leader, Eris Paul, whom MEND classified a traitor. “Ogunboss and several others now hiding in the cities, sold their birth rights for contracts and political appointments to the detriment of a just cause,” the group said. “They are now persona non grata in the creeks, and their lives and ill-gotten properties have become subject to legitimate targets for destruction.”

OBASANJO & APC LEADERS WANTED ME TO ROT IN BENIN JAIL - ASARI DOKUBO

Mr. Dokubo-Asari alleges it was ex-President Obasanjo that instigated his recent arrest in Benin Republic.

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has alleged that former President Olusegun Obasanjo as well as some leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, wanted him to rot away in detention in Benin Republic to enable them perpetrate electoral malpractices in the coming general elections.

He specifically alleged that Mr. Obasanjo plotted his arrest recently in the Republic of Benin, when he (Obasanjo) sent his name alongside others to the INTERPOL, asking it to arrest and detain the neighboring West African country.

OIL REVENUE LEAKAGES - EL RUFAI

The Presidential Economic Team of 2003 to 2007 which I was privileged to be a member had a running joke - that the NNPC was an independent federal republic on its own totally separate from and way superior to the Nigeria we all worked for! This joke was our way of criticizing the way and manner the NNPC not only sells crude oil as an agent on behalf of the government of the federation as in its enabling law, but even then felt entitled to spend as much of the proceeds of sale as it deemed fit. 

The NNPC had begun then to be a law unto itself, outside our national laws and above the constitution, hence our joke. Recent revelations of oil revenue leakages have confirmed that this is a joke that has turned into a macabre reality. Our nation's finances are in grave danger of becoming zero due to the conduct of a rogue institution that has become more powerful than its principal under Jonathan's watch.

LAGOS STATE PARTNERS WITH BILLIONAIRE ALIKO DANGOTE OVER REFINERY AS IBEJU-LEKKI RESIDENTS CRY OVER LAND INJUSTICE

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola visited Ibeju Lekki residents today just days after authorizing police to force residents from their land. 

Governor Fashola wants the area for the Lekki Free Zone project.  Joining him was billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote, whom the Government is interested in persuading to use the site for a refinery and petrochemical project. At the meeting local chiefs occupied front seats with the Dangote Group as well as other investors.  A source said some of crowd had been rented to respond favorable to the speeches.  

During the meeting the front seat occupants frequently cheered the remarks of the Governor and Mr. Dangote. Ibeju Lekki residents occupied the rear seats. Governor Fashola said he had to plead with Dangote to consider the area for his refinery rather than another area and stated the benefits of siting the project in Ibeju Lekki.  

WAR IN THE DRUG HAVEN OF MUSHIN-LAGOS AS NDLEA KILLS 4 HOODLUM AND ARREST MANY.

Mushin is a very notorious haven for criminals and several attempts by Government agencies to end the illicit drug trades have been met with very stiff resistance.

Four persons were feared dead, Saturday night according to Vangaurd at the notorious drug haven of Akala in Mushin area of Lagos, when armed hoodlums attacked a combined team of National Drug Law Enforcement, NDLEA, and some soldiers during a raid.

NDLEA operatives  and some  soldiers, stormed Akala, a notorious hideout for criminals in Lagos and attempted to arrest some drug barons, peddlers and users, operating in the area. But they met stiff resistance from some hoodlums who attacked them with bottles and other dangerous weapons.

Eyewitness disclosed that  some of the hoodlums, who were also  armed with guns fired at the NDLEA officials and the soldiers, prompting a retaliation.

TACKLING BAD BREATH

Halitosis, commonly known as bad breath, is a condition that can be prevented or treated. Halitosis, which is commonly known as bad breath, often causes embarrasment both privately and publicly.

“It’s a bit embarrassing when one is told his or her mouth smells. The average Nigerian doesn’t want to be embarrassed. But the oral hygiene habit of the average and educated Nigerian could be described as good. Often, most Nigerians try to abide by the rule of brushing their teeth twice daily,” said a dentist and health management consultant, Dr. Adeuga Adekuoye.

According to experts, halitosis is a condition caused by sulphur-producing bacteria that live within the surface of the tongue and in the throat. It is usually caused by an accumulation of bacteria in the mouth as a result of gum disease, food, or plaque. The condition could result from poor oral hygiene or dental health habits.

22-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN STABBED TO DEATH IN UK

According to daily mail, a driver has died after he was stabbed before climbing into his car and crashing into a London bus during rush hour yesterday. The victim has today been named as 22-year-old Femi Junaid, from Peckham, South London. Police said Mr Junaid died in hospital last night following the crash near Stockwell underground station shortly before 5.45pm.

The Met's homicide and major crime command has launched a murder investigation and says Mr Junaid's death could be linked to an argument on a bus nearby. A spokesman said: 'Detectives believe Femi was stabbed in Clapham Road, some 50 yards from the scene of the collision, before getting into his car and colliding with the bus.

FIVE POLICE OFFICERS SLUMP AT IKEJA POLICE COLLEGE DURING PARADE

This post reminds me of a parade at the "Ungogo NYSC Camp - Kano State" where I served several years ago when more than 10 corpers fell like a mango tree during the parade. Punch reports that five police officers who couldn't bear the stress at a parade yesterdat fell and needed medical attention. Not strange though.

Five officers of the Nigeria Police Force slumped on Friday at the Police College, Ikeja, during a parade to mark the pulling out (retirement) of senior police officers.

 The event, which lasted for about two hours, was held in honour of  seven  retiring officers, made up of two AIGs and five commissioners.

TRAGIC - RAPE VICTIM SHOT DEAD IN INDIA ON HER WAY TO COURT

A rape victim was shot dead at an Indian court as she prepared to give her statement against a local 'godman'.

The 25-year-old woman had been fighting a rape case against Govindanand Teerath for two years. A godman is the name given to a high-profile Indian guru. They are capable of garnering support from Indian society and make claims of spiritual attainment.

NO VICTOR NO VANQUISHED - AMAECHI

The Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said that though the Supreme Court judgement vindicated him against his opponent in the 2011 election, Mr. Celestine Omehia, there is no victor, no vanquished in the matter.

Amaechi explained that the court ruling had provided an opportunity for everybody to join his administration in the development of the state and the advancement of the people. The governor, who spoke in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, said Friday’s Supreme Court judgment was a sign that God was with his administration and supporters.

He promised that his government would continue to work hard and better the lives of the people.

LIVERPOOL DESTROYS ARSENAL 5 - 1 (VIDEO) AS CHELSEA MOVES TO THE TOP OF THE EPL.

Arsene Wenger's men  fell like a pack of cards today to the superior firepower of their title rivals Liverpool. The gunners were four goals down inside twenty minutes and they never recovered from the shock. 

Chelsea put three past Newcastle to now top the table.

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LIV 5 ARS 1

POLICE HIGH COMMAND REPLACES RIVERS CP "JOSEPH MBU" RIVERS AFTER MANY PETITIONS AGAINST HIM

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, has been transferred to the FCT Command after many months of public pressure for his transfer.He has been replaced with the Commissioner in charge of the Special Fraud Unit, Johnson Ogunshakin.

The opposition APC had insisted severally on his transfer claiming he wasn't discharging his duties constitutionally.

This may not be the end to the #RIVERSCRISIS.

ATIKU WILL COME BACK BEGGING - PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has finally reacted to the defection of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar to All Progressives Congress, APC, saying he’s on a voyage and will come back to PDP begging as was the case in the past.

The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Uche Secondus said this at the PDP National Woman Leader’s strategic consultative workshop with women in media and communication, with the theme “The Role of Media in Promoting Women’s participation in politics,” held yesterday at the party national secretariat.

Secondus said: “The good thing is that the PDP is so consistent and constant that when they leave, they go on a voyage and they come back and we receive them.

FIVE POLICE OFFICERS IN CUSTODY IN IMO OVER RENTAL OF RIFLE TO KIDNAPPERS

Five policemen, serving in Imo State police command, including the armourer of New Owerri police division, are now in detention over how one of the AK-47 rifles officially issued for guard duties, ended up in the hands of dare devil kidnappers operating in the state.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Musa Katsina, said while four of the five policemen were explaining their involvement in the sordid act, the armourer is being tried for negligent conduct.

Katsina said: “It is true that I ordered the arrest, detention and interrogation of four serving policemen of this command for allegedly renting one of the rifles assigned to them to dare devil kidnappers.”

HOW NNPC IS ROBBING NIGERIA BLIND - SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI

Long before his shocking letter to President Goodluck Jonathan exposing massive diversion of government oil revenues became public December 2013, Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, said he did what many have accused him of failing to do: acting early as the losses escalated.

Accompanied by all of CBN’s deputy governors sometime in 2010, he said he drove to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to ask for an answer to a simple math: why Nigeria’s reserves had failed to rise in the face of unprecedented high oil prices internationally.

Mr. Sanusi said NNPC official lectured his team that the trouble arose because much of Nigeria’s oil production came from deep offshore wells; and that the Sani Abacha government had scandalously agreed with oil companies to peg such oil earnings at $10 dollar per barrel — the prevailing price at the time. The arrangement was fixed to run for 30 years.

EIGHT YEAR OLD GIRL RAPED TO DEATH IN AKWA IBOM. #SAYNOTORAPE

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an eight-year-old primary school girl has been raped to death by unknown persons in Ikot Ekang, Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state.

The incident took place on Tuesday night when she was sent on errand by her grandfather at about 6.30 p.m. It was learnt that the grandfather, Enobong Wilson, raised alarm when the girl did not return three hours after she left the house.

Her corpse was eventually found on Wednesday morning near an uncompleted building in the village. The girl was a pupil of Christian Victory Nursery and Primary School in the village. The school’s Head Teacher, Ufok Tommy, said that the deceased was registered in the school by her grandfather at the beginning of this academic year.

THE COWARD CALLED "ASARI DOKUBO" AND HIS EMPTY THREATS - JOE IGBOKWE

ASAI DOKUBO

We live in interesting times in Nigeria today. Cowards and Villains nobody knew when it mattered most in Nigeria between 1985 and 1998 are the ones terrorizing Nigeria today. Lily-livered men without bones who could not raise a voice in the days of locusts are the ones telling us today that they are courageous and strong. Men who are women who could not stand up the way the Late Ken Sarowiwa stood up to Abacha Regime are now the common fools abusing our nationhood.

Now enter Asari Dokubo, the emergency activist, the only bold one in Nigeria, the man stronger than all the armies of Nigeria. Nigeria can never change. Some of the things we accused Northern Military leaders of doing from 1985 to 1998 are repeating itself today in Nigeria. Sectional Politics, Ethnic preoccupation, Mediocracy, Favoritism and impunity are driving leadership in Nigeria today.

#FLASHBACK - "WE OSE" BY BENITA OKOJIE (@Benita_Okojie)

WE OSE"

Four years after the release of the visuals of Benita Okojie's song "WE OSE", it is still a very hot content online. The lady who gained popularity in Nigeria's gospel music scene as a young child is still shining bright like a star to the glory of God.

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HILARIOUS PICTURES FROM AROUND THE WORLD SHOWING WORKMEN WHO CHEATED DEATH

See workmen who neglected safety standards..... They were just lucky..................

HURLEY-BILL CLINTON AFFAIR ALLEGATIONS CAUGHT ON TAPE IS NOT TRUE, IT IS THE RANTINGS OF A DRUG ADDICT - TOM SIZEMORE

Bill Clinton & Elizabeth Hurley

News of Bill Clinton's infidelity with Elizabeth Hurley was the hottest topic online yesterday but according to DailyMail, the man behind the allegation Tom Sizemore has taken back his claim and said his bizarre accusation was fuelled by drugs.

In an interview on Wednesday, the 52-year-old actor denied having ever met the former president and added that he had never given him Ms Hurley’s phone number. ‘I’m not denying I said these things. I don’t remember saying these things’, he told HuffPostLive. ‘They’re the rantings of a guy that it has been well-chronicled had a very severe problem’.

Ms Hurley, 48, had earlier dismissed the allegations, which emerged in a tape released to Radar Online, as ‘ludicrously silly’.