SENATE CONFIRMS AMAECHI & OTHERS AS PDP SENATORS STAGE WALKOUT.

The Nigerian Senate has confirmed former Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi as minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

PDP senators, however, staged a walk out in protest of the confirmation of Amaechi. The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, led the walk-out.

Things came to a head after the Chairman of the Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Senator Samuel Anyanwu presented the report on the petition against the former governor. 

KELECHI IHEANACHO SHINES IN HIS FIRST COMPETITIVE START FOR MANCHESTER CITY.

The Capital One Cup, very much the poor relation within the hierarchy of competitions available to English clubs, has in recent history been used by clubs to rotate their squad of players, not only allowing fringe players vital minutes but used as an opportunity to blood promising younger players.

Manuel Pellegrini though is not a manager keen to relegate the competition to the status of second-class citizen, mindful of the fact that this was the first trophy he landed in England.

He also appears to be a proponent of taking each game as it comes (rather than it being mere lip service), being an opportunity rather than a burden on a bloated fixture list.

NIGERIAN ARMY RELEASES PICTURES OF 100 WANTED BOKO HARAM TERRORIST.

Nigerian army has released pictures of members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect. Members of the public with useful information about the terorists are implored to help the army capture this killers.

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COURT JAILS SECURITY GUARD FOR RAPING NINE YEAR OLD GIRL. #SAYNOTORAPE.

An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a security guard, Onoja Abel, to five years imprisonment for raping a nine-year-old girl.

The Chief Magistrate, Victoria Bob-Manuel, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty of rape and assault.

“Having admitted and found guilty of two offences, the accused is hereby sentenced to five years imprisonment for unlawful carnal knowledge of the girl.

MEET THE 26-YR-OLD LADY GENIUS WHO BROKE THE NIGERIAN LAW SCHOOL RECORD.

A genius, Fatima Bombom Sani, made history on Wednesday, 21 October 2015 when she was honoured with standing ovation by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, other members of the Body of Benchers (BOB) and the Council of Legal Education (CLE), other dignitaries and the new wigs (her colleagues just called to Bar) according to DailyTrust.

Fatima broke existing record in the Nigeria Law School by bagging nine separate awards compared to existing record of seven awards ever received at the Call to Bar of Nigerian Law School.

THE ILE IFE AND YORUBA OF MY DREAMS- BY OONI OF IFE ELECT ADEYEYE OGUNWUSI.

I have a story to tell the world   and most importantly the people of  Ile-Ife.  About 40 years ago, I was born into the Giesi Ruling House, Ojaja Royal Compound in the ancient city of Ile-Ife.

From birth, my life has been a journey; one that I embarked on, saddled with great conscientiousness when I became a responsible father at the age of 19, which shaped and groomed me for greater challenges ahead.

To cater for my family as a young father, I became very enterprising with the knack of building something out of nothing. This certainly increased my temperament for being successful in all my endeavours, as well as towing the right path as a responsible father.

THE ELECTION NULLIFICATION IS A GANG-UP AGAINST ME.

Governor Nyesom Wike has described the nullification of his election by the Election Petition Tribunal as a gang up against him and the people of the state arguing that the the judiciary was setting a dangerous precedent in the country with the way it had gone about elections in Rivers state.

Special Adviser to the governor on media and publicity, Mr Opunabo Nko-Tariah in a statement yesterday in Port Harcourt alleged that there had been  effort to wrestle power from Governor Wike through the back door, adding that legal steps will be taken to defend the mandates of the people displayed in the April 11 general election.

“What is going on right now can best be described as judicial gang-up against Governor Wike, nay, the people of Rivers State. It is an affront on democracy and a blight disregard for the will of the people as evinced in the April 11 general elections.

I DID NOT GET OIL CONTRACT FROM JONATHAN - CHIEF EDWIN CLARK.

Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has dismissed insinuations that he betrayed former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, by reportedly saying that the ex-President lacked the political will to fight corruption, noting that he was maliciously misconstrued.

Clark, who was criticised by some associates of the former President over the statement, also denounced claims that his decision to quit partisan politics was provoked by the ex-President’s defeat at the polls.

In a 3,902-word letter, the former Minister of Information exonerated himself from the various allegations of betrayal levelled against him, adding that close associates of the former President and some party leaders sold Jonathan out.

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FUTURE SHOOTS DOWN BLAC CHYNA, SAYS HE IS SINGLE.

Blac Chyna clearly made one of the rashest decisions in dating history, because Future not only says he's single ... he's insinuating he was never even banging her!

The rapper just posted a clear message, "Single and focusing on what makes me happy." What's amazing about this ... less than 2 weeks after they supposedly started dating, Chyna inked his name on her hand. The swelling hasn't even gone away and they're now history.

OBASANJO IS AN OVERGROWN CHILD OF CIRCUMSTANCE - PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA.

The Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an overgrown child of circumstance.

Soyinka sharply criticised Obasanjo in his (Nobel laureate’s) new book, titled InterInventions: Between Defective Memory and the Public Lie – A Personal Odyssey in the Republic of Liars, presented in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Saturday.

Although Soyinka conceded that he used to be friendly with Obasanjo and admitted in the book that some stakeholders were making efforts to reconcile them, he said he owed it a responsibility to fundamentally respond to lies that Obasanjo allegedly told against him in his latest biography, titled, My Watch, described in InterInventions as Three-Carat Watch.

SUPREME COURT DISMISSES WIKE'S SUIT AGAINST ELECTION TRIBUNAL.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday, dismissed the suit filed by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, challenging the jurisdiction of the Rivers governorship election petition tribunal to hear a petition by candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dakuku Peterside.

In his argument, Wike had argued that the tribunal sitting in Abuja had no jurisdiction over matters that transpired in the state, contending however, that the tribunal should have sat in Rivers State and not Abuja.

However, the tribunal was moved to Abuja on the ground of security concerns, like those of Akwa I‎bom, Yobe, Adamawa and Borno.

I WILL COMPLETE MY 4 YEAR TENURE AS GOVERNOR - WIKE BRAGS.

The embattled Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said that despite the ruling of the State Election Petitions Tribunal, he will complete his four-year tenure as the chief executive of the state.

Wike also expressed optimism that he would eventually emerge victorious at the end and would continue to retain his position as the governor of the state.

The governor, who was speaking to a crowd that gathered for a thanksgiving service at the Obi Wali International Conference Centre in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said the thanksgiving service was significant, adding that he would not have become a governor if the enemies’ plans had worked.

LAUTECH GRADUATE ARRESTED FOR INTERNET FRAUD, REVEALS HOW HE HACKS INTO BANK ACCOUNTS.

A graduate of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, Babatunde Fatai, who is about to begin the mandatory national youth service programme, said he posed as a genuine lover to defraud foreign women and men whom he met on dating sites.

Fatai, who has been arrested by the Oyo State Police command for various Internet crimes, including hacking into bank accounts of many people in and outside Nigeria, had once been arrested for robbery and arraigned in court but granted bail.

He was arrested with the sum of N2.4m by men of the command’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad in his Ogbomosho hideout. Also in his possession were: a Honda CRV with number plate KWL 280 CN, a Nissan Altima car with number plate KJA 963 CA, a Ford saloon car with number plate KRD 837 DQ and a Toyota Camry saloon car with number plate LSR 418 DJ.

PRINCE ADEYEYE OGUNWUSI EMERGES AS NEW OONI OF IFE.

The Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has approved the appointment of a new Ooni of Ife.

He is Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi of Giesi Ruling House of Ile-Ife, State of Osun.

The Secreatary to Osun state government, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti said the choice of Ogunwusi as the Ooni follows the completion of the due process by the kingmakers and the communication of their decision to Government.

PDP & APC FLEX MUSCLE OVER IN RIVERS OVER ELECTION TRIBUNAL'S JUDGEMENT.

The two dominant political parties in Rivers State, All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were yesterday flexing muscles over the court judgment that annulled the last governorship election in the state, even as they set their sights on a possible rerun.

Erstwhile governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi fresh from his ministerial screening in Abuja, last Thursday, stormed the state, yesterday, to breathe life into the party’s structures. His successor and incumbent governor, Nyesom Wike also, yesterday, roused his associates to prepare for another election showdown.

Remarkably, both former political allies now turned arch political foes spoke at different thanksgiving services in Port-Harcourt, the state capital, where they called on the name of God to push their different agenda.

APC & PDP SENATORS DISAGREE OVER AMAECHI.

Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday disagreed before they eventually screened the former governor of Rivers, Rotimi Amaechi.

The disagreement ensued when PDP Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, raised a Point of Order on Amaechi’s screening when the report on the petition against him was yet to be considered.

Akpabio insisted that it was the rules of the Senate that when the Committee on Ethic and Privileges submits its report on a petition against a nominee, it must be considered before screening.

MUST READ ARTICLE - INNOCENT AT HOME GUILTY ABROAD.

Were the law of comparative advantage to be fully operational, Nigeria would have benefited tremendously from an arrangement where its criminal cases would have been firmed out to Britain and America.

There could be no better way of resolving all those high profile cases of assassination, murder, kidnapping, treasury looting and the white-collar crimes that have been lying in our courts. There would also have been no better way for President Muhammadu Buhari to give some biting teeth to his avowed war on corruption.

As currently structured, Nigeria’s criminal justice system is ponderously frustrating; and totally skewed against the state, which appears pathetically powerless against its own laws, no thanks to the cynical manipulation of the elite.

DEJI OF AKURE BANS EZE NDIGBO TITLE.

The Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has banned the title of ‘Eze Ndi Igbo’ in Akureland and ordered it to be reviewed and replaced with a non-controversial honorary title.

This is one of the conditions given by the monarch to end the crisis between him and the leader of the Igbo community in the town, Mr. Gregory Iloehike. The monarch said the condition must be met before Igbo traders in the area would be allowed to continue operating their businesses in the community.

The traditional ruler dethroned the Igbo leader last week and stopped his men from opening their shops following an alleged rude behaviour against the traditional ruler at his palace by the Igbo leader during a meeting with Oba Aladelusi.