Another robbery in Ekiti 12 hours after driver’s death

Barely 12 hours after robbers struck on the Aramoko-Igede Highway in Ekiti State, another robbery has been reported.

The second robbery, which occurred late on Wednesday, happened at a spot not far from the place where a driver, Toyin Kajiko, was killed.

Sources told The Nation yesterday in Ado-Ekiti that a bus conveying 14 passengers was attacked at 8pm but nobody was killed.

The bus was said to be heading to Ado-Ekiti.

The robberies have struck fear in the minds of residents, motorists and commuters.

Police Recover Arms, Ballot Papers In Ex-militant’s Home

Not less than 35 people have been arrested at the residence of Soboma Jackrich, a former militant leader, popularly known as Egberipapa, at Buguma community, Asari Toru local government area of Rivers state.

File photo of arms

According to New Telegraph, the raid was conducted by policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), anti-cultism unit, 19 Police Mobile Force (PMF) and 56 PMF in Rivers state.
The raid was said to have been carried out around 4am on Thursday, January 7, by policemen, who stormed a notorious criminal’s hideout in Buguma.

Biafran struggle: Ohanaeze rejects Kanu’s approach

Nnamdi Kanu

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The Secretary General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr. Joe Nwaorgu, says the approach of the founder of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to the perceived marginalisation of the Igbo is unacceptable.

Nwaorgu said Kanu’s strategies to correct the alleged imbalance were at variance with that of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo which believed that the problems could be resolved within the country and not through violence.

Speaking in an interview with our correspondent on Thursday, Nwaorgu, however, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to consider releasing Kanu unconditionally.

FG begins direct payment of ex-militants’ stipends

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Chukwudi Akasike

THE Federal Government said it had started the direct payment of three months arrears of stipends owed former Niger Delta militants.

The Chief of Staff to the Office of the Special Adviser to the President and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Dedis Abel (retd.), who disclosed this on Thursday, promised that the Federal Government would henceforth be paying the former agitators directly.

23 die of starvation in Syrian town

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Twenty-three people have died of starvation in the besieged Syrian town of Madaya since December 1, Doctors Without Borders said Friday, as the United Nations prepared an aid delivery to the area.

The UN said there were 40,000 people, half of them children, who needed immediate lifesaving assistance in Madaya, where access has been restricted by pro-regime forces.

Damascus on Thursday gave permission for UN agencies to send relief to the town, following reports of starvation deaths among civilians, many of whom have been displaced from the neighbouring rebel stronghold of Zabadani.

Kenya crackdown on sex talk and preacher shows

Kenya has published new broadcast regulations, which will place strict limits on sexual content and ban preachers from soliciting money on air.

Explicit content will only be allowed on the airwaves between 22:00 and 05:00 in order to protect children, Kenya's Communications Authority says.

Has Iyanya Part Ways With Freda Francis?

Iyanya and Freda Francis

From the look of things, it seems the center can no longer hold between Iyanya and his new girlfriend Freda Francis. As it seems he has broken up with the Abuja based beautician as Iyanya has unfollow Francis on Instagram and also deleted all her pictures on his wall.
The two lovebirds flaunt their relationship especially in the latter part of 2015 attending events together and taking pictures as a couple.

2016 People's Choice Awards: Winners from the TV category

The 2016 People's Choice Awards aired on January 06 on FOX, and it was a star-studded affair, as is essentially the point with such a program.

The Awards celebrate the fan-voted favorites in everything music, movies, TV, and so on. There are dozens of categories, though of course not all of them are presented on TV.

I wore just a bra, hat to win – Winner, Sisi Oge pageant

Alluring, brainy and eloquent are words that best describe Caroline Oresanya Yetunde, the University of Lagos Creative Arts final year student on whose head now sits the Sisi Oge Pride of Africa crown for 2015/2016.

 In this interview, Yetunde who defeated 23 other contestants at the pageant’s 9th edition which held in Lagos recently, shares plans for her reign, her journey into beauty pageantry and as one who weirdly prefers to stay behind the camera in spite of her beauty, she reveals that her ambition is to be the world’s biggest creative director.

What do you suspect stood you out?

Caroline Oresanya Yetunde,

Adadevoh family can’t stop Ebola film —Producers

 

Late physician, Dr. Stella Adadevo

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Producers of 93 Days, a film about Nigeria’s battle against Ebola, have said that the family of the late Dr. Stella Adadevoh lacks the power to stop the movie.

Reacting to a letter in which the Adadevoh and Cardoso families of the doctor dissociated themselves from the production, and threatened to take a legal action should the producers continue with the film, they noted that it was not about the late doctor.

In a statement on Wednesday night, the producers, including the Chief Executive Officer of Terra Kulture, Mrs. Bolanle Austen-Peters, said, “We hereby strongly deny allegations contained in the recent press statement released by one Dr. Ama Adadevoh, who claims to be acting on behalf of the Cardoso and Adadevoh families. The allegations are not only untrue, they are also malicious and a calculated attempt to sabotage our feature film, 93 Days.

Aba killer-cop facing orderly room trial—CP

ABA—Abia State Commissioner of Police, Habila Joshak, has said that Corporal Patrick Kalu who allegedly killed a father of two children, Ikeokwu Onyemachi, in Aba, Abia State, is now undergoing orderly room trial.

Abia CP, Habila Joshak

The Commissioner disclosed this during a condolence visit to the bereaved family, assuring them that the policemen would be dismissed if found culpable.

Recall that Corporal Kalu, in company of three of his colleagues, killed Onyemachi, a Port Harcourt-based businessman as they were going home after depositing the corpse of his friend’s father, Pa Okike, at Group Medical Practice, GMP, mortuary when the Police team attempted to seize their motorcycle.

Nigeria: FG plans audit of revenue generating agencies to enforce remittance By Victor Iluyemi

Abuja City Gate

WorldStage Newsonline-- The practice where revenue generating agencies of the Federal Government of Nigeria spend all the money they generate without any supervision and remittance may soon come to an end going by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) endorsement of  President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s initiative to scrutinise and plug leakages in ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) generating revenues.

The Minister of Information Lai Mohammed and Minister of Finance Kemi Adeosun, who briefed State House correspondents at the end of FEC meeting presided over by the President on Thursday said the ministers who supervise the revenue-generating boards were reminded of their responsibilities under the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA).

Armsgate: Why EFCC arrested Buhari’s friend, Jafaru Isa

The Presidency has stated that it would not interfere in the arrest and probe of an ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Jafaru Isa, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
He was arrested Wednesday night in connection to the $2.1bn arms scandal.

The former Military Administrator of Kaduna State from December 1993 to August 1996, during the regime of General Sani Abacha, once contested for governor under the defunct CPC in Kano State.
Isa, who is a top shot in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was said to have collectied N100 million from the Office of the National Adviser, ONSA.

Nigerians should be patient with Buhari – Yuguda

A former governor of Bauchi State, Malam Isa Yuguda has urged Nigerians to pray and be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Yuguda said Nigerians should bear with the president despite the economic and security challenges facing the nation.
Yuguda in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday said that the pains in the country could be likened to the hurt accruable from a deep wound.
He insisted that President Buhari had the best intentions for the country.

We collected N53m from Anenih to advocate hitch-free 2015 elections – Yakasai

Leader of the Northern Elders Council, NEC, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai has admitted that he and eight other prominent northerners received the sum of N53m from Chief Tony Anenih, but explained that the money was meant for advocacy visit to traditional rulers in the region to mobilised their subjects so that the 2015 general elections could be hitch free.

Yakasai on Wednesday confirmed to Vanguard that, “yes, myself and 8 others collected N53m from Chief Tony Anenih to pay advocacy visit to prominent northern emirs to mobilise their subjects for a hitch-free 2015 general elections”.