Friday, September 25, 2015

Police Constable Kills 2 Inspectors, Commits Suicide In Yobe

A Police constable went on rampage on a shooting spree on Friday in Yobe state, killing two inspectors before turning the gun on himself.
The incident happened at about 6:40 am on Friday at Nengere Local Government area of the state following a disagreement among the policemen.

Adamawa Governor, Bindow, To Appoint Igbo Adviser

Governor Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa state is to appoint an Igbo man as one of his special advisers. Bindow made this known, on Thursday, while playing host to groups who visited him homage to mark Eid-el-Kabir, in Government House, Yola. He said that the appointment would demonstrate national unity for all Nigerians, regardless of their socio-cultural background. According to him, he would appoint an Igbo man as his adviser, owing to the fact his administration must be an inclusive one The governor urged the people to pray for the state and his administration to achieve its vision. He also sought prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari to achieve his vision of rebuilding the Nigeria of our dream. Bindow said that his administration had surmounted the challenge of owing workers’ salaries. He said that his administration would continue to prioritise regular and prompt payment of workers’ salaries. He said that his administration was waiting for bailout funds to clear all the pending salary arrears owed to workers in the state.

Photos: Fayose, Ben Bruce pay the Awolowos a condolence visit


Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose and Senator Ben Murray-Bruce paid the Awolowos a condolence visit today September 25th over the death of the family matriarch Mrs H.I.D Awolowo. More pics after the jump

Photo: EFCC Arraigns Man for N4.5million Love Scam


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on September 21, 2015 arraigned one Amadi Jude before Justice Emmanuel Obile of the Federal High Court Calabar, Cross River State on a 12-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence. Amadi who goes by different pseudo names – Richard Smith, Mike Anderson, Richard Darwin, Jackson Miller, and Morgan Abela, is alleged to have collected N4,544,000 from a Swedish national, and promised to marry her. Count one reads: “That you, Amadi Jude Junior (alias Richard smith, Mike Anderson, Richard Darwin, Jackson Miller, Morgan Abela) ‘m’, John Ikechukwu Efughi (at large), and Farouk (at large), between May 2014 and January 2015 in Calabar, Cross River State, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court did conspire among yourselves to commit felony with it: obtaining money by false pretence and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8 (a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under section 1 (3) of the same act.” The accused person pleaded not guilty to all the charges. Justice Obile, adjourned till October 12, 2015 and ordered the accused person be remanded

Just in: Over 200 Boko Haram Terrorists Surrender To Nigerian Troops

It was revealed some minutes ago on twitter that over 200 Boko haram terrorist has surrendered to the nigeria troops in Banki town near Cameroon

Lawyer mom arrested inside a courtroom for leaving her two toddlers in the car


A lawyer was arrested after allegedly leaving her children in the car while she was in court. A passerby noticed two toddlers locked inside a car in the Riverdale Municipal Court parking lot around 8:15 a.m. Thursday. The individual went into the courthouse and alerted an officer who checked and found the children were left unattended.

Photos: Buhari arrives New York for UN general meeting


President Buhari has arrived New York ahead of the UN general meeting. His delegation includes former Rivers and Ekiti state governors, Rotimi Ameachi and Kayode Fayemi, former house of representatives member Abike Dabiri Erewa, SSA Household & Domestic Sarki Abba, SSA Media & Publicity Femi Adesina, Senator Hadi Sirika and others.

Police arrest couple seen loading their 3 kids into the booth of their car


According to police, John David Harvey, 34, and 19-year-old Adrianna Nordin, were stopped at a convenience store in Torrington, CT. Patrons who called police said they saw three children, two 10-year-olds and an 8-year-old climb into the booth of an Acura, which was then shut behind them.

The couple said there were already five people in the vehicle before the children climbed in. The couple allegedly told police there was no room in the car for the children on the 20-mile ride, so they put them in the booth of the car.
Harvey's lawyer says his client made a 'bad decision'.
The defendants are charged with risk of injury and breach of peace. Both are free on $1,000 bond.

Woman hacks mother-in-law to death with an ax, says Satan asked her to also kill her mother and sister



Caroline Wanjiku has confessed to hacking her mother-in-law Ann Nyambura to death in Kiambu county. She said that Satan had asked her to also kill her mother and sister but she didn't find them at home. The 29-year-old reported to Thigio chief’s post on Monday, September 21, saying visions of snakes coiling around her waist kept her up at night.

I've also been charged before the Code of Conduct tribunal - Tinubu

National leader of APC, Bola Tinubu says the current trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct is nothing new to him as he was tried at the same tribunal two weeks after leaving office as governor of Lagos state. Speaking to newsmen after his Eid prayers at the Dodan Barracks praying ground yesterday September 24th, Tinubu said

War on Syria; Not Quite According to Plan Part 3: A USA Unable To Bomb Syria

by Ghassan Kadi
With all the different components of the “Anti-Syrian Cocktail”, the most lethal is undoubtedly the USA. We should therefore take a deeper look at the military hopes and gambles that the USA took, in desperate attempts, to be able to bomb Syria in order to understand why those several attempts have failed for more than two decades.
In Part 2, we saw how the USA was hoping to be able to bomb Syria in 1991 and later on in 2003 following the first and second wars on Iraq. In this part, we shall see how and why America has to date remained unable to achieve this objective.