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We won’t admit PDP defectors – Enugu APC

The Enugu State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said it would not admit any member of Peoples Democratic Party into its fold. The Publicity Secretary of APC in Enugu State, Mrs. Kate Offor, disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the party’s State Executive Committee meeting.

It was gathered that the decision was informed by feelers that some prominent members of the PDP in the state are plotting to defect to the party, and in the process, capitalise on their ‘high profile’ to hijack key appointments meant for the state at the national level.  It is widely speculated in Enugu that a former power minister, Prof. Barth Nnaji, is planning to move to the APC.

Also, there were reports on Monday that some members of the APC paid a courtesy call on a former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo, a PDP chieftain in Enugu State.

Apparently reacting to the alleged plan by the PDP bigwigs to move into the APC, Offor equally revealed that the SEC frowned at some elements within the state chapter of the party, who, without authorisation, had commenced talks with the PDP members who intend to cross over to the APC.  She warned that the party would not hesitate to sanction any member found to be involved in unauthorised moves to admit PDP members into the party.    Offor noted that the PDP chieftains who intend to join the APC intend to reap where they did not sow.

The Enugu State APC spokesperson said,
“At an enlarged meeting of the State Executive Committee of Enugu State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, we unequivocally resolved that the membership drive aimed at enlisting Professor Barth Nnaji, Chief Jim Nwobodo and co into our great party be stopped forthwith. 

 “For us it is medicine after death, given the shameful result we recorded in the presidential and governorship elections, where we got less than three per cent and 10 per cent of the total votes cast in Enugu State respectively.

 “Accordingly, we are outraged that some elements without authorisation or due process had already held sinister meetings with Professor Nnaji in his Umuode village and if not stopped will head to God knows where.

 “We hold Professor Nnaji, robotic engineer, and our elder statesman, Chief Jim Nwobodo, and other eminent sons in very high esteem, however, we frown seriously at clandestine moves of some people reaping where they did not sow.”

Offor alleged that Nnaji refused to join the party when the APC presidential campaign council lobbied him to join the party before the elections.

Italian nurse tests positive for the Ebola Virus

The Italian Air Force on Wednesday said an Italian attendant who tested positive for the Ebola infection in the wake of coming back from Sierra Leone has been taken to Spallanzani Hospital in Rome.

The Force said the tarnsfer of the 27-year-old from Sardinia was sorted out after his blood test positive on Tuesday for the infection.

The Italian Health Ministry likewise said in an announcement that the man, who worked in Sierra Leone as a volunteer for the Emergency

Therapeutic Charity, flew back to Italy on May 8 and felt the first indication of the illness after two days.

It said the clinic was required to issue an announcement about the medical attendant’s condition.

The service included that it was the second Ebola case treated in Italy.

It noticed that another crisis staff who served in Sierra Leone, Dr. Fabrizio Pulvirenti from Sicily was hospitalized at the Spallanzani doctor’s facility in November and pronounced cured following 39 days.

Some PDP governors reportedly planning to form new party

As indicated by a report by Channels TV, some PDP governors, especially the individuals who framed what was alluded to as the new PDP in December 2013, are planning to shape another party after the emergency that is as of now shaking the PDP after its misfortune at the presidential decisions.

As indicated by the report, it is not clear what the name or acronym the new party will bear however the split away is a flag that a percentage of the pioneers of the PDP have in the long run circulated their grievances on what they alluded to as ill treatment meted to some of them by individuals inside the administration of the party.

Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, six Northern governors and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi in September 2013 moved to make another PDP taking after some significant conflicts with the national administration of the gathering. 6 of them have following abandoned to the APC while two of the governors, Niger state Governor Aliyu Babangida and Jigawa state Sule Lamido stayed back in PDP.

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Constitution amendment: Senate suspends move to override President Jonathan

 

The Senate on Wednesday suspended moves to override the power of President Goodluck Jonathan to assent the correction to the 1999 Constitution, sent to him by the National Assembly.

The officials reported this toward the end of a closed-door meeting the individuals held on Wednesday in Abuja.

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Alien Planes Soar Over Iranian Aid Ship

The Iranian cargo ship en route to Yemen to deliver aid was being followed by alien warplanes.

 

Unidentified warplanes flew over Iran’s Nejat aid ship en route to the Gulf of Oman. Despite that the rescue ship continued on its path.

The Iranian cargo ship is carrying some 1,500 tons of foodstuffs consisting of rice, wheat, canned fish, tents, blankets and pharmaceutical items for people in Yemen.  The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has been trying to dispatch humanitarian aid to Yemen by sea and air, but has failed to do so due to Saudi Arabia’s full blockade of the war-ravaged country.

Iran had earlier sent five consignments of humanitarian aid to Yemen, including a total of 69 tons of relief, medical aid, and consumer items, the agency reported.

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SA court halts deportation of immigrants

South Africa’s High Court on Wednesday in Johannesburg halted the deportation of hundreds of  African immigrants who were arrested in the wake of the recent wave of xenophobic violence.

David Cote, the lawyer for Human Rights Or africaganisation, that the migrants, believed to number between 280 and 400, were detained at a Johannesburg Church and in the central business district on Friday.  He said a court order was obtained on Tuesday to halt their deportation for two weeks and to gain access to them to discuss their situation.

Cote said, “The court order does not concern hundreds of others who have been arrested in Johannesburg and Durban in recent weeks.  “We don’t know if any of them have already been deported, but it will obviously be difficult for the government to deport such a large number of people.”

He criticised the arrest as an “inappropriate response” to xenophobic attacks on immigrants from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Congo and other countries in April. “At least, seven people were killed and thousands left homeless and foreign-owned shops looted,” he said.  Cote said South African government was responding to concerns about the presence of illegal immigrants, stressing, however, that “some of those arrested are asylum seekers.”

Pics: Two storey building catches fire in Port Harcourt

A 2-story building used for capacity of Kerosene situated at Abakiliki road, Mile 1 in Port Harcourt found fire early today however luckily the Rivers State Fire administration was there on time to put out the flame.

More pics bellow.

See the photo of Adams Oshiomhole's sweet Ethiopian wife-to-be

Previous labor leader, and Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole will this Friday May 15th wed sweet previous air-hostess Lala Fortez. She’s said to be Ethiopian and in her 30s. Oshiomhole is 63 years of age.

Congratulations to them.

Iran Warns of War if Aid Ship to Yemen Attacked.

The deputy chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces warned on Tuesday that Iran would retaliate in force against any country, which attacks an Iranian ship heading to Yemen with humanitarian aid cargo on board.

 

“Attacking the Iranian Red Crescent aid ship will spark war in the region”, Brigadier General Massoud Jazzayeri told the Arabic-language TV Alalam.”The US and Saudi Arabia should know that Iran’s self-restraint has a limit,” he cautioned.

An Iranian ship carrying 2,500 tons of medical supplies, relief workers and peace activists from several countries left the Southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas for Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hudaydah, Iran’s Fars news agency reported.

The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has been trying to dispatch humanitarian aid to Yemen by sea and air, but has failed due to Saudi Arabia’s full blockade of the war-ravaged country.

Iran had earlier sent five consignments of humanitarian aid to Yemen, including a total of 69 tons of relief, medical, treatment, and consumer items, the agency reported.

Saudi Arabia launched its bombing campaign against Yemen on March 26 in an attempt to drive out the Shiite Houthi militants who seized power in Yemen, and to reinstate the fugitive President Mansour Hadi.

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole set to re-tie the knot this Friday 

Legislative leader of Edo state, Adams Oshiomole is apparently getting prepared to re-wed, 5 years in the wake of losing his first wife, Clara, to disease in 2010.

As indicated by sources near to the representative, Governor Oshiomole will be getting hitched to Miss Lala Forte at the Etsako West Local Government Council Marriage Registry, Auchi on Friday May 15th by 10am. Reception set to take place at the People’s Hall in Iyamho, Edo state.

Oshiomhole has officially sent out a personally signed letter to companions and partners welcoming them to his wedding. Presently going to search for pics of the young lady. I hear she’s non-Nigeria & is a previous air-lady.

Secret recording of a telephone discussion between Abigail Igwe's companion and John Fashanu to clear Abigail's innocence

Adaeze Yobo’s Mom – Abigail Igwe and her alienated spouse John Fashanu have been going back and forth with allegations. Abigail’s companion chose to clear companion’s innocence by recording this private discussion between herself (the companion) and John Fashanu. Listen to the discussion bellow.

Friend:…..I also read that she is a lesbian and am like no! no!, who wrote that no, but Uncle Fash you shouldn’t have, I mean your old, I mean you are matured man, you shouldn’t write, I mean! no! No!
Fash: Everybody wants to be in the media, and I will write rubbish, you wanna fight Ok, that’s fine…I will fight.

Friend: But atleast everyone knows Abigail is not a lesbian, Fash, can you just counter all those things, please I beg you in God’s name.
Fash:…yeah ask her to counter her things first, that’s the thing you should be doing, please.

FRIEND: I also heard she was married three times, I said no!

FASH: That was a misquote

FRIEND: I think its maybe a misquote and that she is 53years old. WOW! I said, she should be 49 or so.

FASH: 53? No! that is a horrible thing because the papers are on my side, they are my people, they add 3 digits …they will always say more because they are my people, because some of the boys I give them N100,000 every month to protect my interest…..

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Photos: 5 dead, dozens injured as NYC-bound train derails in Philadelphia

Five people have been confirmed dead and 146 others injured after an Amtrak train carrying 248 passengers and five crew members going to New York from Washington DC derailed from its track in Philadelphia, USA yesterday night around 9.45pm. 

Philadelphia Mayor, Michael Nutter while speaking on the incident, said the engine of the train separated from its body while it was on course. See the photos bellow.


“This was an absolute disastrous mess. I have never seen anything like it in my life. Many of these folks are not from Philadelphia. It is a devastating scene down there. We walked the entire length of the train area, and the engine completely separated from the rest of the train, and one of the cars is perpendicular to the rest of the cars. It’s unbelievable. We do not know what happened here. We’re not going to try to speculate about that.” he said

Aso speaking, the Philadelphia Fire Department Deputy Commissioner Jesse Wilson. said

“They’re in pretty bad shape. You can see that they’re completely, completely derailed from the track. They’ve been destroyed completely. The aluminum shell has been destroyed and they’ve been overturned completely.”.

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Mercy Aigbe uncovers Why Her 1st Marriage Didn't Work

Celebrated Yoruba on-screen character, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, has uncovered why her first marriage did not work in a meeting with the Sunday edition of The Punch. As per her the marriage did not work in light of the fact that she was youthful, innocent and in particular she had issues with her relative.

Leniency Aigbe said that her mother by marriage did not want her child to wed from another tribe.

“I had a bad experience the first time, so I had some reservations and I just wanted to face my career, even though I loved him. I decided to put my trust in God and just go with the flow. I was happy and scared at the same time. Then, I was young and naive. Now, I handle issues differently. Also, the major reason my first marriage failed was because my ex-husband’s mum did not want him to marry from another tribe” she said.

Mercy Aigbe went on to clear any notion that has present marriage has been controversial.

“I do not think I have had any controversies since I got married. They were just misconceptions. People thought I married a married man and I was a second wife. What they did not know or care to know was that he was already a divorcee when we met” she said.

In April 2013, there were reports that Mercy Aigbe was allegedly beaten by her husband at an event.

A few days after the couple released a YouTube video dismissing the claims.

Tanker drivers ordered to vacate Alaka and Eko bridges.

Tanker drivers in Lagos State have been requested to abandon the Alaka and Eko bridges. The legislature said their exercises were creating burdens for different drivers in the state.


The General Manager of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, Babatunde Edu, while driving a group of government authorities around the territory on Tuesday, said the activity likewise contradicted the state movement law.

He said,
“The areas are gradually becoming an eye sore; and if not properly managed, this situation can worsen to the level of lawlessness and indiscipline being witnessed daily in the Apapa area.

“This act of insensitivity has crippled the economy of the state and denied other people their right to livelihood.

“The government will ensure that every citizen has a right to the roads. These roads are not constructed only for articulated vehicles.”

Edu said the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority Law of 2007 restricted the driving of articulated vehicles, lorries, trailers and tankers on the BRT lite corridor between 11am and 4pm and between 11pm and 5pm.

He urged the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers to educate its members on the need for total compliance with the state road traffic law.

Summit: Mama Peace denies blocking Buhari’s wife

Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, on Tuesday denied media reports that her plan to host the 8th summit of the African First Ladies Peace Mission on Friday is designed to deny the wife of the President-elect, Hajia Aisha Buhari, the opportunity of becoming the President of the mission.

Mrs. Jonathan, who is the current President, had summoned a meeting of the mission during which new executive members are expected to emerge.

Media reports had it that the election would have been held in July but the President’s wife brought it back to May to allow her successor to emerge before her husband will cease to be President from May 29.

But a statement by Mr. Ayo Adewuyi, on Tuesday said there was no truth in the reports.

Adewuyi explained that Mrs. Jonathan was elected President in July 2012 and was meant to serve for two years, according to the group’s internal regulation.

He further said that while her tenure ought to have ended in 2014, when a fresh election should have held, the President’s wife drew the attention of her colleagues to the then forthcoming election in Nigeria, which preparation would not enable her host the summit.

According to him, Mrs. Jonathan therefore proposed that the summit should hold after the general elections, and it was accordingly agreed that it should be held in July 2015.

Adewuyi however added that there was an understanding among members that if President Goodluck Jonathan did not succeed in his re-election bid, the President’s wife would convene the summit in May to enable the election of a new President and ensure a smooth handover since her tenure has ended.

The statement read in part, “Arising from the above, it is therefore clear that this is not a personal matter nor specifically a Nigeria sole affair but a continental platform governed by its own rules and protocols just as similar international organisations.

“It would therefore be out of place for anyone to insinuate that it is intended to shut out the incoming First Lady. This cannot be farther from the truth.

“We state therefore without any iota of equivocation that it is mischievous for anyone to scheme to cause disaffection between the outgoing and incoming First Ladies, Dame Patience Jonathan, and Hajia Aisha Buhari.

“Let us therefore come together in our tradition of hospitality to heartily welcome our guests, the African First Ladies, as they arrive Abuja for the 8th Summit of the Mission.

“Let us always remember that the personal ambition of anybody is not worth destroying the image of the nation.”

Punch

APC govt will ask looters to return money – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor-elect and former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nasir el-Rufai, said on Tuesday that the incoming government of Muhammadu Buhari would ask corrupt politicians   to return every kobo stolen by them.

He also said that the Buhari administration would inherit a huge debt from the Goodluck Jonathan government.

The governor-elect told executive members of the National Union of Textile Garments and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, who visited   him in Kaduna, that such politicians must be ready to return all   ill-gotten funds after May 29.

He however said those (politicians) who were not corrupt had no cause to fear.

According to him, the measure was imperative because the All Progressives Congress-led government would be in a dire financial strait on assumption of office.

El-Rufai said, “We will politely ask those who stole government money to return the funds. This is because the people, who are in government now, are there to work for themselves. But the APC government is made up of people who are ready to work for the masses and the betterment of the country.

“We will work with the textile unions to ensure that the lives of the average Nigerians get better.”

The ex-minister also decried the poor state of the textile industry in Kaduna State and gave assurance that his administration would revamp it.

He lamented the current employment figure of 1,600 people in the textile sector, describing it as unacceptable.

El-Rufai added that the textile industry in Kaduna alone used to employ about 33,000 workers.

According to him , the APC government will revive the industry so that it can   generate employment and impact on the lives of the people.

He said, “We have met at a forum of northern governors-elect and we decided to ensure the revival of the textile industry. It is a shame that the largest economy in Africa imports textile materials from Senegal and other countries.”

The President of the union, Oladele Hunsu, recalled el-Rufai’s feat as minister of the FCT and urged him (el-Rufai) to take steps towards reviving the textile industry.

27-year-old man nabbed in Lagos for cruelly killing, dismembering friend’s body

A 27-year-old man, Fatai Afobaje, who allegedly killed his friend and dismembered his body, was on Tuesday in Lagos hauled up before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court. Afobaje, who resides at 332, Oko Agbonla Irese Village in Magbon, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.


The prosecutor, ASP Elizabeth Ekuma, said that the offences were committed on Feb.13 at about 1.00 a.m. at the residence of the accused.

She said Afobaje killed one Rafiu Sulaimon ,44, his close friend, who was on a visit. Ekuma said the accused allegedly cut-off the head and hands of the friend using a knife. “The victim had gone to visit his friend and on getting there, the security man at the of the accused allegedly charmed Sulaimon which rendered him unconscious.

“Sulaiman was carried into the room where Afobaje chopped off his head and hands before he buried his trunk.” Ekuma said when some policemen conducted a search into the premises of the accused, they discovered the chopped-off parts of the deceased where they were buried.

She added that the wife of the deceased was able to identify her murdered husband when she saw his wedding ring on one of the chopped-off fingers inside a calabash in Afobaje’s home. The offences, Ekuma noted, contravened Sections 221 and 231of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.

According to NAN, Section 221 prescribes capital punishment for murder.

The Magistrate, Mr A.O. Komolafe, ordered that the accused should be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons pending advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The case has been adjourned to June 22.

Source: NAN

NDIC moves to recover 34million Naira debt from Okupe

The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos to place on the “undefended list” a suit it filed to recover an alleged debt of N34m from the Senior Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Doyin Okupe, and two others.

A plaintiff usually applies to put a matter on undefended list when he believes the respondents have no valid defence.

Okupe’s co-respondents in the suit filed by the NDIC before Justice Saliu Saidu are Value Trust Investment Limited and its Director, Mr. Ray Ahazie.

The corporation had instituted the action in 2007 to recover the alleged debt being the outstanding of a loan facility obtained by the respondents from Gulf Bank Plc in October 2000.

The corporation, in a statement of claims by its lawyer, Dr. Abiodun Layonu (SAN), said the respondents obtained the loan from the bank to facilitate a contract to supply the Bayelsa State Government with 10,000 metric tons of imported rice.

It, however, stated that though the said rice was successfully imported on December 28, 2000, the ship was unable to berth at the Apapa Port in Lagos until January 3, 2001 because the port was then congested.

The corporation stated further that when the ship arrived at Port Harcourt on July 26, 2001, an unpaid agency fee in the sum of $155,000 prevented it from berthing.

According to the NDIC, the said delay in the delivery of the bags of rice led to some becoming caked and some becoming stained.

Bayelsa State Government was said to have refused to take delivery of the rice, following which Gulf Bank was forced to commence an open market sale of the goods and in the process discovering that a good number of the bags of rice were spoilt.

The bank said that at the end of the sale it was able to recoup only N454, 574,150 of the loan advanced to the defendants leaving an outstanding sum of N70,425,850.

The outstanding sum was said to have been attracting interest since 2001.

The matter was said to have been referred to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in September 2005 where the sum of N196,642, 996 of the debt with interest was waived, leaving only an outstanding of N44m.

The NDIC however claimed that following the waiver, the defendants were able to pay only N10m out of the N44m bringing the debt down to N34m.

But since then the defendants were said to have allegedly abandoned the debt or refused to liquidate it.

NDIC in its suit before the Federal High Court is seeking to reclaim the indebted sum with 21 per cent interest per annum till it would be finally liquidated.

The corporation also wants the court to put the cost of instituting the legal action on the defendants.

At the resumed hearing of the case before Justice Saidu, counsel for the NDIC, Mr. Oburume Ayeteno, informed the court that the corporation had filed an application to place the suit on the undefended list, adding that he was ready to argue same.

In response, however, Okupe’s lawyer, Mr. Yemi Gbonegun, said he had already filed a statement of defence to the claims.

The document was however not found in the court’s records following which Gbonegun sought for an adjournment to be able to re-file it.

The court adjourned further proceedings till July 8.
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