Power Scarcity, Fuel Scarcity: FG Appears Lost - Vanguard

AS the economic situation drives deep welts into the flesh of Nigerians, there is a growing air of melancholy and despair as the Federal Government appears lost for options to bring succour to the people in the near future.

The economy is biting hardest in the areas that impinge directly on the people’s material and social wellbeing, with steep drops in the supply of electricity and petroleum products, thus threatening the resilience and ability of Nigerians to survive. Both sectors are undergoing some of the worst and most prolonged stretches of scarcity.

Rivers Rerun: APC Shocked At Release Of Wike’s Aides

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Rivers state chapter, is left shocked and dumbfounded at the hurried release by security agencies of aides of Governor Nyesom Wike arrested for malpractice and violence during the State and National Assembly rerun elections in the State.

The party is surprised at the speed with which Wike’s aides arrested for attempting to assassinate the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, Dr. Dakuku Peterside; the Rivers State APC Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya; and the party’s deputy governorship candidate in the 2015 elections, Hon. Asita O. Asita, were allowed to go home and continue with their normal businesses.

Boko Haram Destroyed 1m Houses In Borno – Shettima

VangaurdNgr: The Borno Government on Monday said about one million private houses had been destroyed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the few years of their terror campaign in the state.

Gov. Kashim Shettima disclosed this while receiving former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Maiduguri.

“Tens of thousands of our innocent citizens were brutally killed; married and single women were abducted and raped; our sons were forced into becoming child-soldiers;

“More than 2 million citizens were internally displaced in camps and host communities in Maiduguri alone.

Okorocha Reconciles With Ohakim And Ihedioha-photos

In what appeared like a reconciliation exercise and a dawn for a new era , the governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and his political foe cum predecessor, sir Ikedi Ohakim were seen for the first time in a long while , exchanging pleasantries, laughing at each other and joking.

Agip Oil Pipeline Explosion In Bayelsa , 3 Feared Dead

The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has confirmed another pipeline blast at an oil field, operated by the Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) in Bayelsa, killing three people.
The Director-General of the agency, Dr Peter Idabor, confirmed the deaths in a telephone interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yenagoa.
He said, however, that a staff of the agency was lucky to escape death during the incident.

Why Dasuki Will Remain In Detention – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government was not considering the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, from the Department of State Services (DSS) custody.

The president said that Dasuki, has multiple cases in court, which he must diligently face and resolve.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, told New Telegraph yesterday in Abuja, that the issues on the shoulders of the former NSA were all complicated.

PDP Commences Committal Proceedings Against Amaechi, Army Chiefs, Others

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has asked a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt to commit the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonishakin, and Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen Tukur Buratai, to prison for deploying soldiers during the March 19 rerun elections in defiance of a court order.

Others included in the committal proceedings are the Commander of the 2 Army Brigade, Port Harcourt, Brigadier General Stephenson Olabanji, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak.

Political Correctness working against cultural opennessin Brazil? Brazilian officials block couple from giving their daughter Yoruba name

Cizinho Afreeka and Jéssica desired to name their daughter “Makeda Foluke.” This is because they have roots with the Yoruba culture, but when they went to register their newborn daughter’s name, they were turned down.

Officials at the registration office in Rio de Jainero, Brazil stated that the baby’s name made “no sense at all” when pronounced in Portuguese and that it “could provide possible future suffering for the person in social life.”

Foluke’s parents believe that the real reason their daughter’s chosen name was denied was because of racism, according to BlackWomenofBrazil.co, where this story was first published

Cameroon Would-be Suicide Bombers ‘not Chibok Girls’

Investigators have revealed the identity of a would-be suicide bomber arrested in Cameroon. She is not one of the 219 Chibok schoolgirls.

Cameroon released the identities of the girl and another would-be female suicide bomber to Nigerian security agencies and a delegation to Yaounde.

The self-confessed bomber is Aissatou Musa and her accomplice is Mamma Sali.

But the girls were yet to be handed over to the Federal Government as at press time last night.

Economic Blackmail By Foreigners And Their Protegees

So unless Nigeria opens up its limited foreign reserves to everyone that desires as much foreign goods and services as he wants, the Country is going to blazes. But if the Country exhausts all its foreign reserves, it will be saved from economic ruins? If we are to believe these foreign trained economists, their magazines, newspapers or prostitutes, Nigeria has no choice but to devalue its currency so that it can pay more in local currency for their odious loans, goods and services.

Once Nigeria pays more in devalued naira, goods, services, transportation fare and service loan fees will increase accordingly. Housing and car purchases increase will follow and workers will demand more to meet daily expenses. It is illogical to think that paying more in devalued naira will automatically solve the problem of a market without abundant local products to export.

APC Declares Fayose Threat To National Security

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state on Monday said Governor Ayodele Fayose’s conducts were threats to national security.  It said the governor’s recent utterances and actions suggest acts of sabotage targeted at rendering national institutions ineffective to perform their statutory roles for effective government in a federal set-up. The State Publicity Secretary of the party, aiwo Olatunbosun, said this in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti.

Tinubu Is A Pillar, Leader In Yorubaland - Fayose

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state on Monday described former Lagos state Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as a pillar in Yorubaland and Nigeria as a whole.

Fayose said this in a congratulatory message to mark Tiunbu’s 64th birthday.

Tinubu was born on March 29, 1952.

A statement issued by Mr Idowu Adelusi, the Chief Press Secretary to Fasoye, said that the APC national leader had over the years proven to be a great political figure in the country.

Looters Risk 20yrs In Jail As Reps Moves For Economic And Financial Crimes Cour

Hard times await any politically exposed persons (PEPs) and those working in the private sector who indulge in any form of economic and financial crimes, as the House of Representatives is set to commence debate on a new legislation that seeks to establish specialised courts to try all economic and financial crimes.

The amended Bill to the EFCC Act, 2004 sponsored by Bassey Ewa, is already gazetted for second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives and also seeks to “provide for quick recovery procedures for stolen assets; implement active pursuit of cases, build capacity and improve trust and cooperation with foreign counterparts, as well as ensure adequate funding of the Commission.”

Flash Back; Okonjo's Excuse For Borrowing To Pay Salaries with Oil at $54/barrel

Nigerian govt borrowing billions to pay salaries – Okonjo-Iweala (Premium Times)

In the face of dwindling oil revenues, Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the Federal Government has borrowed about N473billion to pay salaries and fund the 2015 budget.

The Minister, who was speaking in Abuja on the details of the N4.493trillion appropriation already passed by the National Assembly, said the federal government had to raise its borrowing level from N570 billion to N882 billion to enable it meet its financial obligations to workers and contractors.

Fuel Scarcity: Senate Summons Kachikwu

Abuja – The Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before its Committee on Petroleum Downstream on Tuesday, over lingering fuel scarcity in the country.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen. Jibrin Barau, told newsmen shortly after an on-the-spot assessment of filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the summons became necessary following the hardship on Nigerians.

Rays Of Hope For Economy As FG Fights Back With N3trn TSA Fund

With the 2016 budget now passed by the National Assembly and a N3trillion war chest, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari says it is set to take on the struggling Nigerian economy and is promising it will win.

Analysts said last night that the package and the stimulus budget would aid the growth in GDP that has been experiencing slow growth.

Institutions With The Best Students' Union Government (SUG)

Guys the purpose of this thread is for tertiary and prospective tertiary institution students to know the best, most functioning, the most efficient and the most effective student's union government (SUG) across all the tertiary institutions (universities, polytechnics, colleges of education etc).in Nigeria.. I can vouch for the SUGs of olabisi onabanjo university ogun state and federal poly, bida, niger state... so people, let's see your views...

Brace Up For Hot Days, Heat Waves-NIMET Warns Nigerians

With the global average air temperature of the earth hitting 1°C hotter than it was at the start of the twentieth century, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) has warned Nigerians to brace up for more hot days, warm nights and heat waves.

In a statement signed by the Head of its Public Relations Unit, Eva Azinge, NIMET noted that with the long residence of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the current warming would continue beyond 2100, even when the emission of greenhouse gases is reduced.

Thief Suspected Of Stealing Man's Manhood Beaten Mercilessly In Niger State

A man suspected to have “stolen” another man’s manhood was thoroughly beaten at Madalla market, on Thursday. He was beaten to stupor by the mob before he was rescued by members of the vigilante group in the market. A witness, Shehu Yakubu, said the incident happened about 2:14p.m., and that the suspect confessed and returned the stolen manhood. . He said: “The man pretended as if he had fallen down and in the process brushed the victim with his shoulder. The young man raised an alarm about the disappearance of his manhood few minutes later. Some people then chased the suspect and stopped him from leaving the market.".... ....

Woman Found Dead In Deep Well In Lagos After Missing For Four Days

A 41-year-old woman, Antinlola Adeyemi, declared missing for about four days by family members, has been found dead in a deep well on Monday in Lagos. The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Fadipe Rasaq, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Rasaq said that the family had been looking for her for about four days before she was discovered on Monday. “The family had been looking for her. She was discovered in the well and we were informed at about 9.30 a.m.; when we got there, she was already swollen. “It was only her back we were seeing. It was difficult to bring her out. At the time we brought her out, the corpse was handed over to Isheri Police Division police officers. “The well is situated in front of the houses along the power lines where illegal buildings and other structures were demolished in Ikotun area not too long ago,” Rasaq said

Randy Man Brutally Rapes 14yrs Old Girl, Mercilessly Beats Girls Father For Complaining

Chinego Wasiu, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl, Favour (not real name) in the Boundary, Ajegunle area of the state.

The randy man then allegedly led a gang of thugs to Favour’s house to beat up the father. He threatened to inflict injuries on the victim’s family if they made a noise about the rape.

According to Punch, trouble started around 9.30pm last Monday when Favour was sent on an errand to buy noodles and a candle from a shop. It was learnt that Wasiu had accosted the teenager and raped her, warning her not to disclose the incident to anyone.

Horror In Delta As Man Butchers Middle-Aged Lady

Tragedy struck at the weekend when a middle-aged woman was allegedly butchered at Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State by a man identified as Sunny who is now cooling his heels in police custody.

Community source told our correspondent that the assailant laid ambush for the victim for about two days at the particular spot along Agbor-Sakponba Road where he dragged her out of her ash color Toyota saloon car and descended on her.

According to the source, the victim was going to attend a burial ceremony at Oki on the fateful day before the attacker bounced to snuff breath out of her nostrils, adding that the charred remains of the victim were deposited at the mortuary.

Century of War

by Auslander

Saker, what you wrote is not a rant, I would liken it more to an almost primal scream of frustration and rage brought on by what you and I both understand is happening and has already happened with irreversible consequences.

I am Auslander. Most of you know what that word means and I use that pen name because that is what I am when I go ‘home’ to USA where I was born which, by the way, has as much chance of happening again as the Dark Lord driving a Kenworth with a Myers snow blade on it in his kingdom. I also use that name because when I go ‘home’ to my ethnic roots I no longer feel what I am, 100% ethnic German.

Syrian-Turkish Border Security: Check Point Taurus

by Ghassan Kadi

My previous article titled “Kurdish Autonomy; Partition Or Master Plan” was met with some controversy. Some readers seemed to have missed a very basic point it raised. Others misunderstood the main issue and tried to put words into my mouth saying that the article condoned partition and argued that Syrian Kurds should not be given independence and a separate state, even though the article clearly indicated that such was not its objective. This article herein is intended to shed more light on the subject and emphasize an issue that is paramount for long-term Syrian security.

Buhari's Panel Reveals When Jonathan Can Be Probed

– The spokesman for the Peoples Democratic Party ministers’ forum claimed that nobody has traced any money to Jonathan’s accounts

– Buhari’s anti-corruption committee reveals in what circumstances ex-president could be investigated

– Prominent lawyer supposed that former president can be charged at least with conspiracy as all deals were done under his nose


Professor Itse Sagay, the chairman of presidential committee against corruption, has explained when ex-president Goodluck Jonathan could be probed.

He has blamed ex-minister of national planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, concerning the blameworthiness of Jonathan in the ongoing anti-corruption cases.