Saturday 30 July 2016
Minister Of Women Affair, Aisha Alhassan, Returns To Taraba State After A Successful Knee Surgery In The US
Minister Of Women Affair, Aisha Alhassan, Returns To Taraba State After A Successful Knee Surgery In The US
Jailbreak: 13 Prisoners Escape Koton Karfe Prison In Kogi
Thirteen inmates escaped in fresh jailbreak recorded at Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered from a reliable source that the incident happened at about 7AM when the inmates forcefully brought down the wall of the prison.
The all male prison facility which was inaugurated in 2014 has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates.
However, NAN gathered that it was accommodating 263 inmates as at the time of the jailbreak, Saturday.
NAN also gathered that one of the escaped inmates was re-arrested almost immediately by security agents.
NAN recalls that this was the third jailbreak recorded in Koton Karfe as the old prison facility witnessed similar jailbreaks in 2010 and 2013.
In previous jailbreaks 132 inmates escaped from the prison and majority were awaiting trials.
It was gathered that Comptroller–General of the Nigeria Prison Service immediately sent a representative to Koton Karfe to assess the situation.
The State’s Controller of Prison, Musa Maza, who would have shed more light on the incident, did not pick several calls made to his mobile telephone line.
Photo Credit: Vanguard
Dele Momodu Honored With A Doctorate Degree By A Ghanaian University
NFF's President, Pinnick Explains Why He Missed Stephen Keshi's Burial.
Keshi was buried in his home town in Illah, Delta State on Friday, with some key dignitaries from the football house missing.
Pinnick is one of the officials that has come under criticisms, but he insists that he was very involved with the arrangements and only missed the burial because of sickness.
“It’s really sad the way we just use extreme languages. Right from the moment he passed, I have been actively involved greatly,” Pinnick wrote in response to a jibe on Twitter.
“I followed the motorcade from the morgue to the church in Benin. I was at the service throughout. I followed the motorcade to the stadium. I was there again throughout again.
“I did a two and half hour journey to Asaba. I did the entire programme with them. I had a private meeting with the family to reappraise plans.
“I woke the next morning unwell, threw up. On my way to Illah, I was struggling but had to reverse immediately, I got a member to leave Port Harcourt to attend which he did.
“You people should kindly find out the role I and the NFF played from his death to date.”
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Ooni Commiserates With Amosun And Remoland Over The Death Of AKARIGBO
Ooni Ogunwusi made the expression in a statement issued by his Director of Media and Public Affairs Comrade Moses Olafare on Sunday in Accra, Ghana where the monarch was on a four day unity visit invited by President John Mahama
Describing the late king as a true son of Oduduwa who as a dignified monarch within the House of Oduduwa has impactfully served his people with fear of God and respect for culture and customs.
"Kabiyesi, the news of your death came came to us at Ile Oodua in Ife with a rude shock as we will miss you for your love which you had always demonstrated to us throughout your 26year remarkable reign.
You are indeed a man of honour and dignity, a monarch of enviable royalty, God fearing leader and respecter of our culture and tradition. You in spite of your old age led the royal fathers and eminent personalities selected across Remoland to visit me at my Palace in Ile-Ife few months ago. It is a pity that you didn't wait for our planned reciprocation of the visit.
Rest in peace Your Majesty, we in Ife will miss you and the entire members of Oduduwa race both home and abroad will surely miss you.
Ijaw Leaders Warn Militants Not To Declare A Republic Of N-Delta
At the meeting were, Bayelsa state governor, Hon Henry Seriake Dickson, Deputy Governor of Delta state, Mr. Kingsley Otuaro, former Deputy Governor of Rivers State, Sir Gabriel Toby, former Minister of Culture, Alabo Tonye Graham-Douglas, former Minister of Police Affairs, Alaowei Brodrick Bozimo.
Also in attendance were former national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Mineral Producing Communities of Nigeria, HRM Pere Charles Ayemi-Botu, Mbene III, Ama-Okosu of Ogbe-Ijoh kingdom, Alabo Tobin-West; Chief Boma Obuoforibo, INC National Chairman, and Sir NGO Martins Martyns-Yellowe, Chairman Civil Service Commission.
The leaders all agreed that what the Ijaw nation wants is true federalism not division.
Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark said:
“The Elders and Leaders of Thought of the Ijaw nation call for the immediate restructuring of the Nigerian nation along the lines of peaceful federalism, and noticed that this is the panacea for the sustainable development of Nigeria.”
Source: Vanguard
Fayose Says He Is The Voice Of The Common Man In Nigeria..
Fayose’s threat was contained in a video wherein he also criticised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
According to him, “Poor man is suffering under the watch of Buhari. You are fighting corruption, people are hungry, is it only corruption you have come to fight? People will not eat again.
“In our history, how can you increase fuel from 86 to N145? That is a very wicked government.”
Declaring amid cheers from supporters, Fayose said, “No amount of intimidation and harassment will shut my mouth, I am the voice of the common man in Nigeria.
“I want to assure you, even if they are ten thousand, the Lord will raise a standard against them. Any government that rises against me, that government will fall. Mark my words, whatever I say shall come to pass. Every government, irrespective of their names, that rises against me shall fall for my sake.
“My people, they said somebody bought two houses in Dubai, because he is APC, he is a saint. Somebody gave the president 1.5bn for campaign (from our state), because he is in APC, he is a saint.
“I might look small, their camp may be populated by giants, I might appear little, their camp might be populated with giants, but the only stone of David killed Goliath.
“There are two things that make a man to be afraid; incarceration and death, I am not afraid of the two because the Lord that protects me liveth forever. Fear not, these Egyptians we see today we shall see them no more,” he added