Buhari declines assent to 2018 Electoral Act Amendment bill (Nation)
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday declined assent to the 2018 Electoral Act Amendment bill and returned it to the National Assembly. That was the fourth time the bill is being rejected by the President as earlier rejections were said to be due to errors in the bill. Read Also: Abia honours Buhari with another chieftaincy title Briefing State House correspondents on Friday, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters (Senate), Ita Enang said that the President in line with… Read more
2019: ‘Atiku must not use restructuring as campaign gimmick’ (Nation)
Dr. Pedro Obaseki, the President of Midwest Movement, says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, should not use restructuring as a political gimmick to get votes. Obaseki, a cousin to Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday that only a restructured Nigeria would engender peace, progress and prosperity for the country. According to him, the country needs a presidential candidate that strongly believes in and… Read more
Bayelsa receives report of 2015 electoral violence (Nation)
Vows to punish perpetrators The Bayelsa State Executive Council on Friday vowed to ensure that sponsors and perpetrators of the 2015 electoral violence in the state faced the full weight of the law. The council at its 100 meetings presided over by Governor Seriake Dickson, said it took the decision following the submission of the report by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the 2015 general elections. The council said the mayhem would not be overlooked and called for… Read more
Transporter held ‘diverting’ clothes worth N5.2m (Nation)
For allegedly diverting clothes worth about N5.2m and selling them N100,000, a transporter Gabriel Onyeka has been arrested by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) Lagos. Onyeka was apprehended after the buyer to took the bags of clothes to at Ebute Ero Market alerted the police. It was gathered that the unnamed buyer had suspected the seller after he offered 12 bags filled with clothes for sale at N500,000. According to the police, the said buyer offered to… Read more
Ekiti student stabs colleague to death during ‘juju’ contest (Nation)
Police take over school Tragedy struck at Ado Grammar School, Ado-Ekiti where a student allegedly stabbed his colleague to death during a juju contest on Thursday. The culprit, Kehinde Timilehin, reportedly killed a schoolmate, Matthew Favour, on Thursday after in a bid to test the efficacy of a charm that can prevent the penetration of sharp weapons like knife and cutlass. Favour, who was of Ebira extraction, was rushed to the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH) in a bid… Read more
Court sentences man over hacking into employers account (Nation)
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced a cashier, Ameh Samson, to five months in prison for hacking into his employer’s First bank current account and transferring N1.57 million to his account. The police charged 29-year-old, whose address was not given with theft. Samson had pleaded guilty to theft. The Magistrate, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave him an option to pay N7, 000 fine. Read Also: Man in court over assault The police prosecutor, Mrs Ukagha Ijeoma, had… Read more
CP cautions against unprofessional conduct, vows to discipline offenders (Nation)
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Mohammed Danmallam says the command will not condone any form of unprofessional conduct especially extortion from citizens of the state. Danmallam spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Friday in Enugu, against the backdrop of complaints over alleged unlawful activities of his men in the state. The police boss, however, described the allegations as “baseless’’. “I as a person, from the days of being a lower senior officer to date,… Read more
Pay Buhari back on vision for Npower project, says Akeredolu (Nation)
Ondo state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has urged Npower beneficiaries nationwide to reciprocate the gesture of their engagement by the present administration by re-electing president Muhammadu Buhari and his vice in the forthcoming general election. The governor who gave the charge at an interface with Ondo state beneficiaries in Akure, the state capital noted that this move would enable other people benefit from the scheme to improve their socio economic well being. The Senior Special Assistant (SSA)to the president on job… Read more
Jonathan, Gana, others pay tributes to Dickson’s mother (Nation)
Former President Goodluck Jonathan and a former Minister of Information, Prof Jerry Gana were among very important personalities, who paid glowing tributes to the late Mrs. Goldcoast Dickson. Others were Chairman of the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers, King Alfred Diete Spiff and a former Minister of Environment, Mrs. Lauretta Mallam, Jonathan, Gana, Diete Spiff and others said that the late Governor’s mother left behind a legacy of resilience, contentment, uprightness, humility, hard work and selfless service to mankind and… Read more
2019: Group promises 90 per cent votes for Atiku in Cross River (Nation)
Director General of `Atiku Shall Lead Nigeria 2019’, Mr Patrick Agida, has promised to deliver 90 per cent of Cross River State votes to the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in 2019. According to Agida, who spoke with reporters in Calabar, Atiku’s chances of getting over 90 per cent of the votes was premised on the sterling performance of Governor Ben Ayade. He said that the group which cuts across all the states in Nigeria… Read more
CBN charged to investigate, respond to “free money” claims (Nation)
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been charged to investigate and respond to claims that the seven billion dollars ($7b) bailout fund to commercial banks in October 2006, is “free money”. This was contained in a statement signed by the convener, South South Reawakening Group, Joseph Ambakederimo, and issued to newsmen in Warri. Ambakederimo, in the statement demanded that all information regarding the transaction be made available to Nigerians, in line with the Freedom of Information Act, adding that the… Read more
Kelly expected to resign soon, no longer on speaking terms with Trump (CNN)
Washington (CNN)John Kelly is expected to resign as White House chief of staff in the coming days, two sources familiar with the situation unfolding in the West Wing tell CNN. Seventeen months in, Kelly and President Donald Trump have reached a stalemate in their relationship and it is no longer seen as tenable by either party. Though Trump asked Kelly over the summer to stay on as chief of staff for two more years, the two have stopped speaking in recent days….Read more
Arrest triggers fresh doubts about Trump’s ability to deliver on China deal (CNN)
The arrest of a top Chinese technology executive should have been a triumphant moment for the Trump administration. Instead, the detention of Chinese tech giant Huawei’s chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver, British Columbia, triggered a market meltdown Thursday amid uncertainty about whether President Donald Trump can strike a lasting trade deal with Beijing. The volatility put a spotlight on doubts about Trump’s ability to deliver on his promises with China — and exposed a clash between his policy goals in China and his efforts to crack down on technology companies and other actors….Read more
A 13-year-old with autism was restrained for being violent at school. He died at a hospital two days later (CNN)
A 13-year old boy at a private alternative school in California who was restrained last week during an incident and became unresponsive died two days later at a hospital, officials said Thursday. The student, who had autism, became violent and was restrained by school workers because of the potential for injury to others, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. The boy, who has not been identified, became unresponsive and a teacher began CPR, the statement said….Read more
Sarri admits he expected challenges at Chelsea (Supersport)
Maurizio Sarri said he knew he would face challenges at Chelsea despite a bright start to the season as he prepares his team to face Premier League leaders Manchester City on Saturday. Chelsea were unbeaten in their first 12 Premier League games but lost 2-1 at Wolves on Wednesday – their second defeat in their past three league games. Those dropped points have left them in fourth place, 10 points adrift of leaders City after 15 games. “I knew very well that sooner or later we have to face difficulties,” Sarri said on Friday. “When you change the way of playing, the way of football, you need to change the mentality….Read more
Mou struggles to make case for United defence (Supersport)
Jose Mourinho will be desperate for his struggling Manchester United side to put their defensive woes behind them against the Premier League’s bottom club Fulham but the form book suggests they may struggle to do so. An exciting, if error-strewn, 2-2 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford in midweek means United have conceded 25 goals in their 15 Premier League games to date – more than four times the number conceded by Liverpool. Alarmingly, only the division’s bottom five teams have a worse defensive record and United have managed to record just two clean sheets all season – in a win at Burnley and a goalless home draw with Crystal Palace….Read more
Klopp banking on Chelsea to slow City charge (Supersport)
Jurgen Klopp will be desperately hoping Chelsea can slow down Manchester City’s title charge this weekend as he balances his Premier League ambitions with a Champions League decider against Napoli. Unbeaten Liverpool are clinging on in the title race – scoring deep into added time against Everton last week and recovering from a goal down to beat Burnley on Wednesday to move just two points behind City. Elsewhere, all eyes will again be on the next instalment in the Old Trafford soap opera, with stuttering Manchester United hosting bottom club Fulham….Read more
Brown, Human eager to get Cape Town effort going (Supersport)
After 66 tournaments around the world, Kyle Brown knows a thing or two about winning tournaments on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series – be it in the USA, Europe or Australia, but most of all, he’s also had that winning feeling in South Africa. And not only in Cape Town, where the second leg of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series kicks off on Saturday, but also in Port Elizabeth and George, where the Blitzboks won exactly ten years ago….Read more
Gabrielle Union Shuts Down Haters After Being Criticized for Kissing Her Baby Girl on the Lips (E! Online)
Gabrielle Union doesn’t have time for mommy shamers. On Thursday, the actress took to Instagram to share a video of her giving her baby girl, Kaavia James, pecks on the lips. It wasn’t long before followers started criticizing Union for kissing her daughter on the lips. “Ahhhhh didn’t anyone tell you you shouldn’t kiss a baby in the mouth. Even your own,” wrote one social media user. “She’s beautiful tho.” Another claimed “it’s unsanitary to a kiss a baby on the mouth” and argued people “carry bacteria from what we eat.”…Read more
17-year-old pupil hacks colleague to death in Ekiti (Punch)
Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti A 17-year-old Senior Secondary School pupil of Ado Grammar School, Ado Ekiti, Kehinde Timilehin, reportedly hacked a fellow student, Favour Matthew, 16, to death on Thursday. The two pupils were said to have engaged each other in ‘charms (juju) contest’ following which Mathew was said to have gone home to bring…Read more
Minors, six adults arrested over cultism (Punch)
The police in Benue State on Friday charged two minors and six adults with criminal conspiracy, belonging to unlawful society and attempt to commit culpable homicide in a Makurdi Upper Area Court. Among those arraigned were Victoria Moses 18; Apeh Anene 27, Thankgod Ada 18; Victoria Moses 18; David Monday 21, Joseph Raphael 18 and…Read more