Don't Heal Ebola Victims - FG Warns Churches, Healers

The Federal and Lagos State Governments have warned churches and healing homes that specialise in miracles to beware of treating or trying to heal suspected patients suffering from the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, as that could lead to the spread of the disease.

Why Enugu Dep Gov, Onyebuchi may not resign - Aide

*Nkanu people frown at meddlesome role by Senator Nnamani

There were indications on Monday that the embattled Deputy Governor of Enugu state, Chief Sunday Onyebuchi may only consider resigning from office if the panel to be constituted to handle the allegations against him was manipulated.

Female suicide bomber, 5 others killed in Kano

KANO—Ancient city of Kano witnessed fresh bomb attacks, yesterday, as twin explosions targeted at worshippers at Saint Charles Catholic Church, Sabon Gari, and a police check point in Kano killed six persons. The dead included a soldier, two women, a man, a child and a female suicide bomber.

Kano State Commissioner of Police, Adelenre Shinaba told reporters in Kano that the attack on the Catholic Church located at Zungeru Road, occurred shortly after the Sunday mass when an object suspected to be Improvised Explosive Device was thrown from opposite the church at a crowd of worshippers, leaving the service.

Moonsighting Controversy: Nigeria only country in the world celebrating Eid-El-Fitri today

Nigeria is the only country in the world whose Muslim faithful are celebrating Eid-El-Fitri (the end of Ramadan festivities) today following the controversial announcement by the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, on Saturday night that the new moon of Shawwal was sighted in some cities across the country, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. This newspaper gathered, through extensive investigations and interviews with leading Islamic clerics, that the Ramadan fast in other parts of the world would only end today (Sunday), with the Eid-El-Fitri celebrations holding on Monday.

The Chairman of the Nigerian National Moonsighting Committee, Hafiz Wali, as well as a member, Sheikh

Impeachment: The Sins of Enugu Deputy Governor

The impeachment notice served on the Enugu State Deputy Governor Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi might have come as a surprise to many. Not because he has had the best of relationships with his governor, but because both have pretentiously carried on for so many years as though all was well.

Buhari Escapes From Kaduna's Second Explosion

      General Buhari's bulletproof car after the bombing      Photo: Sahara Reporters Media

It was gathered that General Muhammadu Buhari was almost killed in the second bomb explosion that rocked Kaduna town this afternoon in which more than 20 persons were killed.

***Breaking***Bomb Blast Hits Kaduna

An explosion has occurred in central Kaduna killing at least 20 people.

The blast occurred Wednesday afternoon along Isa Kaita road which leads to the popular Murtala Square.

A witness said the explosion is believed to have targeted the convoy of a prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who was on his way to the Square.

#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS: HOW EZEKWESILI FOOLED MALALA

Details have emerged on how the #BringBackOurGirls’s campaigners stage-managed last week’s meeting between the purported parents, Chibok girls and Pakistani child rights activist, Yousafzai Malala in Abuja.

Investigation by Nigerian Pilot showed the actual parents of schoolgirls who were kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State on April 14 this year did not attend the meeting.

“Senate not a retirement benefit for ex-Governors” – Enugu West People’s Forum

The Enugu West People’s Forum, on Monday, faulted the suggestion by a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. USA Igweshi, that Governor Sullivan Chime should be compensated with the Enugu West Senatorial seat at the end of his eight years in office as the Governor of Enugu State.

The group bared its mind in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Publicity, Ugulu O. Ugulu while reacting to an interview published in a national daily on today.

The Forum stressed that while it had no problem with deserving former governors coming to the Senate through free and fair democratic contest, it was opposed to seeing legislative seats as a compensation or retirement benefit for former governors.

***JUST IN*** Chime, Ifeoma Nwobodo Perfects Plot to Impeach Deputy

Enugu Deputy Gov, Chief Sunday Onyebuchi

There were indications, yesterday, that the deputy governor of Enugu State, Chief Sunday Onyebuchi, may be impeached any time from now, our source can authoritatively reveal.

***BREAKING NEWS***Air Force Helicopter Crashes in Borno

A Nigerian Air Force Mi-35 Helicopter on a training mission has crashed, the Defence Headquaters has said.

The jet crashed this afternoon due to technical fault at a location South of Bama, Defence spokesperson, Chris Olukolade, said in a statement made available to news men.

The statement did not say whether anyone was killed or injured in the crash.

Iraqi terrorists threaten Christians to convert to Islam or die

EXTREMISTS occupying large swaths of Iraq and Syria have issued a threat to Iraqi Christians in the city of Mosul to accept Islam, pay extra taxes to Islamic Sharia courts or face death. 

       

The letters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, were distributed recently to leaders of the dwindling Christian minority in Iraq’s second largest city. 

Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Impeached!

The Speaker of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Chukwuma Nwazunku, has been impeached.

He was impeached on Monday morning and replaced by Helen Nwaobasi representing Abakaliki South State Constituency.

Eighteen out of the 24 members of the House of Assembly reportedly voted out the Speaker.

Eni Uduma Chima representing Afikpo South West moved the motion for the election of Helen. The motion was seconded Jerry Obasi.

Frank Onwe moved the motion for the Speaker’s impeachment, which was seconded by the minority leader, Enyi C. Enyi.

Before the proceedings for the impeachment of the Speaker commenced, reprieve came the way of Frank Onwe,  Eni Uduma Chime and deputy speaker, Blaise Orji, who were earlier suspended.

The lawmakers  lifted their suspension and they fully participated in today’s proceedings that culminated in the sack of Nwazunku.

Witches and Wizards Declare War on Boko Haram

Rising from an emergency meeting held at Afuze, Edo State, the witches and wizards in the country under the auspices of Witches and Wizards Association of Nigeria, (WITZAN), revealed that Abubakar Shekau will be captured before December this year.

Making this revelation in Lagos on Wednesday, its leader and spokesman, 

Adamawa acting gov sacks cabinet •Majority leader removed

THE acting governor of Adamawa State, Alhaji Umar Fintiri, has dissolved the cabinet constituted by former governor, Admiral Murtala Nyako (retd).

In a statement signed by Professor Abdullahi Liman Tukur, the Secretary to the State Government, who was sworn in on Thursday, the sack of all political appointees of the Nyako-led administration was with immediate effect.

Enugu SUBEB Crisis: SERG flays attack on Chime, Nwobodo

                                       Members of the South East Rescue Group, SERG at the press briefing in Enugu Thursday

A pan-Igbo group, the South East Revival Group (SERG), Thursday, rose in defence of Governor Sullivan Chime and his Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo over an attack by a group which identified itself as Save Enugu Movement.

Save Enugu group had alleged in an advertorial in a national newspaper last Friday that Nwobodo was among other things, involved in shady deals regarding contracts in the state’s Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB). The group also made a veiled reference to Chime in the deal.

Controversial Nigerian Celebrity Break-Ups

By Anthony Ada Abraham

The entertainment industry is filled with different issues on daily basis. While some are busy working on mending their relationships, others are with reckless abandonment breaking theirs.

People like Fred and Agatha Amata, Anne Njemanze and Segun Arinze, Solomon Akiyesi, Kenneth Okonkwo, Uche Ogbodo, Chiege Alisigwe who was once married to Tony Ebbe, Ayo Adesanya and Goriola Hassan.

Lola Alao’s former husband attacked her severally in the media and said unprintable things about her when their marriage crashed, Doris Simeon and Daniel Ademonikan, Mbong and Jeta Amata, the marriage between Foluke Daramola and Tunde Sobowale crashed few years after, Regina Askia was briefly married to a money bag, Charles Orie, but she dumped him for American Ruddy Williams while fans were pained at the separation of Faithia and Saheed Balogun.

Gov Nyako of Adamawa, Impeached...Deputy Resigns

Adamawa State Governor, Murtala Nyako, has been impeached today, after the state House of Assembly concluded its deliberations on the report of the panel set to probe allegations of financial misconducts leveled against him. It will be recalled that the state Deputy Governor, Bala Ngilari, resigned from office to avoid being impeached along with his boss.The committee submitted its report to the House  yesterday, amidst high security presence at the premises of the state’s assembly.

Mr. Ngilari’s resignation letter was read at the plenary by the speaker of the Assembly, Umaru Fintiri, after which the lawmakers approved it.

Nyako, Ngilari had failed to appear before the panel constituted to investigate the allegations against them following an earlier noticed served the executives by the assembly members.

Five injured in auto crash in Enugu

No fewer than five persons sustained injuries in a ghastly auto crash that occurred along the Ogui Road in the heart of Enugu State capital on Friday afternoon.

The crash which caused traffic gridlock for some hours on the busy dual-carriageway occurred at about 2pm. Three vehicles were involved.

Death toll from Israeli strikes 'hits 100'

THE death toll from Israeli air strikes on Gaza has risen to 100, Palestinian sources say.

The latest deaths were of two people in a car in the Bureij area on Friday, they said.

Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes since launching its operation on Tuesday to stop rocket fire from Gaza. Militants there continue to fire on Israel, causing damage and injuries.

How Greedy RCCG Pastors Gang Up Against Adeboye over 1.5million Seat Auditorium

Global News

A writer once explained that the church has become canal, while worldly things has gradually crept into the church, this much can be said about the attitude and ways of many of the pastors of the church with one of the largest congregation in the world, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG). Despite the fact that the church is under the leadership of one of the most respected man of God in Africa and the world, the church image all-over the world is on the recline due to the many attributes of the pastors under the commission which can be likened to that of the devil.

***JUST IN*** Shekarau now Minister of Education

Ibrahim Shekarau 

President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn-in the four new ministers, who were cleared by the National Assembly.

They include Ibrahim Shekarau, Stephen Oru, Adedayo Adeyeye and Abdul Bulama.
Mr. Shekarau, a former Kano State governor, decamped from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Boko Haram: Chief Imam, Aba Central Mosque, 6 others arrested for interogation.

Two Imams and five other members of the Muslim community in Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, were in the wee hours of yesterday, arrested by soldiers over alleged suspected bombs.

According to the former Abia State Amirul-haj and deputy chairman of the Muslim community in Aba, Alhaji Musa Iheakaram, the soldiers, who he said, came in seven Hilux vans stormed the Aba Central Mosque on Mosque Street at about 2.00 am in search of bombs alleged to have been brought into the mosque.

Robbers attack bank, kill two policemen in Enugu

About six armed robbers attacked an old generation bank over the weekend at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, UNEC, carting away millions of naira from the bank’s ATM.

The incident occurred barely one month after a similar attack was launched on a new generation bank inside the campus.

Over 50 terrorists, 11 soldiers, a Colonel, DPO killed in shoot out

About 12 soldiers including a colonel, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, three policemen and four civilians were feared killed at the weekend when about 200 terrorists operating in many Toyota Hilux vehicles attacked Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.

The structure housing the Divisional Police Headquarters in the area, markets, houses and vehicles were also destroyed during the encounter between the terrorists and the armed forces.

Beware! Prolonged Watching of TV Can Cause Pre-mature Death - Study

Photo credit: WiseGEEK

Watching television is the most common daily activity apart from work and sleep in many parts of the world, but it is time for people to change their viewing habits.

Evidence from a spate of recent studies suggests that the more TV you watch, the more likely you are to develop a host of health problems and to die at an earlier age.

Police frisk Ebonyi officials over bomb scare

***Operatives map counter-terrorism measures for Anambra

Following Wednesday’s arrest at Afikpo of 17 suspected Boko Haram Islamists, policemen in the Ebonyi State capital, Abakaliki, yesterday searched and restricted the official cars of commissioners, council chairmen and other top government functionaries from the venue of a sensitazation workshop on relevance of democratic governance.

Enugu appeals court verdict on ex-ESUBEB boss

Mrs. Ethel Nebo-Ezeabasili

The Enugu State government has filed an appeal before the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu in the case involving government and the dismissed chairperson of the Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ESUBEB), Mrs. Ethel Nebo-Ezeabasili.

Abuja ‘Park and Pay’ to return soon

Premium Times 

The Abuja administration has promised that the ‘Park and Pay’ policy that was declared illegal by a court, and subsequently stopped, will return in a better form.

A Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court in Apo, Abuja had on April 14 declared the park and pay policy illegal, saying it should be stopped forthwith.