Nigeria ranked third most terrorized country in the world

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjIRTWlD0HjbtE8J-tI0Yh3YBzrk2_zYi3L8cVCUHxcirUW6XiM6zBD7TiepoNezzZqGgCFSxktbHggV6r7cnejPIzuA2TYAl5qzoepqlMywbDMM1wj_w09mXyXDNoLkFpzzVzJXGkmVQ/s1600/BOKO+HARAM+2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjIRTWlD0HjbtE8J-tI0Yh3YBzrk2_zYi3L8cVCUHxcirUW6XiM6zBD7TiepoNezzZqGgCFSxktbHggV6r7cnejPIzuA2TYAl5qzoepqlMywbDMM1wj_w09mXyXDNoLkFpzzVzJXGkmVQ/s640/BOKO+HARAM+2016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Nigeria has been ranked third of the 162 countries of the world that have been worst hit by terrorist attacks, according to the 2015 Global Terrorism Index.<br /> <br /> The country, Africa’s largest oil producer, was ranked fourth in 2014.<br /> <br /> Going by the latest ranking, Nigeria is only better than two Middle Eastern countries – Iraq and Afghanistan – who were ranked first and second respectively.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Another two Middle East countries, Pakistan and Syria are ranked fourth and fifth respectively, after Nigeria.<br /> <br /> The only African countries closer in ranking to Nigeria are Somalia and Libya which are in the eighth and ninth positions respectively.<br /> <br /> France, which recently experienced deadly terrorist attacks that killed about 160 people in Paris, is ranked 36th, same as the United States of America.<br /> <br /> “Terrorist attacks are much more lethal in Nigeria than any other country,” the GTI report said.<br /> The report, released on November 16, 2015 by the Institute for Economics and Peace, said the Islamist terror group in Nigeria, Boko Haram, overtook ISIL in 2014 to become the most deadly terrorist group in the world.<br /> <br /> The Institute for Economics and Peace is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit think tank with offices in Sydney, New York and Mexico City.<br /> <br /> The 2015 GTI report said Boko Haram, in 2014, was also able to spread outside Nigeria to launch two deadly attacks in neighbouring Cameroon, killing 530 people.<br /> <br /> Cameroon, the report said, didn’t record any death from terrorism between 2000 and 2013 until Boko Haram struck in 2014.<br /> <br /> Although published in November 2015, the GTI report was produced from data gathered in 2014.<br /> In 2014, Nigeria experienced the biggest yearly deterioration in terrorism on record, the report said.<br /> “There were 5,662 more people killed (in Nigeria) from terrorism in 2014 than in 2013, an increase of almost 300 per cent,” it says.<br /> <br /> The number of people killed in Nigeria by terrorist attack in 2014 was 6,118, compared to the 1,595 killed in 2013.<br /> <br /> According to the report, “Nigeria has moved from the country with the fifth highest levels of fatalities in 2013 to the second highest in 2014.”<br /> <br /> In summary, Nigeria recorded 662 terrorist attacks in 2014, with 7,512 people killed, 2,246 injured and 1,512 properties destroyed.<br /> <br /> But then, Boko Haram isn’t the only terror group in Nigeria that kills; the Fulani militants in the northern part of Nigeria is recorded to have killed as many as 1,229 people in the country in 2014, which is an incredible leap from 63 recorded in 2013.<br /> <br /> Unlike religious fanaticism which drives Boko Haram, the Fulani militants are driven by conflict over access and control of land between the semi-nomadic Fulani herdsmen and farmers in north-eastern Nigeria, the report said.<br /> <br /> Nigeria, alongside four other countries – Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria – accounted for 78 per cent of lives lost globally in 2014 through terrorist attacks.<br /> <br /> Of 20 most fatal terrorist attacks in the world in 2014, nine of them took place in Nigeria.<br /> Boko Haram was responsible for eight of those nine attacks, while the Fulani militants were responsible for one which took place at Galadima where 200 people were reportedly killed.<br /> <br /> The worst terrorist attack in Nigeria in 2014, according to the 2015 GTI report, was in Kano city on November 28, 2014 when two suicide bombers and roadside bomb detonated at the Grand Mosque in the city.<br /> <br /> Boko Haram terrorists reportedly opened fire on worshippers fleeing the explosions. One hundred and twenty-two (122) people were killed, while 270 were injured.<br /> <br /> Nigeria for several years now has been battling Boko Haram insurgency which is responsible for thousands of deaths in the northeast of the country.<br /> <br /> “The nature of terrorism in Nigeria is different to Iraq and Afghanistan,” the report said.<br /> “Terrorist activity in Nigeria has more in common with the tactics of organised crime and gangs, focusing more on armed assaults using firearms and knives than on the bombings of other large terrorist groups.<br /> <br /> “Firearms were used in over half of all attacks in Nigeria and were responsible for 67 per cent of all deaths by Boko Haram and 92 per cent of deaths from Fulani militants.<br /> <br /> “Whilst previously the use of suicide attacks by Boko Haram was rare, in 2014 they were responsible for 31 suicide attacks with an average of nearly 15 deaths per attack.<br /> <br /> “The majority of these attacks were against private citizens and education and religious institutions. No other group in Nigeria conducted suicide attacks in 2014,” the report said.<br /> <br /> The number of people killed by terrorism around the world increased from 18,111 in 2013 to 32,658 in 2014.<br /> <br /> The increase is said to be the largest ever recorded.<br /> <br /> The report put the global cost of terrorism in 2014 at US$52.9 billion, compared to US$32.9 billion in 2013.<br /> <br /> The GTI, which is currently in its third edition, is “based on data from the Global Terrorism Database (GTD) which is collected and collated by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism”.<br /> <br /> The GTI score for a country in a given year is said to be based on unique scoring system to account for the relative impact of terrorism incidents in the year.<br /> <br /> “The four factors counted in each country’s yearly score, are: total number of terrorist incidents in a given year; total number of fatalities caused by terrorists in a given year; total number of injuries caused by terrorists in a given year; a measure of the total property damage from terrorist incidents in a given year.”

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Disregard social media results on Kogi polls - INEC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEf8EmksxpP1FyTaVSw417DYjNpfXTQ12W2N33hfm-Hz51UCaH61fHicWJo3TIVibcNf1GGYWCUamTDZFR2s83j0I3azi29vnz0FngeZ3WUk9j_xcBLQ1l6swz05G8Ff68VVGuuIM7lhtG/s1600/Prof.+Mahmood+Yakubu+inec+chairman+2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEf8EmksxpP1FyTaVSw417DYjNpfXTQ12W2N33hfm-Hz51UCaH61fHicWJo3TIVibcNf1GGYWCUamTDZFR2s83j0I3azi29vnz0FngeZ3WUk9j_xcBLQ1l6swz05G8Ff68VVGuuIM7lhtG/s400/Prof.+Mahmood+Yakubu+inec+chairman+2015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has urged residents of Kogi state and other stakeholders to disregard results currently trending in the social media in respect of the ongoing gubernatorial elections in the state.<br /> <br /> INEC said it is the only constitutionally-mandated body to declare or announce such results, dissociating itself from the authors.<br /> <br /> In a tweet, the commission described the results as grossly inaccurate and should be disregarded. “INEC wishes to state that results of Kogi Governorship election being posted on Social Media are inaccurate and should be disregarded”, INEC tweeted.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It said official results will subsequently be announced and the winner of the election declared by its returning officer.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has explained why it deployed hundreds of officers and men of its armed squad for the elections, saying intelligence reports had indicated that there could be possible attacks on some critical public assets in thee state.<br /> <br /> Acting Deputy Commandant General in charge of Operations, Dr Nnamdi Nwinyi who is leading the operations in the state, disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent yesterday.<br /> <br /> He said apart from the initial deployment of 5, 000 personnel, an additional 1,200 personnel of its specialized units were deployed following receipt of the intelligence report.<br /> <br /> “We decided to deploy officers and men our armed squad because we have identified many soft targets like the Geregu Power Plant, the steel infrastructure and many others. Our personnel were deployed in and around those assets to stace off any untoward action from unscrupulous elements”, he said.

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EL CLASSICO: Real Madrid humiliated by Barcelona

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AeTODrBQvziTyNc5Ko6K9Trgl25Z7-cBiKiSg5jO8F4eTKGeEdvNansUoun8ckUsmRck1VAHyOnOkEU0-eZwT3RD5k-XYGOBSDcaKaWwqhbneNgaQ5HBwbukXTlLVbflYbVY-X_8u1mb/s1600/suarez-messi-fcb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3AeTODrBQvziTyNc5Ko6K9Trgl25Z7-cBiKiSg5jO8F4eTKGeEdvNansUoun8ckUsmRck1VAHyOnOkEU0-eZwT3RD5k-XYGOBSDcaKaWwqhbneNgaQ5HBwbukXTlLVbflYbVY-X_8u1mb/s400/suarez-messi-fcb.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Barcelona moved six points clear at the top of La Liga with an emphatic 4-0 win over Real Madrid on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Luis Suarez opened the scoring with beautifully taken finish after good work by Sergi Roberto, who started the game ahead of the returning Lionel Messi.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Neymar added a second goal before half-time, with captain Andres Iniesta adding the third in the second half.<br /> <br /> Luis Enrique then brought Messi on off the bench, but it was Suarez who completed the rout with his second of the match.

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Nigeria on the rise again - Buhari

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfm-fOrBfoG59p2oIIKSWhbVwh1Pgfi_jlM-EW8cJZXs9lu0E2hcUgAeDXRD1sHQs0VPKIGG8amn50DzU3LP-cO891j-EWm3cwne2qyOB1hRD9LRd4QKRDX4B_njNcn5-PDCWH_T0bLycs/s1600/Buhari-certificate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfm-fOrBfoG59p2oIIKSWhbVwh1Pgfi_jlM-EW8cJZXs9lu0E2hcUgAeDXRD1sHQs0VPKIGG8amn50DzU3LP-cO891j-EWm3cwne2qyOB1hRD9LRd4QKRDX4B_njNcn5-PDCWH_T0bLycs/s400/Buhari-certificate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday in Jos that Nigeria had entered its glorious era in spite of insecurity and economic challenges.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He stated this on Saturday at the graduation of Senior Executive Course 37 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPPS) in Kuru near Jos.<br /> <br /> Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Buhari said Boko Haram and other such insurgent groups around the country would soon be consigned to history.<br /> <br /> While acknowledging that some issues of agitations by some groups and sections in the country could not be ignored, he said creating employment opportunities would reduce the tension.<br /> <br /> He charged the institute to conduct comprehensive study on causes of insurgency and how to build civil capacity to defeat mindless violence.<br /> “I want the institute to come up with policies which integrate needs of the vast majority of the populace and not just based on GDP projections.<br /> “MNI’s end up in their offices after their course of study at NIPPS, without the required enthusiasm to enforce implementation of the policies they made.<br /> <br /> “I think we must encourage ourselves and take ourselves seriously instead of doing this just to take a title.<br /> <br /> “The institute will find a way of monitoring members instead of just producing high quality results which just die here.<br /> “Let’s make efforts to see that those who implement policies use them, “ he said.<br /> <br /> The president said that his administration would support the institute with funding, but remarked that corruption was the bane of the nation’s development.<br /> <br /> “What has eluded our leadership is not lack of good policies but strength of character to implement them.<br /> <br /> “Our problem is not legislative, but lack of political will and weak legal process- delay in the judiciary and suppression of the entire legal system,” he said.<br /> <br /> He, however, said his administration would address this and other distortions in the system on which corruption of leadership thrived.<br /> Mr. Buhari called on persons and interest groups within the country to submit to peaceful means of expressing themselves without violating the laws of the land.<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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No one can fault our report on Amaechi – Senate Ethics Committee

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe1rPHAU8tVn6P4pfCAt8z3nl2GDKXY6kwVGfsJ3SKAeih3dqSkTcKIkMX266pMtkkt6irRQVLPGoKaNHyNmoCfDkVObuTlJCVAsOK9g0PFCOsMSaIpyaW0Iy8LCbZg9XXlzIVm4S9dtv/s1600/amaechi+cross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe1rPHAU8tVn6P4pfCAt8z3nl2GDKXY6kwVGfsJ3SKAeih3dqSkTcKIkMX266pMtkkt6irRQVLPGoKaNHyNmoCfDkVObuTlJCVAsOK9g0PFCOsMSaIpyaW0Iy8LCbZg9XXlzIVm4S9dtv/s400/amaechi+cross.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> Chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition, Senator Sam Anyanwu (PDP-Imo East) has stated that no one can fault their report on former Rivers governor, Rotimi Amaechi.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Anyawu was reacting to whether Nigerians would have faith in the committee following issues around the confirmation of nomination of Minister of Transport, Amaechi, in spite of its recommendation.<br /> <br /> “Our report on Amaechi cannot be faulted in any way. We have received commendations from over five Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN) for standing firm.<br /> <br /> “Through our probe, even ordinary Nigerians who were wrongfully dismissed from their offices, who did not have money to go to court or fear of persecution, their consolation was the senate.<br /> <br /> “When we ask agencies to re-instate people who were wrongfully dismissed, we equally insist that such persons are not victimised. This is people’s parliament; we are the voice of the voiceless.<br /> “I do not have any grudges against anybody; I am only doing my job. I am one man nobody can put in the pocket.<br /> <br /> “I don’t fight for anybody, I do the right thing. If people do not have confidence in this committee, they will be demoralised and discouraged from sending in petitions,” he said.<br /> <br /> NAN recalls that the Senate on Thursday received a petition alleging impropriety against the CCT chairman.<br /> <br /> The petition, which was presented on the floor of the Senate by Sen. Obinna Ogba (PDP-Ebonyi Central), was signed by one Ajaso I. Ajaso on behalf of a group, Anti Corruption Network.

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Kogi Election: Reports reaching me are troubling – Governor Wada

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4MZhgYs3whUJtE_X4PNc0QcIP74VbjELlz_1fpHu4IA2hT-uyElViaIwaMuCOBaMFAVF7i64AmWgyqHH_fEbekH6t6x3MuYoG5dy-Lw7memD-__3PRABhqPKd7SG11zI7T6xK0xvDYih/s1600/wada+a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4MZhgYs3whUJtE_X4PNc0QcIP74VbjELlz_1fpHu4IA2hT-uyElViaIwaMuCOBaMFAVF7i64AmWgyqHH_fEbekH6t6x3MuYoG5dy-Lw7memD-__3PRABhqPKd7SG11zI7T6xK0xvDYih/s400/wada+a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Idris Wada, the governor of Kogi state whose second term ambition is on the line in Saturday’s election spoke to journalists after his accreditation on his impression of the polls.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What is your impression of the exercise so far?</strong><br /> There are so many people here. They are going to be disenfranchised. It’s unfair. There is few incidence form, there is no photocopy here. There are so many people here, how are they going to vote? This seems to be a deliberate attempt to frustrate the whole process. I am going to call the REC now when I leave here and I hope they can do something about it because most Nigerians were looking forward to this election. Before I came here, I believed the whole process will be free and fair with massive security. But yet, we are hearing of the incidences of thuggery, people in fake soldier uniform going to Ogodo now, incidents of people snatching in Iyana ward. It is wrong. I just heard a report now that ballot boxes are being snatched and thumb printing is going on. It is completely unfair in this type of election. After the campaign, people should be allowed to exercise their free choice.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you think you can win?</strong><br /> If the election is free and fair, I will win.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You complained yesterday that there is militarisation…?</strong><br /> Which is good. It is to prevent thuggery. But thugs are still operating.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What is the problem with your wife’s accreditation?</strong><br /> Her card was recognised but her name is on the register. They did not find her name on the list they are using. So, she has to fill an incident form. I don’t understand what is happening. The incidences that I am hearing are troubling. I will not rush to judgement, but I just hope that the authorities are hearing and they will take immediate action because this election is a litmus test for Nigeria.</span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; color: #222222; line-height: 16.8px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From the feelers you are getting from across the state, what is your impression of voters’ turnout?</strong><br /> There is a lot of enthusiasm, people want to be exercise their civic rights and responsibilities, but the exercise to do so is being denied many of them by the failure of these equipment. It is mind boggling that in a single election in our country, card readers are disappointing us. Something has to be done about i</span></div>

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Chelsea 1-0 Norwich City: Costa winner saves more Mourinho blushes

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnZ-Cf1vvx0UYJElK37EPXMWHKfsgm99Bo208wlSBpIQxgJAtR8nllGVOLW1cBxopTpcy4TnfaJ3FabXkWS9RyDMLiuECHFhFbJGqLqXN0fgy-9aDn9ROxsb_YPOdL5t3vf8cM-v20Q3t/s1600/costa-620x330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnZ-Cf1vvx0UYJElK37EPXMWHKfsgm99Bo208wlSBpIQxgJAtR8nllGVOLW1cBxopTpcy4TnfaJ3FabXkWS9RyDMLiuECHFhFbJGqLqXN0fgy-9aDn9ROxsb_YPOdL5t3vf8cM-v20Q3t/s400/costa-620x330.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Diego Costa signalled the end of a three-game losing streak for Chelsea in the Premier League as the champions picked up a 1-0 victory over Norwich City on Saturday.<br /> <br /> Since beating Aston Villa 2-0 on October 17, Chelsea had been defeated by West Ham, Liverpool and Stoke City to leave them 16th in the top flight.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> However, Costa halted his own barren run of 603 minutes without a goal in all competitions to lift Chelsea spirits at Stamford Bridge.<br /> <br /> Both teams had chances to go in front during an open first half, with each having an appeal for a penalty turned down by referee Craig Pawson.<br /> <br /> It looked destined to be another frustrating day at the office for Chelsea until Costa capitalised on some quick thinking from Cesc Fabregas to send his side in front after 64 minutes.<br /> <br /> The result sees Chelsea climb above Norwich into 15th and manager Jose Mourinho will hope it marks the beginning of an upturn in form.<br /> <br /> Mourinho handed Kenedy a first Premier League start as both managers made three changes and it was Chelsea who had the better of the early chances – Fabregas scooping over from close range following an Eden Hazard cutback before John Terry diverted just wide from a corner.<br /> <br /> Nathan Redmond produced the first shot on target when he drew a save from Asmir Begovic with a powerful drive from a tight angle, while Willian tested John Ruddy at the other end following a threatening run from Hazard.<br /> <br /> Redmond was deployed in an unfamiliar central attacking role and was integral to a move that ended with Dieumerci Mbokani lifting a shot over the crossbar from the edge of the box after 20 minutes.<br /> <br /> Costa failed to keep his effort down after a slick passing move from the hosts, before Willian went down under the challenge of Jonny Howson in the box.<br /> <br /> Replays confirmed the Norwich midfielder's innocence – pulling off a superb challenge to dispossess the Brazilian – and Willian was lucky to avoid giving away a spot-kick at the other end when he brought down Robbie Brady moments later.<br /> <br /> <br /> (Goal.com)

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West Brom 2-1 Arsenal: Arteta own goal sinks Gunners

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwNbGz_8sSpZ2q1w4BT18O3rPWmQLeIE-vAvTyW3lMQNKOm625nCZiPx6UAfmS1TAri2gFeli40pQkqsMBXemq_ckndhmr_zyx67DcpiJyDqCTrdCeou7ks5iSVarIMxzVqq8ZvkUOwNB/s1600/caz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwNbGz_8sSpZ2q1w4BT18O3rPWmQLeIE-vAvTyW3lMQNKOm625nCZiPx6UAfmS1TAri2gFeli40pQkqsMBXemq_ckndhmr_zyx67DcpiJyDqCTrdCeou7ks5iSVarIMxzVqq8ZvkUOwNB/s640/caz.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Mikel Arteta's own goal consigned Arsenal to a 2-1 defeat against West Brom that gives Manchester City the chance to take sole ownership of top spot in the Premier League.<br /> <br /> Santi Cazorla had a major chance to salvage a draw and spare his compatriot's blushes six minutes from time from the penalty spot, but he slipped as he took the kick and skied his effort over the crossbar.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Arteta put the ball into his own net after replacing the injured Francis Coquelin in the 14th minute before he was then forced off himself with what appeared to be a calf problem early in the second half.<br /> <br /> Arsenal dominated the early proceedings and deservedly took the lead through Olivier Giroud.<br /> <br /> But West Brom responded well to going behind and James Morrison found the net from Chris Brunt's free-kick.<br /> <br /> Arteta then deflected a cross from the left past Petr Cech to gift West Brom the lead and Arsenal saw their best chance of a draw go to waste when Cazorla's slip ended their chances of extending their six-match unbeaten run.<br /> <br /> Arsenal first threatened in the 14th minute when Alexis Sanchez curled a free-kick over the wall, but Boaz Myhill was equal to the task and made a comfortable save.<br /> Arsene Wenger’s men grabbed the lead on the half-hour mark from another set piece when Mesut Ozil sent in a superb cross for Giroud, who lost his marker before heading home from close range.<br /> <br /> The visitors had a fine chance to double their lead shortly afterwards following a good run from Sanchez down the right, but Kieran Gibbs fired his shot just over the bar.<br /> <br /> And West Brom were level in the 35th minute with their first serious chance of the game. Brunt delivered a free-kick into the area and Morrison beat Cech with a subtle volley in the far corner.<br /> <br /> The home side then went a goal up shortly before the break via Arteta, who saw James McClean's cross deflect off Cech and onto his leg before it crept over the line.<br /> <br /> Ozil nearly restored parity immediately after the break when he tried his luck after picking up a cross from the left, but the Germany international was denied by the upright.<br /> <br /> Salomon Rondon could have doubled his side's lead after shrugging off Per Mertesacker, but he wildly blasted his volley from inside the area over the bar.<br /> <br /> Substitute Joel Campbell should have made it 2-2 midway through the second half after a brilliant pass from Cazorla, but the attacker mishit his shot from close range.<br /> <br /> Jonas Olsson nearly netted a third for West Brom after a superb corner from Brunt, but Cech somehow did enough to deny the Swede and keep his side's chances alive.<br /> <br /> Cazorla was given the chance to level in the 84th minute following Brunt's foul on Alexis, but the midfielder lost his footing to leave West Brom to take all three points.<br /> <br /> (Goal.com)

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KOGI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION: Results so far. . .

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWMA6TY11Ag2rSIBneb1SRcicP0BvU7z3dGDqWEhD9Xj31fMWA0RYSFCdIjkmTr9Pz_DVoitkXealrjyVwGqSUN4Gg5pl14AkDT6lT4Pvlotz43QlhEARta8ERqbWXExoJczoq8tgSl6n/s1600/Abubakar-Audu-and-Idris-Wada+kogi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQWMA6TY11Ag2rSIBneb1SRcicP0BvU7z3dGDqWEhD9Xj31fMWA0RYSFCdIjkmTr9Pz_DVoitkXealrjyVwGqSUN4Gg5pl14AkDT6lT4Pvlotz43QlhEARta8ERqbWXExoJczoq8tgSl6n/s640/Abubakar-Audu-and-Idris-Wada+kogi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <b>18:55PM - </b>Results are starting to come from the polling booths.<br /> <br /> <b>It should be noted that these results are yet to be confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.</b><br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Ogori/Mangogo Okibo unit 1: PDP 57, APC 9; Unit 2: PDP 56, APC 13. Okesi ward unit 01: PDP 118, APC 13, PPA 2<br /> <br /> Lokoja LGA_Ward A.<br /> SUBEB POLLING UNIT: APC 193, PDP 129. As declared by INEC.<br /> <br /> Mopamuro unit 04 ward 8: PDP 128, APC 26.<br /> <br /> Ogori/Mangogo Okibo unit 1: PDP 57, APC 9; Unit 2: PDP 56, APC 13. Okesi ward unit 01: PDP 118, APC 13, PPA 2<br /> <br /> Lokoja LGA_Ward A.<br /> SUBEB POLLING UNIT: APC 193, PDP 129. As declared by INEC.<br /> <br /> Ankpa ojoku ward bangele unit 1:PDP 346, APC 40; Kabba/Bunu St Barnabas Unit,<br /> <br /> Odolu Ward: APC 206 PDP 95; Ijumu Ayere unit 03: APC 101 PDP 58; AyegunleGdede/ Iluhafon ward: APC 167, PDP 41,<br /> <br /> Oja Otun Iyara: APC 146 PDP 36;<br /> <br /> Demonstration Kabba Okekoko ward: APC 171, PDP 70; Akefe unit: PDP 138, APC 117<br /> <br /> PU 029, Zariagi ward, Adavi LGA. APC - 12, PDP -5, LP - 30, DPP - 1, Invalid - 1, Total - 49.<br /> <br /> PU 15 Amole open space, Lokoja. APC: 148; PDP: 110; LP: 8; PPA: 5; APGA: 1; APA:1; PDC: 1. Invalid votes: 13: Accredited voters: 319.<br /> <br /> Crowther Memorial College unit, Lokoja LGA. APC: 169; PDP:129: PPA: 5; LP: 7<br /> <br /> Lokoja LGA_Ward A. SUBEB/SPEB POLLING UNIT : APC =193 PDP =129<br /> Idah LGA, Ugwoda Ward, Ojaina unit 006 APC 39 PDP 39

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#KogiDecides: Audu wins polling unit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VMjkraxYubMDAN_jt9oUEyueuGj8gGRETuPyJl1mmcRdEOxDOjmIqtZPVh2bnCz2qiPzOCWJ0KMSjdcd_CubebVZnGn2QT-7_EanbaK2gYaY0TyZ5tN9-eRgxcILgPtA-YrN8MQo_vgu/s1600/audu+votes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VMjkraxYubMDAN_jt9oUEyueuGj8gGRETuPyJl1mmcRdEOxDOjmIqtZPVh2bnCz2qiPzOCWJ0KMSjdcd_CubebVZnGn2QT-7_EanbaK2gYaY0TyZ5tN9-eRgxcILgPtA-YrN8MQo_vgu/s640/audu+votes.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The candidate of All Progressive Congress, Prince Abubakar Audu won in his polling unit 002, LGEA School, Ogbonicha/Ofeche, Ochi-Ogbonicha Omodofa Ward 10 with 240 votes.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> INEC official at the unit, Edicha Matthew, while announcing the results said that of the 654 on voters’ register, only 255 were credited.<br /> <br /> The unit recorded only thee invalid votes as the peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was left with zero vote

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#KogiDecides: Abubakar Audu votes, sure of victory

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexAZo2h6F8Diy1tEmN1wcicZxyrrL_WrK41R6fMb0p_J62NBgc0RhzEq3xiPwEsPlMqa8At6I5G8LAO0eG4TC-IvxnUMLAMZ8C8Qo9-sobNAAQ59Om4o6jcbAbPAkN1oLtXVpS1nKL_RT/s1600/audu+votes.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexAZo2h6F8Diy1tEmN1wcicZxyrrL_WrK41R6fMb0p_J62NBgc0RhzEq3xiPwEsPlMqa8At6I5G8LAO0eG4TC-IvxnUMLAMZ8C8Qo9-sobNAAQ59Om4o6jcbAbPAkN1oLtXVpS1nKL_RT/s640/audu+votes.png" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The All Progressive Congress, APC, governorship candidate, prince Abubakar Audu cast his vote in the ongoing governorship election in Kogi state.<br /> <br /> Audu voted at exactly 1.40 pm at polling unit 002 at the LGEA, school, Ogbonicha in Ofu Local Government Area of the state. He was successfully accredited via the card reader device at 12.19pm.<br /> <br /> Audu while speaking with journalists shortly after voting, expressed satisfaction over peaceful conduct of the exercise.<br /> <br /> The APC candidate said he was optimistic that the electorate will sustain the change mantra by voting for the right party and its candidate.

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Kogi Decides: PPA alleges attacks as voting begins

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrveL0B3fybK-327guRhxvwTrOPqnIcb8Ye7uL7hF-8Wu1IZA_B3aMHmtc3ekGg4J8R8Gn0F8_A7mdlfQ3aRejWCWygnbzyTnmabg_pVzQ37h1aVHXv69IFGYSoBIa6CfwKsowXOHTyHlK/s1600/ballot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrveL0B3fybK-327guRhxvwTrOPqnIcb8Ye7uL7hF-8Wu1IZA_B3aMHmtc3ekGg4J8R8Gn0F8_A7mdlfQ3aRejWCWygnbzyTnmabg_pVzQ37h1aVHXv69IFGYSoBIa6CfwKsowXOHTyHlK/s400/ballot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Progressive Peoples Alliance has alleged intimidation of its polling agents and supporters in Kabba, headquarters of Kabba/Bunu LGA.<br /> <br /> State Chairman of PPA, Ojonuba Simeon told Vanguard that the attackers were suspected PDP thugs.<br /> <br /> He implored security agents around the area to come to the rescue of the victims.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “We wish to call the attention of security agents to an orchestrated attack on our party agents by some thugs in Kabba.<br /> <br /> They allegedly that the tugs chased away the agents and supporters from the polling units, and that PPA is no more in the race.<br /> <br /> “The panic approach of the PDP is capable of causing tension if not arrested and normalcy restored.<br /> <br /> We are a law abiding party but we owe our agents and supporters an unconditional protection”.

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#KogiDecides: War in Dekina Local Government as hoodlums attack voters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85bpf4sTGGorcU2ITcGcM1OnWQThAKB2DwVHC-NcyZmwFiNKbin9IvmXGO8C3fzhG_DrbW2JLytAmu3JQ8ViWgqtEYiY52fWY0wM998qSxRZUuM8CPRoCQKHbWIaKXGzDfnhCom4A7GnZ/s1600/INEC+ballot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85bpf4sTGGorcU2ITcGcM1OnWQThAKB2DwVHC-NcyZmwFiNKbin9IvmXGO8C3fzhG_DrbW2JLytAmu3JQ8ViWgqtEYiY52fWY0wM998qSxRZUuM8CPRoCQKHbWIaKXGzDfnhCom4A7GnZ/s400/INEC+ballot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Violence has been reported in the town of Ajetachi in Dekina Local Government Area.<br /> <br /> The town has been taken over by rampaging hoodlums as they continued to attack voters.<br /> <br /> The hoodlums also reportedly attacked and vandalised the PDP campaign office in the town as they chant war songs.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Military personnel were drafted to calm the situation.

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Kogi Decides: APC, DPP chieftains laud INEC for smooth accreditation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0n3SqD2OwDIKgMOtYOwnlS78_93GBOBv11BN7ILqSHK-m1Ahaj38dMyhxawKVzz0VOoOXsd7oyYUZlYscldDseszrn-iAUfce1VD2pGse74dytyJnAhg92RpkfvqAKmQXVOuNrUCMmbF/s1600/INEC+ballot-box2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH0n3SqD2OwDIKgMOtYOwnlS78_93GBOBv11BN7ILqSHK-m1Ahaj38dMyhxawKVzz0VOoOXsd7oyYUZlYscldDseszrn-iAUfce1VD2pGse74dytyJnAhg92RpkfvqAKmQXVOuNrUCMmbF/s640/INEC+ballot-box2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Democratic People’s Party (DPP) have commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for ensuring smooth accreditation of voters in the Kogi Governorship election.<br /> <br /> Mr James Faleke, the APC governorship running mate, in an interview, shortly after being accredited at his Oja Ode polling unit in Ekinrin-Adde ward of Ijumu Local Government Area, said that the arrangement by INEC was impressive.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He commended INEC and security agencies for the measures put in place at making sure that the processes were peaceful.<br /> <br /> Faleke also thanked the people of Ekinrin Adde and the entire Okun land for coming out en-masse for the accreditation.<br /> <br /> ‘’Victory belongs to God.<br /> <br /> “All power belongs to God and I am optimistic that victory was sure.’’<br /> <br /> In a separate interview , Alhaji Abubakar Ibrahim, DPP’s Governorship Candidate in the state, also commended the INEC for ‘’job well done’’.<br /> <br /> Ibrahim also made the commendation shortly after being accredited at the polling unit located within the Crowther Memorial Anglican Church in Lokoja.<br /> <br /> He expressed happiness over the timely arrival of INEC officials and election materials.<br /> <br /> He said that with the Kogi experience, INEC had laid a foundation for the conduct of free, fair and credible election in the country.<br /> <br /> Ibrahim was also full of praises for the voters for their enthusiasm, describing the whole situation in Lokoja as calm and peaceful.<br /> <br /> The candidate was full of praises for the Inspector-General Police, Mr Solomon Arase, for deploying over 16, 000 policemen to the state, describing the measure as reassuring.<br /> <br /> Also speaking in separate interview, a chieftain of APC in the state, Alhaji Kassim Mabo, lauded the peaceful nature of the exercise in the state.<br /> <br /> Mabo, who spoke after undergoing accreditation at the polling unit at Maigari palace in Lokoja, said that no single negative incident was recorded since the exercise commuted at 8 a.m.<br /> <br /> He also commended the security arrangement put in place by the police and other security agencies.

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IS claims deadly Iraq mosque attack

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkL5j_vr-MeoFlSl2wvJkxTVop1fIZZaOg7oqIc7viIupPCqZbqGml4uCOwEShAWUt1OND9os1vcnvhW0WNLjJafRYEqGjTL2_31AqxaE4P7nk5hZJwePboZMLZjZ7j0h8CizdHkLRRnYM/s1600/mosque+demolished.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkL5j_vr-MeoFlSl2wvJkxTVop1fIZZaOg7oqIc7viIupPCqZbqGml4uCOwEShAWUt1OND9os1vcnvhW0WNLjJafRYEqGjTL2_31AqxaE4P7nk5hZJwePboZMLZjZ7j0h8CizdHkLRRnYM/s640/mosque+demolished.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Islamic State jihadist group has claimed an attack at a Shiite mosque south of the Iraqi capital that officials said killed at least six people.<br /> <br /> IS, in a statement, said a suicide bomber named as Abu Hussein al-Ansari carried out the attack inside the mosque, while security and medical officials said it took place nearby after Friday prayers, also wounding at least 19 people.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The IS only mentioned the suicide bombing, but officials said it was preceded by a roadside bomb, and that the attack took place after security forces arrived at the scene.<br /> <br /> IS frequently carries out attacks against civilians from Iraq’s Shiite Muslim majority, whom it considers to be heretics.<br /> <br /> The Friday attack came a week after a series of bombings claimed by IS targeted Shiites in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people.<br /> <br /> IS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in June 2014, sweeping security forces aside, and though Iraqi forces have since pushed the jihadists back, the group still holds much of western Iraq.<br /> <br /> Bombings in Baghdad have become less frequent since the IS offensive last year, apparently because the jihadists have been occupied with fighting elsewhere.<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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#KogiDecides: Elderly, pregnant women, others receive priority accreditation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcHypW1vGsuQi7y0Ihv2hGajx3o6bTpZpDT6dOkMxWnvl6OY9E89o0wbmkXquW2DtDNG93TjCuxX4W12sxG1j8g_n27cEo5Va6rdzQ0-nj9U1KdCQeq7lwSY4Etgps7s93ij1LqPS2W0I/s1600/INEC+ballot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcHypW1vGsuQi7y0Ihv2hGajx3o6bTpZpDT6dOkMxWnvl6OY9E89o0wbmkXquW2DtDNG93TjCuxX4W12sxG1j8g_n27cEo5Va6rdzQ0-nj9U1KdCQeq7lwSY4Etgps7s93ij1LqPS2W0I/s400/INEC+ballot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Elderly persons, pregnant women as well as Persons with Disabilities are being given special priority to facilitate their accreditation for the Kogi governorship election.<br /> <br /> The affected persons were being prioritised by the electoral officials in most of the polling units across the state.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Miss Juliana Nwadike, a corps member on election duty in one of the polling units, said that ‘’elderly men and women, people living with disabilities and pregnant women’’ were being accredited first before other eligible voters to make the process easier for them.<br /> .<br /> In Ajaokuta Local Government Area, NAN reports that most of the voters were youths while the turnout of women was low.<br /> <br /> Some of the voters, who spoke, however, decried the slow process of accreditation by the officials handling the card reader machines.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, there was low turnout of voters in Okene and its environs.<br /> <br /> Many of the polling units with an average of 500 – 700 voting population in the area only managed to accredit between 50 and 70 voters between 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.<br /> <br /> At Ogaminana, Nagazi and Obangede in Adavi and Okehi local government areas, the process was smooth.<br /> <br /> Mr Torres Chrrs, a United States embassy observer, told NAN that the accreditation process was ‘’great and good’’.<br /> <br /> At Ogori-Magongo Local Government Area, the exercise was also peaceful while voters turned out in large numbers to discharge their civic responsibilities.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, accreditation of voters commenced at about 8:45 a.m. at Idah in Kogi East Senatorial District with heavy presence of security personnel in most of the polling stations.<br /> <br /> At New GRA ward, Unit 001, the Presiding Officer, Ms Joy Okonkwo, said that the two card reader machines deployed to the unit were in perfect condition.<br /> <br /> At Ofukolo ward unit 006, the Presiding Officer, Mr Ubonnu Kelechi, however, told NAN that although electoral materials were adequate, the card reader machines were malfunctioning.<br /> <br /> A correspondent who visited some of the polling units in the area reports that the turnout of voters was impressive as at 9 a.m. with women and youths dominating the process.

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Petrol sells for N200 per litre in Umuahia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6tStfJKuSTW4hISrsYrC5wru83dqrDltKp_aHKbGzLGsx4vLWuI9JyHiEwq-jFlfD_Hh9pmuUZK0zhMyJaoV9uaINxm3qZXa3WTVl3B_3LLR49IMPzjj89uwadj947pH9_kmgaWdvLTL/s1600/black+market+fuel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG6tStfJKuSTW4hISrsYrC5wru83dqrDltKp_aHKbGzLGsx4vLWuI9JyHiEwq-jFlfD_Hh9pmuUZK0zhMyJaoV9uaINxm3qZXa3WTVl3B_3LLR49IMPzjj89uwadj947pH9_kmgaWdvLTL/s400/black+market+fuel.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Some independent petroleum marketers in Umuahia are selling petrol for between N170 and N200 per litre even as the seeming scarcity of the commodity lingers on.<br /> <br /> However, at the black market located at strategic points in the Abia state capital, the commodity sells for N300 per litre.<br /> <br /> A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria, who monitored the situation in the area, reports that the few independent marketers selling the commodity at the approved pump price of N87 per litre are attracting long queues of vehicles as prospective buyers wait patiently for their turns to buy the commodity.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Meanwhile, transport fare in the area has jumped by between 80 per cent and 100 per cent, depending on the distance, thereby forcing many commuters to resort to walking long distances.<br /> <br /> At the NNPC mega station located on the Umuahia end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, scores of motorists and motorcyclists could be seen waiting to buy the commodity at the government-controlled price.<br /> <br /> A cross-section of the customers, who spoke with NAN, described the seeming scarcity as disturbing and a situation not expected during President Mohammadu Buhari’s administration.<br /> <br /> Augustine Okoronkwo, Steve Ahamefule, and Jenarius Ezeru, who claimed to have spent two days on the queue waiting to buy the commodity but to no avail, said that the situation had caused untold hardship to motorists.<br /> <br /> They, therefore, called on President Buhari to take urgent steps towards ensuring the availability of the commodity before the Christmas season.<br /> <br /> The Retail Sells Representative at the NNPC mega station, Mr Sampson Ene, told NAN that the station had sufficient stock, but expressed concern about what he called,”the disorderliness by some prospective customers.”<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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US plane refused two men boarding for speaking Arabic

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46sIpjieLMTPQD-Zzrt_Snzq6fImYtwwCdKhiNdxmpKt9dr2qLWUsosKPNBKg55IDkj9xdMQatxuZdfRDfPCh451now-aNH_0B7aLKj7bQVZumw5ujGSNbvmOoXmlfsGN8oayzHTlThdm/s1600/plane+in+air.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46sIpjieLMTPQD-Zzrt_Snzq6fImYtwwCdKhiNdxmpKt9dr2qLWUsosKPNBKg55IDkj9xdMQatxuZdfRDfPCh451now-aNH_0B7aLKj7bQVZumw5ujGSNbvmOoXmlfsGN8oayzHTlThdm/s640/plane+in+air.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Two men were kept from boarding a flight from Chicago to Philadelphia this week because they were speaking Arabic, one of just several incidents reflecting the paranoia sparked by the Paris attacks.<br /> <br /> Maher Khalil and Anas Ayyad were told by a gate agent at Midway Airport that they wouldn’t be allowed on the plane because a fellow passenger had overheard them speaking Arabic and was afraid to fly with them.<br /> <br /> Ultimately, the two friends reportedly of Palestinian origin and in their late 20s, got on the Southwest flight Wednesday night, but only after being questioned by airport security and police, called by Khalil, who told the local NBC television affiliate he didn’t know what else to do.<br /> <br /> Once on board, Khalil told NBC 5 that some passengers made him open a white box he was carrying and it turns out with sweets.<br /> <br /> “So I shared my baklava with them,” he was quoted as saying.<br /> <br /> (AFP)

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#KogiDecides: Voters opt for water transportation as fuel scarcity restricts movement

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC99Ihpoinyu6hy31OP6ijwnqaOiZ_G9SbI0rSIrS5Xx5p-CD-9yMHbba0P1fQHJsl02R88Nkh3JRL6uYGxyWG_eYXic-BaVphRxoidY1nzeBOO4ZrlSRFnITa1hnqb4XJkqNRcXJFGD7f/s1600/INEC+ballot-box2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC99Ihpoinyu6hy31OP6ijwnqaOiZ_G9SbI0rSIrS5Xx5p-CD-9yMHbba0P1fQHJsl02R88Nkh3JRL6uYGxyWG_eYXic-BaVphRxoidY1nzeBOO4ZrlSRFnITa1hnqb4XJkqNRcXJFGD7f/s640/INEC+ballot-box2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Prospective voters from revirine communities in Kogi-East Senatorial District on Friday opted for water transportation to enable them reach their towns and villages ahead of Saturday’s Governorship election in the state.<br /> <br /> The electorates, who thronged the Ganaja river bank in Lokoja to cross to Shintakun, due to the high cost of road transportation, occasioned by fuel scarcity, compelled some of them to seek alternative means of transportation.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Others, however, said that the congestion and gridlock on the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road leading to the eastern part of the state influenced their decision, adding that water transportation was ”cheaper and safer”.<br /> <br /> Mr Akpena Mamman, a Lokoja-based publisher, told NAN that he registered at home (Bassa Local Government) and could not afford to miss the opportunity to be part of the process of choosing the next governor of the state.<br /> <br /> He said that boat ride across the Niger was more convenient, shorter, safer and cheaper for him, adding that it would afford him the opportunity of getting down quick to take part in the last minute mobilisation for his party.<br /> <br /> A businessman, Mallam Saliu Mohammed, said it would take between 40 and 45 minutes to get to Dekina from Shintakun, adding that the boat ride across the river enabled him to tidy things up at his shop in Lokoja before living to perform his civic right in Dekina.<br /> <br /> However, some artisans and market women, who spoke with NAN at the river side, said the high cost of road transportation was their major reason for using the water side.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, NAN reports that the area also witnessed heavy presence of security personnel.<br /> <br /> “We are here to maintain peace and control the crowds that are crossing the river to the other side for the election. So far, there is no security threat. They have been peaceful. Over 2,000 persons have passed through this place today,” one of the security personnel who preferred anonymity, said.<br /> <br /> Chairman of Private Boat Owners Association, Ganaja branch, Mr Siaka Musa, told NAN in an interview that many of his members witnessed an unprecedented business boom, saying: “If not for the election, you can’t see people here like this.<br /> <br /> “This is our own way of contributing to the success of the election. People moved through this place well, well, today, even more than December period and we are also making a lot of money. We thank God for this.”(NAN)

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#KogiDecides: Guber election records smooth accreditation, early arrival of election materials, personnel

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HsS4v2rgm3dpBOgnmD-XPJf605_bTLfWY_1oW8ITqf7B5yWojN8u3JqeoiiNgcPRYfMBwMxOBPgV81GWL0RP_ShFLh5QuWfDvipDMUuXcVAjfOHa3D2IXJO_golIN8nRKmfse9PRUulA/s1600/inec+ballot+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0HsS4v2rgm3dpBOgnmD-XPJf605_bTLfWY_1oW8ITqf7B5yWojN8u3JqeoiiNgcPRYfMBwMxOBPgV81GWL0RP_ShFLh5QuWfDvipDMUuXcVAjfOHa3D2IXJO_golIN8nRKmfse9PRUulA/s400/inec+ballot+2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Accreditation of voters in the Kogi Governorship election commenced at 8 a.m.in virtually all the polling units across the state following the arrival of electoral officials and materials as early as 7 a.m..<br /> <br /> Correspondents who visited some of the polling units across the state reports that eligible voters were seen on queues ahead of the commencement of the accreditation process.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> At Karaworo, Maigari palace, Augwan Tiv , Kabbawa and the New Layout in Lokoja, the state capital, NAN reports that the officials and election materials arrived well ahead of time.<br /> <br /> Mr Abiodun Suleiman, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at polling unit 16 located in Lokoja, told NAN that he and other officials arrived the polling centres with the election materials at about 6:30 a.m.<br /> <br /> He said that the accreditation of 1, 686 voters that would vote at the polling units began exactly at 8 a.m., saying that the card reading machines were working perfectly.<br /> <br /> The turnout of voters was also impressive in most polling centres visited across the state while security personnel, including the police and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, were deployed in strategic locations.<br /> <br /> At Lokoja Local Government/NEPA polling units on Murtala Mohammed Road, eligible voters were accredited by the use of the card reader while the process was smooth due to the presence of security personnel.<br /> <br /> Malam Isa Abdulrahman, an Assistant Presiding Officer in the area, told NAN that the exercise was peaceful, as adequate materials had been made available for the election.<br /> <br /> At Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, the materials and officials also arrived polling centres as early as 7 a.m.<br /> <br /> NAN correspondent in the area reports that electoral officials were also at their duty post ahead of the commencement of the accreditation stipulated by law.<br /> <br /> At Ayeteju/Kajola,Odoakete-Bolorunduro,Odolu,Ayewa and Okekoko wards of Kabba,the electoral officials, including members of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), were also on ground as early as 7: 10 a.m.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, enthusiastic voters, mostly elderly people, have thronged the various polling centres in Ayewa and Ayeteju/Kajowa ward in readiness for accreditation.<br /> <br /> One of the electoral officials at Akefe unit, Mr,Dele Ogunyomi, said that they were fully prepared for the exercise, adding that they had been adequately trained to enable them discharge their responsibilities.<br /> <br /> <h1 class="post-title entry-title item" itemprop="name headline" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #353535; font-family: Oswald, 'Bebas Neue', Bebas, 'Arial Narrow', sans-serif; font-size: 22.8px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><u>Click on this link to follow <a href="http://www.nigerianeye.com/2015/11/kogidecides-live-update-of-kogi.html" itemprop="url" style="border: 0px; color: #353535; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Live Updates Of Kogi Governorship Elections</a></u></h1>

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#KogiDecides: Female governorship candidate steps down for Audu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAz5fO-xzsFy9V78fXWcPQToCOb74Ocwuyjv9lOqgkJfO3Xuto564XMN40aYgm5MJlufnGRn3FHR8_7DOGkrvSBNYfINFC1YIQny4g4zLvPdh2PVJXccM5SbiIz-gn09aiFg8p4wQRTil/s1600/Prince+Abubakar+Audu+kogi+apc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAz5fO-xzsFy9V78fXWcPQToCOb74Ocwuyjv9lOqgkJfO3Xuto564XMN40aYgm5MJlufnGRn3FHR8_7DOGkrvSBNYfINFC1YIQny4g4zLvPdh2PVJXccM5SbiIz-gn09aiFg8p4wQRTil/s400/Prince+Abubakar+Audu+kogi+apc.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The candidate of the African Democratic Congress, in Saturday's governorship election in Kogi State, Zainab Usman, has announced her withdrawal from the contest.<br /> <br /> Ms. Usman, the only female in the race, withdrew to pitch her tent with the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Abubakar Audu, according to a statement she signed on Friday. Mr. Audu is the only candidate that can take the state to the promise land, Ms. Usman said. She said the only visible developments in the state were put in place by Mr. Audu between 1999 and 2003 when he served as Governor.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a> She added, " the successive regimes of the Peoples Democratic Party, have failed woefully in spite of the huge resources at their disposal. “(Therefore) I decided to dump my ambition and support Audu to move the state forward and continue from where he stopped in 2003. “I have thus direct all my supporters to go out and vote en masse for the APC and Prince Audu tomorrow."

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#KogiDecides: Live Update Of Kogi Governorship Elections

<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HwD6yptljQZt4vNwGWKEUE64uYdHNKCrLuWaeYL37AgbIo6V8ylthe0spZPNUijgOQsj6IT4Qc-8quTocyL7YGeysMf-6OgUu69NcIRJW0wUnSRoNZsnWWhl6YmEikWrs3g_EPQvAECA/s640/Nigeria-Decides-voting-iNEC-The-Trent-Elections-795x510.jpg" width="640" /></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><i style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">NigerianEye </i></b>will be covering the Kogi state governorship Elections Live on this Page.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><br /></span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Out of the 22 candidates registered by INEC for this election, however the most popular candidates are <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">are the incumbent governor</span> <b style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">Idris Wada</b> <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">of the <b>(PDP)</b></span> <span style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">and the candidate of the</span> <b style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">(APC) Abubakar Audu</b></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 22px; margin: 10px 0.5rem 0.3em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">While Mr. Wada is the incumbent, Mr Abubakar was governor of the state between 1999 and 2003.</span></div> <a name='more' id="more"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Our correspondents are currently in Kogi state covering the election and reports will be updated through this LIVE elections update page.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">However, NE acknowledges the power of effective news coverage by readers themselves, so if you stay in Kogi state, <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 15px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">we encourage you to send us stories, photos, videos of events in your respective polling centres and in their neighbourhood.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; word-wrap: break-word;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">However do not put yourself in harms way as we advice that you respect all electoral laws and ethics when reporting. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; 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So, let us all contribute to documenting proceedings at our polling units.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">________________________________________________________________</span><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">________________</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">To Participate in our Information gathering efforts, Please send an email to <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">elections@nigerianeye.com</b> or <b>nigerianeye@gmail.com </b></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">You can also T</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">weet </span><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">@nigerianey </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"> with hashtag</span><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"> ‪#KogiDecides‬ ‪#‎Kogi2015‬</b></span>

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IN PICTURES: Goodluck Jonathan's 58th birthday get together

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Man hangs self after allegedly raping brother’s wife

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixojDj30L2aCHsgjCV4Ijzr7CJKEQYT88heY3UOEbMaB0RB6TUp21co0B8YFWKcRhBYKwHh6JJrCbqwYFGgA7Zac6jpRNOL0avX9OtpliwVygf3X42l1z6gC-mzpTGPZhwVDK7nBVIBJLw/s1600/suicide+rope+NEW.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixojDj30L2aCHsgjCV4Ijzr7CJKEQYT88heY3UOEbMaB0RB6TUp21co0B8YFWKcRhBYKwHh6JJrCbqwYFGgA7Zac6jpRNOL0avX9OtpliwVygf3X42l1z6gC-mzpTGPZhwVDK7nBVIBJLw/s640/suicide+rope+NEW.gif" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> A 21-year-old man has allegedly hanged himself after he was accused of raping his brother’s wife.<br /> <br /> The incident was said to have happened at Olorire area of Obantoko in Abeokuta, Ogun State in the evening of October 27, 2015.<br /> <br /> Impeccable sources said the deceased, Austin John, had offered his brother’s wife, Cecelia Emanuel, a ride on his motorbike only to veer off into a bush and raped her.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> A family source said: “The woman (Cecelia) was leaving home for a vigil in her church when John offered to take her there on his motorcycle.<br /> <br /> “Instead, he veered into a bush on the excuse that his motorcycle had developed a fault and forcibly raped the woman.<br /> <br /> “The woman raised the alarm which attracted bystanders and the late John was apprehended.<br /> <br /> “He was subsequently handed over to the local vigilance group and later released to one of his brothers named Mathew and family members, who promised to make him available the next day for appropriate disciplinary action.”<br /> <br /> It was gathered that John’s kinsmen secured his release from the custody of the vigilance group in order to send him back to their hometown where traditional rites were to be carried out to atone for the abomination he committed.<br /> <br /> It was learnt that John used a generator cable to hang himself in the early hours of the fateful day.<br /> <br /> His mangled body was said to have been discovered by herdsmen.<br /> <br /> The incident, however, took a dramatic turn when some members of the vigilance group were allegedly arrested by the police and detained for days at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta.

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Otun Olubadan dies at 87

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM43-JDP_bJYlB0txWAD36oKYteHgmXG5yNPU_OtXsalFm5N_kgOzryqRu49umwpqaXgXUc35l-PL2dbtJtsQ35WyM6dBOtrLxR70jS0B_BiRNA4eAQTlTczB40reh_eja2mhnGGiQ90p4/s1600/Chief-Omowale-Kuye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM43-JDP_bJYlB0txWAD36oKYteHgmXG5yNPU_OtXsalFm5N_kgOzryqRu49umwpqaXgXUc35l-PL2dbtJtsQ35WyM6dBOtrLxR70jS0B_BiRNA4eAQTlTczB40reh_eja2mhnGGiQ90p4/s400/Chief-Omowale-Kuye.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Few weeks after the demise of the Balogun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Suleiman Omiyale, another important high chief of the ancient city, High Chief Omowale Kuye also passed-on.<br /> <br /> Until his death on Thursday, Kuye was the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, he died at age 87.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that he died at his residence, Ikolaba area of Ibadan around 7.30p.m. He was buried Friday afternoon, according to Islamic rites.<br /> <br /> Until his death, Kuye was a step to becoming Olubadan. Kuye, a successful career officer and top ranking leaders of Ibadanland, was a former Director General, Special Duties and later Budget in the Office of the President of Nigeria. He worked with former Nigerians, Alhaji Shehu Shagari and General Olusegun Obasanjo<br /> <br /> Kuye was born in May 18, 1928. He attended Salvation Army School, Apatere, (1935-41); Ibadan Boys High School, (1942-48); London School of Economics, (University of London), (B.Sc. Economics Hons) (1963); the Council of Legal Education, London, (B.L 1965); The School of Citizenship & Public Affairs, University of Syracuse, Syracuse-New York USA, (M. A Economics Planning & Budgeting, 1970); and Nigeria Law School (B.L, 1978).<br /> <br /> He started his working career at Federal Ministry of Trade (1967-70); Federal Ministry of Industries (1971-76) and became Assistant Director, Expenditure Budget, Federal Ministry of Finance (1978).Thereafter, he served as Assistant Director, Revenue Budget, Federal Ministry of Finance (1979); Head, Budget Department Ministry of Finance (1979-85); Permanent Secretary, Budget Affairs (1986-88).

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Nigeria’s first radio station for women starts test transmission

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2zAn15zAN4X2wQIeipzHXmui1Age1zuHlEEKA4AApcN6meAhr03nFb_zHyhkB5ahu-C1tsaZ-Aq_bJvLMT2aIJBEPBdSleFPXoBhGF2QenPXU5eo8bwZEjdOR_GJY27WECRq1EZTSfzF/s1600/WFM+91.7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha2zAn15zAN4X2wQIeipzHXmui1Age1zuHlEEKA4AApcN6meAhr03nFb_zHyhkB5ahu-C1tsaZ-Aq_bJvLMT2aIJBEPBdSleFPXoBhGF2QenPXU5eo8bwZEjdOR_GJY27WECRq1EZTSfzF/s320/WFM+91.7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Nigeria’s first radio station to focus on issues surrounding women only, WFM 91.7, has started its test transmission, a statement by the firm’s management has said.<br /> <br /> The niche radio station came into being after the National Broadcasting Commission issued licence to owners of the station, St. Ives Communications, to operate a specialised radio station focused on women and family in Ogun and Lagos states.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The brains behind the gender-sensitive station, who is also the Chief Medical Director of St. Ives Specialist Hospital, Lagos, Dr. Tunde Okewale; and the Managing Director of WFM 91.7, a veteran broadcast journalist, Toun Okewale-Sonaiya, said the women-focused radio station was poised to deliver on its objectives as helping women be the best in the society.<br /> <br /> An American radio technology expert, Dean Gay, has described the niche radio station as one of the best in the world in terms of the broadcast equipment installed at the station.<br /> <br /> He said, “I’m not sure if WFM has any competitor in the market. They are completely different in all ramifications. It’s not your normal run-off-the-mill radio station. They have unique programming, unique target audience and a defined market.<br /> <br /> “It is the very latest in broadcast technology today. From the microphone to transmitters, to consoles, servers, mast, everything you have here are the very latest in radio broadcast technology and they are all of very high quality. They are the most sought-after equipment in radio broadcast industry today.”<br /> <br /> The statement added that the station would start full transmission in December 2015.

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Liberia records new Ebola case

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQpka1HfvMCsxnbOtqPuOx62H_ecK40nwUXAbKt9_WhPyvnLWkGN19CAtxWjvP5b9KHXU0H7YQyYPAsc7s2nY6myK9IGPLZcfNSLyp2ZtGhFnPMHqytAe97TAQqjyzzMbuLn8nJy9aoTE/s1600/ebola-guinea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQpka1HfvMCsxnbOtqPuOx62H_ecK40nwUXAbKt9_WhPyvnLWkGN19CAtxWjvP5b9KHXU0H7YQyYPAsc7s2nY6myK9IGPLZcfNSLyp2ZtGhFnPMHqytAe97TAQqjyzzMbuLn8nJy9aoTE/s640/ebola-guinea.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Liberian Health Minister, Bernice Dahn said on Friday, a new case of Ebola has emerged, a setback for the country declared free of the disease on September 3.<br /> <br /> Dahn said that it was also a setback for the region, which was struggling to end an epidemic that had killed around 11,300 people.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The patient is a 10 year old boy who lived with his parents and three siblings in Paynesville, a suburb east of the capital Monrovia, she said.<br /> <br /> All six family members, as well as other high risk contacts, were in care at an Ebola Treatment Unit in Paynesville, Dahn added.<br /> <br /> She also said that the hospital was currently decontaminating the unit; all of the healthcare workers who came in contact with the patient had also been notified.<br /> <br /> “We know how Ebola spreads and we know how to stop Ebola but we must remain vigilant and work together,” she said.<br /> <br /> Liberia has seen more than 10,600 cases of the disease and 4,808 Ebola deaths since it was first announced in March, 2014, according to WHO figures.<br /> <br /> The virus has killed about 11,300 people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, but Sierra Leone was declared free of the virus on Nov. 7 and Guinea has begun its countdown to the end of the virus.

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Final year poly student murdered in Imo

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51UZ_p9mAxMA0o3w0lrbi96qJyPJN_e0jYQl4vys-PWZFburRlrpcsR5tqDwfqgf9E48mKM-YTe17aCDHSGTekxmoZmhJie4cRZKYZVHk3yutbEoy5uE48g_yQQ_j_825WUoIqk3NK-IQ/s1600/murder+with+knife.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51UZ_p9mAxMA0o3w0lrbi96qJyPJN_e0jYQl4vys-PWZFburRlrpcsR5tqDwfqgf9E48mKM-YTe17aCDHSGTekxmoZmhJie4cRZKYZVHk3yutbEoy5uE48g_yQQ_j_825WUoIqk3NK-IQ/s640/murder+with+knife.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The corpse of a 24-year-old final year civil engineering student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Imo State, Innocent Ndukwe, has been discovered near Owerri, the state capital.<br /> <br /> Ndukwe, 24, was found in his pool of blood in a toilet at his residence at 18 Enuwa Street, Egbu, Owerri North Local Government Area.<br /> <br /> The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, confirmed the development to journalists on Friday.<br /> <br /> Ndukwe had been killed on November 17, 2015.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Three suspects – David Kwaguru, 30; Friday Ayuba, 28; and Francis Amos, 23, had been arrested in connection to the incident .<br /> <br /> Lakanu said Kwaguru, who was Ndukwe’s guard, was alleged to have connived with the two other suspects to kill the victim, who was said to have hailed from a rich family.<br /> <br /> After killing Ndukwe, the suspects were alleged to have dispossessed him of his Sports Utility Vehicle with registration number Lagos KRD 109 BP, two TV sets and other belongings.<br /> <br /> The police official said the suspects were arrested by policemen while they were trying to escape through the Owerri West End Road.<br /> <br /> Lakanu said, “Soon after getting credible information about the heinous act, the police control room quickly alerted operations of the command and they immediately searched the entire state.<br /> <br /> “As a result, the assailants, who tried to escape the eagle-eyed operatives, were subsequently apprehended on West End-Old Nekede Road, Owerri.”

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Marathon sex with prostitutes lands man in prison

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8iI2Vsi0i2da7x-oUBhcm0tkiBhAdPQIEW0U6quyY_Fg85q_aS9NproVBDYI0S2F-QmZ4VM5dL01dY6T_nnQ1K8VNIO1hLCrun0neByj02SJkhfqQcMlsmGmJovelxNQgnAzahr01DMk/s1600/prison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8iI2Vsi0i2da7x-oUBhcm0tkiBhAdPQIEW0U6quyY_Fg85q_aS9NproVBDYI0S2F-QmZ4VM5dL01dY6T_nnQ1K8VNIO1hLCrun0neByj02SJkhfqQcMlsmGmJovelxNQgnAzahr01DMk/s400/prison.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> A 48- year-old man, John Kekeke, has been remanded in Ikoyi Prisons after he refused to pay three commercial sex workers at the end of marathon sex.<br /> <br /> Kekeke was arrested by the police on November 12, 2015, after he refused to pay the commercial sex workers at an undisclosed hotel in Lagos.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He was also said to have refused to pay for the drinks worth N4, 200, which he consumed at the hotel. It was learnt that all effort made to collect the money from him had failed. He pleaded not guilty. He was arraigned before Magistrate Nurudeen Layeni of Ebute Metta Chief Magistrate’s Court on charges bordering on breach of the peace.<br /> <br /> He was remanded in prison custody after he was unable to perfect his bail of N20, 000 and a surety who must be a blood relation.<br /> <br /> The case was adjourned till December 19 for mention.

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'Don’t politicise trial at CCT' - Saraki warned

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLAh-cBOtchnlGNn1np03sDOV0T0w6kt8rfBK6WvjyotID3MiY8Fhueuz0gzEKrV1w0dU8_1zCk1kEhS6qYOI8MxqWOU8BTBPY-W6nYLfGou06OFxmmoylRztH72DrPKoEg-CNXJnYGsC/s1600/Bukola-Saraki1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLAh-cBOtchnlGNn1np03sDOV0T0w6kt8rfBK6WvjyotID3MiY8Fhueuz0gzEKrV1w0dU8_1zCk1kEhS6qYOI8MxqWOU8BTBPY-W6nYLfGou06OFxmmoylRztH72DrPKoEg-CNXJnYGsC/s400/Bukola-Saraki1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase have asked Senate President Bukola Saraki not to politicise his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.<br /> <br /> They advised him to direct his energy towards defending the charge against him rather than imputing political motives to his trial. They faulted Saraki’s claim that his trial was politically motivated.<br /> <br /> In a counter affidavit they filed at the Federal High Court, Abuja in response to a fresh suit by Saraki, they denied being influenced by any political consideration to initiate the 13-count false asset declaration charge against him (Saraki) before the CCT.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The AGF, EFCC, IGP, the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Mohammed Diri and Muslim Hassan (Deputy Director in the Federal Ministry of Justice) said Saraki’s trial was informed by the outcome of a joint investigation conducted by the EFCC, Department of State Services (DSS), the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) between 2003 and 2015.<br /> <br /> They said the investigation revealed, among other things, that Saraki lied on the information he presented in the CCB Forms he completed between 2003 and 2011 in Ikoyi and Ikeja, Lagos, using third party companies, in which he had interest, with the intention of concealing his interests in such property. They gave the name of the companies as: Tiny Tee Limited, Vitti Oil Limited, Skyview Properties Limited and Carlisle properties.<br /> <br /> The AGF, EFCC, IGP, Diri and Hassan added that the Senate President lied in his claim that an official of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Bulus Micheal, informed him that his trial was politically motivated. They said no official of the ministry bears the name.<br /> <br /> “The charges preferred against him before the CCT were based on the conviction that a prima facie case was disclosed after investigation and not on any political consideration. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th and 11th respondents (AGF, EFCC, IGP, Diri and Hassan) are not politicians and they have no interest in who becomes the Senate President.<br /> <br /> “The 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th and 11th respondents do not take instructions from any politician, but are public officers and public offices, who are only interested in the performance of their statutory and constitutional duties.<br /> <br /> “No one has made or is making any effort to trump up allegations against the applicant, but the charges that were preferred against him were preferred upon being satisfied that a prima facie case was disclosed against him.”<br /> <br /> They denied Saraki’s allegation that his rights were being violated with his trial by the CCT, arguing that aside that the charges were validly preferred, the Court of Appeal, Abuja has, in its judgment of October 30, 2015 upheld the CCT’s position that it possessed the jurisdiction to try Saraki based on the charge.<br /> <br /> In their notice of objection, they challenged the court’s jurisdiction to hear Saraki’s fresh suit, noting that the reliefs he was seeking in the new suit are contained in a similar suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/775/2015, which he earlier filed before the court, and which has now been assigned to Justice Evoh Chukwu of Court 8 for hearing.<br /> <br /> Saraki is, by the new suit, seeking to stop all the respondents, including the CCT, CCB from proceeding with his trial. He accused them of violating his rights.

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Jonathan finally comments on probe of arms contracts during his tenure - 'I didn’t award $2 Billlion arms contracts'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQQMQryaAB4ujdZiwDsRxvQBdz9IC6OEO7FHFrmxB58MgvdwBs0fME39_ZiW0Agd-Mxn0x5CPspvggKnd4M140IKY1Fh0KBz_7dBhcVawih9T0jEAMlQZYju9pW4iYw9HZq5IWFrddmN7/s1600/Jonathan+ahhhhh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrQQMQryaAB4ujdZiwDsRxvQBdz9IC6OEO7FHFrmxB58MgvdwBs0fME39_ZiW0Agd-Mxn0x5CPspvggKnd4M140IKY1Fh0KBz_7dBhcVawih9T0jEAMlQZYju9pW4iYw9HZq5IWFrddmN7/s640/Jonathan+ahhhhh.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b><b>Former President Goodluck Jonathan in far away Washington DC,USA on Thursday, dismissed allegation of his government’s involvement in arms deal in the range of $2billion.</b><br /> <br /> “I did not award any $2 billion contract for procurement of weapons,” Dr Jonathan was quoted as saying in a report in an online medium, <i>Premium Times</i>.<br /> <br /> It was his first public statement on the probe of arms contracts during his tenure.<br /> <br /> A presidential investigations committee into arms procurement by the administration said in its interim report that it found extra-budgetary spending to the tune of N643.8 billion and an additional $2.2 billion in the foreign currency component, all managed and supervised by the then National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.<br /> <br /> But Jonathan speaking at a forum in Washington DC, according to the online report, said: “Where did the money come from? I did not award a contract of $2billion for procurement of weapons.”<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Dasuki had said in a statement Wednesday that all contracts and accruing payments were made with the approval of the President,saying:“Nigerians should note that all the services generated the types of equipment needed, sourced suppliers most times and after consideration by the Office of the NSA, the President will approve application for payment.”<br /> <br /> Jonathan who spoke on “Presidential elections and democratic consolidation in Africa: Case studies on Nigeria and Tanzania,” organised by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said he found some of the figures which the Buhari government claims to be missing from the treasury or mismanaged unbelievable.<br /> <br /> “Sometimes, I feel sad when people mention these figures,” he said.<br /> <br /> “When the president (Buhari) paid official visit to the US, there were some figures that were mentioned that I don’t believe.”<br /> <br /> He cited the example of $150billion said to have been stolen by previous administrations.<br /> <br /> “He didn’t say my government, he said previous administrations…$150 billion is not 150 billion naira. People play politics with very serious issues.”<br /> <br /> On another $59.8 million alleged to have been misappropriated within a 12-month period while he was in office, he said: “In Nigeria, if you lose $59.8 million in a year, federal and state governments will not pay salaries.<br /> <br /> “Of course we brought international audit teams, forensic auditors and they didn’t see that.”<br /> <br /> The former president said he did not want to join issues with the new government. “I wanted to keep away from the public for at least twelve months.”

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Voters, INEC, security now set for today's Governorship election in Kogi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IrGKWVkd2T5F4DWG08OijEIR5lSkzgK7Gx0eqd574v9UPaZBwchm8Ymx7PJlq_NK4rhE85F83Xb_pgfW6x3ApXCK7IrsdFdARXfhhBm5PL4ytqAWSxk2UuIhMbR3H3xvIZV6hBFVuF9B/s1600/ballot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-IrGKWVkd2T5F4DWG08OijEIR5lSkzgK7Gx0eqd574v9UPaZBwchm8Ymx7PJlq_NK4rhE85F83Xb_pgfW6x3ApXCK7IrsdFdARXfhhBm5PL4ytqAWSxk2UuIhMbR3H3xvIZV6hBFVuF9B/s640/ballot.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), security agencies and the over 1.3 million eligible voters are now fully set for the success of Saturday’s<br /> <br /> A Correspondent who visited some areas in Lokoja , the state capital, on Friday, observed heavy presence of security officials in different parts of the town.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Some of the residents were, however, busy making last minute preparations to enable them travel to their villages ahead of the effective period for the restriction of movement announced by the police.<br /> <br /> Although 22 political parties have fielded candidates for the election, some observers believe that the contest appears more pronounced between the incumbent Gov. Idrs Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party and Alhaji Abubakar Audu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).<br /> <br /> Audu was a former and first civilian governor of the state under the NRC.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, Mr Halilu Pai, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, told NAN in Lokoja that all materials needed for the election had been deployed to all the 239 wards in the state.<br /> <br /> Pai, who restated the resolve of the commission to ensure free, fair and credible election, said that the election would commence by 8 a.m. across the 3,018 voting centres.<br /> <br /> He urged the electorate and other stakeholders to play by the rules.<br /> <br /> Mr Sotonye Wakama, the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, who has been redeployed from Force Headquarters to oversee the security operations during the election, said that 13, 260 regular and mobile policemen had been deployed.<br /> <br /> He said that the policemen had been fully-briefed and dispatched to their beats, adding that the police was fully-ready to provide adequate security for election materials, officials and the electorate.<br /> <br /> Wakama reiterated that movement of vehicles into and out of the state would be restricted from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.<br /> <br /> In the same vein, Mr Nnamdi Nwiyi, the Deputy Commandant-General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), also told newsmen that the number of men and officers of the corps deployed on election duty had been increased from 5, 000 to 6, 286.<br /> <br /> Nwiyi advised them to work diligently and not to compromise in their work in order to justify the existence of the corps.

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I have kissed more than 200 actresses while on different movie sets - Jim Iyke

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rflHO58orhfnrHJU9bw9Ledi7KgkqGik58Tg4MkcGqMKvYPHTvEFs3VISRCbtYDCJOgge6wEgVe175q6LZRnUpSiEbWP1lYo8dkkwJZUeaozhqLKs7TLQU0b1ZlLXWhN0svbWeuDipIg/s1600/Jim-Iyke-Rita-Dominic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rflHO58orhfnrHJU9bw9Ledi7KgkqGik58Tg4MkcGqMKvYPHTvEFs3VISRCbtYDCJOgge6wEgVe175q6LZRnUpSiEbWP1lYo8dkkwJZUeaozhqLKs7TLQU0b1ZlLXWhN0svbWeuDipIg/s400/Jim-Iyke-Rita-Dominic.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Nollywood bad boy, Jimi Iyke openly kissed actress Joselyn Dumas on a live show,and went ahead to confess that he has kissed not less than 200 actresses while on different movie sets.<br /> <br /> He was a Special Guest on AfricaMagic programme which was anchored by Joselyn Dumas. Responding to a question on why he had to kiss Nadia Buari, upon the latter’s arriving Dubai during the last season of his reality TV show, Jim Iyke Unscripted, the controversial actor said, he has a habit of kissing women openly, including his sisters.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He narrated a situation where he had to kiss three European ladies who accompanied his girl friend to the airport to welcome him, during one of his foreign trips, adding that he doesn’t see anything wrong with it.<br /> <br /> As if that is not enough, Jim Iyke painted another scenario, where he had to kiss four actresses in the presence of their boy friends. “I have once kissed them on set, and so, when walked into the room where two of them were with their boy friends, I kissed them one after the other and their boy friends were mad at me. I have also kissed over 200 actresses on set and nobody is talking about it,” he enthused.<br /> <br /> He, however, declined to comment on his relationship with Nadia Buari. But there are indications that the two unconfirmed love-birds may be hitting your TV screens again for the second season of Jim Iyke Unscripted. Jim disclosed that the reality show will soon hit the screens again.<br /> <br /> Explaining the idea behind the show, Jim Iyke said, he needed to present a true picture of who he is, to the world. “I have to be introspective. Many times, a lot of negative things have been said about me in the media. It is not basically about what they say about you, it is about you believing in yourself. The first thing is, what I believe in, and what people say about me is secondary. I have always been particular about paparazzi. I was very sceptical to allow cameras into my life, into my home and family. The argument was superior ; it was like all these years everybody has different opinions about you. Why don’t you give them a clear picture of who you are. So I decided to start the TV reality show,”Jim Iyke explained.<br /> <br /> Jim Iyke Unscripted debuted in 2013, on Dstv showcasing the uncut life style of the actor .The series which ran for 13 weeks presented the other side of the controversial actor.

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MASSOB to Igbos - 'Return home now'

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_w4E98uZEQPan9dgdYgyl0qwlF1Aq_DvfJfh7oCkJCvDTkQ-WpJo3JMU62DsBIXxpAeev5VZwkCqBts00g8YKF7xqlthdvxaB1bUFbPtzEUc_qKJ1XuxgO_11PkvMG0R4BKZ6RMi5IBP/s1600/MASSOB-360x233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu_w4E98uZEQPan9dgdYgyl0qwlF1Aq_DvfJfh7oCkJCvDTkQ-WpJo3JMU62DsBIXxpAeev5VZwkCqBts00g8YKF7xqlthdvxaB1bUFbPtzEUc_qKJ1XuxgO_11PkvMG0R4BKZ6RMi5IBP/s640/MASSOB-360x233.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has directed all Igbo living outside Igbo land to start returning home and re-establish their businesses and investments in the South-East.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Decrying what he described as the nonchalant attitude and insensitivity of many Igbo people residing in northern and western parts of the country the MASSOB National Director of Information, Mr. Uchenna Madu, said that, “we have decided and promise to provide adequate security for lives and property in Igboland.<br /> <br /> MASSOB shall defend Igboland with our blood, valour and enthusiasm. It is our unflinching service to our father land.<br /> <br /> “MASSOB has vowed to stop kidnapping, armed robbery and other criminal tendencies in Igbo land because there is no place in Nigeria like Igbo land.<br /> <br /> “Nigeria is a state where others are first class citizens but treat the Igbo as second class citizen, a state where others are born to rule but treat the Igbo as perpetual outcasts, a state where state policies deliberately deny Igbo land critical developmental infrastructure.<br /> <br /> “Nigeria has vowed to continue to be a state where prejudice, tribalism, exclusion and hate are elevated while nation building is ignored, a state where it seems the only logic for unity is to share oil resources and not on the basis of consent, mutual respect, fraternity and brotherhood.<br /> <br /> “Today in Nigeria, true nationhood has remained elusive to Nigeria which still remains in perpetual strife and ever increasing crisis since independence.<br /> Thëse undeniable realities are the reasons the Nigeria state is afraid of Biafra which represents the truth they cannot legitimately counter.”<br /> <br /> But reacting to the spate of protests by pro-Biafra groups, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, dissociated itself from the activities of the agitators who have been protesting in many cities in the South East and South –South.<br /> <br /> Ohaneze said that, “Biafra died in 1970 with the surrender by General Philip Effiong, to the Nigerian troops.”<br /> <br /> Addressing reporters in Awka yesterday, Chairman, Forum of State Presidents of Ohaneze in the seven Igbo-peaking states, Dr. Chris Eluomunoh, said that no right thinking person would support what he called the madness by some youths, who were being deceived to engage in something they cannot finish.<br /> <br /> He said, “you will notice that Ohaneze has been silent on the issue of Biafra insurgency though the youth wing of Ohaneze has been speaking on it.<br /> Ohaneze, as the Igbo cultural group, cannot support Biafra and we dissociate ourselves from it totally.<br /> <br /> “Igbo people have contributed so much in the development of Nigeria and we cannot allow some people to jeopardize the lives and efforts of millions of Igbo people residing in all parts of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “We believe that anybody who has any issue to settle with the federal government should use dialogue and that is why we participated in the last National Conference.<br /> <br /> “No sane Igbo person would want to witness a repeat of the kind of thing that happened during the Nigeria civil war.<br /> <br /> “Ojukwu, who led the Biafra war, returned to Nigeria from exile and contested elections in Nigeria which shows that he was fully integrated in Nigeria and was a full-fledged Nigerian before he died.”<br /> <br /> Eluemunor denied insinuations that politicians of Igbo extraction support the Biafra agitation noting that support for pro-Biafra groups comes mainly from outside the country.<br /> <br /> He admitted however that the agitations may not be unconnected with the dearth of infrastructure in Igbo land and pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to address the infrastructural decay in the area.

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Northern group asks Buhari to dialogue with Biafra agitators

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoSDEKW-rQs3xdGLi2bgyrxkSEl07tKHzi8KMI_W1T7omfMIAQoCK3zT0JZ6giHsd1DXu0cphGiKQgesbqNNB35AiNJ20ghuQ2at3LVj0BxNPnUYUL1wYClLUin8ONIkMLnmVnlbudnvB/s1600/MASSOB-IPOB-Demonstrate-for-Biafra2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsoSDEKW-rQs3xdGLi2bgyrxkSEl07tKHzi8KMI_W1T7omfMIAQoCK3zT0JZ6giHsd1DXu0cphGiKQgesbqNNB35AiNJ20ghuQ2at3LVj0BxNPnUYUL1wYClLUin8ONIkMLnmVnlbudnvB/s640/MASSOB-IPOB-Demonstrate-for-Biafra2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> A group of Northern youths under the aegis of North-East Youths Peace Development Initiative, NEYPDI, yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government to dialogue with those agitating for Biafra, instead of applying force against them.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The group also dissociates itself from the call for the Igbos in the north to vacate the area.<br /> <br /> The National President, NEYPDI, Alhaji Kyari Idris Abubakar, in a statement said: “Like those of us who have been suffering from insurgency in the past years we would not hesitate to go against anything that would lead to violence in the country. FG should dialogue with the agitators and not force, as it is not the best approach in handling the matter.”<br /> <br /> Abubakar expressed regret over the recent call for Igbos to move out of the north, adding that it was capable of generating tensions and possibly lead to violence. “I want to remind the group that we have northerners in the south-east and other parts of the country and if the threat is carried out, they would also be asked to move back to the north, the development that negates the principle of peaceful co-existence as a nation,” he said.<br /> <br /> The youth leader also urged President Buhari and the Service Chiefs to step into the matter in order to avoid it from degenerating. According to Abubakar since the agitators of the sovereign state of Biafra did not enjoy the support of many Igbo leaders including the governors, there was no need for one to go as far as asking the Igbos to quit northern part of the country.<br /> <br /> Abubakar who is also the leader of Lagos State chapter of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) further stated that the constitution of the country gives liberty to its citizens to choose any part of the country as residence. “The major task ahead of northern youths in the country is not for Igbos to quit the north but to join hands with the new government and Service Chiefs to end the ongoing insurgency in the region,” he said.

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