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Bomb scare in Abuja

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There was panic among residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday over reports of a bomb blast. 
 
The speculation, which started late in the evening, made residents jittery as the social media was awash with rumours of a blast. 
 
Reports had it that residents of Karu, a satellite town, heard a loud explosion but this turned out to be false. 
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This was coming a week after multiple explosions rocked Nyanya and Kuje, two satellite towns in FCT, killing 20 people and injuring many others. 
 
The Commissioner of Police, FCT, Mr. Wilson Inalegwu, revealed that the Police had yet to establish any explosions in the FCT. 
 
He said the Police heard the speculation but could not verify or confirm the site of the blast. 
 
Inalegwu said, “We heard the speculation about the blast but we have not been able to establish the scene. So for now, it is in the realms of speculation because we couldn’t establish that there was an explosion. But my men are on patrol to ensure that nothing untoward happen.”

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' Publish your assets first, before asking ministerial nominees to do the same' - CACOL tells Nigerian lawmakers

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Following the decision by the Senate to screen only ministerial nominees who have declared their assets, an anti-corruption group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, has urged the principal officers in the National Assembly to live by example by declaring their assets publicly first. 
 
The Senate, on Thursday, released the criteria for screening President Muhammadu Buhari’s intended cabinet members, which is scheduled to commence on Tuesday. 
 
According to the Chairman, Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, the senators decided that each nominee must submit proof of their assets declaration, must have their nomination approved by two senators from their states, and must have a clean bill of health from its public petitions committee, among other conditions. 
 
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The Chairman of CACOL, Mr. Debo Adeniran,has expressed approval of the decision of the Senate. 
 
He, however, said it would be self-contradictory for the National Assembly leadership to compel the ministerial nominees form demanding for the nominees to declare their assets without doing the same. 
 
Adeniran said, “We are fully in support of it. As a matter of fact, we were the ones who first suggested it to Mr. President that any aspiring minister should be made to approach the CCB, fill their form, submit same and make it public. 
 
“However, the National Assembly should also cause its principal officers to make their assets declaration public. It is at that time that they will have moral authority and grounds to demand assets declaration from aspiring ministers. 
 
“Nobody should be asked to bow and go. We are therefore fully in support of the demand for assets declaration; that is a place to start to assess their administration.”

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‘Missing’ NYSC member found

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The National Youth Service Corps has said it would begin to sanction corps members who abscond from the location of their national service. 
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The NYSC issued the threat in reaction to the case of a corps member, Akeem Afolabi Adekunle, deployed to Akwa Ibom State and posted to Itam Secondary School in Itu Local Government Area. 
 
Adekunle had been declared ‘missing’ some months ago but was found with his family members in Lagos after allegedly absconding from his place of primary assignment. 
 
A statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations of NYSC, Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe, said Adekunle abandoned his place of primary assignment three months ago and had been with his family members since then, without reporting to the authorities. 
 
According to her, the team set up by the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Johnson Olawumi, visited the family of the missing corps member to unravel the circumstances leading to his disappearance only to discover that he was with his family members.

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EBOLA: 15 quarantined suspects released from University of Calabar Teaching Hospital

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Authorities of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital on Saturday released the 15 persons that were quarantined following an Ebola Virus Disease scare after the death of a patient. 
 
The management of tertiary health institution also formally announced that it had temporarily shut the Accident and Emergency Ward and decontaminated the unit following the death of the patient. 
 
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The Chairman, Medical Advisory Committee of UCTH, Dr. Queeneth Kalu, said this in Calabar, Cross River State, while briefing journalists on the outcome of the blood samples collected from the patient. 
 
Kalu stated that another temporary Accident and Emergency Ward has been set up in the hospital to attend to patients. 
 
She said those who were quarantined have been released, adding that they had been directed to report twice daily to the hospital for self-monitoring. 
 
Those quarantined were medical personnel and others within the ward moments before the patient died. 
 
They included nine nurses, one doctor, four health workers and one patient. 
 
According to her, the preliminary result of the blood samples of the dead patient did not indicate any trace of Ebola virus or Lassa fever. 
 
She said, “We are pleased to inform you that preliminary tests have excluded Ebola and Lassa fever. Further tests are being done for confirmation in line with international standards.” 
 
The management further said all clinical services in the hospital were still opened to inpatient and outpatient. 
 
The decontamination exercise was carried out by officials of Medical Response Unit, Centre for Disease Control, Federal Ministry of Health. 
 
After the exercise, leader of the team and Director of Environmental Health in the Centre for Disease Control, Mr. John Kehinde, advised members of staff go about their normal duties. 
 
“There is no cause for alarm. They should continue their work without fear because everything is now okay, but they should ensure that the environment where they work is always clean. This is what we do in cases of any contagious infection and it will last for 72 hours after which the ward will opened for staff and patients,” Kehinde said. 
 
The briefing puts to rest recent rumours of Ebola outbreak in the hospital.

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Angry woman dumps six-month-old baby on waste site

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 An angry housewife, Annabel Owhoghovo, of Owohelogbo community Isoko axis in Delta State, on Friday, allegedly dumped her six-month-old baby at a dump site after having a quarrel with her husband. 
 
It was reliably gathered that the quarrel degenerated into physical combat, where the couple allegedly traded punches during night fall. 
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It was learnt that on Thursday evening, when her husband returned from work, he asked his wife to massage his feet. The woman, who was reluctant to carry out the task, was alleged to have used abusive words on her husband, which led to heated exchange of words and physical combat. 
 
The fight was said to have continued on Friday morning after some neighbours who got wind of their quarrel moved in to settle the dispute. 
 
She was, however, said to have told her husband that she was visiting her mother in Abraka, only for her to allegedly dump the baby on a waste dump midway. 
 
The cry of the baby was said to have called the attention of passersby, who took the baby to a police station in the community. 
 
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, confirmed to our correspondent that the woman had been arrested. 
 
She said the wife was presently helping the Police at the Police division in their investigations. She added that on completion of investigations, she would be charged to court.

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EFCC begins probe of ministerial nominees

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will on Monday begin investigations into petitions written against President Muhammadu Buhari’s 21 ministerial nominees. 
 
It was gathered that a decision was taken by the leadership of the anti-graft agency last week to start the process of considering petitions forwarded to the National Assembly against the ministerial nominees. 
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As at Friday, about 25 petitions had been submitted against the nominees at the Senate. 
 
Copies of such petitions were also said to have been sent to the EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. 
 
A source privy to the development, who spoke to newsmen, said the Senate leadership had contacted the EFCC last week to assist in looking into the petitions written against the ministerial nominees. 
 
The source who is a top official at the EFCC said, “The office would start looking into the petitions written against the ministerial nominees on Monday. 
 
“The National Assembly contacted the commission on the issue and the decision is to start looking at such petitions on Monday.” 
 
Similarly, an operative of the ICPC, who also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the press on the matter, said on Saturday that the commission was expecting an invitation from the National Assembly leadership to commence investigation into the allegations contained in the petition against the nominees. 
 
The source said it was not possible for the National Assembly to carry out the investigation into the petitions against the nominees without involving the anti-graft agencies. 
 
“It is true that the agency is expecting to be involved in the investigation of the allegations contained in the petitions against the nominees. 
 
“The National Assembly also said it clearly that they were going to involve the anti-graft agencies in the issue of investigating the petition. 
 
“For now, what is not very clear is to what extent they intend to involve the anti-graft agencies.” the source added. 
 
The spokesperson of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said he did not know anything about the commission’s involvement in the screening exercise at the National Assembly. 
 
Also, the Resident Consultant, Media and Events, of the ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, said he would neither confirm nor deny the involvement of the commission in the investigation of the allegations contained in the petitions. 
 
Similarly, the Code of Conduct Bureau had also said the nominees were bound to declare their assets before the Senate. 
 
The Senate had stated that as part of its guidelines for screening the ministerial nominees due to commence on Tuesday, each of the nominees would be required to produce evidence of assets declaration to the bureau. 
 
The Chairman of the CCB, Mr. Sam Saba, in his response to our correspondent’s enquiry through a text message on Saturday, said the ministerial nominees were required under Section 149 of the Constitution to declare their assets before being screened. 
 
He said, “It is the usual procedure — or as you put it, the convention — for ministerial nominees to declare their assets before senate screening; and not only ministers but any would-be public officer, whether appointed or elected, so long as he or she requires screening by the Senate. 
 
“Section 149 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) provides that ‘the Minister of the Government of the Federation shall not enter upon the duties of his office, unless he has declared his assets as prescribed in the Constitution’.” 
 
Saba could not confirm whether any of the nominees had initiated steps to declare their assets before the close of work on Friday, but he hinted that in the past, the Presidential Liaison Officer would usually collect the assets declaration forms from the bureau in bulk and distribute to the nominees. 
 
He said, “The bureau would attend to the ministerial nominees on demand of the Form CCB1 from any of our offices in the 36 states plus the office in the Federal Capital Territory and in the Headquarters, Abuja. The forms are however submitted at the headquarters Abuja. 
 
“In the recent, Presidential Liaison Officers collected the forms for such nominees; that is to say, request is made in bulk by the PLO for the forms and issued out individually to each ministerial nominee.” 
 
When contacted, the Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang said, “I did not collect forms on behalf of anyone. The fact that your name is submitted (as a nominee) does not mean you are appointed.” 
 
The leadership of the Senate will meet on Monday to review the modalities and procedures for the three-day screening of ministerial nominees scheduled to begin on Tuesday. 
 
Part of the conditions earlier agreed upon by the Senate in a closed-session on Thursday, included, among others, the submission of assets declaration proofs; approval of nominations by at least two senators from nominee’s states; while those who have petitions against them must have a clean bill of health from the Senate’s public petitions committee. 
 
Our correspondent learnt on Saturday that the criticisms that greeted the Senate’s procedure for the screening made it to start making moves to review the modalities. 
 
A principal officer of the Senate, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that wide consultations had been carried out among various segments of the society to get their input on how best the Senate can carry out the assignment. 
 
He explained that the various inputs by Nigerians would be collated latest on Monday morning and presented before the leadership of the Senate, who would review it and make their final decision known to their colleagues before the screening would start on Tuesday. 
 
The source said, “We are not claiming that we know it all in the Senate. Although we are the representatives of the people, we should not impose our decisions on people without finding out their opinions. 
 
“The leadership of the Eighth Senate had vowed to carry everybody along in its decision-making (process) and that is why we have consulting widely because we would not want to be accused of witch-hunting any nominee or that we are using the screening to hit back at the presidency.” 
 
The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, told our correspondent that the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, had been seeking the views of Nigerians, especially the media and other pressure groups, on the screening modalities adopted by the red chamber. 
 
Olaniyonu said, “The media, the civil society organisations and other pressure groups are very critical to national development. Their views are therefore needed as a necessary guide to assist the Senate in the discharge of its responsibility, especially as far as the screening of ministerial nominees is concerned. “ 
 
Efforts to speak to the Chairman, Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye, on the issue were futile on Saturday, as calls and text message put across to his mobile phone number were not responded to as of the time of filing this report. 
 
The Special Assistant to the Senate President on New Media, Mr. Bankole Omishore, in a statement on Saturday, also confirmed that the screening and confirmation process of the first batch of ministerial nominees would be streamed live on the National Assembly website. 
 
According to him, the websites, www.nass.gov.ng and www.senate.gov.ng, could be used by Nigerians to send in questions they would like to ask nominees by forwarding same to their respective senators using the hashtag #MinisterialScreening. 
 
Omishore added that all questions must be received before 5pm on Monday. 
 
The statement read in parts, “The @NGRSenate Twitter handle will also be providing live tweets throughout the screening process. 
 
“Nigerians would recall that the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, took office amidst a pledge to reform the Senate and make its processes more transparent, inclusive and visible by employing e-Parliamentary technology in the Upper Chambers. 
 
“Since then, the Senate President has tasked the Committee on Rules and Business to develop an e-Parliamentary system that can be employed at Senate Plenary sessions. 
 
“This screening will create an avenue for Nigerians from all works of life to partake in governance, as the bridge between representatives and constituents will be bridged; with senators asking questions sourced from Nigerians on Social Media.” 
 
In addition, Omishore explained that the submitted resumes of candidates will be made available in the public space for Nigerians to examine.

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Interview: Enyeama opens up more on full details of his rift with Coach, Sunday Oliseh

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Former Super Eagles captain, Vincent Enyeama has been in the news following his rift with Coach Sunday Oliseh. Enyeama announced his resignation from the national team via the social platform. In this interview with Galaxy Television, Enyeama however, the Akwa Ibom born goal tender is saying he wants to be part of the team to re-write the history of Nigeria football. 
 
We have heard so much about your rift with Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh. tell us, what has been going on? 
 
First, of all, I want to thank Nigerians. I appreciate the passion, the criticism, everything. I want to say a very big thank you. 
 
On the issue on ground, I think this is not the best way to treat someone who has served the country with so much enthusiasm and so much passion, so much dedication, you know, commitment. I think I have honoured almost all the matches I have been invited to play for the Super Eagles. 
 
So to be treated the way I was treated a couple of days ago, I personally don’t accept that. 
 
What really happened in the camp between you and Oliseh? How were treated? 
 
When I came to camp, I had no issues with my coach. The coach has been a big part of me. He is there for me. He fought for me when I had issues with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). The coach defended me all the way. I have never had an issue with him. 
 
He (Oliseh) doesn’t know me. I don’t know him. We have never played together. We have never shared a football field, together. 
 
The first thing that happened when I first arrived at the camp was a meeting. At the meeting, the coach addressed the players. The first thing he said was that he invited four goalkeepers to camp because he never expected me to come to the camp. 
 
Secondly, he said that I was no more the captain of the team. That he had decided and he calls the shots. That was before dinner. He ended his speech with, “Enjoy your dinner”. 
 
For me, it was a little bit shocking because I spoke with the NFF chairman (Amaju Pinnick) during the burial of my mother in Akwa Ibom. I was trying to excuse myself from coming to the camp because of the burial. He said, “No, Vincent, you have to be in camp”. He pushed me to be in camp. And because I really respect him (Pinnick), I told him I was going to leave everything, the thanksgiving service for my late mum. I told him, I was going to abandon it and come to the camp, which I did. 
 
All the family meetings, everything we had to do with the people in the village, I abandoned all that and came to the camp. 
 
So, for me to get my first welcome message of being stripped of captainship was a little bit not good for me. And after I had taken my food and ate, dinner had commenced. I am just telling you what played out. 
 
I said, “Coach, please, I would like to say something.” He said, “No, you can’t talk”. I insisted that I wanted to talk. He insisted that I can’t talk. He then said that if I wanted to talk, he would order the team out and nobody would listen to me and I would sit there and talk alone or I would have to walk out if I insisted on talking. 
 
I said, “Coach, I still want to say something.” And he said, “Vincent, get out! You have to leave now. If you don’t leave, I’m going to call the cops, the security to throw you out of this hotel.” He used the word, “security”. 
 
He then got up, went to the door and opened it and commanded me to go out. He said, “Go out, go out, Vincent! Or I am going to call the security.” 
 
So that is how it played out. 
 
So, for me to lose my mother, be invited to the camp, only to be stripped of captainship. Then out of argument, to be threatened to have the cops or security called for me, to me, I think it is the height of it. 
 
I have heard all sorts of things that Neymar this and that. They never treated Thiago Silva that way. They never treated Mascherano that way. Some Nigerians can say whatever they want to say, but for me, I feel that’s not the right way to be treated. 
 
I am still open for playing for Nigeria till the day I die. Till the day I can stop playing football. Till the day God gives me the grace to stop playing football or to keep playing football. As long as I can play football, I will play for my country. Even at the age of 100, if I can play football, I am still open to playing for Nigeria. 
 
But, now, I just want to go home and be with my family. 
 Does this mean that after speaking with the NFF, you will seek official excuse to leave the camp? 
 
Yesterday, the coach (Oliseh) came back to the bus and said he doesn’t know me, he doesn’t want to know me, he doesn’t care about me, and he doesn’t have anything to do with me. 
 
That is a part of this issue that people don’t know because I haven’t said anything. I keep my mouth quiet, and I said nothing on that bus. 
 
When he said this, you still trained with the team? 
 
I am still with the team because Pinnick told me to wait till he comes (to Belgium). The president of the NFF told me to wait, that is why I am waiting. I am respecting him. That is why I am still in the camp. 
 
The coach said he doesn’t need me, doesn’t want me, he doesn’t know me. And he doesn’t want to know me. So, I shouldn’t be forced to play with such a coach. 
 
I don’t have a problem with him (Oliseh). He is a great man. He is a a great guy. He is a nice guy. But, I tell you the truth, I just wanna go home and be with my family. This period, I am mourning my mum, I don’t want any more problems. Now, people are saying all kinds of things like, “Vincent is stubborn”. 
 
I don’t know if there is anybody in this world who is treated that way that would not want to know why he is being stripped of the captainship. 
 
I am not so concerned about being captain. I don’t have a problem with it (being removed as captain). But, I think I should be given an excuse, a reason why. 
 
I have been playing for Nigeria for 13 years. So I feel if a decision is being taken on me, I think I deserve to know why. 
 
And moreso, I was being invited. I did not come through the backdoor. I was invited. 
 
In my club, in the European Club, if a coach doesn’t play you in a match, he comes to your room, or he calls you, or he invites you to his room. He tells you, “You’re not going to play today, because I want to field another player”. It shows respect. 
 
I have worked so hard for my country. I was part of the success of Nigerian football, then I am being treated like that without being given a chance to express myself. Then, I think that is not fair. 
 
I am feeling so sad. I am feeling really, really sad. Because I would have stopped playing football for Nigeria after the World Cup. But, then, I changed my mind because I love the country so much. I love Nigeria so much. I want her to return to glory. I want to be part of that glory. I want to be part of the pain. I want to be part of what happens in Nigerian football. It breaks my heart that Nigerian football is struggling. But, then, I want to be part of rewriting our story. 
 
But, if the coach and the people don’t want me to be part of it, I believe there are better ways of taking me out. You can call me and talk to me. You can send me a message. You can do a phone call. You don’t need to invite me to camp, to tell me in the presence of everyone. You don’t need to invite me to tell me that you’re going to call the cops for me. 
 
I did nothing wrong. I am not an armed robber. I feel bad, I feel bad. I am telling you the truth. I feel really bad. I feel very sad. 
 In this trying moment, when you lost your mother, and are now dealing with this row with your coach, what can you say you have learnt from this episode. What have you taken away from all this? 
 
I have learnt a lot. Not to trust any man. But to trust only God. Only God doesn’t disappoint. But this is so painful for me. What do you think those young players will think? ‘Oh, if Vincent is being treated this way, what about me? I don’t have a future.’ It discourages people from playing for their country. It discourages people from giving so much for this country. Imagine you were working so hard for your establishment and one day , your boss walks in and says,”You’re fired.” How would you feel? 
 
Hmmmmm 
 
Answer me. In the presence of everybody in the meeting room, he says, “Mr. Peter, you’re fired! You are relieved of your duties.” I wonder what you would do? 
 
I would summon up courage and ask why. 
 
That is what I did. I asked, ‘Why?’ And he said, “Walk out or I’ll call the cops.” 
 
There is a report that you entered into an altercation with Oliseh. Did you threaten to fight your coach at any point in time? 
 
Never. Never. Never. God is my witness. God is the judge. I was prevented from speaking. I was never even given a chance to speak. 
 
I have heard a lot of people say I should have sat down. I should have taken it easy. 
 
For God’s sake, I have played for Nigeria for 13 years. Not one, not two (but 13 years). 
 
So, if I am being treated like a player who is just coming into the camp for his debut game, then I don’t need to be here. It’s a simple thing. 
 
The coach says he doesn’t count on me. I don’t have a problem with that. For me, I just want to respect my mum and walk home. 
 
 
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