France Disgraces Eagles out of World Cup

Ahmed Musa of Nigeria competes for the ball with Mathieu Debuchy of France | credits: FIFA France reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup as Paul Pogba’s header and Joseph Yobo’s own goal knocked out Nigeria in Brasilia. Nigeria’s Emmanuel Emenike had a first-half goal ruled out for offside before Vincent Enyeama saved Pogba’s volley. Victor Moses cleared Karim Benzema’s shot off the line after the break and Yohan Cabaye volleyed...

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We have no idea of the location of Chibok girls – US

The United States said on Friday it had decreased its surveillance flights in the search for the about 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram, but added that the overall effort was unchanged due to more flights by other countries. It stated that it had no idea of the location of the girls, noting however that there is no letup in the efforts to locate and rescue them. “We don’t have any better idea today than we did before about where...

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Court admits video evidence on Cynthia Osokogu’s murder

Justice Olabisi Akinlade of the Lagos High Court in Igbosere, on Monday admitted in evidence, a video containing confessional statements of the alleged killers of Facebook lover, Cynthia Osokogu. The defendants, Okwumo Nwabufo 34; Olisaeloka Ezike, 24; Orji Osita, 33; and Ezike Nonso, 25, are charged with conspiracy and murder of Cynthia by the Lagos State Government. At the hearing, Emmanuel Peters, a film editor and cinematographer, led...

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Northern delegates accuse Confab leadership of hidden agenda

There was mild drama at the ongoing National Conference on Monday when Northern delegates accused the confab leadership of habouring a hidden agenda. Trouble started when Ishaq Modibo drew the attention of the Conference, under a matter of urgent national importance, to media reports which he said, questioned the integrity of the Conference leadership. Mr. Modibo said two reports on Daily Trust newspaper indicted the Deputy...

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Nigerian military Bust Terrorist’ Intelligence Network, Arrest Leader

“Babuji has been coordinating several deadly attacks in Maiduguri since 2011.” The Nigerian military on Monday said it has busted a major intelligence cell of the Boko Haram and arrested some of its leaders. The cell, the military said, played a major role in the kidnap of over 250 girls in Chibok on April 14 and the murder of the Emir of Gwoza on May 30. In a statement by the spokesperson of the Defense Headquarters, Chris Olukolade,...

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87-year-old drags bank to court for suspicious withdrawal

An 87-year-old woman, Mrs. Sanusi Adebisi, has taken the Union Bank Plc to court over N253,000 withdrawn from her account in the bank via the Internet sometime in October 2013. The claimant told the Magistrate’s Court sitting at the Ojokoro, Agbado area of Lagos that she just got N200,000 of the sum from her cooperatives to operate the tumour in her eye. She told the court that the tumour had worsened since the scam took place because...

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Mark, Fayemi, Amaechi call for more prayers

Senate President, David Mark Nigerian leaders including Senate President, David Mark, Governors Kayode Fayemi and Rotimi Amaechi of Ekiti and Rivers states respectively have called on Muslims to make the continued survival of Nigeria the focal point of their prayers as they joined their colleagues in the world to observe the Ramadan fasting. Mark in a goodwill message to the Muslim faithful, contained in a statement by his Chief Press...

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Ghana, South Sudan deepens academic relations

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is to expand its distance learning programme to the Republic of South Sudan. Professor William Otoo Ellis, the Vice-Chancellor, announced the programme, following discussions between the University authorities and South Sudanese Ambassador, an initiative designed to bolster development of the human resource base of Africa’s newest independent country. Prof...

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Air transport workers may begin strike July 5

The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN has threatened to call out its members for strike if the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, failed to meet its demands. The national president of ATSSSAN, Benjamin Okewu, issued the threat in a statement in Lagos. Mr. Okewu said the union demands that all pending issues on workers’ welfare before the NCAA management should be resolved before July 5. “It...

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How Scores were killed, properties burnt in communities near Chibok

Scores of people were feared dead after armed men attacked two communities near Chibok in Borno State early Sunday. Gunmen stormed Kwada and Kautikari when most residents were worshipping in different Churches, witnesses and security sources said. The Borno State police spokesperson, Gideon Jubrin, said he had been informed of the attack, but declined to give details. Mr. Jubrin said he was yet to contact the district police...

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National Confab approves state police, National Border Force

Delegates rejected recommendation that 70 per cent of Federal police officers in any state should be indigenes of that state. The National Conference on Thursday approved the creation of state police, National Border Force and Coast Guard; among others, for improved security across the nation. The decisions were taken during the adoption of the report of the Conference Committee on National Security, headed by a former...

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INEC gives certificate of return to Fayose

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday gave Certificate of Return to Ekiti State governor-elect, Ayo Fayose to further authenticate his emergence as the new governor of the state. Mr. Fayose came into the state INEC Headquarters, Ado-Ekiti, along with hundreds of admirers and party faithful. He pledged to make a difference in the act of governance and promised not to deviate from the pact he made...

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U.S. transfers military equipment to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram

The United States has transferred some equipment to the Nigerian Army to aide in the fight against insurgency. A statement by the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria said the equipment transferred included non-lethal transportation, communication, and force protection equipment. The equipment was received by Ibrahim Sani, a Major General, from his U.S. counterpart, James Linder, a Brigadier General. The equipment are to support the Nigerian Army in the...

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RBM governor warns Malawians against forcing govt to spend excessively

The Governor, Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM), Charles Chuka has warned Malawians against forcing government to spend beyond its means. Chuka was speaking in Blantyre during the inauguration of CDH House which houses CDH Investment Bank. Chuka’s warning comes at a time Members of Parliament are meeting in Lilongwe to draw up a provisional...

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President Mahama appointed AU trade committe Chairperson

President John Dramani Mahama was on Thursday picked up as the Chairperson of the high level African committee on trade at the on-going African Union ordinary session in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. He takes over from Mr Idris Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad, for the next one year. This formed part of the highlights of the 23rd ordinary session of the AU Heads of State and government meeting in the Central African country. During...

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Ghanian Teacher jailed for indecent assault

A 27-year old teacher who made an eight year old girl to suck his penis was on Thursday sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Circuit Court in Accra. Charged with indecent assault, James Ntim Gyakari pleaded guilty. Gyakari however pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement. The court therefore asked Gyakari to reappear on July 24. Handing down the sentence on the charge of indescent assault, the court presided...

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Muntari expelled from Ghana camp

Tearful Sulley Muntari has been sacked from the Black Stars camp in Brazil. The midfielder has been indefinitely suspended from the team. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said that "The decision was taken in the wake of his unprovoked physical attack on an Executive Committee member of the GFA and a management member of the Black Stars, Mr. Moses Armah on Tuesday 24th June, 2014 during a meeting. "Muntari’s accreditation...

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Ghana’s economic slowdown is reversible- Investors

Board Chairman of Tikowrie Capital Limited, Dr Kennedy Annoh-Koranchie says the current economic slowdown could be reversed through a conducive business environment to allow investors to streamline their operations. The financial year has been a challenged one, beginning with difficult outlook but could be upturned by “reigniting the investment cycle and creating favourable...

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Over 100 Police Officers dismissed in Ghana

The Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau under the Ghana Police Service said 108 Police Officers were dismissed between January 2011 and June 2013 after they were found guilty of various offences. The Ghana Country Report of the Human Right Commission available to the Bureau said 132 officers were reduced in rank, 239 received warning and 433 cases pending. This...

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PDP In Diaspora Disowns Temitope Ajaye . . . As Amazon Int’l Honours Patience Jonathan

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4   The People Democartic Party (PDP), USA chapter has disassociated itself from the activities of one Mrs. Temitope Ajaye, saying that the said lady is not and has never been a member of PDP in the United States. In a letter of disclaimer...

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Court stops Atuche’s bid to stall trial over N27bn Bank PHB fraud

Francis Atuche Justice Lateefat Okunnu of a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday stopped further attempts by a former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, to delay trial in a N27.5 billion suit instituted against him and two other defendants by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. At the resumed trial of the case on Wednesday, the EFCC counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, insisted that the defence team, led by...

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Shettima calls for investigation into mass abduction of women

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has ordered an investigation into alleged abduction of 60 women by suspected insurgents in Damboa Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by Isa Gusau, his Special Adviser on Communications. Mr. Gusau stated in Maiduguri on Wednesday that the governor was disturbed by reports on the alleged mass abduction. “Governor Shettima has read with serious concern, media...

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Nigerian Muslims asked to look for new moon Friday

Muslims in Nigeria have been advised to look for the new crescent of Ramadan on Friday, June 27. This is contained in a statement from the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, NSCIA, on Wednesday in Abuja, signed by its Secretary General, Is-haq Oloyede. Mr. Oloyede also stated that members of the National Moon Sighting Committee have been deployed with appropriate gadgets to various parts of the country for easy...

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Court stops Adamawa Assembly from impeaching Nyako

A High Court sitting in Yola, the Adamawa state capital, has barred the state House of Assembly from serving impeachment notice on Governor Murtala Nyako. The court presided by the acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ambrose Mamadi, also stopped the legislators from proceeding with the impeachment process against Mr. Nyako. In another ruling on a matter brought by the All Progressives Congress, the Adamawa High Court...

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Jonathan cuts short Equatorial Guinea trip, to return Thursday over Abuja blast

Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan has immediately suspended his plan to attend an African Union, A.U., summit in Equatorial Guinea, and will return to Nigeria Thursday after a car bomb killed at least 21 people in Abuja Wednesday. The president travelled to the Central African nation Wednesday for the A.U. meeting just as a blast hit Emba plaza, a busy shopping complex in Wuse 2, Abuja. Police said 21 persons had...

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How ex-customs official, daughter was buried alive in Ogun State

Clockwise: Kerry, Obiagulum and Azeez | credits: Olaleye Aluko The Lagos State Police Command on Monday paraded a 64-year-old native doctor, Alhaji Olatunji Azeez, who confessed to have killed a retired customs officer, Mrs. Angela Kerry, and her 10-year-old adopted daughter, Obiagulum, on May 10, 2014. PUNCH Metro had reported on Monday that the decomposed bodies of the woman and her daughter were found in Azeez’s house in Ire Akari...

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Terrorists using Internet to recruit, plan attacks

China launched a campaign on Friday to rid the internet of audio and video materials that promote terrorism and violence. Terrorist groups are using the internet to recruit people, raise funds and plan attacks in China, the State Internet Information Office, SIIO, said on Tuesday. The Spokesperson for the agency, Jiang Jun, told reporters at a press conference in Beijing that many internet sites have been placed under surveillance. He...

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Nigerian Lawmakers adjourn sitting to honour late Kuta

Kuta The Senate and House of Representatives, at their plenary meeting on Tuesday, adjourned sitting till Wednesday to honour late Dahiru Kuta who died on June 12 while the legislators were on break. Mr. Kuta, the Senator representing Niger east, died at the age of 65. The Senate President, David Mark, in his speech, expressed grief at the loss of Mr. Kuta, saying Nigeria lost a patriotic citizen who was always...

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Nigeria seizes N10 billion pirated materials in 2 years

The Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, on Tuesday said it intercepted and seized pirated cinematography, musical and educational books worth N10 billion from January 2012 to date. The NCC Zonal Manager, Lagos Operational Office, Chris Nkwocha, said this in Lagos. Mr. Nkwocha explained that other seized materials include home movies, literary, inspirational, and educational books. He said that over 17 container-loads...

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FG seeks AU support for ITU seat

Shola Taylor The Federal Government of Nigeria is seeking the African Union’s, AU, support for the candidature of Shola Taylor, for the post of the Deputy Secretary-General of the International Telecommunications Union, ITU. The ITU elections will hold during the plenipotentiary conference of the union in Busan, South Korea scheduled for between October and November. The Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Aminu Wali,...

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Global Aviation Plane ”missing”

The plane had only the American pilot on board. A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, Cameroon aviation sources said on Tuesday. The plane, owned by the U.S. company Global Aviation, took off from Kano in northern Nigeria at 1800 hours on Monday en route Libreville in Gabon, where it was scheduled to arrive at 2300 hours, after a‎ stopover in Douala, Cameroon. However, the station said...

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