Abia crisis: Traditional leaders want Uche Ogah as governor

Traditional leaders in Abia state have backed the court decision to sack Okezie Ikpeazu and appoint Uche Ogah as governor of the state. A cross-section of Abia State leaders, including traditional rulers, called for the immediate swearing-in of Ogah.
Leader of the group and traditional prime minister of Ibeku Kingdom, Chief Uche Akwukwaegbu in a communiqué read at the end of the traditional ruler’s meeting in Umuahia backed Ogah as governor of the state.

CBN: Skye Bank is healthy and not in distress

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured the public that it is totally safe and okay to bank with Skye Bank. In his statement, the governor of CBN, Godwin Emefiele pointed out that Skye Bank Plc is a very healthy bank and that depositors, shareholders and all relevant stake holders have no reason to panic about the recent changes in their board and executive management.

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Aisha Buhari Distributes Ramadan Package To The Less Privileged

Here are pictures from the flag off of the Kebbi State "Food Bank Program 2016" and distribution of Ramadan Package as gesture from the Wife of the President Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari for the needy. The distribution was co-ordinated by Kebbi State First Lady Dr. Zainab Atiku Bagudu. See pictures below;

Ibrahim Kpotun Idris Meets Buhari

The new acting Inspector general of police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris met with president Buhari this afternoon shortly after his appointment.

Owoseni calls for self consciousness

Commissioner of police Lagos state command, Fatai Owoseni as called on all Lagos state citizen and residents to be more conscious He said this at a recently held briefing with press men, were he stressed the importance of being conscious in whatever and wherever one finds his/herself. CP Owoseni, also warns parents to be more responsible to their wards has minors are being initiated to some secret cult group.

Police, Sharia fight over Ese's case

The police and the Kano state Sharia
commission are currently embroiled in a
blame game as to who should be held
responsible for the failure to return Ese
Oruru back to her hometown in Opolo,
Yanegua local government area of Bayelsa
state since August last year.

Ese Oruru was abducted from her Bayelsa
home, moved to Kano and allegedly forced
to marry one Yunusa Yellow.

According to Leadership, the assistant
inspector general of police (AIG) in charge
of Zone 1, Shuaibu Lawal Gambo, in a press
conference held at police zone 1
headquarters in Kano put the blamed on the
Kano state Sharia commission for
withholding Ese Oruru which restricted the
police from taking her back to her parents.

He said the commission failed to bring Ese
on a set date she was expected to be taken
back by the police to her parents in Bayelsa
as directed by the Kano emir.

The AIG confirmed he had obtained
information from his predecessor, AIG
Tambari Yabo, that the Kano emir,
Muhammad Sanusi II, had sent a delegation
made up of some members of the Sharia
commission and a representative of the
Kano emirate with a letter requesting the
police to take Ese Oruru back to her
parents.

“The delegation in the company of the girl
arrived very late in the evening to the Zone,
thus, it was rightfully agreed by all parties to
bring back Ese Oruru the following day for her
return back to Bayelsa, as Kano emir
requested”, he said.

Gambo however said the delegation failed to
return the girl as agreed for her trip back to
Bayelsa, which prompted the police to
innocently presume that the case had been
resolved by the Sharia commission through
alternative dispute resolution measures.

However, the director of theIslamic
Propagation of the Sharia commission,
Abduljabbar Uba Kabara, disputed the claim
of the police, saying the commission’s
officials were turned away from meeting
with the AIG when they came back with the
girl to follow up the matter.

Ese Oruru: “We’ll prosecute Yunusa’s father
if he’s found guilty”
“We returned to the Zone the second day as
agreed, alongside the lady and the father of
the boy and a delegation members.
Unfortunately, we weren’t allowed to see the
AIG then, Tambari Yabo.

“I myself went to the zone the third day, but to
no avail, as the AIG refused to see me, despite
the fact that we obtained a copy of a paper
signed by the AIG, indicating that Sharia
Commission had received the lady”, he said.

Meanwhile, the inspector general of police,
Solomon Arase has directed the Sokoto state
police command to commence investigation
into another case of abduction of a teenage
girl, Patience Paul, who is being allegedly
held in the Sultan’s palace.

Human face Appears in Benue Stream

Much may never have been heard or written about Awube stream in Ipole Ugbugbu Owukpa, Ogbadibo local government Area of Benue State, but the stream, according to the people is their major source of livelihood. A community that has existed since over three- hundred years ago has had its existence tied to the mysterious Awube stream. The River, to an average Ugbugbu person, is second to God as it is the only source of water in the small community. One thing about the stream is that the people bath and wash inside it, yet they drink and cook with it. Every Ugbugbu bred drinks the water that can ordinarily be termed unhygienic. There is usually no method of eliminating likely germs as the water is drank just the way it is fetched. It is strange for an Ugbugbu bred to boil the water fetched from Awube stream before drinking. Yet, no known water-related disease or sickness has been recorded in the community despite the fact that the people freely use the water. The stream that flows from Amala in Enugu State through Eke-Akpa does not dry up at any point in time. It flows throughout the year in defiance of seasonal variation. In Ugbugbu, Awube is divided into two sections – the up section ( Okpa- ogicho) and the down section ( Okpa-ogaje).The up section is usually where the men bath. It’s separated from the down section so the men and women do not see themselves while bathing. Ironically, it’s the women who fetch water for drinking, hence they are forced to fetch the sweat and dirt the men wash off their bodies. Most men who bath inside the Awube stream spit and urinate inside the same stream, though there is a myth that whoever urinates inside the stream will become impotent. What a sane Ugbugbu child will not do is to defecate inside the stream, as such is deemed irreverent and sacrilegious. It’s, however, strange that despite the growing civilization in different communities and villages, the people of Ugbugbu continue to drink and bath with the water whose source has remained a mystery.

Nigerian Student Adaku Abel Dies After The Accra Floods

Before her death, beautiful Adaku Abel was a 200 level Business Administration student at the Accra Institute of Technology. She had been declared missing after the Ghana Accra flood that killed over 150 people.

Initially, not knowing she was dead, her friends and fellow students posted several missing person notices on Facebook and Twitter asking the public to help join the search. They had been to all the hospitals in Accra to no avail. Eventually, they were able to identify her body early hours of yesterday at 37 Military Hospital, Accra. Turns out she was among the 75 burnt to death in the Goil Filling Station disaster. May her soul rest in perfect peace.


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FG, Fuel Marketers Agree To End Fuel Scarcity Next Week

The Federal Government and petrol marketers on
Friday agreed to put an end to Nigeria’s fuel
scarcity problems before the close of business
next week Saturday.

Senate Makes 11 Years The Legal Age To Have Sex In Nigeria

The Senate on Wednesday passed the Sexual
Offences Bill, 2015 which prescribes life
imprisonment for rapists and those who have
sexual intercourse with children under 11 years.

Salaries: Rivers' Assembly Dares Amaechi, Summons Nine Aides

THE Rivers State House of Assembly appears to be
on a head-on collision with the state Governor, Mr.
Rotimi Amaechi, over civil servants’ unpaid
salaries.

365 Complete

the love of God in my life is visible, His
mercies are there for all to see, it is now
365 days complete, I haven't spend a day
at the hospital neither do I need a doctor
@home for check up, I have jump pass So
many obstacle not because I can but by
His grace, my family is a testimony to
what the Lord has done, believe me He
has no time to look at ur error but save u
all the Same, father I return all Glory to
You.