Wednesday 20 April 2016

In case you missed this: FRSC ‘can no longer’ fine motorists, court rules

A federal high court in Lagos has declared void powers of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) to impose fines on motorists for traffic offences.

John Tsoho, a judge, held that the commission could not turn itself into a court of law by punishing those who commit traffic offences.

Tope Alabi, a lawyer, had approached the court to declare that only a court of competent jurisdiction could pronounce a person guilty under section 10 (4) and 28 (2) of the FRSC Act 2007.

Other defendant in the suit was the attorney-general of the federation.

The judge also awarded N1million damages in favour of the plaintiff because officials of the FRSC had confiscated his vehicle and driver’s licence.

"Is Jonathan Really Guiltless from Corruption Allegations?" - How Jonathan paid N400m into Metuh’s corporate account, by witness

A defence witness in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary, People’s Democratic Party ( PDP ), Chief Olisa Metuh, yesterday narrated how former President Goodluck Jonathan paid N400 million into Metuh’s account.

The witness, a columnist with The New Telegraph Newspaper, Mr. Ike Abonyi, told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the former president had asked for Metuh’s account details to enable him to transfer money for the image laundering of the party and himself.

A COMMINIQUE ISSUED BY THE STUDENTS’ UNION GOVERNMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT 2015/2016 SESSION ON THE 11TH DAY OF APRIL 2016.

With absolute humility and earnest dedication to the call of leadership, We the Students’ Union Government of the University of Port Harcourt wishes to bring to the notice of the general public and condemn in no small measure the events that occurred in the University of Port Harcourt leading to the death of some conscious Nigerian students in the hands of the NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF).

The following led to the event that transpired today:

The school management headed by the Vice Chancellor Professor N.E.S Lale without recourse to the Student Union leaders and representatives of the students decided to enforce the policy that students who have not paid their school fees will not partake in the school’s first semester examination scheduled to commence today the 11th day of April, 2016, thereby loosing an academic session, hence an automatic extra year.

The Lifeless Body of Peter Ofurum with gun shot wounds

A prominent student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has been shot dead by the Police in a school protest.

The deceased, Peter Ofurum, was the President of the Faculty of Management Sciences. He met his untimely death on Monday, April 11, 2016 as students of the university held a peaceful protest against increment in school fees and the “no school fees-no examination” policy of the school.

Anger and outrage continued to linger after the shooting and killing of late Peter Ofurum, the newly elected President of the Faculty of the Management Science Students of the University of Port Harcourt by a yet-to-be identified policeman during peaceful protest against school fees hike.

NIGERIA NEWS: In Oyo, Kogi and Calabar: Police Nab Kidnap Suspect, Fake Lawyer and Parades Police Suspected Robbers, Criminals And Kidnappers

Police Nab Kidnap Suspect, Fake Lawyer In Oyo

Oyo PoliceThe Oyo State Police Command has appealed to members of the public to always monitor their wards and safeguard them from evil perpetrators.

The appeal was made by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adeleye Oyebade, while parading a suspect who kidnapped his sister’s three-year-old child for a ransom of 200,000 Naira.

Mr Oyebade urged the state residents to be absolutely sure to take safety measures to avoid the abuse of their children as much as possible.

He added that prompt information led to the rescue of the baby alive, urging residents of the state to continue to trust the Police with more of such information.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has granted bail to a former beauty queen, Ibinabo Fiberesima, who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for manslaughter.

The two million Naira bail was granted on Thursday, pending the determination of her appeal against the manslaughter sentence at the Supreme Court.

The court’s verdict was split two-to-one in Ibinabo’s favour.

Reading the lead judgment, Justice Samuel Oseji held that there was nothing to show that the former beauty queen would jump bail.

87 transactions made in one day to offset bank loans
Cross-examination fixed for April 18

The witness produced by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Michael Wetkas, in the ongoing trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki made more revelations yesterday.

At the resumed hearing at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, he testified that Saraki received monthly salaries and pension from Kwara State years after he had concluded his two terms as a governor.

Wetkas said that the Senate president who left office in May 2011 had continued to receive both monthly salaries and pension from June 2011 till August 31, 2015. The witness provided details of payment, which he said, were the outcome of the investigation his team conducted.

Highlights:

Moves and plans to curb the operations of Boko Haram in Borno State

The civilian JTF working at its best to curb the Boko Haram Insurgency

Youths to be fully integrated into the plan as more jobs would be created to get them engaged and empowered.

Borno State Government working closely in conjunction with the Nigerian Army.

Nigerian Army Authorities to enlist qualified youths into the Nigerian Army

Members of the Boko Haram group who have laid down their arms to be engaged.

The Borno Government said on Monday that it had produced a blueprint for full engagement of an estimated 20, 000 local vigilantes, called the Civilian JTF, after the Boko Haram insurgency.

Alhaji Kakashehu Lawan, the Commissioner of Justice stated this while speaking with newsmen in Maiduguri.

As the four-day burial programme for the late former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, ended yesterday with a thanksgiving service in Ammasoma, the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) cautioned against an alleged plot by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The umbrella body of Ijaw youths worldwide urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the anti-graft agency to shelve any such plan to persecute the former president, insisting that such a move would spell doom for the country and the government.

A few months ago, Beyonce infuriated patriots all over the nation when she gave an anti-law enforcement performance during Super Bowl 50. Ever since then, there has been a sharp escalation in violence against police officers all over America, and Obama has done nothing to stop it.

Within eight days of Beyonce’s performance, eight police officers were killed in the line of duty, yet Obama failed to acknowledge any of them. Now, Sheriff Jim DeWees is fighting back with a viral Facebook post that slams Obama for turning his back on American cops.

Here is the post:

Obama's good at mobilizing America's enemies.

Obama moving FASTER than we knew on this DANGEROUS plan…

Despite much evidence to the contrary, it turns out the government can move rather quickly when it wants to. While it takes them months to review 22 emails from the former secretary of state, it’s now working to process 600 Syrian refugee families per day.

A new report released today reveals that the Obama administration has launched a “surge operation” to expedite the processing of — at least — 10,000 Syrian refugees by the president’s deadline of September 30th. The processing center established in Amman, Jordan is working fast and furiously to conduct 600 interviews every day.

Via The Washington Examiner:

The report said that some 600 interviews are being conducted every day, suggesting that 36,000 refugees are being targeted for entry into the United States.

The Center for Immigration Studies on Friday reported on the first family to get cleared and enter the United States, landing in Kansas City last week. At the airport in Amman, the U.S. ambassador to Jordan gave them a welcome.

The CIS report notes that the center in Jordan is part of “our effort to reach President Obama’s directive to send 10,000 Syrian refugees to the United States by September 30, 2016, while also ensuring that every refugee accepted by the United States has been thoroughly screened and vetted through our rigorous security process.”

Christianity in China under severe fire and persecution
Christianity is seen as the enemy of the state by Chinese authorities
The governments of China seeks to have complete control of Christianity – by FORCE
The Chinese government institutes government run church to control Christianity and its spread

"...if we put up a fight, they would tear down the church..."

The government of China — which President Barack Obama hailed as “a responsible player in global affairs” — has torn down more than 2,000 crosses in its effort to regulate “excessive religious sites.”

In some cases, Chinese authorities oversaw the burning of crosses after they were torn down from Christian churches.

Illegals Are Now Going To Be Granted Citizenship In The United States

QUESTION?

Does President Barak Obama have a hidden agenda by bringing brutal Islamic terror leaders to the US?

Is Obama moving America to Self-Destruct through Islamic terrorists who are using the migration crisis to enter the US and plot atrocities?

How far is he willing to go to?

According to a recent poll conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute, many Americans are still not seeing the importance of having a sealed and secure border.

The poll indicates that 62% of Americans believe that illegal immigrants should be given citizenship. Contrastingly, only 19% feel that they should be deported. On top of those shocking numbers, 15% feel that they should be allowed to become legal residents.

Though the weight of this poll comes from the Democratic population, the survey did reveal a similar sentiment coming from the Republican side. 51% of young republicans think that immigrants strengthen their standard of living, and want them to be welcomed into our country.

Nigerian Government at Work: Rolls Out 33 Policy Actions To Revamp Economy

The Vice President Federal Republic of Nigeria, Pro. Yemi Osinbajo

NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AT WORK

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajor, says the Federal Government has developed a Strategic Implementation Plan for the 2016 budget.

Professor Osinbajo said that the plan articulates six thematic strategies that would constitute the short-term priority of the government over the next 12 months.

In his speech at the Nation’s Forum On The Economy held on Thursday in Lagos State, south-west Nigeria, the Vice President said that the government would focus on implementing about 33 Priority Actions under the six themes in the 2016 fiscal year.

Priority Actions

One of the priority actions, according to him, is a plan for lasting changes in the policy environment, national security and governance. He said it would enable the government achieve an appropriate foreign exchange regime, increase low interest lending to the real sector.

Weird MC, Sasha P, others pay last respect to late artiste.

With heavy hearts late musician, singer and songwriter, Olumuyiwa Adeyemi Osinuga a.k.a Nomoreloss was laid to rest today Friday, April 8, 2016 by family, friends and colleagues.

His body was committed to mother earth as he was buried at the Ikoyi cemetery in Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial city.

Aged 39, he has contributed immensely to the growth of the Nigerian music industry and his death would be felt by the industry.

The singer was famous for his hit songs "Let them say" and "Iyawo Asiko". He was married to Adeola Osinuga. They have a daughter. The singer, the comedian and the compere was ill since January, 2016 and because of it, he had to take a break from the world of entertainments. The talented artiste was confirmed dead on Monday, March 21, after battling an illness since January.

After his death was made known, Twitter was awash with condolences from people in the music industry, his fans and other sympathizers.

Nasarawa State Lawmakers Fight with Table and exchange Heavy Blows

The politics of fist and blows

Nasarawa Lawmakers Fight Over Appointment Of Sole Administrators

Some members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Friday engaged each other in a fight during plenary, as issues surrounding the appointment of local council administrators divided the House.

From the picture above taken during the fracas, One of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly’s lawmakers is seen holding a table above his head while others scamper for safety.

After a two-year tenure of the chairmen of 11 local government areas in the state ended on March 24, the Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, appointed and inaugurated sole administrators to man the affairs of their local government councils pending when elections would be conducted.

Nigerian troops on Friday intercepted and neutralized Improvised Explosive Devices of some suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers at Madiyari village and Jimini-Bolori village in Borno State.

The troops of 101 Battalion of Seven Division made the interception after they received a tip off about impending attack in Maiduguri city by four suspected Boko Haram terrorists, suicide bombers from Sambisa forest through Cashew Plantation.

Three soldiers sustained injuries in the process and they have been evacuated to the unit’s Regimental Aid Post (RAP), for treatment, a statement by the army spokesman, Sani Usman, said.

Is prostate strictly for men? Yes, ONLY men have prostate and ONLY men over 40 years but the healthcare enlightenment is for everyone. There is no woman who does not know a man 40 years and above – father, uncle, brother, son, friend, neighbor, colleague …

Essentially what I will be doing today is health promotion. Responsible health promotion must provide three things:

1. Information

2. Reassurance

3. A plan of action.

Let me start with a background on prostate health.

Everyone has a pair of kidneys. The job of the kidney is to remove waste. It is like a waste management company of your body. Everyday your blood passes through the kidney several times to be filtered. As the blood is filtered, urine is formed and stored in a temporary storage tank called the urinary bladder.

Nigeria’s economy appears to be experiencing more setbacks with the worsening fuel crisis which has hit the country.

For almost a month, Nigerians have been queuing at fuel service stations all over the country to get petrol for their vehicles and other users.

Lagos and Ogun States in the South west, Delta and Rivers State in the South South, Kaduna, Nasarawa and Plateau in Northern Nigeria, the situation appears unbearable.

Petrol is selling over 200 Naira per litre in the South south, but it seems to be worse in the Northern region where fuel is said to be sold over 300 Naira.

Schools now affected by chronic shortage of fuel, electricity and water. Students riot – now on rampage! Effects in UNILAG may spill over to other institutions of higher learning in the country!

The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has ordered that all academic activities on the campus be suspended until the situation on the campus improves.

According to a statement released on Friday 8^th April, 2016, the decision was made at a meeting of the University Senate held on Thursday 7^th April, 2016.

Islamist Ideology On Suicide Bombings

by David Bukay

Suicide terrorism has been the scourge of the last quarter century. A suicide bomb attack on the U.S. marine barracks in Beirut compelled Ronald Reagan in 1983 to withdraw peacekeepers from Beirut. Palestinian leaders deploy suicide bombers to force Israeli concessions, and Iraqi insurgents use suicide bombings to derail the new political order. Al-Qaeda terrorists attacked the U.S.S. Cole in Aden in 2000 and, on September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center and Pentagon. While some scholars argue there is no religious component to suicide bombing[1]—often citing Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers, who are not Muslims—they are wrong. All Muslim suicide bombers justify their actions with their religion and, more specifically, with the concept of jihad.

What Is Jihad?

Muslim self-justification of suicide bombing lies in interpretation of jihad. While Western scholars of late argue that jihad refers primarily to internal struggle,[2]

A female Arab journalist who lives in Qatar has penned a bold article that asks Muslims in the Middle East how they would respond if Christian suicide bombers struck their public markets, collapsed their tall buildings or tried to force Muslims to convert to Christianity.

Liberal Saudi journalist, Nadine Al-Budair, writes in Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper that Arab countries have refused to address the problem of terrorism and have yet to create a climate that matches the liberal, humanitarian climate of the West. She asked Muslims to consider what their world would be like if Christians the world over had responded to Muslims the way terrorists have spread radical Islam.

BREAKING: Trump positioned to gain power. While Congress moves to curb Obama’s Powers

BREAKING: Trump Just REVEALED Huge News About His Campaign!!

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s “best asset” is joining his campaign Monday as Trump pulls out all the stops to win a high-stakes GOP primary on Tuesday.

Trump announced Saturday that his wife, Melania, will be joining him in Wisconsin on Monday. At least one commentator thinks she may have what his campaign needs.

“She’s going to campaign. She’s never done this before,” Trump said Saturday during a rally at Racine, Wis. “So that will be exciting, Melania is coming up.”

Formally it was NEPA (National Electric Power Authority), but now it is PHCN (Power Holding Company of Nigeria). Others that are operating the same way are EKEDC (Eko Distribution Company Plc) or it's like in other parts of the country.

Whether NEPA, PHCN, OR EKEDC, closely looking at their inability to provide stable supply of electricity in Nigeria, one can categorize them as the number one (NO. 1) economic saboteurs of the Nigerian Economy.

Most parts of the country, if not all, are presently being ravaged by devastating lack of electricity supply. It didn't just start today - it has lingered for several decades and It is a challenge that has drastically helped in grinding the country's economy below expected levels.

Power problem has been resident in Nigeria for a very long time that some Nigerians have never seen 6 hours uninterrupted power supply since they were born! It is this same problem that promising and reliable minds have, at different times, been drafted to tackle but ended up being tackled! Nigerians, as a people have been living with power outages for over four decades now and have lived to manage themselves around the problem. As the years goes by, the problem does not seem to abate - there seems to be no solution in sight. All we hear in the news is that several billions of dollars which can not be accounted for was injected into the power sector with nothing to show for it. It looks like the government is overtly clueless as to how to revamp and revive the power sector and they are not treating the problem as a matter of national emergency.

BREAKING: Thus Saith Kachikwu “Fuel queues end by weekend” – Nigerians awaits prophetic fulfillment

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu

· NNPC discharges 320m litres of petrol
· Govt may adjust fuel price next month
· Presidency dissolves task force on power sector reform

“Hopefully by tomorrow (today) and Thursday, the fuel queues in Abuja should be over. Hopefully, the same thing will happen in Lagos, and thereafter by the weekend, we should see Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Port Harcourt and Warri get off the queue list.”

With these words yesterday, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, reassured the nation that the lingering fuel scarcity would be a forgotten hardship by the end of the week.

An indication that the minister’s promise may come to pass was that a stock of 320 million litres of petrol was being distributed across the country yesterday.

The heat, fuel and darkness challenge!

Most parts of the country are presently being ravaged by high temperatures that make living hellish. As if that is not bad enough, we have in our hands, starring us menacingly in the face, the twin problem of fuel scarcity and interrupted darkness! It is a challenge that can grind the country to a halt, a challenge the government must tackle.

Nigerians, as a people have been living with power outages and fuel scarcity for some few decades now and have lived to manage themselves around the problem each time either of the two problems comes visiting but when they come together, it becomes a national emergency and should be treated as such.

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose

Gov urges Buhari to devalue naira
Ekiti leader denies alleged vice presidential bid

Former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Mr. Temitope Aluko, who made far-reaching allegations against Governor Ayodele Fayose over the June 21, 2014 governorship election, was on Sunday night seen with the governor in Lagos.

They were seen with the former factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Dele Olugbemi at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island Lagos.

The trio were intercepted by journalists at the hotel around 11:30 p.m. Aluko who wore trousers and a sky blue shirt was seen walking shoulder-to-shoulder in animated and obviously amicable conversation with the governor.

Self-professed Prophet Shamiso Kanyama,
who accidentally died during a healing ceremony

According to biblical accounts, Jesus was crucified, died and was buried and after three days, He resurrected from the dead. No one yet understands how this was possible. But the biblical account states that He (Jesus) rose from the dead. But this was not so for self-professed Prophet Shamiso Kanyama who attempted to replicate the biblical resurrection of Jesus after asking to be buried alive in order to gain power to ward off evil spirits from a home. He wasn’t lucky in the process

Five members of the same family were charged with the murder of a prophet who had been called to their home in the village of Mazonde, Zimbabwe to help them cleanse their house of evil spirits.

“Get rich quick, or die trying” seems to be the motto of dare devil youths who have taken to arms and kidnapping in order to survive. Everywhere in the geographical locations of Nigeria, kidnapping – abductions, ritual killings and armed robbery is the order of the day. Before it used to be that the kidnappers focused on the rich and popular. But from the recent trends in the spate of kidnapping, they seem to have shifted their focus to school children, pastors, and even relations of the well to do folks in the society. Many victims have died in the process – forever lost.

Security operatives are doing all that they know and can to curb this menace, but it seems to be growing by the day with a careless abandon to evil – not minding the repercussions by the perpetuators of such dastardly act. It seems as though new groups of abductors or kidnappers are springing up every day.

According to The Guardian News, Armed gunmen on Tuesday 5^th April, 2016, shot dead a soldier attached to the military task force code named ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ and abducted two expatriates workers with Setraco construction company, during a shootout along the Ogbia-Nembe road in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Does Islam Promote Violence or Is It "A Religion of Peace?"

An Insightful Article by Doug Ponder

“Islam is a religion of peace. Islam does not tolerate wanton murder,” said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in a recent interview on Meet the Press.

With all due respect to Mr. Abdul-Jabbar, he was a far better basketball player than he is an apologist. To be fair, Abdul-Jabbar is far from alone in his defense of Islam. After every attack in the name of Allah, many people hasten to disavow the connection between the Islamic faith of the terrorists and their murderous actions. Whether it’s 9/11, the London bombings, or the ISIS beheadings—it’s always the same refrain: Attacks carried out by radical Muslims have nothing to do with the religion of Islam. But the sad truth is that the so-called “religion of peace” is responsible for more deaths and violence than any other religion in the world.

Father Thomas Uzhunnalil Not Crucified by ISIS but Alive and 'Safe,' Indian Minister Says

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has said Catholic priest Tom Uzhunnalil, who was previously feared to have been crucified by the Islamic State on Good Friday, is alive, safe, and efforts are being organized for his release.

Catholic Bishops' Conference of India spokesman Father Gyanprakash Topno told the Press Trust of India that Swaraj met with CBCI delegates and told them that reports claiming Uzhunnalil has been killed are not true.

"Father Tom is safe and efforts are on for his release as early as possible," Topno said, conveying the minister's words, adding that the "government will facilitate the priest's safe return to India."

Although Iran is one of the most difficult places in the world to be a Christian, the underground house church movement there is exploding.

“Thousands upon thousands” of people in Iran are becoming Christians annually, according to Open Doors USA spokeswoman Emily Fuentes.

“The house churches are causing such rapid growth in conversions it is unmatched by any other country in the Middle East,” she said.

This is false. Radical Islam hates us. The Islamic fundamentalists hate us. The Islamists hate us.The Jihadists hate us but Islam does NOT hate us.

ISIL, Al Qaeda, Al Shabab, Hamas, Boko Haram, the Taliban, Islamic Jihad, the Fulani militants/herdsmen and all the other terrorists and terror groups in the world hate us but the overwhelming majority of muslims do not and neither are they terrorists.

As pained and concerned as we are about what is going on in the world today and the atrocities that the terrorists are committing on a daily basis, we must learn to separate the wheat from the chaff.

America is at a crossroads and in the next few weeks and months she will decide who President Barack Obama will pass the baton of leadership to.

That choice is critical because it will determine whether the self-styled "land of the free and home of the brave" will, once again, be transformed into a great and major power with the strength and immense moral authority that she once enjoyed on the world stage or whether she will gradually lose her mystique and prestige and recede into a divided, conflicted, pitiful, isolated, intellectually weak, economically crippled, greatly diminished and morally bankrupt spent force.

All this in a world that is witnessing and experiencing the growing power and strength of an increasingly assertive Russia and China.

There is no gainsaying that the race for the White House this year is probably the most important in recent times because the consequences of the choice that the American people will eventually make will affect the entire world for either good or bad. Needless to say the stakes are high.

American politics and politicians fascinate me in the same way that their history does.

From the days of their great men of faith and vision like the Pilgrim Fathers, the Founding Fathers and the Patriots right through to the times of deeply courageous men who were blessed with a powerful intellect and huge moral suasion like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, this is indeed a blessed land with an extraordinary and rich heritage and history.

From the heady days of their struggle for independence from the British, right up to the tumultuous times of Abraham Lincoln and John Brown and their bitter struggle against slavery, the civil war and so much more, the American story is littered with heroes and heroic acts and presents us with compelling evidence of the fact that ultimately good always triumphs over evil.

WWE WrestleMania 32 results: Roman Reigns wins title, big surprises

WrestleMania 32 came to its conclusion late Sunday night after a nearly five-hour show that included plenty of surprises and a new World Heavyweight Champion as challenger Roman Reigns took down Triple H to win the title in the show's main event.

And now, a breakdown of each WrestleMania 32 match from the main card.