Thursday, 14 September 2017
TEENAGE GIRL CAUGHT BY SECURITY OPERATIVES WITH HUMAN HEAD. Viewer discretion advised. Graphic Photos
Report reaching our news desk have it that a teenage girl from Imo State, identified as Chidinma Iheoma, was caught by security operatives with a human head. 
According to the security operatives, the head which was detached from the deceased body–was found with the girl who carried it in a bag before she was apprehended.
According to the security operatives, the head which was detached from the deceased body–was found with the girl who carried it in a bag before she was apprehended.
When quizzed by security operatives, she initially claimed she was on her way to bury the head but later disclosed that her friend was the person who cut the head and that she has killed two people so far.
Its not clear what the head is to be used for, whether for ritual purposes or otherwise, as at press time. We shall bring to you any further development on this matter.
Wednesday, 13 September 2017
DRIVER ABSCONDS WITH COMPANY VEHICLE AND MONEY
A driver identified as TamunoTonye Abbey Kalio, whose photograph is shown below has allegedly absconded with his company's vehicle and money in Rivers state.
His boss, Charles Senibo, shared a picture of the driver online and wrote; 
The bearer whose name is TamunoTonye Abbey Kalio and picture is shown below was my official driver who absconded on Tuesday, 5th September 2017 with my official vehicle with Reg no: EPE 25 BK; Engine no: IGR0070056; Chassis No: JTEBU14R830018435; Vechicle Make: TOYOTA 4RUNNER; Colour: SILVER and company's money. All Attempt to reach him is abortive as his phone remains switched off. Pls anyone with useful information that could lead to his arrest shall be handsomely rewarded. Pls contact me immediately or the nearest police station. God bless you.
Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/09/driver-absconds-companys-vehicle-money-rivers-state-photo.html
EFCC UNCOVERS N6BN HOTEL LOCATED IN ABUJA THAT IS LINKED TO PATIENCE JONATHAN
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has traced a magnificient architectural edifice of an uncompleted eight-storey building in Abuja to be allegedly owned by wife of former president of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan.
The building, which is valued at N6billion, is located within the Central Business District, between the National Mosque and the Federal Secretariat.
The accounts include:
Account number 1102001996 in
Ecobank, with a balance of N226,376,700.23 and a fixed deposit of N1,099,511,484.88;
a Skye Bank account numbered 1771731336, with a balance of N14,173,848.85;
Fidelity Bank account numbered, 4011019539 with a balance of N1,800,494,000;
Stanbic Bank account numbered, 0016901361, with a balance of N40,594,12.88; and
Diamond Bank account 0019213687 with a balance of N39,418,712.12.
It was alleged that the property was bought through her foundation known as Aribawa Aurera Reach Out Foundation.
In a document, which has been attached to a court application, the anti-graft agency said it had written to the Corporate Affairs Commission to get the identities of the directors of the foundation who are believed to be fronts for Patience.
The commission further stated that it had written to the Abuja Geographical Information System to get the history of the property and how and when it was bought.
The anti-graft agency has also written eight banks: Skye Bank, Fidelity Bank, First Bank, Union Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank, United Bank for Africa and Unity Bank.
Recall that the EFCC had frozen tan account belonging to the Aribawa Aurera Reach Out Foundation with account number 1222014221 in Ecobank with a balance of N479m.
The document read, “Plot 1350 Cadastral Zone A00 CBD which was allocated to Ariwabai Aurera Reach Out Foundation in 2010 and Certificate of Occupancy issued in 2011. The plot bears an eight-storey building still under construction.
“Inference may be drawn from investigation that the suspect’s (Patience) last known official position was permanent secretary in Bayelsa State. Hence, there is no way such magnificent architectural edifices could have been built within a short space of time.
“There is a high probability that it could have been built with the proceeds of crime. It is evidently clear that it is a case of money laundering but there is a need to do more investigation.”
The commission had also sealed a five-storey hotel, belonging to Patience, believed to be worth about N3bn located near Setraco Construction Company beside Mabushi Kado Expressway.
The property, which has not been officially opened, has between 50 to 100 rooms, a gymnasium, a fountain and other amenities.
Patience has been under probe since May 2016 when the commission arrested a former Special Adviser to the President on Domestic Affairs, Waripamowei Dudafa.
Patience laid claim to about $15m found in bank accounts allegedly belonging to Dudafa’s domestic servants.
She later sued Skye Bank Plc and the EFCC after which the commission, through a court order, froze her personal account with a balance of $5m.
However, in the case of the alleged N2bn hotel, the Anti-graft agency, it was learned, had proceeded to court to obtain an interim forfeiture order for the hotel and a N6bn plaza.
The document read in part, “In view of the foregoing, I request for an interim forfeiture order on the two properties amongst others linked to the suspect and believed to have been acquired from the proceeds of crime.
“This is particularly very important because attempts to mark the properties were resisted and even the portion that was successfully marked was later cleaned off by the agents of the suspect.”
In a similar development, the anti-graft agency has also traced three other properties in Abuja to Patience in Karsana, Wasa and Idogwari areas of the Federal Capital Territory.
According to documents from AGIS, the three properties were bought in the names of two companies – Finchley Top Homes Ltd. and AM-PM Network Limited.
The bank accounts of Finchley Top Homes Limited, which have been traced to Patience, were frozen by the commission a few months ago.
In his reaction, Patience’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), said he was not aware of the fresh attempt to seize more of his client’s properties.
He, however, said it was sad that the former first lady had become a victim of a witch-hunt.
Adedipe said her client had dragged the EFCC to the Court of Appeal over the freezing of Mrs. Jonathan’s account while a harassment suit had been filed against the anti-graft agency before a Federal High Court.
The senior advocate said, “I am not aware of any of these but we are in court over the freezing of her accounts and that case is at the Court of Appeal level and we have a fundamental human rights case against them in court.
“My thinking is that the EFCC, which says nobody is above the law, should have waited for the judiciary to finish its process. In my humble opinion, it appears they are abusing judicial powers. When you file something today, tomorrow you file another. Why not put everything in one pot? That is why they lose cases.
“Why are they focusing on Mrs. Jonathan who was neither a minister nor a government official? I’m not saying people should steal but it may seem she is being persecuted wrongly”.
Sunday, 10 September 2017
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Niger warns of flooding in Benin, Nigeria
The Niger Basin Authority issued a warning Saturday of possible flooding in Benin and Nigeria, two countries downstream on the river, which is currently flooding in Niger.
Flooding in Port Harcourt after Heavy Rainfall“We appeal to all residents downstream (of the Niger River)… because the water keeps rising,” the NBA’s Soungalo Kone said late Saturday, speaking on Niger television.
The NBA has issued its second-highest alert level of orange, warning that further flooding is highly likely following months of heavy rain in Niger and Mali.
“It’s a question of hours to get to a red alert — the waters can rise very suddenly,” said Lawan Magadji, Niger’s minister of disaster management, speaking on local television.
Floods are threatening villages and some sections of the capital Niamey, the minister said.
The ministry has already announced plans to evacuate residents in affected areas and reinforce dykes.
The government has set up sites for people displaced by the flooding, the minister said.
Almost all Niamey’s some million and a half residents live along the river banks.
Some of the homes at risk are located in the former bed of the Gountou-Yena river, which is now once again filling with water.
Flooding has killed 44 people across Niger since June, according to the civil protection agency, after more than 50 deaths from flooding last year.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/09/niger-warns-flooding-benin-nigeria/
ASUU STRIKE: FEDERAL GOVT-ASUU SET UP 7-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO IMPLEMENT 2009 AGREEMENT
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have resolved to set up a seven-member committee to work out modalities for the actualisation of its 2009 agreement.
Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this after an intensive conciliatory meeting with the leadership of ASUU, Minister of Education, among others on Friday in Abuja.
The meeting was an effort at revolving the lingering strike embarked by the union.
PREMIUM TIMES reported how the lecturers expressed satisfaction with the government’s offers at the meeting, but said they would have to communicate same with their colleagues before taking a decision.
It will be recalled that members of ASUU had embarked on an indefinite strike on August 13, following government’s failure to implement the agreement reached with the union in November 2016.
ASUU, on August 17, had met with the officials of the Ministry of Education and Labour and Employment where it was agreed that the union should consult and report back to the government within a week.
ASUU’s demands include the disputed registration of the Nigerian Universities Pension Management Company, fractionalisation of salaries in federal universities, gross under-funding and non-funding of state universities.
Others are arrears and implementation of earned academic allowances, the release of fund for the revitalisation of public universities as spelt out in the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding, among others.
Mr. Ngige said that the Ministry of Education would be represented by three people, ASUU by three members, while the government would be represented by one person who would serve as the Chairman of the Committee.
The minister, however, stressed the importance of education to the development of every nation in the world.
He assured ASUU that government would implement all the seven demands of the union as contained in the 2009 agreement.
Mr. Ngige added that government had already shown commitment towards addressing the plight of the union by paying some of their shortfall salary arrears.
He also noted that the issue in contention was inherited from the past administration, adding that the present administration will do all within its power to address those challenges.
According to him, the governance is a continuing process.
Also, speaking, Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said that government and ASUU had reached an agreement on the lecturers’ demands.
He said ASUU would accept the proposal presented by the federal government on its demands.
“The concrete proposal reached during the conciliatory meeting will be taken back to our members at the National Executive Council, (NEC) for further deliberation.
“We will report back our position to the federal government in the next one week on whether to call off the strike or not,” he said.
He, however, called on the federal government to fast track the process of implementing the 2009 agreement with the union.
Mr. Ogunyemi stressed the need to find a lasting solution to the challenges facing the country’s education sector, especially at the university level.
-Premium Times
Saturday, 9 September 2017
ATIKU ABUBAKAR'S AIDE REACTS TO AISHA ALHASSAN'S COMMENT ON BUHARI, APC, 2019
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the comments by Minister of Women Affairs, Aisha Jumai Alhassan, concerning President Muhammadu Buhari, “couldn’t have been said any better”.
Atiku declared that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a coalition and that appointees have the right to keep their allegiance with whosoever they please.
Atiku, recently elevated to the Waziri of Adamawa, disclosed that even other Ministers in the cabinet have different views and opinions as regard the 2019 presidential election.
Paul Ibe, his media adviser, on Saturday insisted that what Mama Taraba said is, “the truth”.
Alhassan recently declared her support for Abubakar to emerge as Nigeria’s next president. “And again, Baba Buhari did not tell us that he is going to run in 2019,” she said.
“Let me tell you today that if Baba said he is going to contest in 2019, I swear to Allah, I will go before him and kneel and tell him that ‘Baba I am grateful for the opportunity you gave me to serve your government as a minister. “But Baba just like you know I will support only Atiku because he is my godfather. If Atiku said he is going to contest.”
In a chat with DAILY POST in Abuja, Ibe said, “There’s really nothing to say. It’s like stating the obvious”. “The Minister couldn’t have said it any better, likewise we can’t help say it any better. “In fact, she spoke the minds of many Nigerians and don’t forget that everyone has a right of association. “Even then president is aware of the Minister’s support for former VP Atiku; they (APC) know.
“So it should not surprise anybody because it is not a secret that the Minister has been behind us. “Let me tell you, in the federal cabinet, other ministers have their views; they have people they support.
“People seem to forget soo APC is coalition and when people from different background unite, you cannot expect stakeholders to forget their root.
“What the Minister did was an act of courage and we thank and commend her. We advise those who share similar opinion to also speak out.”
YOUNG WOMAN PUNCHED TO DEATH BARELY THREE DAYS TO HER WEDDING OVER N100 DEBT (pic)
Tragedy struck in Keffi, Nassarrawa state penultimate Wednesday after a man identified as Hamisu allegedly beat her cousin, a woman by name, Aminat Abdullahi to death, three days to her wedding.
Hamisu, who is a younger brother to Aminat’s mother was said to have loaned his sister a sum of N100 which she did not refund as agreed.
According to sources, a visibly upset Hamisu visited his sister’s residence to collect the debt.
Aminat’s mother, however, rebuked Hamisu’s visit to her residence in the early hours of the day over a ’paltry’ N100 debt.
A source said: ‘’Hamisu was talking rudely to Aminat’s mother when she (Aminat) confronted him and asked him to stop harassing her mother.
The situation degenerated into an altercation during which Aminat rushed out of their residence and reprimanded Hamisu for unguarded remarks.
Aminat's comments attracted the wrath of Hamisu, prompting him to also rain abuses on his sister. Hamisu who could not stand his younger cousin’s remarks allegedly seized her and punched her severally till she passed out.
Sources said all efforts made to revive the bride-to-be failed and she was confirmed dead by doctors at a hospital she was rushed to for treatment.
‘’Hamisu tried to run away but Aminat’s mother held him by his trousers until the arrival of policemen who took him away to their station. It was unfortunate that the girl was killed just three days away from her wedding.’’
Hamisu was allegedly taken to a nearby police division in Keffi.
However, when the State’s Police Commissioner Mr. Bello Abubakar was contacted on the matter, he said the case was not yet reported to the police.
Credit:
http://thenationonlineng.net/woman-punched-to-death-three-days-to-wedding-over-n100-debt/
I'M NOT A RITUAL KILLER, IFEANYI DIKE CRIES OUT
The suspected ritual killer, Ifeanyichukwu Maxwell Dike, who was rearrested yesterday in Jos, Plateau state, after his escape from the custody of the Rivers State Police Command last month, has revealed how he managed to get to Jos, the Plateau state capital, and how he got rearrested by the Plateau State Police Command.
Dike, a 300-level Physics student at the University of Port Harcourt, was first apprehended by a vigilante group on his way to dispose off the body of an 8-year-old Victory Chikamso, whom he allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered.
He, however, escaped at the state CID, barely 24 hours after being paraded. But the Plateau State Police Commissioner, Mr. Peter Ogunyanwo, said the culprit was rearrested in Jos, after breaking into a house in Barkin Ladi to steal.
Dike while speaking with journalists, said he travelled to Jos from Port Harcourt through a trailer that loaded goods to Jos. “I came to Jos on August 21, 2017 because I was trying to run away from the alleged ritual offence I was said to have committed, but I am not a ritual killer.
"I only had sex with the girl and cut off her body while trying to escape from the environment, but I am not a ritual killer" he claimed.
While speaking on why he was arrested trying to rob a house in Barkin Ladi he said: “I thought it was an abandoned house because I was looking for a place to hide so that people will not identify me, but unfortunately the owner was in the house and he raised alarm and then I got arrested.”
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