Legal suit filed to disqualify Buhari postponed till April 22nd

The consolidated suit filed by a group of lawyers challenging the eligibility of APC Presidential candidate, Gen Buhari has been adjourned to April 22nd. The case which was to be heard yesterday March 24th was adjourned to today and on getting to the Federal High Court in Abuja this morning, the presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola adjourned the case to April 22nd after dismissing applications by two intended parties to join the suit as defendants.

Two 'loitering' Aljazeera journalists restrained by troops in Maiduguri

Press statement from Defence Headquarters below...

Two journalists working for Aljazeera Television who were found to have been loitering around areas where military operations are ongoing in the North East have been restrained in Maiduguri.

The journalists, Ahmed Idris and Mustafa Andy who were noted to have been moving around various locations including restricted areas in Yobe and Borno State were also operating without any protection, accreditation or due clearance.
They were accordingly monitored by military intelligence operatives until they eventually had to be restrained to their hotel in Maiduguri. This followed the increasing suspicion that their activities were aimed at interfering with the ongoing military operations in the area.

The motive, activities and some material in possession of these individuals are now being investigated. It will be recalled that Foreign journalists have earlier been cautioned against unauthorized and unprotected movements around the military operations area. This warning is hereby reiterated until formally reversed or lifted. Appropriate arrangements will however continue to be made to assist duly cleared journalists to cover activities in the mission area within the limits of adequate safety, security & necessary procedures.

Photo: Rivers state PDP, APC & LP governorship candidates laugh & hold hands

Rivers state governorship candidates of PDP - Nyesom Wike, APC - Dakuku Peterside and Labor Party's Tonye Princewill photographed holding hands, talking and laughing during the state's election debate on Monday 23^rd of March 2015.

10-year-old meets death after being raped by top Director in Abia (Photo)

The Director of Administration representing the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources in the Board of the Abia State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, Mr. Christian Onuoha, has been arrested by the police for  allegedly raping his 10-year-old housemaid to death.

According to reports gathered by the Punch, the victim, Anurika Ngwakwe, was allegedly found unconscious in Onuoha’s car in his house at World Bank Housing Estate, Umuahia, on Tuesday, before she was rushed to the hospital, where she was confirmed dead.


The father of the victim , Mr. Chinenye Ngwakwe, a security man with the state’s Ministry of Finance, said he wanted justice for the death of his daughter.

The 49-year-old said the wife of the accused, Precious, who is also a member of staff of the Ministry of Finance, had been mounting pressure on him to find a housemaid for the family.


He said after much pressure, he finally took the couple to his village at Owoahiafo in the Obingwa Local Government Area of the state on January 2, 2015, where he had intended to recommend a housemaid to them.

Ngwakwe said he decided to entertain the couple in his house before taking them to meet the proposed housemaid.

According to him, while the couple were in his house, his daughter came out from her room to welcome them, adding that the couple suddenly developed interest in her.

He said, “

They said they liked her and would prefer to take her. When my wife and I asked Anurika whether she would like to follow them, she said yes.”

He said he was shocked that his daughter died in mysterious circumstances less than three months after she was handed over to the couple, who he said, had promised to train her.

The father of the victim said he was contacted on the phone on the fateful day by the wife of the suspect.

“Immediately I got to their house, I was told that my daughter had been rushed to a hospital. When I got to the hospital, I saw my daughter on oxygen mask lying naked on the bed and bleeding from the mouth and her private  part.
“When I asked them what happened to her, I was told that she locked up herself in the man’s car and was found bleeding with bruises in parts of her body. While I was there, the man told me that he was going back to his house and I said I would stay with her because she was my daughter.
“The man bought dry gin and gave me to drink, but I rejected the drink and threw it inside the hospital’s dustbin. He left us and went back to his house.
“Later in the night, she was removed from the oxygen, but blood kept coming from her private parts with whitish substance.
“A nurse, who also observed it, shouted, ‘What did they do to this girl?’ At that point, the doctor called Onuoha on the phone to explain what happened to my daughter.”

Ngwakwe explained that when finally the accused showed up the following day, the doctor asked him to take the girl to the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, saying he could no longer handle the case.

It was learnt that when the girl was finally brought to the FMC, doctors at the hospital insisted on having the medical report of the doctor that attended to her at the first hospital.

The father of the victim stated that before the doctor’s report was brought, the authorities of the FMC invited the police, who arrested the suspect.

The father called on the government to prevail on the accused to “explain what happened to my daughter”.
He added that the suspect’s wife had boasted at the hospital that money would be used to “settle the matter”.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the suspect was still being detained, adding that investigations into the matter had commenced.
Ogbonna said that,

 “It is not clear whether rape or ritual killing was the cause, but the autopsy result will guide the police in their investigations.
“The car, in which the victim’s body was discovered, is owned by another person. The owner will be arrested. The matter cannot be swept under the carpet.”

Meanwhile, the state government has ordered the immediate removal of the suspect from ASOPADEC board.

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Dr. Anthony Agbazuere, who announced  this at a press briefing on Thursday, said the measure was taken “given the nature of his alleged crime”.

He said that the state Civil Service Commission had also been directed to “take necessary action.”

Blessing Okagbare apologizes for negative comments on GEJ's contribution to sports

Blessing Okagbare who recently scolded the campaign team of President Goodluck Jonathan for unlawful use of her image and footage in an advertorial for his re-election campaigns seems to have taken back her words.

  

The African track queen initially complained of lack of support from the government, and said that, "Now, I am here struggling on my own to pay my coach, nutritionist, doctor and others to make sure I am in good shape for the All African Games and the IAAF World Championship in Beijing, China."

It however appears that many waters might have passed under the bridge as Okagbare recently expressed her die hard love for the president. She further praised him for his immense contribution to Nigeria sports but maintained that the unlawful usage of her image and footage remains unpardonable.

In her words, “I heard that some opposition parties are using that against Jonathan’s campaign. It shouldn’t be so. I don’t want anyone or opposition parties to get it twisted. I am a die hard fan of the president. He has inspired me so much and I appreciate everything and the changes he brought into Nigerian sports.

Like I said, I am in support of Jonathan’s re-election bid, But I want to say that what Good House Nigeria did in that advertorial by using my image and footage without seeking my consent was totally wrong and unprofessional.”

Fr Mbaka still insisting GEJ is after his life. Releases statement

Controversial Enugu-based Reverend father, Fr Mbaka is still insisting that the president and his wife want him dead. He's now accusing Enugu police of not taking the threat seriously and claiming that some men packed in a Hilux bus came to look for him recently at his Paris bu didn't find him. Below is a statement he released via his Media Officer, Ike Maximus Ugwuoke..

"It is with a deep sense of concern that we are constrained to make this statement on the continued threat to the life of Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka over his 2015 New Year message titled “From Good Luck to Bad Luck. The Enugu State Police Command has refuted claims by Fr. Mbaka that his life is in danger. It dismissed Fr. Mbaka’s outcry over threat to his life as baseless.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amarizu , DSP, was quoted as saying, “We do not have any report by Fr. Mbaka over threat to his life. We have not received any complaint from him”.
On the backdrop of the above, one begins to wonder whether the alarm raised by Fr. Mbaka on an alleged plot to kill him was a mere rhetoric as the police had made it to appear merely because there has not been an official report to the police over it. 

Absence of a formal report on threat to one’s life doesn’t negate the reality of such threat more so when the victim had made a public outcry on this issue.

To argue otherwise is akin to denying the fact of death in the face of a man’s corpse merely because there is no certificate certifying his death…

Yesterday (Wednesday) strange hoodlums in a black Hilux besieged his parish compound but they left disappointed when they could not see him.

"Wherever and whoever this threat is coming from, we state that there are strong and compelling circumstances pointing towards the fact that Fr. Mbaka’s latest attacks were stemming from his said 2015 New Year message, which was not favourable to the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration.”

IBINABO STORMS COURT OF APPEAL OVER SACK JUDGEMENT, as AGN rally around her

A few hours after the controversial judgment of Justice James Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Lagos nullified the election of the first female president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), the President, Ibinabo Fiberisima had stormed the Court of Appeal, Lagos to challenge the said ruling.

The River State born thespians who hosted the President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in an all star interactive session last Sunday, 15th March, 2015, has given order to her lawyers to file the appeal on the judgment.

According to the National Secretary of the AGN, Abubakar Sanusi Yakub, "Ibinabo is challenging the judgment since she believes that the judge do not understand the case before making his judgment. That case has been backdated twice since 2011. There is no validating in the case and the judgment Moreover she has nothing in common with Emeka Ike and his proxies. She did not contest any election with him. So how could he have the right to challenge her elections?"

It could be recalled that the trouble with Emeka Ike and the AGN dates back over six years. He had gone to court to lay claim of the presidency of the actors' guild after the former president of the AGN, Segun Arinze was made the body's interim president.

Emeka, an actor and erstwhile school administrator, who closed down his private school for lack of managerial ability and politics, continued his fight with Ibinabo as soon as she was elected for her first term. Saber-rattling and rabble rouser Emeka Ike would not let peace be not even after Ibinabo concluded her first term and was subsequently elected for her second tenure last November, 2014.

Meanwhile a cross section of the movie industry has started to drum up support for the Ibinabo led AGN government. As early as 9 am today, the 17th of March, 2015, a day after the court pronouncement, members of the AGN could be seen around the guild's headquarters at 19 Ajao Road, Surulere voicing their unflinching solidarity for the present leadership under Ibinabo. One of those chanting solidarity songs at the Ajao office this morning was one time chairman of the AGN Lagos chapter and Emeka Ike's former henchman, Emeka Rising Ibe.
In a media chat, Rising whodecamped the Emeka Ike's faction of the AGN after a long spell with the splinter group, said that his decision for leaving the camp was for the good of the AGN and movie industry in Nigeria.

"I was with Emeka Ike before but had to change and turn back to the Ibinabo led AGN because I have seen that the betterment of the body lies with her. Now I have become an enemy to Emeka Ike and Don Pedro Aganbi. My advice to them to reconcile with Ibinabo failed. I told them that there is always a time for fight and a time for peace. Emeka Ike should not be allowed to destroy the guild. Ibinabo is the right person for that job and we are going to do everything possible to support her government," Rising said.

 

OMG! Okorocha is Evil - By Morakinyo Olugbiji

Imo state governor, Rochas Owelle Anayo Okorocha in my opinion, has been one of the most talked about governors in the social media for a while now. I started taking a keen interest in Okorocha from the time he first came out to show an interest in becoming Nigeria's President. Then, NTA network used to feature a documentary about his impressive achievements; how he has been funding children with Down Syndrome, putting them in a jet for excursion. I don't know if he owned the jet but he is believed to have made his wealth in business, way before entering politics. So, the documentary showed how this man had been sponsoring the education of thousands of students, contributing to different Imo communities, and what have you! Just like myself, I'm sure millions of viewers then couldn't have helped but like this man. Infact, my total conclusion of Okorocha at the time was that this man must simply be God's gift to mankind. But no sooner had he become a governor than I started hearing and reading all manners of hate reports about him. How did such an 'angel' come to be this 'evil' as one Lagos-based, Imo-hailed dude referred to him in a tweet the other day? I wouldn't know if this dude has stepped his feet on the soil of his state in the last three years, or just drawing his assertions from some of the online reports out there as it's the case with many people like him. Is there even any politician that hasn't been tagged evil? Even governor Fashola of Lagos State for hugely transforming Lagos State won more enemies. But I want to believe Okorocha's case must be different for there to be so many pull-him-down reports against him in the media. I just came back from Imo state, and like my past trips, first-hand experience and conversations with a cross sections of Imolites; from my cab man to the market women I met, to the youths, it dawned on me why Okorocha has continued to be tagged 'evil' and I can't but agree with all the online reports. 'Evil' is an understatement, Okorocha is the 'devil' himself! Let me explain the 'evils' he has meted out to the people of Imo state.

How can Okorocha just come from nowhere and declare education free for Imo indigenes up to the tertiary level? Where in Nigeria is that done? Okorocha said, "let education be free so that the children of the poor can be educated and know their rights". Past administrations in the state for instance fixed school fees in Imo State University at 150,000(one hundred and fifty thousand naira), Okorocha came and reversed it and now it's totally free. Does he realise how much some people are losing as a result of that evil decision of his? So he thinks, he can just become the Awolowo of the Igbos overnight? In a state where past administrations have commercialized education at the detriment of the Igbo child and consistently increased tuitions arbitrarily, he thinks he can just come like that and change the status quo? His over 305 precast schools built in all the wards in Imo state, aren't they too sophisticated for the average Imo youths? Even GEJ reportedly attested to it when he once landed in one of the schools in a chopper and asked, 'is this Imo state university?'. Every student is even entitled to free uniforms, books, sandals, modern desks, and is even paid a stipend for coming to school. Oh, there is even Rochas canvas also free for students? Mehn, Okorocha see what you've caused? You are 'evil' for making past administrations look stupid, and exposing ahead intending candidates with ulterior motives! Why won't you be at the receiving end of so many media propaganda by people who want to see you out of government house in Owerri by all means? Why won't members of the oppositions be feeding the public lies about you, and many are already relishing the lies and brain-wash like fresh pepper soup? Nna, mehn, You are not a sharp guy!

And this Okorocha thinks he can even turn Imo state into a Mega City! Many people have a perception of the Eastern states generally as just villages filled with beautiful "yellow pawpaw" damsels, now who asked Okorocha to develop all those magnificent structures currently sprawling the nooks and crannies of the state? Dilapidating and collapsing public infrastructures that have been abandoned for years have also been given a new life, while some have been bluntly replaced with very monumental Roman-like edifices; for instance the Freedom Square and the Imo Hall of Fame. Biko, na enabling and business-friendly environment Igbo people wan chop? This man is fast converting Imo state into a tourist haven, and he needs to stop already, otherwise he'll continue to be 'evil'. Even the government house which should serve as one of the glories of the state, which past administrations ignored for many years with dilapidated, uncompleted structures , and no one lived there; now looks like a small London! Does the government house belong to Okorocha's father? Why can't he just leave it the way it was. After all, as the saying goes; Government is like soldier go, soldier come, the barrack remains. And have you seen that breathtaking chapel he built for worshipping God in the state house? Only in Imo state! Now you know that Okorocha is undeniably the devil incarnate. Who asked Okorocha to dualise Imo roads. Who send am? In Imo state, over 600 kilometres of rural roads network have been dualised. Imagine creating  the Akachi dualised road with a bridge, where everybody thought impossible, also 6.4km road from Douglas road to Naze junction? Some of these road networks, hitherto had become death traps decorated with potholes, gullies and ditches since built during the Sam Mbakwe administration more than 33 years ago, and past administrations pretended not to see all that even as Imolites and visitors died in accidents on these roads everytime. Flood over-ran several areas in Imo state due to lack of proper drainage system. The gutters were full with debris and over flowing, Imo state was fast becoming a desert, but see what this evil Okorocha has done to Imo state now? And Instead of him, like most Nigerian governors to concentrate on the state capital, Okorocha is not focusing on Owerri alone which him don turn to Lekki finish, him still dey extend his evil projects to villages like Orlu. Practically, every street in Orlu is now dualised with street lights. Okorocha has even dualised the road from Owerri to Orlu, and even from Orlu down to the boundary with Anambra state. This is being done by Okorocha even though this is a federal road. The past administrations were smarter. They didn't even touch the roads within town, let alone touch a federal road. Now tell me, why won't there be a massive misinformation and pull-him-down campaigns against him? Is he a learner? Doesn't he know that the phrase 'politics is a dirty game', takes its deepest root in Nigeria?

For crying out loud, who asked Okorocha to help Imo state manage its revenue? When this man got into office, he met over 200 Imo state local government accounts in existence and reduced it to just one, now yielding over N17billion. Okorocha why? Same with his heartless cost-saving mechanisms which ensures that Imo state saved N7billion after paying over N34billion in salaries and pension. The facts are everywhere! As if that one never do, this evil of a governor fearlessly put a stop to constructions of one kilometre of roads at N120million Naira to around N60-70million on even better road projects. And you say that there shouldn't be elite conspiracy against him, when he has refused to share with them the resources of the state the way it was previously being shared? Okorocha is not a sharp guy at all, doesn't he know that this is naija! Why won't he allow people chop and clean mouth? It was obvious from his first time in office that this man was set to spoil things for others. Security vote is where most, if not all governors steal from majorly. Once the month ends, it's gone. They will claim it was spent on keeping the peace in the state and also protect lives of public officers. This money na the fringe benefits of many naija governors na . Issues of security are not really questioned, but this 'Maga' called Okorocha forfeited N4billion naira of his security vote, and then dedicated it to free education in Imo state. Choi! E be like say dis guy no need money o? Him be Igbo Messiah? Abi him be Bill Gate? Wetin be all dis over concern about the Igbo people sef? Is it not these same Imolites, while most are praising his massive achievements, some of them will help in echoing the hatred, manipulations, mischief, ill-feelings, evil machinations, vendetta and gossips by those who don't want the development of the Igbo race. Okorocha, you are on your own o.

Okorocha's 'oversabi' too much sef! He always seem to feel that he knows more than every other past governors in Imo state. How can he say that N18,000 national minimum wage cannot sustain a worker, and decided to increase workers minimum wage in Imo state to N20,000 and even announced free medical care for the workers. Arrant nonsense!!! Are Imo workers his family members? What's his business if many Imo workers have high blood pressure and high blood sugar level? He won't mind his business. Now, see how corpers are always jostling to get posted to Imo state, because they know that this evil governor pays the most attractive state 'allawee' in the whole of Nigeria. Wetin corpers dey do sef? Have you also seen the 27 general hospitals Okorocha constructed in each 27 Local government areas of Imo state? Why didn't previous governors do that, na only Okorocha waka come? I say this man is evil and heartless! Just about four months ago, he commissioned the Ochiedike Dialysis and Diagnostic Centre in Owerri and declared free tests for prostate and breast cancer. For that gesture alone, all women especially, should come together and protest that Okorocha is 'evil'!

Why must the majority of the projects being carried out in Imo state be given to indigenes and all the manpower coming from indigenes, instead of expatriates? Even a few foreign contractors getting the jobs are mandated to use indigenous labour! Why? Okorocha what have you done? Must Imo youths get paid? Must you employ the services of the artisans in the state. What's your problem? Why can't you just leave the youths to grumble like they have been doing in the past. You even set up the Imo Film academy so that you can promote the talents of the youths. What a waste!! What talents have Imo youths got? Hmmn, tell me! This is not the Imo they used to know, why don't you just leave the youths alone and let them be as they were before you became a governor. Let them continue to swoon in abject poverty, want and deprivation. All these youth empowerments will only ensure that you remain an evil governor; you know how powerful and influential these propagandists are. You know how good they are at throwing out falsehood and denigrating the truth? Shine your eyes Okorocha.

Shuoo! What's the noise about Imo state fast becoming a mega city of sorts under Okorocha? What's the noise about the huge transformation bringing about economic development of Imo state? What's this noise about a higher number of people coming into Imo state in terms of vehicular traffic, in terms of migration of businesses from other parts of Nigeria and the world into Imo state? Oh wow, Imo state is now fast taking the shape of the heart-land of the East that it was meant to be.

Truly, this Okorocha is evil as they call him and I don't think Imolites need such an evil person. Imo people do not deserve an evil governor like Okorocha at all. Thank God this Okorocha is not the President of Nigeria, is this how this evil and heartless man will just be transforming everything like say tomorrow nor dey?

Please Imolites, I'm begging you, do not vote Okorocha again. I repeat, do not vote Okorocha! Let all these things stop! Imo state must go back to the condition it was in the past before Okorocha became the governor. The next time I travel to Imo, I want to be stuck in traffic for hours on the roads from the airport because of bad roads everywhere, I want to see dust all over the town. I Want to see anger and sadness in the faces and expressions of the people. I want to hear complains from the cabman about how the new governor has abandoned the people; I don't want the common man to sing praises of any governor to my ears like they are currently doing Okorocha.

I want the next youth I chat with to tell me that he wants to come to Lagos to hawk pure water in traffic because he can't afford tuitions, instead of telling me he dreams of becoming a graduate because there is now free education in his state. I want to come back to Lagos and yab my Igbo friends that their state is devoid of any modern development. I want to go back to the concorde area and see it look like the old Ajegunle in Lagos. Please, every parents in Imo must start paying their children's school fees like before, no more zero percent tuition. Okorocha E don do!

No more city schools, they are too beautiful and sophisticated for Imolites, we must return to the old days of students and pupils sitting on the floor. To hell with free university education too, university education is not for a poor man. Okorocha must go by force or by fire. I don't want to see more architectuaral masterpieces anymore in Imo state; the erection of the beautiful magnificient government buildings have to stop, why can't Imolites make do with regularly structures, a good governor can even start erecting public utility structures with Bamboo; after all, na East.

I particularly hate that evil world class Freedom Square;it's too ugly. Please, we must not vote Okorocha again. He is clueless, infact he is doing nothing in Imo state. And oh, he dumped APGA? Mtchewww, and someone will say he shouldn't be tagged evil.

Follow the Twitter hashtag #OkorochaIsEvil, and see many more reasons why Okorocha is evil.

 

 

Gov Rochas Okorocha Preaching and meditating on the Bible(Must-See Pics)

Didn't they say that the amiable governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha is an Alhaji? What won't these political Propagandists do to discredit an achiever all in the name of politics? There is nothing bad in being an Alhaji, but for Propagandists to embark on a massive misinformation and brainwashing of Imolites and Nigerians that he is a Alhaji when he is not and that this hardworking governor is paying every indigen N5million to convert to Islam is worst injustice to God and man. Those close to the Governor will swear with their lives that he is a man with passion for God, hence his recent building of a magnificent chapel for worshiping God inside the State house, the photos of which went viral last month. They'd also confirm to you that Okorocha begins and ends his day with God; he even has a mini chapel in his home. Now here are some recent exclusive photos of the governor reading his bible and even preaching/leading prayers.

Photos: Inside Gov. Okorocha's State-Of-The-Arts Dialysis Center

Imo state governor, Owelle Anayo Rochas Okorocha continues his human-centered approach to governance with the recent commissioning of a world-class, state-of-the-arts Dialysis and Diagnostic Centre called The Ochiedike Dialysis and Diagnostic Centre. This project is in addition to the many other non-stop great achievements of the governor in the state's health sector, such as the donation of a large fleets of mobile clinic buses patrolling the state in case of any emergencies and the construction of 27 General Hospitals each of the state's 27 Local government areas. Okorocha who declared free tests for prostate and breast cancer at the center, has been urging citizens from 40 years and above to take advantage of the services provided at the Centre, as the cancer diseases continue to hit people across the globe. The governor who insisted that he'll not give up in ensuring that Imo citizens are happy, also made it clear that the Centre is 100 percent owned by the Imo State Government, and is being managed by top Israeli Medical Personnel, alongside their Imo state counterparts. It may also interest you to know that this governor provides free medical checkup for all Civil Servants in the state.