Sokoto State Governor Flogs PHCN Manager until he became unconscious

The management of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KEDC, a subsidiary of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, accused the Governor , Aliyu Wamakko, of assaulting the workers. That he ordered his security officials to flogged the manager and assault two other PHCN staff.

The Acting Managing Director of the Company, Mohammed Adamu, made this known at a press briefing late Monday at the company’s Doka office in Kaduna.

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Mr. Adamu explained that the staff was summoned by the governor and was beaten to a pulp by the Governor and some of his aides.“On Saturday, 20th October, 2012, an unusual and unfortunate event took place which was beyond our comprehension.

On the said date our business manager, Gwiwa Business Unit, Sokoto state, Moses Osigwe, was invited by the Executive Governor of the State, Aliyu Magatarkada Wamakko to his personal residence, over the issue of lack of power supply to his hometown, Wamakko, as a result of a failed 2.5MVA transformer. “He accused our staff of deliberately denying his community, Wamakko, of power supply.

As the business manager was trying to explain to him, the governor just brought out a horse whip (popularly known as bulala in Hausa language or Koboko) and lashed him to a pulp,” Mr. Adamu said. The PHCN boss said the governor’s brutality did not stop at being the direct aggressor, “as he also invited and instructed two hefty mobile police men to continue with the beating spree until the business manager fell on the ground and became unconscious.”

 “In the same vain, the Governor did not stop at the beating of our business manager but invited two other staff of the company namely, Isyaku Daura, Officer 2 (Electrical) and Nuruddeen Mohammed, Staff 1 (Lines) and ordered the mobile policemen to beat them up, also to a pulp,” he lamented. He described the governor’s action as uncalled for, barbaric, and uncivilised.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Sokoto state Governor, Sani Umar, when contacted on phone told reporters that he was driving and would call back. He was yet to do so as at the time of this report

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Dead man turns up at his own funeral to prove he is still alive

Gilberto Araújo, a 41-year-old car-washer from Brazil whose unexpected arrival at his own wake Mourners  fainted in shock after a “dead” man interrupted his own wake and announced he was still alive, it was reported today.
Araújo's family, from the town of Alagoinhas, about 70 miles from Salvador, had mistakenly identified a body in the local morgue as his and were mourning his death on Sunday night when the man they believed was in the coffin beside them showed up at the front door.

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"A friend told me there was a coffin and that I was inside it," he said. "I said, 'Guys, I'm alive – pinch me,'" Araújo he said to the mourners His appearance prompted some people to faint and others to flee in panic.

 His mother, Maria Menezes, a shopkeeper, said: "It was a fright. I'm very happy because what mother has a son that they say is dead then turns up alive?"

The mixup is reported to have stemmed from the fact that another car-washer in the town, who closely resembled Araújo, was murdered at the weekend, and police called Araújo's brother, José Marcos, to tell him they believed his brother was the dead man.

The brother then went to the morgue and wrongly identified the body. "Police called my husband and told him that his brother had been killed and his body was at the morgue," Jose Marcos Araujo's wife, Ana Paula.

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Teacher flogs 12-year-old student to death

A 12-year-old pupil of a secondary school in Awka, Anambra State, Miss Chidimma Ukachukwu, has died after she was allegedly flogged by her teacher for failing to do her homework.

The source explained that the girl fainted after being flogged severally by a female teacher and was subsequently rushed to an undisclosed hospital, where she died.

At the moment, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Uju Okeke, then ordered the closure of the school as a result of the incident.
The girl’s father, Mr. Simeon Ukachukwu, confirmed the incident, saying it was a sad development. He added that it was an act of God.

But when Okeke was contacted, she denied ordering the closure of the school and said that the school was on midterm break.

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NAN investigation, however, revealed that schools in the state were not on midterm break. This fact was corroborated by an official of the Nigerian Union of Teachers in Akwa South Local Government Area.

The Chairperson of the union in the local government, Miss Buife Ndigwe, told NAN that primary and secondary schools in the state would go on midterm break next week.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mr. Ralph Uzoigwe, said that the matter had not been reported to the police, but promised that it would be investigated.

Chelsea bids Mikel new 5-year deal

European champions Chelsea has offered Nigerian star Mikel Obi with a five-year contract, his agent has announced.
Mikel’s agent John Ola Shittu revealed that Mikel’s new contract will come along with an improved salary.
“Mikel will soon sign a new five-year deal with Chelsea. He will sign a new five-year contract with obviously an improved salary,” said the player’s agent John Ola Shittu.

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“We are just about finalizing the details of the deal and it can be announced anytime soon by the club.

“He has a year left on his contract and Chelsea have decided to add four more (years) to it.” However, Shittu refused to disclose the financial aspects of the new deal for his player, who is reportedly on about 80,000 pounds a week.

In 2006, Mikel opted for Chelsea ahead of Manchester United in a long-drawn transfer saga. Shittu said the player is now been rewarded for his consistency.

The Nigeria international has won several major trophies with ‘The Blues’ including a historic UEFA Champions League last season as well as a league and cup double in 2010.

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China protests killing of chinese citizen in Nigeria

The Chinese was shot dead by a stray bullet at a construction site around Lagos Street in Maiduguri at about 1p.m, while trying to avoid an unidentified gunfight, according to Hong Lei,the country’s foreign ministry
The incident came barely three weeks after a Chinese cook working with a construction company and a Nigerian employed by the Chinese firm were killed in Maiduguri.

Motorcyclist sells nurse to ritual killers for N10,000

According to Punch:
A commercial motorcyclist, identified simply as Ifeanyi, has been arrested for allegedly handing over a nurse, Mrs. Helen Ilonge, to ritual killers after collecting N10, 000.
Ilonge had on Tuesday last week took Ifeanyi’s motorcycle on her way to Igoli along the Ogoja-Ikom Highway in Ogoja LGA.

Ilonge, the coordinator of Primary Health Care in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, was coming from a programme at the Assemblies of God Church, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, and had alighted from a vehicle at Okpongrinya junction before taking the bike.

It was gathered that Ilonge (51) was beheaded while her other vital reproductive parts such as breast and vagina were removed for ritual purposes.

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Ilonge’s neighbour, Mrs. Theresa Idagwu, on Sunday said, “Ifeanyi took the lady from Okpogrinya Junction on the pretence that he was taking her to the village, which is 10 minutes drive from the point. But along the way, he stopped and handed her over to kidnappers at Ukpe.

Meanwhile, the woman had called her daughter, Victoria, around 9pm that she had taken a bike at Okpogrinya Junction on her way to Igoli. She said when she gets to her destination; she would call again so that Victoria would boil water for her to take her bath. That was Ilonge’s last call.” Repeated calls made to the woman’s line, according to Idagwu, indicated that it was switched off. She said Ilonge’s family became worried when the woman did not return home. “We went everywhere- police stations, hospitals and even her friends in Igoli, thinking that may be an accident had occurred along the road but we got nothing,” Idagwu added.

 Two days later, Idagwu said someone called Victoria on her phone and informed her that her mother had been kidnapped. The caller demanded a ransom of N50, 000 to be remitted in form of recharge cards. She said, “Since her daughter could not raise the money, she rushed to the Bekwarra LGA headquarters where the head of administration, Mr. Bisong Bogbo, and the chairman, Mr. Linus Edeh, provided the money with which she bought recharge cards and sent to the caller. “The voice claimed that he needed the recharge cards so he could sell and run away from his master who is a ritual killer.

He claimed that he had been serving his master for a long time and wanted to run away. He said once he gets the cards, he will break the door where the nurse is being kept and release her.” The LGA’s head of administration, Bogbo, confirmed that the cards were sent to the kidnapper through Victoria’s telephone. He said immediately the alleged kidnapper confirmed receipt of the cards; he switched off his telephone. Luck, however, ran out of Ifeanyi.

Policemen tracked his telephone line and discovered that he called Victoria from Abuochiche. Further investigations, it was gathered, showed that Ifeanyi had been selling the cards in the village immediately he got them. When he was arrested, Bogbo told our correspondent that Ifeanyi led the police to one of the ritual killers identified simply as Elvis. Elvis, according to Bogbo, confessed that the nurse had already been killed and some of her vital organs removed before Ifeanyi asked for the recharge cards.

 Elvis also said the remains of the woman were buried in a swamp. At the council headquarters, one of the late nurse’s colleagues, Mr. Gabriel Ogar, said she was probably the kindest woman he ever worked with.

Boko Haram plans to launch attacks on Sallah day

According to the release, “information available to the JTF indicates that the Boko Haram terrorists are planning massive attacks on military and civilian targets in Borno State before, during and after the forthcoming Eid-el-Kabir period.

“Subsequently, the terrorist group has invited foreign mercenaries to assist them in launching the attacks.”

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Minister of Interior, Abba Moro called on Nigerians to imbibe and emulate the worthy tenets of Islam, as practised by Prophet Muhammad, while he enjoined citizens to use the occasion to pray for peace and prosperity of the nation.

The Federal Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to mark the 2012 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations. Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, made the announcement in a statement by the permanent secretary in the ministry, Daniel Nwaobia, in Abuja.


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Jay-Z& beyonce attempt to patent their baby name ‘ Blue Ivy failed’

 After the birth of their daughter in January, they attempted to trademark the name, reportedly to launch a line of baby products.

Unfortunately for the couple, Blue Ivy Events beat them to the it- owner Veronica Alexandra won the case earlier this month and trademark protection for the name “Blue Ivy,” meaning the Carters have no legal rights to sole use of the name. Blue Ivy Events has been operating since 2009.

Armed robbers invade fuel station on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, kill four people

A gang of armed robbers on Sunday night killed two policemen and two others in a deadly attack around World Oil Filling Station at Ibafo, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

Witnesses said the robbers, numbering about 15, came in jeeps. On arrival, one of them shot a plain-clothed policeman straightaway.

The gunmen it was learnt engaged some policemen and vigilance group members at the filling station in a gun duel, shooting sporadically in a bid to crush the resistance and scare away people.

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As a result, bullets flew round, hitting an unspecified number of people. Bizarrely, no reinforcement came from Ibafo Police Station, located less than a kilometre away from the scene.

 Presently, the walls of the deserted filling station were riddled with bullet holes as hundreds of spent bullet littered the environment; an evidence of a horrific battle.

A few weeks ago, robbers attacked Jimken Filling Station, a few metres away from this latest attack site, killing a customer.

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Nigerian Football club players, Sunshine stars trapped in Egypt

The domestic league was suspended after a February 1 soccer stadium disaster in which 74 people were killed.

The latest postponement was announced last week by the Egyptian Football Association, the second delay to the new season which should have started in September.

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Witnesses said the players and their supporters had marched to the Egyptian presidential palace, to press their demand for resumption of the league; before heading to a nearby hotel where the visiting Nigerian team was staying, Reuters reports.

They clashed with Al Ahly fans who arrived at the scene in an effort to make sure the Nigerian players could make it to the ground, witnesses said, for fear that Al Ahly would be automatically disqualified. The protesters and fans scuffled and threw rocks before the clashes abated, and the Nigerian side left for the match, the second leg of the African Champions League semi-final.

The hard core Ahli fans, or “ultras”, involved in Sunday’s trouble are the same group that has been demanding the postponement of the domestic league, until they see justice has been served over the February stadium disaster in Port Said. Many of the dead were Ahly fans who had travelled to Port Said for the away match against Al Masry.

The government was blamed for failing to send enough police to the game, many fans believing the trouble was sparked by hired thugs.

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Dana Air Wins Best Domestic Carrier Award For 2011

According to FAAN’s Regional General Manager, Mr. Chris Bature, while the airline was chosen for its good customer relations and prompt payment of dues, Lufthansa Airlines was also selected as the best international carrier for the same period.

The Dana plane crash killed the entire 153 passengers and crew members on board, in addition to other victims in the residential area where the doomed plane slammed into.

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Various buildings were also destroyed. The Federal Government promptly seized its license, but restored it 93 days after the crash, provoking outrage across the country. Speaking at the occasion, Bature stated that the airline was selected because of its outstanding performance.

 His words: “Mode of selection includes passenger capacity, frequency of the landing and take-off, their response to payment of bills. Among the domestic carriers, they were the best. They had the best volume, they were punctual in their operations.” Reacting to a question on the timing of the award, Bature explained that the award would have taken place earlier in the year.

He also observed that the reward came after the operator’s license had been restored. “In all fairness, they did their best and we need to recognise that and encourage them to get back to their feet,” he added. Dana’s Station Manager at the Abuja airport, Mr. Kayode Adeniran, stated that the airline’s commitment to best customer service and timely departure earned it the award.

He said: “We have this policy in our company that we must not delay passengers and we introduced another type of system. If your flight is delayed by 40 minutes, we give refreshments to all passengers that already had their boarding passes. So people were so impressed by our service.” However, he lamented over the loss of lives occasioned by the crash, stressing that the operator visited and commiserated with the families of the deceased.

 To prevent a recurrence, the station manager revealed that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has embarked on an investigation to ascertain when the airline would be allowed to commence operations. He said the airline has commenced demonstration flights as stipulated by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).

He also said that the operation would run until NCAA certifies the carrier fit to resume full operations.

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Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg & Countess Stephanie de Lannoy’s Wedding

The European Royal Wedding of 2012! The Diamonds, Tiara, Flowers & an Oh So Stunning Elie Saab Couture Wedding Dress
The grand wedding took place on the 19th and 20th of October 2012.

Just days before their wedding, the royal couple gave their first official interview and the bride said “I remember the day I met Guillaume I told a friend I had found an exceptional man with whom I shared many things in common….I really didn’t think such a man could exist. So of course I believe in Prince Charming…Not only do I believe in it – I also think I found it.“

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Chioma Ajunwa tells how she got her miracle babies

 'I was married for many years and when the child was not forthcoming, I was worried all the time, because I know that if you don't have a child, your marriage will not be that strong. In Igboland there's a saying that, 'a woman that does not have a child, her seat is kept outside. That was bothering me, though as a believer I wasn't that desperate over it. I wouldn't have a devilish child. I strongly believed in God that at His appointed time, it will come because I know he never fails. I did not ever entertain the thought that I could be barren. As a pastor, my husband was always consoling me, telling me to leave everything to God. In my mind I said 'I hear. Tomorrow you will go and marry another person, thank you very much!' When I was pregnant I asked God for so many things; the number one thing was that if this should become a reality, I promised God I will return the children to Him and I will give a giant offering. To God be the Glory, it came to pass. My babies are two boys and a girl; Joshua, Caleb and Rose.' Chioma Ajunwa. -Sunday Express

6 Dead, 60 Hospitalised After Eating Poisoned Meat In a Funeral ceremony

Six people have been reported dead and over 60 hospitalized in Amegu village, Ede-Oballa in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State following an alleged poisoning of pork meat they took at a funeral ceremony.

According to reports from Ede-Oballa, more than 60 guests developed severe stomach problems after the funereal ceremony, prompting their immediate hospitalization. Investigation by Sunday Sun showed that all the popular hospitals in the university town of Nsukka including the Catholic Mission- owned Bishop Shanahan have been flooded with the victims who were said to be in critical conditions.

A woman was said to be the first casualty of the meat poisoning followed by three girls while it was feared that two others who are not natives of the community also died.

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It was gathered that a pig farmer who sold the infected animal to a woman (name withheld) who hosted the funeral, was in police net. Hospital sources expressed apprehension over the survival of the victims, saying they ought to have been rushed to the hospital same night.

“In a situation like this, victims should be rushed to the hospital promptly for early stomach wash”, said a hospital source. The source however said frantic efforts are being made to save the lives of the victims Another reliable source suspected that guests at the funeral might have been served the meat of a dead pig injected by a veterinary doctor. The source said the owner of the pig (name withheld) had lied to the woman that the pig fell into a ditch.

Apparently due to the intimidating size of the pig and its relative cheapness, the woman quickly entered a bargain and bought the meat not knowing it was sick and had been treated recently by a veterinary doctor who also advised that in the event of its death, the animal should be buried. A source quoted the doctor who has been quizzed by the police as saying that he advised the pig farmer to bury the animal if it died within three weeks of the injection.

The tragic incident has caused tension in Nsukka zone where pigs are used at funeral ceremonies as an imperative and status symbol. It was gathered that since the incident, guests at burial ceremonies in the area have been avoiding pork.

This has created problems for pig farmers who have lost patronage due to the tragedy.

SSS summons Senator Zanna over Boko Haram commander

The State Security Service has summoned a serving Senator, Ahmed Zanna, over his alleged involvement with the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

The summons is in connection with the arrest last week of a suspected member of the group, Shuaibu Bama, in a house believed to be the senator’s.

The Joint Task Force had arrested Bama in the building along Damboa Road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, last Friday after soldiers stormed the House.
The JTF had claimed that Bama was one of the commanders of the sect, who had been under watch.
Zanna, who represents Borno-Central Senatorial District, confirmed the summons to newsmen on Sunday.

He admitted being aware of a text message from the Director-General of the SSS, Mr. Ekpenyong Ita, inviting him to the SSS headquarters on Monday (today).

Zanna stated that since the incident occurred he had not been contacted by security agencies until Sunday.
“Since my house was searched and the JTF made the announcement, I have not been contacted by security agencies.

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“But it was only this morning (Sunday), I saw a text that the SSS DG will want to see me on Monday. I will honour the invitation”, he said. The senator denied that Bama had any links with the sect, though he admitted that he was his sister’s son. He described Bama as a “drug addict”, who frequently threatened to kill members of his family.

He claimed that due to his behaviour, he had to send him out of his house, but could not explain how he found his way back to his house last week. The senator also claimed that Bama was arrested in the house of a former governor of the state, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, contrary to the report by the JTF. When asked why the JTF linked Bama with him instead of Sheriff, the senator responded that it was a frame-up to pay him back for constantly attacking the JTF in the media.

 He said, “Contrary to the claim of the JTF, the boy was arrested in Rabi Street, off Damboa Road. And the house belongs to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff. “Before, the house belonged to one Abba Mala, a Cameroonian. And later he sold it to the late Tijjani Banki and Sheriff bought from Tijjani Banki. “I reacted because they said they arrested the boy in the house of a serving Senator along Damboa Road and I am the one living along Damboa road. “I really do not understand why they did all this.

I am confused. If they want to frame me up, they have failed in that one because they did not get that boy in my house. “I have nothing to do with it. Let them go and ask the person where the boy was staying. So, they should not have mentioned my house. “Yes, he is my sister’s son.

As for his behaviour, he is a drug addict. He beats up my children, he abuses my friends. “He came to my house, so I sent him away.

That was about almost a year ago. And for whatever reason I don’t know, he came to my house last week and I told my wife that he should leave the house.”

Kano Releases N1.7Billion For Sallah Rams

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bonus was introduced by the Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso administration to assist civil servants in the state.

A statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry of Finance, Alhaji Garba Inusa, said that the money had been released to ministries, departments and agencies for onward disbursement.

According to the statement, N520 million will be disbursed to the state civil servants, while local governments and the State Primary Education Board will disburse N410 million and N847 million respectively to their staff.