TRAGIC! UNIPORT student allegedly killed by Police van driving one-way

 

 

A University of Port Harcourt Mechanical Engineering student Edah Oghenekevwe Richard lost his life last night after he was allegedly knocked down by a police van driving one-way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard, whose birthday it was yesterday, was on his way back from Church and standing along Assemblies of God Church junction in Alakahia, PH, when he was allegedly hit by Police Van with registration number NPF 1791D driven by Inspector John Kanu.

"The police van after hitting the boy, tried to drive off but were stopped by onlookers at the junction and eyewitnesses who demanded that the victim be taken to the hospital.

The police agreed and took him to the University of Port-harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH), but on reaching there, they allegedly told the attending nurses that they just picked him while they were driving along NNPC Filling station at Rumuosi and they weren't aware of what had happened to him."

"It was one of the nurses in the hospital that took down the details of one of the policemen involved. When called by the family members of the boy, the policeman denied it in it's entirety. The police up till now are still denying the incident despite the several onlookers and eyewitnesses that were at the scene of the accident." he added

 

 

Edah Oghenekevwe Richard (in hospital last night), who is supposed to serve next year in Batch A of the NYSC died last night at 7.30pm. May his Soul Rest in Peace. Amen! 

 

 

Nigerian Army confirms killing of pro-Biafra protesters, says it acted in self-defence

 

 

The Nigerian Army has said its troops acted in self-defence when they shot dead some jubilating members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Onitsha, Anambra State last Thursday.

Soldiers attached to the 302 Artillery Regiment in the commercial town shot at the IPOB members, who were celebrating the decision of a Federal High Court in Abuja to unconditionally release the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, killing five instantly and injuring 25 others.

The IPOB members, on hearing the court’s ruling ordering Kanu’s release, trooped out en masse and converged around the statue of the late Biafran leader, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, located at the Onitsha end of the bridge.

They were said to be singing and jubilating preparatory to a procession but were stopped by policemen and soldiers who were guarding the bridge.

But violence broke out when the IPOB members were accosted by the security forces and asked to stop their march towards the bridge, an order the group allegedly defied.

But the army’s Deputy Director Public Relations, 82 Division, Enugu, Col. Hamza Gambo, denied the claim that the youths were celebrating peacefully, adding that its troops were attacked first by those it described as an “irate mob”.

Gambo said: “At 1335 hours on December 17, 2015, an unknown rowdy mob numbering about 200, whose identity is yet-to-be ascertained, attacked troops of 302 Artillery Regiment deployed in River Niger Bridge in Onitsha.

“The bridge, as we all know, is the major link connecting the western region and the entire South-east as well as the South-south region. It is of great strategic significance to the entire nation.

“The irate mob was intent on disarming the troops and blocking the bridge. Motorists experienced hell that day as they were held for hours both at the entry and exit points of the bridge.

“Several frantic efforts were made by the mob during the crisis to snatch the company commander’s rifle and overrun the troops’ position right on the bridge.

“On sensing the imminent danger of taking over the bridge by the unknown assailants and the threat of being mobbed, necessitated the troops’ action of defending the key national installation (River Niger Bridge) and themselves.”

“He said that the troops fired warning shots into the air but the mob was “undeterred and kept advancing”.

“The troops had no option than to open fire in self-defence in line with Nigerian Army rules of engagement.

“In the process, three criminals were shot, while on our own side, a company commander was seriously injured and magazines were damaged.

“Our officer and other assailants who were wounded during the avoidable incident were evacuated for treatment at 302 Artillery Regiment hospital facility,” he added.

The statement by the army on the Onitsha incident came just as the Ohanaeze Youth Council (OYC) appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on the Department of State Services (DSS) to obey the court order by freeing Kanu.

In a statement issued yesterday in Umuahia, Abia State, by the National President of OYC, Mr. Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and its Secretary, Mr. Nnabuike Okwu, the group expressed shock that the “tin gods” at the DSS had flagrantly refused to comply with the court order.

The court had on Thursday dismissed the various charges brought against the leader of IPOB and Radio Biafra boss and ordered that he be released without any condition, but three days after, the DSS has continued to hold on to him in defiance of the court order.

The OYC said that the attitude of DSS was provocative and an abuse of the rule of law, adding that the president must rein in the security agency to save the country from anarchy and the violation of human rights of Nigerian citizens.

“We are pleading with the federal government to, as a matter of sacrifice for the continued peace and unity of Nigeria, to please release Nnamdi Kanu,” the OYC said.

It warned that the call had become necessary because it would be “extremely difficult for us to continue to calm his followers and sympathisers who see his detention as a provocation”.

The Ohanaeze youth wing, which has been working tirelessly to pacify pro-Biafra protesters, expressed its frustration at the stance of the DSS, warning that the agency was creating unnecessary tension in the land.

“We know how much effort it took us to prevail on IPOB and MASSOB members to stop their protests before the court ruling, and we don’t know what to tell them again, as Kanu is still in detention three days after he was discharged by a court of competent jurisdiction,” the OYC said.

Aside from calling for Buhari’s intervention, the OYC also urged the international community to intervene and save Nigeria from being plunged into another theatre of crisis when the country is still contending with the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-east.

According to OYC, the looming danger of renewed protests by Kanu’s followers, sympathisers and Biafran agitators was capable of setting off a major strife in Nigeria which it said must be avoided.

It also urged all pro-Biafra activists and Igbo youths to avoid playing into the hands of those engaging in provocative actions.

“We call on all Igbo youths, especially IPOB and MASSOB members, as well as other Biafran agitators, to resist the snare by the enemies of Ndigbo to again turn Igbo soil into a theatre of war.

“The destruction in the North-east is what our enemies want to see happen in South-east but we must collectively resist that. Some people are looking for an opportunity that the likely protests that Kanu’s continued detention might spark to use war planes to send Ndigbo backwards again,” the group said.

To buttress its concern, the OYC referred to the incident at Onitsha when security agents shot dead members of IPOB and MASSOB as they jubilated over the court order on Kanu’s release.

“It was a tip of the iceberg of the agenda of our enemies to decimate Ndigbo on the excuse of quelling uprisings. To be forewarned is to be fore armed,” the OYC said.

Kenyan Muslims shield Christians in Mandera bus attack

 

A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.

At least two people were killed when suspected Al-Shabab militants targeted the bus close to the north-eastern village of El Wak on the Somali border.

The bus was travelling from the capital Nairobi to the town of Mandera.

No group has said it carried out the attack.

Al-Shabab has been at war with Kenya ever since Kenyan forces entered Somalia in October 2011 in an effort to crush the militants.

President Buhari rescued corrupt ex-officials from our harsh punishment – White Witches

President Buhari

 

A group which goes by the name White Witches Association of Nigeria, WHIWTAN, has told corrupt past government officials undergoing investigations in the hands of the anti-graft agents to consider themselves lucky that it is President Muhammadu Buhari that has decided to deal with them.

This was as it noted that “we had decided to wage spiritual war against them, and our own punishment would have been harsher. But since Buhari has decided to take up the challenge, we have decided to support him. Buhari should not be afraid. I want to assure him that no human force can overcome him.”

The spokesperson for the witches, Dr Okhue Iboi, who spoke over the weekend, revealed that WHIWTAN’s decision to support Buhari’s anti-corruption crusade was taken at the end of an emergency meeting of the association that took place at Ofosu, Edo State.

He asked the President not to be afraid to step on toes in his avowed determination to sanitise the country.

According to Iboi, “As stakeholders in the project called Nigeria, we can’t fold our arms and pretend that all is well with our nation. It will not only amount to act of unpatriotism if we decide to look the other way while others are speaking out on way forward for Nigeria.

“Following our worries over Nigeria, the general assembly of witches decided to hold this meeting. In attendance were witches from all the 36 states of Nigeria including Katsina, the home state of Buhari. It was at the end of this meeting that the unanimous decision was taken that we should support Buhari to fight corruption. There was no dissenting voice – we also took other decisions on some national issues affecting the country.

“We have one or two piece of advice that we want to give him if he can send emissaries to us or invite us to Aso Rock. Contrary to the wrong impression by some people, white witches are not evil people. We liberate people from evil people. We are messengers of God, and for over 20 years now, we have been speaking regularly in the media on some national issues,” he stated.

As regards the fate of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike in the rerun election which the court has ordered, Iboi urged Wike to pray very well as he may not return to the Government House.

“The ball is in Wike’s court. If he wants to remain as governor of Rivers State, he should pray very well otherwise the wind of change currently sweeping across the country will blow him away. But if he does all the needful, he will retain his seat,” he said.

On the crisis rocking All Progressives Congress (APC) over Saraki’s leadership of the Senate, Iboi said APC may break into splinter groups even as he asked the National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Buhari to continue to work together for the benefit of Nigerians.

“The partnership between Buhari and Tinubu is divinely ordained, but let it be known to the two of them that some people even within APC are not happy with the union between the two men. They want the two of them to clash. Some saboteurs who I will call enemies of Nigeria are desperate to separate them, but they will fail in their ungodly mission.”

The witches further attributed the defeat suffered by former President Goodluck Jonathan in the last presidential election to his disobedience of their advice.

FIFA to ban Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini for 7 years

 

 

 

Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini are facing likely bans of around seven years when FIFA’s ethics judge delivers his verdict on Monday.

Barring a major surprise, both FIFA president Blatter and UEFA president Platini are expected to be found guilty of ethics code breaches surrounding a £1.3 million “disloyal payment” made to the Frenchman in 2011.

German judge Hans-Joachim Eckert, the chairman of FIFA’s adjudicatory chamber, held disciplinary hearings for the pair last week and is due to announce his findings and any sanctions on Monday morning.

Ethics investigators accept that proving corruption, which carries a lifetime ban, will be difficult — it was reported on Sunday that Blatter himself had claimed that those charges would be dropped.

Investigators are very confident that other charges including conflict of interest, false accounting and non co-operation — or criticism of the ethics committee — will be proved. A file running to more than 50 pages was submitted by investigators.

Sources with knowledge of the case say sanctions handed down to other FIFA officials previously provide an indication of the level of the bans faced by Platini and Blatter.

In July, Harold Mayne-Nichols. the official who headed the inspection team for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, was banned from all football-related activity for seven years for conflict of interest and breach of confidentiality.

Former FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-Joon from Korea was banned for six years in October for ethics code breaches that he said related to matters such as duty of disclosure, and confidentiality.

Platini boycotted his hearing in Zurich on Friday in protest, claiming a decision already appeared to have been made. His lawyers attended, but it looks as though the Frenchman is already preparing to take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

His slim hopes of running for the FIFA presidency on Feb. 26 would be finally ended by any sort of a ban however. The provisional suspensions imposed on him and Blatter in October mean he has been unable to carry out any campaigning.

Blatter is unlikely to go quietly either as he faces an end to his four decades at the top of FIFA. The 79-year-old has called a news conference for Monday morning in Zurich in the same building that used to house FIFA before it moved to its new headquarters in 2006. He has already claimed in media interviews that the ethics committee has no power to remove him as president.

The 2 million Swiss franc payment at the centre of the case was made to Platini in February 2011. The Frenchman and Blatter deny any wrongdoing and say the payment was honouring an agreement made in 1998 for work carried out between 1998 and 2002 when Platini worked as a technical advisor for the FIFA president.

The payment was not part of Platini’s written contract but the pair have insisted that it was a verbal agreement which is legal under Swiss law.

The timing of the payment has raised eyebrows however — it took place nine years after Platini had stopped working for FIFA, and was made while Blatter was seeking support for a fourth term as president and facing a major challenge from Qatar’s Mohamed Bin Hammam.

The payment was made less than a month after a meeting between Platini and Bin Hammam where it is reported that they discussed the presidency. Two months later, Platini and UEFA’s executive committee endorsed Blatter’s candidacy. Blatter and Platini say the payment was completely unconnected with the presidential elections.

Platini has said he had not been paid the full amount agreed in 1998 because of FIFA’s financial situation at the time.

30 Nigerian Universities To Begin Strike Action By December 24 (See)

Students of tertiary institutions in the country might have cause for worry as the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, has directed its members to embark on indefinite strike from December 24.

This is in response to the Federal Government’s directive informing Vice-Chancellors of universities to remove retrench over 2,000 staff from their pay-roll.

 

The decision was taken by the National Executive Council of SSANU to protect the interest of their members and salvage the educational sector from collapsing. Addressing journalists on the outcome of its meeting, the National President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Ugwoke, said the action of government to retrench over 2,000 staff was contrary to the Federal Government and SSANU agreement of 2009.

 

Ugwoke stated that SSANU wants the government to immediately rescind the order for peace to reign. He also said that they’ve written the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, urging him to order the immediate withdrawal of all letters from the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, National Universities Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education directing Vice-Chancellors to remove personnel of the University Staff Primary Schools from the pay-roll.

Graphics: Passengers Feared Dead As Bus Crashed Along Benin Highway

It was a day of sorrow on Saturday, following a fatal accident involving a commercial bus which occurred along Benin expressway. According to reports, the bus which left Itam park in Akwa Ibom state on saturday morning, crashed along the highway and busted into flames -with many passengers losing their lives in the process. Three corps members reportedly survived the crash. The injured were immediately rushed to the hospital and the corpses of other victims evacuated.
See graphics below:

Checkout Top 10 Africa's Richest Footballers Of All Time

Checkout Top 10 Africa's Richest Footballers Of All Time

Nigeria’s Mikel Obi alongside retired players Jay Jay Okocha and Kanu Nwankwo are among the top 10 highest earning African players of all time according to a study conducted & published by French publication, Footendirect. With a cumulative take-home of $50 million, John Mikel Obi is now the best paid among the current generation of Nigerian players.

According to Footendirect, Mikel who earns about £75,000 per week at Chelsea has a total earnings of $50m while Kanu Nwankwo and Jay Jay Okocha who have since retired made $100m and $150m respectively from their career.
See the full list below

1. Samuel Eto’o Antalyaspor : 202 millions de dollars


Samuel Eto’o Fils (born 10 March 1981) is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor – he is also currently their interim manager. He is the most decorated African player of all time, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times: in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010. He was third in the FIFA World Player of the Year award in 2005.
Eto’o scored over 100 goals in five seasons with Barcelona, and is also the record holder in number of appearances by an African player in La Liga.[6] In 2010, he became the first player to win two European continental trebles following his back-to-back achievements with Barcelona and Inter. He is the second player in history to score in two UEFA Champions League finals and the fourth player, after Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa, and Gerard Piqué, to have won the trophy two years in a row with different teams.
As a member of the Cameroon national team, Eto’o was a part of the squad that won the 2000 Olympic tournament. He has also participated in four World Cups and six Africa Cup of Nations (being champion twice) and is the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations, with 18 goals. He is also Cameroon’s all-time leading scorer and third most capped player, with 56 goals from 118 caps. He announced his retirement from international football on 27 August 2014. In 2015 he received the Golden Foot Award.

2. Yaya Touré/Manchester City: 170 millions de dollars



Gnégnéri Yaya Touré (born 13 May 1983), known as Yaya Touré, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Premier League club Manchester City and the Ivory Coast national team for whom he is the captain.
Touré aspired to be a striker during his youth[4] and has played centre back, including for FC Barcelona in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final,[5] however he has spent the majority of his career as a box-to-box midfielder for club and country, where he has been regarded as one of the world’s best players.[6] He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Touré began his playing career at Ivorian club ASEC Mimosas, where he made his debut aged 18. His performances attracted attention from Europe. Touré had stints with Beveren, Metalurh Donetsk, Olympiacos, and AS Monaco before moving to Barcelona in 2007. He played over 100 matches for the club and was part of the historic 2009 Barcelona side that won six trophies in a calendar year. In 2010 Touré moved to Premier League club Manchester City where he scored a number of key goals for the Citizens – most notably the only goals in the 2011 FA Cup semi-final and final. He also helped City earn its first league title in 44 years.
Touré has a distinguished international career with over 100 caps for the Ivory Coast, representing the team at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. He also represented Ivory Coast in six Africa Cup of Nations in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015, helping them finish runner-up in 2006 and 2012, while captaining them to victory in 2015. He is the younger brother of his Ivory Coast teammate Kolo Touré. They played together at Manchester City for three years, before Kolo was transferred to Liverpool in 2013.

3. Didier Drogba (Montreal) : 155 millions de dollars


Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Canadian MLS club Montreal Impact. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team.
He is best known for his career at Chelsea, for whom he has scored more goals than any other foreign player and is currently the club’s fourth highest goal scorer of all time. He has been named African Footballer of the Year twice, winning the accolade in 2006 and 2009.
An Ivory Coast international between 2002 and 2014, Drogba captained the national team from 2006 until his retirement and is the nation’s all-time top goalscorer with 65 goals from 104 appearances. He led the Ivory Coast to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their first appearance in the tournament, and also scored their first goal. He later captained the Ivory Coast at the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cups. He was part of the Ivory Coast teams that reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations in 2006 and 2012, but were beaten on penalties on both occasions. On 8 August 2014, he announced his retirement from international football.

4. Jay-Jay Okocha: 150 millions de dollars


Augustine Azuka “Jay-Jay” Okocha (born 14 August 1973) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A quick and skillful playmaker, who is widely regarded as the best Nigerian players of his generation and one of the greatest African players of all time, Okocha was known for his pace on the ball, technique, creativity, and dribbling skills, as well as his use of feints, in particular the stepover.
Due to his skill, he was described as being ‘so good that they named him twice’ (a line immortalised in a terrace chant while Okocha played for Bolton Wanderers). He is a dual Nigerian-Turkish citizen, having acquired Turkish citizenship as “Muhammet Yavuz” while playing for Süper Lig team Fenerbahçe.

5. Nwankwo Kanu: 100 millions de dollars


Nwankwo Kanu, OON (born 1 August 1976), or simply Kanu, is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a striker. He was a member of and later captained the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010. Kanu is a member of the Igbo ethnic group; his name, Nwankwo, means Child born on Nkwo market day in the Igbo language.
Kanu has won a UEFA Champions League medal, a UEFA Cup medal, three FA Cup Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year awards amongst others. He is also one of few players to have won the Premier League, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal. He made the third-most substitute appearances in Premier League history, appearing from the bench 118 times. He is also a UNICEF ambassador.

6. Michaël Essien/Panathinaïkos: 70 millions de dollars


Michael Kojo Essien (born 3 December 1982) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Panathinaikos and the Ghana national team. He is a midfielder who has often been touted as a box-to-box midfielder for his ability to exert energy in supporting offensive and defensive play and for his tough tackling style which has earned him the nickname “The Bison”.[2] Essien can also play as a defender, both on the right of defence and in the centre.
Essien started his career playing for Liberty Professionals in his home country. In 2000, he moved to France joining Bastia. Essien spent three seasons at the club appearing in over 60 matches before joining league champions Olympique Lyonnais in 2003. At Lyon, Essien won back-to-back league titles in 2003–04 and 2004–05 and also played in the UEFA Champions League for the first time. During his five-year stint in France, he acquired French citizenship. In 2005, Essien signed with Chelsea for a fee of £24.4 million and, at the time of his signing, was the most expensive African footballer in history.[3] At Chelsea, Essien helped the club win the Premier League in 2006 and 2010, as well as three FA Cups and one Football League Cup. In 2008, he appeared in the UEFA Champions League Final. He has won the Chelsea Goal of the season award twice, in the 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons.

7. Emmanuel Adebayor (Libre) : 57 millions de dollars


Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor (born 26 February 1984) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a forward. He previously played for English clubs Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, as well as Metz, Monaco and Real Madrid. He was voted African Footballer of the Year for 2008.
Adebayor represented the Togo national team at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, the country’s début, and to date only, appearance at the World Cup. In January 2010, Adebayor was one of the players involved when the Togo team’s bus came under gunfire on the way to the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations in Angola, after which he retired from national team duty. In 2013 he returned to the Togo team for the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, where he helped them to qualify for the quarterfinals. He is currently Togo’s all-time top goalscorer with 29 goals.
A towering striker, Adebayor is described as being “tall, skillful, strong in the air and with the ability to score and create goals.

8. Obi Mikel/Chelsea : 50 millions de dollars


John Michael Obinna (born 22 April 1987), known as John Obi Mikel, John Mikel Obi or Mikel John Obi, is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Nigerian national team.

9. Kolo Touré (Liverpool) : 43 millions de dollars


Kolo Abib Touré (born 19 March 1981) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays for English club Liverpool as a defender.
Beginning his career at ASEC Mimosas, Touré moved to Arsenal in 2002, where he made 326 appearances for the club and was a member of the famous 03-04 ‘invincibles’ side. In 2009 he joined his younger brother Yaya Touré at Manchester City where they played together for three years, helping City earn its first league title in 44 years. In 2013 Touré transferred to Liverpool. Toure is one of the six players who have won Premier League with two different clubs, having won it with Manchester City and Arsenal.
Touré is the second-most capped player with 118 appearances for the Ivory Coast. He represented the team at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup tournaments. Touré also represented the Ivory Coast at seven Africa Cup of Nations in 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2015, helping them finish runner-up in 2006 and 2012, while winning in 2015.

10. Sulley Muntari (Al-Ittihad): 40 millions de dollars



Suleyman Ali “Sulley” Muntari (born 27 August 1984) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Saudi Arabian club Ittihad FC.
During his time at Internazionale, he helped the team win the Champions League in 2009–10 and the Serie A title in 2008–09 and 2009–10. He was also part of the Portsmouth team that won the FA Cup in 2007–08. A full international for Ghana since 2002, he has earned over 80 caps for the national team and has been selected for two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and all three of their World Cups.
He is the elder brother of Steaua Bucharest player Sulley Muniru.

Ex President Jimmy Carter loses grandson

Ex President Jimmy Carter loses grandson

 

 

Former President Jimmy Carter announced the unexpected death of his grandson Jeremy to a church class Sunday, just two weeks after he had announced to the same group by revealing he had beaten cancer.

Carter arrived about 25 minutes late to his weekly class at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Ga., and told the congregation his grandson had died just hours earlier, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

 

 

Carter said Jeremy, 28, was not feeling well Saturday and took a nap in the family’s Peachtree City home. Hours later, his mother found him and realized his heart had stopped, Carter said. He died in a hospital Sunday morning, and the cause of death has not been announced.

Churchgoers told the Journal-Constitution Carter broke the heartbreaking news, then continued with his class and even stayed to take pictures with those in attendance.

“I’m not surprised,” church member Jan Williams told the paper. “That’s the kind of Christian he is. Everything that happens in life, good or bad, he uses as a teaching experience.”

 

Source: NY Daily News

FG probes Aero Contractor’s use of ladder in Bauchi Airport

FG probes Aero Contractor’s use of ladder in Bauchi Airport

 

The Minister of State for  Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika yesterday gave a directive to an immediate investigation into the use of ladder by Aero Contractors Airlines on its chartered flight at the Bauchi Airport which went viral on Saturday.

He said: “Several reports received by the Minister have indicated the airline used a ladder to disembark passengers from a Boeing 737 aircraft at the Bauchi airport on Saturday December 19th 2015.

"The act is inconsistent with Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations, NCAR and International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, Standards and Recommended Practices, SARPS.

“The investigation will determine the immediate and remote causes of the incident with a view to developing and implementing measures that will prevent a re-occurrence of the unsafe and unacceptable procedure that exposed  passengers to high risk of serious injury.

This is appalling!

Chief of Army staff to appear before the Senate committee over Army/Shiite clash

Chief of Army staff to appear before the Senate committee over Army/Shiite clash

 

 

The Chief of Army staff, Tukur Buratai is expected to appear before the senate committee over the clash between Shiite Muslims and the members of the Nigerian Army in Zaria which led to the death of over 60 people. He is to appear before the House joint Committee on Army/National Security/Intelligence and Public Safety, alongside the Director General of the Department of State Services, Lawan Daura.