Ochanja market: Populaly Known As Onitsha Bakassi killing spot

 From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha
Whenever Ochanja is mentioned, what comes to mind especially to those who witnessed the reign of terror, armed robbery, assassination and other criminal activities in Onitsha is always, the killing spot where notorious criminals were publicly executed by the defunct dreaded Bakassi boys.
Ironically, just as Christians travel miles away to Israel on pilgrimage to visit Golgotha, the sport where our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified over 2014 years ago, Ochanja Round About in Ochanja Main market, one of the major markets in the commercial city of Onitsha had played host to many execution of perceived criminals.

When Gov. Obiano Sanitizes Onitsha

From EMMANUEL UZOR, Onitsha
When Apama boy, a popular musician sang that “things are happening in Upper Iweka (Ife na-eme n’Upper Iweka aeee e) people did not understand what he meant. Upper Iweka is one of the notorious areas in the commercial city of Onitsha that had assumed dangerous notoriety to itself in Nigeria and Africa at large.

IJESA PEOPLE: BEFORE WE THROW OFF THE BEAUTIFUL BABY WITH THE BATHWATER AND REVERSE THE PACE OF OUR RESOLUTION TO GROW

This is not about Party A or Party B. This is not about my Party is more righteous than your Party. For every ljesa man or woman, young or old , '2014 Osun Decides' will surely decides who we are as ljesas, 2014 Osun Decides is more of the collective aspiration of people who are in the Six Local Government Areas of the State of Osun which make them 1/5 total population of the State
So, if you are one of those ljesa who instead of working for the reelection of your kinsman, but who at this eleventh hour has now turned yourself to 'an emergency social critic' of Ogbeni's

Peter Obi Honoured By Ndigboamaka Group Lagos

                         

The immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has expressed satisfaction on the improving level of governance in the South-East. He was speaking in Lagos on Sunday when Ndigboamamka, a scoio-cultural organisation honoured him at the Golden Gate Restaurant, Lagos for the exemplary leadership he has continued to p[provide for the Igbos and Nigeria in general. ...

Ekiti Election: We Will Go To Court...says APC National Chairman Odigie-Oyegun

"The APC is dragging the federal government to court for constitutional breaches like closing of airports, not allowing our members to embark on legitimate movement, closing the state for 48 hours, militarisation of the election. The system that allowed Obanikoro (Minister of State for Defence) and Police Affairs Minister to move into Ekiti State but prevented our governors and party leaders and members from free movement cannot be constitutional.

How Much Is Life Worth In Nigeria? – Orji Uzor Kalu

Reacting to the recent killings of Southerners in the North, the most recent bomb blast in Abuja and several other mishaps in the country, former Governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu took to his Facebook page and wrote:

Charley Boy Retracts Statement Against Okorocha

Contrary to news report that Charles Oputa popularly known as Charly Boy snatched Microphone from Governor Rochas Okorocha as he wanted to make tribute to his late dad, the Area Fada has come out to describe such as mere rumor.In a release, Charly Boy expressed his gratitude to Governors Rochas and Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State for their prominent role they played in his father’s burial

Will Smith’s Daughter Sleeps With Snakes

Willow Smith reportedly lets her pet snakes sleep in the same bed as her at night.
The ‘Whip My Hair’ singer, 13, who got her first boa constrictor named Beauty in 2008, is reportedly ‘obsessed’ with the slithery reptiles and even lets them sleep on her bed at night time.
A source told US Weekly: ‘[She is] obsessed with snakes. She has 10 sleeping in her room, and some aren’t in cages!’

APC to sue Femi Fani-Kayode over his comments on BokoHaram

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode to retract his comment alleging that the APC, through its National Publicity Secretary Lai Mohammed, condemned the Federal Government for proscribing the terror group Boko Haram or face a legal action.

DSS Demands Daily List of Hotel Patrons From Hoteliers In Abuja

Foollowing renewed bombings in Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory, with massive killings and wanton destruction of property by members of the Islamist Boko Haram sect, the Minister of FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed, yesterday, ordered all hotels in Abuja to henceforth forward lists of their guests to the FCT Directorate of Department of State Services, DSS, and the FCT Police Command on a daily basis.
According to him, the hotels have also been mandated to install their individual security cameras within their vicinity and ensure thorough check of all vehicles entering the hotel and their surroundings.

Jonathan’s re-election: Ex-militants vow to cut off fuel supply to North if....

Repentant militant leaders in the Niger Delta have threatened to cut off the supply of petroleum products to Northern Nigeria, should the North oppose the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.
The ex-militants, at their meeting in Oron, Akwa Ibom State,  also threatened to ensure that the North did not benefit from crude oil proceeds generated from the Niger Delta region.

Breaking News: Military nabs abductor of Chibok girls

Almost three months after Boko Haram terrorists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, the military announced, yesterday, that it has arrested one of the sect’s leaders, who was one of the abductors.
This came on a day the sect members bombed a Divisional Police Headquarters in Shani Local Government Area of Borno State and also attacked an emir’s palace.

Breaking News: Deadly Blast in Maiduguri kills at least 15

A huge explosion in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday killed at least 15 people, an AFP photographer said, in the latest blast to hit the city repeatedly attacked by Boko Haram Islamists.

After the explosion in a truck carrying charcoal at the city’s biggest roundabout during morning rush hour, victims were taken to the State Specialist Hospital, where the photographer saw the bodies of 15 people killed in the blast, while witnesses said the toll could be much higher.

Nigerian Top Clergys Curse Boko Haram Insurgents

Bishop David Oyedepo and Pastor Tunde Bakare, two of Nigeria’s very popular Christian leaders, have invoked the wrath of God on the Boko Haram terrorist group that has endlessly inflicted pains in the country, killing its citizens and maiming others.

Ohakim Says He Regrets His Action As Governor Of Imo State

The immediate past Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has pleaded for forgiveness from those he offended during his tenure as governor of the state.
He said he had forgiven those who offended him during the course of his administration.
Ohakim made the appeal yesterday while playing host to the people of Okigwe who called at his country home to urge him to respond to their call for him to complete the tenure of the zone, as his services were still needed in the state.

Boko Haram Is The Armed Wing Of APC- FANI KAYODE

Nigeria’s Former Aviation Minister, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, on Monday, alleged that the dreaded Islamic terrorist sect Boko Haram, which has wrecked havoc in the northern part of the country, is the armed wing of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). He further accused the Party’s leaders of being supportive of the sect’s actions, as it suits their purpose of discrediting the PDP led government.
“If you compare what’s happening in Nigeria to what happened in Ireland some years ago, you had Sinn Fein on the one hand and then you had the IRA on the other. The IRA was the armed wing of Sinn Fein and as far as I’m concerned, Boko Haram could well be described as the armed wing of the opposition, today.”

Nigerian Election, Mockery Of Democracy –TINUBU

A former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has lamented that since the return to democracy in 1999, most of the elections in the country have been a mockery of democracy.
The leader of the All Progressives Congress said this during at the inaugural lecture of the Freedom House Democracy Lecture series in Lagos on Monday.

OKONKWO RESIGNS FROM APC

The immediate-past interim Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Annie Okonkwo, has resigned his membership of the party.
Okonkwo, who is also the President of C21, an Igbo socio-political group in a statement he signed yesterday, said he resigned his membership because of the party’s scruffy promises, lack of internal democracy, clannish and sectional disposition of the leadership, adding that APC had no good plans for the South-East people.

Internet Fraudster Disguising As Rev. Father Nabbed In Enugu

A student of Nnamdi Azikwe University, Awka, Anambra State in sixth year, studying Industrial Physics has been arrested for alleged internet fraud by the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad,SARS, at a border town, Ugwuoba, Enugu State.

Chibok, Site Of Abduction Of Schoolgirls, Under Attack By Boko Haram

The terrorist Islamist group Boko Haram has launched a massive attack on Kautikari village in the Chibok area of Borno State. A security source as well as two residents of the area told SaharaReporters that the siege continues as at press time.

‘WE WERE DIVIDED INTO THREE CAMPS IN SAMBISA’, SAYS ESCAPEE CHIBOK GIRL

One of the abducted Chibok schoolgirl who managed to escaped from Boko Haram captivity in Sambisa, said their abdcutors splitted them into three groups as soon as they arrived the thick forest.
The girl who spoke to LEADERSHIP Sunday on phone but pleaded not to be named said she was among the eight students that made it back to town.

BONUS WAHALA: SPORTS MINISTER ON HIS WAY TO BRAZIL WITH OVER $3M TO PAY SUPER EAGLES

Nigeria's Super Eagles have finally gotten their wish to be paid their bonuses as the Federal Government has approved and released money which will be paid to the players before the game against France.

The Super Eagles refused to train on Thursday in preparation for their second round clash with the Europeans in the city of Brasilia.

Lagos car blast: Fashola urges vigilance

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, celebrated his 51st  birthday, urging residents to be vigilant and engage any stranger in their neighborhood, to know the reason for his visit to the community.
This came barely days after a car bomb explosion occurred at the Apapa axis of the state, killing about four persons and injuring others.

Goodluck Jonathan: Nothing is more important than bringing home Nigeria’s missing girls

President Goodluck Jonathan’s first ever known opinion article surfaced in the Washington Post. In an Op-Ed by the president and published by the United States-based newspaper Thursday, Mr. Jonathan delivered a poignant assurance to the international community that has scathingly criticised his effort at rescuing the kidnapped girls. See the complete article below:

Actress Juliet Ibrahim’s marriage crashes

The marriage of Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim, to Kwadwo Safo has hit the rocks.
Ibrahim recently through her management consultant announced the news.
According to the statement: “Though it’s a painful decision, it’s necessary. She also pleaded with people not to her divorce with her husband the other way round,and respect the feelings of their only child. The have also agreed to stay in

I don’t sleep around – Sikiratu Sindodo

Nollywood actress, Temitayo Odueke, popularly known as Sikiratu Sindodo, has debunked news that she sleeps around with different men.
In a recent interview, Odueke said people have a wrong impression about her, adding that she doesn’t sleep around as it is being peddled around.

Breaking News: Eke Awka Market Fire Incident Destroys Properties Worth Million of Naira

     
By Ajayi Bamidele
The busiest domestic market in Awka, Anambra state capital, popularly known as Eke Awka Market  has in part been gotten by fire in the early hour of Sunday, 29,June, 2014.
The fire incident which started between the hour of 1 -2 a.m today, was rumoured to have been ignited by a minor electric spark within the cloth sellers line before it later extended to other part of the market.

Rumour Of Osun Commisioner for Finance Arrest In Delta Is Untrue--- Bolohunduro

                   
Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Wale Bolorunduro, was on Friday evening reportedly arrested by men of the Delta State police command in Warri, Delta State alongside some security escorts but was released on Saturday morning.

Read How Cameroon Soldiers Arrested 50 Nigerian Businessmen And Tagged Them Boko Haram

             
Cameroon’s military authorities said they arrested 50 Nigerian businessmen for allegedly collaborating with the Boko Haram insurgents, just as Cameroonian soldiers killed 10 suspected members of the Islamist group.
The Wednesday killing, according to the Voice of America, took place in Mora along the Cameroon border with Borno State.

American Senate Frustrate Effort Against Boko Haram Insurgents—RICE

                  
The United States of America has said its efforts towards assisting Nigeria in fighting the Boko Haram insurgency are being hampered by its Senate.
The US’ National Security Adviser, Susan Rice, said the country’s Senate delay in approving President Barack Obama’s ambassadorial nominees was hurting America’s national and African security, particularly in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria.

US Issues Security Alert To American Citizens Residing In Nigria

                    
Against the backdrop of growing terror attacks in the country, most recently the June 25 bombing at EMAB Plaza in Abuja, the United States Mission in Nigeria has issued a strong security alert to her citizens- resident and travelling to the country.

Ekiti: Rights group wants probe of INEC ballot papers before Osun poll

The Nigerian Human Rights Community has called for a public inquiry into the type of ballot papers used for the Ekiti State governorship election so as to ascertain or disprove claims that the ballots were photochromic papers programmed to skew victory to the side of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The rights group said this was necessary before the August 9, 2014 governorship election in Osun State.

INEC Replaces Servinng REC Akeju With Agbaje

                    
Barring any last minute change,the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ambassador Toyin Akeju, will this week proceed on leave ahead of the state governorsip election slated for August 9, 2014.

Imo state Government Hits Back At Charley Boy

                      
 The drama that played out at burial of late Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC), Hon. Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, between the deceased son, Charly Boy, and Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has continued to generate several reactions.

REVEALED: New List of Boko Haram Financiers Exposed

After many speculations on where the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, are getting the weapons they frequently use to unleash terror in the north-eastern states of Nigeria and Abuja, their main sources have been unveiled.

Read How Stella Oduah Intend To Finance Her Senatoial Election Bid

By Ajayi Bamidele
Former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has initiated moves to expand her business empire.
Checks confirmed that business activities are being witnessed across the branches of her major business and claim to fame, Sea Petroleum & Gas Company Limited, an independent petroleum marketer in Nigeria.