Cement truck crushes police inspector in Kaduna

Tragedy struck on Thursday in Kaduna when a Dangote cement-bearing truck with a Jigawa  number plate,  XA874GRK, crushed a Police inspector to death with scores of others injured.

Also, a camera man, Shehu Usman, with the Kaduna State Television, had his legs broken in the same accident. He was among those rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention.

The inspector, whose name was given as  Obed Ezra, was among those deployed to maintain law and order at the venue of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary holding at the Kaduna International trade fair complex.

It was gathered that the trailer lost control as a result of break failure. It destroyed  over eight  vehicles and no fewer than 12 motorcycles.

Breaking News: Ambode leads in Lagos APC gov primary

A former Accountant General of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, seems to be leading the governorship primary election which held at the Onikan Stadium, Ikoyi, Lagos.

Although the results had yet to be collated as of press time, Ambode seems the likely winner as hundreds of youths gathered around him to celebrate while the only other aspirant present, Senator Ganiyu Solomon, left the premises.

In Epe Local Government Area, 291 delegates voted while in Badagry, 305 voted while eight registered delegates did not vote.

In the Ikorodu LGA, 498 delegates voted while in Ibeju-Lekki, 189 delegates voted.

In Ojo, 237 delegates voted while 15 registered delegates were absent. In Agege LGA, it was 193 while in Ifako-Ijaye it was 214.

3,000 delegates to pick APC Lagos gov candidate

At least 3,000 delegates of the All Progressives Congress will on Thursday (today) pick the party’s Lagos governorship candidate.

The party, in a statement by its state chairman, Chief Henry Ajomale, said the voting would take place at the Onikan Stadium, Ikoyi instead of its headquarters on Acme Road, Ogba.

The party assured residents of the state that the exercise would be conducted peacefully and would be transparent.

APC picks presidential candidate in Lagos Dec 10

THE All Progressives Congress has named Lagos as the venue of its December 10 presidential primary.

Eight thousand delegates are expected to participate in the convention, scheduled to hold at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos.

The APC four other presidential aspirants –former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso, Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha, and Leadership Newspaper publisher, Sam Nda-Isaiah – had jointly asked for a venue outside Lagos, said to be favoured by Buhari and a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu.

Atiku and the three others wrote the APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, on Nov 27, “advising” the party chairman to retain Abuja as the convention venue.

Onabanjo’s daughter resigns from Amosun’s govt

In what appears to be almost a recurring decimal in Ogun State, another political appointee of Governor Ibikunle Amosun,   Ms. Olubukunola Onabanjo, has resigned her appointment.

She is the daughter of the late governor of the state, Chief Bisi Onabanjo. Before her resignation, she was the chairman of the Ogun State Teaching Service Commission.

In the letter of resignation dated November 18, and addressed to Amosun, she said the governor had accused her of having a ‘soft spot’ for a former governor of the state, Chief Olusegun Osoba.

The resignation took effect from December 1.

13-year-old flees home with suspected lover

The police in Lagos are battling to find a 13-year-old girl, Chikwuo Ezennia, who reportedly fled her house with a yet-to-be-identified man, suspected to be her lover.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Ezennia, who is in Basic 4, had come to Lagos from Nneni village in the Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State to spend her holiday with her relatives.

Our correspondent gathered that the girl, however, fled her relatives’ apartment on Ishola Bello Close, Iyalla Street, Alausa, Lagos, in the afternoon of Thursday, November 20, when the family had gone out.

It was gathered that when the girl’s aunt, Mrs. Ambrose Okolo, and her husband returned from work at about 6pm, Ezennia was nowhere to be found.

Synagogue: TB Joshua’s application stalls coroner’s inquest

The coroner probing the September 12 Synagogue building collapse in Lagos, Magistrate A.O. Komolafe, on Wednesday suspended further sitting till Friday, December 5, 2014.

Due to the abrupt suspension of the court’s proceeding on Wednesday, Komolafe could not take the testimonies of all the witnesses that had been invited to appear before the court.

The decision to suspend sitting came after the Founder of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua, through his counsel, Mr. Olalekan Ojo, had informed Komolafe of a pending application before Justice Lateefat Okunnu of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja.

PDP Suspends Its Former Chairman, Bamanga Tukur

The People Democratic Party has suspended its former chairman, Bamanga Tukur from the party.

 A terse press release issued by the party today stated that Bamanga Tukur was   suspended after the party National Working Committee to reviewed his activities in recent time agaionst the current chairman, Adamu Muazu.

Bamanga Tukur
See full text of press release below:

 

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) at its 395th meeting held yesterday, December 3, 2014 reviewed recent national developments as they affect the party.

Among others, the NWC deliberated on the court case instituted against the National Chairman of the Party, Ahmed Adamu Mu'azu by the former National Chairman, Dr. Bamanga Tukur.

We are not aware of any foul play - APGA ELECTION MONITORING TEAM.

STANLEY EZE

Amidst the tension associated with the party's primaries election of the day for House of Assembly, a monitoring committee from APGA national body led by Hon. Prof. Ifeanyi Bernard Odoh has said that the rumors making rounds in some quarters that the APGA primary elections has been doctored is novel to them.

 Speaking to newsmen at the venue of the Awka South 1 primaries election ground on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, the chairman of the committee explained that they were with all the documents for the election including the certificate to be issued to the candidates that come out victorious at the end of the day after the electorates' vote has been conscientiously counted.

Senate probes IGP For N’Assembly’s invasion

The impasse between the executive arm and the legislature took a new turn on Wednesday when the Inspector General of Police (IG), Suleiman Abba, insisted that he does not recognise Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Abba told the House Committee on Police Affairs that Tambuwal’s position was still unclear as the case was before the court and it would be subjudice for him to comment on it.

The IG also referred to the legislators and their aides who jumped the 12-foot gate of the parliament last Thursday, as thugs.