Tompolo: Reps set to probe purchase of warships

The House of Representatives said on Thursday that it would investigate the circumstances surrounding the six warships said to have been procured by an ex-militant leader, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, a.k.a, Tompolo.
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Zakari Mohammed, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, also added that the 36 states’ Houses of Assembly would submit their report on the proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution to the National Assembly on Friday (today).
The House described the alleged purchase of the six warships by Tompolo as “scary,” saying that it raised security concerns at a time the country was facing tough security challenges.
Although, the Nigerian Navy said on Wednesday that the warships belonged to NIMASA, a Federal Government agency, Mohammed said the House would be interested in knowing how a private individual was now performing a function that was statutorily the Navy’s.
“That function should have been performed by the Navy.

U.S Court Ready To Release Certified Court Papers Of Tinubu’s Drug Crimes

The United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois has said it is willing to release the original certified true copies of Court papers that nailed former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu for drug crimes in the United States. Tinubu who is angling to be the Vice Presidential Candidate of the APC is...

threatening legal actions against Sahara Reporters which had exposed his many lies about his academic and drug crimes in the U.S. In denying his drug crimes in the U.S, Tinubu had in a statement signed byNhis spokesperson, Sunday Dare, said, “The rumor about drug running is the

Victor Umeh Gets Additional 120 Days Elongation as APGA National Chairman

The embattled National Chairman of the All Progressive  Grand Alliance, (APGA) Chief Sir Victory Umeh has succeeded having additional 120 days elongation of tenure by a special special convention held in Awka.
Over Ten thousand  delegates throng Awka, Anambra state capital from the 36 states and the  FCT  to show their solidarity for the present led APGA exco and ratified that additional days should be considered in the bid to install a purposeful leadership that would stair the affairs of the party from 2015 onward.
Moving a vote of endorsement for  elongation of tenure for the serving APGA excos by voice vote, the deputy governor of Anambra state, Dr. Nkem Okeke raised the motion to call for an endorsement that would make the present exco have time to concentrate on the coming elections for those contesting and suggested that at least not less than four months should be consider, which will start at the expiration of their tenure that should end on February 10, 2014, from national.down to the ward level.

Osun aspirant asks APC panel to reject Omoworare’s candidacy

One of the senatorial aspirants of the All Progressives Congress in Osun East Senatorial District, Alhaji Sola Lawal, has petitioned the National Assembly Primaries Appeal Committee of the party, asking the panel to reject the victory of the serving Senator Babajide Omoworare.

Lawal made this request in a letter written to the panel, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Osogbo on Thursday.

In the alternative, the aggrieved aspirant asked the party to declare him the winner of the primary or order that a fresh primary be held to determine the winner.

Photos: Meet the lady who won Rev. Chris Okotie's Queen Esther beauty pageant"

Michelle Isikalu beat 16 other girls to win Queen Esther Beauty and Costume pageant which held this past Sunday December 14th at the 24th annual Grace event organized by pastor Chris Okotie-led Household of God church at their church premises in Oregun, Ikeja.see more photos below.

Police recovered guns from Agbaje, George’s thugs – Obanikoro

A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has accused a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Chief Olabode George, and the governorship candidate of the party in the state, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, of recruiting armed thugs to achieve their aims at the governorship primary held on December 8.

The former minister said, “I also saw the police recovered five guns and rounds of ammunition and live cartridges from the thugs brought by Chief Olabode George and Mr. Jimi Agbaje, a co-aspirant.”

This is contained in an affidavit he filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja, in support of his suit numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/994/2014, challenging the conduct of the December 8, 2014 governorship primary in which Agbaje was declared as the winner.

Mutiny: Killing 54 soldiers will amount to genocide – Falana

Barely 24 hours after the General Court Martial headed by Brigadier General Mohammed Yusuf delivered judgment on the trial of 59 soldiers and found 54 of them guilty of mutiny and conspiracy to mutiny thereby sentencing them to death, indications has emerged that the sentences will be appealed as killing them will amount to genocide.
Lead counsel to the soldiers and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana in a statement insisted that the action of the soldiers in refusing to obey the orders of the Commanding Officer of the Special Forces Battalion, Lt. Colonel Opurum was as a result of non-availability of arms and ammunition to prosecute the instruction of the Commander.

We don’t dabble in politics –RCCG

The Redeemed Christian Church of God has dissociated itself from rumours making the rounds that its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, gave his blessings to the vice-presidential ambition of a former Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.

The All Progressives Congress had on Wednesday named Osinbajo, who is said to be Adeboye’s close ally, as the running mate of its presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

The RCCG denied celebrating the emergence of the law professor who pastors its Olive Parish located on Banana Island, Lagos.

Writing on its official Twitter page on Wednesday, the church said it does not dabble into politics in any shade or colouration.

My security details didn’t tear-gas Tambuwal – Mark

The Senate President, David Mark, on Wednesday alleged that the Divisional Police Officer attached to the National Assembly, Mr. James Idachaba, lied in his accounts of the events of the November 20 invasion of the federal parliament by security agents.

Idachaba, a Superintendent of Police, had alleged before the Senate ad hoc committee probing the unfortunate incident on Monday that he watched one of the police details attached to Mark, released tear gas canisters during the commotion that ensued on November 20.

N10bn Jet: Court nullifies Reps’ summon on Alison-Madueke, NNPC

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, aborted moves by the House of Representatives to investigate the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, over the allegation that she spent N10 billion on chartered jet.
Delivering judgment on a joint suit filed before the court by the Petroleum Minister and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Justice Ahmed Mohammed voided two separate summons issued to the plaintiffs by the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Reps, which requested them to appear to offer explanations regarding allegations of financial recklessness against them.
Justice Mohammed nullified the summons on the premise that no evidence was adduced before the court to show that the proposed investigation was contained in a resolution of the House, which he said ought to have been published in the journal of the National Assembly or the official gazette of the Federal Government of Nigeria.