OBA OF BENIN INDISPOSED -TRADITIONAL COUNCIL

The Benin Traditional Council on Monday announced that the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, is indisposed, after weeks of speculation over his health.
The council, in a statement signed by its Secretary, Mr. Frank Irabor, also suspended public engagements in the palace, including settlement of disputes, “until further notice.”
It, however, urged all palace chiefs and functionaries to perform their “routine traditional duties as usual.”
The statement read, “It is hereby announced for the information of the general public that, in the Palace parlance, ‘Uhunmwun ve Ekpen vb’ Ato,’ meaning the Leopard is ill in the Savannah bush. The explanation is that Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolopkolo, Erediauwa, CFR, Oba of Benin is indisposed.

TRAGEDY: Another Facebook Victim Dies In Lagos

Another Facebook lover has died in Lagos a few years after Cynthia Osokogwu, the daughter of a retired miliitary officer, was allegedly lured to Lagos by her Facebook lover, drugged, raped and murdered in Festac Town.The latest victim, identfied as Adekemi Faboro, who teaches at a private nursery and primary school, in Ojota,died in Ogba area of Lagos last weekend while on a date with her married Facebook lover, Christopher Ezekiel, for the first time.
Sources told P.M.NEWS that Ezekiel, a father of two, came from Ibadan, Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, to visit Adekemi in Lagos State, for the first time on the fateful day, after he met her on Facebook.

OBASANJO: BOKO HARAM’S GRIEVANCES LEGITIMATE

Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, believes that the Boko Haram sect has legitimate grievances. Criticising the response of the current administration to the insurgency, Obasanjo highlighted low level of education in the northern part of the country as a contributory factor to the situation. He was speaking on Monday during a global education conference in Dubai, United Araba Emirates (UAE). “They have legitimate grievances,” he told IBTimes UK. “We don’t need anyone to tell us that that is a problem. A problem of disparity, a problem of marginalisation. “The response of the government initially was definitely not enough. When Boko Haram started showing their fangs about four years ago, the reaction should have been firm and unmistakable.” However, he

Lekki bank robbery: We know the robbers — Police

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, weekend, said that the command had clue of who the robbers that stormed a second generation bank last Thursday, killing three policemen and a teenager, were, assuring that it would soon round them up.
This is just as the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abbah, has given matching orders to the Police in Lagos to re-strategise, in order to ensure that armed robbers do not unleash terror again in the state.
Investigation as gathered had begun by joint crack detectives from the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS and those from the newly instituted Tactical Operation Unit.

DON’T ATTEMPT TO KILL BUHARI, APC TELLS PDP

The All Progressives Congress has called on the Peoples Democratic Party and the Federal Government to shun any plan to assassinate Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
The APC also raised the alarm over an alleged plot by ruling party to discredit Buhari.
But the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Abdullahi Jalo, has urged the APC to provide evidence of any of such plan by the ruling party to assassinate Buhari.
The National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr. Lai Mohammed, told The PUNCH that the PDP-led government had security men specially trained as snipers to eliminate those opposed to President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election bid.

We never endorsed Jonathan —Yoruba Elders Council

 

The Yoruba Council of Elders has said that the appearance of its National President, Brig- Gen.  Adeyinka Adebayo (rtd), at a post-national conference summit in Ibadan, Oyo State, should not be mistaken for an endorsement of the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 election.
YCE, also known as Igbimo Agba Yoruba, said this at the end of its National Executive Council meeting in Ibadan.

The summit, which was convened by the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, was attended by some Yoruba leaders where they endorsed the candidacy of President Jonathan.

90 killed, many injured as suspected Fulani herdsmen sack Benue village

It was a bloody Sunday in Benue State after suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly slaughtered over 90 persons, including women and children, at Egba village in Agatu Local Government Area of the state.
Vanguard gathered from a resident of the community that the number might well exceed the current figure since many were still missing and unaccounted for.
He said: “The search for victims and survivors is still ongoing, but there is no doubt that the figure may rise because the entire village is like a killing field with blood stench everywhere and many are still missing.”

Dollars For Monarchs: Mixed reactions as Southwest leaders flay allegations, say APC also giving bribes

Miled drama yesterday trailed the allegations that some traditional rulers from the South-West were financially induced with foreign currencies by President Goodluck Jonathan during recent visits to the zone.

While some leaders traced the allegation to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC with the claim that the APC was equally involved in inducing leading monarchs, Governor Babatunde Fashola on his part affirmed that the money allegedly received by the monarchs could change the face of infrastructure in any state.

Interim Govt: We’ve evidence against Jonathan —Fayemi

 Former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday, stoked the controversy over the alleged interim government arrangement when he declared that he had evidence that national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was wooed to be part of the ING by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Fayemi, currently the Director of Policy in the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation who, yesterday, disclosed the existence of verifiable proof of the plot, also reassured the President and his aides that a future APC national government would not witch-hunt them through a probe.
Showbiz Interactive: From right: Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings; President Goodluck Jonathan; Mr Jim Ovia, Chairman, Zenith Bank; Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State (2nd row) and others on arrival at the Showbiz Interactive with GEJ, at Eko Hotel, Lagos, yesterday. Photo: Lamidi Bamidele.

President Jonatha promises To Move Entertainment Industry To Next Level

 
President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerian entertainment practitioner  to fashion out ways to convert their fame to enhance tourism in the country.
He urged the  practitioners to  bring to bear their wealth of experience and international recognision in a manner that will bring international tourists to see the country as the next tourist destination second to the American Hollywood
The president made the appeal at the Presidential Interactive  Session with Nollywood Stars forum, where he had major entertainment experts in a town hall meeting in Laogs, with the motive to move the nation entertainment industry to the next level.