Buhari Challenges National Assembly To Work With Him To Fix Nigeria

President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari today called on members of the National Assembly to work with him in the task of addressing the development challenges that confront Nigeria.

President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari meeting with lawmakers today in Abuja
Speaking at an induction programme for new national legislators organized by the National Institute for Legislative Studies in Abuja, the incoming leader told them, “I need the support of the Members of National Assembly on the battle front. I need your support in many respects.”

Outlining those areas of concern, he noted, first, that appropriate policies need to be put in place that may have to be translated into laws.

Anambra CJ Swears-in 20 Magistrates, DCR

BY ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA

The Anambra Chief Judge, Justice Peter Umeadi has advised 20 magistrates and a Deputy Chief Registrar (DCR) in the state to live above board in the discharge of their duties.

Umeadi gave the advice on Monday while swearing-in the 20 new magistrates and a Deputy Chief Registrar in Awka.

The 16 female and four male magistrates are Juliet Arinze, Moses Kanu, Obiamaka Ezebilo-Nnedu, Ijeoma Igbokwe, Chika Nwakamma, Catherine Chigbo, N.G.C. Maduakor, Nwadi Ani-Nnaka, Stella Ezeudeka and Moneke Onyekwuru.

Others are Chidimma Nduka, Ebere Onunkwo, Chizoba Stanley-Udo, Martins Adumah, Peter Eke, Eyiuche Okosi, Uzoma Udeze, Rebeka Agwunobi, Nonye Anyaegbunam, Clara Ogugua and Mr Eugene Agbasionwe, a Deputy Chief Registrar.

Umeadi noted that the task before them was enormous as a result of the just ended four months strike embarked upon by the state Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN).

'You have come at a time when the state Judiciary is being repositioned. We therefore, ask for your best,' he said.

The chief judge disclosed that more magistrates will be appointed soon as a bill which sought the appointment of revenue magistrates is passed by the state House of Assembly.

He expressed hope that the process of selection of the magistrates will engender them to be the best in the country.

Tale of 3 Nollywood damsels who dumped their boyfriends

Beautiful, chic, talented and sexy, are the words to describe these three Nollywood damsels, Lizzy Gold Onuwaje, Chiamaka Nwokeukwu and Peggy Onah. They have absolutely nothing in common except for their passion to make names for themselves in the make-believe world. So strong is their passion they would not allow anything to stand in their ways – including love! Hear their stories:
Lizzy-Gold1111He said girls in Nollywood don’t stay in marriages — Lizzy Gold Onuwaje
Lizzy Gold Onuwaje isn’t new to the world of show business.  Her foray into the make-believe world started in 2006, when she won the Delta State Pageant as Miss Delta State. Then she tried her hands at the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria Pageant (MDGN) where she emerged as the second runner-up.
Like most of her peers who had the undying passion to get into acting, Lizzy had hers too, but it didn’t go well with her boyfriend at the time.

I’M READY FOR PROBE AFTER TENURE, SAYS JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said he would be ready after leaving office for any probe of his administration’s activities.
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari plans to revisit the $20b “missing” oil money when he gets into office.
Besides, All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman Lai Mohammed has alleged massive looting by government officials.
But, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President said he is not afraid of any investigation after leaving office.
He noted that investigations will not be out of place since Jonathan’s Administration also reviewed the actions of previous governments on assumption of office.

Fuel scarcity hits Lagos, Abuja

A day after the expiration of the three-day deadline given by Major Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, to stop lifting petroleum products due to debts owed them by the Federal Government, fuel scarcity has hit Lagos and environs.
The crisis worsened as motorists spent an average of 12 hours at petrol stations in their quest to purchase the commodity.
Also, majority of the fuel stations had altered their pump price, selling between N100 and N130 per litre.
The prolonged scarcity had also brought in its wake, a hike in transport fares, prices of commodities and services both in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
In Oshodi, Ojuelegba and Ojota areas of Lagos, commuters were seen stranded, as there were few vehicles plying the roads.

Read About Four Nigerians Executed in Indonesia For Drug Trafficking

Sadly, the pictures here are our Nigerian brothers arrested at various times in Indonesia for drug trafficking .As we speak, 41 year old Okwudili Oyatanze (in Pix 1), 50 year old Jamiu Owolabi Abashin (in Pix 2), 47 year old Silvester Obiekwe Nwosile (in Pix 3) and 50 year old Martin Anderson may have been executed alongside 4 others (other nationals from Philippines and Brazil) . If so, may their souls rest in peace and may God comfort their families. My worry however is, knowing full well that Indonesia has a death penalty for drug trafficking and other related offences, why do people still traffic drugs into that country? I only hope more Nigerians (and others) in this evil business will learn from this and resist the temptation and desist. A word for the wise!

MILITARY REPORTEDLY RESCUES 300 FEMALES FROM SAMBISA FOREST

In what may be the likeliest clue to the whereabouts of the Chibok girls, the Nigerian military have reportedly rescued about 300 men and women from the Sambisa forest, which is the known last enclave of Boko Haram terrorists.
The PRNigeria broke the news on Monday night, saying that the Nigerian troops had in a daring and precise operation stormed the Sambisa Forest and rescued about 300 females.
The news outlet gathered that at least three major terrorists' camps have been destroyed in the well-coordinated attacks that include the destruction of the notorious Tokumbere camp in the Sambisa Forest.

ALIYU: I’M GOING ON FOUR YEARS SABBATICAL

Niger state Governor Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, has revealed that he will be proceeding on a four-year sabbatical from politics at the end of his tenure as governor on May 29, adding that he will not be visible in the next four years
until 2019 “when I will come back in a big way.”
Aliyu, who lost the bid to clinch the Niger East Senatorial seat, made this known in Minna on Monday while commissioning some projects constructed for the newly established Niger state University of Education and the Niger state College of Education, both in Minna.
He however did not say in what role he will be coming back into the politics of the country in 2019 but he has been a serious advocate of a reorganization of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, which suffered a serious defeat in the general elections held recently in the country.
Aliyu has also been very vocal in asking his colleagues who lost in the election not to allow their defeat to make them jump ship to the new party that will be at the helms of affairs in the country on May 29.
He spoke seriously against allowing the APC to turn Nigeria to a one party state which he argued will not be democratic and will also be against the political growth of the country.

Police Smash Armed Robbery Gang in Okpoko, Onitsha

The Police in Okpoko community near Onitsha, have smashed a four-man armed robbery gang that has beeen terrorizing residents of the area
Confirming this on Sunday, Mr Emeka Ugwu, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Okpoko, said the gang was led by one Abuchi.
Ugwu said the hoodlums met their waterloo following a tip-off by a public-spirited individual.
He said that the police trailed members of the gang for over one week before they arrested them.
He said one AK 47 rifle; wraps of cannabis and objects suspected to be charms, among others, were found in their possession.
“Residents of Okpoko have heaved a sigh of relief since the arrest of the four-man armed robbery gang, led by one Abuchi.
“This was made possible by information volunteered to us and we acted promptly,’’ he said.

EX-MILITANTS WARN APC, BUHARI

Even as the All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised to sustain certain agencies of government to keep up with development in Niger Delta, ex-militants from the region have cautioned the incoming administration of General Muhammadu Buhari not to tamper with the programmes of the outgoing Jonathan’s government.
Speaking under the aegis of Niger Delta Salvation Front(NDSF), the ex-militants alleged that their kinsman and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, lost the election to international conspiracy and further accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, of playing a regional/ethnic card in the just-concluded general elections.
The statement signed by Victor Tamara and Michael Akporode, National Coordinator and Public Relations Officer of the group respectively, reads in part:
“We are members of the Niger Delta Salvation Front(NDSF), a new grand coalition of ex-militants and agitators from all the Niger Delta states.
“We have watched keenly the recent developments in the country- that is the general elections, especially the presidential election, and the hurried concession by our brother, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.