Ekiti/Osun polls: Army probes alleged soldiers’ misconduct





The Nigerian Army has set up a high-powered board of inquiry to probe alleged malpractices by its personnel in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states in 2014.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Monday that the panel was also mandated to probe allegations of misconduct against Army personnel in some states during the 2015 general elections.

Police clash with MASSOB Protesters in P’Harcourt



Hundreds of supporters of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra  MASSOB, shut down Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, demanding to break away from Nigeria on Tuesday.
Waving the Biafran flag as they marched through major roads in Port Harcourt, both MASSOB members and their supporters chanted war songs as they also demanded the unconditional release of one of their members, Mr. Nnamdi Kalu, said to have been arrested by the police in Lagos.
Though, the MASSOB members were tear-gassed by men of the Nigeria Police, the action did not deter them from marching through Ikoku, Ikwerre and the Government House in Port Harcourt.
The policemen later stopped firing teargas at the protesters and decided to watch the protest march by over 3,000 youths.

Code of Conduct Tribunal Adjourns Saraki’s Trial To November 5 and 6, 2015



The Code of Conduct Tribunal on in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the trial of Senatate President Bukola Saraki for alleged false assets declaration to November 5 and 6, 2015.
The adjournment which followed an application by the lead prosecuting counsel, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), was to enable the tribunal to await the judgment of the Court of Appeal ‎on an appeal by Saraki challenging the validity of the charges peferred against him.
The Court of Appeal’s judgment earlier fixed for Monday but was ‎not delivered because it was not ready and no new date has been fixed for it.

President Buhari Names Prof. Mahmood Yakubu As New INEC chairman & Five Federal Commissioners



In the bid to ensure transparency and probity is ensured in the fort coming Kogi and Bayelsa governorship election, and other general elections in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari has heed to people's cry to appoint a new Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, that will command the trust of the citizenry.
This however was the clarion call by Nigerians, majorly the opposition party, PDP had many fora alleged that the acting chairman of INEC Amina Bala Zakari , has no constitutional standing to conduct a free fair and acceptable election, having served the constitutional provision of five years, along with the former chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega and four others.  

UNIZIK Lecture: Adoke Frustrated Constitution Amendment - Ekweremadu

The Deputy Senate President, DSP Ike Ekweremadu has spoken up about how the immediate past Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation,

Mohammed Bello Adoke, misled ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan into withdrawing his assent to the amended 1999 constitution after he had initially
assented to it.

Obiano Signs MoU for 10,000 Housing Units In Anambra

Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has intensified efforts to end the housing challenges of the state with the signing of an MoU that would ensure the construction of 10,000 units of housing in the state.

The project which involves a partnership with Affordable Building Concepts International Limited is estimated to be valued at $476.1m (N95.2bn) will occupy 200 hectars of land spread across five different locations in the state.

Trump Tips Hillary As Possible Winner of Democratic GOP Primaries



Leader in the US GOP Primaries for Republican party, Mr.  Donald Trump assures that Mrs.  Hillary Clinton may likely win the Democratic nomination because she is being “protected” from any consequences stemming from her use of a private email server.

“I think probably she did well enough in the debate that she’s going to get it, depending on what happens with the emails, but I think she’s being protected,” Trump told radio host John Catsimatidis on "The Cats Roundtable" on AM 970 New York on Sunday.
The Republican primary front-runner also said Vice President Biden missed his shot to enter the 2016 field.

Failure To Perform Military Duties Earned Brig. Gen. Ransme-Kuti's Dismissal From Service – Nigerian Army

The Nigerian Army confirmed yesterday that Brigadier General Enitan Ransome-Kuti was sentenced to six-months imprisonment and also dismissed from service by a military court martial.
The Army, in a statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, however, said reasons including “failure to perform military duties” for the Army’s decision.

UNIZIK STUDENT CAUGHT WITH 108 ATM CARDS AT MMA AIRPORT LAGOS ON BOARD TO CHINA

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said it arrested a 34-year-old man, Udeh Onuora Pascal suspected to be working for an international criminal organization for being in possession of 108 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) debit cards. The arrest took place at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos while the suspect was attempting to board a Qatar Airline flight to China. The debit cards belong to five commercial banks.
NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Mr. Ahmadu Garba said that the suspect was arrested in connection with suspected money laundering and was immediately transferred to the Assets and Financial Investigation Directorate of the Agency for investigation. First City Monument Bank (FCMB) had the highest number of cards with 58. Stanbic IBTC Bank has 23 cards, Zenith Bank 19, Fidelity Bank six and Diamond Bank two.

Read How Nigerian Oil Giants Used & Dumped Diezani Madueke

It is often said that when the going is good, many people will be your friends but when the going becomes tough, they will all run away. This aptly captures the current situation of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Deziani Alison-Madueke, who was arrested in London two weeks ago by the National Crime Agency on allegations of bribery and money laundering.
In the last six years when she held sway as the Empress of the Oil Industry in Nigeria, Diezani was the darling of the high ad mighty in the public and private sectors.
She was revered as a queen, deified and worshipped like a goddess and dreaded like an empress who had the power over life and death in her kingdom. So powerful was Diezani that the National Assembly stood still any time she came to the parliament to defend the budget of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.