Saturday, 15 August 2015
Ekiti PDP expels Aluko, three others
The Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expelled the State Secretary, Dr Tope Aluko and three other members of the State Working Committee over anti-party activities.
The other affected officers are Tunde Olatunde (Vice-Chairman, North), Mrs Busola Oyebode (Women Leader) and Tunji Olanrewaju (Assistant Secretary).
The expulsion of the officers followed the adoption by the State Executive Committee of the recommendations by the Disciplinary Committee set up by the party to probe the allegations levelled against them.
Borno deputy governor dies in Yola
Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, has died in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
Though no ailment was reported, the
state government, which expressed “shock and disbelief” at the deputy
governor’s death, said Mustapha was in Yola to represent the state
government at the convocation of the Modibbo Adama University of Science
and Technology, Yola.
A statement by the Secretary to the
Borno State Government, Alhaji Usman Shuwa, on Saturday, added that the
deceased was also scheduled to visit Borno State indigenes, who are
quartered in the Internally Displaced Persons camps in Yola.
Nigerian women turn innocent girls to sex slaves in Dubai
Esther Nicole Otubo
Sometime
in 2014, a young beautiful girl, Ms Precious, completed her university
education and the National Youth Service Corps programme in Edo State.
Precious, as she identified herself while nude in a video, decided to
seek better opportunity outside Nigeria. She chose a booming beautiful
Arab city, Dubai, as her port of future success. Precious convinced her
parents to finance her desire to travel. Her mother had no option than
to support her by processing the needed travel documents to her
dreamland.
On August 28, 2014, the naïve, young and
pretty lady was ordered to stand naked in front of a camera by one of
the most notorious Nigerian sex slave and human traffickers in Dubai,
Esther Nicole Otubo. The video recordings of this innocent girl were to
blackmail her and other girls under her “PROSTITUTION BUSINESS EMPIRE”
in case they refused to pay their daily dividends to her. Precious
hopelessly agreed to Otubo’s terms of engagement, as captured in the
video transcript:
Drama at Ooni’s palace: Wives, children barred from Ooni’s burial
Residents
at the entrance of Ile Oodua during the inter-religious farewell
service in honour of the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, in
Ile-Ife, Osun State… on Friday. Inset: Late Oba Okunade Sijuwade.
The final burial rites of the late
Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, Olubuse II, was performed on Friday,
but his wives, children and family members were unable to pay their last
respects as they were barred from the programme.
Some other people who had expected to see
the body of the monarch lie in state were also disappointed as his
remains were neither brought out for people to see nor was any casket
displayed during the burial service.
The event was attended by the
Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Rear Admiral Akin Aduwo (retd.),
Gen. Alani Akinriande (retd.), Senator Babajide Omoworare, Ondo State
Governor Olusegun Mimiko and many other dignitaries and government
representatives.
Traditional prayers were offered for the
late monarch by Tadimole Awo Ilare, Chief Faloba. The event was
conducted in less than three hours.
Adamawa not using N200m for prayers against Boko Haram - Govt
Buhari must ensure Niger-Delta does not heat up again – Orubebe
He said:
There was serious internal crisis within the PDP, which led to the defection of some important members including governors, legislators and other leaders. Secondly, this insecurity challenge, especially Boko Haram, was a key factor the opposition took advantage of.
Thirdly, you know Nigeria politics; politics of North and South. Some northern leaders accused Dr Goodluck Jonathan of refusing to honour the zoning agreement. I do not know when that agreement was reached, where it was discussed. That was a key factor, the entire North felt power should return to the region. Also, some persons within the party did not do well. We see it as a betrayal, the way they lost scandalously in their areas.
In regards to increased insecurity in the country he said:
When the Boko Haram insurgency started many Nigerians felt it was just Jonathan’s problem. So people rather than joining him to fight they were busy blaming him. Even the people from places where this crisis is going on were seeing it as just Jonathan’s problem. So that is how it basically got to this point. As we can see, this problem has gone beyond just Nigeria.
These people have connections with ISIS, Al-Qaeda and other international terrorist organizations. I will call on all Nigerians to support the current President and the government, to see how we would put hands together and fight it.
In regards to the resurrection of the crisis in the Niger-Delta region under President Buhari, he said:
Even before the election there were some set of youths, let me call them ex-agitators who threatened that if Jonathan was not re-elected they were going to take up arms again.
We reached out to these agitators and some youth leaders to take the result of the elections. I still see some forms of threat, especially on the part of the ex-agitators; arising from what is going on in the current government, which I may call witch-hunt. As of last count, we have three aides to the former president from the Niger Delta, who are being detained and no one has come up to tell us the reasons for their detention. I have my fears, because I know the role we played to make sure that there is peace in the region; and if this witch-hunt is not halted with immediate effect, I doubt that we will continue to enjoy peace in the Niger-Delta.
As a group, we are still planning some programmes to bring the youths together. First and foremost, looking at the crisis in the North-Eastern part of the country, we want to work with the youths over there because they are our brothers, and anything happening there affects every one of us. We are also planning programmes and activities that will continue to foster peaceful co-existence among Niger-Delta youths.
We have been trying to bring various warring factions and youth groups in the region together to maintain peace. We are planning a meeting with the newly elected leaders in the region, especially the governors and legislators, to see how we can pursue a common goal, which is the development of the Niger-Delta, peacefully.
In President Muhammadu Bahari’s inaugural speech, he promised to improve on programmes that were already in place and that Niger-Delta in particular will have a special place in his government. So, we are hoping that he will keep to his promise. You are the President/Founder of Concerned Niger-Delta Youths Initiative (CNDYI), what is the group about?
The aim of this group is to promote peace and unity among Niger-Delta youths in particular and Nigerian youths in general. It was formed as a result of the polarization of youths’ groups over the years which has become a tool in the hands of selfish politicians with their divisive tendencies and other Niger-Delta forces.
We set up this group to bring these youths together in order to foster unity among them as leaders of tomorrow.
Vanguard
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Chika Ike visits Togo, received by dignitaries..(photos)
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