New year eve tragedy: Bomb kills 6 in Yobe

Six people have reportedly died in Fika, Yobe state after an explosion occurred close to a security checkpoint.
The Yobe State Police Commissioner, Marcus Danladi, told PREMIUM TIMES the explosive device that went off was being conveyed in a car to an unknown location when it suddenly exploded. According to Danladi, the car exploded shortly after it drove past a checkpoint.
An officer of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Maiduwa Town, who pleaded anonymity told Channels Television that the bomber boarded a commercial Volkswagen Golf Car with the explosive devices from Fika Town heading to Potiskum, the commercial nerve center of the state.

Yobe is in the troubled north-east zone of Nigeria

“The people carrying the bomb inside a vehicle were the people who died,” the police commissioner said. “They came from one of the villages where the insurgents are  hiding and the same people carrying the bomb were the same people who died.
“Yobe is calm. There is no problem.”
Just two days ago, an explosion rocked Potiskum, Yobe State, killing one person.
In a related development,the Nigerian Police Force last week, revealed their team during a stop and search disarmed a bomb in Potiskum.

UK records its first Ebola case

The last is yet to be heard about the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) as the United Kingdom has recorded its first case of the Ebola virus, in a healthcare worker who just returned to the country from Sierra Leone.
Hospital authorities revealed that the carrier of the deadly disease came in on Sunday night, and has been in isolation at Glasgow’s Gartnavel Hospital, while all possible contacts with the case is being investigated.
The National Health Service said that the patient is believed to have had contact with only one other person since arriving in the city, but that all passengers on the flight she took will be traced.
Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, took part in two emergency meetings on Monday – one of the Scottish Government’s resilience committee, and one of the UK-wide Cobra committee, chaired by the UK Prime Minister, David Cameron.
She told journalists that as a precaution, Health Protection Scotland has traced and contacted, or left messages with, 63 of the 70 other passengers who were on the same flight from London to Glasgow as the patient.
Efforts, she said were being made to reach the remaining seven.
According to UK and Scottish protocol, for anyone diagnosed with Ebola, the patient will be transferred to the high level isolation unit in the Royal Free Hospital, London.
A second health worker who returned from West Africa recently is being tested in Aberdeen for Ebola, it has emerged.

Nigerian Government Declares Friday, January 2, 2015 As Public Holiday

The Federal Government of Nigeria has declared Friday, January 2, 2015 as public holiday to mark Eid el Maloud.
The announcement was made by the Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, on behalf of the government.
In a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Makaji Abdulahi, Moro urged Muslim faithful and all Nigerians to pray for the peace and unity of the country.
Moro further urged all Nigerians to engage in violent free activities in the run off to the 2015 general elections and to support President Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda to move Nigeria to the next level of development.
Moro also wished all Muslim faithful and Nigerians a very peaceful celebration.
The Federal Government had earlier declared January 1, 2015 as public holiday to mark the New Year.

The health benefit of Bitter leaf ( Vernonia amygdalina)

This kind of leaf is very familiar to some people but others may not have any idea about this wonder leaf. Bitter-leaf can grow anywhere unlike other leaves that only grow in certain places and temperature. These leaves flourishes anywhere they grow. They add beauty to all places where they are present. The most distinctive characteristic of this plant is its bitterness. Every part of this plant is bitter starting from the leaves to its roots. The bitterness of this plant is actually good for the body. It has a lot of health benefits to people. The plant can remind people that life is not always sweet; it takes to taste bitterness before you can achieve sweetness. This plant is very useful in toning the vital organs of the body especially the liver and the kidney.
The liver is one of the most important organs of the body. It has a lot of vital functions that is needed for normal functioning of the whole system of the body. Without the liver all major process in the body will be paralyze. The liver is known as the largest organ inside the body. It has an approximate weight of 1-3 kg in an average adult individual. There are a lot of major functions that the liver should do every day and this includes the production of bile acid that helps in fat metabolism.
Without the liver fats will not be digested inside the body to be use as energy. Bitter-leaf can be very helpful in maintaining the livers optimum health to release bile acid every time people eat fatty foods. Another major function of the liver is the production of glycogen. Glycogen is stored energy that is release in times of low level of glucose especially for people who do fasting.
The liver should be well taken care of by using bitter-leaf. Once the liver is been damage it can’t be restored into its normal function. People with liver problems can boil a bitter-leaf and drink a glass of it every day.
Another very vital organ inside the body is the kidney. Kidney helps in the excretion of waste products inside the body. If the normal function of the kidney breakdown there will great huge problem inside the body. Bitter-leaf a natural herb that is useful in taking care of the kidney and the liver.
Diabetic patient can also use bitter-leaf as one of their medication to prevent high sugar level in the blood. It will not only lower the sugar level in the blood but also repair impaired pancreas. As you all know pancreas is the organ responsible for the production of insulin for glucose to reach each cell to use by the body as energy. Impaired pancreas does not release the right amount of insulin to maintain the right sugar level in the blood. Bitter-leaf is a real wonder of nature. You can take the benefit of this amazing plant by squeezing its leaves in ten litters of water.

President Goodluck Ebelle Jonathan visiits IBB,

photos of president Goodluck Ebele  Jonathan  visit to IBB.. Happy viewing

America President is Responsible For his Personal Feeding and not the government.

 The President of the United States of America (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. The person in this position is the leader of the country which has the largest economy and the largest military, with command authority over the largest active nuclear arsenal. The president is frequently described as the most powerful person in the world. 

Since 2001, the US president has earned a $400,000 annual salary, along with a $50,000 annual expense account, a $100,000 nontaxable travel account, and $19,000 for entertainment. The most recent raise in salary was approved by Congress and President Bill Clinton in 1999 and went into effect in 2001.

The White House in Washington, D.C., serves as the official place of residence for the president; he is entitled to use its staff and facilities, including medical care, recreation, housekeeping, and security services. The government pays for state dinners and other official functions, BUT the president pays for dry cleaning and food that he, his family, and personal guests consume; the high food bill often amazes new residents.

Na wa for this stomach infrastructure o.

Ekiti State governor, Mr Ayo Fayose, yesterday, commenced the implementation of his stomach infrastructure programme, as he distributed no fewer than 80,000 birds, 100,000 bags of rice and cash gift to the less privileged, widows and the aged in the state.

According to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, yesterday, the office of the governor was besieged by the people who later went back home with gifts.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose distributing chicken, rice and money to the widow and aged in Ado Ekiti yesterday for the Christmas under the stomach infrastructure programme of his administration

According to the statement, some of the elderly, who could not hide their joy at the rare opportunity of having to celebrate the season with the package, were full of prayers for Fayose and members of his cabinet.

Some of the beneficiaries had stormed the office as early as 10am as the governor, alongside  members of his staff, started distributing the package to the people who kept appearing in their multitudes.

Some of the beneficiaries, including Mr Jewoola from Ado-Ekiti, Mr Ife Akinyeye and Mrs. Afolabi Mary, noted that the gesture reaffirmed the governor as a grassroots man.

They appreciated the governor for putting himself in the shoes of the common man who may find it difficult to prepare sumptuous meal for his family at this period of festivity.

The governor later moved to markets in the state capital with same package for those who could come to the Governor’s Office with a promise that all the 16 local governments had designated centres for the distribution.

In a chat with journalists, Fayose stated that his priority was the welfare of the people of Ekiti who, “against all odds”, returned him to office after eight years in a landslide victory.

200,000 for fuel isn't bribe according to Ekiti Speaker.

Embattled Ekiti state Speaker told Punch in an interview that the N200,000 he and his colleagues collected from Gov Fayose was for fuel and not bribe. Na wa o..so fuel is that expensive in Ekiti?

"It is just a gift from the governor when we visited him. He said he was giving us money for fuel. Nobody demanded gift from him, he gave out of his own free will. He has not even given up to N400,000 since he became the governor. It is all about the political drama going on in Ekiti State." He said

Armour of God Bible church organises Praise Night in a Grand Style.

The armour of God Bible church upper sakponba, Benin city organises African indegenious praise night. This was organise to appreciate and praise God for the gift of life and for preparation for the christmas yelutide.

  The night of thursday the 18th of december was brace up with praise as the programme started at about 9pm with worship and praise. It was one of a kind as indegenious songs from Frank Edward, Mrs Vero Adedoyin, Peter De Rock, Papa Ogbomwan, Sinach and many others was rendered by the choir with a highly trained and meticulous instrumentalist. Drama, comedy and other varieties was not left out. 

The programme was well attended as the auditorium was filled up in and out. 

The programme however ended at exactly 4am in the morning with members filled with a lot of joy and awe.

The Many Crimes Of Buhari By Prof. Wole Soyinka

The grounds on which General Buhari is being promoted as the alternative choice are not only shaky, but pitifully naive. History matters. Records are not kept simply to assist the weakness of memory, but to operate as guides to the future. Of course, we know that human beings change. What the claims of personality change or transformation impose on us is a rigorous inspection of the evidence, not wishful speculation or behind-the- scenes assurances. Public offence, crimes against a polity, must be answered in the public space, not in caucuses of bargaining. In Buhari, we have been offered no evidence of the sheerest prospect of change. On the contrary, all evident suggests that this is one individual who remains convinced that this is one ex-ruler that the nation cannot call to order Buhari? Need one remind anyone – was one of the generals who treated a Commission of Enquiry, the Oputa Panel, with unconcealed disdain. Like Babangida and Abdusalami, he refused to put in appearance even though complaints that were tabled against him involved a career of gross abuses of power and blatant assault on the fundamental human rights of the Nigerian citizenry. Prominent against these charges was an act that amounted to nothing less than judicial murder, the execution of a citizen under a retroactive decree. Does Decree 20 ring a bell? If not, then, perhaps the names of three youths – Lawal Ojuolape (30), Bernard Ogedengbe (29) and Bartholomew Owoh (26) do. To put it quite plainly, one of those three Ogedengbe – was executed for a crime that did not carry a capital forfeit at the time it was committed. This was an unconscionable crime, carried out in defiance of the pleas and protests of nearly every sector of the Nigerian and international community religious, civil rights, political, trade unions etc.

Buhari and his sidekick and his partner-in-crime, Tunde Idiagbon persisted in this inhuman act for one reason and one reason only: to place Nigerians on notice that they were now under an iron, inflexible rule, under governance by fear. The execution of that youthful innocent for so he was, since the punishment did not exist at the time of commission – was nothing short of premeditated murder, for which the perpetrators should normally stand trial upon their loss of immunity. Are we truly expected to forget this violation of our entitlement to security as provided under existing laws? And even if our sensibilities have become blunted by succeeding seasons of cruelty and brutality, if power itself had so coarsened the sensibilities also of rulers and corrupted their judgment, what should one rightly expect after they have been rescued from the snare of power. At the very least, a revaluation, leading hopefully to remorse, and its expression to a wronged society. At the very least, such a revaluation should engender reticence, silence. In the case of Buhari, it was the opposite. Since leaving office he has declared in the most categorical terms that he had no regrets over this murder and would do so again. Human life is inviolate. The right to life is the uniquely fundamental right on which all other rights are based. The crime that General Buhari committed against the entire nation went further however, inconceivable as it might first appear. That crime is one of the most profound negations of civic being. Not content with hammering down the freedom of expression in general terms, Buhari specifically forbade all public discussion of a return to civilian, democratic rule. Let us constantly applaud our media those battle scarred professionals did not completely knuckle down

Todays Fact

✉ Today's Fact

Walt Disney holds the world record for the most Academy Awards won by one person, he has won twenty statuettes, and twelve other plaques and certificates.

✉ Today's Quote

“ Unfortunately for us all, the main essence of living is to die; Live everyday like its your last. YOLO (You Only Live Once) should be a wrong expression because we live everyday and we only die once! Make good use of your limited time here on earth! ”

- Edified Umar Rasaq Oluwaseyi

✉ Today In History [19th December, 2014]

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnap 100 over women, children in Nigeria

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped more than 100 women and children and killed 35 other people on Sunday during a raid on the remote northeast Nigerian village of Gumsuri, a security source and resident said on Thursday.

Although no one has claimed it yet, the attack bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which abducted more than 200 women in April from a secondary school in Chibok, only 24 km (15 miles) from this latest attack.

Its campaign for an Islamic state by Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful", has become the gravest threat to Africa's biggest economy and top oil producer.

Thousands of people have been killed and many hundreds abducted, raising questions about the ability of security forces to protect civilians, especially around the north Cameroon border where the militants are well established.

Maina Chibok, who did not witness the attack but is from Gumsuri and visited family there shortly afterwards, said the insurgents came in pick-up trucks and sprayed the town with bullets from AK-47s and machine guns.

"They gathered the people, shot dead over 30 people and took away more than 100 women and children in two open-top trucks," Chibok said. Burials of many of the victims had already happened, he added.

News from remote parts of Nigeria that are cut off from mobile communications sometimes takes days to emerge.

A security source confirmed that more than 100 had been abducted and said 35 people had been killed, including the district head.

"They also burned down a government medical center, houses and shops," Chibok said.

The abductions have gained in frequency this year. A man who says he is Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau last month rejected comments by the government it was in talks to free the Chibok girls, saying he had in fact "married them off" to Boko Haram commanders, in a video posted on the Internet.

The military, which does not usually comment on security developments in the northeast, did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Sunday's incident.

A youth vigilante from the area called Aliyu Mamman told Reuters by telephone that there was no security presence to stop the militants, who stayed in the town all night before leaving.

Nigeria sentenced 54 soldiers to death by firing squad for mutiny while fighting against insurgents in the northeast on Wednesday.

Cameroon's army killed 116 Boko Haram militants on Wednesday when they attacked a base in the Far North region of the country, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

ARC MIKE ONOLEMEMEN NEVER SAID THAT.

It was alleged by Victor Oriafoh "MY PEOPLE ARE CHEAP...I WILL BUY THEM OVER IN THE COMING ELECTION.....ARCH. MIKE ONOLEMEMEN".

Arch Mike Never said that, this are statement from bike bitters and the never do well in the society who takes pleasure in destroying other peoples name and deforming other peoples character.

Arch Mike is a good man and will continue to be and do not listen to the principalities that ravages at noon day. Support him because i do not need a physician to tell me that he is the right man for the people.

"He that is ready for life, does not listen to the sound of birds.

ANNOUNCEMENT: IGUEBEN COLLEGE IGUEBEN 2005/2006 ASSOCIATION ORGANISING GET TOGETHER/ END OF YEAR PARTY.

END OF YEAR PARTY!!!

With regards to the above heading, on behalf of my fellow EXCOS, I want to use this medium to inform each and everyone of this honorable ASSOCIATION dat our end of year party will be coming up as slated below :::::::::::

DATE::::::::: 2ND OF JANUARY 2015

VENUE :::: Same venue as of last year[Close to afuda primary School] 

TIME ::::::::11AM PROMPT 

R.S.V.P:::::::EXCOS 

Visit the association facebook group as there is important information for all member. THANKS.

SIGNED :::::::::SYLVESTER (P.R.O)
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NEWSPAPER REVIEW, TUESDAY, December 16, 2014

DAILY TRUST

Deadlock over Buhari’s running mate….meeting continues today;

Naira appreciates against U.S. dollar;

Long queues as oil workers begin strike;

West Africa’s security under threat—Jonathan;

246 days since over 200 school girls were taken by Boko Haram;

GUARDIAN

ECOWAS launches CET, charts course on security, Ebola, others; 

Boosts parliament’s powers, Ekweremadu lauds action; 

APC yet to choose Buhari’s running mate;

Reps leader seeks legal quota for women participation in governance;

Protesters ground Benin over electricity supply, huge bills; 

‘Obasanjo’s book, a misrepresentation of facts’;

Lagos arbitration court, chamber of commerce international arbitration sign MoU;

Protest trails alleged plan to impose Bankole on Ogun PDP; 

Man City get Barca again, as Arsenal meet Monaco;

LEADERSHIP

Jonathan And The Three Wise Men; 

2015: Don’t publish results before official release—Jega tells Media;

Kpaduma: Natives Lament Incessant Demolition Harrassment From FCDA; 

Kate Henshaw, Other PDP Aspirants Affirm Transparent Primaries In C/River; 

Insurgency: Delta Evacuates 73 Students From Adamawa Schools ;

Enugu LGA Chairman Impeached; 

BPE Hands Over FG’s Stake In SPDC To NNPC;

Top African Music Acts Set For Glo CAF Awards; 

Balotelli Accepts FA Charge; 

Chelsea Get Tough Round Of 16 Draw, City Face Barça Again; 

DAILY SUN

Tambuwal floors FG again….court refuses to stop Speaker;

Senate probes police invasion of National Assembly;

Bad economy: Resign now, Wammako tells Jonathan;

This is first time I received award without budget attached to it--Anenih;

T.A. Orji: Kalu apologises to Abians;

Obasanjo has no respect for law---Kashamu;

SOCCER STAR

Champions League gods smile on Gunners;

Barca rules out Vermaelen sack

Lawmakers to probe Eagles failure;

Ambrose attacked again;

Lagbaja, Flavour for Glo-Caf Awards;

Ronaldo bags BBC Award;

Writtn: By Prince tosinoscopolo

QUEUE AT FILLING STATIONS IN BENIN CITY OVER OIL WORKERS STRIKE

Following the recent nationwide strike by pengassan and nupeng, long queues at illing station greeted the Benin metropolis.
It was gathered that motorist was in search of petrol yesterday as NNPC mega station did not sell product. Motorist was at stations they can get from to curtail the raining days...
DETAILS SHORTLY

PENGASSAN AND NUPENG GOES ON NATIONWIDE STRIKE.

The unions, Pengassan and Nupeng, said the strike would continue until the government addressed its concerns.

These include the adoption of the delayed Petroleum Industry Bill, aimed at overhauling the sector and maintenance work on oil refineries.

The unions frequently go on strike or threaten to strike.

This time, the two unions were initially demanding the reinstatement of representatives who had been dismissed by oil companies, but now their list of complaints has grown.

They are now protesting that the government has allowed Nigeria's oil refineries to fall into disrepair and that the poor state of the country's roads is hindering the transport of oil.

They are also asking for the price of petrol to be reduced and oil theft to be stopped.

"We've commenced the strike. It will affect oil production, since all operations are on strike," Pengassan chief Babatunde Oke told Reuters.

However, an oil executive said the strike was not expected to affect output, because it would require the co-operation of large numbers of workers at production sites who would be unwilling to go that far.

"It's very difficult to shut them down, and once they do, it would take them a week to get them back up. They never do it. That's the last thing anyone wants," an oil executive told Reuters.

The BBC's reporter said most of the unions' demands seemed "unrealistic, especially with an election looming".

"The refineries are not suddenly going to be fixed because of this strike. Some oil industry watchers suggest the unions are simply trying to force the government to pay them off and get a hefty Christmas present," he added.

A strike in September had little impact on oil production.

Many Nigerians, whether Christian or Muslim, travel home over the Christmas and New Year holidays and so they are stocking up on fuel now, in case of shortages in the next couple of weeks, analysts say.

UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND OF 16.

UCL Round of 16 Draw 

ARSENAL V MONACO

SHAKHTAR DONETSK V BAYERN MUNICH

SCHALKE V REAL MADRID

JUVENTUS V BORUSSIA DORTMUND

BAYER LEVERKUSEN V ATLETICO MADRID

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN V CHELSEA

MANCHESTER CITY V BARCELONA

BASEL V PORTO 

EX-GOV OSUNBOR ANNOUNCES FRESH BID FOR EDO GOVERNORSHIP

Almost six years after he was removed from office as governor by the appeal court in Benin, proffessor Osarhemen Osunbor recently announced his intention to run for the governorship of Edo state in 2016.

He spoke when youth across the three senatorial districts of the state, on the aegis of Edo vissionary network, honoured him with award of excellence at his Iruekpen country home.

According to him, "as you said in your address, the journey has not ended; and i should make myself available for service as governor of Edo state.

Many group and personalities accross Edo state have been making this appeal to me to make myself available for continnuity. I haveve alWays restrained myself from coming out."


"Because of the honour done to me today, I think it is appropriate for me to tell the people of Edo state that I am willing and ready to come back."
CURLED FROM ESAN MAGAZINE NOV 2014, PAGE 7

NIGERIA HIGH SPEED RAIL PROJECT: GLOBALLY TOP 100 WORLD CLASS INFRASTRUCTURE.

Nigeria’s high speed rail project initiated by President Goodluck Jonathan has been rated among the global top 100 world-class infrastructure projects by KPMG.

The rail will connect Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Warri, Bauchi, Abuja, and Port Harcourt and will cost the country $13 billion, much of which will be financed with a loan from the Export Import Bank of China.

The China Railway Construction Corporation has secured the contract to build the 3,218-kilometre network, which will be digitally operated using fibre-optic cables, radio communication and wireless services.

The project is designed to cover 54 stations and will take 25 years to build.


In the report, The Infrastructure 100: World Markets Report, the KPMG panel of judges said the project “will remove heavy freight from Nigeria’s stressed roads, could save the country millions on road maintenance”.

Other African projects on the list are: Khi Solar One (South Africa), Square Kilometer Array (South Africa), PRASA Rolling Stock (South Africa), Kudu Gas Field and CCGT Project (Namibia),Trans-Saharan Natural Gas Project (Nigeria to Algeria), Mombasa-Kigali Railway (Rwanda), KivuWatt (Rwanda), Jinja Bridge (Uganda), and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Terminal (Kenya).

In its note, KPMG said the report highlights key trends driving infrastructure investment around the world.

A global panel of industry experts identifies 100 of the world’s most innovative, impactful infrastructure projects showing how governments are coming together with the private sector to overcome funding constraints to finance and build projects that can improve quality of life – both solving immediate needs and planning for future societal demands.

The report looks at infrastructure based on the dynamics of four key markets: Mature International Markets (like Canada, Australia, and UK), Economic Powerhouses (including the US and BRIC countries), Smaller Established Markets (like Chile, Sweden, New Zealand, Korea and South Africa), and Emerging Markets (including a number of economies in Africa).

EHI GIDEON IJIE ; THE NEW NAESS NATIONAL PRESIDENT

The new elected national president of the national association of edo state student (NAESS) took to his facebook page to appreciate all for granting him the privilledge to act as the national president.

GREATEST NAESS!

GREATEST NAESS!!

I appreciate all the supporters, stakeholders, NAESS Senators and distinquished eleco '014. Words aren't enough to show how honoured i am by your various contributions. The era of PARADIGM IMPACT has just began.

Yours sincerely, Ehi Gideon Ijie; President-elect, NAESS National.