EFCC Arrests Former Benue Governor, Suswam

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arrested a former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswan, over alleged corruption during his tenure as Governor. Former Benue Gov. Gabriel and his wife Yemisi Suswam

Mr. Suswam governed Benue State between 2007 and May 2015.

He was being quizzed at the EFCC office in Abuja over alleged graft in his State, at the time of this report.

“He was invited by the EFCC in connection with ongoing corruption investigation in Benue State,” Wilson Uwajuren, EFCC spokesperson, told Don Joseph's blog

Shocking Video ISIS Terrorists Vow: ‘We Will Strike America At Its Center’

Terror group filmed chilling clip out of Iraqi area they've overtaken.

ISIS terrorists vowed to attack Washington D.C. as part of its “crusader campaign” in a video released Monday.

Catholic hospital denies an ill and pregnant woman surgery

Just weeks after she was told she was pregnant with her third child, Michigan woman Jessica Mann, 33, learned she had a life-threatening brain tumor that future pregnancies could exacerbate.

Jessica Man and her husband.

The discovery meant that Mann was faced with a tough decision: her doctor recommended that she have her fallopian tubes tied at the same time as she has her cesarean section delivery, scheduled for later this month.

Two Palestinians die in West Bank violence

Two Palestinians have been shot and killed in separate incidents in the West Bank as Israel announced plans to build a new fence near the flashpoint city of Hebron in an effort to contain a two-month spate of violence.

Two Palestinians die in West Bank violence

In the first incident, the Israeli military said "a violent riot erupted" when troops raided the village of Qattana overnight to search for ammunition and arrest suspected assailants. The Palestinians hurled firebombs and stones at troops, according to the army.

Biafra Republic will be declared without bloodbath – MASSOB

ENUGU—A faction of the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra,MASSOB, weekend, lashed out at Enugu Catholic Priest,Rev.Fr. Ejike Mbaka, describing his comment on the struggle for Biafra as insensitive and unguided.

Rev. Ejike Mbaka

This is coming as MASSOB, yesterday, said that a Biafran Republic will be declared very soon without bloodbath.

How drunken gang member shot dead 9 DSS officials at Arepo —Agbara robbery kingpin

LAGOS—Leader of the dreaded gang of bank robbers which had been terrorising commercial banks in Lagos and Ogun states in military uniforms has disclosed that his gang never intended to kill nine officials of the Department of State Service, DSS, who went missing last September.

The suspect, identified as Kelly Fotor, an Ijaw native of Arugbo, Ondo State, was arrested last Saturday by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, SIRT, at a wedding ceremony in Sapele, Delta State.

Gun battle with Police and arrest

Donjoseph gathered that the suspect, who was at the ceremony with some armed men, had a gun duel with the operatives which led to the killing of one of the policemen, while Fotor and three of his colleagues, were arrested with bullet wounds.

How drunken gang member shot dead 9 DSS officials at Arepo —Agbara robbery kingpin

It was gathered that the SIRT operatives, led by CSP, Abba Kyari, who had been on the trail of the gang, trailed Fotor to the wedding ceremony after their last operation at Agbara area of Ogun State where they robbed a bank and left three persons, including a pregnant woman, dead.

BIAFRA: Leaders to meet Buhari on Igbo marginalization

Enugu—THE meeting of Igbo leaders summoned yesterday by the South East Governors’ Forum, SEGF, to discuss the security implications of the agitations by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, and the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, ended in Enugu with the leaders resolving to set up a delegation of Igbo elders to meet President Muhammadu Buhari on the marginalisation of Igbo in the country.

They also agreed to dialogue with members of the MASSOB and IPOB groups with a view to ending the protests now rocking the old Eastern region.

Photos: Protest in Abuja, as FG arraigns Nnamdi Kanu in Court

Supporters of Director of Radio Biafra and Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Monday, purportedly stormed Abuja in luxury buses, to show solidarity, in a peaceful protest, for their leader who was finally arraigned by the Federal Government before the Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate Court, Abuja.

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Supporters of Nnamdi Kanu stormed Abuja on Monday, November 23, 2015, in a solidarity protest for their leader who was arraigned in Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate Court, Abuja

Confusion In Kogi Over Rumoured Ressurection of Audu

There is confusion in Kogi state over the possible resurrection of Prince Audu Abubakar, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The former governor of the state was confirmed dead on Sunday evening and there were reports that he is due for burial today.

Prince Abubakar Audu, Ex-Kogi State Governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate is rumoured to be alive

Soldiers Accused Of Brutalizing And Killing Civilian In Yobe

Members of Bundigari community in Damaturu, Yobe state, have accused some soldiers of the Nigerian army of extrajudicial killing of a 26-year-old Ibrahim Bala, This Day reports.

Speaking with journalists, a member of the community, Ali Useni, said that the military arrested Ibrahim after a raid within the community and brutalized him.

Basketmouth Visits Bukola Saraki (PICTURED)

Comedian Basketmouth was with Senate President Bukola Saraki recently and he shared a picture to this effect.

The stand-up act took to his Instagram and talked about his visit to the politician with a post which he captioned thus: “Standing as the 1st man in my house beside the 3rd man in Nigeria.”

Basketmouth and Senate President Bukola Saraki

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Ronaldo targeted by Chelsea in sensational £70-plus million deal

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ROMAN ABRAMOVICH is lining up an overhaul at Chelsea — and plans to build a new team around Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Stamford Bridge supremo is prepared to make Real Madrid an offer they cannot refuse for the Portuguese superstar. And he is willing to sell Eden Hazard, Nemanja Matic and Oscar to fund the sensational move.

Swaziland Vs Nigeria: It’s a David vs Goliath war but…

Swaziland shocked Guinea 2-1 in an AFCON qualifier in June and they will be gunning for another famous win against a team coach Harries Bulunga calls “the Nigerian giants” when both sides clash today in a 2018 World Cup eliminator.

Swaziland 30-year-old captain Tony Tsabedze, who has posted spells in South Africa, scored twice in Casablanca against a team who reached the last-eight of this year’s AFCON in Equatorial Guinea.

Before this famous win, the Kingdom of Swaziland had not won on the road in 20 other attempts in the Nations Cup since 1986.

And leading up to the Guinea game, they defeated Tanzania and Lesotho as well as held Madagascar in the COSAFA Cup.

Swaziland Vs Nigeria: It’s a David vs Goliath war

Nigeria’s midfielder John Mikel Obi (C) falls next to South Africa’s defender Thabo Matlaba (L) and midfielder Sibusiso Vilakazi (R) during the 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifying football match between South Africa and Nigeria on September 10, 2014 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Temporary reprieve for Saraki as Supreme Court halts CCT’s trial

ABUJA—Temporary reprieve came the way of the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, yesterday, as the Supreme Court aborted bid by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, to begin full blown hearing on the 13-count criminal charge preferred against him by the Federal Government.

In a ruling, yesterday, a five-man panel of justices of the apex court, led by Justice John Fabiyi, directed the CCT to ‘tarry awhile’ to enable it look into Saraki’s appeal.

It will be recalled that the Justice Danladi Umar-led tribunal had on November 5 declined to suspend hearing on the case.

Bukola Saraki

The tribunal, while refusing to hands-off the matter, gave the Federal Government the nod to call witnesses to testify against the Senate President on November 19.

Justice Umar anchored his decision on Section 305 (c) of the newly-enacted Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, which he said gave the tribunal powers to conclude the trial and pass sentence, but suspend execution until such a time the appeal before the higher court was considered and decided.

Boko Haram releases new video, shows missing Chibok girls

LAGOS – Boko Haram released a new video on Monday claiming to show the missing schoolgirls, alleging the teenagers had converted to Islam and would not be released until all militant prisoners were freed.

The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, speaks on the video obtained by AFP for 17 minutes before showing what he said were the girls, in Muslim dress and praying in an undisclosed rural location.

A total of 276 girls were abducted on April 14 from the northeastern town of Chibok, in Borno state, which has a sizeable Christian community. Some 223 are still missing.

Troops kill 4 terrorists, rescue 61 abducted women, kids

AS the military onslaught to dislodge Boko Haram terrorists from the North East gains momentum, troops of the 28 Task Force Brigade, backed by close air support by the Nigerian Air Force, have rescued 61 persons abducted and held captive by the insurgents along Bitta and Damboa axis.

The troops also in the process, cleared Boko Haram terrorists’ camps at Modupe 1, 2 and 3.

A statement by Col. Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, said: “The rescued persons were mainly women and children and have since been evacuated” while four terrorists were killed in the operation.

Breaking: Again, Court orders DSS to allow Dasuki travel abroad for treatment

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Department of State Services (DSS), to allow former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), to travel out of the country for medical treatment.

Ex-NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.)

How breast-feeding exposed baby factory syndicate

LAGOS — Plans by a 25-year-old mother of four to sell a one-week-old baby boy, who was stolen in Onitsha, Anambra State, to a barren woman in Lagos, has been botched and the suspect arrested.

The suspect, Nkechi Obi.

It was her inability to breast-feed the baby that set off the alarm, which led to her arrest and subsequent confession.

The suspect, who claimed to be a farmer and an apprentice in Onitsha, said she was on her way to hand over the baby to the buyer at Cele Bus Stop, along the Oshodi/Apapa Express-way, when she was arrested.

Preliminary investigation, as gathered, revealed that the baby was stolen from his biological mother, who fled home on discovering she was pregnant.

Trouble started for the suspect, identified as Nkechi Obi, after the driver of the vehicle she chartered from Asaba, Delta State, became suspicious when he observed that she never breastfed the baby, even though the child cried ceaselessly during the six-hour journey to Lagos.

US air strike targets ‘Jihadi John’ in Syria

A US strike on Syria that targeted British militant “Jihadi John” was “an act of self defence”, Britain‘s Prime Minister David Cameron said Friday while acknowledging his death was “not yet certain”.

Cameron said the operation against Mohammed Emwazi, who appears in a string of graphic videos showing the execution of Western hostages, was a combined British-US effort.

“We cannot yet be certain if the strike was successful,” Cameron said in a statement delivered outside his Downing Street office.

FIFA approves five presidential candidates

FIFA on Thursday approved five candidates to stand in February’s vote to replace Sepp Blatter as president of world football’s governing body, but Michel Platini has not yet made the list.

The five who met the qualifications following a series of integrity tests were: Prince Ali Al Hussein, Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Jerome Champagne, Gianni Infantino and Tokyo Sexwale, a FIFA statement said.

Issa Hayatou, Acting FIFA President

The candidacy of Platini, the suspended head of European football who had been the favourite to succeed Blatter, will be examined once his 90-day suspension byFIFA’s ethics committee is over.

Pastor rapes 13-yr-old during deliverance, says its devil’s work

Nasarawa State Police command on Monday nabbed a 46 year-old pastor, Ifeanyi Bernard, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in the Karu Local Government Area of the state.

The law enforcement agents said the said rape occurred on November 3 during a deliverance session between the pastor and the teenager.

Suspended FIFA boss Blatter leaves hospital

Suspended FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has left hospital and returned home after being admitted over a stress-related medical incident, his spokesman said on Thursday.

Blatter

Spokesman Klaus Stoehlker said the scandal-tainted Blatter was picked up from the hospital by his daughter Corinne late on Wednesday and taken back to his home in Switzerland’s Valais region.

Rooney benched, Vardy out for Spain clash

Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane will start for England against Spain in Alicante on Friday after Roy Hodgson revealed he plans to rest captain Wayne Rooney against the European champions.

Hodgson’s attacking options have been further hampered by an injury to on-form Leicester City striker Jamie Vardy that will almost certainly see him miss out.

Super Eagles’ star, John Ogu ties knot with girlfriend at Ikoyi

Super Eagles and Hapoel Be’er Sheva midfielder John Ogu, Thursday, tied the knot with long time girlfriend Vera.

John Ogu and wife

Don Jazzy – I may work with D’banj

Leader of Nigeria’s high flying music crew, MAVIN’s Don Jazzy is one individual who has contributed in no small measure to the growth of the music industry in Nigeria. Over a year ago, the likes of Korede Bello, Reekado Banks and Dija were greenhorns in the industry until Don Dorobucci gave them the track to run their own races. Today, they have grown to become stars in their own right, thanks to Don Jazzy’s masterstroke.

In this interview, head of the Supreme Mavin Dynasty reveals the reason behind the forthcoming Mavin Access Concert, possibility of working with D’banj again, why he won’t release his own album anytime soon and other issues.

We’ll capture Sambisa before Dec deadline – Theatre Commander

Maiduguri—Major-General Yushau Abubakar, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, says the military will capture Sambisa forest, den of the Boko Haram terrorists, before the December presidential deadline.

Army

Abubakar said this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a routine visit to troops in Betta, near Sambisa forest.

Rifts in Ohanaeze, Govs’ Forum stall discussions on Biafra agitations

No successful dialogue with Kanu in detention –MASSOB
Rivers govt bans pro Biafra protest
Njiko Igbo urges Buhari to release detained Biafran agitators
Ohanaeze disowns Radio Biafra Director, condemns medium’s hate speeches

By Emeka Mamah, Jimitota Onoyume, Vincent Ujumadu & Chimaobi Nwaiwu

There were indications yesterday that lingering rift within the leadership of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo and that of the South-East Governors’ Forum may be hampering opportunities for Igbo leaders to take a collective position on the recent wave of pro-Biafra protests taking place in parts of the area.

Amaechi, Fashola emerge super-ministers

ABUJA —President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assigned portfolios to the 36 new ministers with former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, SAN, and former Governor of Rivers State Rotimi Amaechi emerging as the administration’s point men in the drive to improve the country’s infrastructure and transportation system.

National Chairman All Progressives Congress, Chief Odigie Oyegun congratulating the Minister for Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Amaechi while Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara State (l) and Patron, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, Malam Ismaila Isa watched during the swear-in ceremony of the newly composed Federal Executive Council at the Aso Chambers, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida

Fashola emerged Minister of Power, Works and Housing with the distinction of having two permanent secretaries working under him.

Wayne Rooney takes down WWE's star Wade Barrett

The wrestler found himself on the wrong side of the Manchester United player during Raw, where he was in attendance alongside the Red Devils' assistant manager Ryan Giggs

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has never been afraid to show his more feisty side, either on the pitch or off it.

And the England international revelled in the chance to show off his pugilistic abilities while attending a WWE Raw show.

Mourinho speaks on Mikel’s goal

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has applauded John Obi Mikel for his sterling performance in the Blues’ 2-0 win over Fulham last Saturday at StamfordBridge to record three victories in three home matches.

Delightful… Chelsea’s Nigerian midfielder John Mikel Obi celebrate with team-mates

Triumphant Nigeria U17 team, the Golden Eaglets, will arrive Abuja today afternoon, officials have announced.

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Nigeria won a fifth FIFA U17 World Cup on Monday when they defeated Mali 2-0 in an all-African final in Vena Del Mar, Chile.

Blatter in hospital, says no intention to quit

Zurich – Suspended Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) President, Joseph Blatter, is in hospital with an undisclosed illness but insists he will not quit.

His adviser, Klaus Stoehlker, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Zurich.

“He is in the recovery stage, the doctors say that he can work again from next Tuesday onwards,” Stoehlker said.

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Buhari swears in Ministers

ABUJA–President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, performed the inauguration ceremony of his ministers-designates in Abuja.

He also assigned portfolios to all the 36 Ministers.

This is contrary to the speculations that there would some ministers without portfolio.

Some of the ministers and their portfolios included Sen. Chris Ngige (Labour and Employment), Babatunde Fasola( Power, Works and Housing), Chibuike Amaechi( Transportation), Kemi Aeosun(Finance), Lai Mohammed (Information) amongst others.

PDP apologises to Nigerians for its mistakes

Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday apologised for mistakes it may have made during its 16 years rule in the country.

The Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee, Mr Raymond Dokpesi, offered the apology at a news conference in Abuja ahead of the party’s National Conference slated for Thursday.

PDP apologises to Nigerians for its mistakes

Chief Raymond Dokpesi

Dokpesi admitted that the party might not have met all the expectations of Nigerians while it was in power and said: ‘’on behalf of PDP, I tender our apologies’’.

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