Yahya Jammeh: Gambia’s Vice President, Isatou Njie Saidy resigns

19th January 2017

Gambia’s Vice President, Isatou Njie Saidy, has resigned.

Saidy abandoned President Yahya Jammeh, 24 hours to the deadline issued to him by African leaders to hand over to opposition leader, Adama Barrow.

The development is coming same day the Minister of Higher Education, Research, Science, Technology and Religious Affairs, Abubacar Senghore, abandoned Jammeh. He is the eighth cabinet member‎ to resign

Earlier, Nigerian soldiers and a Nigerian warship were sent to the Gambia to terminate the 22-year old leadership of President Jammeh who lost the December 1 election but has vowed not to hand over power today when his term runs out.

Jammeh, who was defeated by Adama Barrow, first conceded defeat but later changed his mind citing irregularities. He has since challenged the results in court but has suffered several setbacks.

Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari was appointed chief mediator in the Gambia by ECOWAS but all attempts to convince Jammeh to leave power peacefully after 22 long years failed.

See What Youths Did To A Gang Of Cultists, Including An Old Man, In Delta

16th January 2017 Lawal

Youths in Delta State under the aegis of Ika-Anti Cult apprehended a gang of cultists and handed them over to the police. Investigations by The Town Crier revealed that the cultists had been terrorizing Ikaland for some time, making the youths to come together to fight them. Their effort yielded dividends as they apprehended some of the cultists a few days ago.

According to a member of the Ika-Anti-Cult in a Facebook post, “No room for the wicked, Ika-Anti Cult is out for you.” 

SAD! 16 missing Soldiers found dead

The Nigerian Army said it had recovered corpses of “one officer and 15 soldiers’’ earlier declared “Missing in Action” during an operation to dislodge the Boko Haram insurgents from Gashigar Area in Borno on Oct. 16, 2016.

The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj.- Gen. Lucky Irabor, disclosed this at a weekly review of Operation Rescue Final at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, on Wednesday.
“The corpses were recovered along Kamadugou River line area in Maiduguri.
“Among the recovered corpses was that of Lt.-Col. K Yusuf, the former Commanding Officer (CO) of 223 Tank Battalion.
“They have since been buried in Maimalari Cantonment Cemetery with full military honours,’’ Irabor said.

Buhari drops Mamora, Ooni’s brother from new ambassadorial list

President Muhammadu Buhari resubmitted names of non-career ambassadorial nominees to the Senate on Thursday, two months after the legislature rejected his first list.

George Oguntade, a retired Supreme Court Judge, and Olorunmimbe Mamora, former Senator, are two of the well-known figures dropped by Mr. Buhari.
Also, Adegboyega Ogunwusi, an elder brother of the Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi, was also dropped.

According to reports, the governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress had last year complained that the earlier nominees were drawn from their respective states without consultations with them.

After Senate President Bukola Saraki read the new nominees on Thursday, Abuja Senator, Phillip Aduda thanked Mr. Buhari for nominating an indigene of Abuja this time.

Mr. Aduda protested the non-inclusion of any FCT indigene when the earlier was submitted to the Senate in October last year.

Full List of the new nominees as read by Mr. Saraki:

1. Uzoma Eminike, Abia;
2. Aminu Lawal (Adamawa);
3. Godwin Umoh (Akwa Ibom);
4. Christopher Okeke (Anambra);
5. Yusuf Maitama (Bauchi);
6. Baba Maigudu (Bauchi);
7. Stanley Douye (Bayelsa);
8. Stephen Uba (Benue);
9. Baba Ahmed Gida (Borno);
10. Utobong Asuquo (Cross River);
11. Frank Ofegina (Delta);
12. Joda Udoh (Ebonyi);
13. Yagwe Ede (Edo);
14. Eniola Ajayi (Ekiti);
15. Chris Eze (Enugu);
16. Sulieman Hassan (Gombe);
17. Sylvanus Usofo (Imo);
18. Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa);
19. Ahmed Bamilli (Kaduna);
20. Deborah Yahaya (Kaduna);
21. D. Abdulkadir (Kano);
22. Haruna Arungungu (Kano);
23. Musa Udo (Katsina),
24. Mohammed Rimi (Katsina);
25. Tijani Bande (Kebbi);
26. Y. Aliu (Kogi);
27. Nurudeen Mohammed (Kwara),
28. Mohammed Isa (Kwara);
29. Adesola Omotade (Lagos);
30. Modupe Remi (Lagos);
31. Musa Mohammed (Nasarawa);
32. Ahmed Ibeto; Niger;
33. Susan Aderonke Folarin (Ogun);
34. Jacob Daudu (Ondo);
35. Afolayon Adeyemi (Osun);
36. A. Olaniyi (Oyo);
37. James Dmika (Plateau);
38. Haruna Abdullahi (Plateau);
39. Orji Ngofa (Rivers);
40. Sahibi Isa Dada (Sokoto);
41. Kabir Umar (Sokoto);
42. Jika Ado (Taraba);
43. Goni Zana (Yobe);
    
44. Garba T. (Zamfara);
45. Bala Mohammad (Zamfara); and
46. Ibrahim Dada (FCT).
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Edo state Politician used ‘keke’ for his wedding. His reason will shock you

​Edo State politician, Hon Theophilus Momoh, some days ago got people talking after using a fairly used tricycle popular called Keke Napep.. When asked why he used keke for his wedding.He responded..

Why will I use a flashy car ? As you can see, I am a politician and I don’t want Buhari to probe me, so I had to use Keke Maruwa.

#BreakingNews: Daddy G.O. Pastor E. A Adeboye Steps Aside As General Overseer of RCCG, Named Obayemi As Successor ...

#BreakingNews:
Daddy G.O. Pastor E. A Adeboye Steps Aside As General Overseer of RCCG, Named Obayemi As Successor ...

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has retired as the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

Pastor J.O. Obayemi has been named as Adeboye’s successor.

Obayemi was a deputy in charge of Finance and a member of governing council, before his appointment.


God Rules!

AWUJALE CHANGES THE RULE; NO MORE SECRET CULT BURIAL FOR OBAS | ASKS PEOPLE TO FLOG OSUGBO

AWUJALE CHANGES THE RULE; NO MORE SECRET CULT BURIAL FOR OBAS | ASKS PEOPLE TO FLOG OSUGBO

The Awujale and Paramount ruler  of  Ijebuland Oba Dr. Sikiru Kayode Adetona who also doubles as  the President of the Ijebu Traditional Council may have set to clash with traditional worshipers otherwise called 'Osugbo' over burial rites for any  traditional rulers that passes on.

According to Platform Times, Awujale who  said there is no custom or tradition in Ijebuland that supports  such practice, described  the actions of such people as abomination.

He  however,  referred  to the Osugbos as balifs , explaining  that Osugbo  is just an association, not a chieftancy title or any cult to fear or revere.

Oba Adetona stated this while addressing some Christians and Muslim faithful who converged on his palace to kick start the annual weeklong prayer for him and the Ijebuland.

Platform Times gathered that the paramount  had some years ago abolished the practice  whereby the  demised king were  buried by some secret cult members who are often referred to as the Osugbos.

It was further gathered that,  since  the abolishment , few Obas who joined their ancestors had  been buried according to their faiths.

However,  the monarch while speaking   against the backdrop of a recent development which made the Ijebu Traditional Council to renew  its earlier stand on the issue disclosed that a 24-man committee would soon be inaugurated from the six local government areas of Ijebuland.

According to him,  the move  is  to ensure that any king that joined his ancestors are given  befitting burial according to the  faith of such monach he practised  while alive.

The Monarch said the resolution was made at the meeting held on the 28th of December,2016 to form a committee of four people, two each  from the Christian and Islamic religions  in the six local government of Ijebuland.

The  committee was  to meet with the members of Osugbo cult  who they alleged  were hijacking corpses of demised King, collect and dispossess the family of some possession on the pretence that they want to bury the monach according to what the tradition demands.

The Monarch said...

"They are not authorized to bury any king that joined his ancestors or perform any rituals on the body."

"Osugbos,  according to our culture here are like balifs  under our culture, if there is any fight in those days especially concerning land boundaries or farm boundaries, they are the ones that the king will send to restore normalcy there and bring report back to the king." Oba Adetona submitted.

Awujale further lamented that  the members of  osugbos whom he said have constituted  themselves to something else now , were also  the executioner who carries out death penalty on any convicted criminals in those days.

"Now they do what they want, why, because we give them the right to do such , when they arrive at the burial programme of  any Oba and everybody runs  away".

"No, this is nonsense which must stop ,henceforth, because they are mere messengers", the Oba said.

He advised the people not to run away again but pick up their cane and send them away.

Awujale added that henceforth any culture that is not in vogue and not in tandem with the modern day reality would be jettisoned  and thrown away.

The Ijebu paramount ruler however noted that the way other Yoruba people buried their kings has nothing to do with the Ijebu tradition and this is what the Ijebu Traditional Council has now unanimously agreed upon.

Gbengande of Ososa, Oba Adetoye Alatishe and other members of the Ijebu Traditional Council said they all aligned with the decision of Awujale,  describing it as a welcome development.

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Hmmm! That's a new one. Let's wait and see.K'adepe lori Oba.

“Who is the President of Nigeria?” – Dr. Muhammadu Buhari – Miss Anambra contestant answers

JUST when we thought we have heard the last of Miss Anambra beauty pageant mess, after the harried one concerning Miss Anambra 2015 winner, Chidinma Okeke and the Anambra Broadcasting Services, the Yuletide has served us another juicy one from Nnewi, from same Anambra State.

This happened last Friday, December 30, 2016 at the Ifeanyi Uba’s sponsored Nnewi Youths Fiesta where all the sixteen contestants for the Miss Nnewi beauty pageant were disqualified for failing to answer basic current affairs questions correctly.

The gathering was thoroughly pissed for the inability of the contestants to answer questions like who the founder of the Dr. Ifeanyi Uba foundation is; What they would do if they become the president of Nigeria; and Who the president of Nigeria is? A contestant excitedly told the gathering that the current president of the Federal Republic is Dr. Muhammadu Buhari.

Most said, ‘No Idea.’ Yet these are supposed to be undergraduates!

Intelligence quotient At the end of the exercise, E-Daily learnt there was no winner as it was a brazen embarrassment to the sensibilities of not only the organizers but the state as a whole.

“The organizers of the event should please, try and test the intelligence quotient of would-be contestants before bringing them out for public parade. Or else, the embarrassment will continue as the state itself has not recovered from the cucumber saga,” a guest observes.

At the end of the day, no winner was declared as the organisers were thoroughly embarrassed. The car prize meant for the winner had to be taken away.

Borno prosecutes four women for selling newborn babies for N100,000

The Borno State government yesterday prosecuted Ngozi Nwokocha and three other female suspects for alleged child trafficking at the state’s High Court No. 13, in Maiduguri.

The offences, according to the court registrar, Bilyaminu Hassan, were allegedly committed at the Government Reservation Area (GRA) and Galadima areas of Maiduguri metropolis on January 15, 2016, August 20, 2016 and August 30, 2016.

Hassan said that Kaltime Mohammed, Aisha Bukar and Zara Haruna allegedly sold baby boys and girls to Ngozi Nwokocha at the price of N100,000 each. He said the offence is contrary to 1994 Borno State Law of section 278 and 279 and punishable under the penal code.

“The main suspect, Nwokocha and three female suspects committed an immoral offence and were brought before Justice Fadawu Umaru for exchanging newly born babies at the price of N100,000 each on various dates in Maiduguri,” said Hassan.

The four suspects, however, denied committing the act. Consequently, the prosecuting lawyer, who doubles as the Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Kaka Shehu Lawan, said considering the gravity of the alleged offences, he asked that the case be adjourned to enable him present nine witnesses before the court.

Justice Umaru granted the request and adjourned the case to next week Monday, January 9, 2017 for further hearing.

Bullet hits female worker in Aso Rock

A female worker in the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday sustained minor injuries when she was hit by a bullet from a weapon of one of the security operatives attached to the State House.

The identity of the woman could not be confirmed last night but the incident was said to have happened earlier in the day at the reception area located at the administrative entrance adjacent to the Vice President’s wing.

It was learnt that the security agent was making an attempt to empty his pistol when the weapon inadvertently went off and injured him and the woman in the process. Specifically, the female worker was injured on her thigh, and a significant part of her back.

Special Adviser to the President‎ on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina said he did not have information on the incident when contacted last night via a telephone call.

He directed The Guardian to channel his inquiry to the security authorities.

At press time, the woman was said to be receiving medical attention at the State House Medical facility located in Asokoro.

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has been killed

Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow has been killed

Banjul – Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow who vowed to take office on January 19 despite the refusal of outgoing President Yahya Jammeh to give up power has been killed by unknown assailants.

The assailants overpowered the security guards of Mr. Barrow, leaving two of the guards dead and other six injured from gunshots.
President Yahya Jammeh, the ‘prime suspect’ has denied any involvement in the incident.

The assassination of Mr. Barrow comes few days after he referred to the country’s constitution that a court action taken by Jammeh cannot prevent the winner of the poll from assuming office as mandated by the constitution.

He was responding to Jammeh, who said Saturday that a decision of the Economic Community of West African States to send troops to ensure a peaceful transition of power was a “declaration of war” and called for a fresh poll.

“It should be crystal clear that filing an election petition is the private matter of a loser in an election. It does not prevent mandatory constitutional processes from taking place,” Barrow said.
ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations could only intervene if “the two presidents fail to do, with impeccable thoroughness, what the constitution of the republic demands,” he said.

“Any president whose term of office expires who takes up arms against an incoming president whose term should begin according to law, would be regarded by the international community as a rebel leader,” Barrow warned.

The authorities meanwhile shut down two radio stations, the Gambia Press Union said.

Teranga FM is considered critical of the Jammeh government and has been closed down twice before.
Hilltop radio station was also ordered to close by the National Intelligence Agency, which gave no reason for the measure, the union said.

The Gambia Press Union expressed concern that this could signal the beginning of a crackdown on independent media amid the country’s escalating p

Read the New Guidelines JAMB Introduced For 2017 UTME.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced new rules and guidelines that may eliminate fraudulent practices in the examination system ahead of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

The new rules and guidelines, includes the adoption of CCTV cameras for all the CBT centres; adoption of a single hall containing 250 functional desktop or laptop computer systems with extra 25 as backups; that the computers must be minimum 15 inch screens and must be connected to robust computer server with capacity to carry a minimum of 250 systems concurrently; adoption of cabled Local Area Network (LAN) and not wireless connectivity.

Other guidelines are the adoption of cubicles with minimum length of 26 by 18 inches; adequate security with minimum of five technical personnel and a network engineer on site; availability of back-up power supply (power generating set of minimum of 40KVA for a centre with 250 systems) and UPS/inverters that can carry all systems for a minimum of two hours; centres to have minimum of 250-capacity reception facility such as canopy with chairs; centres’ premises must be enclosed and must have adequate and functional air-conditioners, lighting, up-to-date antivirus and minimum of Windows 7, among others.

Shocking: Popular food seller confesses to using Corpse Water to cook.

The owner of a popular food joint in Uyo has allegedly confessed to using corpse’ water to make her food.

According to a report by Facebook user, Gabriel Ufot, the food joint called Eka Udo located on Aka road in Uyo is patronized by high and mighty. The restaurant was said to have offered free food to its loyal customers recently. But the owner confessed yesterday, December 29, saying she uses juju and water gotten from corpse to prepare her delicacies which she sells to the public.

The popular joint is said to have crashed as her customers are shocked about the revelation. Read below as posted on Facebook:

Woman And Her Grandchildren Ablaze by hoodlums In Delta

GRAPHIC: Woman And Her Grandchildren Ablaze by hoodlums In Delta

2nd January 2017Lincoln4Jesus

Tragedy struck in Idumuje Ugboko a town in Aniocha North L.G.A delta state which threw the whole town into mourning .

In the early hours of 25th December 2016, some hoodlums attacked the family of Mrs Comfort Ogor Ubani and her four grand children in which they were burnt to death.

It was learnt that the attackers first of all raped the grand daughter before gathering them in the parlour then poured petrol on them and set them on fire. one of the children who tried to escape was killed by those outside and was set ablaze.

Mr. Zanna Mohammed Ibrahim, Delta State Commissioner of Police who visited the scene of the crime openly wept after seeing a grand mother of about 80 years and her four grand children roasted like a yam.

The Commissioner of Police is also asking how on earth can people be this wicked? He promised to make sure that the perpetrators of such evil act will be brought to book.