by Admin | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Floods hit many Nigerian cities after long hours of rainfall at the weekend. There were deaths. Homes were flooded. Eleven people died in Suleja and other towns in Niger State. Many parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, were flooded. Residents of highbrow Victoria Island, Lekki and Ajah in Lagos were yesterday waiting for the floods to recede. They were warned to vacate the flood-prone area because of the expected intense rains. Many parts of Lagos Island have been thrown into darkness because the floods soaked power facilities. Niger State was worst hit by the floods after five hours of rainfall. Nine people died in Checheniya and one in Kuala, Suleja. Another person died in Ayin-Nassarrawa in Tara Local Government Area of Niger State. Houses were submerged. Properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed in Kaltuma and Angwan Hearing in Suleja. Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) Director-General Ibrahim Ahmed said two bodies were found, adding that search and rescue operation officials were at the site to recover the remaining bodies. He said the identities of the victims were yet to be ascertained, but confirmed that 11 people had been declared dead between Saturday night and yesterday. Ahmed said: “As I am talking to you now, the search and rescue operation is going on and so far, two bodies have been recovered. Initially, we thought eight people were lost in Suleja but we received a report from the team that the number had increased to ten. We have one in Tara.” But the worst-hit areas include Kaduna Road through Bakin-Iku, Chanchania and Yaro College, Kantoma, Kuspa,...
by Admin | Jul 10, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Samson Ayokunle, has described allegations of financial impropriety against his leadership as a blatant lie concocted by agents of Satan, who are opposed to ongoing overhaul of CAN. It could be recalled that DAILY POST reported that the National President, Patriotic Christian Youth of Nigeria, PSYN, an affiliate body of CAN, Evangelist Simon Timothy Nasso, had in Lafia, Nasarawa State, accused the CAN president of diverting over N40 million meant to take care of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), to buy official cars. Reacting to the allegation, Ayokunle said the allegation was a blatant lie. He said: “You should know that somebody of my spiritual status cannot misappropriate money because I came to CAN from a denomination with bigger administrative set up and with more funds to manage for different mission works. “Let them know that I am not a novice in administration and my integrity is the hallmark of my ministry. Fani-Kayode ‘reveals’ those against restructuring “Few remnants of political jobbers who feel that they are loosing out in CAN and are opposed to a total overhaul of things in CAN that are behind such allegation. ‘’They belong to the camp of evil men like Korah and Abiram that opposed Moses and accused him wrongly. “Ask them to give him documentary evidence for their claim. Besides, he should tell them to wait for the external auditor’s report before their campaign of calumny. Tell him that the people are agents of Satan who do not worry about rubbishing the image of Christ, which CAN and its leadership stand...
by Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Deputy Superintendent of Police rtd, Christopher Archibong who was arrested for raping a nine-year-old girl has been remanded in Prison custody in Calabar, Cross River State by the order of Magistrate Ochinke Disclosing this to DAILY POST in Calabar on Saturday, the lawyer handling the matter, Barrister James Ibor, who is also Executive Secretary of Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, said the suspect was remanded in Prison custody on Friday for raping the minor. Ibor said the Magistrate ordered that the case file be transferred to Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advice. He disclosed that there were several attempts to compromise the investigation but was thwarted by his organization. “There were many attempts to compromise investigations but were thwarted by Basic Rights Counsel Initiative with the support of Cross River State First Lady, Linda Ayade, Stella Odey, Safe Child Africa and CPN”. How Abacha killed Yar’Adua, Abiola, planned to eliminate me too – Obasanjo He said the accused will remain in prison custody pending the advice of the DPP as the matter has to be transferred to High Court. Daily Post had recently reported that the state commissioner of Police Hafiz Inuwa had paraded the Deputy Superintendent of Police rtd, Christopher Archibong for allegedly raping of a 9 year old girl. The suspect was paraded alongside 62 other suspects by the Commissioner. He said the suspect (Rapist) committed the crime on May 31, 2017 in Calabar. Inuwa said that Archibong, 55, lured the victim into his uncompleted building to park woods and later defiled her after threatening to kill her spiritually if she resisted. On May...
by Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A son-in-law of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Prince Goodwill Edward, is now lying critically ill in a hospital in Calabar, after he was shot by unknown gunmen in his residence in the Cross Rivers State capital on Friday. Edward is the Special Adviser on Youth Affairs to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State. He was attacked at his State Housing Estate home in Calabar. The severity of his injuries could not be immediately ascertained neither was the name of the medical facility he was rushed to. Edward who hails from Abi local government area of Cross River State, married Jonathan’s daughter in a very lavish and publicized wedding in 2014. Police Commissioner Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the incident although he said the matter was yet to be officially reported to the police. He also said the Friday attack was the “third or fourth” attempt on Edward’s life. “As at now I’m talking to you there is no official report about it. We are not going to wait until the matter is reported,” Inuwa said. “We are the police, we know our responsibility. Even if they have a reason for not reporting, we are not going to sit down until the matter is reported. “We have the responsibility and will investigate and by the grace of God we will go after those responsible.” Asked if he knew why the matter had not been officially reported to the police, he retorted: “How can I know why they have not come to report? I am a new person in the command. I did not even know that this had happened...
by Admin | Jul 9, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Professor Steve Nwabuzor, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Federal University Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has received a letter containing a threat to his life. Professor Nwabuzor’s plight, SaharaReporters learned, is connected to his nomination as a member of a panel set up by Ms. Gbemisola Saraki, Chairperson of the institution’s Governing Council, to investigate employment racketeering allegedly carried out by Professor Seth Accra-Jaja, incumbent Vice-Chancellor of the University. Jobs were given out despite a subsisting embargo on employment. In recent times, the University has been a hotbed of crises, which are largely fuelled by tribal sentiments. Various Ijaw groups, including Ogbia Brotherhood and Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), have disrupted academic and non-academic activities of the institution on account of their belief that the university was established exclusively for the Ijaw people by the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. SOURCE: SAHARA...
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