LATEST NEWS

 1) Lawmakers at the Benue State House of Assembly have

moved to impeach the Deputy Governor, Benson Abounu.

It was gathered that the impeachment plot was predicated

on the recent detention of the Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange,

and other principal officers of the House based on a

petition by a son of the deputy governor.

2) The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has insisted that

their mind have since gone out of Nigeria. The group, which

was reacting to a recent claim by the Department of

Security Service, DSS, said it won’t be distracted by the

false report against it by the DSS, adding that they will

never return to Nigeria.

3) The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed that

some evil-minded people have stormed the State to

abducted under-age children for ransom or other motives.

The Command has, therefore, urged members of the public

to monitor their children and be security conscious by

paying special attention to strangers and report suspicious

persons or objects within their neighbourhood to the nearest

Police Station or through the emergency phone number

(08151849417) for prompt response.

4) Resurgent Militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, on

early hours of Sunday confirmed it blew up several oil

facilities belonging to Chevron and Nigerian Petroleum

Development Corporation. Affected facilities include two

major oil wells, well head 7 and 8 situated near Abiteye flow

station in Warri South West Council Area of Delta state.

5) The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has denied a statement

credited to the Department of State Services that it arrested

two of its members. It said there was no way the DSS and

the Nigerian Army could arrest any of its members, adding

that those arrested by the operatives of the DSS were

“sleeper agents” of the security outfit.

6) At least six passengers were killed and 12 others injured

in a motor accident along Anyigba-Ajaokuta during the

weekend. An eye witness account told our correspondent

that the accident, which involved a Toyota bus with

registration number MKD 841 XA and A Golf car with

registration number LKJ 335 CV, occurred at Ojuwo-Olijo in

Ofu LGA of Kogi State.

7) Senator Ahmed Makarfi, chairman of the Caretaker

Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has

accused factional chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, of

positioning himself as presidential candidate of the party for

2019.

Makarfi said those already linking PDP issues to 2019 were

right, adding that although external forces cannot be ruled

out in the ongoing PDP saga, that had not been confirmed

yet.

8) Renowned constitutional lawyer and Senior Advocate of

Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Mike Ozekhome, has faulted Mr. Femi

Falana on his position that the there is no absolute

immunity for governors, deputy-governors, President and

vice-president in the country.

Ozekhome, who heads governor Fayose’s legal team

against the EFCC at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, said

contrary to Falana’s argument; election petitions were sue

generic, because they are in a class of their own.

He added that they are hybrid, neither civil nor criminal

procedures.

9) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has urged

Nigerians to be patient with the administration of President

Muhammadu Buhari, saying that it will take some time to fix

the nation’s economy which according to him was battered

by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 16 years. The

governor said changes takes time, not only in the life of a

person but more also in the life of a nation.

10) United States Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle

has restated his country’s commitment to assist Nigeria

fight corruption and ensure that no stolen funds were

laundered through its banking system.

Entwistle, who stated this at the 240th U.S. Independence

Anniversary celebration cocktail party in Abuja, said he was

eager to see a deeper relationship between U.S. and Nigeria

that would bring freedom for all Nigerians.