Buhari Makes U-turn, Summons APC Lawmakers to Emergency Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari may no longer be disinterested in the election of the leaders of the 8th national assembly. He has summoned an emergency meeting of all senators and house members elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. TheCable reports the meeting will hold on Tuesday morning at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, starting from 9am, just before the federal lawmakers head for the national assembly complex to elect their leaders.

Police arrest two men with human parts,fake dollars(Photo)

The Oyo State Police arrested two suspects, Adebayo Saheed and Bello Mustapha for allegedly being in possession of parts of human skull and hair.

The Police commissioner who paraded the suspects at the state Police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan yesterday, explained that the ambush squad of the command arrested the two members of a dangerous syndicate who specialized in duping unsuspecting members of the public.Vanguard reports...

He said the men,who were allegedly caught with human parts, always pretended to offer their victims spiritual assistance.

He said small pieces of human skull, hair, fake 900 dollars and some charms were found on the suspects.

Choi! Check out the condition of a major bridge in Sapele (photos)

This is the Okirigwe bridge in Sapele, Delta state. It's a major bridge in the town and this is it's condition this morning after the rain last night. More photos after the cut...

SSS and Military Personnel Fight Over Who To Protect Buhari

A cold war is brewing among sister security agencies ahead of the relocation of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Since their inauguration on May 29, Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have yet to relocate to the State House, because renovation works going on in their official residences had not been completed. While the President currently operates from Defence House, the official residence of the President-elect, Osinbajo is said to be residing in a private residence.

Ahead of their relocation, however, it was learnt that there is currently an ongoing inter-agency row on who will be in charge of the President’s security.

More prominent, it was learnt, is the cold war between the Nigerian Army and the SSS.

A Presidency source who pleaded anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the issue told Punch that one of the close aides of the President who is a retired military officer had written to the Nigerian Army, the DSS and the Nigeria Police to send a particular number of their men to be saddled with the responsibility of securing the State House.

He said the head of one of the security agencies had refused to take action on the directive because the author of the letter had not been given any formal responsibility by the President.

The official added that trouble started when some officials of the Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps. NAIC, were driven into the State House with the instruction that they be deployed in strategic positions, including the President’s office and residence.

He added that the DSS officials on duty at the time denied them access into the State House until when a directive came that they should be allowed in.

The officials of NAIC were said to have taken over from the DSS officials.

The official said, “The NAIC officials were first driven into the Villa in a Coastal bus on Saturday, but they were turned back by officials of the DSS.

“After a series of meetings, we were later told that we should allow them in. So they came in on Sunday while some others joined them on Monday.

“Naturally, it is DSS officials that are always in charge of the President’s inner security. But with this development, it seems they want to change the tradition and use the NAIC guys.

“The talk among operatives is that the development might be political, considering the roles the DSS played in the build up to the 2015 general elections.”

Photo: President Buhari arrives Nigeria from Germany

 President Buhari arrived Nigeria very early this morning from Germany where he went to attend the G7 summit. He will be meeting with APC national assembly members this morning to resolve issues bordering on the elections of the Assembly leadership which is to hold today.

PDP fights APC: Adopts Saraki & Dogara as Senate President and Reps Speaker

The politics of pay-back has began. The Peoples Democratic Party has adopted the leaders of those who have decided to rebel against the APC in the senate, Senator Bukola Saraki as Senate President.

In the same vein, the PDP has also adopted Hon. Yakubu Dogara for the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, against the wish and directive of their party, the APC.

To prove its seriousness, the PDP has directed all its Senators and House of Reps members-elect in the new National Assembly to vote for the rebels - Saraki and Dogara.

This information was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday morning signed by Olisa Metuh, the Publicity Secretary of the PDP.

  

It was learnt that the PDP met with other members overnight and decided to throw a wrench into any kind of progress that has been made by the APC which has earlier presented Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for the leadership of the National Assembly.

Looks like Saraki and his gang are bent on upsetting the relative peace in the APC.

Military Has Obeyed Buhari's Order, Moves Base To Maiduguri

A week after taking formal orders from President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria army headquarters on Monday commenced the process of moving its base to Maiduguri, for more effective tackling of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists.

An advance military team led by a two-star General has already arrived Maiduguri, Borno state capital, during the weekend. The team is to commence the establishment of a Military Command and Control Centre (MCCC) tagged operation Zaman Lafiya.

“In compliance with the Presidential pronouncement and the chief of army staff’s directive, a reconnaissance and advance team for the establishment of the Military Command and Control Centre for Operation Zaman Lafiya for fight against terrorism and insurgency has moved to Borno state. 

“The team, which is led by a two-star General, has already commenced work in earnest and it is comprised of elements of the office of the Chief of Army Staff, all the relevant Army Headquarters Departments and other combat support components. The centre will serve as a forward command Base for the Chief of Army Staff and other Service Chiefs.

“The Centre is essentially an elaboration of an already existing Army Headquarters Command and Control arrangement. From now on, the fight against terrorism and insurgency would be monitored, coordinated and controlled from the centre. I wish to inform you that it’s establishment would not create another layer of command structure but would add impetus and renewed vigour to Operation Zaman Lafiya, all aimed at bringing terrorism and insurgency to an end. An alternate command centre is also being established in Yola.”

This was revealed to journalists in a statement issued by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, who was part of the advanced team.

This Nigerian Professor Has Found The Cure For HIV/AIDS

Despite doubts in some quarters about the authenticity of his claims, Professor Maduike Ezeibe of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, has insisted that his recent therapy for the dreaded HIV and AIDS is real and effective.

The discovery of the therapy, Ezeibe said, was a major scientific breakthrough in the search for a cure to the global pandemic.

 
He said after 19 years of hard work, he was able to discover the therapy and his research was eventually published in the British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research.

The Professor of Veterinary Medicine, who obtained his first degree in same discipline at the University of Nigeria Nsukka in 1986, Masters in Ruminant Medicine, and doctorate degree in Canine Medicine all in UNN, said he moved to MOUAU on leave of absence.

Speaking with Southern City News in his office, he said his research into the therapy known as ‘Antivirt’ (Anti-Viral Therapy), dated back to 1994 when he took the challenge to be part of the global solution to the HIV/AIDS scourge ravaging humanity.

Ezeibe said his work had been published by the American-based medical journal known as The Health.

He said he decided to publish his research work on the therapy so as to prove anyone who would doubt that a black man could develop HIV/AIDS cure, wrong.

He boasted that the experiment remained authentic and verifiable in any part of the world.

According to him, two essential minerals – aluminum silicate (kaolin) and magnesium silicate, used in the production of the therapy, have large deposits in Umuahia and parts of Abia State.

This, he said, would make the therapy cheaper and more affordable than the old anti-retroviral therapy.

He added that the therapy would take an average of two to three months to cure HIV/AIDS patient.

President Buhari meets with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel

President Buhari pictured arriving for the working session of the G7 outreach program at Schloss Elmau, Germany. He was met by German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Desmond Elliot and wife head for his inauguration as member of the Lagos state House of Assembly

He will officially be part of the Lagos state House of Assembly from today. Congrats to him.

Photos: Police arrest child traffickers in Imo

 The Imo state Police command have arrested a 2-man child trafficking syndicate in the state who specialize in stealing children and selling them to prospective buyers. The men identified as 22 year old Kelechi Nwogu and 22 year old Ebuka Ibe were paraded at the Imo state Police command by the state police Commissioner, Mr Austin Evbakhavbokum yesterday June 7th.


According to Punch, the suspects were arrested after a distress call was made to the police following the kidnapping of two siblings, 4 year old Chukwuma Ezeribe and 3 year old Chigozie Ezeribe (both pictured above) while they were returning from school at Amazu Amato in the Orsu Local Government Area.

The state police commissioner said the suspects were on their way to sell the children when they were apprehended

"The two victims were being conveyed by the suspects to a prospective buyer before operatives pursued and arrested them,” he said

Items discovered in the home of one of the arrested suspects, Emeka Ibe, included one locally-made revolver pistol with one round of 99mm live ammunition, one locally-made short gun with one line cartridge, one locally-made single barrel gun and two big iron cutters.

Also paraded at the state police command were kidnappers named Barnabas Chidiebere (34), Chinwendu Okaru (29), Chibundu Amadi (32), and Kenneth Ordu (29), all of Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area who carried out the kidnap of Mr. Martins Ndukwu of Umuokanne in the Ohaji/Egbema Council Area of the state.

Barber offers 'old man' haircuts for misbehaving kids

Have a kid who is acting out and out of control? Three days a week, a Snellville barbershop in Georgia, offers a free haircut called the "Benjamin Button Special," that'll make your misbehaving child resemble a senior citizen.

A picture of the cut was posted to Instagram by Russell Fredrick, who owns A-1 Kutz in Snellville and goes by the name Master Barber Rusty Fred on the social site.

The picture was accompanied with the following text:

"So you wana act grown...well now you can look grown too. The grown-up kids special by: @rusty_fred GOT TO REACH EM SOMEHOW.... #ittakesavillage #thiscantbelife #hairloss #rusty_fred #rustyfred #toughlove #lessons #learningexperience #tryme #grownkids #kidsbarber #barberlove #barbergame #a1 #a1kutz #a1kidzz #a1__kutz #hair #haircut #naturalhair #barbershopconnect #lifelessons #yougonelearntoday"

In an interview with the Washington Post, Fredrick, who has three children said he decided to promote the cut after he gave his 12-year-old son a similar old-man haircut and the boy's grades "dramatically skyrocketed."