₦airaland Forum

I am a fairly comfortable man financially and I
run a thriving computer business.

What is stopping me really is my promise to my wife.

By Francis Igata
ENUGU- A suspect,Chinwendu Agbo,20,who hails from Ehalumona in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State,residing at Obollo-Afor who allegedly sold her six-months-old baby boy identified as Ngozi Eze, has been arrested by operatives of the Enugu State Police command.
She was nabbed on August 8,as she had gone to the buyer who happened to be a woman at Umuabor, Ehalumona, to collect the proceeds.
This came as the operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad,SARS, arraigned before a Federal High court sitting in Enugu, two suspected vandals who gave their names as Ignatius Chukwulozie,48, and Christopher Ezebuilo,32. The suspects were arraigned on a three count charge bordering on stealing,conspiracy and tampering with Niger Delta Power Holding Company high tension cables and installations.
Suspects had allegedly conspired among themselves with those currently at large, vandalised installations along Ugwu-Onyeama by Enugu-Onitsha Expressway,on June 5,at about 10M.30 PM.

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An Ikeja Chief Magistrates' Court on Tuesday remanded 45-year-old Santana Obend, charged with rape of a minor at Kirikiri Maximum Prison in Lagos.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Tajudeen Elias, ordered the remand of the accused in prison pending the determination of his bail application on Sept. 18, 2015.

The accused, a security man who lives at 9, Ajegunle Close, Isheri, a suburb of Lagos, was accused of abducting and raping his neighbour's 14-year-old daughter.

He is facing a two-count charge of abduction and rape. The police prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Isegede, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on Aug. 7, 2015, at his residence.

"The accused abducted his neighbour's 14-year-old daughter for three days in his apartment and unlawfully had sexual intercourse with her several times.

"All effort for the victim's parents to see their daughter proved abortive until she was sighted by another neighbour in the apartment of the accused," he said.

According to Isegede, the offence contravened Sections 141(1) and 258(1) of the Criminal Code of Lagos State, 2011.
The accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The chief magistrate adjourned the case to Sept. 18, 2015.

khalebzy:
pls tell me

From Aloysius Attah, Onitsha

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to stop work on the second Niger Bridge but instead, ensure timely completion of the project.

President of Anambra State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Elder Chris Eluemunor, made the call at the weekend, while fielding questions from reporters in Onitsha on speculations that the project had been stalled. He said the second Niger Bridge was of immense importance, not only to the people of the South South and the South East states, but the entire nation.

Eluemunor said: “Why would anybody stop the project? Any government that tries to stop the project is an enemy of Ndigbo. That project will help travelers coming from Abuja and Lagos as well as those going to Port Harcourt, Aba and other parts of the country to get to their destination easily. Let the project go on. After all, Obasanjo told us that the project had started but nothing happened. Now that somebody has launched the project for real, I don’t think it is wise to stop it.

“If the present government does not like the contract terms, let them review it but let the project go on.”

On the delayed appointment of ministers, Eluemunor wondered whether President Buhari was looking for angels to occupy the ministerial slots. However, he appealed to Nigerians to give the President time to choose his cabinet; so that he would not have any excuse if he failed.

He said Ohanaeze wished the president well and strongly hoped that he would execute all the promises he made to Nigerians during the campaigns.

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DrayZee:
Space booker. Before person comment, you don already quote the person. Lol

khalebzy:
i dont know what to comment

FTC!!!

A 45-year-old man, Ganiyu Ogungbemi, has been arraigned before an Osogbo Magistrate’s Court for allegedly raping a 12 year-old-girl (name withheld).

The accused was said to have committed the offence on March 17, 2015.

Ogungbemi allegedly sneaked into the residence of the girl’s parents in Ejigbo, Osun State, where he allegedly raped her.

The victim was said to have been left bleeding from the assault.

A police prosecutor, Mr. Merit Wilson, told the court that the suspect assaulted the girl during the rape.

He told the court that the accused committed offences “contrary to and punishable under sections 31 (c) (d) and 360 of the Criminal Code, Cap 34, Vol. II, Law of Osun State of Nigeria, 2003.”

The accused pleaded not guilty to two counts of rape and assault.

His counsel, Mr. Raji Abiodun, urged the presiding magistrate, Olusola Aluko, to admit his client to bail in liberal terms.

Aluko granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with two sureties in like sum.

He transferred the case to the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court and adjourned the case till September 2, 2015.

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carus001:
Hahah na my local govt this tin happen oooo mak I no even no tanks to nairaland. I rep akoko edo from igarra

kaeforum:
She was trying to bribe the examiner with sex, obviously it tells you the quality of graduands at the college, she will no doubt be spreading her sex education to the hapless civilians.

Oriyomi4success:
the husband of the woman should try I do DNA four all the children if that has not been done before because non might not be his

temitemi1:
Another propaganda exposed

“President Buhari’s unwavering stance is that whosoever is charged with corruption should face the law irrespective of whether they are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), or any other political party.

“As far as the President is concerned, corruption has no political party, no religion and no ethnic group.

President Muhammadu Buhari is set to head the Ministry of Petroleum for 18 months before appointing a substantive minister for the ministry, The PUNCH has learnt.

The President said this while meeting with some members of his political party, the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja recently.

One of those at the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, that the President said he would use the one and a half years of heading the sensitive ministry to reposition it.

According to him, “At the meeting we had recently, we discussed the issues of portfolios and other matters,” the President said he was going to handle the Ministry of Petroleum himself for about 18 months.

“He said it was after this that he would appoint a substantive minister for the ministry. He said he would only personally handle the reorganisation of the much-important ministry.

“Besides, he said the ministry needed to be reformed and be rid of corruption. He promised to sanitise the ministry.”

It was, however, gathered that the President was thinking of appointing an experienced person as his special adviser on petroleum.

Buhari was once a minister in charge of the ministry and because of his experience, he was said to have vowed to make sure that he blocked all the loopholes that enabled those manning the ministry to either steal money or petroleum products.

Speaking on the issue, the Peoples Democratic Party said it would be too early to speculate on whether the President would head the ministry or not.

Rather, the opposition party urged Nigerians to wait till September when the President promised to name his cabinet.

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Ibrahim Jalo, told our correspondent that he was only sure that the President was going to split the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.

Jalo said, “That Buhari is going to head the ministry is speculative. But what we know, going by his body language and actions so far, is that he is going to split the NNPC.

“This is what we know. So, let’s wait and see what he’s going to do before we make comments.”

However, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties said the constitution vested powers on the President to head any ministry or parastatal of his choice or appoint a representative.

The National Publicity Secretary of the organisation, Mr. Osita Okechukwu, said that Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution “vested executive powers on the President.

He said, “He can decide to exercise such powers by himself or delegate it to his deputy, or public officers of the public service of the federation. That’s what the law says.

“Whether he chooses to manage any ministry by himself is immaterial. Whether he decides to be in charge of ministries such as power, works, women affairs or culture does not mean anything to the Nigerian people.”

MrCounselor:
You are a very good observer.. but that was my comment kk = ok.

MrCounselor:
kk

temitemi1:
Apc wedding

Kolo said he decided to sponsor the wedding to
give a sense of belonging to the IDPs who lacked the resources to sponsor the weddings themselves.

koresma26:
Stealing is not corruption

One of the girls, Ihezue (19), who said she is
from Imo State, explained that poverty and lack of care pushed her into the business.

Upon re-arrest, Saka allegedly confessed that his escape from police cell was made possible with
help from some policemen,

Chubhie:
Can I tempt you?

IdiAmin1:
[s]You are such a phool. Who told you there was a list in the first place? Liar Mohammed or the diarrhoea-mouthed midget in Edo govt house?[/s]

A major crisis may soon hit the nation’s education sector as no fewer than 32 state-owned tertiary institutions owe their academic and non-academic workers between four and 23 months’ salaries.

The workers, many of who spoke with our correspondents on Thursday, complained over the non-payment of their salaries.

The workers said they might embark on an indefinite strike if their entitlements were not paid within a short time.

The situation made members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, to demand for the payment of their 13 months’ salaries from the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, and his Osun State counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola. LAUTECH is owned by both Oyo and Osun states.

The lecturers also threatened to embark on industrial action if the governments of the two states refused to consent to their demand.

Chairman of LAUTECH ASUU, Dr. Oyebamiji Oyegoke, had said that the lecturers had been living in poverty as a result of the states’ refusal to fulfil their financial obligations to them.

Three of the four Kwara State-owned tertiary institutions – Kwara State University, Malete; College of Education, Ilorin; College of Education, Oro, owed their workers four months’ salaries, while the Kwara State College of Education (Technical), Lafiagi, owe one month’s salaries. The Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies also owes its workers two months’ salaries.

It was also learnt that academic and non-academic workers at the Kogi State University, Ayingba; Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja; and Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, have yet to receive their June salaries.

In Edo State, workers at the College of Education, Ekhiadolor; College of Education, Igueben; College of Agriculture, Iguoriakhi; and the Institute of Management and Technology, Usen, are being owed between two and four months’ salaries.

According to the Chairman, Coalition of State Owned Tertiary Institutions in Edo, Mr. Fred Omonuwa, the workers might resort to a protest as they had done in the past to push for the payment of their entitlements.

The situation at the Akwa Ibom State University, Uyo, is different from other states. It was gathered that many workers employed by the university’s management with a view to meeting some accreditation requirements by the National Universities Commission have not been paid for the past 16 months.

Even the regular workers, according to a lecturer who spoke on the condition of anonymity, are owed two months’ salaries.
Academic and their non-academic counterparts at the Akwa Ibom State College of Education, Afaha Nsit, alleged that they had not been paid salaries for the past 23 months.

The Ekiti State University is being owed four months’ subventions by the state government.

Chairman of the university’s Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Mr. Ismail Falade, who disclosed this in a text message to one of our correspondents in Ado-Ekiti, added that the institution’s workers were being owed two months’ salaries.

The branch Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Olufayo Olu-Olu, explained that the institution’s management had paid net salary for March while the state government paid for April and May.

The Osun State Polytechnic, Iree; Osun State Polytechnic, Esa-Oke; College of Education, Ila-Orangun and College of Education, Ilesa, also owe their academic and non-academic workers for the past six months.

The Public Relations Officer of Council of Academic Staff Unions of Osun State Owned Tertiary Institutions, Mr. Dotun Omisore, told one of our correspondents that they had just been paid 50 per cent of their January salaries while the state had also not remitted pension contributions deducted from their salaries since 2013.

The story is the same in Plateau State where all the seven tertiary institutions owned by the state -Plateau State University, Bokkos; Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi; College of Arts, Science and Technology, Kurgwi; College of Education, Gindiri; College of Agriculture, Garkawa; School of Health Technology, Pankshin; and School of Health Technology, Zawan – have not paid their workers for many months.

It was also learnt that the academic and non-academic workers at the Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State, are also angry over the non-payment of their 48 months’ salary arrears.

The workers’ unions’ leaders had written to the state government informing it that they were withdrawing their services until their salaries were paid.

But they were shocked to have received a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Adeoluwa Taiwo, that the unions’ activities had been suspended within the campus, as he claimed they had been infiltrated by the enemies of the government.

Of the three Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions, only Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, does not owe salaries. The authorities of Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa; and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, owe their workers two months’ pay.

The Public Relations Officer of RUGIPO, Mr. Samuel Ojo, confirmed that the institution’s management had yet to pay the workers May and June salaries.

Sixty-five lecturers have not been paid for 35 months by the management of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Diobu.

The affected lecturers were recalled after being sacked for allegedly protesting the reappointment of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Barineme Fakae.

The 65 lecturers had claimed that Fakae’s reappointment did not follow due process.

The Acting Chairman of RSUST ASUU, Dr. Suobere Puyate, told Saturday PUNCH that apart from the 65 lecturers, who had not been paid, other lecturers have received their salaries up to June.

Apart from many months of their arrears and allowances that were allegedly not paid to them, academic and non-academic workers of the Cross River University of Technology, Calabar, are being owed three months’ salaries.

Though it was learnt that the management of Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, did not owe the institution’s regular lecturers, Chairman NDU ASUU, Dr. Beke Sese, said graduate assistants had not received a dime since they were employed over two years ago by the institutions management.

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