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No fewer than twenty persons have died following the recent cholera outbreak in Ebonyi state.

The state Director of Public Health and Disease control, Dr. Chris Achi stated this in Abakaliki, the state capital.

He said the deaths were recorded across seven Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State where the outbreak occurred.

These include: Abakaliki, Izzi, Ebonyi, Ohaukwu, Ishielu, Ezza North and Ohaozara Local Government Areas.

According to him, ten undergraduates of the Ebonyi State University were affected by the disease out of which one died.

“Fifteen students of Girls’ High School, Azuiyiokwu were also affected and were taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki for medical attention without casualty recorded.

“The epidemic was recorded in 12 Apostle College Sharon and Annunciation schools, St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Kpirikpiri Abakaliki,” he added.
Achi, a former Commissioner for Health in the state explained that those who died resorted to self medication and died due to renal breakdown before being taken to hospitals for medical treatment.
He discouraged people from defecating indiscriminately around their vicinities and drinking contaminated water and called on those seeking for house as tenants to ensure they live in houses that have toilet facilities.

Achi further enjoined the people to ensure personal hygiene and desist from eating foods they are not sure of where it was prepared to avoid contracting the disease.

On their part, the ambassadors commended President Jonathan for setting a record of humility, patriotism and courage in safeguarding the democratic process in Nigeria and Africa

osram:
JONATHAN MY HERO...............FAYOSE MY ROLE MODEL

mulattoclaro:
some women are naturally bad-mouthed. Sometimes they deserve to be beaten but not to the point of death.

The cult war raging in the last six months in Agbor community and its environs, Delta State, reared its ugly head on Tuesday when suspected cultists operating in the areas allegedly killed two persons, including a pregnant woman.

Reports said the victims were killed and dumped by the roadside, thereby causing palpable tension.

It was gathered that police in the area have arrested several cult suspected members but upon interrogation and investigation, highly placed persons allegedly intervene to set them free.

The incident which took place around the Benin-Asaba Agbor expressway, took place at wee house with owners of the corpses yet to identify them.

Sources said one of the victim, a pregnant woman, a garri vendor, was stranded on the fateful day she was attacked.

Police sources at the divisional police headquarters said the police were on the trail of the suspected cultists, adding that two persons were arrested while the search for others continue.

Meanwhile, the corpses of the victims were taken to Agbor General Hospital Mortuary, while some persons who claimed to be relations of the deceased were seen crying profusely.

Agbor and its environs have been under the siege of cult related activities where several persons have been allegedly killed in the last few years.

When contacted for comment, Delta police spokesman, Celestina Kalu, said she was yet to get the report by the time of filling this report.

sCun:
They dig up this nonsense every 2 years to console themselves.
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Bayo Awofadeju
Nemesis caught up with a 47-year-old suspected kidnapper on Monday at Abudu community, Iyana Ilogbo, Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, when he was caught with four girls he was taking out of the community to Ajah in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State.
The suspect, Nurudeen Badmus, was caught by an acquaintance of one of the girls who demanded to know where the suspect was taking the children to early in the morning.
When he couldn’t offer a satisfactory explanation, the aquaintance raised an alarm which attracted other members of the community.

Badmus was beaten seriously by the residents and was later taken to the local chief’s (Baale) house where he was interrogated.
The suspect told the Baale that he was taking the children to Ajah in Lagos State where he claimed they came from.
“They came to me for financial assistance to enable them go to Ajah in Lagos State. I was taking them to Ajah when somebody identified one of them. I am only assisting them,” the suspect told the large crowd at the Baale’s house.
The kidnapped girls, however, denied that they sought financial assitance from the suspect. They claimed that he picked them from the community and told them that their parents were witches and were planning to kill them.
One of the girls who identified herself as Jumoke confirmed that the suspect was taking them out of the community, adding that they didn’t know where he was taking them to.
“My name is Jumoke. I am 16 years old. Badmus lives near my house. He told me my mother was a witch and that she was planning to kill me. He said I should follow him to a town to escape being killed. He warned me not to tell my mother. I didn’t know the place he was taking me to. He also tried to rape me but I resisted him,’’ she narrated.
The youngest of the girls who gave her name as Nimota, 9 years old, said the suspect picked her on the road.
“He picked me on the road and told me that my mother was a witch and was planning to kill me. He said I should run away with him. I don’t know where he was taking me,” she said.
When the parents of the children arrived the Baale’s house, they were full of praises for the community. They identified the suspect as a neighbour, stressing that they didn’t know he was a kidnapper.
The Baale of the community later invited the police at Sango Police Station where the suspect was taken and detained for interrogation.
“We are still investigating the matter. If found guilty, he would be charged to court for kidnapping,” a police source at the station told P.M.NEWS.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is seriously considering challenging the results of the governorship elections in some states where the party’s candidates lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The leadership of the party will, however, meet with state chairmen and other stakeholders next week before taking a decision on this.
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, who briefed journalists after the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) meeting yesterday, also alleged that some members of the party were recruited by the APC to cause disharmony within the party and to call for the resignation of the PDP national leadership. Some members of the party had called for the resignation of the party leadership, including the NWC and members of the Board of Trustees (BoT) over the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Metuh stated that PDP will resist any plan to undermine the will of the electorate in states where governorship elections were declared inconclusive, including Abia, Imo and Taraba. He said the party is in the process of finding out areas of “irregularities so as to enable the party have a holistic view over the conduct of April 11 election.” The party’s spokesman further called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies to ensure free and fair elections and not be swayed by what he described as “the intimidation, manipulations and blackmails of a clearly obsessed APC.”
“The NWC is determined to firmly resist any attempt whatsoever to subvert the will of the people or tamper with the process with the aim of denying our candidates their well-deserved victory at the polls. “We, therefore, in the strongest possible terms call on INEC and security forces to ensure that the elections in the affected areas are free, fair and credible and that every effort must be made to resist the intimidations and blackmails of clearly obsessed APC with the aim of manipulating the process in their favour.
“On this note, we charge our members, particularly those in states where elections have been rescheduled or declared inconclusive not to despair, but remain focused as the NWC will continue to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them until our deserved victory is achieved.
“Already, we have received reports from Nasarawa State where results from a ward collation centre in Karu Local Government where our senatorial candidate was leading with about 8,000 votes was outrightly cancelled by INEC on the ground that the collation officer was unable to reconcile the figures from the ward. “Instead of ordering the collation officer to properly reconcile and represent the figures, INEC reversed the 8,000 votes lead by our candidate by hurriedly declaring the APC candidate winner with about 2,000 votes.

This is in clear violation of the Electoral Act, which does not provide for cancellation of results based on unreconciled figures at the collation level.” He recalled of similar cases at the national collation centre where the INEC Chairman had ordered the returning officers to properly reconcile and represent figures before the announcement of final results and called for the immediate cancellation of the results as declared by INEC.
“The NWC has noted some divisive comments and statements by certain elements within the party who are being enticed by extraneous factors and other parties to cause disharmony in our ranks. “While cautioning against such comments, we urge our members with genuine grievances to direct them through the appropriate channels within our party in line with the provisions of the PDP constitution.
“We reassure all our members that the NWC has put a machinery in place to reengineer and refocus our great party in keeping with our collective determination to consolidate our support base in all states of the federation with a view to regaining power at the centre in the next four years since it is obvious that the APC lacks what it takes to effectively lead our dear nation.”

This young naval officer Commander Ugbodi from Oori town of Benue State has been killed ..According to a CKN News I reporter at the scene of the incident,the naval officer was mistaken for a robber with his friends and who pursued their car .The mob made up of Okada riders killed and set them on fire before they could even explain and identify themselves..

Here is the story as sent to CKN News by Pastor Flourish Atoju .

"He is my brother CKN, the whole of my village is thrown into mourning right now. He was in the company of his younger brother to go get fuel. He arrived at a police check point and the police on duty told him to stop because of the robbery going on; i don't know why he just drove pass the police, the okada people ran after him, seen that he stopped for them, the next thing was to drag him out of his vehicle together with his younger brother, beat them up to the point of death and set them ablaze. It happened in Abuja on your way to kaduna. His name is Awi Samuel Ugbodi. So painful and can't just stop crying."

Vice President-Elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo while appreciating all APC supporters who contributed to the victory of the party at various levels during the just concluded elections has said that the party’s mantra of change was real, and will be used to transform the country.

Prof. Osinbajo who posted his thought on twitter avowed that, ‘’For us, Change is not just a campaign slogan; Change is possible; Change is doable; Change will work! Believe and participate,’’ he said.

While commending all supporters of the party in the just concluded election, he urged them to keep the faith even in other supplementary elections that will hold soon. He said, ‘’ Thank you to all who supported our Governorship & Legislature candidates on Saturday. For supplementary elections, keep the faith.’’

He also urged candidates who were successful in the just concluded elections to ‘’join hands with the people to build states and a nation of our dreams.’’

By Peter Okutu
ABAKALIKI – THE leadership of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in Ebonyi state Wednesday said it has accepted the outcome of the last governorship and House of Assembly elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the state.
Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, the state Chairman of APGA and running mate for the APGA governorship candidate, Mr. Jerry Obasi stated that although he had certain reservations over the conduct of the election, the party decided to accept its outcome in order to give room for change in the development of the state.
The party chieftain who appreciated the fact that power was shifting to south senatorial district considering the victory of the PDP in the last election noted that APGA would continue to form a strong opposition base to ensure that democracy dividends get to the people of the state.
Obasi advised the incoming administration to shun corruption practices or any act capable of ruining the economic prospect of the state.
“Even when I will quarrel much about the outcome of the election, there are areas where every party also faulted; the election was not perfect. However, I accept the outcome of the election and there is need for the state to forge ahead. I will continue to criticize the incoming administration; I will remain critical about issues that will not help the state.
“I believe in social justice, equity and fair play; I advise the Governor-elect to learn from history; his main agenda should be focused on infrastructure, education among other areas. he should not engage in looting the public funds but engage in meaningful development of the state.
“He should write his name in gold through his developmental initiatives. I accept the outcome of the election and congratulate him. We have not decided to go the tribunal”.

Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Later Rain Assembly has said he was not aware of any appointment to ‎head the Transition Committee of the President-Elect Muhammadu Buhari as reported by some newspapers on Monday.
Bakare ran as vice presidential candidate to Buhari in 2011 under the platform of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC).
He denied the transition committee appointment through his spokesperson Mr Yinka Odumakin.
"This is news to Pastor Bakare also. He read it in This Day Newspaper as others did this morning," Odumakin said.
He added that "mischief makers are at work as usual."
The spokesperson of the Buhari campaign office Malam Garba Shehu also said he wasn't aware of Bakare's appointment when Daily Trust contacted him on Monday.
In an interview in Daura, Buhari said the transition committee when put in place would comprise of patriotic and knowledgeable Nigerians.
The president-elect said the committee won't be too big and will contain more technocrats than politicians.

Evergreat2014:
APC is not the winning party in Zamfara. The election was rigged here. You people need to come and see how frustrated the people here were when the result was announced.

Security men monitoring the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State were on Saturday stunned when two male minors were arrested with ballot papers stuffed in a bag.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the detectives saw the boys and accosted them. When a search was conducted on them, so many thumb- printed ballot papers were found in it.

The duo were said to have been brought to Area C, Surulere police command headquarters.

An inspector on duty at the command who spoke under the condition of anonymity said the case had been transferred immediately to the state Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba.

In a similar development, not fewer than two person were arrested in Ajegunle area for allegedly being in possession of thumb- printed ballot papers before election was held on Saturday.

A police detective attached to Ajegunle police station who also spoke under the condition of anonymity disclosed that the ballot papers were over 100.

In another development, some hoodlums who wanted to go on rampage in protest of the defeat of the APC candidate for the House of Assembly election, Ladi Balogun, were stopped by soldiers of the Nigerian Army.

Balogun was said to have shed tears profusely when he realized that he failed in the election while his opponent. Olatunji Oluwa won on PDP platform.

Ahead of the impending judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the Ekiti Elections tomorrow there are reported desperate moves to subvert the decision of the court.
It was learnt that two top federal government officials have been making efforts to influence the Supreme Court Justices responsible for adjudicating on the Ekiti Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.
The case which has gone through the lower Tribunal and the Appeal Court is looking at allegations of eligibility and perjury by Governor Ayodele Fayose and the illegal use of the military to truncate the June 21 elections in the state.
It was gathered that the government officials visited a top judicial officer indicated is said to be disposed to helping with the matter.
It is however not certain if the Supreme Court Justices promised to accede to his request,.
The government officials are reportedly asking for an outright dismissal of most of the Justices of the Supreme Court on corruption grounds, when the new government assumes office next month.
Fayose was overheard in Ado Ekiti on Monday, reassuring his supporters that the needful had been done with the Justices and that he had been assured that the judgment would go in his favour.
Meanwhile, prominent Yoruba leaders are been contacted to help stem the growing opposition towards Fayose in the South West zone, especially in the event that the ruling goes in his favour having supporting Jonathan’s cause.
A retired General was contacted directly by Fayose for his assistance, but his plea met with brick wall, as the respected General turned him down.
With a perceived belief that there is a rift between the former governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi and the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Fayose sent emissaries to him that he is prepared to defect to the APC if he could assist him scale the supreme court hurdle.
We also gathered authoritatively at the weekend that the Justices and the judiciary are of the opinion that Fayose is not deserving of the seat, especially given the treatment he gave the judiciary in the build up to his inauguration as governor.
Legal experts have also canvassed that it would be a travesty of justice if Fayose is allowed to profit from the judiciary, which he has succeeded in desecrating severally.
Our source noted that the judiciary may find a very good reason to nail him, with eligibility, as a major ground for election nullification, regardless of whether or not he won the June 21 election. This is especially so because he would have been deemed not to have qualified to run for the office in the first instance.
The same desperation by bigwigs of the PDP was displayed in Lagos when the President virtually relocated to the Southwest in the build up to the Presidential and governorship polls.
Having lost many governorship seats in the just concluded April 11 polls, the PDP chieftains are of the view that they must do all they could to retain Ekiti, at least through the judiciary.