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these idiots don score

Nice block De Gea...

Nice clearance smalling...

Young...give more power to ya leg nah..

DahtzFestjayz:
Police is turning new leaf

Which kind new leaf? With all these death threats from someone who is meant to protect innocent people...

phlemzy:
Mbu will soon be relegated. His days of reign will be soon over.

It is just a matter of time. People like this will start ending up in kirikiri..

What do we expect of the junior ranked police when their oga is as senseless as this...

No matter what your tactics are mr mbu, people like you should not be allowed to wear police uniform. It is only in Nigeria that you can make such inflammatory comments and still get away with it....A clown/terrorist that should be cooling off in Kirikiri...

abduljabbar4:
I'm beginning to respect police small small cos they hardly take bribes

Which part of Naija u dey?

Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 2, Joseph Mbu, has said the threat he issued to kill 10 people for every policeman killed made the conduct of the Lagos State election peaceful.

Mbu spoke on Saturday at the state’s Command Headquatres after monitoring the election in some parts of the state with some journalists.

In the convoy were also riot policemen from Zone 2.

The entourage covered the Ikeja, Agege, Alimosho, Somolu, Ogudu, Yaba, Lagos Island, Gbagada areas of Lagos State, among others.

There was no chaos or fight in all the areas as residents cheered the police team.

However, three people were arrested along the Ikeja GRA for moving around in their cars, while a passerby, who attempted recording the scene, was equally apprehended.

His smartphone was smashed on the ground by a policeman.

A vehicle, which number plate was also covered, was intercepted along the road and searched by the team, but no incriminating material was found.

The cover was later removed.

Also visited were police headquatres and collation centres.

At the end of the tour, Mbu lauded the courage of policemen in the state and the orderly conduct of the election.

Asked what was responsible for the peaceful conduct of the elections, Mbu said, “Generally, people are becoming more and more mature, sensitive and reasonable.

He said, “And anyway, the statement I made, which generated a lot of (controversy); people misconstrued it all over, but that also helped the police because people say, ‘this man has come o and whatever he says, he means it’, and that also instilled fear in them.

“Go and check all the places where I have served, how many people have died? We don’t kill that way. But you have to instill fear so that people will have more respect for the police.

“You know how police were perceived those days, but now police give orders and people say police cannot do anything. But with those few words (I said), people are now scared and say, ‘if you misbehave, police are going to react’.

“Now we have succeeded as far as I am concerned.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/my-death-threat-worked-in-lagos-mbu-boasts/

telexfree1:
If you don't believe in the omnipotent God., then it simply means you are not sure what happens to your soul after death. And therein (in your uncertainty/unbelief ) is your condemnation

And I bet you know what will happen to yours, right? All these people no go kill mw with hypothesis...

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President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to betray the trust of Nigeria’s citizens.
Buhari also said that he would provide the country with the good leadership it so desperately needs.
The President-elect stated this on Thursday, April 9, 2015, during a visit to his native, Katsina State.
"During our campaign tour, we talked about three key issues of security, economy and corruption. We will accord them necessary attention", Buhari said.
He also received new members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

http://pulse.ng/politics/muhammadu-buhari-i-won-t-betray-nigerians-trust-president-elect-says-id3643374.html

Oya nah

tunde82seidat:
i like fayose oo i dont want him impeached

ok

emisquare99:
This is horrifying! This man could've been saved but not in a country like Nigeria where it'd take the whole day for rescue team to arrive the accident scene.

Well, that's the situation of the country...

PassingShot:
The thug governor must be impeached.

There should be no place for a thug as a governor. Not in the SW at least.

This is not even just about SW. A thug is a thug regardless of the region he or she comes from. I hope the justice system is not compromised thi. Can't wait to see this thug in kirikiri.

yuncka:
nawa oo, RIP to the dead....

its like this railing system is taking more souls by the day more than its transport counterparts.

It will never be our portion in Jesus Name.

This is more about people's patience not the railing system. Same would happen if you are impatient to look carefully before crossing a highway. At least, train system is still lot more safer.

Very unfortunate...Please always look before you leap. He could have waited for 5 minutes for the train to just roll by and he'd still be alive by now with his wife and newly born baby.

Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose and his deputy, Kolapo Olusola, have raced to a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the 19 All Progressives Congress members of the state House of Assembly from impeaching them.

But they met a brick wall as the judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, turned down their request and granted only the prayers contained in their ex parte application relating to the service of the court processes on the defendants.

Fayose and Olusola, in the ex parte application, asked for an interim order stopping the impeachment notice served on them and the moves to remove them from office.

Rather than granting the prayers for interim injunction, Justice Mohammed ordered the defendants in the suit, including the Speaker of the House, Adewale Omirin, and the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, to appear in his court on April 16.

They are to show cause why the order of interim injunctions being sought by the plaintiffs should not be granted.

Apart from Omirin and Daramola, the other defendants in the suit are the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, and the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The plaintiffs, apart from Fayose and Olusola, are the House of Assembly and Olugbemi Dele, who was appointed by seven Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers as their speaker.

Counsel for the plaintiffs, Ahmed Raji, had in the ex parte application dated April 7 urged the court to set aside the impeachment notice and restrain the defendants from taking any further steps in that direction.

The lawyer argued that the impeachment notice signed by Omirin amounted to impersonating the “incumbent speaker (Dele).’’

He said, “The kernel of our complaint is that a former speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, in the person of the 1st respondent (Omirin) is trying to impersonate the 1st plaintiff (Dele), who is the current speaker of the parliament.”

Part of the orders sought by the plaintiffs are: “An injunction restraining the 1st defendant (Dele) and other errant members of the 2nd plaintiff (House of Assembly) from further taking any step or engagining in unlawful activities relating to the impeachment of Ayodele Fayose and Kolapo Olusola as governor and deputy governor of Ekiti State.

“An interim order of injunction restraining the Chief Judge from taking any step or action in relation to the request of the 1st defendant (Omirin) for the purpose of appointing a panel of seven persons to investigate the purported allegations of gross misconduct against Fayose and Olusola.

“An interim order restraining the police from continuing to abet, give cover, protection or lend credence to the activities of the 1st defendant and other errant members of the 2nd plaintiff for self-help in disruption of legislative proceedings in the House of Assembly.

“An interim order setting aside the purported notice of impeachment and all the steps taken by the 1st defendant and other errant members of the 2nd plaintiff in relation to the purported issuance and service of the notice of impeachment for the purpose of commencing and concluding impeachment proceedings against Fayose and Olusola.”

The plaintiffs had urged the court to grant the prayers and make the interim injunctions to subsist pending the determination of their motion on notice for interlocutory injunctions seeking the same set of prayers.

Raji urged the court to grant the prayers “in the interest of justice, public order, peace and safety of the people of the state.”

But the judge rather than granting the interim injunctions ordered the parties to appear in court to convince him on why the plaintiffs’ prayers should not be granted.

Justice Mohammed ruled, “The order is hereby made directing the 1st to 4th defendants (Omirin, IG , INEC and Ekiti CJ) to appear before this court on April 16, 2015 and show cause why the interim order sought by the plaintiffs via an ex parte motion dated April 7, 2015 should not be made by this court.”

The court granted leave to serve Omirin and Justice Daramola, who reside in Ekiti State, outside jurisdiction.

It also ordered that Omirin and the CJ be served through advertisement in a national newspaper.

It also made a separate order that the CJ be served with processes of court through the office of the Chief Registrar of of the Ekiti State High Court.

In their main suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/302/2015, the plaintiffs are seeking nine prayers among which is “an order setting aside the purported notice of impeachment and all steps taken by the 1st defendant (Omirin) with other errant members of the 2nd plaintiff in relation to the purported issuance and service of the said notice of impeachment for the purpose of commencing and concluding the impeachment proceedings against Fayose and Olusola, except and until there is absolute compliance with provisions of section 36(1) and section 188(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).”

The move by the APC lawmakers to sack Fayose and Olusola had led to mayhem in parts of the state on Monday and Tuesday.

During protests on Tuesday by Fayose supporters, a man, Modupe Olaiya, was shot dead in Efon Alaaye.

Olaiya’s death became a subject of controversy with Fayose accusing the APC lawmakers being culpable in a in a petition he sent to the IG.

“The APC lawmakers were escorted by five fully armed riot policemen, who I later discovered were brought from MOPOL 20 in Lagos State,” he added.

He listed the mobile policemen as Sgt Oyelakin Zacchaeus (F/No 386073), Cpl Adewuya Clement (F/No 396903), Cpl James Ogunji (F/No 386976), Cpl Ebute Michael (F/No 343469) and Cpl. Ibrahim Zock (F/No 235510).

Fayose urged Abbah to investigate the role of the policemen in the whole saga.

He said, “To my surprise, instead of the police arresting the lawmakers, they were allowed to return to Osogbo, Osun State where they came from.

“As I write, the entire Efon Alaaye community is tense, with the people expecting justice to prevail on the gruesome murder of Modupe Olaiya.

“It is therefore on this note, and most importantly, the need to restore the confidence of the people in the police that I implore that you use your good offices to order a thorough investigation into the murder.

“It is also important that the involvement of the above listed mobile policemen is ascertained as they were not from Ekiti State and were not deployed to escort the lawmakers to the state by the state police command.”

Olaiya’s mother, Apeke, told journalists in company with her daughter-in-law, Yinka, that one of the lawmakers killed her son.

She said, “It (killing) happened at Fabo, at Efon Junction on the way to Ijebu-Ijesha.

“They said he (lawmaker) was coming with some OPC (Odua Peoples Congress) members from Lagos and they made a detour in Osun State, but they were coming to Ekiti through Ijebu-Ijesha.

“What I learnt was that when the convoy arrived at Fabo Junction, they opened fire on the protesters who had mounted a roadblock, claiming that that Efon people were heady and stubborn.

“I was told that my son had hidden behind a car when everyone else had scampered to safety. He was shot in the back while crawling out of danger to the bush.

“The vehicle with which he was being taken to the hospital ran out of fuel on the way, they continued with a motorcycle, which also ran out of fuel at Adagba farm settlement. They eventually got another motorcycle with which they got him to Odufunke Hospital, where the doctor had to call the police to ascertain his identity, having been brought as a gunshot victim.

“While all these were going on, my son had started to foam from the mouth and while they were trying to give him blood, he gave up the ghost. His pregnant wife, Yinka, has two children. I don’t know what to do now. Olaiya is my fourth child and had been the sponsor of the family.”

She spoke at the Government House in Ado Ekiti.

But the APC lawmakers accused the governor of inducing the mother and other family members of the deceased to make the claim.

According to them, Olaiya was felled by soldiers’ bullets at Efon Alaaye.

“We have confirmed that Fayose gave the woman huge sum of money and asked her to start crying, rolling on the floor with persistent mentioning of Hon. Ogundele as the one who shot the boy,” they said in a statement by Omirin’s Special Adviser, Media, Wole Olujobi.

The statement added, “Modupe Olaiya was actually killed by security agents while thugs armed with guns and other dangerous weapons massed up at the Itawure security checkpoint violently protesting and blocking the route through which the 19 APC lawmakers were coming to Ado Ekiti.

“Residents of Efon Alaaye have confirmed that the incident happened long before the lawmakers arrived at the checkpoint when the thugs became unruly and started shooting at the security agents.

“In the exchange of gunfire, Olaiya was felled and taken to the morgue. His body was later shown to residents by government officials alleging that Ogundele, who was nowhere near the scene, was implicated.

“The lawmakers were not even aware of the incident because they were still far away from the spot when the incident happened. So, it will be mischievous if the lawmakers are linked with the incident.

“Nigerians should recall that the Ekiti State High Court once dismissed Fayose as an incorrigible liar and peddler of mischief. Nigerians should therefore note the deceit involved in this show of shame. Is it the family of the deceased that should visit the governor in his office or the governor that should visit them to sympathise with them in their house?

“This is another propaganda typical of Fayose’s mischief to get at the opposition. What Fayose is doing is to stoke crisis that will lead to the arrest of Hon. Ogundele so that he will not be around on Saturday for the House of Assembly poll in which the man is seeking re-election.

“This is another stunt from a man who trades and trafficks in lies and mischief as essential instrument of governance.”


http://www.punchng.com/news/court-refuses-to-stop-fayoses-impeachment/

Tragedy struck on Wednesday in the Cappa, Oshodi area of Lagos State after a train crushed to death a 32-year-old man, identified as Smith.

Smith was said to be hurrying to his workplace around 7am and was crossing the railway tracks when he was hit.

Eyewitnesses, who spoke with PUNCH Metro, said the deceased, a devout Muslim, who was fondly called Alfa, could have been saved if help had come his way on time.

A mechanic in the area, Biodun Adebanjo, said Smith had only recently had a baby with his wife.

He said, “It was around 7am when he alighted from the bus he had boarded to Cappa. His workplace is just a few kilometres away.

“Immediately he alighted, he started racing towards the railway tracks, apparently he was in a hurry and was oblivious of the hooting of the train.

“As he approached the tracks, an area boy wanted to grab him and stop him from crossing, but he thought he wanted to rob him and forcefully pulled himself away.

“By the time he realised the danger he was in, it was too late. He tried to turn back, but the train hit his right leg and slammed against his body.”

Another witness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that immediately the incident occurred, symphatisers rushed to the scene and dragged him to the side of the railway tracks. He said the victim was still breathing, but in dire need of medical help.

He added that efforts to get emergency workers to come to the scene were abortive as they reportedly did not show up until 10am, about three hours after the incident.

Another witness, Austin Edi, lamented that policemen, who passed the area, merely looked and moved on.

He said, “People kept calling the emergency lines, but they just said they were coming. Policemen around the area did not even make any effort to save the victim. It was around 10am that his remains were removed by an ambulance.”

It was learnt that the victim’s colleagues also came around and later informed his relatives about the incident.

Our correspondent visited Esther Oshiyemi Street where Smith worked in a construction firm as an architect. The office was locked.

Some people around told our correspondent that the management of the company took the decision to mourn him.

A resident, Bisiriyu Oladimeji, described late Smith as a religious man, who was noted for his gentleness.

He said the information making the rounds that the victim blocked his ears with earpiece and was listening to music when the incident happened, was not true.

“I know him very well. I have not even seen him use earpiece before. He was soft-spoken and easygoing. We call him Alfa. It’s just unfortunate and nobody knows what he was thinking that blocked his mind,” he said.

It was learnt that train accident had become recurrent in the Cappa area.

A man, who declined to give his name, said no fewer than three people had died in recent times.

He said, “Just in August last year, a man was crushed to death at the same spot. Shortly after this man (Alfa) was killed this morning, another lady was almost crushed to death at the same spot.

“We were the ones who shouted and stopped her from killing herself. There have been many more like that.”

He attributed the incidents to frustration, appealing to the government to build demarcation fences and station train officials at the spot.

http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/train-crushes-architect-while-hurrying-to-office/

ikombe:
Dont know y nairaland guys like claiming seniority, like say na award.




Bro , any woman who aint ready to train and take care of her kids , should not complain wen tins like dis happens.

No point grinding words with you. You have only clearly demonstrated to the whole world how shallow you think and it is a way of saying you are not capable of making meaningful contributions to vital topics. Anyway, I don't blame you. You cant reason beyond your dented brain.

ikombe:
were you brought up by a maid . Its a simple question am throwing to u sha.

How I was brought up is none of your business. People hire maids for different reasons and if you are questioning the purpose, then I'd be right to assume you have a shallow reasoning capacity which in that case you and I can't operate on the same frequency. Please go find your mate...

ajibaby2:
The children were found at Shagamu. I learnt the house help is in police custody. Hopefully, we shall get the update tomorrow.

In fact, they should make her fish out her kingpins

ikombe:
The truth hurts bro

What truth? When has it become a misdeed to have a maid?

kingDarius:
Glory to God!
D kids has been tfound around shagamu.

Are you serious? Awesome!

skyps:
Since women are running from their responsibilities then such will continue to happen

What a dumb comment from a stvpid brain...

She has finally returned for first lady election...