Governor Ikpeazu has not allowed the judgement of a high court sacking him as the Governor of Abia state to affect him and his administration . The Governor was pictured this morning inspecting ongoing work at different road construction sites in the state.


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Tuesday 28th June 2016, troops of 121 Task Force Battalion, 26 Task Force Brigade, accompanied by a large number of Civilian JTF from Gwoza, embarked on a very aggressive patrol that dislodged remnants Boko Haram terrorists hibernating at Ngoshe and Gava villages, located close to Gwoza on the mountainous terrain.

The essence of the robust patrol which was supported by the Nigeria Air Force and Cameroonian Defence Forces who provided air cover and real time Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, was to clear the remnants of the terrorists hiding in the mountainous area and rescue all persons held hostages by the Boko Haram terrorists.


While advancing towards their objective in Ngoshe, the patrol team encountered Boko Haram terrorists. They have to clear the delay positions staged by the terrorists through the support of the Nigeria Air Force fighter jets.


Although the number of terrorists killed could not be ascertained, quite a number of them where seen falling over the mountains when engaged. It is equally believed several others escaped with gun shot wounds.


The troops were however able to recover quite a number of arms and ammunitions. These include; 1 Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) tube, 4 RPG Bombs, 1 General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), 1 Fabrique Nationale (FN) rifle and 3 AK-47 rifles.


Other items recovered include 1 Sub-Machine Gun(SMG), 1 Locally made Pistol, a locally made Double-Barrel gun, 1 Smoke Grenade, 243 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO) ammunition and 1 round of 7.62mm (Special) ammunition.



They also recovered 18 rounds of MI16 rifle, 3 G3 Rifle magazines, 2 AK-47 magazines, 1 mobile telephone handset and a SIM card, as well as a pair of military desert camouflage uniform.

Other items were an address card, 3 Boko Haram terrorists flags and a Toyota Hilux vehicle painted in desert camouflage colour and motorcycles.


The troops did not find any hostage in Gava. However, they rescued 16 civilians held in Ngoshe prison, while many residents of the town saw it as an opportunity to flee from the town. Both the rescued and freed persons are being profiled by the troops.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photos-troops-clear-boko-haram.html

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One would have thought that by now, Mercy Johnson would have stepped up her game but nah, the actress and happily married mum of three, is back to playing the role of the naive, illiterate and razz character in Nigerian movies.

She is presently on the set of a new movie, Professor Johnbull and in it she plays Caro who is an illiterate orange hawker who became the housemaid of #ProfessorJohnbull. She is a great admirer of her benefactor’s household and appreciates the fact that they are trying to make her a better person in life. The movie also features Kanayo O. Kanayo, Bidemi Kosoko, Bimbo Akintola and more.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photos-mercy-johnsonkanayo-o.html

This is Justice Adedayo Akintoye at Court 55 of Lagos State High Court Igbosere reading her ruling in pitch darkness today as electricity went off in the courtroom.

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President Buhari broke today's Ramadan fast with notable Imams in Abuja Imams at his residence .

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The Dancehall star arrived London via Heathrow Airport today on an Arik flight from Lagos.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/burna-boy-returns-to-uk-5-years-after.html

Burna Boy was deported to Nigeria from the UK few years ago following a messy murder case involving him and some gang members but fortunately for him, the ban was lifted last year on the ground of good behavior.

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One of the six suspects, of three different 'One-Chance' gangs, arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad of the Lagos State Police Command on Sunday has disclosed that the prevailing economic situation in the country has greatly affected one chance robbery operations.

The suspect, Adeleke Rasaq, 24, was arrested along with his gang member, Lucky John, 22, in Abule Egba, Agbado-Oke Local Council Development Area.

Adeleke, who resigned as a factory worker to join one-chance robbery gang, stated “we don’t make much money like before. The present economic condition in the country has greatly affected one-chance business. We have not been able to make much money, everywhere is dry."

The suspect added that "Frankly, we have not made much money since Monday. We have been sharing N20,000, N30,000 and N40,000. Unlike before, when I operate alone, I could make close to N150,000 daily. Now, business is so difficult."

He continued that, "I teamed up with Lucky because pickpocketing is not easy in Lagos these days. When you toil alone, you might not make much. It has not been easy working independently lately. So, we have to team up to make more money to survive... Both of us live in Badagry. Everyday, we come to Abule Egba, Agege, Fagba, Egbeda to operate. As soon as we made enough money, we would retire for the day."

Explaining how he joined the robbery syndicate, he revealed, “I resigned from the company I worked for when I noticed that a lot of my friends in Ajegunle, who were doing this kind of hustling were living better than a lot of Chief Executives. Every guy does this in Ajegunle. We don’t see it as a crime, it is called hustling."

The suspect also stated that, "I started following them out. It was in the process that I mastered the act. It has been up to six years that I have been in this trade.”

Members of the second gang, comprising Ubuke Michael, 26 and Obinna Okoro, 24, were arrested in Gbagada after their operational bus with the registration number "FST 890 XM" had picked up two passengers who were going to Alaba International Market and Ladipo Spare Part Market to buy goods.

Ubuke, the leader of the gang, had invited a bus driver and a conductor to join his group in one-chance operation. Ubuke insisted “I invited a friend of mine who has a commercial bus. He and his conductor are familiar with the operation. I have so many commercial buses that I can call for operation. I call them to join me at a particular location."

Ubuke also stated that, "The driver and conductor do their normal work while we collect belongings of the passengers, drop them off and pass them to the driver to hold on. The two passengers in the bus were our victims. One of them came out of bank before boarding our bus, while another has bulky pockets. We were about to collect their belongings when we were arrested. We don’t normally carry more than two passengers during operations. Whatever we make we share with the driver and the conductor; but our share is normally more than theirs. It is so unfortunate the driver and conductor of our operational danfo bus escaped.”

One of their victims, Boniface Anusionwu, whose phone was found with the gang stated: “I just came out of a bank where I went to withdraw some money for trading and for my rent. I never knew they were robbers.”

The last gang members , Steven Raphael, 25 and Samali Onafuwa, 27 were arrested in Fagba and Station Bus Stop, Ishaga.

Confirming the incident, the Police PPRO, SP Dolapo Badmos, said that there would be no hiding place for criminals in Lagos State, adding that the suspects would be charge to court when investigations are completed. Sadly, all the suspects have roots in Ajegunle.

The six suspects had been transferred to SCID for further investigation.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photos-rrs-arrests-three-one-chance.html

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This is the state of the road that lead to a Federal High Court Benin-City,Edo state. Photos were taken when Lawyers were returning from the courtroom shortly after a heavy rainfall in Benin city.



The road has been like this for about 4 years.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photos-bad-state-of-road-leading-to.html

Nigerian Senate, today, rejected President Muhammadu Buhari ambassadorial list.

The Senate says the nomination pushed forward by the president lacks federal character.

Details soon

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/nigerian-senate-rejects-buharis.html

Today, in the early hours troops of 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion deployed at an Observation Post sighted a group of persons approaching its Check Point at Liwanti village along Damboa-Bulabulin road, Borno State. On arrival, they were received and treated humanely based on International Humanitarian Laws and Rules of Engagement.

On preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the 69 of them were indeed family members of Boko Haram terrorists escaping from Sambisa. Out of that number, 7 of them are men, 18 women, 7 grown up boys and 37 children.

At the initial state of interrogation, they claimed to have escaped from Boko Haram terrorists captivity at Ngwalimari village in Sambisa forest general area. But further interrogation revealed otherwise.

The troops recovered 15 bicycles, 5 Dane Guns and other personal effects from them. Further and thorough investigation is ongoing to ascertain other information from them.



Thank you for your kind cooperation.

Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director Army Public Relations

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On Tuesday 21st June 2016 the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye paid a courtesy call to United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, in order to explore opportunities for the UN system to leverage the influence of the RCCG and it’s leadership in facilitating inter-faith harmony and peace, creating a conducive environment for action towards the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)


Pastor Adeboye in his address, stresses the critical nature of global peace and development which forward thinking (or like-minded) stakeholders and the United Nations genuinely seek. He also stated that

The Redeemed Christian Church of God is intensely focused on impacting the entire global community positively through the platform of its Christian faith and values. Insisting that the church, remains acutely aware of the need to go beyond business as usual to reach (and continue to engage) the youthful population.

Pastor Adeboye further assures that he and the body of Christ will continue to step up to the challenge of providing above board leadership, which permits Christians worldwide to serve as a strong moral compass and voice for the society, speaking for the marginalized and disadvantaged while holding all stakeholders including the Body of Christ accountable to the population we serve.

Pastor Enoch Adeboye meets with Mr. Ban Ki-moon secretary general United Nations

Pastor Adeboye promises to continue to reach out to people of all faith and religious divide, to build the bridges necessary for sustainable peace and development. Insisting that RCCG remains open to working with institutions like the United Nations and other agencies in order to achieve our common vision for the world.

In conclusion, Pastor Adeboye, expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the UN Secretary for an excellent service during his tenure.

Pastor E A Adeboye.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photo-pastor-enoch-adeboye-meets-un.html

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Abena ‘Mzznaki’ Teteh will be walking down the aisle with her fiancé, Kojo Prince soon.
Mzznaki was surprised by her friends last night with a bridal shower.





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Traditional rulers in Ondo State, on yesterday, appealed to the workers’ union in the state to suspend their two weeks strike embarked upon by the workers over the non payment of their six months’ salary.

The monarchs, who made this call at the end of their monthly meeting held at the palace of Oloba of Oba Ile, in Akure North Local Government, called on the state government to resume negotiation with the striking workers in the interest of development and the people of the state.

The traditional rulers, under the auspices of 130 Crown Club, noted the economic hardship in the country and urged the state government to dialogue with the leadership of the workers union in the state.

Speaking on behalf of the traditional rulers, the Oniyere of Iyere in Owo Local Government, Oba Omotunde Alaba, expressed displeasure over the protracted strike action over the unpaid wages for civil servants.

The monarch said “on behalf of the 130 Crown Club of Ondo State, as partner in governance, we want to use our monthly meeting at Oba-Ile North Local Government to appeal to NLC and TUC to please manage the situation for now and return back to work.

“The hardship is becoming too much for the citizens of Ondo State and for the economic development of the state. They should dialogue more with the state government and please go back to work

“We pray that the good time would come again and the people would enjoy the government.”

The monarchs also asked the government to eradicate Grade D for all traditional seats in the state and also called on the government to alleviate their suffering by paying their entitlements and upgrading them to the desired status befitting their position in the society.

His words “we are being shortchanged. We need our entitlements. We want the eradication of Grade D status in the kingship rank in the state. It is only in Ondo State that we have grade D. Other states in the country now have Grade A to C.”


http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/ondo-traditional-rulers-appeal-to.html

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Nollywood actress,Mercy Aigbe celebrated with her son,Juwon at Funplex Park and Rides on his birthday. The birthday party was attended by Juwon friends and popular singer Jaywon.


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Super Eagles players and the former Super Eagles captain,Joseph Yobe were pictured today as groomsmen at Ogenyi Onazi white wedding begins.


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I know alot Yorubas will not agree with this study.

Read below



Four of the major coastal tribes of Western Africa: the Yoruba, Igbo, Akan and the Gaa-Adangbe are dissimilar at a glance and evidently geographic neighbours, but very closely related, if examined in detail at the genetic level.

Several studies have been employed over the years, with findings bringing up linkages of genetic similarity between differing regional ethnic groups. One in particular, conducted by Adebowale Adeyemo, Guanjie Chen, Yuanxiu Chen, the National Human Genome Centre and Howard University, and Charles Rotimi of the University of Ibadan provided results indicating the genetic similarities between the four major West African ethnic groups.

Their findings further indicated surprising genetic variance within groups, but almost none across groups, similar to the closeness of human genetics across races, showing more range within than without.

According to this landmark study there was 99.9 percent within-population variance, the between-population variance was less than 0.1 percent. This means that Yorubas, Igbos, Gaa and Akan are 99.9 percent similar, while within each of the groups there are variations/differences between individuals as high as 99 percent i.e. One Igbo may be 99 percent genetically different from another Igbo, or one Yoruba person to another.

It is important to remember that these groups were not initially split by national borders; prior to the European division of the continent, these ethnic peoples traded, migrated and wedded as the times permitted, allowing apparent regional and national mixtures that remain evident in modern day genetic analyses of some Yoruba and Igbo individuals.

Race and ethnicity are considered to be related concepts. Ethnicity is often assumed to be somewhat more of a cultural identity of a group, often based on shared ancestry, language and cultural tradition, while race is assumed to be strictly a biological classification, based on genetic materials and bone structure. Ethnicity is often used synonymously with ambiguous terms such as nation or people, depending on which source of group identity is emphasized to define membership, the following types of (often mutually overlapping) groups are:

Ethno-linguistic, emphasizing shared language, dialect or script — example: Hausa.
Ethno-national, emphasizing a shared polity or sense of national identity — example: Nigerian.
Ethno-racial, emphasizing shared physical appearance based on genetic origins — example: African-American.
Ethno-regional, emphasizing a distinct local sense of belonging stemming from relative geographic isolation — example: South Islanders.
Ethno-religious, emphasizing shared affiliation with a particular religion, denomination or sect — example: Christians.

Also worthy of note is the shared Volta-Niger root languages, Yoruba and Igbo languages belong to the same family (YEAI branch), showing the common start of the diverse languages spoken by these ethnicities.

Consequently, barring the inclusion of culture, tribal affiliation and nationality, it could be said that the the Yorubas, the Igbos, the Akans and the Gaa-Adangbes are but a people spread over a wide area with different ways of life. Thus discrediting any claim of a unique Yoruba “race” or a genetically insured Igbo ethnicity often employed by politicians and traditional rulers in rhetorics and propaganda messages.

The reality, however, is the hampered economic strength of a not truly united front, with success delayed continually by the lack of pan-African sentiments on the part of the leadership, and poor economic decisions taken in an imperialist system.This is not to revile the revered skin deep differences in each group’s cultural development, but serves to indicate and rejoice in the underlying sameness of what appears ‘not’ to be.

A body does not fight itself. These kinds of research serve as a balm to the much divided heart of the ethnically-concerned West African, and to the African at large: one root, many branches; united by blood if not spirit.


http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/yoruba-are-genetically-999-percent-igbo.html

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Bashir Yusuf,the Kaduna state deputy governor represented the state governor,Nasir El-Rufai as they break today's fast with labour leaders in the state. Some of the labour leaders at the fast breaking dinner belong to ASUU,NUT,TUC,NLC,NURTW,NULGE.


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Justice E.A Obile of the Federal High Court, Calabar, Cross River State on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 convicted and sentenced Paul Etim and Okon Edet Okon to 6 years imprisonment each without an option of fine, on a 2-count charge of illegal dealing in petroleum products preferred against them by the EFCC.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photo-two-oil-thieves-jailed-for-six.html

Osinbajo's Daughter Graduates From Dartmouth College In The U.S

One of the Vice president's Yemi Osibanjo's daughter graduated with master's degree at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, U.S....

"Giving God glory at our daughter's graduation! A master's degree and the Byam Shaw-Brownstone M.A.L.S. Thesis Excellence Award at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire"

her excellency Dolapo Osibanjo wrote


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The Nigeria's former finance minister,Ngozi Okonjo Iweala visited Karonmagaji Village School, Abuja yesterday after she held a low profile birthday party at her residence.


She was accompanied to the school by Oke Peace and Light Foundation.


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Jennifer Oparaji who is the current Miss Imo State , and now the winner Most Beautiful Face In Nigeria 2016 , check out the photos from the Contest , as Jennifer Oparaji emerges of winner Most Beautiful Face In Nigeria 2016.




The Miss “winner Most Beautiful Face In Nigeria 2016” by name Oparaji Jennifer, from Aboh Mbaise L.G.A in Imo state Nigeria, the young queen is a final year student of History and International Relations, Imo State University Owerri. she is of 21 year old , the model contested against 22 other beautiful and intelligent girls from all over Nigeria on June 11th in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State Nigeria where she was crowned the new Most Beautiful Face In Nigeria 2016 Queen.





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2face Idibia and his lovely wife were spotted in Kenya this morning at the Giraffe Centre,Nairobi.


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Governor Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar just a moment ago attended the Janazah prayer of his driver's father, Malam Musa Hassan (Bunun Lushi) who died yesterday after brief illness at the age of 80. The deceased has left behind 7 children amongst whom is Alh. Sani, the senior driver to His Excellency Governor Muhammad Abdullahi Abubakar.


The Governor prayed that Allah Almighty grant the soul of the deceased peace, mercy and forgiveness and also prayed Allah in His infinite Mercy give his children and grandchildren the fortitude to bear the loss.


Shortly after the Janazah, His Excellency the people's Governor led the Asr prayer at the residence of the deceased.


May his soul rest in peace.

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A gang of kidnappers abducted the boy while he was running errand and later killed him when his parents failed to pay ransom for his release. According to Abdulmumin Suleiman who shared the pics

"This boy you're seeing, his Parents reside at Na'iNa'ibawa Dan Hassan road Kumbotso LGA Kano. He was sent to buy beans unfortunately some gangs kidnapped him and demanded for (2200000) two hundred thousand naira and the parents don't have it. He was slaughtered and dumped. Yah Allah expose those behind this ungodly acts, we're in the Holy month Never give them rest of mind...". ‪

This is absolutely so sad! Killing a child over N200k. See the graphic photos after the cut...

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/06/photos-kidnappers-kill-boy-and-dumped.html

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