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Immediate past Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Hon Dele Olugbemi has disclosed how he took the embattled former Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, Mr Temitope Aluko to Governor Ayodele Fayose on Sunday, saying;

“It was a lie that Governor Fayose stage-managed the reconciliatory meeting and that himself, and Aluko prostrated for Fayose three times to beg the governor to forgive him (Aluko).”

"Olugbemi, who said he was surprised that Aluko could address the press yesterday and deny that he willingly attended the Sunday night meeting with Governor Fayose and that he spoke to the press under duress after the meeting, disclosed that he, out of genuine concern for peace took Aluko to Eko Hotel, Lagos venue of the meeting.” He said;

“The existing cordial relationship between Aluko and myself brought us to a discussion that eventually led to the last Sunday April 3, 2016 meeting. The former speaker said Aluko cannot deny that he re-affirmed that Governor Fayose remained his mentor, leader and father, that all his previous actions were devils work, and that he was under spiritual attack when he was saying all those things against the Governor.

“Even when the Governor told him to sit down, he prostrated and I also prostrated along with him to beg the Governor for total forgiveness. “The Governor asked Aluko four questions: whether he knew the implication of his coming to him; why he behaved in that manner; how old he was; and whether he wanted the reconciliation to be total or partial and he (Aluko) replied that he knew the consequence of coming to him and that if he did not want total reconciliation, he would not come to see the Governor.

“At this point, Aluko stood up again, saying my mentor, my leader, my egbon, I am your boy, you know, I am your boy. Whatever step I have taken before now, forgive me. Aluko and myself prostrated again.” Narrating how the meeting was arranged and held, Olugbemi said; “Before we agreed to meet in Lagos, I first suggested that the meeting should take place in Ekiti State Government House after the wedding of the niece of Governor Fayose but Aluko said he was not too comfortable with the arrangement because of fear that he might be arrested.

“I re-assured him that the intention of the meeting was not to arrest, embarrass or humiliate him rather than to reconcile with Governor Fayose, whom he called his mentor. “In the morning Sunday, April 3, we agreed to meet in Lagos and I left Ekiti for Lagos. I got to Lagos at 12 noon; I lodged in a hotel at Magodo Area of Lagos. “At 1 pm, Aluko called me to confirm my hotel room number and I gave it to him. Aluko called me back and promised to be with me within 20 minutes. Fifteen minutes later, he called me again, and I told him that I was barbing my hair at a salon in Magodo. He asked me to come out of the salon and we met. He came in a blue Ford Jeep together with his woman. “I joined them in the car and we drove to my hotel room where Aluko stayed with me till 2 pm. He later instructed me to call the Governor to ascertain the time and place of the meeting. “I called the Governor, he did not pick the call. I later called Chief of Staff to the Governor. The Chief of Staff told me to call either the ADC or CSO to the Governor for further directive. The CSO told us that the meeting will take place at the Governor’s House residence in Magodo at 7.30pm. “I told Aluko but he was not too comfortable with venue of the meeting. He said if the meeting is about reconciliation, it should hold elsewhere and not the Governor’s residence. I pleaded with the Governor that the meeting should hold elsewhere as demanded by Tope Aluko, which the governor obliged. “All these I was doing because I wanted the crisis to be totally resolved. “Immediately we were told of a new venue for the meeting, Aluko left my hotel room for Victoria Island and promised to come back at 7pm. At 7.45pm, Aluko came back to meet me at my Magodo hotel. At 9pm, I called the Governor to inform him of Aluko’s arrival. The Governor asked if I was sure Aluko was with me and I said yes.

“The Governor told to us to come to Eko Hotel and his friend will welcome us and that he would join us later. We drove in Aluko’s car, myself, a woman, a driver and my Personal Assistant. “We got to the Eko Hotel at 9.50pm. We were taken to the Hotel waiting room. Myself, Aluko, ADC, the Governor’s friend entered the same lift to the fourth floor of the hotel. “Inside the hotel room, we prayed and I opened the floor for discussion as agreed by Aluko. In my submission, I pleaded with the Governor to forgive and forget about the previous comments and allegations made by Aluko against him since he is father to us all. Aluko interjected and said that I should allow him to lead the talk. “The Governor told him to stop fooling himself at 50 and since he allowed himself to be used by the APC at 50, what legacy will he leave for his children?The Governor told him that there is going to be reactions to this meeting by the APC and therefore advised Aluko switch-off his phones and rest for at least for two weeks to avoid counter allegations.

The Governor said that the APC will fire back at Aluko because of the money he had received from the APC to malign him. “Aluko promised the Governor to dismantle all the structure he had put in place to attack the Governor. The Governor said he had forgiven him totally and that he should go and sin no more. “The governor told Aluko that he would call soon and that he would need to study him (Aluko) very well within two weeks because he could go out of the meeting and say something different. “The Governor also said it was better to let the press know that he had reconciled with Aluko to which he initially disagreed and later agreed to meet the press with the Governor, and myself, which we did and the video recording is everywhere for the public to see. “On Tuesday April 5, 2016, Aluko called me, sent a text message to me that things were falling apart as the party, and aide of the governor were attacking him. That he would renege on his promise. I advised him not to take any negative action or talk to the press if he wanted his already battered image to be rebuilt. Unfortunately, he did not listen to my advice and having come to deny what he willingly took part in, I have no option than to let the public know the true story.”


Rt. Hon. Dele Olugbemi,
Former Speaker,
Ekiti State House of Assembly.

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President Buhari has revealed that Boko Haram is being funded by the International terror group, ISIS also known as Islamic state or ISIL.

Buhari also said that it is clear that the sect’s material resources are strong.

Mr. President, in a statement released by his media aide, Femi Adesina said ‘‘Terrorist activities always have financial sponsorship and this can be seen in their acquisition of weapons, their movements and other logistics.”

‘‘Here in Nigeria, we saw that Boko Haram had strong material resources and they had a close link to ISIL.

‘‘We need a whole cultural orientation in order to succeed against terrorism.”

Buhari also called on financial institutions and security agencies to work together to track sponsors of terror groups.

He also explained that Nigeria’s present economic state is a result of the refusal of previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governments who refused to save for the rainy day.

Also, a former Governor of Ebonyi state, Senator Sam Egwu said that members of the the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) want President Muhammadu Buhari to succeed.

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Vietnamese police have arrested three Nigerians and eight locals belonging to two different gangs for allegedly conning people out of more than US$1.3 million.

The gangs tricked the victims by informing them they had won grand prizes or gift packages from abroad but had to pay some money as fees for collecting the prize or bribing police and customs officers since the gifts were of big value.

They used bank accounts created with stolen or fake ID cards to collect the money.
Ho Chi Minh City police arrested Michael IkeChukwu Leonard, 44, Tuesday with three Vietnamese accomplices for cheating more than 100 victims around the country out of more than VND20 billion ($900,000) over more than a year.

Earlier this month they had arrested Ihugba Augustine Chinonso, 30, Onu Chinonso Peter, 31, and five Vietnamese for tricking many victims into paying VND10 billion since late last year.

One victim from the central city of Da Nang said she had lost more than VND2.1 billion. She had been promised a gift package that contained more than a million dollars from a family friend overseas.

A man from Hanoi, who works for a domestic airline, borrowed money to pay nearly VND3.5 billion to receive a prize worth $1 million from a UK company.
He said he got a lot of emails, all in English, and he was trusting because it had all “seemed very professional.”
The members of the latter gang said they had received instructions from two other foreign men, who are still at large.

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Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna state told newsmen on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, that he never slapped his Deputy Governor, Barnabas Bala.

There were media reports alleging that the Governor slapped his deputy, and he quickly retaliated.

El-Rufai said he and Bala have been friends since their days in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

The Kaduna Governor also said since his friendship with his deputy started in 1976, they have never had cause to hit each other.

El-Rufai dismissed the report, calling it a rumour, He also said those who fabricated the story were not intelligent enough.

He said “I have known Bala Bantex since 1976, I never had an argument with him, I respect his opinions, and each time I travelled out of the country, I make him an Acting governor, he signs documents on my behalf.

“We chair executive council meetings together, we operate like partners, and now people want to create enmity between us. I am of age, I can’t descend so low. This rumour is completely false, it is created to cause division.”

El-Rufai also said “We never discussed retrenchment of workers in the state as claimed by the rumour mongers.



“I have never slapped anyone in my life. I have never argued with Bala, I don’t slap people, I fight people with mouth.”

The Governor has come under serious criticisms over his decision to pass a religious censorship bill that requires preachers to get a license, amongst many other provisions.

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An Instagram user, has alleged that Rhythm 93.7 FM on-air personality, Toke Makinwa has a child out of wedlock, which she seems to be hiding from the public.

Makinwa was challenged by the user for keeping the child's identity away from people, raising the subject in an attack form.

The user who appears to be a young woman wrote on Makinwa's comment box saying, "You AV Neva post any of ur child picture on Instagram"

"All u do is post ur ugly picture with ur wild and ugly mouth on Instagram...."

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Other Instagram users joined in the conversation. Most showing their surprise to the unconfirmed news about Makinwa's child, who no one thought existed.

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Tessy53 replied the doubters saying, "yeah she does AV a child but she is not showing her child to d word!"

Toke Makinwa ended her 18-months-old marriage to her former hubby, Maje Ayida, in 2015 when the latter impregnated his old girlfriend, Anita Solomon.

The news of a child born out of wedlock is a new twist to the tale.

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The Senate on Monday summoned the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Ibe Kachikwu, to appear before its Committee on Petroleum Downstream on Tuesday, over lingering fuel scarcity in the country.

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Downstream, Sen. Jibrin Barau, told newsmen shortly after an on-the-spot assessment of filling stations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that the summons became necessary following the hardship on Nigerians.

He decried that in spite of assurances from the ministry that the situation would be brought under control, it had lingered.


“We have invited the minister of state to appear before the committee tomorrow to tell us about the fuel scarcity problem and the strategy he is employing to solve it.

Barau assured that the senate would take a position on the matter after hearing from the minister of state, who is also the Group Managing Director, NNPC

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Noble and Chioma Otisi are getting married traditionally today in Abia state. Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, MI, Timi Dakolo, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Mai Atafo, Obiwon and others are at the wedding. Continue to see more photos...

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Super Eagles and Wolverhampton Wanderers of England shot –stopper Carl Ikeme has been ruled out of Tuesday’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Egypt in Alexandria.

Ikeme is feeling unwell and the coaches have decided not to risk him in goal on Tuesday during the all -important encounter against the Pharaohs.

Super Eagles team doctor Ibrahim Gyaran said that the goalkeeper has stomach upset which has kept him out of training since Friday’s game in Kaduna.

“After the game last Friday, Carl has been struggling with some stomach upset and it has not allowed him train with the rest of the squad,” Gyaran disclosed.

“He is stable but needs a lot of rest to be back in 100% shape for the kind of high profile game that we have on Tuesday. Considering the amount of travel involved as well, it is best we give him a break,” he added.

Reacting, Head Coach Samson Siasia has allayed fears that the absence of the goalkeeper will hamper the team’s chances of victory on Tuesday.

“We will surely miss Carl but the good thing with our team is that we have capable replacements in every department. Daniel Akpeyi and Ikechukwu Ezenwa are still here and any one of these two will help us get the job done in Alexandria,” Siasia concluded.

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After several years of gangsters’ siege in Mushin, Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, has restored peace to the beleaguered community, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Mr Dawodu Olatunji, said on Sunday.

“For two months now, peace has returned to Mushin. Thanks to our governor,
who picked up the gang leaders and their boys disappeared.

“Mushin is now safe, no longer a hotbed of criminality. The hoodlums are killing themselves and not hoodlums versus the people,” he said.

Olatunji, a Mushin chairmanship aspirant for the July council polls, said:“We are grateful to the governor for his intervention; the criminals are not from Mushin, but from other parts of the state.

“I was born and bred in Mushin and like others, we grew up to imbibe some virtues to become responsible citizens. Not everybody in Mushin is a criminal.”

He noted that gangsterism, not robberies had reigned in the area, saying “ the supremacy fight between the gangs had always unleashed a reign of terror on Mushin.”

Olatunji, an Area Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, also
acknowledged the efforts of an ethnic militia — Odu’a Peoples Congress (OPC)
in helping to rout armed robberies several years ago in the area.

He, however, blamed politicians for allegedly raising armed gangs for elections and advised youths to reject guns and banditry and go for empowerment and jobs.

The Business Administration graduate and erstwhile South-West spokesman of Nigerian students, said:“Youth empowerment is a must for local and state governments because the youths reside in their council areas and states.

“Cottage industries as well as small and medium enterprises to produce school uniforms, shoes and exercise books etc should be established for the youths after their training.”

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The Federal Government has expressed some doubts over the suicide bomber arrested in Cameroon who claimed to be one of the 219 missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram two years ago.

In a statement today, Malam Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media to President Buhari, said fresh information from Cameroon indicated that the two arrested bombers are about 10 years old, which rule either of the two as a possible Chibok schoolgirl. The lost girls were teenagers when they were taken away by Boko Haram gunmen on 14 April, 2014 as they came to school to prepare for the West African School Certificate examinations.

“It has been confirmed that one of two girls is claiming to be among the girls stolen from Chibok on April 14, last year, although doubts have creeped into the claim following new information from Cameroon that the two girls are aged about 10 years,’’ Garba stated.

According to the statement, one of the two is also believed to be heavily drugged and therefore not in full control of her senses.

Nevertheless, the Federal Government is to send some members of the Chibok community to Cameroon, to verify the identity of the two girls.

Garba said the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Alhassan and Nigerian high commissioner in Cameroon had swung into action and were receiving a lot of cooperation from the Cameroonian authorities.

Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Cameroon, Amb. Hadiza Mustapha, had confirmed that the arrested girls might be brought to the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, on Monday, at which point the High Commission would seek permission to meet with them.

The statement said that the Murtala Mohammed Foundation had offered to cooperate with federal government in sponsoring two parents from Chibok, who had been selected to embark on the trip to Cameroon.

“The two are Yakubu Nkeki, Chairman of the Parents of the Abducted Girls from Chibok association, and Yana Galang, the group’s women leader.

“The Nigerian High Commission will receive the two and will facilitate their access to the two girls once permission to meet and verify their identity is obtained from the Cameroonian authorities,’’ the statement added.

About 270 Chibok schoolgirls were reported to have been abducted by members of the Boko Haram terror sect at the Chibok Government Secondary School in Borno about two years ago.

About 51 of the affected schoolgirls escaped from their abductors, who were transporting them to unknown destinations.

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The Gospel Tungba music maestro, Yinka Ayefele is bereaved.

The Ibadan, Oyo State-based Ayefele has lost one of his band boys in a lone fatal accident late Saturday night along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

According to sources, the accident happened between 9 and 10 pm when the truck conveying musical equipment belonging to the ace music maestro ran into a ditch on the road. The driver, while attempting to handle the impact, swerved off the road and crashed the truck, leading to the death of one of his band boys, whose identity was yet to be confirmed.
Others in the truck also suffered various degrees of injuries. Both the dead and the injured victims were moved to University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan.

In 1997, Ayefele himself was involved in an accident along Ibadan-Abeokuta road in which he sustained a spinal chord injury that was to later confined him to the wheel chair.

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sympathized with the victims of the fire incidents in Sabon Gari Market, Kano State and Birnin Kebbi Central Market in Kebbi.

A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Mallam Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president, said President Buhari commiserated with the government and people of the two states.

According to the statement, President Buhari shares in the pain of the victims knowing that the two fire incidents had created major setbacks for all those that had business outfits in the markets.

He also noted with sadness that the incidents had also affected the livelihood of the victims’ families and setting back economic activities in the states.

The President advised the Kano and Kebbi state governments to find out the immediate and remote causes of the fire disasters in the states in order to forestall future occurrences.

President Buhari also called for strict adherence to precautionary standards in buildings and operations in all markets to avoid fire out breaks.

He prayed that the Almighty God would comfort and replenish all those that incurred losses in the incidents.

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he Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has earmarked $6m to support Nigeria’s push for food sustenance through the produc­tion of rice and cas­sava.

This was disclosed at the inauguration of the State Partnership for Agriculture by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and the Foundation.
Speaking at the event, the Deputy Di­rector, Bill and Melin­da Gates Foundation, James Nyoro said the move is to enable Ni­geria move from im­porter to exporter of food.

He disclosed that Kaduna, Benue and Kogi states have been picked to pilot the project.
“For us at the Bill and Melinda Founda­tion, the programme is going to be a catalytic in helping the Nige­rian government to achieve IRS vision for food security, reduce food imports and in­crease agriculture pro­ductivity so that they can raise many mil­lions of Nigerians out of poverty.

“Therefore, one of the areas we are going to help is state part­nership because we do know that action takes place at the state level. That is where in­novations are tested, whether you are talk­ing about cassava pro­cessing and marketing or whether you are talking about rice;

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it has discharged one cargo of 44 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to ensure availability of the product across the country.

This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Garba Deen Mohammed, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, on Friday in Abuja.

“Our immediate concern is to make petrol available through the interventions and processes put in place so that the queues will disappear within the next one to two weeks.

“As at 4 p.m today, one PMS cargo containing 42 million litres has completely discharged.

“Two more PMS cargos with a combined ‘Remaining on Board’ (ROB) of 44 million litres are currently discharging while another PMS cargo containing 44 million litres is berthed and awaiting discharge,” it said.

According to the statement, the corporation have enough products lined up to ensure that the supply gap which created the problem is bridged.

It added that in order to ensure effective distribution, NNPC would work with Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), oil majors and over 1,000 NNPC staff nationwide to overcome the obstacles in the distribution of the products.

It noted that for long term solutions, the NNPC and the Government were working to put in place machineries to ensure that the refineries were fixed and working optimally.

It added that the pipelines which had been under attack for some time now were repaired.

“The Direct Sale Direct Purchase (DSDP) arrangement for crude would commence in the first week of April,” it said.

It further stated that the President had given his support to increase the crude supply to NNPC to ensure local sufficiency of products.

This, it said, would go a long way to solve the problems in the short and long term.

It assured that while the Easter celebration last, the NNPC would continue to work hard to bring the fuel scarcity to a speedy end.

“We urge Nigerians to continue to be patient because the difficulties being experienced as a result of the situation will soon be alleviated.

“We would like to assure all Nigerians that the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, and everybody else associated with this situation is working tirelessly round the clock to ensure relief is brought to Nigerians.’

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The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, has paid a condolence visit to the family of Samuel Okonta, a youth corper who was killed during the rerun election in Rivers state last Saturday. He also paid a condolence visit to Obi Akazue Gbemudu II, the paramount ruler of Illah town in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State where Samuel hails from. More photos after the cut.

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According to Okemini Otum, a www.metronaija.com reader, angry passengers who were billed to fly Arik Air into Lagos but were delayed for 6 hours due to an overbooked plane, rushed into the next Arik plane that arrived the airport and didn't care if it was their scheduled plane or not. See more photos of the angry passengers after the cut...

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A former member of the House of Representatives, Kenneth Archibong, has died. Family sources say he died after a brief illness in Abuja on Tuesday March 22nd. Archibong represented Itu/Ibiono Ibom Federal Constituency from 2011-2014. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

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– Indications have emerged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has not paid some of its outstanding campaign expenses
– More than 70 outdoor advertising companies contracted to handle the Ambode/Buhari campaign billboards in Lagos are still waiting to get paid – Advertising practitioners reveal that they are enduring a choking debt burden

NAIJ.com has been told that the companies that ensured that President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Akinwunmi Ambode billboards took over 95% of the available billboards in Lagos have not been paid up to 5% of their payments for the job.

The outdoor advertisers lamented that they were invited by the former Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA) managing director, George Noah during the election campaigns to do the jobs but only one or two who insisted on being paid were paid partially, with more than 70 companies remaining in limbo.

“The new MD, Mr. Mobolaji Sanusi has refused to honour the agreement between us and his predecessor, yet his men have started clamping down on our members since around October last year, shutting down our billboards for non-payment of their own dues. “He has also sent new bills for the year while the billboards are not working since he shut them down but we have explained that the APC billboard monies have not been paid to us by the former MD, George Noah who he claimed has been paid by the All Progressives Congress, Lagos,” a part of their statement read.

When pressed on why they have not met with Noah over the matter, a member of tone of the companies said: “Our association has met with him but he is insisting that the APC is yet to pay him, all he keeps saying is that he is still talking to his principal but all we are asking for is payment for jobs we did.”

On why they have kept quiet about it till now, another interviewed member representing one of the affected companies said: “We hesitated from coming out till now because we don’t want to embarrass the government or the APC but we were advised by the current LASAA MD, to go after George Noah and the company he used to issue the media order, ‘Media Worth’.

Meanwhile, media reports earlier today suggested that President Buhari may deactivate some of his social media accounts. The president’s media aide on a new media Tolu Ogunlesi said an audit had started with a view to close down the redundant ones.


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As part of the activities lined up to mark the 2016 Police week, on Tuesday, March 22 at the National Universities Commission, Abuja, the wife of the Vice-President Mrs. Dolapo Osibanjo representing the wife of the President, Mrs. Aishat Buhari while declaring open the quiz competition organized by the Nigeria Police, for some Secondary schools in the country, seeks the assistance and supports of Corporate and Private Organizations in assisting the Nigeria Police Force.

According to a press release issued by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olabisi Kolawole, in her opening speech, she appreciated and saluted the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force in putting together a week like this towards intellectual development of the Children. She sees the Police week as giant strides to enable the children achieve discipline and obedience to Institutions, she further emphasized that, this year’s Police week seeks to prepare students for hard work and successes in their future Endeavour. She also lauded the efforts of the officers and men of the force and their wives at educating their children and encouraged them to continue.

Earlier in her speech, the President of Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), wife of the Inspector General of Police, Mrs. Agharase Arase expressed happiness having listened to the children in their performances, saying with this, things shall get better, she also said that before now, (POWA) was building Shops but today there is a paradigm shift as the Association now builds Children intellectual capacity to face future challenges.

Highlight of the day was the quiz competition where Police Secondary School, Ukana in Akwa Ibom State won the highest price. The Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon E. Arase NPM, fdc who was ably represented by the DIG Dan Azumi Doma called on the participating schools to compete fairly. He also appreciated the continued support of the General public to the Nigeria Police.

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Students of the Queens College in Lagos State are currently on protest in support of their teacher, Mr Seni Oshifala, who was accused of molesting a JSS 2 pupil and others by concerned parent.


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Two persons have died in an early morning fire incident which razed over 100 shanties in Kuramo, near Lekki in Lagos.

The Director of Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe said that the burnt bodies of a man and a woman were recovered at the scene.

“The shanties spread to about four plots of land. We got information that the fire started at about 3.15 a.m.

“Information we got was that a young lady was cooking in one of the shanties and there was a fuel container nearby, which ignited the fire and spread to other parts.

“It took us about four hours to put out the fire. My men did not know there was anybody inside while they were fighting the fire.

“We met the man and woman in two different locations roasted after we finally put out the fire,’’ Fadipe said.

The director said that the corpses were handed over to police officers from Ilasan Division, who later took them to the mortuary.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/fire-kills-2-peopledestroys-100.html

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Elements of 22 Brigade Garrison carried out clearing operation at Dalore camp on Sunday in which they killed 19 Boko Haram terrorists among whom was Ameer of Dalore.

The troops also captured 2 AK-47 Rifles, 1 Small Machine Gun and 1 Hand Grenade and recovered 4 pickup vehicles.

The troops also rescued 67 hostages from the terrorists. The freed hostages are undergoing screening at Internally Displaced Persons in Dikwa.

Unfortunately, during the operation the troops Mine Resistant Anti-Personnel (MRAP) vehicle ran into an Improvised Explosive Device and had a damaged tyre.

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will conduct another examination for candidates who missed theirs due to the relocation of centres.


The new development however, does not affect candidates who missed the exams deliberately, or failed.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, the Registrar of the board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde revealed that about 59,000 candidates were relocated in 15 states due to problems in some of the centres, while stating that candidates who suffered system failure during the examination can also rewrite the exam if the board ascertains that their complaints are legitimate.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/jamb-important-notice-for-candidates.html

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Senate President Bukola Saraki is currently facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. While a lot of Nigerians do not expect the Senate President to win, there's a slight chance that he may win.



Saraki's victory at the tribunal is bound to disrupt a lot of things in the Nigerian Political sphere. Some things that may happen if Saraki wins are:

1. The National Assembly will be stronger, more powerful and beyond the grasp of the president.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari's anti-corruption war will be questioned.
3. Saraki will try to be President in 2019
4. President Buhari will have to constantly watch his back as any slight misstep could lead to impeachment.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/4-things-that-will-happen-if-sarakis.html

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has released a video showing eight of the party agents being tortured by the Nigerian Military in Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers state.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGi9osmV3g8

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/video-riversrerun-nigerian-military.html

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Today's (17/3/16) exchange rate of the Nigerian Naira against the Pound, Dollars and Euros

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/todays-naira-rate-against-dollar-pound_17.html

89 members of the Boko Haram terrorist group have been sentenced to death in Cameroon.


Reports that the 89 were convicted by a military court for their roles in several attacks in Cameroon's northern region which borders Nigeria - the area has often been targeted by the insurgents.

They are part of the 850 in detention over alleged involvement in Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/89-boko-haram-members-sentenced-to.html

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A 28 year old man simply identified as Ukeoma was killed and beheaded by unidentified gunmen this morning at Mgbuitanwo, in Emohua Clan, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home country of the Senatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in this Saturday’s rerun elections.

Another resident of the area was abducted by the gunmen as they fled the scene of the incident. This will be the second beheading that has taken place in Rivers state in the last two weeks.

http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/gunmen-behead-one-abduct-another-in.html

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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has intervened in the public quarrel between the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona and Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo.

Both paramount rulers were engaged in a dispute over ranking and supremacy in Yorubaland and Western Nigeria.

The Alake called the Awujale out to fight after he told visiting Ooni of Ife that he was the fourth ranked monarch in Western Nigeria, after the Ooni, the Alafin and the Oba of Benin.

He ranked Awujale fifth. Awujale, seized the inaugural lecture for a professorial chair at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, to state facts, in his own way. He said, to the anger of Alake and his chiefs, that the Alake’s dominion does not extend beyond Ake quarters in Abeokuta.

Amosun with the sparring kings behind closed doors.
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Amosun with the two monarchs

While answering questions from newsmen after the meeting, the governor said that the monarchs have come to discuss how peace and tranquility will continue to reign in the state.

“I don’t want you to go and write anything out of context. Yes, we are here, our fathers are here to see me. Of course, we deliberated on so many things. I’m sure you want to say what is happening.

“Indeed, nothing is happening. They came here to see the possibility of how to make sure we have peace‎ in the state, among so many other things that we did.

“Don’t forget that this would be the first time I would have the opportunity – I’ve shown my appreciation before for the 40th anniversary, so, it is an opportunity for me to still show that.
Something to cheer here: Oba Gbadebo smiles

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“So, if you think that you want to ask that what is the outcome, outcome of what?. We have come here to deliberate and as always, it’s always a pleasure for me to have our fathers around here.

“There is nothing like ranking of Oba, we know ourselves. Our fathers, they have their ways, even, before the advent of all these colonials and what have you.

“We have ways of how we live in harmony and I think we will continue to do that. Don’t forget, and I’m saying this again with all due humility and sense of responsibility, that in the context of we Yorubas, we know our pre-eminent status.

The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland,Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona,Ogbagba II declined to speak with newsmen as he just said, “I want to say hello to you….there is no problem gentlemen, please. Thank you very much”.

In his own reaction about the meeting, the Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, Okukenu IV spoke about his efforts to resolve the dispute between the striking workers and Ogun state government.

“I have come to see my governor for many things, including the strike action of the workers and I’m very sure they would go back to work very soon by the grace of God”, the monarch assured.

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http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/photos-governor-amosun-reconciles.html