TERRIBLE: Rev. Father James Ani Caught In Armed Robbery

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You hear some stories and you are like... Could this really be true? This is one of such stories:

An area known as Imeohia Mmaku in Awgu LGA of Enugu State recently came under the siege of robbers cum kidnappers, who invaded the community to perpetrate their heinous crime. On the fateful day, a priest was said to have led some notorious gang of robbers/kidnappers in the deadly operation. 

While the operation lasted, the gang sealed off entrances and exits to the community.

Collapsed buildings: Survivors recount ordeal

Incidence of building collapse in Nigeria, particularly in Lagos State, has assumed an alarming dimension following its frequent occurrence. The recent one  occurred Wednesday night  in Tinubu area of Lagos, after a three-storey building on No 15, Alli Street,  landed  on a bungalow close to it, killing three  persons: an 82 year-old man, a four-year-old child and a middle-aged businessman with many others injured.

Iran nuclear: Obama and Rouhani speak by phone

The White House released this photo of President Obama

 speaking to President Rouhani of Iran.

US President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to Iran's Hassan Rouhani - the first such top-level conversation in more than 30 years. Mr Obama spoke of a "unique opportunity" to make progress with Iran's new leadership, amid a flurry of diplomacy over its nuclear programme. Earlier, Mr Rouhani said Iran was keen to reach a deal soon. He also asserted that Iran did not seek a nuclear bomb, as Western powers have long suspected. Describing meetings at the UN this week as a "first step", he said he believed the nuclear issue could be settled "within the not too distant future". 

Apo massacre: Northern elders demand trial of killer squad

Professor-Ango-Abdullahi

Last Friday’s killing of ten artisans by security agents at the Gudu District of Abuja on suspicion of being Boko Haram terrorists yesterday drew flasks from the Northern Elders’ Forum, NEF, which described the attack as nothing but a premeditated murder of innocent poverty-stricken Nigerians.

The Secretary General of NEF, Prof Ango Abdullahi, in the first reaction of the group to the killings, said that the Department of State Security Service and all those involved in the shooting and killing of the artisans had committed murder and must be urgently brought to trial to account for the souls.

Massive looting going on under Jonathan – New PDP

Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje

The Chairman of the New Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has condemned the rape of the country’s economy by the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan administration. He said that despite claims to the contrary by the government in a futile bid to deceive Nigerians, the overwhelming evidence was  that the Nigerian economy had been run aground and  was now comatose. An online agency, Sahara reporters, said  the assertions were contained in a statement issued by the faction in Abuja, and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chukwuemeka  Eze.

Help Yobo hit 100 caps mark, Ladipo begs Keshi

Yobo Joseph

The clamour for the recall of Super Eagles captain Joseph Yobo increased during the week with the President-General of the Nigeria Football and other Sports Supporters Club, Dr. Rafiu Ladipo adding his voice. Dr. Ladipo who spoke in Lagos pleaded with the Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi to reconsider dropping of Yobo from the team because of  his contribution to the team in the past, adding that the captain may be used sparingly in matches.

Court orders PDP, INEC to delete Oyinlola’s name

Oyinlola

The quest for a solution to the festering crisis besetting the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party came under threat on Friday as an Abuja Federal High Court ordered the ruling party to replace the embattled former National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, with Prof. Wale Oladipo.

In a ruling on an application filed by Ogun State PDP, the Justice Abdul Kafarati-led court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission and the PDP to replace the name of Oyinlola as national secretary within three days.

UN adopts Syria chemical resolution

The UN Security Council unanimously adopts a binding resolution to destroy Syria's chemical weapons, after experts agree a timetable for the process. The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a binding resolution on ridding Syria of chemical weapons. At a session in New York, the 15-member body backed the draft document agreed earlier by Russia and the US.

Truck crushes 12 in Ogun

No fewer than six people were feared dead, while six others were critically injured after a tipper driver rammed into roadside traders at old Ota Toll Gate in Ogun State.  PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident, which happened around 11am on Thursday, was caused by brake failure. Eyewitnesses said the sand-filled tipper marked STOCKINGER STEYR and with number plate JJJ 551 XB, ran into the traders who were selling pepper, oil and bread among others.

List Of Top Cases Abandoned By EFCC

                              

My first set of concerns arose when I decided to study the law that established the EFCC.

And even though I am not a lawyer or anything, I was shocked to see that it was so badly drafted and it seemed dangerously tilted in the direction where it could be abused. I suggest every well meaning Nigerian takes a closer look at the EFCC Act. It contains provisions that clearly conflict with the Constitution, particularly those provisions that relate to due process. 

Okada-Man Flings Himself In Front Of Oncoming Trailer Over Seizure Of Bike - Nairaland

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Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Iyana Adeoyo, Ring Road area of Ibadan when an unidentified man in his thirties, attempted suicide by jumping in front of oncoming vehicle, after officers of the Oyo State commercial vehicle registration unit impounded his bike because his papers were fake.

Jose Mourinho not my friend - Andre Villas-Boas

Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has no regrets about the breakdown of his friendship with former mentor and Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho. Villas-Boas, 35, worked under Mourinho for seven years at Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan and faces him for the first time when the Blues visit White Hart Lane on Saturday. I don't lose any sleep," he said. We had a great personal and professional relationship before. We don't have that now."

ARIK AIR PASSENGERS BLOCK RUNWAY AFTER FLIGHT WAS DELAYED IN ABUJA

Angry Arik Air passengers yesterday, Thursday evening caused confusion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja after they disembarked from an Arik Air flight that was meant to take them to the Margaret Ekpo Airport, Calabar from Abuja. The disgruntled passengers practically held passengers on other planes at the airport hostages as they blocked the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, preventing planes from taking-off or landing.

UN '95% sure' humans cause warming

Scientists are 95% certain that humans are the "dominant cause" of global warming since the 1950s, a landmark report says. The report by the UN's climate panel details the physical evidence behind climate change. On the ground, in the air, in the oceans, global warming is "unequivocal", it explained.

It adds that a pause in warming over the past 15 years is too short to reflect long-term trends.

The panel warns that continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all aspects of the climate system. To contain these changes will require "substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions". After a week of intense negotiations in the Swedish capital, the summary for policymakers on the physical science of global warming has finally been released.

Ctrl+alt+delete = mistake, admits Gates

If you pressed Control-Alt-Delete to log on before reading this, Bill Gates says he's sorry.

The Microsoft founder says the triple-key login should have been made easier, à la Apple's Macs, but that a designer insisted on the more complicated step. "We could have had a single button. But the guy who did the IBM keyboard design didn't want to give us our single button," Gates said Saturday during a question-and-answer session to launch a Harvard University fund-raising campaign.