ABDULKARIM MUSA'S BLOG: June 2015

30/06/2015

APC insists on Ekweremadu’s removal as Deputy Senate Pres

The battle for the control of the National Assembly may be long drawn as the leadership of the APC has once again insisted on removing the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of the minority PDP.

It was learnt that the ruling APC was still miffed that Ekweremadu emerged as the deputy senate president and had vowed never to allow “a senator from a minority party take over the duties statutorily assigned for the majority party.”

American Al Qaeda to ISIS: No Paradise for You (ABC News)

The atrocities committed by the terror group ISIS are so horrific that a high-profile al Qaeda member, an American citizen, purportedly addressed the group directly in a new al Qaeda publication and lectured them that if they keep it up, Allah will not grant them paradise in the afterlife.

“My dear brothers: While no one can deny the considerable strength and prowess of the Islamic State group [ISIS] in military terms, at the same time, the crimes it has committed against Muslims cannot simply be overlooked or forgotten with time, because in Islam there is no statute of limitations,” the late Adam Gadahn said, according to an al Qaeda magazine published recently online. “And if these wrongs are not brought to an end and rectified here in this world, then a severe punishment has been promised both for those who committed them as well as those who encouraged, condoned or justified them, even if from behind a computer or mobile phone thousands of miles away.”

Okonjo

The immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala might be called upon sooner rather than later to answer for missing billions of dollars from the federation account.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has hinted that Okonjo-Iweala claimed that she left $4.1 billion in the federation account but that the Accountant General of the Federation reports otherwise.

Oshiomhole who spoke to journalists after the National Executive Council was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari insinuated that the former World Bank, Managing Director, might have a case to answer.

Alison

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has revealed that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is yet to remit $3.5trillion in the Federal Government coffers between 2012 and 2015.

Oshiomhole who is a member of a four-man committee set up to examine the accruals into and withdrawals from the Federation Account and the Excess Crude Account from 2012 to May 2015 stated this after the inauguration of the National Executive Council in Abuja on Monday.

Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner makes a glamorous debut on the New York City night scene as she parties in a sexy and very tight LBD. On Monday night, Caitlyn Jenner made her debut on the New York City night scene in a skintight LBD as she stepped out for dinner. The 65-year-old reality star made a glamorous exit from a Tribeca Italian restaurant.

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Nigerian Police Officer Who Killed 2 Nursing Mothers At Funeral In Fugar Etsako Edo State Arrested

2 nursing mothers have been killed after they were hit by bullets fired by a policeman at a funeral in Ivhiokhile quarters, Fugar, administrative headquarters of Etsako Central local government area of Edo State.

The policeman and his colleagues were said to have accompanied a traditional ruler in Uzaire clan, HRH Imonike Omogbai, to the event, but started shooting sporadically. A two-month-old baby strapped to the back of one of the victims narrowly escaped death as the bullet that hit the mother on the neck was few inches away from the baby.

Micheal Osabohien Ighodaro, the Nigerian guy who fled home few years ago after declaring he’s gay has lent his voice to the recent approval of Same sex marriage in all 50 US states. On legalization of same sex marriage, Michael said:

Fillers have emerged on why the former security aide of former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP Tamuno Igbomie was last weekend murdered in Abuja.

Security sources who spoke to LEADERSHIP on the unfortunate incident which occurred along the Airport Road said the killing was not unconnected with his role as the former first lady’s aide.

DSP Igbomie, a former principal security officer to the former first lady, was shot death and his body found in his Honda Accord car last Friday with his vital documents, including phones, wallet and other personal effects, ruling out armed robbery as motive for the killing.

EXPOSED: Actor Chiwetalu Agu Runs Away After Impregnating a Village Girl

There is trouble currently brewing in the actor, Chiwetalu Agu’s village, as the actor impregnated a lady and ran away after it was discovered.

The whole issue started when the actor fell in love with a lady in his village who never had any feelings for him and as such was being set up by her friends in the village all in a bid to meet the man she has feelings for.

More Details have emerged on the robbery which occurred in the early hours of today at Ogolonto area of Ikorodu, Lagos state. A lady reportedly led the gang to the banks and stayed outside while the operation lasted. The leader of the gang was said to have sat down in front of the bank bragging, and no police officer was able to confront her. She reportedly tied charm around her neck.

The Executive publisher of Prime Magazine, a Badagry based publication, Yomi Olomofe was on Thursday June 25th beaten to a pulp by hoodlums suspected to be smugglers for allegedly reporting their illicit activities in Badagry, Lagos state Narrating his ordeal to Vanguard, Mr Olomofe said

“I was with another colleague of mine on a visit to the command, when some smugglers, who claimed that journalists have been writing negative stories about them, pounced on me. While beating me, they threatened to kill me so as to serve as deterrent to journalists writing stories about them.

TWO domestic staff of the kidnapped 78 year old former‎ Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA in Ondo state, Prof. Albert Ilemobade have been arrested for allegedly murdering him and dumping his corpse inside his generator house.

The former Professor of Veterinary Medicine was said to have been strangulated Monday, last week by his ‎security man identified as Daniel and driver Yemi and dumped in the generator house before fleeing with one of his personal vehicle( a red RAV4 SUV).

Dirk and Jenny aren’t like normal couples. Their sentiments are: to love one another, to support one another and to share a lot of their private time together. The only thing that sets them apart is Jenny is a ‘real doll’ that Dirk bought for 6,000 euros (that’s $6,750).
Dirk and Jenny have a fixed daily schedule. Every evening at 6 pm they are sitting on the sofa watching television.

The Presidency, through the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, has instructed the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, to refund over payment of salaries running into millions of naira.

The Registrar of the university, David Suowari, was also directed to refundthe sum of N130, 692.71 per month in excess of his due salary. The over payments were said to have been discovered during the commission’s visit to the institution on May 12, 2015 to carry out an inspection of FUO’s remuneration practices vis-a-vis the extant government’s pay policy.

Some police officers found out that Bukola Saraki, who is Nigeria's Senate President, was a petty thief back then, he was actually charged with theft of N510,000 at Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria. The officers warned in a report that Saraki was about to liquidate the bank through looting if he was not stopped, but no one listened until his siblings, cronies and relatives eventually did.

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The senior pastor of Champions Royal Assembly, Kubwa, Abuja, Joshua Iginla, on Sunday gave out 22 cars and millions of naira ranging from N50,000 to N500,000.

According to a report by SA newspaper Sowetanlive, 18 year old Boitumelo Dlamini was taken by four girls into a car, driven to a bush where they poured petrol on her and burnt her to death. One of the girls is the ex-girlfriend of the boy she's dating. Her charred body was found in the bush in Klipgat, North West, on Thursday June 25th.

Boitumelo's boyfriend's ex-girlfriend and three of her friends have been arrested for the crime and are facing murder charges and kidnapping. Boitumelo , 18, a Grade 12 pupil at Elepsa Secondary School, became romantically involved with Tokelo Makalepho, 24, from her village, six months ago.

Pictured above is a Nigerian-based in India, Mr Sam Nneji Chukwuemeka who was accused of planning to smuggle drug from India to Holland back in August 2011.

LAGOS—Six-year-old Michael Daniel, has called on the government to help find his father, Abel Daniel, 41, who has reportedly gone missing. According to reports, Abel was last seen while driving his Nissan Prado, SUV, with number plate EY118SMK.

According to his younger brother, Etim Daniel, “Abel Daniel is my elder brother. We live together at No. 3, Owoyemi Street, Sango, Ogun State. We are three living together, myself, himself and his only son. He got the son out of wedlock when he was in school.

A Deputy Superintendent of Police, Tamuno Jacob Igbomie, who was Principal Security Officer to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has been shot dead by unknown assailants.

Igbomie’s corpse was found in his Honda Accord car last Friday along the Airport Road, Abuja.

The former PSO, who was married with two children, was believed to have been killed by assassins who shot him at point-blank range in his car and left the engine running.

A source said the body of the DSP was found early in the morning with all his phones, wallet and other personal effects intact in the car.

Twin suicide bombers, yesterday, suspected to be targeting a market in Molai village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital, detonated their explosives at the main gate of the Missionary Leprosy and General Hospital, Molai, killing two passersby.

The incident took place at about 3pm when the new market was at its peak. Molai village is south and about 10km drive to Maiduguri along the closed down Maiduguri-Damboa- Biu Road.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered Nigeria’s security agents to arrest his brother-in-law for allegedly extorting money from an unnamed businessman, a close confidante of the Nigerian leader told SR. He said the suspect, named Musa Yola, was the immediate younger brother of Buhari’s wife.

The source disclosed that Musa Yola, also addressed as “Alhaji Yola,” reportedly received N300m from a businessman after promising to provide his dupe with political access to secure an oil block from the Buhari administration.

A Sharia court in Kano has sentenced a woman and 7 others to death

KANO – A Sharia court in Kano has sentenced a woman and 7 others to death for blasphemy.

Earlier in May, an Islamic cleric, Abdul Inyass of Tijjaniya sect was arrested alongside 11 others for denigrating the Prophet of Islam.

The lack of activities at the shop is a stark contrast to the usual buzzing nature of the business, as painted by him. Still, Mr. Ikechukwu Awam, has not failed to show up daily at his shop since the June 2 tanker fire incident which razed no fewer than 40 shops, including his.All that is left of his multimillion Naira phone business are an empty shop, some debris and a pair of charred doors standing at the entrance to his shop.

With nowhere else to go in the morning, Awam dresses up, heads for his burnt shop and stares hard at the remains, a painful reminder of a once simple life. In his daily state of reverie, Awam hopes for some miracle that would turn back the hands of time and undo the events of the past three and a half weeks, which took his source of livelihood from him.

Only a few undiscerning Nigerians and foreigners would have been surprised by the dissolution,yesterday,of the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by President Muhammadu Buhari.

For as long as anyone can remember,the organization has been stumbling from one corruption scandal to the other,the latest being the 2013 allegation by the immediate past Governor of the Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) and now the Emir of Kano,Alhaji Muhammadu Lamido Sasusi ,that the NNPC failed to remit up to $20 billion to the federation account.

Cole, the undefeated Nigerian boxer, currently ranked #13 in the world, is quickly moving to the top ranks and is carving out a name for himself in the boxing world.

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has lent its support for the ongoing industrial action, embarked upon by the workers of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and ThisDay Newspapers over the non-payment of salaries in the last eight months.

The union, in a press statement issued in Abuja by its National Secretary, Shuaib Usman Leman, said apart from throwing its weight behind the staff of AIT and ThisDay, it will take further action which includes but not limited to the closure of the offices of the media outfits nationwide.

Leaked : Letter From APC To Senate President Saraki And Speaker Dogara

Letter From APC

Senate President, Bukola Saraki on Thursday announced Senator Ali Ndume in defiance of the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which in a letter to Senator Saraki dated 23 June 2015, tipped Senator Ahmed Lawan for the position.

After the celebrated collapse of his marriage to trendy Yetunde Bustline, popular Yoruba actor Baba Tee now frolics around with a new lady he refers to as 'Ogede Mi' (my banana)!! Na real bonono!!!

He just posted a series of photos and videos with the lady and his colleagues in the movie industry have commented congratulating the couple.

Rivers State governor, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike

The National Industrial Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State has granted an interim injunction restraining Rivers State governor, Chief Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike and the State House of Assembly from dissolving the 23 local government councils in the state.

More details have emerged about the Ebute Ikorodu robbery which took place yesterday. According to sources, the robbery started around 9am in the morning and did not end until an hour after, 10:00am. Some set of young men stormed the Zenith Bank of Ebute Ikorodu led by a young lady and asked that the bank door be opened, obviously, the bank’s security guards who heard gunshots as the robbers announced themselves had already fled and when they got to the entrance they screamed at the people inside to open the door but no one answered.

Bauchi—The Bauchi State police command on Tuesday paraded an 18-year-old man for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an 8-year-old boy. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Haruna Mohammed, said at the parade of the suspect in Bauchi: “On Saturday, June 20, 2015, at about 4pm, police detectives attached to Dass Division arrested one Mustapha Abdullahi, Male, 18, of Wandi District, Dass LGA, Bauchi State.

Graphic pic: Thugs attack woman in Igando, leave her with severe head injuries

The woman pictured above was attacked by hoodlums suspected to be robbers along Igondo in Ojo, Lagos state, on her to work yesterday morning. I hope the police can comb the area for possible arrest. This hoodlums would have killed her if she were to be a male.

Credit: Linda Ikeji

Pirates kill four policemen in Rivers

Four policemen, including an Assistant Superintendent of Police, were shot and killed by armed men suspected to be sea pirates. The policemen were said to be on patrol on the Abonema Wharf in Port Harcourt when the pirates, who were masked, suddenly appeared and opened fire on them.

One of the five occupants of the patrol boat, who survived the attack, reportedly jumped into the sea and swam to safety.

It was gathered that the hoodlums ambushed the unsuspecting marine policemen on their way to prevent criminal activities in the wharf and its environs. The sea pirates, who were 24 in number, came in four boats, each boat having six. An eyewitness told Southern City News that the incident, which occurred at about 3pm on Tuesday, caused panic within the Abonema Jetty as people scampered to safety on hearing gunshots by the sea pirates.

Inmates in Lebanon’s largest prison have rioted to protest against poor conditions, days after videos were leaked online depicting Lebanese prison guards beating prisoners. Scores rioted inside Roumieh prison on Tuesday demanding concessions and better living conditions, damaging several cells and injuring fellow inmates in the process.

The men pictured above were arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for stealing goats in Ondo state. More photos after the cut...

SOKA, Oyo State, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, made the map last year when police said they uncovered a den of kidnappers there. The graphic images of the discoveries were causes for concern. Public expectations that the police would investigate the matter were dashed.

Decaying body parts that littered the place and the 20 decomposing bodies found there were inadequate to elicit police action. Twenty-three people – 18 men and five women – were rescued from their fleeing captors. The police had ignored complaints from residents about suspicious activities of the kidnappers.

Among the women rescued was one who reportedly had a baby on the day the police arrived, the baby was missing. Police confirmed arresting seven persons in connection with the discovery of human parts in the bush, about a kilometre off the busy expressway.

OGHARA—SOLDIERS attached to 19 Military Battalion, Koko, Delta State, yesterday, trailed and shot dead the chairman of Oghara Vigilante Group in Ethiope-West Local Government Area, Mr. Benson Ogedegbe, in broad daylight.

There was commotion in the community soon after the killing as residents took to the streets in protest, while the Executive Director of Africa Network for Economic and Environmental Justice, ANEEJ,s Mr. David Ugolor, called on the Inspector General of Police to fish out and prosecute the trigger-happy soldiers.

Pastor Chukwuemeka Okpokpo

LAGOS—Unknown gunmen, Monday, shot dead Lagos State Coordinator of The Lord’s Chosen Charis-matic Revival Ministries, Pastor Chukwuemeka Okpokpo, at Apple Junction, Amuwo Odofin area of the state.

The gunmen, said to have used a motorcycle, reportedly trailed the deceased from a Diamond Bank branch, where he had gone to withdraw N3 million for the church.

They reportedly fired shots into the air, which sent other road users and passers-by scampering for safety. Reports said Pastor Okpokpo tried to escape when it became obvious that he was the target.

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Tuesday approved the appointment of Senator Isa Galaudu, who represented Kebbi North Senatorial District in the Seventh Senate as his Chief of Staff.He also announced the appointment of the immediate past Commissioner for Information in Ogun State, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, as his Special Adviser on Media.

The cash in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) is $2.078 billion, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs Anastasia Nwaobia, said yesterday. Mrs Nwaobia, who addressed reporters after the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja, said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has not refunded the $1.48 billion it was directed to refund to the nation’s coffers as recommended after the forensic audit of the alleged missing cash from the Federation Account.

President Muhammadu Buhari said Tuesday in Abuja that his administration has received firm assurances of cooperation from the United States and others on the recovery of funds stolen from Nigeria.

Speaking with members of Northern Traditional Rulers Council led by Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Abubakar, President Buhari said it was now up to Nigeria to provide the international community with the facts and figures needed to drive the recovery effort.

Sister Nirmala Successor To Mother Teresa Dies At 81

Sister Nirmala Joshi, who succeeded Mother Teresa as head of her Missionaries of Charity in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has died. She died this morning at the age of 81.

The dazed-looking drug user was filmed taking the Class A substance on a southbound Northern Line train between Elephant and Castle and Kennington, south London. The man, said to work for a data room provider which helps companies store confidential information, was seen making clucking sounds after snorting the drug, before rubbing it into his gums.

Unemployment Youths

Right now in the National Assembly hall which, people are waiting to lobby lawmakers for employment as aides, secretaries, assistants, or anything they can lay their hands on. These people are obviously tired of the no work situation and trying to find work. Honestly hope, some good will come out of it.

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Synagogue Church: Shocking confessions from the king of 419

A Nigerian internet fraudster known as the ‘king of dating’ for his sophisticated tactics of online manipulation has given an eye-opening confession at a Lagos-based church.

Samuel Johnson, an Edo State indigene, explained that his journey into advanced internet scamming began in The University of Port Harcourt after he joined the ‘Black-Axe’ cult.

“I followed them into a very thick forest during the night of initiation,” the young man narrated. He was just 19 years old at the time. “We reached a place where there was a candle and a coffin encircled by 50 young men. They tortured us with canes until we started bleeding. They then cut my tongue on a razor blade and gave me something to drink.”

The heatwave which started in Pakistan on Saturday and has killed over 120 as at Sunday/Monday morning has now killed atleast 330 people more. The total number of death now recorded according to AFP is now 450. May the Lord step into their boat.

Credit: Ladun Liadi

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