Militant Group Blows Up Gas Trunklines In Niger Delta

A militant group, Urhobo Gbagbako, yesterday, claimed responsibility for two explosions that rocked two major gas trunk lines belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, located on the boundaries of Afiesere and Ekredjebo communities and Otedo and Edjovwe communities both in Ughelli North and Ughelli South Local Government Areas of Delta State.

Urhobo Gbagbako, in a statement by its spokesperson, Priest Omodjuvwu, said that the explosions were in protest against those he called “traitors” the NPDC had continued to send to Urhoboland in a bid to manipulate their unsuspecting and once peaceful communities.

Buhari Lack The Powers To Stop AIT From Covering Him – Dokpesi

 

Dokpesi, AIT Chairman

The proprietor of Daar Communications PLC, Raymond Dokpesi, has stated that Monday’s decision by the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to bar one of its subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television, from covering his activities was an attempt by the former military Head of State to bring back the era of Decree 4.

Mr. Dokpesi said Mr. Buhari lacks the

N19.2bn Fraud: Trial Resumes Tomorrow Of Former Governor Sylva, Co-Chairman Of APC Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee

Timipre Sylva

A legal matter which holds the potential to embarrass the incoming administration of Muhammadu Buhari resumes tomorrow at the Federal High Court, Abuja, involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva.

Sylva, a bitter political opponent of President Goodluck Jonathan, is co-chairman of the Presidential Inauguration Planning Committee with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim

He is accused of stealing N19.2billion from the state treasury while he was the governor between 2007 and 2011.

The former Bayelsa chief executive was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside others in July 2014, for allegedly using

PRESS FREEDOM: Buhari Bans AIT From Covering His Activities

Report has it that the media team of the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari stopped the African Independent Television (AIT) from covering his engagements until issues of ethics and standards are sorted out.

We gathered that the AIT crew was asked

Finally, The Truth About The Chibok Girls: Parents Of Abducted Schoolgirls Finger The Vice Principal

Parents of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted a year ago in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok have suggested that the vice principal (academic) of the school where the teenage girls were kidnapped was complicit in their kidnap.

Parents of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted a year ago in the northeastern

Agbaje Asked Lagos Voters to Push APC to the Atlantic Ocean with Their Vote

 

Jimi Agbaje

Mr. Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, has urged Lagos voters, especially Igbo residents to vote massively for him and push the ruling party in the state, All Progressives Congress, APC into the Atlantic Ocean.

Agbaje, Thursday, during his visit to Igbo traders at the Alaba International Market, urged them to ignore the threats made by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, that if they fail to vote for his anointed candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode of the APC, they would die in the lagoon within seven days.

“Nobody can push you into the Atlantic Ocean,” Agbaje assured them , adding that ” rather you should use your votes to push the APC into the Atlantic Ocean

Islamic Persecution of Christians: Italy To Involve Military Action In Defense Of Christians

Italian Forces

“Military action is inevitable in the fight against terrorism and more should be done to tackle religious persecution, Italy’s foreign minister said.

In an unusually strongly worded interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Tuesday, Paolo Gentiloni said Europe has long ignored dangers

For Conceding the Presidential Election, Obama Commends Jonathan

Obama

President Barack Obama of the United States of America has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for placing the interest of Nigeria first by conceding the presidential elections and congratulating his opponent, Muhammad Buhari on his victory.

“I look forward to working with President Jonathan throughout the remainder of his term, and I thank him for his many years of service and his statesmanlike conduct at this critical juncture“. Obama said in a statement on Wednesday.

Speech by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan After The Declaration of Buhari As The Winner Of 2015 Presidential Election

President Jonathan

Fellow Nigerians,

I thank you all for turning out en-masse for the March 28 General Elections.
I promised the country free and fair elections. I have kept my word. I have also expanded the space for Nigerians to participate in the democratic process. That is one legacy I will like to see endure.

Although some people have expressed mixed feelings about the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I urge those who may feel aggrieved to follow due process based on our constitution and our electoral laws, in seeking redress.

As I have always affirmed, nobody’s ambition is worth the blood of any Nigerian. The unity, stability and progress of our dear country is more important than anything else.