Breaking: Dapchi girls have been brought back – parents

Parents of the 110 schoolgirls of the Government Girls Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted over a month ago have said that the girls have been brought back.
Parents go through list of 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Government Girls Technical College at Dapchi town in northern Nigerian on February 28, 2018.
Nigeria’s government on March 1 said it had set up a committee to establish how Boko Haram jihadists managed to kidnap 110 girls from their school in the country’s remote northeast. Members of the militant Islamist group stormed the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19, nearly four years after a similar mass abduction in Chibok, Borno state.
Two parents told AFP on Wednesday about the return of the students to Dapchi saying: “The girls have been brought back. They were brought in nine vehicles and dropped outside the school at about 8:00 am (0700 GMT),” said Bashir Manzo, who heads a group set up to support parents whose children were abducted.

DONALD TRUMP: REX TILLERSON BECOMES THE 23RD ADMINISTRATION CASUALTY

With a tweet, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson becomes the latest administration casualty:

BREAKING: Suspected Herdsmen Kill 25 Persons In Fresh Plateau Attack

Suspected herdsmen have killed 25 persons in another attack in Plateau State.Those killed in the attack are 19 men, three women and three children.The incident occurred on Monday night in Dundu village, Kwall District in Bassa Local Government Area of the state.
Details coming..

QUESTION OF THE WEEK-WHO IS THE COMMAMDER IN CHIEF?

Question :Buhari said that he was surprised at the revelation that the Inspector-General of Police Police, Ibrahim Idris, did not spend 24 hours in Benue, when he directed him to relocate to the state and remain there till peace was restored.. Who is the Commander in Chief?
A)  PMB
B)  IGP
C) CABAL
D) B and C above

Demonic Fulani Herdsmen Continues Their Attack on Innocent Citizens

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Breaking: China’s parliament abolishes presidential term limits, Xi to rule for life

China’s Xi Jinping on Sunday secured a path to rule indefinitely as parliament abolished presidential term limits, handing him almost total authority to pursue a vision of transforming the nation into an economic and military superpower.
                           

                      President Xi Jinping, has a duty to defend China
The move reverses the era of “collective” leadership and orderly succession that was promoted by late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping to ensure stability following the turbulent one-man rule of Communist China’s founder Mao Zedong.
The historic constitutional amendment breezed through the rubber-stamp parliament with 2,958 in favour, two against and three abstentions despite an unusual bout of online criticism that censors have scrambled to extinguish.
Xi stood up first at the imposing Great Hall of the People in Beijing to cast his paper ballot in a red box, as delegates of the National People’s Congress applauded after each vote on the constitutional amendment to lift the two five-year term limit for the presidency.
The first constitutional amendment in 14 years had been expected to breeze through the legislature, which has never rejected a Communist Party diktat in its half-century of existence.
“This is the urgent wish of the common people,” Ju Xiuqin, a delegate from northeastern Heilongjiang province, told AFP, echoing party claims that the amendment had the unanimous support of “the masses”.
Xi, 64, has consolidated power since 2012 when he was appointed to the country’s top office: general secretary of the Communist Party.
While the position has no term limits, his two predecessors both gave it up after two terms as part of an orderly process established by Deng.
– ‘Soft coup’ –
The country’s presidency is a largely ceremonial office, but the constitutional limits meant Xi would have had to give it up in 2023.
But with the new amendments, he could now have a lifetime to push his goal of turning China into global economic powerhouse with a “world-class” military by mid-century.
His rise has been accompanied by tighter restrictions on civil society, with the detention of activists and lawyers, and stricter limits on the already heavily controlled internet.
At the same time, he gained a measure of popularity among Chinese people through a relentless crackdown on corruption that has punished more than a million party officials, and sidelined potential rivals.
“I think that during the past five years, he has been carrying out a soft coup, including making the Politburo a mere figurehead,” Chinese political commentator Wu Qiang told AFP, referring to the 25-member Communist Party body one level under the ruling council.
“He wants to prevent power from falling into the hands of technocrats like Jiang (Zemin) and Hu (Jintao),” Wu said, referring to Xi’s two predecessors.
While attention has focused on the term limits, the amendments also include major provisions that will engrave Xi’s eponymous political mantra in the constitution and hand the Communist Party an even larger role in the country’s affairs.
In a written report, the head of the parliament’s Standing Committee, Zhang Dejiang, said the amendments “will ensure the constitution improves and develops in step with the times and provide a firm constitutional guarantee for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era”.
– Secret path –
The Communist Party says the move merely aligns the presidency with the limit-free titles of party secretary and military chief, claiming “the masses” unanimously called for the removal of term limits.
But the proposal was kept secret until it was revealed in a state media report on February 25, a week before the legislature’s opening session.
The party later disclosed that Xi had presided over a meeting of the Politburo in September during which the leadership decided to revise the constitution.
The party then sought proposals and opinions, culminating in a decision in late January to introduce constitutional amendments at the NPC.
“Xi Jinping has presided over so many important projects such as economic reforms and the fight against corruption. There was a consensus that we supported him having more time to finish his work,” said Dou Yanli, a delegate from eastern Shandong province.
The surprise move triggered a backlash online, prompting censors to block phrases and words such as “I disagree” and “emperor” and the image of Winnie the Pooh, the cartoon bear to which Xi has been compared.
Activists fear that removing term limits may lead to a further tightening of already strict controls on media, civil society and religion, as Xi tries to impose his highly ideological vision of socialism on every aspect of society.
Beijing-based activist Hu Jia, who says authorities forced him to leave the capital during the congress, called the amendment “illegal”.
“Xi asked all people to obey the constitution, and then used the amendment to place himself above it. He used the constitution as the ultimate legal weapon that binds officials and all citizens
Credit :Vanguard

SUICIDE :FIRST-CLASS STUDENT COMMIT SUICIDE IN UNIBEN

The management of the University of Benin , Edo State, has confirmed the death of one of its students who allegedly committed suicide .

The deceased, identified only as Adams , was said to have been found dead in his room at Ekosodin community, in the Ovia North -East Local Government Area of the state .

He was said to be a 500- level student in the Department of Computer Engineering .

It was gathered that Adams had been sighted at his department where he submitted an assignment , before he returned to his hostel on Thursday .

Some of his friends were said to have suspected that something had gone wrong when they could not access his room while he was inside.

However, his lifeless body was later said to have been found by his relatives who forced the door open in the evening.

Some of his colleagues seen at the department on Saturday declined to speak on the issue and referred our correspondent to the authorities of the school.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr . Johnson Kokumo , could not be reached for comments as calls put across to his telephone were unanswered .

He had yet to respond to a text message sent to his mobile as of the time of filling this report

But the Public Relations Officer of the university , Michael Osasuyi, who confirmed the incident, said the institution received the report with surprise .

Osasuyi noted that the deceased was a first-class student . He said, “The 500-level computer engineering student was discovered in his room at Ekosodin.

“He hung himself . His father came to see him and that was how it was discovered that he hung himself . The information that got to us was that he was a bright student , a first-class student .’’

Osasuyi urged students , no matter what they might be experiencing , to be bold enough to speak out.

Credit :Punch 

Robert Mugabe demands cash for Pension

“The President (ED) said it was highly irregular and irresponsible, and the lady indicated that cash salary payments were standard for the old man (Mr Mugabe) and she assumed that was how things were done for the highest office in the land.

“His Excellency (ED) gave her his bank account number and told her to do a transfer as is done for everyone else, and told her that if he needed cash he would queue for it like everyone else because the cash shortages affected all Zimbabweans and he would demand no such preferential and irregular treatment.”

Mama Boko Haram :What federal govt must do to calm insurgents.

- A north east human rights activist known as Mama Boko Haram, Aisha Waki disclosed what the government has to do so as to end insurgency in the northeast Nigeria
-Waki declared that the Islamist sect felt aggrieved about the killing of their members

- She said the government should put its feet on the ground and meet with those that can talk to the insurgents
A north east human rights activist, popularly called Mama Boko Haram, Aisha Wakil, has advised the federal government to engage those who can talk to the insurgents so as to get them to stop their attacks.​
Wakil, who insisted that Boko Haram will not surrender to anybody in “air conditioned” rooms, advised the authorities to act fast.
She made the suggestion in a chat with Punch on the recent kidnap of Dapchi schoolgirls.
According to her, ''I will tell the federal government, please, they should please put their feet on the ground, come down. There are people these boys respect, there are people they hear their voices, they should get in touch with those people.
''I might not be the only one, I might not even be part of it. I don’t care; my own is just to scream the way I am screaming. And if I get them, I tell them, my son, you are not hearing what is happening.
''They know the name they call me. So they should calm down. Or is it that they don’t want to look for them or they believe that by staying somewhere in air-conditioned rooms, the boys will just start coming?
''Someone has to come down, talk to them, they will do their talking to them too in the bush, you will see. You know, there are questions they will ask. You will see them start coming (out).
''Reminded that Chibok schoolgirls’ kidnap​, like the Dapchi incident, occurred close to election periods​, the activists replied: “You just hit the nail (on the head).​”
She added that he Islamist sect felt aggrieved about the killing of their members, a reason why they have taken up arms which created an ongoing war between them and the Nigerian military.
According her, ''When I heard the rumour about their intention to revolt, I called Mohammed Yusuf. He told me that they were betrayed.
''Up till now, I do not know what the betrayal was all about. He said they were angry because somebody made them angry and they wanted an apology.''
Wakil, who is said to be highly respected by some leaders of Boko Haram said she was ready to sacrifice her life to rescue the girls from abductors.
She said: ''This thing that is happening, is really breaking my heart. These children don’t even know what they are doing. Some of them were not even born at the time this thing started.''

So Sad: Lagos Corps Member With Earpiece Plugged In, Feared Dead After Ikeja Train Accident

A Corps member, deployed to Lagos State for her service and identified as only Debbie, was reportedly involved in a train accident yesterday in Ikeja area of the State, which according to sources left her body seriously mangled.
Leadership reports that the corps member was later rushed to the hospital for medical attention by some people, even though her case seemed hopeless. It was further gathered that the hospital where she was taken to, was kept secret by officials of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

An eyewitness who spoke to a news correspondent said;
The train was not moving at a high speed. People tried to call her attention to the incoming train but she didn’t yield to the call as she continued pressing her mobile phone.”
He also further stated that “I was looking at her from where I stood and saw her with an earpiece plugged into her ears which made her unable to hear the sound of the incoming train.
This is coming after we reported that tragedy which struck along same Ikeja railway line few weeks ago, reportedly left a postdoctoral student at the University of Lagos identified as Fatai Mutiu Abolade and a yet to be identified final year student of LASU dead, as they were reportedly crushed to death by the train around Ajayi Farm, Ikeja.
The identity card found on the LASU student, showed that he was studying Economics in UNILAG and his matriculation number was 119081228.
According to eyewitnesses, Abolade and the LASU final year student were crushed to death by the train which was on full speed, while on their phone. It was gathered that the train driver kept honking, but the late accident victims were distracted by their phones.
“He was looking into his phone and pressing it. The train was honking but he did not hear. People were also shouting, he just checking his phone. By the time he raised his head up, he was already hit by the railway. There was no how he could have survived it” one of the eyewitnesses said.

Ikeja Court Bans Media Coverage Of Top Nigerians’ Marriage Dissolution

An Ikeja Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday banned the media from covering its proceedings. It insisted that the order was from the Judicial Service Commission.

A court registrar, simply identified as Yomi, told journalists that he would forcefully order them out of the courtroom. We do not allow journalists into the court room to report proceedings due to the type of high profile cases and the calibre of people that come into this particular court”, he said.
The order not to allow journalists cover proceedings in this court is from above,” he said. He insisted that if any journalist comes into this court to report proceedings, he will walk the person out.
He said: “I have walked journalists out of the court before with the backing of the President of the court. Ikeja Customary Court is the number one court in Lagos State because of the Calibre of people and cases that are filed there. You can never hear any news on marriage dissolution emanating from this particular court.
Credit :Daily Post

‘I Stole The Phone To Pay My School Fees’ –Timilehin Olaniyi

A student, who was captured in a viral CCTV footage stealing an iPhone 8S at a shop in Computer Village, Lagos, was later arrested by the police in Ogun State. The culprit has confessed that he stole the phone to pay his school fees.
The suspect, Timilehin Olaniyi, disclosed that he was desperate to pay his school tuition fee of N80,000, hence he stole the iPhone 8S.
Olaniyi, a 200 level student of DS Adegbenro ICT College, Ogun State noted that he was in Computer Village, Ikeja on 16th February, 2018 in the morning to dispose off an iPhone 5s given to him by his course mate to enable him raise money for his school fees.

The suspect was tracked and arrested in Wasimi, Ogun State by the Decoy Team of Rapid Response Squad said:
“I was in Lagos on the invitation of a close friend. He is aware that I was struggling to pay my school fees, so he gave me an iPhone 5s to sell in order to raise money.
“So I went to Computer Village to sell the phone. When I entered the phone store, my plan was to know the price of iPhone 7s but it was not available. I noticed that one of the attendants went out leaving behind an iphone 8s on the table.
I don’t know what came over me. I monitored the other attendant and I went away with the phone. I never knew I was captured by the CCTV camera. I sold that iPhone 5s to pay my tuition fee while I started using the iphone 8s”, he stated.

He continues “it was about the second day that the friend I was squatting with sent me packing from his house over a CCTV footage circulating on the internet of a phone thief. He said I was the one.
Source stated that Olaniyi failed to open up to his elder brother who saw him spotting a T-shirt he bought for him in the video. The brother had gone to engage the services of a lawyer for defamation.
The suspect was arrested few days later in Wasimi, Ogun State.

"Rich Men Make Me Wet" - Actress Crowncy Anyanwu

Nollywood actress, Crowncy Anyanwu has said that rich men makes her wet, the upcoming actress said this in a recent interview with The Sun.
Crowncy in the interview said for now she is concentrating on her career and that when she is ready to settle down, only men with money will get her attention.

I want the man that will have me to be dark-complexioned and handsome. He must be God fearing, and most importantly rich, because money makes me wet. In fact, rich men make me wet,” she said
When asked when she will be ready to date and get deflowered, the actress said: “For now, boyfriends can wait, my career and business come first. But rich guys can get close on a neutral relationship, and let’s see where it would lead to.”

Violence escalates in Taraba, 24-hour curfew imposed after President Buhari visit to Taraba state

Rural communities in Taraba state, were on Friday on indefinite lockdown as the authorities tried to contain mounting violence between cattle herders and farmers.

Police spokesman David Misal told the AFP that a round-the-clock curfew has been imposed in affected areas “due to the escalation of violence between Fulani and Mambilla ethnic groups”.

At least 10 people were killed in several days of violence in Taraba last week into the weekend, while some 24 lost their lives in Benue in the last few days.

Misal said there were reports that the violence was spreading but gave no further details.

“The government, after consultation with security agencies, finds it necessary to impose a curfew in order to allow security operatives to restore peace,” he told AFP.

“From Wednesday, residents in (the affected areas) have been ordered to remain indoors day and night indefinitely until the security situation is reviewed.”

The Mambilla area of Taraba lies on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon and is a herding and farming hub reputed for fertile land, lush vegetation and abundant water.

Tensions have been running high for many years between herders and farmers over increasingly precious resources.

Last year, the cattle herders union claimed more than 700 people were killed in violence, although the authorities gave a much lower death toll.

Herdsmen Attack: Group seeks new U.S. religious freedom post for Nigeria

The Global Coalition Working to Defeat Persecution and Violence in Nigeria, including representatives of the Baptist World Alliance (BWI), the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative (21Wilberforce) and the newly formed International Committee on Nigeria (ICON), decided to petition Congress for the new post after hosting a meeting with Nigerian governors and others Feb. 27-28 at BWI headquarters in Falls Church, Va.

The U.S. State Department currently operates an Office of International Religious Freedom, headed since Feb. 1 by U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, as well as an embassy and consulate in Nigeria.

"But there's been no sort of special coordinator, no individual that's taken up the cause or mantel of addressing specifically the Boko Haram and the Fulani pastoralist militia," ICON Director Kyle Abts told BP today.

Joining the coalition at the February meeting were Adeniyi Ojutiku, a North Carolina Southern Baptist working to help his Nigerian homeland through the Lift Up Now grassroots group. Also in attendance were several governors from Nigeria's Middle Belt, the Church of the Brethren, International Christian Concern, Doctors Without Borders and other groups.

Boko Haram terrorists and a militant group of Fulani herdsmen have reportedly strengthened in Nigeria's Middle Belt in recent months, more than two years after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari declared a technical defeat of Boko Haram.

Texas native Elijah Brown, BWI general secretary since Jan. 1, said Nigeria is at a critical human rights juncture that could affect the entire continent of Africa with global consequences. The longstanding dispute between Muslim Fulani herdsmen and Christian farmers can no longer be viewed simplistically, Brown told BP.

"I believe that the violence sweeping through Nigeria is no longer best understood through an analysis of farmer-herder conflict," he said, recapping an address he made at the coalition meeting. "With thousands of individuals killed, entire communities burned to the ground, famine-inducing conditions inflicted upon entire populations, and the use of helicopters, machine guns mounted to vehicles and sophisticated weapons, this conflict has morphed into one of militant attack.

"Predominantly Christian communities currently account for over 85 percent of the victims," Brown said. "With ongoing discrimination against religious minority communities across northern Nigeria, Boko Haram to the northeast, and Fulani militancy in the Middle Belt, Nigeria is the only country in the world to be currently facing two of the top five most lethal terrorist organizations, and Christians, including some Baptists, are caught in the crossfire."

Within the next month, the coalition will seek a Congressional hearing and request the new post, Abts said. ICON promotes itself as a diverse "group of committed Nigerians and other nationalities joining forces, resources, and voices" to strengthen oppressed and minority groups in Nigeria.

In most recent waves of violence, Fulani herdsmen have been blamed for killing at least 170 Christians in attacks on villages and towns in Nigeria's Middle Belt in January, according to reports. Nigeria's military has launched a six-week offensive to combat the violence that has increased in conjunction with several new local anti-grazing laws meant to protect the farmers.

In February, Boko Haram terrorists kidnapped as many as 101 Nigerian schoolgirls who remain missing, mirroring the terrorists' kidnapping of more than 300 schoolgirls in 2014 from a school in the Christian town of Chibok.

Buhari claimed in December 2015 he had technically defeated Boko Haram, weakening the group so much that it would only be able to carry out isolated suicide bombings.

Boko Haram, which began attacking first Christians and then others in its attempts to establish Sharia law in Nigeria, has killed an estimated 20,000 people and displaced 2 million in Nigeria and neighboring nations since 2009. The terrorists have claimed allegiance to the Islamic State and have been accused of killing Christian farmers increasingly in raids since 2017 in cooperation with or under the guise of Fulani herdsmen.

US President Donald Trump has agreed to a historic first meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

South Korea says Kim "expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible."

Accepting the invitation, Trump says "great progress" is being made but sanctions will remain until an agreement is reached.
Trump Tweets: "Kim Jong Un talked about denuclearization with the South Korean Representatives, not just a freeze. Also, no missile testing by North Korea during this period of time."
Credit :AFP

World's richest Senators receive $37,500 monthly each, separate from salaries

There are 109 Senators and 360 members of the House of Representatives so in terms of payment by result, the Nigerian lawmakers do not deserve such high pay and surely does not perform their duties to warrant such hyper inflated pay. In America, a Senator earns 174,000 US dollars and in the UK, a Member of parliament about 64,000 US dollars a year. So what do our lawmaker do for this generous amount can someone please tell me why they deserve this enormous amount of money. It is about time Nigerians demand better service and improvement for Nigeria and Nigerians.
No one deserves that much money while ordinary people are scavenging to make ends meet. Nigeria has got multitude of deprivation; high infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, malnutrition, inadequate health care and transportation and lack of electricity outage, high crime rates, high number of young people not in education, employment or in training. So why is some of these excesses going to improve the lives of Nigerians. So instead Nigerians lawmakers are paid for below par performance and disregard to the electorates that they are meant to represent. I feel that ordinary Nigerians have been severely short changed, cheated and insulted by these so called honourable people.Our  investigation revealed that, the Nation's Senators are the highest paid in the World.
A Senator, who wants to remain anonymous on this issue for fear of being suspended by the other senators  says, "I think what I can say is that the running cost of a senator is N13.5 million every month."

Sex Deliverance: Cleric Conducts Month - long Deliverance on Lady

A 26-year old Lagos cleric, identified as Babatunde Samuel, has been arrested for defrauding a woman to the tune N500,000 and engaging her in “sex deliverance.”
It was learned that the suspect took the victim for the sex deliverance at Jofolo Street in Iyana Ipaja area of Abule-Oke, where Police officers from Area ‘M’ Command, Idimu, busted the plan and arrested Samuel.
Samuel, who was into selling films’ CDs before he became an Alfa, informed the Police that he gave the victim a fake prophecy that put fear into her.
According to the victim, Samuel met her and informed her that she will soon die and needed deliverance to cast out the spirit of death from her life.
It was gathered that Samuel told the victim things related to her and her family and she asked for the solution to avert the looming calamities.
Healing ways
After successfully convincing her, Samuel took her to the place where he gave her the conditions, which involved paying the said amount of money, buying a goat and sexual intercourse with him, which will continue for one month before she will be totally delivered.
The  victim collected money from her sister to buy the necessary items and fulfil other requests, including engaging in the “sexual deliverance.”
Trouble started after Samuel continued to make more of monetary and sexual demands from her, making the victim confide in her sister about her travails in the hands of Samuel.
The matter was reported to the Police; Samuel was trailed, arrested and taken to the Area M Command, Idimu.
Police sources said during interrogation, Samuel admitted that he gave the victim a false prophecy to obtain money from her and slept with her.
He was charged before Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court for the alleged offences, but pleaded not guilty.
The presiding magistrate, Mrs J. O. E. Adeyemi Ajayi, granted Samuel N100,000 bail with two sureties in like sum. The court also ordered that the sureties must deposit another N100,000 into Court Registrar’s account.
The prosecutor, Superintendent Kenneth Asibor, did not object to his bail condition.
Samuel was remanded in prison custody, pending when he will perfect his bail condition, and the matter was adjourned till March 26.
Credit :Vanguard

Lagos Banker Pleads Guilty To N70 Million Fraud

A serial bank fraudster, Nsa Ayi has pleaded guilty to the 10 counts fraud charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC. At the resume of hearing on Tuesday before justice Mojisola Dada, counsel to EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo informed the court that witness is in court to give evidence and subject to the overriding convenient of court, the anti-graft agency is ready for trial

Breaking:39 die in Russian plane crash at Syria base: Kremlin

A Russian transport plane crashed on landing at an airbase in Syria Tuesday, the defence ministry said, killing all 39 people on board in one of the deadliest incidents since Moscow's intervention in the country's war.

The ministry said the 33 passengers and six crew members were all military personnel, in a statement carried by news agencies, revising up an earlier toll of 32.

                 

"The reason for the crash according to preliminary information could have been a technical fault," the ministry said, adding that the plane had not come under fire according to a report from the ground.

The transporter was around 500 metres (yards) from the runway at the Hmeimim airbase in western Syria, according to the defence ministry.

President Vladimir Putin expressed "deep condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed in the crash and also to all of the military over the loss of their comrades".

Putin, who is on a trip in the Urals region, spoke to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on the phone about the accident, according to the Kremlin.

A commission will investigate the causes of the crash, the defence ministry said.

The Investigative Committee, which covers major incidents, also announced a probe into possible safety breaches, saying the plane was carrying out a planned flight.