New Song Release by Chubby

Chubby whose real name is Owoeye Ayokanmi, is a songwriter,performer and music producer,he is also a final year student of university of Ilorin,chubby should actually be the definition of versatility in music because there is no genre he is not comfortable with.

Chubby has released couple of tracks, and he has decided to bless us with two tracks on his birthday.Being A Boss which he produced by himself and Jealous  produced by Tdust. Download Songs

He is definitely the new face of Nigerian music. You can link up with him by following him on twitter and Instagram with @newlordchubby.

BHUSRC:VOTE ISAAC ONCHE FOR FINANCIAL SECRETARY

A vote for Isaac is a vote for credibility, accountability and reliability...

VOTE wisely....

Bitter Sweet Week in Bingham University: Over 1000 students suspended

The annual all awaited day by the students, the students day, was slated to be celebrated on June 12, 2014. But a day to that glorious and wonderful event, the school was thrown into an uproar.

Sources confirmed that; this was so because on the 11th , over half of the students population either came late or didnt attend the chapel hour at all . Actually, the school management has really emphasized and warned so many times on the lateness and nonchalant attitude of the students towards religious activities but the students have always and have decided to deliberately disobey.

The school has thus decided to suspend the students who came late or didnt attend the chapel hour

This action taken by the school management is seen as the best and will serve as a warning and turning point for the students.

Bingham University is a christian based university known for maintaining a high moral standard and discipline. This has actually made it a university with a difference. Sources say that The VC is highly visionary and has, will and continue lifting the University to greater heights

Reports has it that the VC fatherly and kindly allowed the students hold their students day event ( view event details on www.binghamuninews.com) on the 12th before the defaulters were asked to leave the university

All efforts to beg the VC to change his mind was abortive. 

Pictures of students begging the VC after his verdict.

Another bomb blast hits Abuja..

SaharaReporters spoke with several emergency
responders heading to the scene. They said at this time
that they are unaware of the cause of the explosion.
Casualty levels not yet confirmed, but a number of
people have died, and security operatives have taken
over the area.
Nerves are frayed due to recent events that have
shocked and angered Nigerians in recent weeks. On
April 14, a bomb went off at the Nyanya bus depot
killing more than 70 people, and injuring over 120.
We will continue the provide additional updates as we
receive them.
Updates : Security and emergency response agencies
have been alerted to an explosion in Nyanya on the
outskirt of Abuja City. The explosion is reported to have
occurred close to the scene of the last incident at
Nyanya bus station.
Security agencies have cautioned people living around
the area to restrict their movement and allow security
personnel access to the area.
The severity and degree of the explosion is yet to be
confirmed.
National Emergency Management Agency and the
Nigerian police are currently controlling traffic around
the area.
Paramedic and ambulances have started moving
victims and dead bodies to the General Hospitals
around the area.

Culled from Sahara Reporters

Bomb blast hit Nyanya Motor Pack

Details to be relayed shortly......

2013/2014 NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME INVITATION FOR APPLICATION

2013/2014 NATIONAL
MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
INVITATION FOR APPLICATION

OVERVIEW
Over the years, NNPC and Total Upstream
Companies in Nigeria have demonstrated a high level
of commitment towards the educational development of
Nigeria students as part of its Corporate Social
Responsibility. This commitment has been confirmed in
several ways, one of which is theannual award of
scholarships to deserving Nigerian students in tertiary
institutions. The programme is aimed at promoting
academic excellence and qualitative manpower
development in the nation.
NNPC/TOTAL hereby invites applications from suitably
qualified candidates for its 2013/2014 National Merit
Scholarship Awards.

WHO IS QUALIFIED TO APPLY?
To qualify for consideration applicants MUST be/Show:
Registered FULL TIME undergraduates in recognized
Nigerian Universities.
Certified 100/200 level students at the time of
application
Proof of SSCE or equivalent certificate
Proof of UME scores, Admission letters & Matriculation
numbers

NOTE: The following categories of students should not
apply:
300 level students and above
Current beneficiaries of similar awards from other
companies and agencies

Applications forms must be completed on-line using the
link ( http://scholarships.totalsdd.com ), Applications will
close three weeks from the date of this publication.

Selection tests will hold on the 24 th of May 2014 at
designated centres nationwide which will be
communicated to the shortlisted Candidates. Candidates
are to fully bear the cost of transportation to and from
the venue of the selection tests. Please note that only
short-listed candidates will be contacted for the tests.

New Song Release: 'Gold' by Chubby

Owoeye Ayokanmi a.k.a Chubby, is a young and upcoming artist,trying his best to bring a new flavour and new sound into the hiphop and entertainment industry. Gold is a new joint from him,and with this kind of unique sound i think the young talent has more to offer. Watch out for chubby this year as he promises to thrill us with more hit song.

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Timeline of 5-month ASUU strike

Here is a simple timeline
reminding us of the most major events related to ongoing ASUU strike, which will be entering its sixth month over the weekend:

July 1, 2013: The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on a nationwide
strike over alleged Federal Government's refusal to implement the agreement between it and the union over unpaid entitlements.

July 15: The meeting between the Senate, FG and the leadership of ASUU over the ongoing industrial action ended without parties reaching any compromise.

July 22: We are ready to remain shut for three to five years - Prof. Iyayi, former ASUU President, said in an interview, which later becomes historic.

August 1: The delegation of FG led by Benue State Governor, Dr. Gabriel Suswam, had a failed meeting with ASUU officials, as the lecturers insisted on the implementation of the 2009 ASUU/FGN agreement.

August 13: The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said the government has no resources to meet the union demands.

August 20: Meeting between striking university lecturers and FG ended without a resolution of the crisis.

August 23: FG ordered that lecturers should go back to classrooms after it had disbursed the sum of N30 billion for earned academic allowances , N100 billion for the provision of infrastructure on campuses of 61 universities covered in the needs assessment .

August 27: ASUU rejected the N130 billion the Federal Government disbursed into the university system

September 5: ASUU strike is beginning to take a toll on students, the fact that female students in Kaduna are now resorting to
prostitution .

September 16: New People's Democratic Party (nPDP) has commenced a seven-day fasting
and prayer, to intercede for the prolonged ASUU strike.

September 26: The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) gave a two-weeks ultimatum to FG and ASUU to resolve the strike.

September 30: The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) joined an indefinite industrial action of ASUU.

October 4: TOTAL PARALYSIS: ASUP shuts polytechnics , joins ASUU strike.

October 11: FG fights back, implements the 'no work-no pay' policy against the striking
university lecturers.

October 12: SSANU ends strike .

October 14: It seems it's not just the students that are affected by the ASUU strike, as protesting traders, under the aegis of National Market Women Association, stormed the
National Assembly.

October 21: A student of the University of Abuja tried to kill herself because of the effects of the
lingering ASUU strike.

October 24: Senate mandated its leadership to search for possibilities of terminating the strike by meeting the Federal Government and the
ASUU executives.

October 30: The Nigeria Police Force used tear gas against the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities as they mobilised for their protest into the streets of the Federal Capital City, Abuja.

November 5: President Goodluck Jonathan had 13-hour marathon meeting with the leadership of ASUU in conjunction with representatives of the NLC and TUC. The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities said they would now go and brief their members on the details of the discussions.

November 12: Prof. Festus Iyayi died on his way for ASUU NEC meeting in Kano in a vehicles accident involving Kogi Governor's convoy. The death ruined the plans for a repeat meeting between President Jonathan and ASUU leaders.

November 23: ASUU NEC members agreed that before calling off its strike the government should pay the four-month salary arrears being
owed varsity lecturers.

November 26: Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities called for the immediate re-opening of all shut down universities across
the country.

November 28: FG gives one-week ultimatum to ASUU or face expulsion; ASUU officials dared
FG, referred to the Education Minister as a 'joker'.

Soldiers, police stop Tinubu, Buhari, others at INEC office

By Friday Olokor, Abuja

Soldiers, riot policemen and other security
agencies on Thursday confronted the leaders
of the All Progressives Congress during their
march to the headquarters of the
Independent National Electoral Commission
in Abuja to protest against the November 16
Anambra state governorship election.
After a strategic meeting in the APC’s new
secretariat in Wuse 2 in the Federal Capital
Territory, which lasted about three hours, the
party leaders took to the streets and
embarked on a procession to INEC’s office in
Maitama District.
The protesters however met a stiff resistance
from stern-looking security operatives
comprising the Police, soldiers, SSS and
Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps.
An Armoured Personnel Carrier, marked
NPF 6359 C, measuring about 40-feet long,
was used to barricade the entrance to the
commission’s office, while the driver of the
truck and police officers were pelted with
sachets of water by the APC youths.
In their separate speeches, the APC national
Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande; National
Leader of the party and former governor of
Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; former
chairman of ANPP, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and
ex-Head of State, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari(retd.), called for the sacking of INEC
Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, with
immediate effect for his handling of the
Anambra State governorship poll and the
recent Delta State Senatorial by-election.

Call off strike in one week or face sacking, Jonathan tells ASUU

by Agency Reporter

The Federal Government on Thursday gave the Academic Staff Union of Universities, one week ultimatum to call off the ongoing strike.
The acting Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja.
Wike said those who refused to report to work after the one week ultimatum among the ASUU members would lose their jobs.

FG gives ASUU one week ultimatum to call off strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, has been given one week ultimatum to
call off the ongoing strike.
The directive was given today, in Abuja by
the acting Minister of Education, Mr.Nyesom
Wike while speaking with journalists.
The union has been on strike since July 1
over the non Implementation of a 2009
agreement with the federal government.
According to reports, the lecturers at their
NEC meeting last week in Kano, demanded
that government should pay the four-month
salary arrears being owed varsity lecturers
while there should be immediate
implementation of the N1.2tn offerred by
the goverment to public varsities, starting
with the release of N100bn this year, before
the strike can be called off.
A demand the acting Minister Wike had
described as ,”outrageous.”
Meantime, ASUU had said it would meet with
President Jonathan on the decisions reached
at its NEC meeting before any
announcement will be made concerning the
5months old strike.

New demands: Education minister, Wike lied against us – ASUU

IBADAN - STRIKING members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
have called on Nigerians to disregard the
comments made by the Minister of
Education, Nyesom Wike that the union was
making new outrageous demands, saying it
was a blatant lie.
ASUU said: "We are not making fresh
demands. In fact, the NEC of the union
would have suspended the strike, but the
concerns of our congresses were that many
of the things agreed to with Mr. President
during the November 4 meeting him were
not included in the letter signed by a
permanent secretary in the Federal Ministry
of Education, Dr. Mark Nwobiala."
The union also advised President Goodluck
Jonathan to expedite action on the
endorsement of resolutions reached with
him.
Such resolutions, the academic union
insisted must be signed by high ranking
government official possibly the Attorney-
General of the Federation.
While warning that the resolutions must not
be signed by the Permanent Secretary, ASUU,
through its National Treasurer, Dr. Ademola
Aremu said the N200 billion agreed upon as
2013 revitalisation fund for public
universities should be kept and disbursed to
concerned universities by the Central Bank
of Nigeria.
Dr. Aremu, who said this, yesterday, while
speaking with newsmen in Ibadan, faulted
the Education Minister, saying he failed to
tell Nigerians that apart from the N30billion
earned allowances released for university
staff, the government was yet to release the
N100billion it announced earlier.
To him, the strike could be called off within
24 hours once the observed omissions were
corrected and reflected in the new
resolution.
"They are interested in wasting the time and
lives of Nigerians. What we observed does
not require an additional kobo effect. The
letter does not include non-victimisation
clause. This is a routine when you negotiate
any agreement. There is nothing that talks
about renegotiation. We have now asked that
it be included in the resolution,” he said.

CBN to Introduce N 5000 Note in March 2014

The Deputy Governor of CBN , Tunde Lemo (pictured above), disclosed at the weekend that it would
soon conclude plans to produce and roll out N5000 bills , a project which was initially abandoned due to its rejection by Nigerians.
Lemo , who disclosed this while speaking to journalists at the NIBSS 20 th anniversary conference held in Lagos , said in one to two months from now , the N5000 notes would be in circulation .
According to The Sun be said : " We only
stopped the project due to the low level of
understanding of its benefits among
Nigerians, but we now plan to educate the
people about the importance of the notes
to our economy before we eventually
launch it ".
He added that Nigerians would soon see
the notes in circulation and start to enjoy
its benefits .
Speaking on the cashless initiative , Lemo
noted that it has been a great success
within the experimented states , stressing
that the apex bank has deployed 120 , 000
Point of Sale ( PoS ) Machines across the
states where cashless policy is being
experimented in Nigeria .

ASUU plans to end strike Jan 2014 -UNILAG faction *Insists strike must end this week *Minister condemns new conditions for suspension of strike

Written by  Clement Idoko and Moyosore
Solarin

Tuesday, November 26, 2013
THE Academic Staff Union of Nigerian
Universities (ASUU) is planning to end the
ongoing five-month strike mid-January next
year, a faction of the University of Lagos
(UNILAG) chapter alleged on Monday.
The faction, however, insisted that the
closure of Nigerian universities by the
lecturers must end this week.
Leader of the faction, Dr Adeyemi Daramola,
a lecturer in the Department of English,
Faculty of Arts accused the body of assuming
oracular posture on the strike.
According to him, "The position of ASUU has
not demonstrated original function of its
rules which says "reports on agreement from
the union universities' branches should be
collated and announced".
"ASUU-NEC has assumed an oracular posture
by its very poor communication to members,
government and the Nigerian society.
"The target of ASUU is to call off the strike by
mid-January of 2014 which is no longer a
rumour in the domain of its members. We
have postponed other meetings of this
pressure version of UNILAG
ASUU to discuss issues and shall call a new
one if ASUU-NEC fails to suspend the strike
before the end off the week.
"If necessary, we shall take all legitimate
steps to ensure that normalcy is restored to
all the Nigerian universities as soon as
possible, as the group would not accept the
rumour of a resumption date fixed for
January, 2014. About two universities'
academic calendar have been wasted on
strike, including lecturers' four months
salaries lost."
Controversies have continued to trail the
participation of UNILAG's chapter of the
union, with the new faction allegedly
creating uproar at the congress held in the
institution yesterday.
Another leader of the anti-strike faction, Dr
Michael Ogbeide of the History Department
told the Nigerian Tribune on phone that "the
ASUU strike had become nonsense and must
be stopped. A lot of our members also
believe so but are afraid to speak out."
He assured that the faction would keep
pressurising the leadership until the strike is
called off.
When asked the next line of action if
UNILAG ASUU leadership did not accede to
the faction's request, he said "as an
historian, in war, you don't divulge your
strategy before hand."
Early on Monday morning, there were
rumours that the Unilag ASUU had decided to
withdraw from the strike, but this was
debunked by some members of the union,
though it was confirmed that there was a
split among the members, with Daramola's
faction reportedly kicking against the
institution's continued participation in the
strike.
According to a source who pleaded
anonymity, the congress actually turned out
disorganised and divided, as some members,
during the meeting began to protest,
demanding UNILAG's withdrawal from the
strike.
It was learnt that after the meeting became
rowdy, the two factions later held separate
meetings, with both reportedly resolving to
maintain their postures.
The main body insisted that the strike would
be on until grey areas are sorted out.
Minister condemns ASUU's conditions for
suspension of strike
The Supervising Minister of Education,
Nyesom Wike has condemned the new
conditions set out by the leadership of ASUU
as a yardstick to call off its over four month
old strike.
The minister, who said he was going to meet
with President Goodluck Jonathan on the
development, said the union wants
immediate implementation of the N1.2
trillion offered by the government to public
universities, starting with the release of N100
billion this year and the balance of N1.1
trillion to be spread over five years from
2014.
Wike, who spoke in Abuja on Monday added,
that the Union though indicated readiness to
call off the over-prolonged industrial action.
He stressed that the Federal Government and
members of the National Assembly would
engage the union further on its decision.
According to him, "ASUU has given new
conditions, after they had an agreement with
President Goodluck Jonathan at the Villa.
"He said, he would meet with the President
on the new conditions by ASUU. Among the
three conditions given by ASUU in order to
end the strike were payment of four months
salary arrears which accumulated during the
period of the strike; immediate
implementation of the N1.2 trillion offered
by the government to public universities,
starting with the release of N100bn this year
and the balance of N1.1tn to be spread over
five years from 2014".
The union also demanded that the salary
arrears must not be paid piecemeal. These
were some of the resolutions reached by
members of the National Executive Council
of the union that met in Kano on Friday
which has been sent to the Federal
Government before they will call off the
strike.
Reports indicated that the university
lecturers in Nigeria have agreed to end the
five-month old strike by ASUU. If the Federal
Government agrees to three conditions.
EBSU dares ASUU, resumes tomorrow
The management of Ebonyi State University,
Abakaliki (EBSU) on Monday announced
that academic activities would resume in all
the campuses of the institution today.
It also ordered lecturers and students of the
institution to return to classes following the
inability of ASUU to end its over four-month
strike in the country.
In a statement signed by the Registrar of the
institution, Mr Sam N. Egwu, it stressed that
the institution had resolved to commence
academic activities, not minding the
disagreement existing between ASUU and the
Federal Government.
"Having waited patiently for Federal
Government and ASUU to resolve the
impasse behind the over four-month strike
embarked upon by the union to no avail, the
management of EBSU has resolved to re-
open classes for learning to commence on
Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 2013.
"We therefore inform all concerned that
teaching and learning will begin fully on
Tuesday, 26th, November, 2013. This is to
enable us to cover what we have lost to the
strike," the statement read.
Nigerian Tribune learnt that the resolution
was the outcome of the meeting held last
week by the management of the institution,
including lecturers where 80 per cent of the
lecturers in attendance agreed that they
should ignore the ASUU nationwide strike
and return to class.

New twist in Anambra guber: Ekwunife asks court to declare her APGA candidate

FROM GEOFFREY ANYANWU, AWKA

There is a new twist in the controversial
Anambra State governorship election whose
outcome remains inconclusive and a
supplementary poll is planned for November
30. One of the aspirants for the ticket of the
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Hon.
Uche Ekwunife is asking that the court
declare her the authentic candidate of the
party.
Ekwunife is the runner- up to Mr. Willie
Obiano at the APGA governorship primary,
having scored the second highest votes.
In a suit filed at the Federal High Court,
Awka, Anambra State capital, Hon Ekwunife,
a member of the House of Representatives,
prayed the court to declare her as the
rightful candidate for APGA in the
November 16, 2013 governorship election. In
her suit which has Mr. Willy Obiano, the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) and APGA, as the first, second and
third defendants respectively, Ekwunife is
urging the court to disqualify Obiano as the
candidate of APGA, by virtue of his alleged
multiple registration in Lagos and Anambra
states.
In the originating summons filed by her
counsel, Chief Ugo Ugwunnadi, she argued:
"By virtue of the multiple registration, which
is a serious electoral offence and by the
combined effect of Sections 9 (1), (2), (3), 2,
3, 12 (1), (2) and 24 (1)(e) of the 2010
Electoral Act of Nigeria, as amended, and
Section 178 (5) of the 1999 Constitution of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended,
Mr. Obiano is not a registered voter
qualified to vote and be voted for in
Anambra State and therefore, he cannot
contest an election in a state, where he is not
a legally and validly registered voter."
In her supporting affidavit to the originating
summons, the federal lawmaker alleged:
"Mr. Obiano was assigned with three
different VIN numbers, by virtue of the
multiple registration as follows – (1) 90F5
B12B 0129 6204 172, (2) 90F5 B15E 7D37
8200 332, and (3) 90F5 B12B 8837 7091 121
respectively, annexed as Exhibits UE2, UE3
and UE4. All these appeared in three
different Voters' Register."
Consequent upon this, Ekwunife is also
asking the court for an order directing APGA
to substitute the name of Obiano with hers
and for INEC to deal with her as the rightful
candidate of APGA and moreso, for the fact
that elections were contested, lost and won
by political parties and not individuals.

Jonathan returns, shifts meeting with G7 govs *Receives probe panel's report on Oduah, sacks aide

Written by  Leon Usigbe and Clement Idoko - Abuja

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan returned to
Abuja on Sunday night from London, saying
that he was too tired from the six-hour flight
and his health challenge to meet with G-7
governors as scheduled for Sunday night.
He also confirmed to State House
correspondents that he has received the
report of the Administrative Panel headed by
Head of Service, Isa Sali, to probe the
circumstances surrounding the purchased of
bullet proof cars approved by the Minister of
Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah.
The panel was set up on September 23 and
given two weeks within which to submit its
report.
Jonathan also dispelled speculation that
some ministers disappeared from the venue
of Nigeria Honourary International
Investment Council (HIIC) in London to
which he had led a federal delegation to in
London, noting that the ministers that were
supposed to participate in the programmes
performed their duties in full.
The president, whose plane touched down at
the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport,
Abuja, at about 7.05pm, told waiting State
House correspondents that the meeting with
the group of aggrieved Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) governors would now hold
during the week.
He was confident that all the issues in
contention would be resolved as he observed
that they were members of the same party
who would continue to discuss their affairs.
The president thanked Nigerians for their
concern for his ill health while he was away
in London and also for their goodwill on his
56th birthday even though he did not
celebrate the occasion.
Fielding questions from reporters, he said: "I
have to thank Nigerians and especially on
the issue of my health, I really had some
health challenges. I have to thank God again
because of the concern shown by Nigerians.
Thank God that I am very okay to resume
work, I believe, from this night."
On whether he would still meet with the G-7
governors, he remarked: "I don't think I will
be able to hold any meeting. You know six
hours flight is quite a distance and also
following my health challenges but we will
meet."
Asked how soon the meeting would now take
place, he said:
"I don't know I am just coming in. I believe
within the week, we will be able to meet.
Politics is about discussion. We belong to the
same political party. Even people from
different political parties engage in political
discussion and political discussion is a
continuous process.
"Even during election people discuss. So, we
will continue to discuss."
While confirming the receipt of the report
on the Aviation Minister, President Jonathan
noted: "The committee I set up, they have
submitted their report."
Also speaking on media report on ministers
not staying for the HIIC meeting, the
President explained: "All of them performed
very well. I think there is some kind of
misconception. The Honorary International
Investors Forum meets two times in a year,
one in Nigeria and one outside Nigeria,
sometimes it in London, in most cases it is
London. The last time it was France or so.
"Ministers are not meant to sit throughout
the period. Ministers are meant to go and
make presentations. Even in Nigeria, the
only person that normally sits throughout is
the Minister of Trade and Investment that
warehouses the HIIC.
"Some ministers don't normally sit for two
days. In a day, you may not see a minister. If
a minister is meant to make a presentation
on the second day, is not that for the two
days, you will expect all the ministers.
"Because I read some of the perception in
the media, that the Minister of
Communications Technology was not there
on Thursday, the Minister of Petroleum was
not there on Thursday. They were not meant
to make presentations on Thursday. They
appeared on Friday and made their
presentations.
"Even in Nigeria, I even sit more in the
meeting because it is a group that advises the
president. If I'm not there, the Vice-President
takes over. Myself or the Vice-President,
Trade and Investment Minister, CBN
Governor, Economic Adviser, Finance
Minister, Planning (minister) are the ones
who stay more.
"So, there is no issue about ministers. People
make a lot of insinuations out of nothing," he
declared.
On how serious his illness was, the President
responded: "The most important thing is that
I am back. You will expect that when you are
holding a political office as the president of a
country, anything that affects you attracts a
lot of attention.
"So, that the President is sick alone, even if
you don't know the ailment, definitely it will
cause apprehension."
The president was received by a welcome
party led by the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius
Anyim; Chief of Staff, Mike Ogiadomhe and
ministers, including Bala Mohammed (FCT),
Edem Duke (Culture and Tourism), Viola
Onwuliri (Foreign Affairs), Emeka Wogu
(Labour and Productivity), the Inspector
General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar.
President sacks Aisa Umar as aide
President Jonathan has relieved Mrs Aisha
Umar of her appointment as Senior Special
Assistant to the President.
Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim,
conveyed this in a statement in Abuja on
Sunday.
The statement signed by his Special Assistant
on Media, Mr. Sam Nwaobasi, said the
disengagement is with effect from
November, 2013.

Pope Francis Gets A FIFA's No. 10 Jersey! (SEE PHOTOS)

FIFA president Sepp Blatter visited Pope Francis in the Vatican during which he presented him with FIFA Jersey Number 10 with his name emblazoned on it.

Mourinho, Lampard praise Mikel

by Pius Ayinor with agency report
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and his
midfield star Frank Lampard praised
Chelsea’s performance at West Ham on
Saturday evening and paid tribute to the
exceptional defensive work of Mikel Obi.
Mourinho was full of praise for Lampard
and Oscar following the 3-0 London derby
win at West Ham but tied Lampard's
performance to the quality cover provided
by the Nigerian who now enjoys a
commanding role with his national team.
Lampard scored twice against his former
club as Chelsea claimed a second away win
in the Premier League this term, with Oscar
also on target at Upton Park.
The 35-year-old England midfielder
converted a penalty and a trademark strike
from the edge of the area to end a 10-match
scoreless run in the Premier League and take
his tally to five goals in his last five league
games against the club he left in the summer
of 2001.
“He played very well,” Mourinho said.
“We gave him the protection of Mikel to let
him go forward a bit more. After that Lamps
felt a bit more freedom to go and to support
and to arrive in shooting areas.”
The England midfielder, like Mourinho,
acknowledged the role of Mikel in his
performance and also had kind words for
the Nigerian.
He told Chelsea Tv , "It was enjoyable,
because from the first minute we were on it.
We haven’t done it well enough away from
home this season and having lost some silly
points in the last two games we were very up
for it. It was a very complete performance.
We caused them loads of problems.
"Obi in there is a great guarantee behind
you. It certainly gives me a few more
opportunities to get forward."
Mourinho then revealed he hopes to help
Lampard to a successful conclusion to his
career.
“I was his manager in the best period of his
career and now I come back with him to
enjoy the last period of his career,” said
Mourinho, for whom Lampard was a
mainstay in the side during his first spell as
boss from June 2004 to September 2007.
“When he has this relationship with the
manager, I think he feels even more
comfortable to enjoy himself. He’s in a
moment where he has nothing to prove – to
you, to the fans, to me, to himself. He has
nothing to prove. He has just to enjoy the last
years of his career, try to play the maximum
he can, try to score because scoring was
always something that was part of his DNA
as a player, and enjoy life.”
Mourinho would not be drawn on how long
he expects Lampard, 36 next June, to
continue, but believes Oscar has a long and
bright future.

Lebanese arrested for defiling underage girls

AKURE - A 32-year-old Lebanese, Jack
Sankary, whose hobby is to have carnal
knowledge of under-aged girls in Akure, the
Ondo State capital, has been nabbed by
detectives.
Also, a middle aged woman, Chinwe Chinasa, has been arrested
for allegedly trafficking six young girls to
Libya for prostitution.
His recruiter, Patience Godwin, is currently
undergoing interrogation at the state CID.
Vanguard gathered that Patience was
arrested at her hideout in Odopetu area of
Akure metropolis and one 14-year-old girl
about to be taken to the Lebanese rescued.
Speaking on the woman who trafficks young
girls to Libya for prostitution, the state Police
command said she was arrested at the
Olufoam area of Federal Housing Estate,
ShagariVillage in Akure following
intelligence reports.
The command image maker, Wole Ogodo,
said after the raid on the hideout, it was
discovered that the six young girls had been
prepared for the journey to Libya.
Ogodo said part of the preparation was
shaving of their hairs and cutting of their
nails.
He assured that investigation was ongoing to
apprehend all her collaborators.
Ogodo said that some Nigerian international
passports, cheque books of different banks
and fake Naira notes were recovered from
the suspected trafficker's house. Speaking
while she was paraded by the police, Chinasa
said she picked four of the girls from a hotel
in Asaba, DeltaState.
We were virgins
Some of the girls confirmed that the suspect
deceived their parents that she was going to
help them look for jobs and not prostitution.
They alleged that they were virgins before
they were lured into the illicit business by
the suspect.
The girls were said to have pleaded that the
police should temper justice with mercy
since they were deceived into the trade by
the suspect.
According to Ogodo the suspects will be
charged to court after completion of
investigation.

UNBELIEVABLE!!! Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques!!

According to several Angolan newspapers,
Angola has become the first country in the
world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first
measures by destroying mosques in the
country.
“The process of legalization of Islam has not
been approved by the Ministry of Justice and
Human Rights, their mosques would be closed
until further notice,” Rosa Cruz e Silva, the
Angolan Minister of Culture, was quoted by
Agence Ecofin on Friday, November 22.
Silva comments were given during her visit last
Tuesday to the 6th Commission of the
National Assembly.
She asserted that the decision was the latest
is a series of efforts to ban ‘illegal’ religious
sects.
The minister added, in her answer to questions
raised by the MPs of the 6th Commission of
National Assembly, that the action will oblige
the revision of law 2/04 of May 21, related to
freedom of religious assembly, Angolan official
news agency, Agencia Angola Press, reported.
The Angolan government would also be
obliged to update the current national context
as a way of fighting the rise of new religious
congregation whose religious assemblies are
contrary to “habits and customs to Angolan
culture,” Silva added.
Same as Islam, Silva announced that there are
at least 194 religious sects that were not
authorized to have their activities.
“All sects on the list published by the Ministry
of Justice and Human Rights in the Angolan
newspaper ‘Jornal de Angola’ are prohibited to
conduct worship, so they should keep their
doors closed," she was quoted by Cameroon
Voice.
"In addition, we also have a long list of more
than a thousand legalization applications,”
she added.
The anti-Islam comments were not the
first by Angolan officials.
“This is the final end of Islamic
influence in our country,” President José
Eduardo dos Santos was quoted by
Osun Defender newspaper on Sunday,
November 24.
Last October, Muslims from the urban
municipality of Viana, Luanda, attended
the destruction of the minaret of their
mosque Zengo.
The provincial governor of Luanda,
Bento Bento, has also said on the
airwaves of a local radio that "radical
Muslims are not welcome in Angola and
the Angolan government is not ready
for the legalization of mosques."
He added that Muslims were not
welcome in Angola and that the
government would not legalize the
presence of mosques in the country.
According to CIA Factbook, 47% of
Angolans practice indigenous beliefs,
38% Roman Catholic and 15%
Protestant.
Islam’s opinion about freedom of
religion is evident from the Qur’an,
which says what means:
*{Say, ‘The truth is from your Lord’:
Let him who will, believe, and let him
who will, reject [it]}* (An-Nisaa' 4:29)
Again, God says: *{Let there be no
compulsion in religion: Truth stands
out clear from Error…}* (Al-Baqarah
2:256)