IG Pledges Dope Free Police Games

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar

Port Harcourt is already buzzing as 4,200 athletes and 500 officials converge for the 10th Biennial Police Games starting today and running till Saturday at three different sporting venues in the Garden City.

Deputy Force Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, confirmed yesterday that the Inspector-General of Police, M.D Abubakar, has warned that very severe disciplinary action will be meted against any athlete found doping during the games.

SIMON KOLAWOLE: Repent… for the End is Nigh!

Simon Kolawole Live!: Email: simon.kolawole@thisdaylive.com

Let me scare you a bit – crude oil could soon be selling for $10 per barrel. It means as oil revenue dwindles, we would have to start sacking workers as salary arrears pile up. Projects would be abandoned with not enough money in the treasury to complete them. We would resort to heavy external borrowing to meet basic obligations. External reserves would go down so rapidly and intensely that importing basic provisions would become a problem. We might have to start queuing up to buy essential commodities (“essenco”). Meanwhile, the naira would hopelessly nosedive as forex scarcity hits the economy because of little inflow of petrodollars.

INFERNO: DSTV Staff Allegedly Assaults TVC Journalists in Lagos

So according to the new at 10 by Television Continental (TVC), two of its reporters were assaulted yesterday by members of staff of DSTV, Nigeria's top pay TV. According to reports, the reporter identified as Lara (can't  exactly remember the name) and her camera man Sunday Moses whom we fondly called Lanky in media circles were allegedly beaten up and their video camera worth thousands of naira were damaged by the crew.

The duo had gone to cover the fire incident that had razed down the super sports building which also housed the studio used for Tinsel and Jara, when they were assaulted. It would be recalled that the fire had gutted down the building located at Ojota despite the efforts of the fire service.

As of now, mum is the word on the legal action to be undertaken by the either the assaulted journalists or their media house. Anyway, seems like beating up journalists is now the order of the day. Am I scared or what?

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Gunmen Throw Grenade into Mosque

Governor Jonah Jang

What would have turned out a bloody attack in Jos, Plateau State capital was Friday night averted by men of the Special Task Force (STF) as unknown gunmen, threw a 36-Hand Grenade in to a Mosque located at Bukuru Expressway, in Jos South Local Government Area of the state. But before it went off, the STF men had taken charge and detonated the grenade.

A witness said at least 10 persons were observing their prayers in the mosque when the grenade was thrown, and immediately followed by sporadic gunshots.

Nigeria's Green Tea Agreement with Cameroon is Important-Ambassador

Nigerian Navy personnel

By Chiemelie Ezeobi from Doula, Cameroon

The Nigerian Ambassador to Cameroon, Ambassador Hadiza Mustapha, said the nation's Green Tea Agreement (GTA) with Cameroon is important even as she said measures are ongoing to resettle those displaced by the upheaval of the border dispute.

The ambassador made this disclosure during her tour of Nigeria's flagship Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS Thunder) under the leadership of the Commanding Officer, Captain Adeseye Ayobanjo who is also the Nigerian Contingent Commander.

DELE MOMODU: Now That Our President Can Sleep Well

Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to reveal what had always been my secret fears about the Jonathan administration. For a government that assumed power with some measure of goodwill, one would have expected some lightning speed activities to compensate the few sympathetic members of the electorate who fell flat for the adroitly packaged scam called Fresh Air. But that has not been the case. Since attaining power, this government has only continued to waltz from one crisis to another. The pattern of governance has not changed from what it has always been since Nigerians had the misfortune of getting stuck with some of the most reckless politicians ever known to mankind in 1999.  

Femi Adesina Gets Nod to Lead Guild of Editors

Femi Adesina

The Deputy Managing Director of Sun newspapers, Femi Adesina has gotten the mandate to lead the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) for the next two years. Adesina polled 149 votes to defeat his lone challenger, Tukur AbdulRahman of the New Nigerian Newspapers.

In his post election remark, Adesina dedicated his victory to his colleagues and saluted them for breaking away from primordial tribal and religious sentiments as reflected in the pattern of voting.

Imoke, The Absentee Governor Returns 3 Months Later

Governor Liyel Imoke           

After almost three months absence, Cross River State Governors Liyel Imoke finally returned to Nigeria Friday evening from the United States of America. Sources said the governor who took a two-month leave on December 6 last year to attend to an undisclosed ailment in Maryland, USA arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Lagos in the evening and was swiftly driven to an undisclosed location.

The source added: “The governor is hale and hearty and would return to Calabar in a few days time.”

Also, a close aide of Obioma (Liyel wife)  confirmed the arrival of the governor and his wife in Lagos. She replied: “Yes, the governor is back. To God be the glory.” 

“2Face” Idibia & Annie Macaulay-Idibia’s Traditional Wedding Invitation

Here is the invitation for Annie and 2Face’s traditional wedding which takes place in the bride’s hometown in just a few days. And at that, “the Celebrity Wedding of the Year“which is a union betweenNigerian music megastar 2Face and his sweetheart Nollywood star Annie Macaulay-Idibia.

Though the couple already legalised their union, they however decided to take the final steps to bind them in holy matrimony. The first step on this journey is their traditional wedding which will take place on Friday 8th of  March 2013 and then their white wedding which takes place in Dubai this month as well.