Chime: I Was Treated for Cancer of the Nose

Enugu State Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime 

Enugu State Governor, Mr. Sullivan Chime, has broken his silence on why he was absent from the state for about five months, declaring that he had to take the opportunity of his “accumulated leave” to undergo treatment for an ailment later discovered to be cancer of the nose.

He had left the state on September 19, 2012 after handing over to his deputy, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, who was the acting governor while he was away.

He spoke just as Cross River State Acting Governor, Mr. Efiok Cobham, said Tuesday that the governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, who has also been out of the state for months, was expected back this weekend.

Chime, who returned to Enugu last Friday amidst tumultuous welcome, told reporters on Monday night that his treatment for cancer, which lasted for 12 weeks, ended on December 14, 2012.

He said he would have returned immediately after he had finished his treatment, but had to delay his return based on the advice of his doctors.

According to him, by late January when he went for a review of his case, the doctors were shocked by his recovery rate which showed that the tumour had gone.

Jonathan Showers Gifts, Honours on Super Eagles

President Goodluck Jonathan with members of the Super Eagles

An appreciative nation Tuesday honoured its heroes: members of the Super Eagles national football team and their officials who did Nigeria proud by winning the Africa Cup of Nations trophy that had eluded the country for 19 years.

The celebration of the team started right on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where they were besieged by an ecstatic crowd that had been waiting for them.

The players and officials arrived in Abuja at about 3.20pm from Johannesburg, venue of the just-concluded continental soccer tournament, during which they defeated the Stallions of Burkina Faso by a lone goal to lift the trophy. They arrived without Victor Moses and Ambrose Efe.

Dana Air Plane Crash Blamed on Human Error

Dana Air plane crash site

Investigations have confirmed that the inability of the pilot to turn on the fuel pumps of the ill-fated Dana Air flight that crashed at a Lagos suburb on June 3, 2012, killing about 160 people, led to the failure of the two engines and the eventual crash. Investigations have confirmed that the inability of the pilot to turn on the fuel pumps of the ill-fated Dana Air flight that crashed at a Lagos suburb on June 3, 2012, killing about 160 people, led to the failure of the two engines and the eventual crash.

The captain of the aircraft, Peter Waxtan, an American, who was already due for holiday on the day of the crash and who had his flight ticket to travel to the United States on the day of the crash, was making his last flight to Lagos from Abuja when the plane crashed, killing all on board and a few people on the ground.

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Court Remands Two Journalists in Kano

NUJ Flag

Two Kano-based journalists and one other person were Tuesday remanded in police custody  on the orders of a Magistrates’ Court in Gyadi-Gadi, Kano, presided over by Mr. Ibrahim Bello

The accused were charged before the court on a seven-count charge bordering on criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbance, intentional insult, defamation of character, obstruction of public servants in the discharge of their duties, among others.

The accused persons are Yakubu Musa Fagge and Mubarak Muhammad Sani who are from Wazobia FM and one Abubakar Rabo Abdulkarim.

Ex-Naval Officer, 2 Others Arrested for Navy Recruitment Scam

Force Spokesperson, Frank Mba

The Benue State Police Command has arrested a dismissed Naval officer and two others for collecting money from unsuspecting job seekers, especially youths, under the disguise of being  Naval recruitment officers.

This was contained in a release signed by the Force Spokesperson, Frank Mba, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP).

Naval Officer Kills Policeman with Dagger

Nigerian Navy officers

 

Relationship between officers and men of the Nigerian Navy and their police counterparts in Calabar, Cross River State is on ice following the killing of a police corporal, Sunday Agida, by a naval officer, Udo Edet, immediately after the Nigerian-Burkina Faso match on Sunday.

Edet is currently being detained at the Cross River State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Nigerian Police for allegedly using a dagger that was inside his car to stab the police corporal. Corpse of the deceased has been deposited in a mortuary in Calabar pending conclusion of investigation on the matter.

The deceased met his untimely death along Barracks Road in Calabar, at about 10 p.m. after the Nations Cup final between Nigeria and Burkina Faso in response to a distressed call to his station by a lady, whose car the naval man had earlier smashed and refused to repair as demanded.

THISDAY checks revealed that the road to his untimely death commenced when the naval officer, who was driving a Toyota Camry Car collided with that of one Mrs. Bassey resulting in a heated argument with the woman insisting that the navy officer must pay damages for denting her car.