Naval Chief Accuses Personnel of Complicity in Oil Theft

Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Dele Ezeoba, Tuesday accused some officers and men of the Nigerian Navy of complicity in crude oil theft and illegal bunkering activities in the Niger Delta, warning that anyone caught would be sanctioned. Ezeoba, while addressing the men and officers of the Central Naval Command of the Nigerian Navy in Yenagoa, as part of his annual inspection tour of naval commands in the country, lamented that the Brass/Akassa corridor of the nation's waterways under the Central Command’s watch was particularly notorious for pipeline vandalism and crude oil theft.

Wole Awolowo, Scion of Pa Awo is Dead

Wole Awolowo, the scion of the Awolowo family and the second son of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo is dead. He died about 20 minutes ago in a London hospital after a protracted illness.

-culled from THISDAY

YEARS AFTER MARY SLESSOR, TWINS ARE STILL KILLED IN NIGERIA

Sun News in a report published today, recounted the story of Olusola Stevens, the North Central Director of theChristian Missionary Foundation (CMF) and his wife who witnessed the practice of killing infants or burying some alive with their dead mothers even in the domain of the Federal Capital Territory. This is coming 98 years after the death of Mary Slessor, the Scottish missionary to Nigeria, who led crusades that stopped some societies from killing twin babies at birth.

According to the report, in Bassa Komo, Abuja, it is abomination to be born a twin; or if a mother dies within three months of a baby’s birth; or if a child grows upper teeth first or is born with defect. These are all faults of the baby or babies involved. To the people of the community, these are signs that such babies were fabricated in the factory of the devil and are themselves evil. Such offences by the evil baby or babies are punishable by burial alive.

“If you are not very observant, you will not know this practice is going on and it took us some time to actually confirm. Some of the enlightened indigenes of the area deny the practice, maybe out of shame, but it is still happening till date,” Stevens confirmed.

JOEL BRINKLEY: Good luck, Mr. Jonathan. It's time you were impeached

 Joel Brinkley is the Hearst professional in residence at Stanford University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning former correspondent for The New York Times. Read his views on President Goodluck Jonathan's administration:  

''Just outside President Goodluck Jonathan's office sat 17 ambulances, just in case he or one of his aides fell ill. They were seldom if ever used.

No actual health-care facility nationwide had as many, and in fact a few still have none at all. But as soon as a Nigerian newspaper took a photo of the ambulances and published a story about them, they suddenly disappeared -- probably to an underground garage.

Interpol to Assist Nigeria Tackle Insecurity

 IGP, Mohammed Abubakar

The International Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has promised to assist Nigeria in tackling insecurity currently facing the country. Making the promise yesterday at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, on a visit to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar, the President of Interpol, Madam Mireille Ballestrezzi, said the international police community would provide information and data to expose any criminal element in and outside the country.

The Interpol boss said the organisation would exchange information among member countries, especially in the area of trans-border crimes and other criminal activities.

Court Sets Aside Warrant for Maina's Arrest

Abdulrasheed Maina

A Federal High Court Wednesday in Abuja set aside the warrant for the arrest of the Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina issued by the police at the instance of the Senate.

The court also issued a perpetual injunction restraining the Senate from ordering the arrest of Maina based on the warrant already set aside by him.

Justice Adamu Bello who made the order said that even though the Senate had the power to summon anyone, that power was not absolute.

NSCDC OGA AT THE TOP CHARGES PERSONNEL TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER AGENCIES

The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Dr. Ade Abolurin while briefing the anti-vandal squad this morning tasks the personnel to have a working relationship with other security agencies of government in tackling the issue of vandalism and oil theft.

He urges the personnel to remain resolute and dogged in their drive in fighting the illicit act to a standstill without compromise.

According to Abolurin, the Federal Government through the enabling Act has mandated the Corps to carry out the function of mounting surveillance, protecting critical infrastructure of Government, arrest and prosecute anyone caught in the act of vandalism as well as those suspected to be collaborators.

Kim Kardashian Denies Abusing Nigerians

Hehhehehehehe, The power of naija. Which 
country can put the fear of God in Kim K if 
not die hard Nigerians. Well, incase you
 missed the entire drama yesterday, a tweet 
had supposedly emanated from Kim saying 
that Nigerians are disgusting and that our 
women look like apes. While some were still 
wallowing in unbelief, BET, an international 
broadcast channel said Kim had accidentally 
leaked the tweet to Khloe but deleted it from 
her account later. After the whole drama,
 turned out that tweet was photoshopped.

Women arraigned for cutting neighbour with blade

Abigail (26) and Remi (28), both choristers at a Cherubim and Seraphim church at Progressive Road, Ebute Meta, were said
 to have assaulted Hannah Okurabe (18) with razor blades at Abule
 Nla junction, a few metres away from the church.

The March 17, 2013 incident was said to be the result of an earlier 
fight over the church’s choirmaster, Joseph Unuigbe. A father of two,
 Unuigbe is married to Folashade, who is also a member of the same church.

EXCLUSIVE: Police Engage NSCDC in Gun Duel, Kill Two ...Release pipeline vandals arrested by NSCDC

Chiemelie Ezeobi

For reasons yet ascertained, police operatives attached to the Ikorodu Division, of the Lagos State Police Command, today, allegedly ambushed and engaged officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in a gun duel at the Ikorodu area of the state.

It was gathered that during the gun duel, police allegedly shot two of the  NSCDC officials; Gabriel Adaji and Innocent Akegbe, who were part of the Anti Pipeline Vandalism Squad, while others escaped with varying degrees of injuries including gun shot wounds.

Recovered at the scene of the clash were one of the policemen's identity card, one Inspector Sunday Gabriel, with force number 120622 attached to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a service pistol and a walkie talkie set.

Although the reason for the clash has not been confirmed by either the police or civil defence, it was gathered that the civil defence were returning from a successful raid of the pipeline vandals when they were attacked by their police counterpart.