MALALA Speaks at the UN on Birthday

MALALA 

Malala Yousafzai spent her 16th birthday demanding compulsory education for young people worldwide. In a speech Friday at the UN in New York, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head in October 2012 for speaking out about her right to education, talked about how she represents some 57 million children around the world are not going to school.

The UN declared her birthday as "Malala Day." Introduced by Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Malala spoke out about terrorism, poverty and a united front calling for education. Malala Day' is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights."

See the 10 most inspiring quotes from her speech below.

Money Laundering: Sule Lamido’s Son Convicted

Sule Lamido

A Federal High Court presided over by Justice Fatu Riman on Friday in Kano   convicted, Alhaji Aminu Sule Lamido, the son of the Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido  for  money laundering . Aminu, who was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on December 11, 2012 on his way to Egypt, was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for false declaration on his foreign exchange card.

PDP Crisis: Tukur Shuns Ekweremadu, Gana

Alhaji Bamanga Tukur

The crisis of supremacy between the National Working Committee (NWC) and the Special National Convention Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is taking a turn for the worse as the national chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, locked out the Chairman of the convention committee, Prof. Jerry Gana and the secretary, who is also the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, out of his private residence in Wuse II, Abuja. This took place Wednesday before Tukur travelled.

Also arising from a meeting, the South-east Vanguard of the party has cautioned against the hijack of offices by members of the PDP in the zone, stating that it was such impunity that eventually made the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reject the March 24, 2012 national convention.

Patience is a Mere Domestic Appendage-Soyinka

The wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, has been accused of getting away with murder in the country and of being used as a political tool, with the tacit support of her husband.

Making this allegation Thursday during an international press conference on the state of the nation, Nigeria’s Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who alongside human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), pointedly identified the first lady as being neck deep in the political crisis in Rivers State, added that her “seizure of Port Harcourt for 11 days with full security apparatus in tow, indicated that there is something about that madam herself.”

JAPHETH OMOJUWA: The Tinubu inspired APC suicidal dance of shame

OMOJUWA

The jury did its job and has since gone to sleep on the Peoples Democratic Party. The question now is not whether the party is guilty as charged; the question is about the length of its punishment. The crux of the matter was how much the PDP had failed Nigeria. The defendant, the PDP, claimed it has had only 14 years and several trillions of naira to change Nigeria, but the 112 million poor Nigerian souls insisted the PDP had to go. The jury decided and granted the wish of the Nigerian masses.

The PDP has failed Nigeria! It failed us yesterday, it is failing as we speak and it has borrowed enough money to get the future of our children started on the path of failure. Some political parties fail you today but they offer you hope of success against tomorrow, the PDP fails you today with enough doom and gloom to last into many tomorrows. Anyone who argues against this will one day argue whether an above-the-law petrol cabal truly deprived Nigerians of trillions of naira in 2011. 

EXCLUSIVE: RRS Commander Arrests NEMA Spokesperson

Pandemonium erupted at the scene of the building collapse at Ebute Meta area of Lagos on Thursday, when policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on the orders of their Commander, Akeem Odumosu, a Chief Superintendent of Police, arrested the Spokesperson, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), South-west, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye.

It was gathered that the policemen had manhandled and then bundled Farinloye into one of the squad patrol vehicles, which  almost marred the rescue operation as other officials of the agency threatened to abandon the rescue operation.

Kidnappers Abduct Hyundai Staff, Demand N25m Ransom

LAGOS PRO, NGOZI BRAIDE

A yet-to-be identified kidnap gang on Tuesday abducted a member of staff of Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited, Mrs. Chinyere Nwajei, in the FESTAC Town area of Lagos State, on her way back from work. It was however, gathered that the unknown gang had since made contact with the victim’s family, demanding the sum of 150,000 dollars (N24,750,000).

The demand bears similarities with the ransom that was demanded from the family of the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Chairman, Kehinde Bamigbetan, who was kidnapped two months ago but was later released after part of the ransom was paid.

Building Collapse Claims Baby, Couple, Four Others

Following the early morning collapse of yet another building at the Ebute Meta area of Lagos yesterday, the corpses of a toddler, a couple and four other residents of the ill fated three-storey building have so far been recovered while about seven residents were left with varying degrees of injuries.

Although as a press time, the actual figure of the deceased persons were yet to be ascertained, it was however gathered that the building located at no 29b Oloto Street, off Cemetery Road, Ebute Metta, had given the residents distress signs with cracks all over which were ignored.

EXLUSIVE: Al Mustapha was a Model Prisoner- Prison authorities

Hours after the Court of Appeal in Lagos discharged and acquitted the former Chief Security Officer, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha,  for the murder of Kudirat Abiola, he was released from the Kirikiri Maximum Prison where he was incarcerated for 15years.

This is just as he was described as a model prisoner throughout his stay behind bars, who adhered to the discipline instilled in him during his military training and career.

Tonto Replies Lola, Tells her to Shut the F**k Up

So Tonto finally reacted to Lola Omotayo's tweets at her. But surprisingly, she only limited her curse to saying she should shut the f**k up. Surprise! Surprise! Yeah? Lola had called on Tonto to desist from cursing mercy Johnson. She went as far as calling Tonto a miscreant and a clatterfart, whatever that one means.

Court of Appeal Acquits Al-Mustapha

Major Hamza Al-Mustapha 

Former Chief Security Officer to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha has been discharged and acquitted by the Court of Appeal in Lagos for the murder of Kudirat Abiola. The judgment overturns that of the Lagos High Court which sentenced both men to death by hanging.

The presiding judge accused the lower court of being "stroked to secure a conviction by all means." He was sentenced to death on January 30 for conspiracy and murder of Mrs. Abiola. Mrs. Abiola, 45, was shot in Lagos on June 4, 1996, as the lower court ruled, on the orders of Mr. Al-Mustapha.

Presidency Blames Amaechi over Rivers Fracas

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak

As debates and comments continue to trail the fisticuffs that ensued between pro and anti-Amaechi factions in the Rivers State House of Assembly, the presidency has laid the blame of the whole saga squarely on the state governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi.

Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak, made this known while commenting  on the Rivers State crisis to journalists in Abuja Friday.

Lola Omotayo Blasts Tonto for Mercy Johnson! Calls her Miscreant and Clatterfart

So, Peter's baby mama, Lola Omotayo saw Tonto Dike's tweet at Mercy Johnson where insinuated that Mercy J went back to acting barely months after giving birth to Purity because her husband was broke. Lola didn't take it lightly and took to twitter to lambast Tonto. She called the Poko Queen a miscreant and a clatterfart (don't even know the meaning of that one)! *Grabs popcorn to wait for Tonto's missile. Here are some of Lola's tweets.