AKUDO STUNS ALL TO WIN MISS NIGERIA 2013

She was definitely not a crowd favourite at the Intercontinetal Hotel, venue of the recently concluded Miss Nigeria 2013 but Miss Ezinne Akudo Anyaoha went home with the crown leaving crowd favourite Bassey in the lurch as she didnt even make the first three. More on the pageant coming up. I need to sleep oh after such a long night.

THERE IS MORE TO ME THAN FLASHY CARS AND GIRLS-Wizkid

WIZKID

AYODEJI IBRAHIM BALOGUN A.K.A. WIZKID IS NO DOUBT ONE OF THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE NIGERIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY. OF LATE, HE HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR SOME NEGATIVE THINGS: OBSESSION WITH CARS AND WOMEN, FRAUD PERPETRATED WITH HIS NAME, TROUBLE WITH HIS RECORD LABEL AND SOME OTHERS. IN THIS INTERVIEW WITH LANRE ODUKOYA, WIZKID CLEARS THE AIR ON THESE CONTROVERSIES. HE ALSO SPEAKS ON HIS RECENT AUTO CRASH AND COLLABORATION WITH FEMI KUTI

I don’t think I have a penchant for flashy cars. A lot of people in Lagos drive more expensive cars than mine in Lagos. I don’t think I’m about the cars as against what many think of me. I just like to live comfortably. It is part of the work, I need car as tool to do my business. How about people in government spending so much money on automobiles? If someone works hard for his money, I don’t think anything is wrong with what he likes to buy with the money. I work hard, why would I not live well?

Boko Haram Militants Kill 29 Students, Teacher in Yobe School Attack

Thousands of troops have been deployed to Yobe and the other two states

Armed Islamic militants have killed 29 students and an English teacher in an attack on a boarding school in Yobe State in northeastern Nigeria. Survivors being treated for burns and gunshot wounds said some students were burned alive in the attack, which allegedly took place early Saturday and which is believed to have been carried out by the radical Boko Haram Islamic group.

Gunmen stormed the premises of Government Secondary School in the town of Mamudo in Yobe State at around 3am, setting fire to parts of the complex.

Egypt Swears in New Interim Leader

Constitutional Court chief, Adly Mansour has been sworn in as Interim Leader

The top judge of Egypt's Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, has been sworn in as interim leader, hours after the army ousted President Mohammed Morsi and put him under house arrest. Army chief Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi announced the move on Wednesday, in what Morsi said was a military coup.

Gen Sisi said Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected leader, had "failed to meet the demands of the people". The upheaval came  after days of mass rallies against the Islamist president, whom they accused alongside the  Muslim Brotherhood of pursuing an Islamist agenda for the country and of failing to tackle Egypt's economic problems.

Army Officer, 17 Soldiers Stand Trial for Communicating with Enemy

Chief of Army Staff

A lieutenant with the Nigerian Army, one Warrant Officer and 16 soldiers were on Monday arraigned before a General Court Martial accused of offences ranging from communication with the enemy, cowardly behavior, murder to manslaughter among others. They are being tried by the 3 Armoured Division as its Area of Operational Responsibility.

At the inauguration of the court, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Armoured Division, Major-General Ebiobowei Bonna Awala, remarked that the accused soldiers facing the General Court Martial from the 3 Armoured Division, Joint Task Force (JTF), Maiduguri and Special Task Force (STF), Plateau State have been duly investigated for the various offences they are alleged to have committed.

Court Nullifies Appointment of Service Chiefs

 

President Goodluck Jonathan

A Federal High Court in Abuja Monday nullified the appointment of all the Service Chiefs by President Goodluck Jonathan on the ground that the appointments were  done in violation of  the constitution.

Justice Adamu Bello, who gave the ruling, consequently declared as  unconstitutional, illegal, null and void because the President did not secure the approval of the Senate before making the appointments.

Amaechi Accuses Wike, Opara of betrayal

Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has described the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, as “too small and insignificant to discuss.” Wike, who is Amaechi’s former Chief of Staff, has been involved in a long drawn political battle with the governor.

Amaechi said this while  speaking on Saturday during a church service to mark the 60th birthday of the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief O.C.J. Okocha, at the Emmanuel Anglican Church in Port Harcourt.

49 Akure Prison Escapees Recaptured

Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro

The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro has disclosed that about 49 out of 175 inmates of Olokuta Medium Prison in Akure, Ondo State who escaped early Sunday  when gunmen numbering about 30 attacked the prison located on Ondo Road in the outskirts of the state capital have been recaptured.

Moro through his Special Adviser (Media), Mr. George Udoh, said that efforts are being made to apprehend rest of the prison escapees. He condemned the prison attack as an assault on the state and assured that the perpetrators would be arrested, while measures are being taken to fortify  prison yards across the country.

Public universities lecturers begin strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has resumed the strike it suspended in January 2011 following alleged failure by the Federal Government to implement the agreement it reached with the public universities lecturers.

ASUU National President, Dr. Nasir Isa, said the action though painful would be total, comprehensive and last for as long as the Federal Government implement the details of the Memorandum of Understanding both parties signed in 2011.

EXCLUSIVE: We Can't Compare Piracy in Somalia to Nigeria-Spanish Ambassador

The Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, Alvero Aguilar,  yesterday counteracted earlier reports which equated West Africa's waters (Gulf of Guinea) as the new hot-spot for piracy, stressing that the level of piracy in Nigerian cannot in any way be compared to that in Somalia (Gulf of Aden).

The ambassador made this disclosure yesterday when the Spanish patrol vessel, MV ARYO, under the command of Lieutenant Rafael Rodriguez, made a port visit to Nigeria to strengthen bi-lateral ties with Nigeria as well as engage the Nigerian Navy personnel in training.