NEWS - The Avengers blows up NNPC gas and crude oil pipeline- Says it is either freedom for Biafrans or they will shock the world.

The Niger Delta Avengers have claimed responsibility of blowing up yet another NNPC major crude and gas pipeline in Warri Delta State.

  In a series of statements released on their twitter account early Friday morning, the Avengers activits claimed they attacked the pipeline which is heavily guided by the Nigerian military at exactly 11:45pm on Thursday night.

 The statements also rubbished the reports making the rounds that the group is negotiating with the Nigerian government for pipeline protection contracts, saying that Freedom for Biafrans which encompasses people in the present day South-East and South-South of Nigeria is paramount to them more than any other thing.

   "At 11:45pm, @NDAvengers blew up other NNPC gas and crude trunkline close to Warri. Pipeline that was guarded by the military." the Avengers declared.

 Also going further, the Avengers rubbished the purported negotiations going on between some people and the Federal Government in their name describing it as "an insult to the sense of Niger Delta."

  "What we need is a sovereign State, not pipeline contracts"

 

"To the IOCs, Indigenous Oil Companies and the Nigerian military. Watch out, something big is about to happen, and it will shock the world" the Avengers activists declared.

 In a related development, the Avengers also claimed to have encouraged some of her brave and courageous soldiers through promotions.

"The NDAvengers high command has rewarded some brave and courageous soldiers of the Avengers. Have been promoted to the rank of a Brig. General." the statement concluded.

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VIEWPOINT - NIGERIA CAN NOT PROGRESS UNLESS THOSE HOLDING BIAFRANS DOWN RELINQUISH THEIR GRIP – EKWEREMADU

The Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu on Tuesday lamented that individuals in some parts of the country have over the years created some advantages for themselves to the detriment of other parts of the country, adding that this has made some people to be held down. Speaking while being interviewed in a programme on RayPower FM monitored by DAILY POST in Abuja, Ekweremadu warned that when somebody is held down; neither he nor the person holding him down will be able to make any progress.

He, therefore, called on those who have created advantages for themselves to shelve such and support the creation of an advantage that is all encompassing and would benefit every segment of the country, stressing that that is when the country will be able to make progress.

His words: “Over the years, some parts of the country, individuals have had some advantages which they created for themselves and they are keeping those advantages to the detriment of the country and to the detriment of others.

“What that means is that some people are being kept down but you see, as they say, if you are keeping someone down, you are not going to move.'Oji onye n'ala jikwa onwe ya' That is what is happening to our country.

“Some people are keeping us down and they are remaining there, all of us are remaining there. So, the earlier we realize that we need to stand up so all of us can move, both the man you are holding down and you that is holding him down, everybody can make progress. Unless we do that, we are not going to make progress.

“So, those advantages we think we have, we need to shelve them, let us have an advantage that is all encompassing; that involves every segment of this country; all part of this country. When that advantage is entrenched in the system, I think we would make a better progress.”

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VIEWPOINT - Nigerians want change in their pocket- Amaechi

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, says Nigerians have become impatient about this present administration's change agenda as they desire to see change in their pockets and not just in structures. Speaking at a forum organised by the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Abuja yesterday May 24th, ‎Amaechi said the present government met a bad structure in governance and is trying to correct it. He says they will need at least $55.9 billion to develop infrastructure in the transportation sector...

“We didn’t anticipate that things were this bad. We thought you go to government and there would be money for you to run government and others. Now you have the situation where there is no money to run government. I hate to use the word difficult; I hate to use the word impossible but we met things close to difficult and impossibility. That is why Nigerians are impatient; they want to see results and for them, change is not about change in structure, it is about change in their pocket. Because their pocket is getting dried and they wanted us to put some more resources in their pocket. What I usually say to people is that we beg you to give us time; we will achieve our objective if you give us time and we will both thank God for that opportunity. We need over 50.9 billion dollars in the next five years to develop infrastructure and 50 billion dollars is not a joke. One of the infrastructure we are trying to develop is the railway infrastructure; the president has kindly agreed that he will fund it because the contract was awarded by Obasanjo, the former president; he awarded the contract for Lagos to Kano. President Jonathan awarded the contract for Lagos to Calabar, what the president has agreed to do is to fund it; he said can we fund the ones we have already awarded; no more awards until we have developed the ones we have awarded. So we are focusing on the Lagos to Kano railway and the Lagos to Calabar rail line. If you look at the communities surrounding this rail line; Lagos to Kano will start from Lagos to Ibadan; it will impact on so many sectors of the economy including housing; people who ordinarily will not be able to pay for house rent in Lagos can live in Ibadan, can live in Ogun and come to work in Lagos.”the liar said

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NEWS - Edo state govt approves appointment of Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the new Oba of Benin

Following the passing of the Oba of Benin, Omo n'Oba n'Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa I, Edo state government has approved the appointment of His Royal Highness Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the new Oba of Benin.

A statement signed by the Secretary to State Government, Julius Ihonvbere and dated May 24th, says the appointment takes effect from April 29th 2016. The statement reads;

“It is hereby notified for general information that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 19 (1) of the Traditional Rulers and Chiefs Law, 1979 (as amended) and by virtue of all other laws enabling it in that behalf, the Executive Council of the Edo State Government of Nigeria has approved the appointment of His Royal Highness Edaiken N’Uselu, Crown Prince Eheneden Erediauwa as the Oba of Benin, with effect from 29th day of April, 2016.”  

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News,Suicidal Man Jumps Naked Into Lion’s Den and was Savagely Mauled (Viewers Discretion Advised)

Yesterday in Santiago, Chile, a 20-year-old now identified as Franco Luis Ferrada Roman, stripped naked in a zoo and jumped into a lion’s enclosure and began to yell things about Jesus to the wild animals, to the horror of onlookers which included children.

At first, the animals didn’t attack him, but they later pounced on him and savagely mauled him. To save the man’s life, the zookeepers had to shoot two lions dead.

Speaking with the press later, the director of the zoo, Alejandra Montalva, said:“We believe that this person entered as a visitor and paid for his ticket. Later he trespassed into an area where the public are not normally allowed and we understand that he forced the roof of the lion’s enclosure.

It was from there that he jumped, took off his clothes and started to attract the lions.

The zoo has an established protocol because people’s lives are very important to us.”

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News,Presidency explains why Pres. Buhari cancelled his trip to Lagos

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, has explained why President Buhari cancelled his trip to Lagos. According to Garba, President Buhari is faced with scheduling difficulties.

"The truth is that the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, will now represent the President in Lagos. The President is faced with scheduling difficulties and that is the reason for the postponement of the visit.
He needs more time for Lagos and for Edo which had earlier been stepped down. As a result of this, the visit has been scaled down and he is being represented by the VP, who is going to Lagos to commission a few projects, leaving the rest for Mr. President. The President will undertake these visits after the Ramadan"he said.

Garba said President Buhari will visit Lagos after Ramadan which is likely to begin on June 6th and end in early July. ‎President Buhari was scheduled to be in Lagos today to begin a two day state visit whih will see him commission some projects and also pay a visit to the Oba of Lagos. His visit would have been the first visit of a sitting President to Lagos in the last 15 years.

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NEWS - Retired Army Captain and father of 8 commits suicide in Calabar

A retired Captain in the Nigerian Army identified as Friday William committed suicide in Calabar, Cross River State.

According to Cross River Watch, body of the Mr William was found dangling from a mango tree outside his compound at No 34, Edim Otop Street, Calabar, Cross River State. The deceased hails from Mkpat Enin Local Government in Akwa Ibom State but lived with his family in Calabar.

Neighbors and relatives shocked as he was said not to be desperate and was living in his own house, owned three cars while all his eight children are said to be doing well. One of his neighbours, Abasi Imoh said:

"We woke up in the morning to behold the body dangling on the mango tree outside the compound and we do not know what was responsible for his action. We gathered that Captain William had allegedly sent a text message to one of his sons who lives in Port Harcourt, at about 10pm, to condole with him over his own death and advised him to be strong to take care of his siblings. But the son did not see the message until he got a call the next morning that his father had committed suicide and I feel he had tied the rope ready for the act before he sent the text. He was not poor because he had three cars and had built a house in his village and was generally doing well; that is why we were surprised with his action,"

Source: Cross River Watch

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Video: Wiz Khalifa – So Much

Wiz Khalifa surprises his fans nowadays with the unharness of a different song and video. No word on what forthcoming project “So Much” will look like.

Download, Watch and listen below:

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MUSIC ALERT - Drake ft Lil Wayne – Hype (Remix)

After his latest album ‘Views’ last month, Drake is not slowing down and returns with some new music. He decides to liberate the remix to ‘Hype’ featuring a whole new verse from Lil Wayne.

Download & Listen below:

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NEWS - Egyptian military discovers wreckage of flight #MS804 & passengers belongings north of Alexandria

The spokesperson for Egypt's military said on Friday morning that passengers belongings and wreckage from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 had been found north of Alexandria.

The plane was en route to Cairo from Charle de Gaulle Airport in Paris on Wednesday when it disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, shortly after entering Egyptian airspace.

 

The military said in a statement that it detected parts of debris and some of the passengers’ belongings while searching for the aircraft's black box, according to Reuters.

The army's statement, posted on its official Facebook page, adds that the search operation is under way, involving naval vessels and military aircraft.

President Adbel Fattah al-Sisi expressed his condolences to families of those on board, signifying that it is considered unlikely that any of the people on board survived.

"The presidency, with utmost sadness and regret, mourns the victims on aboard the EgyptAir flight who were killed after the plane crashed in the Mediterranean on its way back to Cairo from Paris," a statement from Sisi's office was quoted by Reuters as saying.

EgyptAir has confirmed on its Twitter account that debris and personal belongings were found 295km away from the coast of Alexandria. The airline also tweeted condolences to the families of the victims.

"The Egyptian Armed Forces have informed EGYPTAIR that they have found first debris from the missing aircraft operating flight MS804"

"EGYPTAIR sincerely conveys its deepest sorrow to the families and friends of the passengers onboard Flight MS804."

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NEWS - “My Daughter Doesn’t Need a Lover, I Satisfy Her Sexually” – Nigerian Father

A 44-year-old man from Ini Local government area of Akwa Ibom state who has been allegedly defiling his daughter has revealed that he sees nothing wrong with having carnal knowledge with his biological daughter.

According to the Emmanuel Udoh who was arrested after defiling his daughter in their residence, at 2 Ajasa Command Road, Meiran, Lagos state,

“I have had sexual intercourse with her severally. It is a normal thing and I don’t see anything bad in sleeping with my daughter because I know she will not get pregnant because I don’t ejaculate inside her”.

It was gathered that Udoh ex-wife took custody of their two children after they separated seven years ago when the victim was ten years old.

The victim who lived with her mother reunited with her father when her mother brought her back after she completed her secondary education in the month of September to enable her further her education.

Trouble, however, started, in the evening, on September 13, when Udoh asked his daughter to go and have her bath.

The victim why initially refused went to take her bath after her father insisted.

According to the victim, (names with held)

“immediately I started having my bath in the bathroom I became very dizzy as I became very weak. While I was inside the bathroom I called out for help but neighbours could not hear me because I was weak. It was my father that helped me out of the bathroom and took me inside. When I got inside he gave me Garri to drink and before I knew what was happening. He removed my wrapper and had sex with me. I don’t know if he drugged the water as I became very weak

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NEWS - Press statement on the the fictitious charge against Innoson Nigeria Ltd.

Yesterday, several online news platforms carried a story on a supposed authorisation by the Federal High Court in Lagos to the AGF to begin the immediate prosecution of Chairman/CEO of Innoson Group for forgery. Now Innoson Group has through its company spokesperson Cornel Osigwe released a statement to counter the said publication. Read after the cut...

Our attention has been drawn to a news report published by various online media that the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has authorised the Attorney-General of Federation (AGF) to commence the prosecution of a Lagos businessman, Innocent Chukwuma, his company, Innoson Nigeria Limited, and four others for alleged forgery. Ordinarily, we would not have dignified this news report with a response but in a nation where silence may be seen as an admission of guilt, we therefore come out to state the true position of things. Although there is a charge pending against Innoson Nigeria Ltd, the charge is a trumped up. To this end, the police have through its letter of 17th February 2016 discontinued the charge in order to further investigate the matter. Also, Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation through paragraph 10 of its opinion referenced DPPF 30/03/2016 contained in the policy file of the Ministry of Justice directed that the charge be discontinued and the file sent back to the police to further investigate the matter. The court never ordered or directed the Attorney General of the Federation to take over the case since and more importantly no court in Nigeria has such power over the AGF. Already Innoson has over N15billion judgment in its favour against Guaranty Trust Bank (who is sponsoring the charge) in suit no Fhc/AWK/CS/139/2012, suit no Fhc/L/CS/603/2006 and Appeal no CA/I/258/2011 and Appeal no CA/E/288/2014. The charge is to blackmail Innoson and to force it to forgo the judgments sums of over N15Billion.

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NEWS - China Denies “Marinating Dead Bodies” And Selling Them As Meat In Africa.

The Republic of China has been forced to deny claims that it is marinating dead bodies, canning them and selling them as a meat product in Africa, after a bizarre Facebook hoax went viral.

Rumours of the alleged trade in human meat first began circulating on social media thanks to a series of photographs of what appeared to be skinned people in a meat factory.

Zambian press was accused of encouraging the rumours, after publishing articles that quoted alleged sources from inside the Chinese meat factories.

According to the alleged sources, the idea to use human meat came when China ran out of space to dispose of its dead.

Others claimed Beijing preferred to save its ‘good meat‘ for richer, more powerful countries.

But China’s ambassador to Zambia has issued a furious denial of the allegations.

Today a local tabloid newspaper is openly spreading a rumour, claiming that the Chinese use human meat to make corned beef and sell it to Africa,’ said Yang Youming, according to China’s Xinhua news agency.

‘This is completely a malicious slandering and vilification which is absolutely unacceptable to us. We hereby express our utmost anger and the strongest condemnation over such an act.’

He reportedly claimed that the rumours were being circulated by ‘people with ulterior motives were attempting to destroy the long-standing partnership between Zambia and China’.

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NEWS - Taiwan swears in it's first female president (photos)

Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president was sworn into office this morning after winning the presidential polls in January. Almost 700 dignitaries from 59 countries watched Tsai, leader of the Beijing-skeptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), receive the presidential seal at Taipei’s Ching-kuo Hall.

The 59-year-old former law professor who studied in The U.S takes over from outgoing Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) President Ma Ying-jeou, who was ineligible for re-election after two four-year terms.

“At this moment, Taiwan’s situation is very difficult,” said Tsai in her inauguration speech. “I invite every fellow citizen to carry the future of this country.”

“Taiwan has been a model citizen in global civil society,” Tsai told the 20,000 capacity crowd, “Since our democratization, we have persisted in upholding the universal values of peace, freedom, democracy and human rights.”

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SPORTS - Super Eagles midfielder John Ogu voted the best foreign player in Israel

The 28 year old Hapoel Be'er Sheva FC midfielder took to his Instagram to announce his delight at the award. He captioned his post;

"Firstly I want to say a big thank you to God for everything he has done in my life.Thank you to my family,team mates,and fans of Hapoel Beer sheva for voting.I was Voted as the BEST FOREIGNER in the League .Got nominated with my favorite player in the World and my bro @tonynwakaeme .Bro it is for us.Thanks to every captain of the teams who voted for me and to all the fans who did as well. My focus is on the title on Saturday.God bless us all'

Ogu's team will win the league with a win on Saturday, congrats to him!

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