James Onanefe Ibori was the Governor of Delta
State in Nigeria from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007. He is a member of the People's
Democratic Party. He is currently in jail in the UK.
Mr. Abubakar Balarabe Mahmoud, SAN was around 1 o’clock this
morning declared winner of the hotly contested presidency of the Nigerian Bar
Association (NBA). Mahmoud polled 3055 votes to beat Gadzama who got 2384
votes.
Other winners are Mr. Caleb Gal Dajan, First Vice President; Mr. Monday Ubani, Second Vice President and Mr. Benedict Oji, Third Vice President, all of whom were returned unopposed.
Nollywood Actor cum director John Njamah weds his Cameroonian Heart throb "Agwi Tangi" Over the weekend. Congrats To the Couple, Leave Your wishes Below: http://bit.ly/1TaLaE9
Nollywood Actor cum director John Njamah weds his Cameroonian Heart throb "Agwi Tangi" Over the weekend. Congrats To the Couple, Leave Your wishes Below: http://bit.ly/1TaLaE9
Ostensibly to kickstart his perceived presidential ambition, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has visited the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) , Chief John Odigie-Oyegun at the party’s secretariat in Abuja, yesterday.
Atiku, who has not visited the APC secretariat since the last National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in April this year with President Muhammadu Buhari also in attendance, came with the full complement of his media team however, he did not speak to journalists who were waiting to interview him.
Atiku, who entered the national secretariat of APC at 12:50 unannounced, came in the company of
A sickening video showing a man eating live mice in a desperate bid to
get his 15 minutes of fame has be slammed by an animal rights charity.
The stomach-churning clip sees the young man swigging from a can of
Budweiser before grabbing the tiny rodents between his chopsticks.
He then dunks them in a dish of soy sauce before biting one of the
helpless creatures in half. Obviously unimpressed by the flavour he then
adds a huge squirt of wasabi paste into his dipping
Justice Muntaka Connmassie initialed trained as a teacher, prior to joining the legal profession; He taught Arabic and English teach in both Kaduna and Zaria Sates, retiring from the teaching profession as the principal of Provincial Arabic School in Fada , Zaria State, after a decade spent at the profession.
He obtained his Law degree (LL.B) in 1976, and was called to bar, after having attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos in 1977.
He was a state counsel for the Ministry of Justice in Kwara State (1977 to 1978), and Kaduna State (1978). Between 1978 and 1988, he was with the High court (in Kaduna) in various capacities; initially as an associate magistrate and then as a senior magistrate, chief magistrate, deputy chief registrar, and finally as the chief registrar.
Prior to joining the Supreme Court of Nigeria in 2008, he was a Judge at the court of Appeal, serving in Port Harcourt, Jos, Abuja, Ilorin, and Benin divisions.
He was awarded with the Time News Magazine Nigeria merit award in 2006; He was on national assignment as a member of the Karibi Whyte Disturbance Tribunal Abuja (1986-1987).
The Hon. Justice Muntaka Connmassie has attended several workshops and seminars on sharia, and other aspects of law. He is a member of the Nigerian Body of Benchers.
He is happily married with children, and enjoys football, table tennis and travelling to broaden his horizons.
The Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr Babatunde Fowler, who made the
disclosure said that the development was to ensure a successful implementation
of the 2016 Budget.
VATICAN CITY – Ash
was placed on the heads of prelates, nuns and ordinary lay faithful today by
the Holy Father the Pope to usher in the Lenten season of
prayer and sacrifice. The Pope further said that the Lenten season must be done
out of authentic love, not to satisfy one's conscience.
At least 10 people were killed and scores more injured, police say, after two passenger trains collided in the German state of Bavaria.
The head-on crash happened near Bad Aibling, a spa town about 60km (37 miles) south-east of Munich.
The transport minister said the trains had crashed into each other while both travelling at around 100km/h (62mph).
Emergency teams, some winched in by helicopter, worked for hours to free casualties from the wreckage.
What we know
The accident occurred on a single-track route between Rosenheim and Holzkirchen at about 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT)
Officials say they assume both train drivers had no visual contact before the crash as the site is on a bend - and therefore crashed into each other largely without braking
The stretch of line had an automatic braking system designed to halt any train that passed a stop signal. It is not yet known why this failed to stop the crash
Two of the three data recorders or "black boxes" on board the trains have been recovered
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was "dismayed and saddened" by the crash.
A doctor at one of four hospitals in the region said 54 people were being treated, eight of them with serious injuries.
One person is still missing, police say.
The drivers of both trains and two train guards were among those killed, police said.
Analysis by Richard Westcott, Transport correspondent
It seems likely that one of the trains ran a red light, but it's hard to know why. It could be human error, technical problems or a combination of the two.
The line is fitted with a modern safety system that slows the train down if it is going too fast and then stops it automatically if it passes a red signal.
Drivers get warnings in the cab if there is a problem. The speed of each train suggests neither had any warning.
And it is highly likely they'd have known the route, too.
Only by analysing the data recorders or "black boxes" will investigators know for sure what happened.
It's incredible that so few people lost their lives and that's almost certainly because of the huge improvements in train design over the years. They are much safer than they used to be.
German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt, who visited the scene, said it was a "horrifying sight".
"The drivers' cabs of both trains are wedged into each other. One side of one train is completely torn open. The other train bored into it," he told a news conference.
Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann told the same conference it was "difficult to comprehend" how such a crash could happen given the amount of investment in railway safety following previous train accidents.
ABUJA—Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, yesterday told Nigerians that it was wrong to condemn the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, before he was even found guilty by the court. Saraki is standing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, over alleged false assets declaration.
6 students of the Department of Quantity Surveying, Ibadan Polytechnic, Oyo state, were confirmed dead while 13 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an auto crash which occurred at Motunde, along Ibadan-Oyo Road on Monday, February 8. The injured were taken to St. Patrick Private Hospital and General Hospital,Oyo State while the remains of the dead were deposited at the mortuary of Adeoyo State Hospital, Yemetu.
The accident reportedly occurred when the vehicle somersaulted several times and hit the road divider as a result of burst tyre. Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission in Oyo State, Mr. Yusuf Salami, who
In far away London, United Kingdom, and regardless of reports that he is on a five-day get-away, President Muhammadu Buhari told Daily Telegraph that one of the greatest associates in the progressing test with debasement in Nigeria lives in their middle.
A 30-year-old corps member and housewife, Funmilayo (pseudonym) has been battered by her husband, identified only as Bade, who also allegedly poked his finger into her eye during a disagreement at their home in the Surulere area of Lagos State.
Bade was also alleged to have stabbed her in the face with a broken glass and rained blows into her head and face.
She was rushed to a health centre in the area before being taken to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja.
* I don’t want another Ijaw/Itsekiri war * They‘ve threatened to bomb my Tank farm, but I’m unmoved *We want to build Refinery, Gas Plant to create jobs for 3000 Deltans By Emma Amanze WARRI—THE Ajuwaoyiboyami of Warri Kingdom, Delta State and business tycoon, Chief Ayiri Emami, aka Akulagba, has opened up on
On Sunday, February 7, 2016, at the Mountain Miracle and Liberation Ministries, a.k.a Liberation City, a dead child was prayed back to life in a suspense-filled movie-like scenario.
Oh dear a bride this morning was photographed by twitter users trekking to her wedding venue since roads to the venue were blocked due to the ongoing Lagos Marathon. According to people commenting on the incident online, the church wedding is expected to start by 10am, but the bride, family members and most guests are stuck somewhere.
Today is Omotola and her second daughter, Meraiah's birthday and they released lovely new photos to mark the special day. Stunning mum and daughter. More photos below...
Just one week after a boat mishap in Badore claimed the lives of seven people, another boat has capsized in the Badagry area with two feared dead. According to reports, the fibre boat which had 10 passengers crashed into a log of wood after it took off on Saturday from Ebute Iworo Jetty, en route Badagry. Out of the ten passengers on board, only four of them were reported to have used life jackets. Confirming the incident, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), NEMA South-west Spokesperson, Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye said:
“Unlike the previous incident which was caused by sand dredgers, this incident was happened because the boat hit a log and capsized, upturning its passengers into the water.“The boat is
Amber Rose celebrated her mum's birthday in Vegas yesterday and everyone has been talking of how good she looks.Amber is 32 and they look more like sisters...
This incident happened in a secondary school in Osun state, and there are speculations that the corp member couldn't have done it with 'clear eye'. They say she must have been 'jazzed', Read more below...
A few days ago, current Minister of Transport and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi denied allegations that he misappropriated the sum of N82 million to organise a dinner for Nobel Laureate. Wole Soyinka, when he was governor. Amaechi called it falsehood, only spread to smear his name. He asked the current governor to go to court if he feels he has a case of fraud...
The Catholic Church on Monday clarified the recent transfer of Father Ejike Mbaka, saying the controversial priest was merely being sent to where he would be more useful to the church. In its first reaction since the controversy over the transfer broke, the church church said the posting was not meant to be punitive. In an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES Monday, the Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Reverend Father Ralph Madu said transfer of priests within the catholic church is a “normal church procedure.” “Mbaka’s own is not an exception,” Mr. Madu said. “The Bishop has the right to post any priest wherever he feels his service would be more useful to the church.” Public criticisms had greeted the Enugu Diocese’s recent decision to transfer Mr. Mbaka out of Christ the King Parish, GRA, where he had served for over a decade and had established a popular prayer ministry, the
