La Liga delegation on arrival at the corporate headquarters of the League Management Company, LMC in Abuja on Monday
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Monday, 25 April 2016
An embittered lover boy simply known as Sunday has submitted himself to the police in Abuja after killing his estranged girlfriend and four other members of her family.
Until the tragic incident, Sunday, 18 lived with his mother as a tenant in a house owned by his ex girlfriend's mother.
Close sources said that the landlady's daughter had called off her relationship with Sunday following irreconcilable differences.
Thereafter, Sunday reportedly threatened to deal with the landlady's family.
On the day of the incident, Sunday reportedly waited for the deceased family to go to bed, after which he doused the apartment with petrol and set it ablaze, killing his former girlfriend, her mother and three grandchildren.
Sources said that having satisfied himself that the family had perished in the inferno, Sunday went to the police station in Bwari and gave himself in.
Confirming the story , the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Anjuguri Manzah, said the Commissioner of Police has ordered that Sunday be transferred to the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.
He added that Sunday would be prosecuted after investigation is completed.
“The inferno reportedly lasted for hours before residents were able to put it out.
“Five persons were burnt to death in the incident; it was unfortunate. The CP has directed that the suspect should be transferred to the homicide section of CIID.
“Investigation is still ongoing and the suspect will be charged to court after the investigation.
“Charred remains of the five victims have been removed from the razed apartment and deposited in a morgue,” he said.
Minister of Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe has been directed to release10,000 tonnes of grains from the National Strategic Grains Reserve for distribution across the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari gave the directive in Abuja on Sunday as part of measures to cushion the effects of the economic crisis Nigerians are currently battling with.
A presidency source said that it is expected that the release of the grains would help to check the astronomically rising cost of food stuff and the concomitant exploitation within the market system.
President Buhari gave the directive in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu.
“The Presidency however asserts that the devastation of the economy was caused by the Boko Haram insurgency, corruption and the lack of planning by the past administrations and one that should not be blamed on the Change Agenda of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
“The Presidency firmly rejects the insinuations that poverty and lack are products of the Change mantra.
“This should be dismissed as an erroneous and misplaced opposition criticism. The President understands the pain and the cries of the citizens of this country and he is spending sleepless nights over how he can make life better for everyone.
“Contrary to assertions by a faction of the opposition Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, the President’s energy and focus are on changing the lives of Nigerians, with a view to making it better than he met it.
“Change is a process. Change does not happen overnight. Change can be inconvenient. Change sometimes comes with pain. Over the past year, the government has been working night and day to deliver on its promise of change to Nigerians, and the painful process is still ongoing.
“This is work in progress. As life gradually returns to normal in much of the country and the northeast in particular, agriculture will resume and traders from neighbouring African countries will once again feel safe to do business with us–yet another boost for our economy.
“But it Is only when we appreciate where we are coming from that we will grasp the full meaning and essence of what the ongoing journey entails," he said.
Five of some Boko Haram terrorists escaping from Sambisa forest on motorcycles and bicycles on Sunday were killed in an ambush by troops of the 81 Battalion and 251 Task Force Battalion, 25 Brigade on their way to Fulawani village.
Army spokesman, Col Sani Usman said in a statement on Sunday that several items including 5 motorcycles, 9 bicycles, 80 new pairs of bathroom slippers, assorted laundry items, polythene bags and mats were recovered from the terrorists.
"At the early hours of today, Sunday 24th April 2016, troops of 81 Battalion and some elements of 251 Task Force Battalion, 25 Brigade, ambushed suspected Boko Haram terrorists escaping from Sambisa forest to Fulawani village. The ambushed terrorists were trying to link up with other terrorists or members of their families to relocate to other places. It will be recalled that the troops intercepted a group of women and children yesterday who claimed to have escaped from the terrorists enclave in Sambisa forest. However, during screening and interrogation, it was confirmed that they were the terrorists’ advance party relocating to a new safe haven following intense tactical operations by troops.
"The troops sprang a surprise ambush on the group of escaping terrorists from Sambisa forest crossing towards Alagarno mounted on motorcycles and bicycles, killing 5 of them and recovering a number items. These include 5 motorcycles, 9 bicycles, 80 new pairs of bathroom slippers, assorted laundry items, polythene bags and mats. From all indication, the terrorists intended to link up with their wives and children earlier mentioned, who were obviously despatched to wait for them close to Fulawani for onward movement to other locations.
"It is also assessed that the recovered items were for sale in other locations where remnants of the terrorists were hiding but in dire need of logistics. Further investigation also revealed that the terrorists were fleeing Sambisa forest to other areas for safety as they could no longer withstand the continued bombardment by both Nigerian Air Force and the ground troops," the statement said.
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all former governors serving in his cabinet as ministers.
The CNPP advised the President to appoint tested technocrats in their place to drive his change agenda.
The Secretary General of the CNPP, Chief Willy Ugwu who made the call in a statement during the weekend recalled that some of the former governors are tainted with corruption, having left their states with empty treasuries.
“For President Muhammadu Buhari to succeed in his change agenda, all former governors in his cabinet must be sacked to create room for technocrats to run his government if he must succeed.
“Some former governors serving in this government not only left their respective states with empty treasury but also in heavy debts such that it took the President’s bailout fund for salary arrears of states’ workers to be paid.
“It will amount to effort in futility for the President to be labouring to attract investors as they will not entrust their hard-earned resources to well-known bad managers. This is the reason the Buhari government, which will be one year next month, yet has nothing to show for it except hardship and more hardship across the country despite the change mantra, ” he said.
Sunday, 24 April 2016
The Chris Giwa faction of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF is responsible for the nonpayment of the salaries of coaches working under the federation.
Media and Publicity Committee Chairman of the NFF, Suleiman Yahaya-Kwande, said in a statement he issued on Sunday that the Federation's bankers stopped the salaries of the coaches following a letter from the Giwa faction claiming that it had no right to order the payment of coaches.
“The truth, which the Honourable Minister himself explained to the media in Abuja a couple of weeks ago, is that the money the NFF gets from government does not include coaches’ salaries. The NFF pays the coaches from money received from sponsorship, which was not designed by the current NFF Board; it is a practice we met on ground.
“We have the money to pay the coaches. The NFF sent the mandates to the banks to pay the coaches about two weeks ago, but the Giwa group wrote to the banks to say they had a court order, which in itself is criminal and untenable. There is NO court order telling Giwa he is president of NFF; it is very important to make that clarification. We have called on the Honourable Minister to call these fellows to order, but we are resolving the matter with the banks so that the coaches can get their salaries,” he said.
Ex-Military President, Ibrahim Babangida spoke to newsmen on Sunday at his Minna Hilltop mansion over last week's rumors of his death.
Babangida who is now 74 said that God has destined illness and death for mankind and as such, no one could escape them.
“The rumour does not shock me; neither does it bother me because I know I must go and meet God, my creator. There is nothing really to worry about, my religion has told me.
“As a Muslim, I strongly believe everybody will die, everybody will die and everybody has to die. It could be now or in hundred years’ time or two days to come but it doesn’t matter. Everybody must die,” he said.
The former president described Nigerians as very industrious people while expressing his strong belief that the country would surmount its present challenges.
“I still believe very strongly in this country, which is further demonstrated by the people of this great nation because they are a very industrious people, hardworking. That gives me the hope for Nigeria."
There were rumors last week that Babangida had been gravelly ill or may have actually passed on.
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