UPDATES 12th April 2016

UPDATES: Missing Chibok Schoolgirl Calls Her Father. Pirates Abduct Six Turkish Crew off Nigeria. Pinnick’s Loyalists in Control at NFF. Despite Pressure to Shelve Strike, NLC Insists on Protest. BBOG Commences Week of Global Action to Commemorate Abduction of Chibok Girls. Recruitment: Police Told to Adhere Strictly to Federal Character Principles. PanamaPaper Reveals T.B. Joshua’s Shell Company in Offshore Tax Haven. Emefiele: Agriculture Can’t Survive on High Lending Rates. Customs Loses N230bn Revenue to CBN’s Forex Ban on 41 Items. Dasuki Floors FG as ECOWAS Court Assumes Jurisdiction in His Case. Sokoto Moves to Boost Rice, Wheat Farming. Oyo Worst Hit by Malnourished Children in S’ West – Survey. Lagos to arraign 28 tax defaulters. FG Resuscitates Sunti Sugar Company with N26bn. Two die, UNIPORT shut as students protest fee payment. N5.6bn diversion: Orji Kalu’s re-arraignment holds May 16. 347 corpses buried after Shiites, soldiers clash –Kaduna SSG. Contractors paid N1bn into Sule Lamido’s accounts –EFCC. N400m paid to Metuh on Jonathan’s order –Witness. Tompolo sues FG over N45.9bn fraud charges. Lagos principal recalled, NUT claims pupil’s injuries fabricated. Man Commits Suicide Over Inability To Get Married At 40. New vessels expected as fuel scarcity lingers. Poor Allocation: Aregbesola Wants Budget Cut By N12.8bn. Benue Varsity Students Shut Down Makurdi-Gboko Highway Over Tuition Hike. Nasarawa Assembly Passes Vote Of Confidence On Speaker, Principal Officers. Fashola Appeals To Nigerians To Be Patient Over Epileptic Power Supply. You are judged by what you finished and not by what you start. Good morning and have a great day

UPDATES 11th April 2016

UPDATES: Adeosun Unfolds Plan to Reset Economy. Dangote Turns 59, Begins $1bn Okpella Cement Plant Construction. PanamaPapers: SERAP wants indicted Nigerian leaders probed. Archbishop of Canterbury Learns Real Father was Churchill’s Private Secretary. Troops Rescue 14 Women, Children In Terrorist Camp. Recover $200bn loot, shelve $2bn loan plan, Falana tells FG. PDP wins Ife bye-election. NUC To Shut Down Benue Varsity Law Faculty Over Lack Of Facilities. Nigeria ‘II Attain Food Sufficiency In 3 Years – FG. NNPC Records 30 Cases Of Fuel Diversion In Borno. Enugu Govt, Fulani Herdsmen Agree On C’ttee To Curb Violent Clashes. Nigeria Remains Best Place To Invest In The World —Dangote. Land dispute: 2 feared dead, village sacked, 3,000 homeless in Otukpo. 'To be loved is good, to love is better.. to love and be loved in return is a treasure that the world cannot measure.' - LANRIS Thanks for the overwhelming show of affection all. Appreciated! Love you all and have a great week ahead.

UPDATES 6th April 2016

UPDATES: Kachikwu: Fuel Scarcity Eases Today in Abuja, Lagos. Buhari to Submit Electoral Reforms Proposals to N/Assembly. CCT: Saraki Expresses Happiness as Trial Begins. DHQ Establishes Camp for Repentant Boko Haram Members. Market Sheds N1.1tn in Three Months on Bleeding Banking Stocks. Stop Blaming Us for Your Failure, PDP Cautions APC. Buhari’ll get budget details this week, says Rep. Peace with Fayose won’t stop Aluko’s prosecution, says Ekiti. Alake, Awujale behind my return to APC – Osoba. Old girls scheming to sack Queen’s College principal – PTA. Curb convoy drivers’ recklessness, Sultan urges FRSC. Witness: Saraki used Kwara funds to repay personal loans. Blackout: Shiroro, Sapele power plants shut. PanamaPapers: Eight offshore companies linked to Mark. Aluko recants, denies reconciliation with Fayose. NFF gets one month for report on foreign coach. Lagos, France Partner To Upgrade Slums. FG endorses use of herbal medicine. Abuja-Kaduna rail project not feasible in May —Amaechi. Military kills 4 pirates, frees abducted soldier in Bayelsa. 2 Pregnant Women Collapse, Die During Bauchi Teachers Verification. CCT: Saraki may resign any moment as senators mount pressure. APC chides PDP over attempt to re-open Tinubu’s CCT trial. UCL Quarter-Finals, 1st Leg – Results: Barcelona 2-1 Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich 1-0 Benfica. Be nice to everyone you meet, your life may depend on them one way or another. Have a nice day

Police Accused Of Assaulting Lawyer In Lagos

42 year old Sunday Elimihe(pictured below), a Lagos based lawyer has accused the police officers attached to the Onipanu Division in Lagos state of beating him up and leaving him with a wounded eye. The Nation reports that Elimihe was rushed to the Shomolu General Hospital Thursday, after he was assaulted by some policemen because he refused to give them N1,000 bribe. Narrating what happened, the victim who is currently hospitalized, said “On my way coming from Lekki where I went to check a property with my client, I decided to use the Onipanu police station road, by Apata. Immediately I drove into the street close to the station, one Corporal Alonge stopped me, demanded for my vehicle particulars. I gave them to him, then he demanded for my driver’s license, which  I also gave him.  When he discovered I did not commit any offence, he asked for my tinted glass permit which I gave him. He told me I was using a forged tinted glass permit. I told him I could not have forged a police document as a lawyer. He became furious and said he was going to arrest me. He jumped into my vehicle and insisted I must give him N1,000 to bail myself. I said I was not going to give him any money since I have not committed any offence. He pounced on me and cocked his gun threatening to shoot me if I make a move. Another policewoman who sighted us came and dragged the gun from him. The policeman after being disarmed descended on me and gave me the beating of my life. He pushed me into the cell and another policeman came inside the cell, locked up the cell and beat me for 30 minutes. I see this as intimidation of the highest order, not because I am a lawyer, but because I am an average Nigerian. I was humiliated like a common criminal. This is oppression. One of my eyes is partially blind. I have been vomiting blood since yesterday. It was the intervention of a good policeman in the station who warned them not to kill me. I would have been dead by now,” he said.

5th April 2016

UPDATES: Medical students to spend seven years, not 11 – NUC. We’ve little to show for 16 years of oil boom – Buhari. Kaduna kidnappings: IG transfers policemen, redeploys AIG. APC NWC mediates in Bayelsa crisis. Saraki, Ibori in fresh controversy over secret assets. Nasarawa APC, PDP lawmakers trade blows. Fuel scarcity paralyses Lagos, other major cities. 145 textile firms lost to economic downturn —FG. Saraki appeals CCT ruling, seeks to stall trial today. Terrorism: Nigerian airports 96% secure, says ICAO. Nationwide Darkness Worsens. Independent Marketers Accept Blame for Fuel Scarcity. Pre-financing assessment of North-East rehabilitation completed —Presidency. Osun to open register for poor, vulnerable in 12 LGAs. NJC Queries Embattled Justice Yunusa. FCT poll: INEC commences accreditation of journalists tomorrow. NIS tragedy: FG gives automatic employment to 105 candidates. PIB: Ijaw Youths Warn Against Removal of Oil-producing Communities’ Fund. Residents doctors serve 21-day ultimatum, ready for nationwide strike. CT Cosmos to Set up $150m Solar Power Project in Plateau. B/Haram: $9bn Needed For Rebuilding Of N/East – Presidency. World Leaders, Politicians’ Undisclosed Assets Exposed. Ekiti Politics: Fayose and Aluko Reconcile in Lagos. Over 13,000 Small Businesses Jostle For N10bn BoI Loans. To keep healthy, eat healthy food as medicine or you will eat your medicine as food. Have a stress-free day

UPDATES 4th April 2016

UPDATES: Osoba dumps SDP, defects to APC. Assailants kill two sons of Calabar cleric. 60-year-old wheelbarrow pusher begins secondary education in Delta. I had frosty relationship with Justice Abang – Metuh. Navy seizes boats laden with stolen diesel. Fuel scarcity likely to end in May –Marketers. Displaced persons resort to food theft. Customs impound N663m goods in three months. Official adds 300 fake names to Kogi LG payroll. 4 dead as suspected cultists clash in Ilorin. Police recruitment records 15,000 applications in three days. Ekitigate: Army fires Momoh, ex-spokesman, others. Afe Babalola drags former Lagos Solictor-General before ICPC. Buhari, governors agreed on ranches to end herdsmen/farmers clashes —Lalong. Alamieyeseigha for burial April 9. Buhari sold his house to get his child forex —Adesina. Defaulters of Employees’ Compensation Act to face trial •Ngige directs NSITF to commence court action. Marketers to import 58% of Q2 fuel allocation. N7.4bn debt: Police commence part payment to contractors •As contractors return to sites. Housing Finance: AfDB Injects $8.2m Into Shelter Afrique. I criticise Buhari as most senior governor in Nigeria — Fayose. EFCC probes $40m pipeline security contract. SWF generates N26.3bn income in 2015. BPL – Results: Leicester 1-0 Southampton, Man United 1-0 Everton. Champions are propelled by desire, not compelled by fear. Good morning and have a wonderful week ahead

HAPPY NEW MONTH! 1st April 2016

UPDATES: Lagos to cancel restriction during sanitation. Treasury looters don’t deserve bail, says Falana. Two Ekiti varsity students jailed for cultism. PSC begins recruitment of 10,000 policemen today. Oil theft: Air force to deploy aircraft in S’ South. Probe allegations against Sylva, Lokpobiri, deputy spokesman tells APC. Court orders Zuma to repay state funds. Building Nigeria, not an overnight operation, US tells Buhari. 22 die in India bridge collapse. I won’t sign budget in a hurry, says Buhari. Ondo inaugurates 27.5km road in Irele. Arepo three killed in error – Residents. Eight power plants shut zero generation recorded for hours. Bristow pilots protest, Caverton workers threaten strike. Nine firms submit bids for refinery co-location. Nigerians groan as no end in sight to fuel scarcity. No agreement yet as Oyo govt, workers meet. FG will monitor N350bn injected into economy —SGF. One of abducted Kaduna pastors found dead. Gov Okorocha Swears In New SSG. Nigeria records first baby from frozen egg. 'The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why' #PrayForBrendan TGIF. Have a great weekend ahead. =-D