‘He raped me with soap on my face’: Pastor arraigned for raping woman during ‘spiritual bath’

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A 46-year-old Pastor, Olamide Sobowale, of Glory Church of Christ Aladura, Oke-Itoku, Abeokuta, Ogun State,  has been ordered to be remanded in prison for allegedly raping a woman while bathing in his church backyard.

‘This is what we want’: Aggrieved PDP governors make their demands known to Jonathan

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by Adeola Balogun

Peace still seems to be an elusive goal for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as there is yet no end in sight to the turmoil within its walls. Instead of laying down arms, the aggrieved governors have made their demands on President Goodluck Jonathan by  giving four conditions for resolution.
They presented their conditions at a meeting held on Sunday with the president, 16 governors and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of a faction of the party, Chief Tony Anenih in attendance.
It is reported that their conditions are as follows:

NIGERIA PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Ahmed Musa has continued to show consistency in the colours of CSKA Moscow and has earned himself the spot as the team's leading goal scorer over the last two seasons.

Musa was in South Africa last Wednesday to play for the Super Eagles in the Mandela Challenge where he provided the assist for the second goal scored by Uche Nwofor. He also had a chance to score which he narrowly missed.

Musa then flew back to Russia and scored the only goal in the match against Kuban Krasnodarto help maintain their momentum in the league as they chase back to back title. He has scored three goals in five league games this season while he has created six chances for his team mates to score.

INEC begins prosecution of 93,000 fake voters

INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega

The Independent National Electoral Commission will from this week begin the prosecution of the 93,000 people that registered more than once in the last voters’ registration in Anambra State.

This was stated on Saturday by the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, at a press briefing in Awka.

Rivers crisis: Why I shunned Amaechi’s deputy at PH airport – Patience Jonathan

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Wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, has said that the refusal of senior officials of the Rivers State Government to pay her a condolence visit when she lost her foster mother was the reason why she shunned the state Deputy Governor, Mr. Tele Ikuru, at the Port Harcourt airport.
She said despite the fact that several groups and individuals from across the country came to commiserate with her, she did not receive any delegation from Rivers State.
Mrs. Jonathan said this in a statement by her spokesman, Mrs. Ayo Adesugba.
She was reacting to media reports that she snubbed Ikuru, when she arrived at the Port Harcourt airport on Sunday.
[READ: PDP crises: Did Patience Jonathan snub Rivers deputy governor in Port Harcourt?]

Photographer, others arrested for vandalism

The suspected vandals

A suspected pipeline vandal, who was arrested by the Inspector General of Police Special Taskforce on Anti-pipeline Vandalism, has said he took to the illicit business because he wanted to make a minimum of N20, 000 per day.

The suspect, Precious Osuwo, who was arrested with nine others, said he was a photographer but decided to become a vandal to have funds which he could invest in his photography business.

The 24-year-old suspect said, “I am a photographer by vocation however, I was not making enough money and I needed money to buy equipment. I tried my best to meet some politicians in the state for assistance but I was refused access.

My father preferred foreign movies to local ones — Justus Esiri’s son

Justus Esiri

In this interview with GBENGA ADENIJI, musician son of veteran actor, Justus Esiri, Sidney otherwise called Dr. Sid, speaks about the kind of father the late artiste was

How did you receive the news of your father’s death?

I was in the studio recording when my mother called me to say that he was not feeling too well and that she was taking him to the hospital. By the time I got to the hospital he was dead.

My father’s death came as a shock to me. Sometimes, you have to flash back on all the things he should have done, things he did not do, things he said and what he should not have said. You recall intimate moments with him which you cannot experience again. But knowing the kind of father he was, I know he would not be happy if I continue crying for too long rather than handling the situation like a man.

Obasanjo attacks Atiku, Tinubu, others

ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday took a swipe at the younger generation of  Nigerian leaders, saying they had poor performance record in terms of integrity and probity.

He passed the damning verdict while responding to questions on  issues bordering on  poor leadership in Africa at the 4th Annual Ibadan Sustainable Development Summit organised by the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, in collaboration with African Sustainable Development Network.

The former  President,  who delivered the    keynote  address  at the summit stated that the younger generation of leaders failed  Nigerians.

JTF Kill Boko Haram Second In Command; Arrest Women With Weapons

 

A key member of the Islamist militant group, Boko Haram, Momogu Bama, has been killed by the Joint Task Force in Borno State. He was killed along with his father, Alhaji Abatcha Flatari, who was described as one of the spiritual leaders of the sect in an operation between the sect members and the JTF operatives in Bama.
Momogu, the second-in-command to the sect’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, had a  N25m  bounty put on his head by security agencies for information that could lead to his arrest. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.- Gen Chris Olukolade, who confirmed his killing via electronic mail, described him as a vicious Boko Haram leader who took delight in personally slaughtering  the sect’s victims. He added that Momogu  was the expert  in charge of  mounting  anti-aircraft weapons for  the sect and coordinating  members  in Yobe and Adamawa  states.
Olukolade said on Wednesday that Momogu was identified by insurgents arrested during one of the recent encounters between the JTF  and the insurgents in Bama. He said, “As troops intensify pursuit of terrorists who have been unleashing mayhem in Borno and Yobe communities, the death of Momogu  Bama, said to be the Second-in-Command to  Shekau  has been confirmed by other arrested terrorists.
In another related incident, eight women have been arrested in Maiduguri by the JTF operatives for using their veils to conceal guns for insurgents. A JTF source, who made this known, did not say exactly when the women were arrested and the number of guns seized from them. He stated that the operatives were stunned when they stopped the women and found out that what they were “transporting” with their veils were guns. He said,
“The troops could not believe what they saw. A soldier just suspected the women and decided to stop them but when they were asked to unwrap what they were transporting, they hesitated, thereby making some of the soldiers to forcefully remove the veils. They saw a number of guns neatly concealed with the veils and the women were promptly arrested.”
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ASUU, others protest against poor education funding

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THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and other stakeholders on Tuesday shut down activities on the ever-busy Ikorodu Road, Lagos to protest against the poor state of public education in the country.

Others that joined the protest were the National Association of Nigerian Students, Concerned Students Against Education Commercialisation and Education Rights Campaign. The protest was organised under the aegis of the Joint Action Front.

The protesters said they were waging a war against what they described as commercialisation of education in the country, adding that the Lagos rally was a prelude to a nationwide campaign targeted at shutting down the nation.

Secretary JAF, Abiodun Aremu, said, “The goal of this protest is to shut down the nation until those in government begin to take education seriously.

“Governments in Nigeria today operate anti-poor policies and they are not bothered about public education.

“Funding of public education is not given the priority it deserves, because the children of those in government and their friends are being trained in private schools in Nigeria and foreign countries with looted funds.”

According to JAF, the march was holding simultaneously in other Nigerian cities, such as Kano, Owerri, Calabar, and Abuja.

In Lagos, the placard-bearing protesters marched from Yaba through Ikorodu Road to Ojota chanting solidarity songs.

The protesters succeeded in forcing vehicular traffic on both sides of the expressway to a standstill.

Co-ordinator of Democratic Socialist Movement at the University of Ibadan, Michael Ogundele, said there were no better ways than mass protests to put political pressure on the government.

Ogundele, said, “There is nothing to show that government would fund public education, even if ASUU suspends its strike.

“That is why we are saying that the whole rank and file of Nigerian students should come out. We will all protest to put political pressure on these Nigerian looters to make them properly fund education.”