Drivers Beat DSS Official Silly In Ekiti

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWm6HhxSjoJXV7pYFtHysIc3a2IcATYMHCaljCBImAhv9GD3Anryyk6xnVWayO7o_j0wAACcBFd-HcOKLqPIBNGh_hNlDWi4uP1hiA8ct_uWX9P4mN-nOSdI9A5qTpiDuYwTAMVOXhCj0/s1600/DSS+vs+Police.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCWm6HhxSjoJXV7pYFtHysIc3a2IcATYMHCaljCBImAhv9GD3Anryyk6xnVWayO7o_j0wAACcBFd-HcOKLqPIBNGh_hNlDWi4uP1hiA8ct_uWX9P4mN-nOSdI9A5qTpiDuYwTAMVOXhCj0/s1600/DSS+vs+Police.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Irate drivers at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti on Friday attacked an operative of the Directorate of State Service (name witheld) and beat him silly for allegedly interfering in their protest.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Trouble started following a disagreement between the students of EKSU and Akoto drivers designated vehicles plying the institution over the number of passengers on a seat.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The students were said to have protested that the drivers reduce the number of passengers on a seat to its normal three from four that they had started carrying.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The disagreement escalated into a free-for-all and caused traffic gridlock from Bawa Area of Ado Ekiti.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> An eyewitness said some of the drivers carried clubs, cudgels and sharp objects to scare passengers and motorists plying the road.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They also forced motorists to discharge students of the institution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The situation took a more violent trend as the DSS official was attacked.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> His clothes were torn to shreds and in the process sustained bruises, cuts and blood stains on his body when the reporters met him.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I was punched, clubbed, stoned by the drivers and if not for the timely intervention of another colleague who fortunately came to the scene and shot in the air severally to scare the mob away, it would have been worse", he said.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Officials of the DSS, Policemen and some top officials of the  EKSU later visited the scene to restore peace in the area.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Police Public Relations Officer, Albert Adeyemi, could not be reached for comments.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But a police source said it was the DSS official who courted trouble by challenging the drivers.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "He shot into the air four times and in the process heightened the tension."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Meanwhile, the students have vowed to ensure that the drivers comply with the regulation of only three people on a seat.</div>

Drivers Beat DSS Official Silly In Ekiti

Irate drivers at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti on Friday attacked an operative of the Directorate of State Service (name witheld) a...

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Our Constitution Does Not Know ING - Adoke

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PtvvVMVSjwTkizuM-brPymnU5I1J241fSbWDeHkGlNxPaNYVQ7KYF0_0k8Q3m8pcN9gtrDoX0QjGEJB60XxfBa2AVSK7zHfAgJABj6Lh__udOGRG_9XxOE0ndZZx2CRbUplZzmnsmVIh/s1600/Adoke.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PtvvVMVSjwTkizuM-brPymnU5I1J241fSbWDeHkGlNxPaNYVQ7KYF0_0k8Q3m8pcN9gtrDoX0QjGEJB60XxfBa2AVSK7zHfAgJABj6Lh__udOGRG_9XxOE0ndZZx2CRbUplZzmnsmVIh/s1600/Adoke.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) has said the 1999 Constitution has no provision for Interim National Government (ING).</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He asked those behind the contraption to forget the idea because it would not work.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Adoke, who made the clarification in a statement in Abuja, said the ING was alien to the constitution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The minister said: “My attention has been drawn to calls in the media by some Nigerians for an Interim National Government to ostensibly midwife the 2015 general elections to usher in a new democratic government.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "While I recognise and appreciate the inalienable right of Nigerians to freely express themselves and proffer solutions to perceived national challenges, I am deeply concerned that some undiscerning Nigerians are being unwittingly led to believe that a certain prescription, which is alien to the Constitution, can be adopted as a viable solution to our national challenges.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It has become necessary to correct this misconception and refocus the citizenry on the path of constitutionalism and democratic tenets consistent with our quest for democratic consolidation in Nigeria.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "For avoidance of doubt, it is pertinent to state that the framers of the 1999 Constitution did not envisage an Interim National Government to superintend over the affairs of government. It is not surprising to observe that no provision for Interim National Government was made in the Constitution.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The contraption called Interim National Government is alien to Nigeria’s constitutional framework and the arrangement should not be promoted by well-meaning Nigerians under any guise or circumstance.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Nigerians are enjoined to continue to rely on the Constitution, which contains adequate provisions on how the democratic process can be activated to elect their leaders from time to time."</div>

Our Constitution Does Not Know ING - Adoke

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Raped 13-Year-Old Pupil Gets Pregnant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXXAOD4ZgYW2yxtqkfwHsCkyrHHrayNUd65rPvlRSYcc_6g7Q7bnxnpc66yuW0wCEUHQlN67N38jRJFU3butatutl0OijkZtStynFhSkB7CUehSBUN5NZmcGqKIVVnJmMjwoag-XbUkHD/s1600/rape-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXXAOD4ZgYW2yxtqkfwHsCkyrHHrayNUd65rPvlRSYcc_6g7Q7bnxnpc66yuW0wCEUHQlN67N38jRJFU3butatutl0OijkZtStynFhSkB7CUehSBUN5NZmcGqKIVVnJmMjwoag-XbUkHD/s1600/rape-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><br /></b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>The police have arraigned a 27-year-old man, Tope Akintade, for impregnating a primary three pupil, Beatrice (pseudonym), after he allegedly raped her.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Akintade and Beatrice, an orphan, are neighbours at a compound on Baale Street, Agboju, Kuje in the Amuwo area of Lagos State.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b><a href="http://www.punchng.com/metro-plus/13-year-old-pupil-gets-pregnant-after-being-raped/">PUNCH Metro</a></b> learnt that the 13-year-old victim was outside washing plates in the afternoon, sometime in November, when Akintade, who hails from the Idanre Local Government Area, Ondo State, lured her to his room and forcefully had sex with her.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our correspondent gathered that Beatrice’s aunt, who preferred to be anonymous because of the nature of the incident, had earlier warned the suspect to stay away from her niece when she (the minor) complained that he was "playing rough play" with her.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Our correspondent learnt that neither the aunt nor other lodgers of the compound were around on the fateful day to intervene in the act as Akintade reportedly coerced the minor into three rounds of sexual romp.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was gathered that the act, which the minor had kept secret, became apparent when she began to exhibit some symptoms usually shown by pregnant women.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She was said to have been taken to a hospital where a test conducted on her revealed that she was three months pregnant.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Akintade was eventually arrested by police officials attached to the Satellite Police Division and charged with rape.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> PUNCH Metro was told that he had confessed to the crime in a statement made to the police. A prosecutor, Olusoji Ojaokomo, arraigned him before an Apapa Magistrate’s Court on two counts of rape.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The charge read, "That you, Tope Akintade, 27, on Baale Street, Agboju, Satellite Town, Kunje, Amuwo, Lagos, in the Apapa Magisterial District, did defile one Beatrice by having canal knowledge of her and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 137 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "That you, Tope Akintade, did indecently assault Beatrice by touching her private parts and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 134 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2011."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The accused, however, pleaded not guilty before the magistrate, Mrs. O.I. Adelaja, who admitted him to bail in the sum of ₦50,000, with two sureties in like sum.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The sureties must tender to the court evidence of tax payment and their residential addresses for verification", she added.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She adjourned the case till March 23, 2015 for mention.</div>

Raped 13-Year-Old Pupil Gets Pregnant

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[VIDEOS] Compare: Amanpour Interviews Jonathan, Buhari

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dRV6AoEH6vwYcQ-wsgmiji6weq0MymMQCW6WBp6EWswNDe8cBV02dBzWvKI3CSQJ5mHt6fNF3VeoM0X8A1XE2u9gjdHORq87_GWGWrjm1Euk4ewnsnw-SR5pYXi0wgcRAF8S4OJWulFG/s1600/Amanpour.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3dRV6AoEH6vwYcQ-wsgmiji6weq0MymMQCW6WBp6EWswNDe8cBV02dBzWvKI3CSQJ5mHt6fNF3VeoM0X8A1XE2u9gjdHORq87_GWGWrjm1Euk4ewnsnw-SR5pYXi0wgcRAF8S4OJWulFG/s1600/Amanpour.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <b><br /></b> <b>About 2 years ago, CNN anchor, Christianne Amanpour interviewed President Goodluck Jonathan. And, some days ago, the same woman had an interview with President Jonathan's main contender at the rescheduled presidential poll, General Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Watch videos of the two interviews below and make a constructive comparison of how the two leaders performed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> First is the Amanpour interview with President Goodluck Jonathan:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kmgEMO8Qfd0" width="640"></iframe></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> You have seen that. Now you can see the Amanpour interview with General Muhammadu Buhari:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ybBWvLj47eg" width="640"></iframe></div>

[VIDEOS] Compare: Amanpour Interviews Jonathan, Buhari

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Anti-Buhari Suits Split Jonathan's Camp

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31wNr7bJEgSxcgc_hTtQZWemnkcCcFWfHWYofERjZsACDdX60a4IGZBXZbsMLcLYTjTGNQzDeJprgeLrh0H54S05sEpz5vq_dr-HjzPcm-Q0MaU6HGv7FAsYaQ9k7U-WwB5UX4KaCzDtE/s1600/Buhari+Jonathan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi31wNr7bJEgSxcgc_hTtQZWemnkcCcFWfHWYofERjZsACDdX60a4IGZBXZbsMLcLYTjTGNQzDeJprgeLrh0H54S05sEpz5vq_dr-HjzPcm-Q0MaU6HGv7FAsYaQ9k7U-WwB5UX4KaCzDtE/s1600/Buhari+Jonathan.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>There is a split in the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) over the eligibility suit filed against All Progressives Congress(APC) presidential candidate Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some PDP stalwarts, especially those from the North, are opposed to the four matters pending in court over Gen. Buhari’s certificate, <b><a href="http://thenationonlineng.net/new/jonathans-camp-splits-anti-buhari-suits/">The Nation</a></b> learnt yesterday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was also learnt that the Presidency is not keen to "support all the applications in court" as it sees the suits as "mere distractions".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There are three suits at the Federal High Court against Gen. Buhari and a criminal matter at a Magistrate's Court on APC's candidate's eligibility.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some PDP chiefs, especially those from the North and some retired Generals, are uncomfortable with the legal actions.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was learnt that the grouse of the PDP stalwarts is on the misinterpretation of Section 131 of the 1999 Constitution by those questioning Gen. Buhari's certificate.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Some of the aggrieved PDP leaders and some  strategists  of the President were also angry that a case of alleged  forgery/perjury could be raised against Gen. Buhari.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It was learnt that those unhappy with the suits have started reading "ethnic meanings into the whole drama".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A source said: "Those from the North are shocked that those behind the applications are mostly from the Southeast and a negligible few from the South-south. They are seeing everything from the ethnic angle.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "They also said the matters accounted for part of the reasons Jonathan is losing ground in the North because Northerners see it as signs of desperation."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Another source added: "Some of us believe those behind the suits do not mean well for the President. They should have taken cognizance of past pronouncements by the court on Adams Oshiomhole and Section 131, which says the minimum requirement is the ability to be able to read and write".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But a few others trying to please the President wanted the suits to be pursued to the logical conclusion.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A member of the NWC said: "If some APC sympathisers can go to court to challenge the President on his right to second term, then we felt we must also place some hurdles before Buhari.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Some of our leaders do not like these suits but we cannot stop our supporters who have genuine reasons to challenge Buhari’s eligibility.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "This is politics. The onus is on Buhari to provide all necessary evidence."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A highly-placed source in the Presidency said: "To the best of our knowledge, these suits are mere distractions. This is why the Presidency has nothing to do with it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Let me tell you, some of these applicants and their counsel  have been advised by some government officials to drop the suits."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Responding to a question, the source added: "When these suits get to advanced stage, they may not get the required support from the government."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Section 131 says: "A person shall be qualified for election to the office of President if (a) he is a citizen of Nigeria by birth; (b) he has attained the age of forty (40) years; (c )he is a member of a political party; and (d) he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level or its  equivalent.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “In  Section 318, School Certificate or equivalent means (a) a Secondary School Certificate or its equivalent, or Grade II Teacher’s Certificate, the City and Guilds Certificate; or (b) education up to Secondary School Certificate level; or <b>(c) Primary Six School Leaving Certificate or its equivalent <u>and</u> (i) service in the public or private sector in the Federation in any capacity acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) for a minimum of  10 years; <u>or</u> (ii) attendance at courses and training in such institutions as may be acceptable to the Independent National Electoral Commission for periods totaling up to a minimum of one year, <u>or</u> (iii) the ability to read, write, understand and communicate in the English Language to the satisfaction of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC);</b> and (d) Any other qualification acceptable by INEC."</div>

Anti-Buhari Suits Split Jonathan's Camp

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Will Okupe Allow President Jonathan Concede Defeat?

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6iHhG1L0NbcplsqkId4aNKFIZDGa1xPxu1jW7DH6KPRTVEX-gSkoZFSJaAHkuLKIc6i_KFj0iBfnR_g72QtPqRW9j3Tn5BqppZoU8s5FofwOuumFoMW8YZCth-PvsqjwVcMeDy-NOtL7/s1600/doyin-okupe+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6iHhG1L0NbcplsqkId4aNKFIZDGa1xPxu1jW7DH6KPRTVEX-gSkoZFSJaAHkuLKIc6i_KFj0iBfnR_g72QtPqRW9j3Tn5BqppZoU8s5FofwOuumFoMW8YZCth-PvsqjwVcMeDy-NOtL7/s1600/doyin-okupe+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s prediction that a new government will be formed on May 29, 2015.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Former president Olusegun Obasanjo in an interview with Financial Times in Nairobi on Monday said: "I'll only go by the constitution. By our constitution, <b><a href="http://nigerianewsroom.blogspot.com/2015/02/jonathan-inviting-military-coup-on.html">there must be a new government on the 29th of May</a></b> and the constitution lays out how that new government should emerge".</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Okupe thus reacted on his Facebook page:</div> <div id="fb-root"> </div> <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script><br /> <div align="center" class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/okupedoyin/posts/1553163871610106" data-width="640"> <div class="fb-xfbml-parse-ignore"> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/okupedoyin/posts/1553163871610106">Post</a> by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/okupedoyin">Doyin Okupe</a>.</div> </div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> Now we can all see that Okupe is one of those parasites feeding fat and misleading President Goodluck Jonathan. If not, why does he seem not believing that a new government will be inaugurated on May 29?</div>

Will Okupe Allow President Jonathan Concede Defeat?

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, has reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s predi...

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