CROSS RIVERS STATE GOVERNORS BROTHER ARRESTED OVER CONTRACT SCAM

A brother to the Governor of Cross Rivers State, Professor 'BEN AYADE' has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, nigerianewspaper.com.ng, gathered on Wednesday that the the relation, Dr. Francis Ayade was arrested on Tuesday in connection with an alleged N2.4billion contract scam.

Ayade who is the Managing Director of Leophina Nigeria Limited and Hally Brown International Limited, was involved in shady deals involving diversion of public funds into his companies accounts.

'I could not speak to a Minister of Petroleum for 3 years l governor' - Akpabio

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom state, Godswill Akpabio said he could not speak with a certain Minister of Petroleum resources for three years even as a governor of an oil producing state. Akpabio said this during the screening of the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Ibe Kachiukwu who is a ministerial nominee, asking him if he will make himself accessible to those who need to see or speak with him.

Nigerian restaurant closed down for ‘serving human flesh’

A Nigerian restaurant has reportedly been shut down after being accused of serving human flesh following the discovery of bags containing human heads in the kitchen.

A report on the BBC’s Swahili service said police were alerted by local people who suspected something horrific was going on at the restaurant in the south-eastern province of Anambra.

Breaking News | More women and children freed from Sambisa Forest

About 25 men and women have reportedly been rescued Sambisa forest. According to Al Jazeerah, Nigerian Army spokesperson, Colonel Sani Usman said today that the women and children were freed during a military operation in the forest this morning May 6th. One soldier was reportedly killed while five others sustained injuries.

Nigerians Protest In Lagos Over The Execution Of Nigerians In Indonesia

The information reaching the United Nigerians in Diaspora UNID is that another batch of executions will take place soon and there are still ten Nigerian citizens on death row in Indonesia prisons, 3 of whose names were on 29th April, 2015 forwarded to the Nigerian embassy in Jarkata as a notification of execution. This brings us to the question, must it be capital punishment? Is capital punishment the only way the Indonesian government can contain drug trafficking in the country? Has capital punishment been able to quell the issue of drug trafficking in Indonesia? These are questions seeking for answers.

33-yr-old Truck Driver Murdered Friend Over Food

LAGOS—A 33-year-old trailer driver, who reportedly stabbed his friend to death on Monday night at Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos State, has confessed that his action was a mistake he regretted.

It was learned that the suspect, identified as Tunde Azeez, allegedly stabbed Lukmon Ayedun with a broken bottle at 8:42pm during a brawl.

Vanguard learned that trouble started when the suspect purportedly bought food from a vendor, woke his friend from sleep to eat.

His actions provoked Lukmon, who reacted by hitting Azeez and a fight ensued.

Jonathan marks five years in office with prayer

Jonathan was on May 6, 2010, inaugurated as the President by the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, following the death on May 5, 2010 of President Umaru Yar’Adua, who he served for three years as Vice President before his death.

The nation’s constitution recommends that the Vice President automatically takes over upon the death of the President.

After completing Yar’Adua’s tenure, Jonathan contested and won the 2011 presidential election but lost his re-election bid in the 2015 election.

Multichoice Declares | Nigeria Has No Power To Regulate DSTV Prices

South African digital satellite television company, Multichoice, has defended its decision to increase DSTV subscription rates in Nigeria, saying neither the country nor its courts, has the powers to regulate its prices.

The ruling on the objecti​on by Multichoice Nigeria Limited against an application seeking to stop ​the price increase ​has been scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2015 at the Federal High Court, Lagos.

Two Lagos-based lawyers, Oluyinka Oyeniji and Osasuyi Adebayo, had initiated a class action on behalf of millions of Nigerians who criticised the new subscription rates as exploitative and insensitive.

Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala Says | "Working for FG Made Me Hypertensive".

The minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lamented that the search for funds for Nigeria is taking its toll on her and other government workers.

She said over 70 per cent of the workers in the Federal Ministry of Finance, including top officials, have high blood pressure as a result of excessive stress at work.

​ Okonjo-Iweala, and the Permanent Secretary, Anastasia Daniel-Nwaobia, who spoke in Abuja at the commissioning of the Federal Ministry of Finance Welfare Facilities, including crèche and clinic, on Monday said many of the workers in the Finance Ministry were affected.

Killer Nurse Arrested While Fleeing USA

I just can't help but wonder how heartless some humanbeings can be.

Cold-hearted Oluyemisi Adebayo,Queens nurse was nabbed Wednesday as she was about to board a plane out of the country and leave behind her horrific crime — the killing of a 22-month-old girl from a bath so scalding-hot the child’s skin peeled off, police said.

It was the second day that Oluyemisi Adebayo, 54, was caring for Naomi Mondesire at the child’s home on Memphis Ave. near 145th Ave. in Rosedale. The premature toddler was born at just 25 weeks and needed a tracheotomy tube to breathe. Naomi spent her first year in the hospital, her grandmother said, and still needed to be fed through a tube.

N25bn fraud | Lucky Igbinedion’s brother to pay N3m as bail

A Federal High Court in Edo State on Thursday slammed  a younger brother of ex-Governor Lucky Igbinedion, Michael,   to a six-year jail term for N25bn money laundering offences.

An aide of the ex-governor,   Patrick Eboigbodin, was also jailed for 20 years for the   same of offences.

However, the governor’s brother has an option of paying N3m or N1m for each of the three counts on which he was found guilty to avoid going to jail.

Eboigbodin sentencing on Thursday is without an option of fine.

Jonathan Demands 2trillion naira Refund for Election Expenses..

Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the March 28 and April 11 elections, the President has asked the party and government officials who handled campaign funds to refund monies not spent, or those not judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report.
Jonathan, credible sources said, has also set up a committee of five to get those with the funds to return them.

Excetera Blasts Igbo Leaders | Calls them a Disgrace

I was told that every Igboman who heard Ojukwu’s speech after the Biafran war was filled with a renewed sense of pride and hope. A hope that one day the Igbo nation will rise and become a force of reckoning not just in Nigeria but in the entire black world. I have read that speech over and over and each time I read through, I am filled with pride and imagination of how those who heard the words pouring out of the mouth of the warlord himself must have felt. Before going any further, let me recount a little part of what the late sage said while addressing the press:

PHOTOS- Buhari Meets And Speaks With Journalists At His Daura Home, Katsina

The Humble life of our President-elect Rtd General Mohammed Buhari always amazes me. His resilent spirit, his determination to fight corruption and give the youths of today a good future keeps me going.
Its very difficult to dispute the fact that corruption doesn't exist in Nigeria.
Both the public and private sectors of the economy stink with stench of clandestine criminal activities. From the office of Local Government Councillor to the exalted office of nation’s President, looting of public treasury stands tall.

Children Kindnaped by HouseMaid now found.

A while ago we uploaded the pictures of three brothers who were kidnaped by their housemaid (Mary Akinloye) on April 8th. I bring good news. The three Orekoya boys,

PDP Chieftain Dumps Agbada | Jumps Fence Evading Arrest

A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kano State (names withheld) allegedly abandoned his agbada and jumped a fence, while evading arrest over electoral offences.

Kano State Police Command has declared him and four others wanted for electoral offences during the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

Read the 12 most corrupt cases in Nigeria

Over the last four years, there have been several alarming and scandalous cases of corruption in Nigeria. Some perpetrators have been taken to court, some cases were never even investigated as many of the cases remain unsolved.

The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the editorial policy of Naij.com.

Story highlights:

– It is believed that Alhaji Maina misappropriated billions of naira worth of pension funds.

First Nigerian to run Marathon on North pole | Plants Nigerian Flag

A Nigerian identified as Tee Morgan has raised the Nigerian flag to become the first Nigerian to ever step foot on the North Pole and to run a marathon. The harsh weather was -41C.Kudos to him.

Heartbroken parents of the abducted boys (Orekoya's) laments

The heartbroken parents of the abducted children in Surulere area of Lagos by a maid who only worked for 24 hours laments that the ransom is too high for them to raise.

Fresh protests in Brazil as hundreds of thousands seek president's impeachment

Nationwide demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff swept Brazil for the second day in less than a month, though turnout at Sunday's protests appeared down, prompting questions about the future of the movement.

A poll published over the weekend suggested the majority of Brazilians support opening impeachment proceedings against Rousseff, whose second term in office has been buffeted by a corruption scandal at Brazil's largest company, oil giant Petrobras, as well as a stalled economy, a sliding currency and political infighting. Only 13 percent of survey respondents evaluated Rousseff's administration positively.