7-year-old Boy Burnt To Death For ‘Stealing’ Garri in Lagos [GRAPHIC PHOTOS]

A 7-year-old boy was beaten to pulp and later burnt to death in Badagry Lagos State for attempting to steal garri.

The yet to be identified boy was on the verge of stealing garri from a shop in Badagry but he ran out of luck. The 7 years old boy was beaten black and blue, tied up and set ablaze by the angry mob.

It's Not Buhari’s Job To Address Herdsmen Crisis – Obasanjo

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Tuesday, maintained that it’s not the “job” of President Muhammadu Buhari to address the lingering crisis between farmers and Fulani herdsmen across the country.

He made the remark at the 23rd Annual LAPO Development Forum with the theme, ‘Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities’, organised by the Lift Above Poverty Organisation in Abuja.
According to the former President, “Some of the words that have been coming out from our leaders, particularly from state governors are not helpful! This issue is not a federal issue and another thing I don’t like about it is that when you talk of Fulani herdsmen, people talk of the President.
“Now because the President of Nigeria is a Fulani man, you expect him to solve the problem immediately, that is not his job. And when people make comments like this, it annoys me.
“They say the President hasn’t said anything about this, that he used to be the patron of something…, but I believe that the ranching thing failed because the states and the local governments failed to do what they ought to have done.”
“I need to state that it is the responsibility of local governments to take care of them. Now, states should have even done a lot better, but they haven’t, and then when you have cattle rustling, herdsmen and farmers conflict, you try to make it a national issue. But it is not really a national issue.”

 

2 New Supreme Court Justices were confirmed by the Nigerian Senate

The Nigerian Senate today confirmed Hon Justice Ejembi Eko JCA and Hon. Justice Amina A. Augie JCA as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.

President Buhari Appoints 2 New FAAN Directors

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has appointed two new Directors for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
FAAN’s Acting General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, in a statement on Tuesday, gave the names of the new appointees as Mrs Nike Aboderin and Mr Sadiku Rafindadi.
Yakubu said that Aboderin was appointed Director of Finance and Accounts, while Rafindadi was appointed as Director of Commercial & Business Development.
She said: “Aboderin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (FCIB). She holds an M.Sc degree in Banking and Finance of the University of Lagos.

“Her over 23years experience in the financial services industry exposed her to both public and private exploits at different institutions including multinationals.
“She is an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) graduate of Lagos Business School and also holds a post graduate certificate in Global Strategic Management (GSM) of the Harvard Business School, Boston, USA.”
According to Yakubu, Aboderin is married and blessed with children.
She said that Rafindadi is a 1985 graduate of Economics of the University of Pittsburgh and also holds an MBA in Finance of Clark Atlanta University, USA.
“He attended Kaduna Polytechnic, where he obtained Certificates in Management Studies.
“Rafindadi is a seasoned amiable Manager who started his career as a young officer and rose to the pinnacle through diligence and commitment.

President Buhari laments - Inability to Pay 27 States Salaries

 President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented over inability of 27 out of the 36 states in the country not able and still battling with payment of salaries.
President Buhari stated this yesterday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja while meeting with ICRC President, Mr. Peter Maurer.
He commended the role played by the International Committee of the Red Cross in last Thursday’s release of the 21 abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

According to the president, “It is a difficult time for Nigeria. About 27 of our 36 states couldn’t pay salaries when we came last year, and we are still struggling with that. But we will get out of it.”
In his remarks, Maurer described the ICRC’s operation in the Lake Chad region as the second largest in the world after Syria, saying “there are nutritional, health, water and sanitation issues in the North-east, in addition to rebuilding of infrastructure.”
The ICRC president declared that his organisation was ready to engage and play supportive role in responding to crisis in Nigeria. 

Tension Over Plans to Sack 247 Workers Recruited by Jonathan

There is crisis in the Nigerian Civil Service as 4,904 workers who were appointed by the Goodluck Jonathan administration are in danger of losing their jobs.
The problem started when the Acting Executive Chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Dr. Shettima Abba, wrote a letter to the Federal Civil Service Commission, stating that the recruitment, which took place between 2013 and 2015, was characterized by a flagrant abuse of the Federal Character principle.
He pointed out that the South-South got 33.6 per cent of those employed as against the 26.2 per cent allotted to applicants from the North-East, North-West and North-Central geopolitical zones. The issue should be corrected in the next round of recruitment, he said.
As a result, the job of 247 of the workers were reportedly declared irregular, null and void by the FCSC.
Angry, the workers staged a protest. The ICPC has been called and has intervened. 

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Nigerians Should be Silent Until Other Chibok Girls are Rescued - Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has appealed to commentators and analysts to refrain from making statements that can jeopardize the release of the Chibok girls who are still in captivity.

The Minister made the appeal on Sunday in Abuja at a special thanksgiving Church Service and reunion of the 21 girls with their families.
“They are many reckless analysts and commentators who are not helping the situation. We still have many of our children in captivity. Therefore we have to be careful with the kind of comments that we make. We must not make comments that will make the release of these girls difficult or impossible.”
“…When the President said that the Boko Haram saga will not be closed until all the girls abducted have been released and reunited with their families safely, those who doubted did not believe us so we thank God this day has come,” he said.
Alhaji Mohammed appealed to the parents of the girls who are yet to be freed to continue to exercise patience, saying “This is the beginning and we are very optimistic that very soon another batch bigger than this will be released. I want to assure you that these negotiations are ongoing even as we speak.”

President Buhari Confirms Release Of 21 Chibok Girls

The Nigerian presidency has confirmed that 21 of the abducted Chibok girls have been released by Boko Haram and are in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).                                         

The confirmation was made in a State House statement signed by Mr. Garba Shehu, Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity. The statement explained that the Director-General of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura, has  briefed President Buhari on the matter.

"The release of the girls, in a limited number, is the outcome of negotiations between the administration and Boko Haram, brokered by the International Red Cross and the Swiss government. The negotiations will continue," the statement said.

Saharareporters learnt the girls have been moved from Maiduguri to Abuja in a military jet.

Suicide Bombing Targets Taxi in Northeastern Nigeria

An explosion in Maiduguri, the capital of northeast Borno state in Nigeria, killed at least eight people Wednesday, authorities said.

The explosion either targeted or arose from a taxi filled with passengers. It was the deadliest bombing in northeastern Nigeria's largest city in several months, officials said.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said 15 injured people were receiving treatment in a nearby hospital.

Trump hats while in uniform? San Antonio police will be disciplined

More than a dozen officers who donned red "Make America Great Again" hats while in uniform will be "disciplined appropriately," the San Antonio police chief announced Tuesday night.

In a statement posted to Twitter, police chief William McManus wrote that members of the department’s motorcycle unit who were assigned to help escort the Trump motorcade and ended up appearing in a campaign video for the Republican nominee had "violated SAPD policy." The officers are seen in the 25-second video wearing Trump's signature red caps, some giving the candidate the thumbs-up as he thanks them.

Avoid making love between 12am and 3am - Pastor

A Twitter user, Boakye Mensah Ohene, has warned that making love between 12am and 3am could be "dangerous"

In a series of tweets, Ohene claimed that his pastor told him that the period between 12 and 3am was the "worst time to have sex".

He quoted the pastor as saying that God sends angels to bless people and bring the responses to their prayers around that time and that when the angels come to see couples making love, they leave with the blessings because they are forbidden from seeing the nakedness of people.

Chief Justice Of Nigeria Berates Buhari In Face-to-Face Meeting At Aso Rock (DETAILS)

Mahmud Mohammed

Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, has confronted President Muhammadu Buhari in a face-to-face meeting in the Presidential Villa following the weekend crackdown on federal judges and two Supreme Court justices by the country’s secret police, The Trent can exclusively report.

The meeting, which held in the morning of Monday, October 10, 2016, was at the instance of the Honourable Justice Mohammed, multiple sources reveal.

Drama in Ondo As Family Drops Officer’s Corpse in Police Station

The family of a deceased police officer, identified as Taiwo Agboola, on Thursday caused a dramatic scene at the Nigerian Police Area Command’s office at Oyemekun Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, after they dropped his corpse in front of the office to protest the insensitivity of the command to the death of the cop.

Shocking New Twist As Amaechi, Fashola, Fayemi Plot To Kick Tinubu Out Of APC

The simmering feud threatening the leadership of the ruling All Progress Congress, APC, assumed a frightening dimension, as feelers emerged that three of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Ministers have launched a serial attack of the party’s National Leader, Bola Tinubu.

Obasanjo predicts 2 new parties to emerge before 2017

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party are not vibrant enough – He said the two new political parties would be established after alignments and re-alignments by politicians across Nigeria A former president of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has revealed that two new political parties would be established before the end of 2017.