Welcome to Damiete Braide's Blog: September 2013

Monday 30 September 2013

President: I never said I won’t contest 2015 election

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said contrary to reports making the rounds, he had never at anytime promised that he would not contest the 2015 presidential election. Read more

The Joint (Military) Task Force in the Niger Delta says it has arrested 29 alleged oil thieves and destroyed 127 illegal refineries in the Niger Delta. Read more

For the third time in the past two months, another policeman has been caught on video demanding a bribe of N10,000 from a motorist. Read more

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday had an emergency meeting with service chiefs over the killing of 50 students of the College of Agriculture in Yobe State. Read more

Some robbery suspects engaged in a war of words on Thursday at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters. Read more

M.I becomes Energy Ambassador for Lagos State

Hip-hop artiste, Jude Abaga (aka M.I) has demonstrated to his fans that his is a development advocate and social crusader with a passion to see Nigeria takes her rightful place in the Comity of Nations especially in overcoming perennial power outage, very soon. Read more

What could have pushed a 26- year-old man, Ikechukwu Okoro to beat his only son, three-year-old Chinedu to death? According to shocked neighbours, Ikechukwu who lives with his only son woke up by 4.30 am on September 13, 2013 to discover that the sick boy had defecated on the bed. Read more

We won’t join New PDP — Chime, Jang

150 feared dead in River Niger tragedy

Tragedy occurred at Onugba Nike area of Enugu State when 20-year-old Cynthia Onah allegedly set ablaze another woman, 22-year old Chinwe Igwe for snatching her boyfriend, one Chika Kelechi. Read more

Jonathan should ensure I’m not killed — Amaechi

CP accuses Amaechi of mobilising youths against Jonathan

THE Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Joseph Mbu, on Thursday accused the Rivers State government of mobilising youths against President Goodluck Jonathan. Read more

Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola yesterday said he has nothing against the Igbo people.

He was reacting to the controversy generated by the return of some destitute to Onitsha, Anambra State. Read more

Three people lost their lives on the Lagos Island on Wednesday after a three-storey building collapsed on a bungalow beside it. Read more

No fewer than six people were feared dead, while six others were critically injured after a tipper driver rammed into roadside traders at old Ota Toll Gate in Ogun State. Read more

The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi, Lagos State has arrested a Chinese fugitive, Fang Yang, for his involvement in a N105m fraud. Read more

Trader bathed with acid while asleep

For about five months, the Agbaje family of Ifako, Gbagada, Lagos State, has been battling to find an explanation to the tragedy that has befallen it. Read more

A video believed to have been released by the wanted leader of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, also known as Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, surfaced in Maiduguri on Wednesday. Read more

The Department of State Security Service(SSS), yesterday announced the arrest of one Kelvin, alleged to have masterminded the kidnapping of Mike Ozekhome. Read more

A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri yesterday sentenced one Chijioke Ede, a furniture maker to death by hanging, for robbing a couple and raping their teenage daughter. Read more

A 48-year-old man, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for impersonating a policeman, said he did it to get favours from members of the public. Read more

Floods wreak havoc in Ibadan, kill two

The rain that fell for almost two days in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, has claimed lives of two people and destroyed property. Read more

Two robbery suspects, who specialised in snatching exotic cars in Ibadan, have been arrested by men of Special Anti-robbery Squad of the Oyo State Police Command. Read more

The crisis rocking Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took another dimension as operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), arrested Chief Remi Oguntuase, a strong supporter and close associate of the House of Representatives member and governorship aspirant, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele. Read more

The police in Lagos say they have smashed a robbery syndicate which specialises in posing as domestic servants only to rob their employers after 24 hours of being hired. Read more

At least two persons were feared dead in a renewed wave of violence unleashed by suspected cultists in parts of Obiaruku, the administrative headquarters of Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. Read more

The leadership of the New Peoples Democratic Party has said that President Goodluck Jonathan is not qualified to seek reelection in 2015. Read more

Man killed by hit-and-run motorists

Some residents of the Olopomeji end of Oworonshoki Expressway, Lagos State on Monday cried after one of them, identified only as Emmanuel, was crushed by a vehicle while attempting to cross the expressway. Read more

• Says Bio Plastics Industries Limited is registered

Anambra State Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Vincent Ezenwajiaku, currently entangled in a controversy over fraud allegation leveled against him by the Nigeria Police, Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Lagos and Mr. Chuks Mgbemena, a director at Nigeria Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has said that he did not honour the invitation of the police because of inhuman treatment they give to people. Read more

Tragedy struck on Monday on the Funsho Williams Avenue bypass, Surulere, Lagos State, after a yet-to-be identified soldier was crushed to death by a LAGBUS, one of the buses in the state mass transit scheme. Read more

…Says constitution allows him to do eight years of two terms

After months of dodging the question, President Goodluck Jonathan in New York, United States on Sunday broke his silence on the 2015 presidential election when he said the Constitution allows him to do eight years of two terms. Read more

On September 14, 2013, the police officer in charge of Anti-Robbery Section at the Ogun State Criminal Investigation Department, Fola Ogunkoya, was on his way to the Ijebu Ode area of the state when he died in a car accident. Read more

Abuja bloodbath: FCT identifies hideouts, mounts surveillance

•Apo, Gwarinpa, Utako/Jabi top list
•JNI, ACF call for probe

As residents of Apo Legislative Quarters and environs are still in shock over the invasion of a twin duplex in the neigbourhood by security operatives, which led to the killing of suspected Boko Haram members, the Federal Capital Development (FCT) administration has put 430 uncompleted buildings identified as potential hideouts under watch. Read more

14,000 ex-bankers sue CBN over unpaid entitlements

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said the existence of the National Universities Commission has not brought improvement to the standard of education in the country. Read more

HSBC Global Research has adjudged Zenith Bank Plc the best managed financial institution in the country due to its good quality assets and cost management strategies. Read more

Agrisaba community in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was rocked by violence over the weekend, as armed youths opposed to the Regent, Chief Sampson Awudul, invaded the palace and beat up traditional chiefs of the community. Read more

The Lagos State Police Command says it has smashed a kidnapping syndicate in the Okokomaiko area of the state. Read more

No fewer than 40 condemned criminals who are of Benue State origin are on death row out of the 80 criminals awaiting the hangman’s noose at the Federal Prisons, Jos in Plateau State. Read more

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested another notorious cult member who has been accused of conspiracy in many murders in the Mushin area of the state. Read more

I’m a prodigal daughter. Forgive me mum!

Glo X Factor winner, DJ Switch, cries:

For abandoning her mother and siblings while searching for fame and fortune, fast rising rapper and winner of the maiden edition of Glo X Factor, Obianuju Catherine Udeh aka DJ Switch, has begged for forgiveness. Read more

A suspected kidnap kingpin, Samuel Chukwudi, otherwise known as Dede, whose gang had been terrorizing Anambra State and its environs for a long period now has opened up to the police on how they intimidate their victims before extorting huge sums of money from them. Read more

The plot by some members of the House of Representatives to impeach the Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal hit a dead end on Saturday as it became extremely difficult to muster the statutorily required two-third majority for Tambuwal’s removal. Read more

Benisheik, a bustling community of about 20,000 inhabitants along Maiduguri-Kano highway in Borno State was reputed for its commercial activities. Red more

Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday accused the Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Stella Oduah, of abandoning the remodelling of the Port Harcourt International Airport because of his rift with President Goodluck Jonathan. Read more

Yobe state pilgrims performing this year hajj exercise in Saudi Arabia are to be airlifted from the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano and not Maiduguri airport as was the case in the past, Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Hon Adamu Dala Dogo has said. Read more

Presidency plotting to unseat Mark, Tambuwal – New PDP

THE faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, known as the New PDP, has accused the Presidency of plotting to remove Senate President David Mark and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal. Read more

Ekiti: Confusion as police, hoodlums stop Bamidele’s rally

Commercial and vehicular activities were paralysed in some parts of Ado Ekiti on Thursday as some hoodlums turned the streets of the state capital to a war front in order to stop a campaign rally by a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Opeyemi Bamidele. Read more

There was commotion on Thursday morning at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, as academic programmes were grounded, while movements were restricted. Read more

Desperate to halt a probe into his finances, former Delta State Governor James Ibori tried to bribe anti-corruption boss Nuhu Ribadu in 2007 with $15m in cash in a bag so heavy one man alone could not lift it, Ribadu told a London court on Thursday. Read more