SHOCKING: Two Thieves Electricuted To Death While Stealing Electric Cables (Photos)

Two men were found dead while stealing electricity cables in Orji Community, a nearby town in Owerri, the Imo State Capital.

According to reports, the suspected thieves reportedly went to steal electricity cables connected to a transformer around 2am on the fateful day, but got electrocuted in the process. Electricity was reportedly restored while they were in the process of stealing the cables.

BREAKING: President Muhammadu Buhari Critically ill To Be Flown Abroad

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President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly receiving medical attention at the State House Clinic, Abuja after being diagnosed with Meniere Disease, a disorder of the inner ear. The President now suffers hearing impairment because of the disease, as he routinely complains of severe pains and unusual sounds from the affected left ear. Report says the development is the reason Buhari's outings have been drastically reduced in the last one week. It was gathered that only the President's family and a few high profile individuals are aware of his sickness. 

According to an official, the President might be flown abroad if his condition does not improve in the next few days. Meniere's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes episodes in which you feel as if you're spinning (vertigo), and you have fluctuating hearing loss with a progressive, ultimately permanent loss of hearing, ringing in the ear (tinnitus), and sometimes a feeling of fullness or pressure in your ear.

Shoking: How pastor defiled 24 teenage boys in Ebonyi

One Paul Morah, a pastor at Enyibichiri community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been arrested for allegedly defiling over 24 male children.

His victims are said to be between the ages of 12 and 17 years, New Telegraph reports.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP George Okafor, who confirmed the report on Wednesday, said he would brief journalists when investigation was concluded.

The PPRO said Morah, who hails from Orji River in Enugu State and claimed to be a reverend with Anglican Church, was on a pastoral mission in Ebonyi.

It was alleged that he used a diabolical handkerchief to lure some of the children, especially those who tried to resist him.

The PPRO said, “We are aware of the matter. It has just been transferred from Ikwo Police Division to the headquarters.

“We are still investigating the matter. But latest tomorrow, we will get back to press.”

Speaking on the incident, the community town union president, Hon. Nwoba Sylvanus, said, “It was in the early hours of yesterday morning that one of my chairmen, Sunday Nwibo, of a sub-ward called me and brought the information to me.

“I told him he should go and arrange some boys to go to the man and arrest the man for him to be handed over to the police for investigation. At that hour it happened, we only identified four children – the oldest is about 17 years.

“One of them is in primary six, two are in JSS II and the other one is in JSS III. But from the investigation of the divisional police officer at Noyo junction, the children are up to 24 now.”

Earlier, the Coordinator of Ikwo East Development Centre, Hon. Chinedu Ogbuoji, confirmed the incident and described it as pathetic.

Ogbuoji said, “The incident is a pathetic one because these days some people hide themselves under the umbrella of religion to perpetrate evil.

“He told us that his name is Paul Morah from Enugu State. He claimed to be a pastor but when we interrogated him further, he said he spent only three weeks in the church before he was suspended by the Anglican Church in Enyibichiri community.

“People from my area reported the incident to me and I intervened with the support of the town union leader and the youth.

“We went there; he was apprehended and handed over to the police. We want to assure you of more investigation. Some of the children claimed they are members of the church. Nobody knew what he used to lure the children but we heard that at times, he uses diabolical handkerchief to lure them.”

“He told us that he is a pastor in Anglican Church but when one of the pastors of Anglican Church was contacted, he said they have suspended him for over three months.

“The pastor said when he came to them, after observing him; they discovered he was fake and was not working in line with the doctrines of the church,” the coordinator stated.

Niger Delta Avengers demand release of corpses of pro-Biafra agitators, threatens more attacks

The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has demanded that the federal government immediately release corpses of Biafra supporters allegedly killed on Monday by security agents or risk more attacks from them as from Friday, June 3.

The militants further said they will retaliate against the security agents over what they described as “unprovoked massacre of peace-loving Biafra people” in Onitsha, Anambra State.

In an ultimatum issued on Wednesday, via an on­line platform, the militants said the decision was taken after an emergency meeting of leaders of the various militant groups in the region.

Representatives of Niger Delta People’s Democratic Front, NDPDF, and Concerned Militant Leaders, CML, Precious Iyoyo (General Playboy) and General Ben respectively, pointed out that the brutality of security agents against the citizens was disheartening.

The Niger Delta militants claimed they witnessed how members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Biafra Independent Movement, BIM, were killed in unprovoked circumstances.

General Playboy said, “So many Niger Delta militants witnessed what happened in Onitsha.

“We are too pained to keep quiet. If the Federal Government fails to release them by Friday, June 3, 2016, they will hear from us from Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Edo states.”

Similarly, General Ben noted that the actions of soldiers and policemen last Monday were clear declaration of war on innocent and helpless Nigerians.

He said, “It is now war between the militants and security men. Since innocent and helpless citizens, especially from South-South and South East, have been marked out for extinction, we will de­fend our people. We will go after security men in an unprecedented manner both in sea and on land. Federal Government should expect more attacks from us.

“We’ll tell the Federal Government that the Niger Delta region is our terrain and no amount of military troops and their armoury will dampen our spirit.

“The Federal Govern­ment should know that the more attacks on Biafra, the more aggressive we become. This is war that involves all of us.”

It would be recalled that scores of Biafra agitators were allegedly killed on Monday, in some states, during the celebration of the 49th anniversary of Biafra proclamation by the late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu.

PDP vows to declare seats of defecting Reps vacant

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday threatened to ensure that two of its members in the House of Representatives who decamped from the party on Wednesday, lose their seats in the Lower Chamber.

The two Reps members: Tony Nwoye from Anambra state and Udende Emmanuel from Benue state had announced their decision to defect to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In separate letters which were read on the floor of the House by Speaker Yakubu Dogara, the lawmakers cited division in the PDP as the reason for their defection, explaining that the party had broken into three factions headed by Ali Modu Sheriff, Ahmed Makarfi and Jerry Gana, respectively, and that they did not wish to belong to any faction.

But in a statement signed by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the party, Ojo Maduekwe, the party insisted that there was no faction in the PDP, stressing that there was only one approved National Convention which took place in Port Harcourt on Saturday 21st of May, 2016, which, it said, was, in accordance with the PDP Constitution.

The statement disclosed that the party “approved some far reaching resolutions that had the unanimous support of those who attended the Port Harcourt Convention with subsequent endorsements of another PDP political meeting that took place in Abuja on the same day”.

It stated that the conveners of the Abuja meeting had since integrated their positions with the structures and resolutions of the Port Harcourt Convention, adding that aggrieved members are being reconciled across the length and breadth of the country.

The statement read in part, “Subsequent meetings of, first, Board of Trustees members, and secondly, meetings with Governor’s Forum, Leadership of National Assembly and Former Ministers in PDP Government Forum, and a PDP Former Governor’s Forum, held, and decided to work together.

“The rank and file of the Party have resolved to work together, and PDP has never been stronger than it is now since its entry into the honourable role of a robust and principled opposition.

“Any suggestion of a faction, is at best ill-informed and ignorant, and at worst, is part of a grand plan to decimate the only political platform today, that is ready, experienced and able to honour the nation’s invitation to have a credible opposition party that will hold Government of the day accountable and thereby strengthen and nourish our young democracy.

“Let it therefore be understood by those of our members in the National Assembly who may be tempted to jump ship, or have already jumped, that on the basis of clear decisions of cases decided in the Supreme Court, they stand the risk of losing their seats in Parliament if they went ahead with their latest indulgence.”

The party threatened to declare vacancy and call for elections in affected constituencies in the event of such “misguided defections”, disclosing that “The pattern of PDP electoral victories all over the federation since the 2015 General Elections shows that where there is election arising from such vacancies, PDP will return a more credible and more loyal representative of the people.”

How we arrested female DELSU student who impersonated Wizkid, duped fans over N12.9m – Manager

Fresh facts have emerged regarding the identity of the lady who impersonated Nigerian pop star, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid on social media and defrauded the singer’s fans.

It had been reported that the Lagos State Police Command had arrested the 19-year-old girl, Ifeoma Nelly, who reportedly defrauded many people of over $65,000, equivalent of about N12.9million.

Her arrest reportedly came after the singer complained to the police commissioner that someone had been impersonating him and collecting money for shows.

The police swung into action and the 19-year-old was apprehended.

Nelly is said to be a student of Industrial Chemistry at the Delta State University.

She was reportedly arrested through the combined efforts of Wizkid’s Manager, Mr. Sunday Are, policemen from Lagos and an Australian.

According to the statement by the singer’s manger, the suspected fraudster was arrested when she came to Lagos to collect part payment of $25,000 from some Australians at a hotel in Lagos, so that Wizkid would go to Australia to perform.

Before the suspect used to collect payment via electronic, but because she was desperate to get her hands on the $25,000, she decided to meet the Australian.

Revealing how the suspect was arrested, the statement said, “The lady said she had been posing on Facebook and defrauding people for three years, using Wizkid.”

“Nelly, when asked if she had other members assisting her, insisted that she was the only one running the show.

“She has collected money from different people. If you don’t have evidence against her, she would deny it but if you show her evidence, she would tell you the truth. There was the case of the $53,000, which we had to refund to the owner. She confirmed that she was the one who collected it.

“There was another payment of $12,500 from Germany. The Germany people sent details of how they paid the money to her. She couldn’t deny it.

“We had to start refunding money to different victims when the nefarious activities of the suspect became embarrassing.

“We had been having problems with different clients because of this. We keep refunding all the money. It was an issue.

“When it became serious, we had to refund the money to victims. Some people will just go, write in papers that Wikzid disappointed them. They would say Wizkid and his manager collected money and didn’t come to perform.

Meanwhile, we didn’t know about those shows. The lady, not only use Wizkid’s name to open the Facebook accounts, but also used Wizkid’s name to register the phone she was using.

“Whenever someone calls her or she calls someone, its Wizkid’s name that would show.

“True caller shows Wizkid. We need everybody to help us fight this. We’ve started working towards doing something about the fake accounts.

“I and Wizkid went to Zambia for a show. We were there when I received a call from some people in Australia. The caller said he wanted to know if he was speaking with Sunday Are, Wizkid’s manager. The Australian said that he had been speaking with someone, pretending to be Are.

“The Australian said that he had almost concluded negotiation for Wizkid to come to Australia to perform and was just about to pay $25,000 part payment, when he heard that Wizkid was in Zambia.

“They said someone wanted to collect money from them in Lagos, Nigeria, for Wizkid to come and perform. They now found out that I was in Zambia.

“I planned with them on how to make this arrest. I talked to them to convince the suspect to come and collect cash in a hotel in Lagos. That was how I managed to arrest her.

“She came along with two friends. They were two ladies and a guy. She looked like a guy.

“It took us three to four hours before we could believe she was a lady. She wore native clothes and spotted low cut, like she is Sunday Are. She wore Rolex wrist watch. She bought clothes for the lady that came with her because that one said she didn’t have any clothes good enough to wear to come and collect the money.

“The arrest happened in a hotel in Lagos.

“I planted policemen inside the hotel room. The people gave the lady an Australian number, saying the Australian didn’t have a Nigerian number.

“Everything looked genuine. The show was to be in Australia, the phone number was an Australian number and the man she was speaking with, was a white man. But the man was actually in Australia, directing them to come to the hotel to collect cash.

“They entered the room and we arrested them,” he added.

Another militant group emerges in Niger Delta, threatens to launch six missiles

Another militant group has emerged in the Niger Delta, calling itself the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, and threatening to begin launching six missiles in the region on June 7 in an operation it said would surprise Nigerians and the entire world.

It warned the Nigerian military to peacefully leave Ijaw communities and not attempt to deploy helicopters to the South South zone as it is going to bring them down.

The group, which claimed affiliation to the Niger Delta Avengers, warned that no flight operations should take place within the country’s airspace as the missiles were capable of bringing down any aircraft no matter how big.

In a statement signed by  General Akotebe Darikoro, Commander, General Duties; General Torunnanaowei Latei, Creeks Network Coordinator; General Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro, Pipelines Bleeding Expert; and General Pulokiri Ebiladei of its Intelligence Bureau, the group said it had observed that President Muhammadu Buhari was bent on breaking up the country and that it was set for the proposal.

The statement reads in full: “We have seen and noted that President Muhammadu Buhari (a.k.a. Pharaoh) is set for the final breakup of the country. Mr. Buhari should also know that we are also prepared and set for his proposal. The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) which is the highest organ of all the freedom fighting body has finally endorsed the followings:

1. After extensive and exhaustive deliberation by all Commanders of various groups in Yenagoa, the heart of the Niger Delta struggle met last night and as part of our mission, we are going to test six (6) of our MISSILES in the region. This is to show the federal government of our readiness of the American prediction.

2. There should be NO any form of helicopter to fly around in the region as we will not guarantee the safety of such object.

3. The people of the Niger Delta region should not be panic in course of test running the 6 MISSILES.

4. We may also decide within the week to shut down the Nigerian satellite orbit, so that there will be no communication in the country if needs arise.

5. Within our three (3) days operations, NO airplane should fly out of the country because it can target such object no matter how small or big it may be.

6. Our Fighter Expert Team shall be positioned in the six (6) Niger Delta states, who are already arrived the region from training through our country’s porous borders with our foreign partners who are going to showcase what they have learnt in the past one year.

7. Our struggle is not for any human blood, but we have been pushed to the wall for justice because our patience is running out on a daily basis as Nigerian uniform men are killing our innocent people continuously.

8. Nigerian military should as a matter of urgency leave peacefully the Ijaw communities they are presently in, the next 48 hours under the guise of searching for the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) or else we should not be blamed of whatever catastrophe that may befall such officers and the likely affected families of the officers should be blamed not the region.

9. We have consulted our war gods (deities) that enough is enough and that the time has come. Since the present Pharaoh of Nigeria, President Buhari is to preside over the disintegration of the country, it is a good omen.

10. Henceforth, any attack on Ijaw communities or person(s) by the military or para-military body in the region, we will not hesitate to order our shoot-at-sight squad of any uniform personnel in the region.

11. We ask all Service Chiefs including Minister of Defence to shamefully resign their positions because Nigeria has no security in whatever form. Bravo to our Foreign Marine Crack Team for their ability to shut down Nigerian obsolete surveillance equipments.

12. For the records, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) are not in Delta state, we only go there to strike and return back safely to the struggle base, Bayelsa state.

13. We further warn especially, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, Information Commissioner in Bayelsa state not to criticize our activities any longer or else he has a choice of leaving the planet earth anytime he made such statement(s).

14. All oil and gas operations should shut down immediately as our MISSILES testing will affect their equipments.

15. NOTE, we shall commence MISSILES testing on Tuesday 7, June 2016 which coincides with the date of our training abroad. Since the present Pharaoh of Nigeria (Buhari) has failed us in our demands, we promise Nigerians and the entire world that we are going to surprise them.

Lawyers write AGF, want Boko Haram sponsors probed, prosecuted

A body of legal professionals identified as Lawyers United for Equality and Human Rights Advocacy has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation, demanding the probe and prosecution of Boko Haram insurgents and their sponsors at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

In a letter to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Malam Abubakar Malami which was made available to DAILY POST in Abuja, the group noted it was obvious that there was international sponsorship of terrorism which it said was encouraging the resurgence of militancy in other parts of the country.

The document which was signed by the group’s convener, BarristerEdward Omaga, averred that taking the steps of prosecution would not only stem the tide of terrorism, but would be a departure from mistakes of the past.

“Of course, the federal government should realise that there is nowhere in the world where the magnitude of crimes perpetuated by Islamic Terrorists – Boko Haram and that of the current Niger Delta Avengers took place without prosecution at the International Criminal Court,” the group maintained.

The group also pointed that recent developments showed that Boko Haram terrorists were still in touch with their sponsors for political reasons.

“The recent developments in Nigeria which are capable of causing serious political upheavals are pointers to the fact that the top politicians in Borno State who created Boko Haram are still in touch with their “foot soldiers”, they said.

They reasoned that having gone this far in decimating Boko Haram insurgency, the lack of prosecutions of their sponsors will bring about continued heinous crimes in the North East and Nigeria in general.

According to the group, the brutal killing of over 10,000 people since 2009 by the insurgents was too much of a crime that must be prosecuted in order to preserve the peace of the nation in future.

“It is our duty as a group of refined legal minds to fight and preserve Nigeria- the country that gave every Nigerian a home and heritage especially since 2009, over 10,000 Nigerians have been killed,” they said.

Federal Government scraps post-UTME for prospective tertiary students

The Federal Government on Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, post UTME, for candidates seeking admission into higher institutions, adding that there was no need for other examination to be conducted by universities after the one conducted by JAMB.

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who stated this in Abuja after declaring open the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria, said all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.

While expressing confidence in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Adamu said: “As far as I am concerned the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing. The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complain against JAMB let them bring it and then we address it.

“If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission.”

The Minister, however, requested JAMB to stop extra charges on several categories of changes on admissions such as the change of course, change of school and others.

Super Eagles rise six places in June FIFA rankings

Nigeria now occupy the 61st position in the latest FIFA rankings released on Thursday.

This represents an upward movement by six places, but the former African champions are rated 12th on the continent.

The Super Eagles played two international friendlies against Mali and Luxembourg and won both matches. This ensured they amassed a total of 559 points.

In Africa, they are placed behind Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Tunisia, Cape Verde, Congo DR, Guinea, Cameroon and Congo.

Argentina are the highest-ranked country in the world and the top five is completed by Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile.

Students protest ‘no school fees, no exam’ policy in Auchi

Some students of Federal Polytechnic Auchi in Edo, on Thursday protested the “no school fees, no exam” policy adopted by the institution’s management.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protest resulted in the vandalism of no fewer than 100 vehicles and several properties.

The situation was however brought under control by the police and members of Auchi Vigilante Service.

Already, the management of the institution has closed down the school, to prevent escalation of the violence.

Sources said several students allegedly involved in the protest were arrested by the police.

The incident was said to have started when some of the students were denied access to write their first semester exam.

The affected students were said to have mobilised themselves and disrupted other students already writing their exams, before vandalising vehicles and properties.

Some of the students who spoke to NAN on condition of anonymity, said it was unfair to deny them the chance to take the exams.

“We are protesting because the school management prevented us from writing our first semester examination on the account that we are yet to pay our fees.

“The school management is not fair to us and we want the policy reversed,” one of them said.

Reacting to the development, the Dean, School of Evening Studies, Mr Mahmmud Garuba, faulted the protest by the students.

Garuba said that the management had announced the “no school fees, no exam policy” prior to the commencement of the examinations.

“Those that were denied access into the examination hall were not students; as they have not registered since they claimed to have gained admission into the polytechnic.

“Enough sensitisation was done on the “no school fees, no examination” policy by the management and for them to go on riot and destroy properties of the institution, it is unacceptable,” he said.

The Public Relations Officer of the polytechnic, Mr Mustapha Oshiobugie, also said that those prevented from writing the examination were not registered students of the institution.

“The management is sitting now and at the end of their meeting they would come up with their decision.”(NAN)

Ogoni clean-up: Jonathan made a mistake – Traditional ruler

The President of the Ogoni Council of Traditional Rulers, King Godwin Giniwa has declared that former President, Goodluck Jonathan made a terrible “mistake” for ignoring the UNEP report.

The paramount ruler of the Ogoni kingdom, King Giniwa said this while making his remark during the launch of the Ogoni clean-up programme held in Gokana Local government area of Rivers state.

While describing Jonathan as an easy-going man, the Paramount ruler expressed shock that Ogonis were neglected during his administration.

He urged the people of Ogoni to appreciate President Mohammadu Buhari who is keeping his promise.

King Godwin Giniwa urged the Federal government to carry out effective clean-up of Ogoni.

According to him, “Many times, I met with the former President. And each time we met and he asked me what I wanted, I tell him to come and help us clean our land. But nothing was done. He is my son and I like him, but he made a big mistake. He made a mistake for ignoring the Ogoni people.

“But when I met with this current Federal government led by Buhari, he gave me his word and here we are today.

“I want to appeal to you (Federal government) to please employ our people. Please, appoint one of our own into your cabinet so we can feel your impact.”

The paramount ruler also announced the installation of a Chieftaincy title, Mene-Nuale on President Mohammadu Buhari.

SHOCKING: I did everything to make Jonathan clean Ogoniland but he refused – Amaechi

Minister of Transport and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has said that immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, clearly turned his deaf ears to the plight of the Ogoni people and the Niger Delta in general.

Amaechi, who in his address at the flag-off of the implementation of the UNEP report on Ogoniland acknowledged the presence of his successor, Nyesom Wike, lamented that he did everything within his power as a governor to make Jonathan implement the UNEP report on Ogoniland.

He said, “We did everything possible as a sitting government to make the president implement the UNEP report, everything. But the report was not implemented after all.”

Amaechi noted that the 1b dollar clean up exercise would create jobs for the people of the region.

He, however, thanked the President Buhari -led administration for coming to the aid of the Ogoni people and for fulfilling part of his campaign promises of cleaning up the region.