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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held on Saturday. It also announced that the party won all the councillorship positions, with some of the candidates returned unopposed. BSIEC chairman John Tsuwa who declared the results in Makurdi, however, declined to release details of votes scored by the candidates. “The figures are not ready. I will not entertain questions because this is not a press conference,,” he told curious newsmen. Tsuwa said that eight political parties participated in the exercise and listed them to include Accord Party, APC, PDP, SDP, ACB, PPP, LP and NNPP. He thanked security agencies for ensuring a smooth conduct of the elections, and expressed happiness that no case of violence or snatching of ballot box was reported throughout the exercise. The post APC sweeps Benue LGC seats appeared...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC) announced on Sunday that the All Progressive Congress (APC), had won all the 23 local government chairmanship seats in the elections held on Saturday. It also announced that the party won all the councillorship positions, with some of the candidates returned unopposed. BSIEC chairman John Tsuwa who declared the results in Makurdi, however, declined to release details of votes scored by the candidates. “The figures are not ready. I will not entertain questions because this is not a press conference,,” he told curious newsmen. Tsuwa said that eight political parties participated in the exercise and listed them to include Accord Party, APC, PDP, SDP, ACB, PPP, LP and NNPP. He thanked security agencies for ensuring a smooth conduct of the elections, and expressed happiness that no case of violence or snatching of ballot box was reported throughout the exercise. The post APC sweeps Benue LGC seats appeared...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Nigerian Army says no fewer than 1,400 suspected Boko Haram members arrested by the military are undergoing investigation at its detention facility. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, the outgoing Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, said this during a handover at the army command headquarters in Maiduguri on Tuesday. Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru took over from Irabor who was posted to serve as the Force Commander Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF). Irabor said a sizable number of the terrorists were intercepted, some were arrested while some willingly surrendered to troops of Operation Lafiya Dole. “Investigation is still ongoing and I can assure you that many of the terrorists have owned up that “they actually took part in the activities of Boko Haram. “They are still undergoing process of de-radicalisation as part of the efforts to fully reintegrate them into becoming meaningful citizens. “On how many we have taken to court, I can only tell you that ...

http://ift.tt/2rxztAw Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao gave staunch support for President Rodrigo Duterte’s martial law declaration on Monday, saying the country should be “grateful” for its strong leader. Duterte last week declared martial law in the southern Mindanao region to combat what he called a rising threat posed by the Islamic State group, after militants rampaged through a city triggering deadly battles. Activists, opposition lawmakers, and even some of Duterte’s allies criticised the decision, warning it could lead to rights violations and widen abuses amid his ongoing deadly drug war. But Pacquiao, a high-profile supporter of Duterte and an elected senator, heaped praise on the president. “We need to be grateful because we have a firm, strong president who is fighting these problems,” Pacquiao, who is regarded as a national hero for his boxing feats, told reporters. “From my heart, I support the declaration of the president.” Pacquiao, 38, has also express...

http://ift.tt/2ppUIPV Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari (C) sitting among the 82 rescued Chibok girls during a reception ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on May 7, 2017. PHOTO: TWITTER/BASHIR AHMAD Oluremi Tinubu, the Senator representing Lagos Central Senatorial District, said the recent rescue of 82 abducted Chibok schoolgirls was proof of the commitment of the Federal Government to the well-being of the Nigerian child. Tinubu said this on Saturday in Lagos in her message on the occasion the Children’s Day celebration marked annually on May 27. She expressed the hope that the remaining girls would be rescued soon and be reunited with their families. Tinubu also urged the government to provide food, shelter, affordable and accessible health care and education for those who had been displaced by insurgency. “This is your right and I hope that Nigeria can be better to provide you a whole world of opportunities ahead of you. “It is my hope that every one ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An Egyptian heath ministry official said on state television that a large number of children were amongst the victims of a gun attack on Christians in Minya earlier on Friday. Gunmen attacked vehicles taking a group of Coptic Christians to a monastery in southern Egypt, killing at least 26 people and wounding 25 others. Gunmen attacked buses and a truck taking the group of Coptic Christians to a monastery in southern Egypt on Friday, killing 26 people and wounding 25 others, witnesses and the Health Ministry said. An Interior Ministry spokesman said the gunmen had arrived in three four-wheel-drive vehicles. Eyewitnesses said masked men stopped the two buses and a truck and opened fire on a road leading to the monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Minya province, which is home to a sizeable Christian minority. Security forces launched a hunt for the attackers, setting up dozens of checkpoints and patrols on the desert road. The grand imam of al-Azhar, Eg...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J As Council Workers Protest non payment of Salaries Political Aide to Delta State Governor On Special Duties (Media), Mr Ossai Ovie Success has put an end to claims that the state government led by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa was to be blamed for councils’ indebtedness to it’s workers. According to the Governor’s Aide “For long now, the general public have been fed with false information regarding the payment of Council salaries. “Let the truth be told, the state government is not owing Council Salaries. It is very unfortunate that some persons are not telling the truth rather going about deceiving the general public. In a society like ours, only the truth can set a man free. “Local Government Staff are not supposed to be paid by the state government, the state government since Gov. Okowa assumed office as the Executive Governor has been assisting the local government councils in the state regarding the payment of the council workers. “Recently I was at the meeting...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The leadership of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Lagos chapter, on Wednesday, said it supported the planned scrapping of yellow commercial buses by the State Government. The secretary of the council, Mr Lekan Amusan, who confirmed this development, stressed that the union would support the State Government’s efforts to transform the transportation sector in order to attain a mega city status. Amusan made this disclosure at an interactive session with members of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) in Lagos. He disclosed that his association and the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), had been approved as the sole automatic operators on the commencement of the new service scheme. The RTEAN scribe, lauded Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode for running a transparent government with human face, saying that members of both transport unions were consulted before the decision to ban the yellow buses was taken. “Let me give...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J U.S. President Donald Trump’s Air Force One plane left Rome after a meeting with Pope Francis and is headed for Brussels, where he is scheduled to meet Belgian and European Union leaders and attend a NATO summit. Trump left Rome to attend a NATO summit in Brussels, but was set to return to Italy late Thursday for the May 26-27 Group of Seven (G7) leading nations summit in Taormina, Sicily. Newsmen report that Trump arrived at the Vatican on for talks with one of his most high-profile critics, Pope Francis. In a statement, the Vatican said the two leaders expressed a “joint commitment in favour of life, freedom of worship and conscience,” alluding to their common opposition to abortion and understanding that Christians may be conscientious objectors on the issue. “It is hoped that there may be serene collaboration between the state and the Catholic Church in the United States, engaged in service to the people in the fields of healthcare, education and assistanc...

http://ift.tt/2r1vwR2 Waripamo-Owei Dudafa The absence of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecutor on Wednesday in Lagos stalled the ongoing trial of Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, a former Senior Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. Dudafa is standing trial at a Federal High Court, Lagos, over alleged concealment of 15.5 million dollars (about N4.8 billion) which the former Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan, has laid claim to. He was charged alongside two others, a lawyer, Amajuoyi Briggs, a senior staff of Skye Bank , Adedamola Bolodeoku, and four companies. The four companies are Pluto Property Development Company Ltd, Seagate Property Development Company Ltd, Transocean Property Development Company Ltd, and Avalon Property Development Company Ltd. At the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday, the court informed the defendants that the EFCC prosecutor, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, had written a letter seeking for an adjo...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Ben Agande Kaduna – A swift intervention by security agents Monday morning averted a crisis in Kaduna when some hoodlums attacked a middle aged man in the Kabala west area of the city. Though one account said the man who was attacked eventually died as a result of excessive bleeding, security sources said no life was lost. The incidence however threw the city into confusion for a few hours before normalcy was restored. According to an a witness who declined to be named, some hoodlums stabbed the middle aged man when he resisted attempts by the urchins to collect his telephone handset on Sunday near a football viewing centre after the English premiership match between Manchester United and Arsenal football clubs. The eyewitness said:”some hoodlums attacked a middle age man after the football match between Manchester Unites and Arsenal on Sunday. He resisted their attempt to steal his phone. Though the police intervened and brought the crisis under control, the...

http://ift.tt/2pnbbn7 FRSC Boss, Boboye Oyeyemi<br />PHOTO: nigeriannewsservice.com The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps [FRSC], Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, on Monday said the number of cars in the country was putting undue pressure on the nation’s road network, thereby causing accidents. Oyeyemi said Nigeria has over 7.6 million cars plying through its 204, 000 kilometer road network. “This statistics show that there is high pressure on the road network which makes the prevalence of road accidents high,” he said in a message to an event organised to mark the Global Road Safety Week in Kaduna. He said that the FRSC had come up with various strategies including installation of speed limiter device in commercial vehicles to reduce road traffic deaths. The Corps Marshal, represented by Ebenezer Ashaniya, Deputy Corps Commander Policy, Research and Statistics, said efforts were on to increase awareness on the dangers of speed among road users in the country. Oyeyemi sa...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A consultant neurologist, Dr Rufus Akinyemi, on Monday in Ibadan, said migraine headache could be triggered by anxiety, work overload or stress. Akinyemi, a Senior Research Fellow at Institute for Advanced Medical Research and Training, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, said that “migraine is severe headache that can be debilitating. “It can cause severe throbbing pain or a pulsing sensation, usually on just one side of the head. It’s often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme sensitivity to light and sound,” He advised that people who experienced migraine should know the trigger factors and prevent a full-blown attack by acting upon the warning signs. He added that “while the exact cause of migraine is unknown, it is however, thought to be due to abnormal brain activity which causes temporary alteration in the nerve signals, chemicals and blood flow in the brain. “Migraine can begin in childhood or early adulthood. There are those people...