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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Lagos – Police in Ogun have arrested a 20-year-old man for allegedly killing his 27-year-old roommate, Friday Michael. The police spokesman in Ogun, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement that the incident happened on Friday at Mamu area of Awa-Ijebu. “The suspect came in around 6.30 a.m. and shot the deceased, who was sleeping, with a locally-made pistol. “The sound from the gun attracted other occupants of the house to the scene and they quickly alerted the police. “The DPO of Awa-Ijebu Division led his men to the scene and the suspect was promptly arrested,’’ said the police spokesman. He said that preliminary investigation indicated that the suspect was member of a notorious armed robbery gang terrorising the area. According to the police spokesman, the deceased had accosted the suspect on several occasions while coming from robbery operations. “It was the fear that the deceased may expose him that prompted him to sniff life out of him. “The suspect ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nigerian Young Democratic Party (YDP), advocating young people for leadership is urging and admonishing Nigerian youths to get involved in government since previous and present leadership have failed the country, allowing corruption to destroy the system, a country blessed with numerous natural resources yet poverty, unemployment, crime, hunger, economic recession have taken centre stage. This is a shame of a nation. According to the party’s Acting Secretary, Lagos Chapter, Adejoh Emmanuel, the new dispensation of youths should be allowed to participate in leadership since there has been leadership failure in the hands of military, civilian governments and other factors including religion, ethnicity, etc. are considered at the expense of competency. Borrowing the words of Martin Luther King that said, “human being should not be judged by their skin, religion, ethnicity but the content of their character and competence and what he/she can offer”. Emmanuel said fu...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J National Council of Muslim Youth Organizations, NACOMYO has described the position of CAN Youth on the suspension of SGF, Mr Babachir David Lawal and DG, NIA, Mr Ayo Oke as alien to the principles and doctrine of Christianity, stating that Christ supported socio-economic transformation initiatives. The apex Muslim Youth group charged its counterpart,Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria,YOUWICAN to rise above sentiments and jettison emotional feelings over the suspension of the two top government Officials and who are being investigated over an alleged complicity. It is high time religious institutions stopped playing lip service to nation’s affairs, especially on matters connecting their brethren. “It sounds  absurd and infertile to reasoning that the suspended SGF’s travail was calculated to pave the way for his removal and be replaced with a Muslim when in actual fact, PMB, his boss knew him to be a Christian before he appointed him. “Allowing ...