PROMASIDOR FLAGS OFF NEW LOYA MILK PROMO, CUSTOMERS TO WIN CASH, CARS

Kachi Onubogu, Commercial Director Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Don Jazzy and Keith Richards, MD/CEO Promasidor Nigeria Limited

  Loya Milk, a brand from the stable of Promasidor Nigeria Limited has launched a new consumers’ promo tagged ‘It’s What’s Inside That Matters.’ The new promo which will run from February 1st to May 31^st  was unveiled at a press briefing in Lagos which was attended by many dignitaries including Loya Milk brand Ambassador, Don Jazzy.

DELTA 2015: I’VE ALL IT TAKES, I’M MORE THAN QUALIFIED –OBI

As preparations towards the 2015 general elections gather momentum, former Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly and former acting governor of the state, Sam Obi, said he has all it takes and that he is more than qualified to govern the state.

Obi, the General-Overseer, Oracle of God Church International, Asaba and a member representing Ika North East constituency in the state House of Assembly, who said this yesterday, said God who made him acting governor without any campaign is also alive to make him the next governor come 2015.

DUTCH COURT ORDERS SHELL TO PAY DAMAGES TO FARMER

•Dismisses claims by four others 

•Theft, vandalism partly to blame for spills, says oil firm

For Royal Dutch Shell, it was a case of win some, lose some Wednesday as a Dutch court ordered its Nigerian affiliate, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), to pay damages to a Nigerian farmer for oil pollution.

The court, however, dismissed four other claims filed against the parent company, in which the plaintiffs were seeking compensation from the oil giant for the pollution of their farmlands and destruction of their means of livelihood. 

MARGINALISATION CLAIMS STALLING BOARD APPOINTMENTS –JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said some appointments into federal agencies were pending because all the geo-political zones were complaining of marginalisation.

Jonathan said he had already directed the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Anyim Pius Anyim, to do proper analysis before such appointments were made. Swearing-in seven members of the Federal Character Commission, two permanent secretaries and a member of the Civil Service Commission at the State House, the President said he would ensure that two people from each of the geo-political zones weare appointed into federal agencies.

CAN BLASTS EL-RUFAI FOR JESUS, MARY RETWEET

The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday in Abuja reacted to the allusion to Jesus Christ by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on a social media.

The body condemned el-Rufai, saying he was only tring to whip up sentiments around religion for a selfish agenda.

CAN urged religious leaders and political associates to advise him on the need to be sober and circumspect, in his comments to avoid setting the country on fire.”

The organisation, which also asked President Goodluck Jonathan to check the former minister, added that from his unbridled assault on the Christian faith, el-Rufai was capable of “setting the country on fire.”

MEDIATION IN RIVERS, BAYELSA OIL WELL DISPUTE DEADLOCKED

The peace talk initiated by the Federal Government to resolve the Soku/Oluasiri oil well dispute between Rivers and Bayelsa states ended in a deadlock on Wednesday.

Following what it perceived as an injustice, the Rivers State Government pulled out of the parley after openly accusing the Federal Government of bias.

The two states have been at daggers’ drawn over the ownership of the oil wells located at the border communities of Oluasiri and Soku.

CJN TO INVESTIGATE CONTROVERSIAL JUDGE

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alooma Mukhtar, has promised that the National Judicial Council (NJC)  look into the controversy surrounding the questionable judgement delivered by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Abuja High Court in the conviction of a self-confessed pension thief, Yakubu Yusufu.

The CJN made the pledge through the chief registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr. Sunday Olorundahunsi, when two groups, the Anti-Corruption Network and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), led a protest march to the Supreme Court in Abuja yesterday.

WHY I LOST TO OBASANJO IN 1999 —EKWUEME

Elder statesman, Dr Alex Ekwueme, has disclosed that he would have been voted into office as the President of Nigeria in the 1999 Presidential election instead of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, but for the role he played in scuttling the ambition of the North for perpetual domination of the South at the 1994 Constitutional Conference.

 Ekweme said he had led the Southern Nigeria to muzzle the plot to use the conference called by the late General Sani Abacha to entrench the Northern domination, through a new constitution being considered through the conference.

PROSTITUTES PROMISE EAGLES FREE SEX… IF THEY WIN GOLD

Association of Nigerian Prostitutes (ANP) has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for moving on to the quarter finals stage of the Orange African Cup of Nations, South Africa 2013, urging them to go for gold. ANP, in a statement issued through its national secretary, Jessica Elvis, urged the national team to make the country proud by moving on to the finals and returning with the trophy.

EVIL CHILDREN: 2 SONS KIDNAP 74-YR-OLD FATHER

Two suspected children from hell have been arrested in Anambra State for allegedly kidnapping their father. The two brothers, Ifeanyi and Obinna, aged 44 and 33 respectively, were arrested by the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), led by Supol James Nwafor, after they were implicated in the alleged abduction of their father, Chief Mike Onwukamuche.

The two sons were said to have demanded for N5 million ransom from their father. According to investigation, the 74-year-old victim was abducted in Ojota and taken to Obosi and was allegedly held hostage for one week by the suspects. Both Ifeanyi, who was the victim’s heir and his younger brother, Obinna, according to investigation decided to kidnap their father because he did not give them money to support the upkeep of their families when they requested.

SULTAN TO FG: DIALOGUE WITH BOKO HARAM NOW

The Sultan of Sokoto and leader of Muslims in Nigeria, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the federal government to take advantage of the ceasefire announced by a faction of the Boko Haram sect and start dialoguing with the sect without further delay.

The Sultan made this call yesterday in Sokoto when the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika, paid him a courtesy call in his palace.

INVESTIGATION: FG’S WEBSITES INACTIVE AFTER GULPING BILLIONS

·        Petroleum, Defence, Agric

ministries absent online

·         Nnaji still minister on Power ministry’s website

Despite spending billions of naira on information technology last year, most Federal ministries and agencies lack active websites, Daily Trust investigations have shown.

At least three key ministries—Petroleum, Defence and Agriculture—have no online presence at all, while most of the ministries that have websites rarely update them.

The Ministry of Power’s website is among those displaying outdated information, including still having Prof. Barth Nnaji as the minister even though he left office since August.

HOW ISRAELI SWINDLED NAVY OVER DOCKYARD

There are indications that some staff at the Federal Ministry of Defence may have aided an Israeli firm, TP Marine Global Services, owned by one Mr. Amit Lichtenfeld, in swindling the Navy in the execution of the commercialization/concession joint venture project of the Naval Dockyard in Lagos.
Documents obtained by Peoples Daily show glaring breaches in the execution of the contractual agreement stipulated in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the part of TP Marine, headed by the Israeli.
Initially conceived for building and repairing of ships after its rehabilitation, the Federal Government was expected to earn about $500,000,000 per annum from the dockyard project.

COURT GRANTS SUBSIDY SCAM SUSPECT, ALAO, TRAVEL REQUEST

AN Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo Wednesday granted Abdulahi Alao, who was charged for alleged petrol subsidy fraud, leave to travel to the United States (U.S.) for medical treatment over undisclosed ailment.

Alao is the third defendant in the suit that also involves Mahmud Tukur, son of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Bamanga Tukur, Alex Ochonogor and Eterna Oil and Gas Plc.

SHEKARAU ESCAPES LYNCHING IN GARKO

........Over 20 vehicles destroyed, several people injured

The immediate past governor of Kano state, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, escaped being lynched by a mob yesterday when his motorcade was attacked in Garko, the headquarters of Garko local government area of the state.

An Islamic centre, built by Shekarau when he was governor, and ANPP offices in the town were burnt during the attack.

Shekarau, who was together with several other leaders of the All Nigeria Party (ANPP), had led top chieftains of his political party and thousands of their supporters to Garko town for a campaign rally for the February 2 bye-election into two vacant seats in the state House of Assembly.

MILITARY POSTINGS:IHEJIRIKA MUZZLES COAS CONTENDERS

On the face of it, the recent postings of top military officers of the Nigerian Army may seem a normal exercise, but there appears to be a deliberate attempt to position some favoured officers for a final onslaught on top contenders to the office of a future Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

On favouritism exhibited by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, the postings deliberately posted junior officers above their seniors to be General Officer Commanding, Corps Commanders or Brigade Commanders.

ATIKU CALL FOR STIFFER ANTI-CORRUPTION LAW

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government and National Assembly to make the anti-corruption law stiffer to serve the purpose of deterrence against white-collar criminals in the country.

Reacting to the public outrage that greeted the two-year sentence passed on a pension crime convict, Atiku explained that the issue brought to light the major defects of the anti-corruption laws.

Atiku said that “President Obasanjo submitted a stiffer draft law which, however, was watered down by the then National Assembly.”

Source: Daily trust

WE ‘LL EAT NIGERIA LIKE SUPER FRIED CHICKENS, IVORIAN EBOUE BOASTS

Galatasary of Turkey and Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire defender, Emmanuel Eboue, has boasted that his country will eat the Super Eagles of Nigeria like ‘super fried chicken’ when they meet on Sunday in one of the quarter finals matches in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations holding in South Africa.

Eboue, who through his twitter handle @TheRealEboue, congratulated Nigeria shortly after the Super Eagles defeated Ethiopia to reach the knock-out stages but was quick to caution Nigeria not to celebrate to much as the Elephants are coming for them.

PASTOR PULLS OUT GUN ON CHURCH ACCOUNTANT IN BENUE

Pastor  Ayo Oristejafor  CAN President

 THE Benue State Police Command, yesterday, arrested the pastor of a new generation church in Katsina-Ala (names withheld) for illegal possession of fire arms and assault on the church’s accountant.

Vanguard gathered from sources that the pastor was apprehended with the firearm by men of the Benue State Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARS, in Katsina-Ala where he allegedly tried to kill the accountant of the church, Mr. Philip Toryila, during a serious disagreement over money.

3 FRIENDS RAPE, ‘IMPREGNATE’ 13-YR-OLD STUDENT

 Policemen at Makinde Division in Lagos, have arrested three men who allegedly raped a 13-year-old girl, last  August in Mafoluku area of Oshodi.

The victim, a Junior Secondary School student (names withheld), was reportedly invited into one of the suspects apartment at 19, Majaro Street, Mafoluku.

Report said when she got inside, the owner of the apartment Emenuwa Achonam, a married man with five children, whose family was away, had carnal knowledge of her, alongside his two friends, Godwin Udoh, 22, and Emenike Orji, 20,