OPPOSITION MISINFORMING NIGERIANS ON JONATHAN’S PERFORMANCE – FG

The Federal Government has accused opposition parties  of  deliberately misinforming Nigerians  about  the performance of President Goodluck Jonathan.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, who  made the allegation  on Tuesday, however said Jonathan was determined to pursue and actualise his administration’s transformation agenda   in spite of the tendency of the opposition to feed the public  with   wrong information.

Anyim  said this in an address he sent to the opening of a one-day workshop on Effective Information Management and Public Communication as a Key Component of the Transformation Agenda.

The workshop was organised for Special Assistants on Media and Directors of information of Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies by the office of the Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Dr. Doyin Okupe, in Abuja.

OSHIOMHOLE IN ASO ROCK, SAYS PDP POLITICIANS ARE ROGUES •HE ONCE BEGGED JONATHAN TO RUN ON OUR TICKET —PDP

FOLLOWING controversy trailing his government’s conduct of the last local government election in Edo State, Governor Adams Oshiomhole, on Tuesday stormed the Presidential Villa to express his disgust to President Goodluck Jonathan over what he said was an attempt by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to create a crisis situation in the state.

Speaking to State House reporters after meeting with the president in his office in Abuja,  he said he came to tell the president that members of his party tried to create the impression that Edo State had gone out of control, following alleged rigging of the local government election by the state government.

25-YEAR-OLD MAN RAPES TODDLER

A 25-year-old man was on Monday arrested at Somolu, Lagos State after he was allegedly caught having sex with his two-year-old cousin.

The suspect, David Nnebong, lived with the victim’s grandmother at 18 Awoseyin Street, Somolu.

It was learnt that the incident occurred at about 3pm when the toddler was left in the house with the suspect by her grandmother, known as Iya Wura.

 The mother of the girl was said to be in Calabar.

PUNCH Metro learnt that on her return, the little girl who was crying while greeting her grandmother pointed to her vagina.

A neighbour, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said it was the girl’s cries that made her grandmother suspicious.

CHIBUIKE AMAECHI: WE ARE NOT PART OF JONATHAN’S TRANSFORMATION AGENDA

•Rivers State assembly warns of plot to impeach governor  
•Court stops suspension of lawmakers  
•State govt opens up on aircraft, admits it is US registered aircraft

 In a direct salvo that effectively drew the battle line between himself and President Goodluck Jonathan, the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has declared that his administration is rebuilding the state’s infrastructure to complement the development efforts of its founding fathers and not the transformation agenda of the federal government.

The depth of the feud between the presidency and Amaechi also assumed a new dimension Tuesday when the leadership and members of the Rivers State House of Assembly pointedly accused the executive of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), led by Chief Felix Obuah, of attempting to cause chaos in the state that could lead to the governor’s impeachment.

Their allegation came on the heels of the injunction granted by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday restraining the PDP from suspending 27 members of the state House of Assembly.

DELSU STUDENT HACKS INTO UDUAGHAN’S PHONE

WARRI— A 400-level medical student of Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, in Delta State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly hacking into Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s phone.

The student, who failed in pharmacology and pathology course  sent a text message, purportedly from the governor, to the Vice Chancellor, Prof Eric Arubayi, requesting him to upgrade his scores.

Vanguard gathered that enraged Govenor Uduaghan asked the vice chancellor to report the matter to the police and ensure the student was arrested when the matter was brought to his knowledge, as he never sent such message.

The affected student in a statement to the police, however, denied the allegation.

9,660 TESTED HIV POSITIVE IN LAGOS WITHIN ONE YEAR – GOVT

LAGOS— THE Lagos State Government, yesterday. disclosed that 9, 660 residents of the state tested positive to HIV virus of the 102,279 patients examined in the last one year.

Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed these during the 2013 ministerial briefing on the activities of his ministry to commemorate the sixth year of Governor Babatunde Fashola’s administration, said to prevent the increase in HIV virus, the state government through the Lagos State AIDS Control Agency, LASACA, distributed 520,000 male and female condoms across the state.

OKOROCHA RETURNS, GIVES CO-ACCIDENT VICTIM N.2M

MORE than one week after he travelled to London for medical attention following his involvement in an auto-crash, Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Monday evening returned to Owerri to resume his official duties.

Addressing journalists at the Government House, Owerri Tuesday, Okorocha publicly made a donation of N200,000 to the man who rammed his Mercedez Benz car into his convoy, smashing the windscreen of the governor’s car, Patrick Osita Nnawuihe.

The governor, penultimate Friday, was involved in the auto-crash in Awomama, Orlu area of Imo during a trip to inspect on-going projects in the state. Okorocha also said he has forgiven Nnawuihe, urging him to utilise the money in effecting repairs on his vehicle. He expressed regret that from investigations and findings, Nnawuihe’s vehicle was about 20 years old and lacking some papers.

N100BN DECEASED ‘CUSTOMERS’ FUNDS TRAPPED IN BANKS

The House of Representatives yesterday disclosed that about N100bn belonging to deceased banks’ customers is presently trapped in dormant accounts across the country.

According to the lawmakers, while the banks continue to trade with this money, beneficiaries of the deceased persons’ estates are living in penury, with many unable to feed.

The House therefore mandated its Committee on Justice and Judiciary to liaise with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mukhtar to relax the requirements for access to bank accounts of deceased persons by their next of kin and dependants.

PRESIDENCY DENIES FRESH REPORT ON FIRST LADY’S HEALTH

The Presidency yesterday denied fresh report on the health status of the First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan.

The Presidency was reacting to an online publication, which said Mrs. Jonathan’s health had “deteriorated again”.

The report, which claimed the First Lady had been dropped from President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visits to Namibia and South Africa, said “sources which informed of the medical situation stated that Mrs. Jonathan remained unwell after returning from Germany about three weeks ago”.

FESTIVAL OF SEX IN FESTAC

In the beginning, FESTAC Town was a purely residential estate. Originally referred to as Festival Town or FESTAC village, it is found along the Lagos – Badagry Expressway in Lagos. It derives its name from the second World African Festival of Arts and Culture held in Nigeria in 1977. Participants in the festival were given accommodation in the housing units, which were later allocated to winners, who emerged through a ballot.

But FESTAC Town is no longer what it used to be. It has lost its past glory in more ways than one. In particular, it is not a residential estate in every material particular anymore. It has become home to various commercial activities. Many private developers have put their fingers in the juicy pie.