OBI DEMOLISHES HOTEL WHERE HUMAN HEADS WERE DISCOVERED

ANAMBRA State Governor, Peter Obi, Friday ordered the demolition of the Upper Class Hotel, Onitsha, where two fresh human heads, arms and ammunition were discovered, saying that his administration would continue to fight crime in the State.
He made this comments while personally supervising the demolition exercise of the three- storey structure at 8 Old Market Road, Onitsha.
The governor disclosed that government had confiscated all assets belonging to the owner of the hotel who was arrested together with his staff.
He explained that the action was in line with the policy of his administration to sustain the fight against crime and criminality.

MY PROBLEM WITH DAME JONATHAN, BY AMAECHI

RIVERS State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has said that he desires peace with President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, irrespective of their perceived misunderstanding.
Amaechi said his misunderstanding with the First Lady arose out of his desire to provide a conducive learning environment for the children of Okrika, her hometown.
The governor stated this when clergymen of the Niger Delta Bishops’ Forum visited him in Government House, Port Harcourt Friday as part of their efforts to mediate the political crisis in the state.
Amaechi, who is also Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), however, said he has enormous respect for both President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife.

GAY PASTOR GOES TO JAIL

•Remanded for having sex with male church members
The Founder and General Overseer of a Pentecostal Church in Benin City, Pastor Phillip Ogbebor is now an unusual inmate at the federal medium security prison, Oko after a magistrate court ordered that he be remanded for having sex with male members of his Church.
Surprisingly, the randy pastor of Breakthrough Ministries, Owina Street, off Sakponba road Benin city, neither denied the allegation of homosexuality levelled against him by the parents of one of his victims nor blamed the devil as many culprits will do. Instead, he told Saturday Sun that “I am only passing through temptation. I only did it four times with the man who is 22 years old and a regular member of my church. I can’t claim that it was the devil’s influence , let God decide my case.”

APC REGISTRATION THREATENS ACN GOVS’ 2ND TERM BIDS

•Ajimobi, Aregbesola, Fayemi affected
With its registration midweek, the All Progressives Congress (APC) may have entered another phase of challenge that may test its stability, cohesiveness and capability to wrest power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) amid jostling by elective office aspirants in the fraternizing parties for the mega opposition party’s tickets for the 2015 elections in the states in the South West.
Expectedly, the most prized ticket is that of the governorship, which has become a major issue of contention in Oyo, Osun and Ekiti states, where gubernatorial aspirants have emerged in other parties in the partnership of which the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) is dominant.

REVEALED: AL-QAEDA’S PLOT TO RECRUIT NIGERIANS •NIGERIAN SUSPECT IN SSS CUSTODY, FACES EXTRADITION TO US

THE Federal Government on Friday revealed how international terror group, al-Qaeda, planned to recruit educated Nigerians for terrorist activities.
Court processes filed by the Federal Ministry of Justice before the Federal High Court in Abuja in an extradition request case gave details of the plot anchored by a Nigerian who is now in custody of the security agency.
According to court papers, the Nigerian, Lawal Olaniyi Babafemi, who escaped arrest in the United States and was arrested in Nigeria, informed security agencies during interrogation that he was paid thousands of dollars to recruit English-speaking Nigerians into the terrorist organization.

14, NOT 67 PERSONS WERE RESETTLED IN ANAMBRA, SAYS FASHOLA

LAGOS State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, yesterday revealed that only 14 rehabilitated persons rescued from the streets were returned to their state of origin in Anambra State, and not 67 as reported. Fashola, who made the clarification during a visit of Aka Ikenga, Igbo community in Lagos to his office in Alausa, Ikeja said what happened was indeed “a very small matter” that has been exaggerated to score cheap political gain. Explaining the situation, the governor said that there was actually correspondence between the Lagos State Government and the liaison office of the Anambra State Government in Lagos on the 9th of April, 2013, from the Special Adviser on Youths and Sports, Mr. Enitan Badaru, to the office on integration.

VP’S NEW RESIDENCE: JONATHAN BOWS TO SENATE

President Goodluck Jonathan has turned down the request of the Federal Capital Territory Development Authority (FCDA) to spend additional N9billion on the new official residence of Vice-President Namadi Sambo,according to indications yesterday in Abuja.
The President upheld the observation of the Senator Smart Adeyemi-led Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory that the funds request was indefensible.
He also asked the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Mohammed, to keep the memo on the variation of the project.
He said the Federal Executive Council would not consider such a memo and urged the FCDA to give Sambo a befitting official residence within the initial scope of the N7billion vote for it.

KENYAN LAWYER SUES ISRAEL, ITALY OVER KILLING OF JESUS

• The ICJ has no jurisdiction for such a case –Spokesperson
A Kenyan lawyer has filed a petition with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, suggesting that the trial and crucifixion of Jesus Christ was unlawful, and The State of Israel among others should be held responsible.
Dola Indidis, a lawyer and former spokesman of the Kenyan Judiciary is reportedly attempting to sue Tiberius (Emperor of Rome 42 BC-37AD), Pontius Pilate, a selection of Jewish elders, King Herod, the Republic of Italy and the State of Israel.
“Evidence today is on record in the Bible, and you cannot discredit the Bible,” Indidis said. Even though those he suggests should have been convicted during the original trial have not been alive for more than 2000 years, Indidis insists that the government for whom they acted can and should still be held responsible. “I filed the case because it’s my duty to uphold the dignity of Jesus and I have gone to the ICJ to seek justice for the man from Nazareth.