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April 27, 2017
The Presidency through Femi Adeshina (the special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) has responded to ta news headline in a national newspaper of Wednesday, April 26, entitled: Buhari's Government Harrassing My Family, Says Jonathan.

The paper said former President Goodluck Jonathan made the allegation in a new book, "Against The Run of Play", written by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi. 
The former president also reportedly disagreed with the style being used by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari in fighting corruption. 

The presidency says, 'we make bold to state unequivocally that President Buhari harasses nobody; he merely allows the law to take its course. For the umpteenth time, we say that anybody without skeleton in his or her cupboard, has nothing to fear about the bared fangs of the anti-corruption initiative. Fear belongs only to those who have abused trust while in office. Anybody who feels aggrieved is free to approach the courts to seek redress or justice. President Buhari believes in the rule of law and that is why his campaign against corruption is anchored on that plank. With regard to President Buhari's anti-graft style, which the former president deprecates, given the scale of revelations and recoveries so far by the anti-corruption agencies, it is obvious that corruption had an uninhibited course during our recent past. 

In any case, time will give the verdict on whose style of fighting corruption ultimately yielded the most dividends. For now, President Buhari is resolute and single-minded in the fact that his crusade against graft is not targeted at any individual or group. He firmly believes that national interest must always be placed above personal interest, no matter who is involved.
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April 25, 2017 1


Three female suicide bombers were on Monday, April 24, intercepted in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The suicide bombers had attempted to enter Mamanti village Jere local government area. One of the bombers detonated her bomb which claimed her life but the other two were shot dead while trying to flee. 
A statement by NEMA said:
"They were intercepted by Civilian JTF. In the process, one of the bombers detonated IED strapped to her body killing herself alone. The other two tried to escape but were shot dead by security personnel on duty. EOD mine drafted to the scene to sanitise and render the area safe. Normalcy is restored."
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April 25, 2017
A fatal accident that occured over the weekend on the Ikot-Ekpene-Aba Expressway in Aba, Abia state, led to the death of many and several others injured. The accident, which involved a truck, a couple of tricylces, a commercial bus and a private owned car, was reportedly caused by the truck.
According to witnesses, the truck, heavily loaded with chippings, was speeding as it descended the Ogbor Hill Bridge, when it lost control and crashed into several vehicles and pedestrians. The bus and tricycles popularly called Keke Napep were loading passengers when the truch hit them, sending them through the rail of the bridge, and into the water below. 

The Nation reports that the truck driver and his conductor escaped the scene of the accident. Witnesses also disclosed that about 20 people were affected by the accidents with at least 10 dead.
“The man was coming down the bridge with speed and in the process, lost control of his vehicle. The bus and some keke were loading their passengers before the accident. The car down the bridge was hit and it destroyed the rail before landing there," a witness told The Nation.
“I am not sure anyone in that car survived. Another private car was also affected and I don’t think the passengers survived. The people affected were about 20 or more; about 10 persons died. Many people sustained injuries because it happened during the rush hour.”
 An FRSC personnel, who pleaded for anonymity, said 21 persons were affected in the accident – eight females and 13 males; three persons died. He said that the injured victims are receiving treatment at a private hospital on the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway.


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April 25, 2017
The Chief Security Officer to President Buhari, Bashir Abubakar, today expelled the State House correspondent of The Punch newspaper, Olalekan Adetayo, from Aso Rock over a report on the president’s health published in the Sunday edition of the paper.

Bashir who believed the report was an affront on the presidency, seized Adetayo's tag before ordering military officers to escort him to the Press Gallery of the Council Chamber to pick his belongings and then removed from Aso Rock.

 Source :Lindaikejsblog
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April 22, 2017
Niger state governor, Abubakar Bello, says the N6 bn found in various accounts operated by a former Commissioner of Local Government in the state and ex PDP governorship candidate of the state, Kantigi Liman, belongs to the state government.

On April 11th, EFCC disclosed it had found N4 billion in two company accounts linked to Liman and another N2 billion was yesterday found in a UBA account linked to Liman.

In an interview with state house correspondents yesterday, Bello said the money belongs to the state government. According to him, the recovered funds is believed to have been diverted by the suspect through inflated hajj subsidies offered by the state government to pilgrims when he served as the Chairman of the Niger State Pilgrims' Agency.
He said

"I'm aware that the EFCC is investigating the ecological funds. At the inception of this administration, we realised that the ecological funds disappeared. I did not have any evidence that it was utilised to address any ecological issues and we are faced with major ecological problems especially in Mokwa, Agaie, Bida, part of Minna, Rafin Gora and Mariga. We are doing our best to address the ecological problems. We need funds and unfortunately the N2 billion that was given to the state was not judiciously used to address the ecological challenges. If it had been used properly maybe our burden might have been reduced by now, but we are having sleepless nights over ecological issues and we are still approaching the Federal Government to assist us.
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April 22, 2017


The Presidency has said that the Presidential Committee ordered earlier this week by President Buhari to probe certain allegations against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engineer Babachir Lawal, and the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Mr. Ayo Oke, will do its work with uttermost diligence and without fear or favor.

Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Laolu Akande, in a statement released today, said the committee had already commenced its work in earnest.
President Buhari on Wednesday established the 3-man panel headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, with Attorney-General & Justice Minister, Abubakar Malami and National Security Adviser, Rtd Major General Babagana Munguno as members, to investigate allegations of legal and due process violations made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF and the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in a residential apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos. In the discharge of its work, the panel is expected to invite all relevant officials and private individuals who may be connected to both cases. It will also obtain and scrutinize documents that may throw some light on the issues raised in both cases. All its proceedings will however be in closed sessions to avoid speculations, allow for full disclosure and enhance the pace of proceedings. The panel which is expected to submit its report to the President at the expiration of the 14-day deadline, will conduct it’s work with utmost diligence and without fear or favour.
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April 22, 2017
On Wednesday, April 19, 2017 the U.S. Secret Service said it would end public access to a sidewalk along the south fence of the White House.

The sidewalk has been closed at nights from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. since 2015 and will now be off-limits entirely. 

Secret Service Communications Director Cathy Milhoan said the closure will “lessen the possibility of individuals illegally accessing the White House grounds”.  

In March, a man scaled a fence east of the White House at night and was on the property’s grounds for 16 minutes before being detained.
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April 22, 2017

The Food and Drug Administration says medications containing codeine or tramadol should not be given to children. The body also warns that these drugs could cause serious risks including difficulty in breathing and death.

The agency announced the new restrictions on the medications on Thursday April 20, 2017 in a statement that reads,
'these medications carry serious risks, including slowed or difficult breathing and death, which appear to be a greater risk in children younger than 12 years, and should not be used in these children'. 
The labels of all prescription medications containing codeine or tramadol will now restrict their use in children under 12 and recommend against their use in children between 12 and 18 years of age. 

Additionally, the FDA recommends breastfeeding mothers not take these medications due to the risk of serious adverse reactions in breastfed infants.

However, the FDA did not restrict over-the-counter medications containing codeine, such as flu and cold medications or cough syrups, which are available without a prescription.
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April 04, 2017
A 24 year old girl from Austin, Texas shared a video online that's gone viral which showed a big hole in her forehead. According to her, she was brutally attacked by some ladies on Saturday April 1st as she celebrated her 24th birthday at a local nightclub.

She said the girl who attacked her was part of her party group and that the attack came when she was drunk and the attacker took advantage of that and started fighting her and hit her in the forehead with a stiletto heel - leaving a hole in her head. See more photos after the cut...



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April 03, 2017
Terror on Monday showed it's ugly head once again, as a train station in St Petersburg, Russia experienced bomb blasts killing 11 people with so many others injured, in what the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev described as a "terrorist act."

The train where the bomb blast occurred was traveling between two stations in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-biggest city and another bomb was defused in another station, but no terrorist group as at press time had claimed responsibility for the act.
 

According to Russia's Russia's Anti-terrorist Committee and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the attack wasn't accidental as Russian president Vladimir Putin was attending a media meeting with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko.

The entire metro system in St. Petersburg has now been shut down.
"So far, we say it was an unidentified explosive device as investigators and the Federal Security Service's bomb specialists are to establish the exact cause of this explosion," Andrei Przhezdomsky told state-run Russia 24.

"In the metro car, everyone expected death, if I can say that. After the explosion, everyone expected consequences. Then we were taken out, and people began to help each other, brought others out. Most were covered in blood," a passenger on the train told TASS.

Another passenger at the Sennaya station, Stanislav Listyev,  told CNN;

"I was going going down the escalator at Sennaya square at about half past 2, and at that moment I felt an explosion wave underneath. Everything was filled with smoke, people started panicking. So the trains stopped and almost immediately the evacuation started," 

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in a message on Facebook;
"Those who suffered during the terrorist act in the St. Petersburg metro will be provided with all the necessary assistance," 
"My most sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the explosion. This is a common pain."

Viktor Ozerov, chairman of the defense committee in the Federation Council said:

"The choice of the place and the timing of these blasts is not accidental. The president of Russia is in [St. Petersburg], the media forum is taking place there, there are many journalists,"
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April 03, 2017
The strike action of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers has been called off. The strike action which kicked off this morning, was called off following a meeting between the leadership of the association and the leadership of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Abuja.

Group Managing Director of NNPC, Maikanti Baru, announced to the tanker drivers that the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has approved an increase of tanker drivers’ bridging allowance from 6.20 Naira to 7.20 Naira. The tanker drivers called for a strike action to press home their demand for improved welfare.
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April 03, 2017
The sad incident occurred in Masaka community in Nassarawa state over the weekend. Two secondary school students had a disagreement that degenerated into a fight. One of the students armed with a cow horn, stabbed the other student who fell on the ground instantly. The young man was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.

The police is now on the trail of the student who stabbed the boy to death. See graphic photo of the deceased after the cut.

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April 03, 2017
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai says suicide bombing in Borno and other parts of the North have reduced drastically. According to Buratai, the military has identified a major location of the suicide bombers and destroyed it. The Army chief said this in an interview over the weekend.


Be said“By and large, I tell you suicide bombing has been reduced drastically. In the last three days, there has been no Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) attack or suicide attacks and this, we hope it will continue. They may decide to come but we are able to take out one key area that we are even suspecting, our troops were able to clear them in conjunction with other security agencies. I won’t say at this stage that we have been able to make breakthroughs in respect of suicide bombing, but we have made substantial progress and we hope it will be sustained"
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