Fire engulfed a building within the sky memorial plaza and the PDP Wadata house, wuse zone 5, Abuja Monday evening.

The press unit was affected by the fire.

The incidence was confirmed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Olisah Metuh.

Mr Metuh, in a statement said the fire, caused by some electrical faults at about 8.15 p.m., was promptly put off by men of the Federal Fire Service.

The unit houses the Press Corps Centre and an extension of Metuh’s office.

“The PDP rules out any form of sabotage or attack and hereby wishes to inform all our members and teeming supporters that the fire has since been put under control,’’ the party official said in the statement.




source: http://tundeoloyede.blogspot.com/2014/04/fire-guts-pdp-secretariat-in-abuja.html

According to vanguard news, A 14 year-old bride, Wasila Tasi’u, was on Monday charged before a Rijiyar Zaki Magistrates’ Court in Kano for alleged culpable homicide.
Wasila is facing the charge for allegedly killing her 35 year-old groom, Umar Sani, and three others in Kademi village in Gaya Local Government Area.
The prosecutor, Insp. Yusuf Sale, alleged that the accused poisoned Sani’s food with some substance, popularly known as Ota pia pia.
According to him, the husband and three other persons died on the spot after eating the food.
The prosecutor also alleged that the other six persons who ate the meal in the same dish were rushed to General Hospital Gaya, but were later treated and discharged.
However, the accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Sale said the offence contravened Section 221 (B) of the penal code.
The prosecutor urged the court to adjourn the case to enable the Police to seek for the advice of Director Public Prosecution.
The Magistrate, Binta Muhammad, adjourned the case to May 12 for mention.
She, however, ordered that the accused person to be remanded in prison custody.  (NAN)
source: http://tundeoloyede.blogspot.com/2014/04/14-year-old-bride-charged-for-killing.html

I just saw this appauling news and thought to share, According to vanguard news, residents of OMPADEC area in the Amarata suburb of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, were yesterday, gripped with fear, following the shooting to death of an 18-year- old youth by armed men suspected to be cultists.
The incident, which caused pandemonium in the neighbourhood, occurred in front of the house of a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC.
While many residents of the area claimed that the killing of the youth  was as a result of violence between two notorious cult groups in the state, others feared that it might have political undertone.
The deceased, according to eyewitnesses, was pursued by his assailants, who caught up with him in front of the residence of a chieftain of the APC and dealt him machete cuts before he was shot dead.
It was learnt that the gunmen, numbering four, had at 7p.m.,  Sunday, pursued their victim, whose name is yet to be ascertained, to the OMPAEC area and caught up with him in front of the residence of the APC chieftain, dealt machete cuts on him and shot him at close range.
The attack caused residents and shop owners in the usually busy area to run for safety.
Though the APC chieftain was not at home when the incident occurred, he was reportedly alerted that some gunmen had stormed his gate and a young man was shot dead.
source: http://tundeoloyede.blogspot.com/2014/04/panic-as-gunmen-kill-18-yr-old-in.html

2014 MTV Movie Awards Winners List
Movie of the Year: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Best Female Performance: Jennifer Lawrence, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Best Male Performance: Josh Hutcherson, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Breakthrough Performance: Will Poulter, We're the Millers
Best Kiss: Will Poulter, Jennifer Aniston and Emma Roberts, We're the Millers
Best Fight: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Orlando Bloom and Evangeline Lilly vs. Orcs
Best Comedic Performance: Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Scared-As-S**t Performance: Brad Pitt, World War Z
Best On-Screen Duo: Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, Fast & Furious 6
Best Shirtless Performance: Zac Efron, That Awkward Moment
#WTF Moment: Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Villain: Mila Kunis, Oz the Great and Powerful
Best On-Screen Transformation: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
Best Musical Moment: Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson perform in Heaven, This Is the End
Best Cameo Performance: Rihanna, This Is the End
Best Hero: Henry Cavill as Clark Kent, Man of Steel
Trailblazer Award: Channing Tatum
Generation Award: Mark Wahlberg






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