*** ‘It is an inquiry, not probe’


The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, yesterday said it was not probing the embattled former General Officer Commanding, GOC, Nigerian Army 7 Division, Maiduguri, Borno State, Maj-Gen Abubakar Mohammed over the alleged mutiny in the command.

National Mirror had last Friday, reported that the whereabouts of the embattled GOC was presently unknown and that the Nigerian Army was allegedly shielding him from being probed.

Soldiers in Maimalari Barracks in April fired gunshots at the former GOC for allegedly giving wrong orders that led to the death of their colleagues and that he was not attending to their welfare.

After the incident, DHQ set up a military board of inquiry to unravel the circumstances that led to the mutiny.

The military authorities immediately removed the GOC and had told the media that probe into the incident was ongoing.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/embattled-goc-weve-nothing-to-hide-says-dhq/


Cameroun Troops Kill 40 Boko Haram Insurgents-kidnapped Italian, Canadian Freed
*** Kidnapped Italian priests, Canadian nun freed

About 40 members of the Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by Cameroun security forces shortly after the release of two Italian priests and a Canadian nun suspected to have been held by the dreaded group.

A Presidency source confirmed that the clash between members of the sect and security operatives took place in Kousseri, a border town between Nigeria and Chad.

Cameroun, which has been criticised by Nigeria for not doing enough to fight the sect, deployed 1,000 troops to the far north last week as it steps up the fight against the Islamist militants.

Meanwhile, two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped in northern Cameroon nearly two months ago by suspected Boko Haram gunmen were released yesterday.

They were smiling and apparently in good health as they arrived in Yaounde, the capital.

Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri, missionaries from the diocese of Vicenza in north-east Italy, and Canadian Gilberte Bissiere were seized on the night of April 4 from the parish of Maroua, close to the border with Nigeria.

There has been no claim of responsibility for their kidnapping but Cameroonian officials have pointed the finger at Boko Haram.

State television showed images of the priests and the nun arriving at Yaounde airport yesterday in the company of heavily armed Camerounian Special Forces.
DEATAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/cameroun-troops-kill-40-boko-haram-insurgents/



DEATAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/cameroun-troops-kill-40-boko-haram-insurgents/


New CBN gov, Emefiele, assumes duty tomorrow
The new governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, will tomorrow take over the affairs of the apex regulatory bank at the start of a five-year term.

The erstwhile Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, assumes office following the expiration of the controversial term of the suspended CBN governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, whose tenure expires on June 2.

The new CBN Governor will be saddled with the onerous task of keeping monetary policy in sync with the government’s fiscal policies.

He is expected to adopt a less controversial stance on issues compared with the highly vocal Sanusi.

Analysts said the most pressing challenge the new helmsman would be contending with was determining the appropriate naira exchange rate while maintaining a robust external reserves position.

During his screening before the Senate in March, Emefiele had pledged his commitment to monetary stability.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/new-cbn-gov-emefiele-assumes-duty-tomorrow/



DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/new-cbn-gov-emefiele-assumes-duty-tomorrow/

Lagos civil servants get N119m housing loan

The Lagos State Government has disbursed about N119.7m as housing loans to its workers to enable them find a permanent solution to their accommodation problems.

Head of Service, HoS, Mrs. Oluseyi Williams, who disclosed this at a press briefing, said a total of 555 officers benefited from the facility within the period of one year.

According to her, the loan was to enable the beneficiaries acquire land and build their own houses.

Williams said the government had also allocated apartments to some workers at the various staff quarters to ease their accommodation problems.

She said no fewer than 100 brand new cars were procured for the use of directors in the state`s civil service within the period, adding that the government was passionate about the welfare of its workforce and would continue to initiate programmes that would guarantee their comfort in service.

The HoS also pointed out that no fewer than 5,000 secondary school students were engaged for two months during the period for holiday jobs, even as she explained that the objective was to engage the students meaningfully.

On employment embargo in the state, she said the state public service was not a full one.

She said within the last one year, the state government had employed 2,589 staff into the internal auditor cadre, the teaching service, medical service, amongst others, as special areas of dire need to render service to the general public.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/lagos-civil-servants-get-n119m-housing-loan/

Lafarge flays new SON regulation on cement
Lafarge Nigeria has condemned the procedures adopted by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON in adopting the new cement regulation in the country.

It stressed that what is needed to address the issue of wrong cement application in the country was proper and detailed product labelling by manufacturers.

SON recently announced that the 32.5 grade cement was unsuitable for all applications except for plastering, while the 42.5 grade cement must be used for casting of columns, beams, slabs and for moulding blocks, and the 52.5 grade cement was made mandatory for use in only heavy construction and bridge building.

The company, speaking through its General Manager Industrial Performance, Lanre Opakunle specifi cally noted that the build-up discussion by stakeholders prior to the announcement of the new standards by SON were actually inconclusive.

“SON did not follow due process in revising cement standards. Part of the deliberations on issues concerning the review of cement standards and the discussions were inconclusive. We discovered that the labelling is not adequate today and we made some proposals but those proposals have not been taken on-board but we will keep making efforts to see that they are taken on-board,” he said.

He disclosed that there was a part on labelling which they highlighted a lot at the deliberations because sometimes people could be naive despite their level of education as right labelling would help to ensure that people have the right information out there at their disposal with the burden on the professionals to do their job as it was the duty of manufacturers to inform the consumers about what their products can be used for.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/lafarge-flays-new-son-regulation-on-cement/

*** ‘It is an inquiry, not probe’


The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, yesterday said it was not probing the embattled former General Officer Commanding, GOC, Nigerian Army 7 Division, Maiduguri, Borno State, Maj-Gen Abubakar Mohammed over the alleged mutiny in the command.

National Mirror had last Friday, reported that the whereabouts of the embattled GOC was presently unknown and that the Nigerian Army was allegedly shielding him from being probed.

Soldiers in Maimalari Barracks in April fired gunshots at the former GOC for allegedly giving wrong orders that led to the death of their colleagues and that he was not attending to their welfare.

After the incident, DHQ set up a military board of inquiry to unravel the circumstances that led to the mutiny.

The military authorities immediately removed the GOC and had told the media that probe into the incident was ongoing.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/embattled-goc-weve-nothing-to-hide-says-dhq/


Cameroun Troops Kill 40 Boko Haram Insurgents-kidnapped Italian, Canadian Freed
*** Kidnapped Italian priests, Canadian nun freed

About 40 members of the Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by Cameroun security forces shortly after the release of two Italian priests and a Canadian nun suspected to have been held by the dreaded group.

A Presidency source confirmed that the clash between members of the sect and security operatives took place in Kousseri, a border town between Nigeria and Chad.

Cameroun, which has been criticised by Nigeria for not doing enough to fight the sect, deployed 1,000 troops to the far north last week as it steps up the fight against the Islamist militants.

Meanwhile, two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped in northern Cameroon nearly two months ago by suspected Boko Haram gunmen were released yesterday.

They were smiling and apparently in good health as they arrived in Yaounde, the capital.

Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri, missionaries from the diocese of Vicenza in north-east Italy, and Canadian Gilberte Bissiere were seized on the night of April 4 from the parish of Maroua, close to the border with Nigeria.

There has been no claim of responsibility for their kidnapping but Cameroonian officials have pointed the finger at Boko Haram.

State television showed images of the priests and the nun arriving at Yaounde airport yesterday in the company of heavily armed Camerounian Special Forces.
DEATAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/cameroun-troops-kill-40-boko-haram-insurgents/



DEATAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/cameroun-troops-kill-40-boko-haram-insurgents/


New CBN gov, Emefiele, assumes duty tomorrow
The new governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, will tomorrow take over the affairs of the apex regulatory bank at the start of a five-year term.

The erstwhile Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, assumes office following the expiration of the controversial term of the suspended CBN governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, whose tenure expires on June 2.

The new CBN Governor will be saddled with the onerous task of keeping monetary policy in sync with the government’s fiscal policies.

He is expected to adopt a less controversial stance on issues compared with the highly vocal Sanusi.

Analysts said the most pressing challenge the new helmsman would be contending with was determining the appropriate naira exchange rate while maintaining a robust external reserves position.

During his screening before the Senate in March, Emefiele had pledged his commitment to monetary stability.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/new-cbn-gov-emefiele-assumes-duty-tomorrow/



DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/new-cbn-gov-emefiele-assumes-duty-tomorrow/

Lagos civil servants get N119m housing loan

The Lagos State Government has disbursed about N119.7m as housing loans to its workers to enable them find a permanent solution to their accommodation problems.

Head of Service, HoS, Mrs. Oluseyi Williams, who disclosed this at a press briefing, said a total of 555 officers benefited from the facility within the period of one year.

According to her, the loan was to enable the beneficiaries acquire land and build their own houses.

Williams said the government had also allocated apartments to some workers at the various staff quarters to ease their accommodation problems.

She said no fewer than 100 brand new cars were procured for the use of directors in the state`s civil service within the period, adding that the government was passionate about the welfare of its workforce and would continue to initiate programmes that would guarantee their comfort in service.

The HoS also pointed out that no fewer than 5,000 secondary school students were engaged for two months during the period for holiday jobs, even as she explained that the objective was to engage the students meaningfully.

On employment embargo in the state, she said the state public service was not a full one.

She said within the last one year, the state government had employed 2,589 staff into the internal auditor cadre, the teaching service, medical service, amongst others, as special areas of dire need to render service to the general public.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/lagos-civil-servants-get-n119m-housing-loan/

Lafarge flays new SON regulation on cement
Lafarge Nigeria has condemned the procedures adopted by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON in adopting the new cement regulation in the country.

It stressed that what is needed to address the issue of wrong cement application in the country was proper and detailed product labelling by manufacturers.

SON recently announced that the 32.5 grade cement was unsuitable for all applications except for plastering, while the 42.5 grade cement must be used for casting of columns, beams, slabs and for moulding blocks, and the 52.5 grade cement was made mandatory for use in only heavy construction and bridge building.

The company, speaking through its General Manager Industrial Performance, Lanre Opakunle specifi cally noted that the build-up discussion by stakeholders prior to the announcement of the new standards by SON were actually inconclusive.

“SON did not follow due process in revising cement standards. Part of the deliberations on issues concerning the review of cement standards and the discussions were inconclusive. We discovered that the labelling is not adequate today and we made some proposals but those proposals have not been taken on-board but we will keep making efforts to see that they are taken on-board,” he said.

He disclosed that there was a part on labelling which they highlighted a lot at the deliberations because sometimes people could be naive despite their level of education as right labelling would help to ensure that people have the right information out there at their disposal with the burden on the professionals to do their job as it was the duty of manufacturers to inform the consumers about what their products can be used for.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/lafarge-flays-new-son-regulation-on-cement/

*** ‘It is an inquiry, not probe’


The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, yesterday said it was not probing the embattled former General Officer Commanding, GOC, Nigerian Army 7 Division, Maiduguri, Borno State, Maj-Gen Abubakar Mohammed over the alleged mutiny in the command.

National Mirror had last Friday, reported that the whereabouts of the embattled GOC was presently unknown and that the Nigerian Army was allegedly shielding him from being probed.

Soldiers in Maimalari Barracks in April fired gunshots at the former GOC for allegedly giving wrong orders that led to the death of their colleagues and that he was not attending to their welfare.

After the incident, DHQ set up a military board of inquiry to unravel the circumstances that led to the mutiny.

The military authorities immediately removed the GOC and had told the media that probe into the incident was ongoing.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/embattled-goc-weve-nothing-to-hide-says-dhq/


Cameroun Troops Kill 40 Boko Haram Insurgents-kidnapped Italian, Canadian Freed
*** Kidnapped Italian priests, Canadian nun freed

About 40 members of the Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by Cameroun security forces shortly after the release of two Italian priests and a Canadian nun suspected to have been held by the dreaded group.

A Presidency source confirmed that the clash between members of the sect and security operatives took place in Kousseri, a border town between Nigeria and Chad.

Cameroun, which has been criticised by Nigeria for not doing enough to fight the sect, deployed 1,000 troops to the far north last week as it steps up the fight against the Islamist militants.

Meanwhile, two Italian priests and a Canadian nun kidnapped in northern Cameroon nearly two months ago by suspected Boko Haram gunmen were released yesterday.

They were smiling and apparently in good health as they arrived in Yaounde, the capital.

Giampaolo Marta and Gianantonio Allegri, missionaries from the diocese of Vicenza in north-east Italy, and Canadian Gilberte Bissiere were seized on the night of April 4 from the parish of Maroua, close to the border with Nigeria.

There has been no claim of responsibility for their kidnapping but Cameroonian officials have pointed the finger at Boko Haram.

State television showed images of the priests and the nun arriving at Yaounde airport yesterday in the company of heavily armed Camerounian Special Forces.
DEATAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/cameroun-troops-kill-40-boko-haram-insurgents/



DEATAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/cameroun-troops-kill-40-boko-haram-insurgents/


New CBN gov, Emefiele, assumes duty tomorrow
The new governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, will tomorrow take over the affairs of the apex regulatory bank at the start of a five-year term.

The erstwhile Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, assumes office following the expiration of the controversial term of the suspended CBN governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, whose tenure expires on June 2.

The new CBN Governor will be saddled with the onerous task of keeping monetary policy in sync with the government’s fiscal policies.

He is expected to adopt a less controversial stance on issues compared with the highly vocal Sanusi.

Analysts said the most pressing challenge the new helmsman would be contending with was determining the appropriate naira exchange rate while maintaining a robust external reserves position.

During his screening before the Senate in March, Emefiele had pledged his commitment to monetary stability.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/new-cbn-gov-emefiele-assumes-duty-tomorrow/



DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/new-cbn-gov-emefiele-assumes-duty-tomorrow/

Lagos civil servants get N119m housing loan

The Lagos State Government has disbursed about N119.7m as housing loans to its workers to enable them find a permanent solution to their accommodation problems.

Head of Service, HoS, Mrs. Oluseyi Williams, who disclosed this at a press briefing, said a total of 555 officers benefited from the facility within the period of one year.

According to her, the loan was to enable the beneficiaries acquire land and build their own houses.

Williams said the government had also allocated apartments to some workers at the various staff quarters to ease their accommodation problems.

She said no fewer than 100 brand new cars were procured for the use of directors in the state`s civil service within the period, adding that the government was passionate about the welfare of its workforce and would continue to initiate programmes that would guarantee their comfort in service.

The HoS also pointed out that no fewer than 5,000 secondary school students were engaged for two months during the period for holiday jobs, even as she explained that the objective was to engage the students meaningfully.

On employment embargo in the state, she said the state public service was not a full one.

She said within the last one year, the state government had employed 2,589 staff into the internal auditor cadre, the teaching service, medical service, amongst others, as special areas of dire need to render service to the general public.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/lagos-civil-servants-get-n119m-housing-loan/

Lafarge flays new SON regulation on cement
Lafarge Nigeria has condemned the procedures adopted by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON in adopting the new cement regulation in the country.

It stressed that what is needed to address the issue of wrong cement application in the country was proper and detailed product labelling by manufacturers.

SON recently announced that the 32.5 grade cement was unsuitable for all applications except for plastering, while the 42.5 grade cement must be used for casting of columns, beams, slabs and for moulding blocks, and the 52.5 grade cement was made mandatory for use in only heavy construction and bridge building.

The company, speaking through its General Manager Industrial Performance, Lanre Opakunle specifi cally noted that the build-up discussion by stakeholders prior to the announcement of the new standards by SON were actually inconclusive.

“SON did not follow due process in revising cement standards. Part of the deliberations on issues concerning the review of cement standards and the discussions were inconclusive. We discovered that the labelling is not adequate today and we made some proposals but those proposals have not been taken on-board but we will keep making efforts to see that they are taken on-board,” he said.

He disclosed that there was a part on labelling which they highlighted a lot at the deliberations because sometimes people could be naive despite their level of education as right labelling would help to ensure that people have the right information out there at their disposal with the burden on the professionals to do their job as it was the duty of manufacturers to inform the consumers about what their products can be used for.
DETAILED SOURCE: http://www.nationalmirroronline.net/new/lafarge-flays-new-son-regulation-on-cement/

Fresh push for fuel subsidy removal
The push for total removal of fuel subsidy seems to be gathering momentum as the government maintains that payment of subsidy on petrol ‘cannot be sustained any longer’ thus setting the stage for another rave of bewilderment in the country’s downstream oil sector. While government claims that the nation loses N2trn annually, how far can government go this time, getting Nigerians’ support?
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/fresh-push-for-fuel-subsidy-removal/

180 abducted school girls identified
The immediate-past Chairman of Northern States Christian and Elders Forum, Evangelist Mathew Owojaiye yesterday released the names of the students abducted by the Boko Haram sect at Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/180-abducted-school-girls-identified/

FG to carry out integrity test on Nyanya Bridge
The Federal Government is to conduct an integrity test on the Nyanya interchange to ascertain its current structural strength in the aftermath of the two successive terrorist bomb attacks near the foot of the bridge.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/fg-to-carry-out-integrity-test-on-nyanya-bridge/

Oputa, retired jurist, dies at 96
Retired Supreme Court Justice, Chukwudifu Akunne Sylvester Oputa is dead. Though the details of how he died yesterday are sketchy, reliable family sources stated that the retired jurist who suffered stroke recently passed on at the age of 96.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/oputa-retired-jurist-dies-at-96/

World Economic Forum: IGP tightens security in Abuja
The Inspector- General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered a massive security cordon around the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and its environs as the World Economic Forum, WEF, opens on Wednesday in Abuja.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/world-economic-forum-igp-tightens-security-in-abuja/

2015: Don’t bother about my declaration –Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said Nigerians should not bother about whether or not he would contest the 2015 election.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/2015-dont-bother-about-my-declaration-jonathan/

Army sweeps Nyanya village, embarks on mass arrest

•Picks up 8 key suspects

•US warns citizens in Nigeria

•Nabs Chadian kingpin, denies attacks in Borno

Angry men of the Nigerian Army swept through Angwan Hausawa village in Nyanya area of Abuja over the weekend, embarking on mass arrest of those it deemed to have links with organised criminal gangs in the country.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/army-sweeps-nyanya-village-embarks-on-mass-arrest/

2015: Violating campaign restriction with impunity
A toothless bulldog, they say, is far preferable to that which has a complete set of teeth and cannot bite. This aphorism best describes the actions and inactions of the Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under the watch of Professor Attahiru Jega, whereby some ten months to the 2015 general elections, both the ruling and major opposition political parties have embarked on campaigns, in disguise, though.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/2015-violating-campaign-restriction-with-impunity/

Chibok Girls: Falana declines to serve on Presidential Committee
..Girls’ parents begin prayer and fasting

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Femi Falana (SAN), has declined to serve in the Presidential Committee set up on abducted girls of the Government College Chibok, Borno State.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/chibok-girls-falana-declines-to-serve-on-presidential-committee/
 
Anti-terror: Still a battle with little result
The Nigerian Armed forces and indeed, the Federal Government, appear to have failed in their promises to end the Boko Haram insurgency, even as the Sect has continued to stamp its authority by making good its threats and wreaking havoc continuously in the country to the shock of the security forces.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/anti-terror-still-a-battle-with-little-result/

Confab: Resolving the contending issues
As the 20 committees of the ongoing National Conference wind up its sittings in preparation to collating its findings and recommendations in the reports that would be presented to the plenary for final adoption, far reaching decisions was arrived at by various committees which are capable of restructuring the entire nation.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/confab-resolving-the-contending-issues/


Insecurity: Not all attacks are committed by Boko Haram –Tofa

Former presidential candidate of defunct National Republican Convention, NRC, and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Basir Uthman Tofa, has said that most crimes being linked to Boko Haram sect are actually carried out by other groups.

He said those groups and people are hiding under the Boko Haram to commit a lot of atrocities.

Speaking with SundayMirror in an exclusive interview in Kano, Tofa said: “I think people are hiding under the Boko Haram to commit a lot of atrocity.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/insecurity-not-all-attacks-are-committed-by-boko-haram-tofa/

Jonathan holds presidential media chat today
President Goodluck Jonathan is to speak on current national issues today on Presidential media chat.

A statement issued yesterday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said during the programme, Jonathan would respond to questions from a panel of journalists and media executives on current national issues and developments
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/jonathan-holds-presidential-media-chat-today/

Fulani herdsmen: Rearing cattle in combat gear

In the past, clashes involving Fulani herdsmen and aborigines in the former’s graze-lands had always been isolated cases, requiring mere police intervention and government appeal for truce. But that is no longer the case, as incursions by the Fulani herdsmen are now usually carried out with the fierceness of insurgency. How come these herdsmen are now using sophisticated weapons to fight their causes? What are their grievances, and who are the likely backers of these annoyed citizens? Tayo Adelaja, Head, Special Investigations, resolves the riddle

Like a thief in the night, Fulani herdsmen last month invaded Anyiin community, the hometown of Governor Gabriel Suswam in Benue State, killing, maiming and like in time past, sacking the community dwellers who fled for dear life.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/fulani-herdsmen-rearing-cattle-in-combat-gear/

Why Fayemi cannot win in Ekiti, by Fayose
Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Ayodele Fayose, is again back on a familiar turf as he seeks to become governor of the state, eight years after leaving offi ce. Fayose, the standard-bearer of ruling Peoples Democratic Party, in this chat with journalists in Ado- Ekiti, averred that the incumbent, Governor Kayode Fayemi, is already panicky, knowing the extent to which he, Fayose, is loved by the masses of Ekiti. In the no holds barred interview, Fayose listed reasons Governor Fayemi would not win in the June 21 governorship election.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/why-fayemi-cannot-win-in-ekiti-by-fayose/


Water vendor arrested for molesting housewives
One Samaila Abubakar, a water vendor, has been arrested for allegedly specialising in molesting housewives in Gabarsawa Quarters in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State.

Sunday Mirror Correspondent in Kano was reliably informed that the water vendor who was arrested yesterday had long been terrorising women in the area but met his Waterloo on that fateful early hour when men usually go for Morning Prayer in the mosque.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/water-vendor-arrested-for-molesting-housewives/

Osun 2014: The contender, pretenders
Less than 100 days to Osun state governorship election, the political atmosphere in the state is getting frenzied with several parties and individuals that had been in limbo in the last three years, finally coming out of their shell, displaying “stunts” in an attempt to registered themselves in the reckoning of the electorates.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/osun-2014-the-contender-pretenders/

Resource Control: North, South set for battle
The coming weeks are going to be a turbulent one at the national conference as the northern delegates are determined to tackle their counterparts from the southern part of the country over the contentious issue of Resource Control.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/resource-control-north-south-set-for-battle/

Army sweeps Nyanya village, embarks on mass arrest

•Picks up 8 key suspects

•US warns citizens in Nigeria

•Nabs Chadian kingpin, denies attacks in Borno

Angry men of the Nigerian Army swept through Angwan Hausawa village in Nyanya area of Abuja over the weekend, embarking on mass arrest of those it deemed to have links with organised criminal gangs in the country.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/army-sweeps-nyanya-village-embarks-on-mass-arrest/

2015: Violating campaign restriction with impunity
A toothless bulldog, they say, is far preferable to that which has a complete set of teeth and cannot bite. This aphorism best describes the actions and inactions of the Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under the watch of Professor Attahiru Jega, whereby some ten months to the 2015 general elections, both the ruling and major opposition political parties have embarked on campaigns, in disguise, though.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/2015-violating-campaign-restriction-with-impunity/

Chibok Girls: Falana declines to serve on Presidential Committee
..Girls’ parents begin prayer and fasting

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Femi Falana (SAN), has declined to serve in the Presidential Committee set up on abducted girls of the Government College Chibok, Borno State.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/chibok-girls-falana-declines-to-serve-on-presidential-committee/
 
Anti-terror: Still a battle with little result
The Nigerian Armed forces and indeed, the Federal Government, appear to have failed in their promises to end the Boko Haram insurgency, even as the Sect has continued to stamp its authority by making good its threats and wreaking havoc continuously in the country to the shock of the security forces.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/anti-terror-still-a-battle-with-little-result/

Confab: Resolving the contending issues
As the 20 committees of the ongoing National Conference wind up its sittings in preparation to collating its findings and recommendations in the reports that would be presented to the plenary for final adoption, far reaching decisions was arrived at by various committees which are capable of restructuring the entire nation.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/confab-resolving-the-contending-issues/


Insecurity: Not all attacks are committed by Boko Haram –Tofa

Former presidential candidate of defunct National Republican Convention, NRC, and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Basir Uthman Tofa, has said that most crimes being linked to Boko Haram sect are actually carried out by other groups.

He said those groups and people are hiding under the Boko Haram to commit a lot of atrocities.

Speaking with SundayMirror in an exclusive interview in Kano, Tofa said: “I think people are hiding under the Boko Haram to commit a lot of atrocity.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/insecurity-not-all-attacks-are-committed-by-boko-haram-tofa/

Jonathan holds presidential media chat today
President Goodluck Jonathan is to speak on current national issues today on Presidential media chat.

A statement issued yesterday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said during the programme, Jonathan would respond to questions from a panel of journalists and media executives on current national issues and developments
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/jonathan-holds-presidential-media-chat-today/

Fulani herdsmen: Rearing cattle in combat gear

In the past, clashes involving Fulani herdsmen and aborigines in the former’s graze-lands had always been isolated cases, requiring mere police intervention and government appeal for truce. But that is no longer the case, as incursions by the Fulani herdsmen are now usually carried out with the fierceness of insurgency. How come these herdsmen are now using sophisticated weapons to fight their causes? What are their grievances, and who are the likely backers of these annoyed citizens? Tayo Adelaja, Head, Special Investigations, resolves the riddle

Like a thief in the night, Fulani herdsmen last month invaded Anyiin community, the hometown of Governor Gabriel Suswam in Benue State, killing, maiming and like in time past, sacking the community dwellers who fled for dear life.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/fulani-herdsmen-rearing-cattle-in-combat-gear/

Why Fayemi cannot win in Ekiti, by Fayose
Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Ayodele Fayose, is again back on a familiar turf as he seeks to become governor of the state, eight years after leaving offi ce. Fayose, the standard-bearer of ruling Peoples Democratic Party, in this chat with journalists in Ado- Ekiti, averred that the incumbent, Governor Kayode Fayemi, is already panicky, knowing the extent to which he, Fayose, is loved by the masses of Ekiti. In the no holds barred interview, Fayose listed reasons Governor Fayemi would not win in the June 21 governorship election.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/why-fayemi-cannot-win-in-ekiti-by-fayose/


Water vendor arrested for molesting housewives
One Samaila Abubakar, a water vendor, has been arrested for allegedly specialising in molesting housewives in Gabarsawa Quarters in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State.

Sunday Mirror Correspondent in Kano was reliably informed that the water vendor who was arrested yesterday had long been terrorising women in the area but met his Waterloo on that fateful early hour when men usually go for Morning Prayer in the mosque.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/water-vendor-arrested-for-molesting-housewives/

Osun 2014: The contender, pretenders
Less than 100 days to Osun state governorship election, the political atmosphere in the state is getting frenzied with several parties and individuals that had been in limbo in the last three years, finally coming out of their shell, displaying “stunts” in an attempt to registered themselves in the reckoning of the electorates.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/osun-2014-the-contender-pretenders/

Resource Control: North, South set for battle
The coming weeks are going to be a turbulent one at the national conference as the northern delegates are determined to tackle their counterparts from the southern part of the country over the contentious issue of Resource Control.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/resource-control-north-south-set-for-battle/

Army sweeps Nyanya village, embarks on mass arrest

•Picks up 8 key suspects

•US warns citizens in Nigeria

•Nabs Chadian kingpin, denies attacks in Borno

Angry men of the Nigerian Army swept through Angwan Hausawa village in Nyanya area of Abuja over the weekend, embarking on mass arrest of those it deemed to have links with organised criminal gangs in the country.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/army-sweeps-nyanya-village-embarks-on-mass-arrest/

2015: Violating campaign restriction with impunity
A toothless bulldog, they say, is far preferable to that which has a complete set of teeth and cannot bite. This aphorism best describes the actions and inactions of the Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, under the watch of Professor Attahiru Jega, whereby some ten months to the 2015 general elections, both the ruling and major opposition political parties have embarked on campaigns, in disguise, though.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/2015-violating-campaign-restriction-with-impunity/

Chibok Girls: Falana declines to serve on Presidential Committee
..Girls’ parents begin prayer and fasting

Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Barrister Femi Falana (SAN), has declined to serve in the Presidential Committee set up on abducted girls of the Government College Chibok, Borno State.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/chibok-girls-falana-declines-to-serve-on-presidential-committee/
 
Anti-terror: Still a battle with little result
The Nigerian Armed forces and indeed, the Federal Government, appear to have failed in their promises to end the Boko Haram insurgency, even as the Sect has continued to stamp its authority by making good its threats and wreaking havoc continuously in the country to the shock of the security forces.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/anti-terror-still-a-battle-with-little-result/

Confab: Resolving the contending issues
As the 20 committees of the ongoing National Conference wind up its sittings in preparation to collating its findings and recommendations in the reports that would be presented to the plenary for final adoption, far reaching decisions was arrived at by various committees which are capable of restructuring the entire nation.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/confab-resolving-the-contending-issues/


Insecurity: Not all attacks are committed by Boko Haram –Tofa

Former presidential candidate of defunct National Republican Convention, NRC, and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Basir Uthman Tofa, has said that most crimes being linked to Boko Haram sect are actually carried out by other groups.

He said those groups and people are hiding under the Boko Haram to commit a lot of atrocities.

Speaking with SundayMirror in an exclusive interview in Kano, Tofa said: “I think people are hiding under the Boko Haram to commit a lot of atrocity.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/insecurity-not-all-attacks-are-committed-by-boko-haram-tofa/

Jonathan holds presidential media chat today
President Goodluck Jonathan is to speak on current national issues today on Presidential media chat.

A statement issued yesterday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said during the programme, Jonathan would respond to questions from a panel of journalists and media executives on current national issues and developments
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/jonathan-holds-presidential-media-chat-today/

Fulani herdsmen: Rearing cattle in combat gear

In the past, clashes involving Fulani herdsmen and aborigines in the former’s graze-lands had always been isolated cases, requiring mere police intervention and government appeal for truce. But that is no longer the case, as incursions by the Fulani herdsmen are now usually carried out with the fierceness of insurgency. How come these herdsmen are now using sophisticated weapons to fight their causes? What are their grievances, and who are the likely backers of these annoyed citizens? Tayo Adelaja, Head, Special Investigations, resolves the riddle

Like a thief in the night, Fulani herdsmen last month invaded Anyiin community, the hometown of Governor Gabriel Suswam in Benue State, killing, maiming and like in time past, sacking the community dwellers who fled for dear life.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/fulani-herdsmen-rearing-cattle-in-combat-gear/

Why Fayemi cannot win in Ekiti, by Fayose
Former governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Ayodele Fayose, is again back on a familiar turf as he seeks to become governor of the state, eight years after leaving offi ce. Fayose, the standard-bearer of ruling Peoples Democratic Party, in this chat with journalists in Ado- Ekiti, averred that the incumbent, Governor Kayode Fayemi, is already panicky, knowing the extent to which he, Fayose, is loved by the masses of Ekiti. In the no holds barred interview, Fayose listed reasons Governor Fayemi would not win in the June 21 governorship election.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/why-fayemi-cannot-win-in-ekiti-by-fayose/


Water vendor arrested for molesting housewives
One Samaila Abubakar, a water vendor, has been arrested for allegedly specialising in molesting housewives in Gabarsawa Quarters in Dala Local Government Area of Kano State.

Sunday Mirror Correspondent in Kano was reliably informed that the water vendor who was arrested yesterday had long been terrorising women in the area but met his Waterloo on that fateful early hour when men usually go for Morning Prayer in the mosque.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/water-vendor-arrested-for-molesting-housewives/

Osun 2014: The contender, pretenders
Less than 100 days to Osun state governorship election, the political atmosphere in the state is getting frenzied with several parties and individuals that had been in limbo in the last three years, finally coming out of their shell, displaying “stunts” in an attempt to registered themselves in the reckoning of the electorates.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/osun-2014-the-contender-pretenders/

Resource Control: North, South set for battle
The coming weeks are going to be a turbulent one at the national conference as the northern delegates are determined to tackle their counterparts from the southern part of the country over the contentious issue of Resource Control.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/resource-control-north-south-set-for-battle/

@ Zunurayn (125):
Obviously, every reasonable Nigerians knows that...

What is FG doing about those GIRLS ?

Remember there are FUTURE PRESIDENTS AND AMBASSADORS OF OUR GREAT NIGERIA   among those girls kidnapped.

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Another bomb blast rocks Abuja
…9 killed, 11 injured
Emergency teams in, urge caution
Another bomb explosion yesterday hit Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, killing nine, while 11 others sustained serious injuries.
The explosion occurred barely two weeks after a similar attack on a bus station in the same vicinity left 75 people dead
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/another-bomb-blast-rocks-abuja/

Nyanya bombing: Life after a disaster
The hope of residents of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to savour perhaps the most thrilling Easter celebrations in three years was shattered by the recent explosion that rocked Nyanya, a suburb of the nation’s capital, near Nasarawa state. No worse incident could have resulted in such a devastating week for residents who had barely grown out of apprehensions of initial attacks by the Boko Haram belligerents, who also claimed responsibility for the Nyanya attack. Abuja has been repeatedly hit by the insurgents in three years
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/nyanya-bombing-life-after-a-disaster/

May Day: Mothers of abducted school girls storm govt house
....Politics undermining anti-terror war –Labour
Mothers, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other civil organisations yesterday converged on the Government House in Maiduguri, Borno State to register their protest over the perceived nonchallant attitude of government towards rescuing the 234 abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/may-day-mothers-of-abducted-school-girls-storm-govt-house/

Fresh crisis looms in health sector
…as workers accuse FG of marginalisation
The Joint Health Sector Unions, JOHESU, comprising five registered health workers unions, yesterday issued a fresh twoweek ultimatum to the Federal Government and threatened to proceed on strike if their demands were not met
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/fresh-crisis-looms-in-health-sector/


Cult clash claims four in Ogun
•as five gang-molest 21-year-old girl
A renew cult clash between members of rival cult groups yesterday claimed the lives of four suspected cultists in Ijebu Ode in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/cult-clash-claims-four-in-ogun/

May Day: Mothers of abducted school girls storm govt house
...Politics undermining anti-terror war –Labour
Mothers, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other civil organisations yesterday converged on the Government House in Maiduguri, Borno State to register their protest over the perceived nonchallant attitude of government towards rescuing the 234 abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/may-day-mothers-of-abducted-school-girls-storm-govt-house/

May Day: Mothers of abducted school girls storm govt house
...Politics undermining anti-terror war –Labour
Mothers, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and other civil organisations yesterday converged on the Government House in Maiduguri, Borno State to register their protest over the perceived nonchallant attitude of government towards rescuing the 234 abducted girls of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/may-day-mothers-of-abducted-school-girls-storm-govt-house/

Women protest in Abuja, demand release of abducted school girls
***Senators delegation visit Aso Rock Villa
undred of women yesterday took to the streets in Abuja, demanding the release of the students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok by the Boko Haram sect two weeks ago.
This is even as the Senate President, David Mark assured the grieving mothers that the government and security agents would do everything within human capacity to ensure that all the abducted girls are freed from their captors.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/women-protest-in-abuja-demand-release-of-abducted-school-girls/

Some serving judges are worse than Boko Haram –NBA
…Says FG won’t win investors until judiciary is fixed
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday raised the alarm that the nation’s judiciary is still habouring corrupt judges, who are wreaking more havoc than members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/some-serving-judges-are-worse-than-boko-haram-nba/

May Day: Poor welfare, wages worry workers
*** IGP assures of adequate security at rallies
For majority of the workers, the events marking another May Day is sad reminder of the challenges they still grapple including poor welfare, low productivity, prevalence of casual employment especially in the manufacturing sector and failure of labour unions to effectively protect their rights, National Mirror investigation has revealed.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/may-day-poor-welfare-wages-worry-workers/

Yoruba leaders drop demand for regionalism, want confederacy
Elder statesmen from the South-West who are delegates at the National Conference yesterday dropped their earlier demand for a return to the regional system of government, caving in to pressure by their younger colleagues for the establishment of a confederacy.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/yoruba-leaders-drop-demand-for-regionalism-want-confederacy/

Dedicate May Day to Nyanya bomb blast victims-CAN
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has extended good will messages to the Nigerian workers as they mark yet another edition of May Day celebration.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/dedicate-may-day-to-nyanya-bomb-blast-victims-can/

Gulak: We won’t tolerate arrogant members anymore –Mu’azu
In a veiled reference to the recent sack of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Political aide, Ahmed Gulak, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu yesterday warned that ahead of 2015 general election the party will not tolerate arrogant members in its fold
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/gulak-we-wont-tolerate-arrogant-members-anymore-muazu/

No more fixed charges after 15 days blackout –NERC
With effect from today any customer of an electricity distribution company, DISCO, that has not received continuous or cumulative electricity supply for a period of 15 days in a month is not required to pay the monthly fixed charge, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has declared.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/no-more-fixed-charges-after-15-days-blackout-nerc/

Women protest in Abuja, demand release of abducted school girls
***Senators delegation visit Aso Rock Villa
undred of women yesterday took to the streets in Abuja, demanding the release of the students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok by the Boko Haram sect two weeks ago.
This is even as the Senate President, David Mark assured the grieving mothers that the government and security agents would do everything within human capacity to ensure that all the abducted girls are freed from their captors.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/women-protest-in-abuja-demand-release-of-abducted-school-girls/

May Day: Poor welfare, wages worry workers
*** IGP assures of adequate security at rallies
For majority of the workers, the events marking another May Day is sad reminder of the challenges they still grapple including poor welfare, low productivity, prevalence of casual employment especially in the manufacturing sector and failure of labour unions to effectively protect their rights, National Mirror investigation has revealed.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/may-day-poor-welfare-wages-worry-workers/

Some serving judges are worse than Boko Haram –NBA
…Says FG won’t win investors until judiciary is fixed
The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, yesterday raised the alarm that the nation’s judiciary is still habouring corrupt judges, who are wreaking more havoc than members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/some-serving-judges-are-worse-than-boko-haram-nba/

Yoruba leaders drop demand for regionalism, want confederacy
Elder statesmen from the South-West who are delegates at the National Conference yesterday dropped their earlier demand for a return to the regional system of government, caving in to pressure by their younger colleagues for the establishment of a confederacy.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/yoruba-leaders-drop-demand-for-regionalism-want-confederacy/

Dedicate May Day to Nyanya bomb blast victims-CAN
President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor has extended good will messages to the Nigerian workers as they mark yet another edition of May Day celebration.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/dedicate-may-day-to-nyanya-bomb-blast-victims-can/

Gulak: We won’t tolerate arrogant members anymore –Mu’azu
In a veiled reference to the recent sack of President Goodluck Jonathan’s Political aide, Ahmed Gulak, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu yesterday warned that ahead of 2015 general election the party will not tolerate arrogant members in its fold
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/gulak-we-wont-tolerate-arrogant-members-anymore-muazu/

No more fixed charges after 15 days blackout –NERC
With effect from today any customer of an electricity distribution company, DISCO, that has not received continuous or cumulative electricity supply for a period of 15 days in a month is not required to pay the monthly fixed charge, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has declared.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/no-more-fixed-charges-after-15-days-blackout-nerc/

Police fire tear gas at protesting lecturers in Abuja
Police yesterday in Abuja tear gassed lecturers of public polytechnics and their counterparts in the colleges of education who stormed the city to protest lingering closure of the institutions.

The teachers, acting under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, converged on the parking lot of the Federal Secretariat, where the protest took off, at about 7am.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/police-fi-re-tear-gas-at-protesting-lecturers-in-abuja/

Police fire tear gas at protesting lecturers in Abuja
Police yesterday in Abuja tear gassed lecturers of public polytechnics and their counterparts in the colleges of education who stormed the city to protest lingering closure of the institutions.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/police-fi-re-tear-gas-at-protesting-lecturers-in-abuja/

More abducted school girls found
…sick, traumatised, recount ordeal
***Reps summon service chiefs
***Military failed to act –Senators

Four more school girls abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok two weeks ago were yesterday rescued around Monguno area of Borno State.

This brings to 48, the number of girls that have escaped so far from the clutches of the terrorists, while 230 were said to be still missing.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/more-abducted-school-girls-found/

WHAT ARE THE SOLUTION TO ALL THESE NEWS BELOW? :

Sambo’s brother dies in Abuja auto crash
The immediate younger brother to Vice President Namadi Sambo, Capt. Yusuf Sabo Sambo, is dead.
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Vice President, Malam Umar Sani announced the death yesterday.
The statement said the deceased died as a result of a fatal motor accident on Bill Clinton Drive, Airport Road, Abuja.
Until his death, the deceased was a pilot, who worked with the former Nigerian Airways and the Presidential Air Fleet, before retiring to be on his own.
Captain Sambo who was born in 1956 and died at the age of 58 was survived by his wife, three daughters, 10 brothers and sisters.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan has condoled with the Vice President over the death of his brother.
Jonathan in company of his wife, Dame Patience and other top government officials were at the residence of the Vice President to express their condolence over the incident
The President described the death of Capt Sambo as a very sad event while praying God to give the family the fortitude to bear the loss.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/sambos-brother-dies-in-abuja-auto-crash/

Resignation: Emulate South Korean PM, APC tells Jonathan
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan and other members of his government to learn from the recent resignation of South Korean Prime Minister, Chung Hongwon, over his government’s poor handling of the April 16 ferry disaster that left over 300 dead or missing.
The APC advised that Nigerian leaders should conduct themselves in higher standards as a way of ensuring good governance and winning global respect for the country.
In a statement issued in Lagos over the weekend by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the resignation of the South Korean prime minister must jolt the conscience of Nigerian officials who had been found wanting when they have found themselves in similar situations.
According to the APC spokesperson, ‘’Until our leaders hold themselves to higher standards, as it is done in other democracies around the world, and take responsibility when necessary, they will continue to perpetuate impunity, celebrate mediocrity and cling to power at all costs, even when it is clear that they are not serving any other interest but theirs.’’
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/resignation-emulate-south-korean-pm-apc-tells-jonathan/

Abducted school girls: One million women to march on Abuja
*** Presidency moves against Nyako, cuts security personnel
Women all over the country will on Wednesday stage a one million women march in Abuja to press for the release of Government Girls Secondary School girls kidnapped in Chibok, Borno State, by suspected insurgents two weeks ago.
Prof. Hauwa Abdu Biu disclosed this yesterdaduring an emergency meeting convened by the wife of Borno State governor, Hajiya Nana Kashim Shettima on the way forward for the release of the girls.
She had last week spoken on behalf of the coalition of Borno women after their meeting in which they called for the release of the school girls.
The women had also offered to go to the Sambisa Forest in search of the school girls.
Biu said at the meeting that the one million women march, which was tagged “Free our girls”, would involve women in the country and called for the mobilisation of Borno women to Abuja for the rally.
“The last time, we were in black but this time around the colour for the Abuja rally is red, so we should all be prepared and mobilised ourselves for the rally,” she said.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/abducted-school-girls-one-million-women-to-march-on-abuja/

Why Akpabio fired commissioners other
Contrary to the claim by Akwa Ibom State Government that the sack of two commissioners and chairmen of six parastatals to reinvigorate the administration, National Mirror has learnt that the real reason was not stated.
Former Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Bassey Albert Akpan, his Rural Development counterpart, Effiong Abia and the chairmen were fired last week in an exercise packaged as ‘reinvigorating the machinery of government’, but investigations have indicated otherwise.
The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Aniekan Umanah, in a statement announcing the sack of former executive council members and six board chairmen, said it was to further drive the ‘uncommon transformation programme of the state’.
The government had in the statement said: “In view of the need to reinvigorate the machinery of government and drive further the uncommon transformation programme of the state, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Godswill Akpabio, CON, has approved a minor cabinet reshuffle.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/why-akpabio-fired-commissioners-other/

Stop inciting Nigerians, IGP warns politicians
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar has warned politicians to desist from making what he described as “unguarded, inflammatory, and unsubstantiated statements, some of which are capable of causing the breach of public peace”.
The IGP vowed to deal with erring politicians caught in the act. The police boss also urged politicians to emulate frontline opposition politician, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari who recently rose in condemnation of terrorist activities in the country.
In a statement signed on his behalf by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, the IGP said much as the police is not ignorant of the fundamental rights of the citizens such as the rights to freedom of speech, it will not condone any provocative, divisive and inciting comments that are clearly uncorroborated by facts or evidential proof.
SOURCE: http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/stop-inciting-nigerians-igp-warns-politicians/

Dangote donates relief materials to Benue crisis victims
Dangote Group has donated 12 trailer loads of relief materials worth N40m to the Benue State Government for distribution to Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs.
The materials, according to the group, are meant to support the ongoing effort of the state government to bring succour to the victims of the recent crisis that affected some parts of the state.
Speaking at the occasion for the formal handing over of the items to the displaced persons in Makurdi, President and Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, said: “We have a very cordial relationship with our host communities in Benue, and it is only natural (that) we identify with them at a time like this. What has happened is unfortunate and we empathise with all the affected people.”
Dangote, who was represented by his Special Adviser, Mr. Joseph Makoju, said that it was unfortunate that the crisis happened, adding that the insurgency was diversionary to the government’s effort at bringing the dividends of democracy to the people of the state.
SOURCE:http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/dangote-donates-relief-materials-to-benue-crisis-victims/