Update: Enugu Speaker impeached

The crisis currently rocking the Enugu State Ouse of Assembly has claimed its first casualty with Monday’s impeachment of the Speaker, Hon. Eugene Odoh.

He was accused of promoting acts that have brought the House to ridicule.
Some members of the House at a meeting presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Hon Chime Oji and attended by the Clerk of the House, Mr. Christopher Chukwurah, elected a member representing Nsukka East constituency, Hon Chinedu Nwamba, as Odo’s replacement.

Mob beats up woman found with dead baby in Ogun

Mayhem was let loose in Ago Igbala in the Ibafo area of Ogun State on Thursday after a mentally-challenged woman was caught with a dead newborn baby.

It was said the woman, popularly called Tope, was playing with the baby at a refuse dump in the area, when a passerby saw her and raised the alarm.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Tope dropped the baby and took to her heels when a mob confronted her. She was said to have been beaten up by the mob, who reportedly chased her towards the Ibafo police station, a few kilometres from Ago Igbala.

The Angel Of The Lord Will Strike Dead Anyone With Evil Plans For Me - Fani-Kayode

At a recent press conference,  spokesperson of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode said that he's been receiving death threats over his recent remarks about Bola Tinubu's alleged plans to hijack power through the back door.


What he said below;"I do not believe in violence. I do not threaten people neither do any of my boys or any of those behind me. Tinubu should not start this. I repeat I cannot be killed like a chicken.

PHOTO: Married Zimbabwean Woman And Nigerian Lover Get Stuck During Sex

A Zimbabwean woman and a Nigerian man got stuck together after sex in South Africa. A crowd of about 2 000 people gathered at Dena Court in Yeoville, Joburg.

The police had to be called. People were allegedly pepper sprayed and the amaBerethe chased people away with sjamboks. Many people claimed the police fired rubber bullets.
Priscilla Ndlovu (34) who claims to be a resident at the same flats told Daily Sun they heard screams from the room where the woman stays on Thursday night.


“At first we thought it was just the screams of sexual pleasure, but it turned to be screams for help,” said Priscilla. She said they called the security who forced the door open and saw the Unclad man on top of the Unclad woman pleading for help to be separated, but nobody could force them apart.”

NYSC Member Commits Suicide As Girlfriend Dumps Him For Another

The body of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified as Ernest, was, Wednesday, recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous substance.

Reports indicated that the young man, who was in love with a fellow NYSC member, Chioma Okewuru, went berserk when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from a man she had promised to marry.

Ernest, who is from Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma, and both were serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.

80 years old American missionary kidnapped in Kogi

 80-year-old American missionary, Rev. Phyllis Sortor, has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Kogi State.

The kidnapping is coming barely two days after a director at Adavi Local Government Area, Abdulazeez Ohere, who was kidnapped last week, was released.

The Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, are working with Nigerian authorities to find Sortor and are still awaiting word from her kidnappers.

PHOTOS From Ambode's Campaign at Ajegunle

These are pictures from Akinwumi Ambode's Campaign at Ajegunle, Lagos as Prof Osinbajo made surprised visit. See more pictures after the cut.

ALARMING: Fayose Celebrates Obansanjo's Exit From PDP, Describes Him as PDP Tormentor in Sun Newspaper Advert (Photo)

Ekiti governor, Ayo Fayose, is at it again. Check the advert on the Sun newspaper today.

So Pathetic: Wife kills husband on Valentine’s Day

I thought Valentine's Day was meant to express love but how come that day went soar for these lovers. Read the full story below:

Residents of Adefowope Street, off Beach Road, Etegbin, in the Otto Awori Local Council Development Area of Lagos are divided over the reasons that could have made a woman to push her husband from the balcony of a one-storey building on Valentine’s Day.

It was gathered that the incident, which happened in the community, had left neighbours and residents at loss over what might have actually transpired.

It was learnt that the woman, identified as Onyinyechi, in anger pushed her husband, George, from the storey building, leading to the husband’s death.

While some residents claimed that Onyinyechi, who was a teacher in a private school in the area, was angry that her husband did not give her a Valentine’s treat on a day when most lovers made out time to celebrate each other, other residents said the couple was quarrelling over a monetary issue before the incident.

A man, who claimed to be a close friend of the deceased, however, insisted that the cause of the couple’s misunderstanding bordered on plans for Valentine’s Day.

Pictures from Hoodlums Clash At Oshodi Yesterday

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SO SHAMEFUL: Alfa kills, shares friend’s body parts (PHOTO)

It is indeed very shameful of how we continue to read reports of evil acts Carried out by our religious leaders. These people would hide under religion and carry out evil act. Read this report from the Punch of how a so-called Alfa killed and shared a person's body parts:

AN Alfa in the Badagry area of Lagos State, Fatai Afobaje, has been accused of conspiring with some security men in his area to kill his friend, Rafiu
Suleiman.

Police sources said after the 40-year-old was dead, Afobaje, along with five others, shared his remains among themselves for ritual purposes.
It was gathered that what remained of the late Kwara State indigene was recovered by men of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday, after an intensive
search.

The incident happened at Oko Agbonla, Magbon in the Badagry area.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Afobaje and Suleiman had been friends for a long time, and the deceased had given a lot of money to the suspect

INEC can not Guarantee Elections will Hold March 28, says Jega

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, has told Nigerian federal lawmakers he could not guarantee the 2015 general elections will hold on rescheduled dates in March and April.

At a meeting with Senators Wednesday, Mr. Jega said he could not commit himself to the “sanctity” of March 28 and April 11 – dates for the rescheduled Nigeria’s general elections.

He said the electoral commission could not guarantee aspects of the poll that are beyond its control. Mr. Jega met with the lawmakers to review the decision to postpone the polls from February. Under the Nigerian law, a further six-week extension of the elections is possible, a prospect opposed by many Nigerians, the main opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, and the international community.

 INEC had said the postponement were necessary for security reasons, as military chiefs had warned against going on with the vote to allow it focus on fighting the terror group, Boko Haram. But the APC said the delay was instigated by President Goodluck Jonathan, to save him and ruling party from losing the elections to the APC candidate, Muhammadu Buhari.

PHOTOS: Another politician tears his PDP membership card

Reports say that Abdullahi Muhammad, the Senior Special Adviser on Security to Gombe state governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, publicly tore his PDP membership card yesterday.

So Sad! Popular comedian Seyi Law and Wife Lose Baby at Birth in US

Popular comedian Seyi Law and his wife Ebere have reportedly lost their baby at birth.

According to reports, The couple have been in the United States of America for the past few weeks anticipating their bundle of joy before the tragedy occurred.

PDP Accuses Jega Of Meeting APC Leaders In Dubai

The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday raised fresh allegations aiming at discrediting the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, over the conduct of the elections.

At a crowded press conference in Abuja, the Director of Media and Publicity of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, alleged that Jega had meetings with some unnamed leaders of the main opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Tricyclist falls into soakaway while starting generator

Tragedy struck in the Mushin area of Lagos State after a 35-year-old tricycle rider, Olalekan Salisu, fell into a soakaway in his house and died.

 He was said to be starting his small generator on the soakaway around 9pm on Sunday when the slab covering the soakaway gave way. The generator and the Ogun State indigene were said to have fallen into the soakaway.


Residents said it took about five hours before the victim, who was married with two kids, could be brought out. He was brought out dead. Tension was still high on Wednesday when PUNCH Metro visited the scene of the incident, a two- storey building on Anipele Street, Olorunshogo, Mushin. Our correspondent observed that two fresh concrete slabs had been prepared to replace the damaged one which was at the back of the house.

Why I slept with my 11-year-old daughter — Confession of a father

How will you feel as a mother if your husband sexually abuses your innocent daughter? This is the question a woman in Bauchi State is trying to come to terms with, as her husband, Abubakar Magaji, a resident of Liman Kagum in Bauchi local government, did the abominable act of having carnal knowledge of their 11-year-old daughter
Abubakar Magaji More shocking is the fact that it was not a one-act misadventure but a repeated one.

 But like a popular saying has it: Many days for a thief and one day for the owner, nemesis eventually caught up with the 45-year-old father when he was arrested and paraded along with others at the Bauchi State command for rape.

Man breaks friend’s spinal cord over age claims

A car wash attendant, Michael Taiwo, has allegedly broken the spinal cord of his friend, Akeem Amoo, after a scuffle between them.

PUNCH Metro learnt that 28-year-old Taiwo and Amoo were boyhood friends in the Alagbado area of Lagos State before a disagreement over age marred their relationship. Our correspondent learnt that Amoo had been admitted to an orthopaedic hospital in Lagos, while Taiwo was charged to court by the police on Monday.

Obasanjo Finally Endorses Buhari

After months of berating the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared his support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

Obasanjo, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, made his opinion known during an interview with the Financial Times at the launch of his controversial autobiography titled, ‘My Watch’, in Nairobi, Kenya.

Presidency Denies Plot To Remove Jega

THE Presidency and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), have denied alleged plot to remove Prof Attahiru Jega, saying it is mischievous and unfounded.

A source in the Office of the National Security Adviser disclosed this yesterday in Abuja to reporters that “the rumoured sack of Jega is not from the Presidency but part of the propaganda by the opposition to soil the good name of the President, to discredit the government and cause trouble”.