News: INEC De-registered 28 Political Parties

Few days after it sent a proposal to the senate seeking autonomy to ban electoral offenders for 10 years, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, de-registered 28 political parties over what sources said, was as a result of their poor performances in the last general elections.
Top on the list were Rev. Chris Okotie’s Fresh Democratic Party; Balarabe Musa-led PRP; Tunji Braithwaite’s NAP, UNPP, ALP and 23 others
Vanguard gathered that apart from poor performances, the affected political parties were operating without offices in 36 states of the federation.
Others are said to have been affected in the exercise because they have been operating without office accommodation, political structure and short fall of operational staff.
When contacted, the Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Kayode Idowu confirmed the story.

News: Britain to Introduce Gay Marriages In Churches

Britain will announce plans next week to allow gay marriages in churches and other religious buildings, officials said Friday, although Prime Minister David Cameron insisted no faith group would be forced to hold them.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller will unveil ministers’ responses to a consultation earlier this year, which will propose that religious organisations should be able to ‘opt-in’ to hold same-sex weddings, according to a government source.
Amid strong opposition from the Church of England and Roman Catholics, however, as well as many members of Cameron’s Conservative party, Miller will stress that no religious groups will be forced to conduct gay weddings.

News: WAEC To Release Nov/Dec Result Soon

Mr Yusuf Ari, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, West African Examination Council (WAEC), said on Friday that the result of the 2012 Nov./Dec. Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) would be released within two weeks time.
Ari said this in an interview in Lagos.
He said that the council of the examination body had ensured that the results would be released on scheduled.
“I want to express satisfaction at the conduct of this year’s examination. We had finished the marking exercise for the Nov./Dec. SSCE for private candidates since Nov.
“The entire process of conducting and collating was quite impressive because there were no negative reports from any of the centres nationwide.
“We used limited logistics, and this to a great extent relaxed the pressure we normally had during the May/June examination, “ he said.

Beauty of the day: Princess Chineke

Princess Chineke and I used to model back in the day. Nice to know she’s still in the business.

 

Job Vacancies: (Bsc/Hnd/Ond) @ Royyal Mills and Food Ltd

Royal Mills and Food Limited is a major food company in Abuja, Nigeria. We require the service of the following for immediate employment
Job Tilte: Land Surveyor
Job Requirements:
minimum of Bsc/Hnd with 5 years experience in constructions
Job Title: Sales Marketer
What The Job Entails And Application Requirement:
applicant should have marketing experience
applicant should be a first degree holder/higher national diploma
applicant need to have minimum of two year experience
you will be responsible for product innovation, relate with customers and tell them about the product
Job Title: Account Officer

News: Farmer Sentenced To Death

…As kidnappers of Senator Okowa’s dad know fate today
Asaba—A 34-year-old  farmer at Kwale town, in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, Emeka Ogwu, has been sentenced to death by an Effurun High Court for armed robbery.
One of the prosecution witnesses, Dorothy Asekpokai, a business woman, had told the court that the convict attempted to rob her on June 12, 2007, when she visited her new building site around Osubi.
She also identified the convict as the one who attempted to rob her with a gun but she narrowly escaped after driving away at top speed.
She said that in the process of escaping, she knocked down the convict, after which she raised alarm that eventually led to his arrest.
The court, presided over by Justice Godwin Gbemre, stated that prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.

News: 4 Kidnapped Female Corps Members Rescued By Police

FOUR female corps members, abducted, weekend, in Rivers State, have been rescued by the Police.
Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Ben Ugwuegbulam, who confirmed the development to Vanguard, said some hoodlums broke into a transit camp for corps members at Iriebe area of the state and abducted the four female corps members.
He said the hoodlums also stole phones, laptops and other valuables belonging to corps members at the camp before disappearing with their hostages.
Ugwuegbulam said the Police at Oyigbo gave the hoodlums a hot chase, when they got wind of the development, which forced them to abandon their hostages at Oyigbo and escaped into the bush.
He added that some of the corps members, who sustained minor injuries were responding to treatment at a hospital in the state.

News: 4 robbery suspects Killed in Bauchi By Soldiers

Tension heightened, yesterday, in Azare Local Government Area of Bauchi State, barely two days after a prominent traditional ruler was killed in council, as suspected armed robbers, who had terrorized residents invaded a business area close to the residence of one Ali Kwara, carting away unspecified amount of money.
We gathered that the money was recovered from the robbers by the residents of the town, who chased them by cordoning-off all possible exit routes.
It was learnt that one of the youths, who chased and held tight to one of the suspects was shot on the leg by the gang, before the military men, who were said to be 17 in number foiled the robbery operation.
The shot youth was said to have been admitted at a hospital in the town.

News: 2 Nigerian Cities Bomb By Boko Haram

Two Nigerian cities rocked with bomb explosions Monday, believed to be the handiwork of militants of the Boko Haram sect.
At least four persons were injured in one of the explosions, police and residents said.
The explosions occurred in Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, and Maiduguri, the northeastern city at the heart of Boko Haram’s insurgency.
A blast outside a mosque near Kano’s main textile market went off around 8:30 am in an area where traffic police were stationed, residents said. The area was later cordoned off by troops and policemen, according to an AFP reporter.
Police said the blast was caused by a “time-bomb” and left three traffic police and a passerby wounded.
“There was an explosion around the Kantin Kwari market targeting some traffic personnel,” police spokesman Magaji Majia said.
“Four people were injured. They included a federal road safety personnel, a Hisbah personnel and a state traffic warden as well as a passerby.”
The Hisbah are the local sharia police.