Ugo Ehiogu dead: Former England and Aston Villa footballer dies, aged 44

 

Former England player Ugo Ehiogu has died after suffering a suspected heart attack at the age of 44, Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed.

The Aston Villa, Middlesbrough and Sheffield United defender, who retired in 2009, collapsed at Tottenham’s training centre on Thursday, where he was the Under-23 coach.

Ehiogu, who made four appearances for England between 1996 and 2002, received medical treatment on site before being transferred to hospital by ambulance.

Tottenham statement released on Friday morning read: “We can confirm that Ugo Ehiogu is currently in hospital after collapsing at our Training Centre earlier today. “Our Under-23’s coach received immediate treatment on site from our medical staff before being transferred to hospital by ambulance.

“Everyone at the Club sends their best wishes to Ugo and his family. “We shall continue to provide updates when we have further information.”

Buhari’s Absence At State Functions Worrisome – Fayose

Ekiti state Governor, in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, on Thursday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, asked if the President was now governing the country by proxy.

He said, “Everyday, what we hear is ‘President said this’, ‘President said that’ without seeing the President in any official function and one is prompted to ask, where is the President? I saw the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, on television responding to his suspension and what came to my mind was that there could actually be many Presidents operating in the Buhari’s Presidency.

“Perhaps, it is for this reason of a possible existence of governments within the government of Buhari that confusion pervades the polity – with the President himself writing a letter to the Senate to clear someone of wrongdoing and the same person is being suspended three months after on the basis of the same allegation.

“It is also for this reason that the President nominated Ibrahim Magu to the Senate for confirmation as the EFCC Chairman and the Department of State Services – an agency under the Presidency – wrote the Senate not to confirm him.”

“How could the Easter break that ended on Monday be responsible for the inability to hold FEC meeting on Wednesday? Definitely, there is more to this than meets the eye.

“It has, therefore, become necessary that Nigerians hear the voice of their President and see him physically, not through surrogates or the cabal operating behind the scene,” the governor said.

“Since his first and only media chat was held in December 2015, Nigerians have not had the opportunity of seeing their President address them directly and this is not the best approach to governance in a democracy,” he added.

Nigerians Wailers Condemn Illegal Rearrest & Detention Of Austin Okai by Gov Yahaya Bello

 

The attention of the Nigerian Wailers has been drawn to the unconstitutional rearrest and illegal detention of Mr Usman Austin Okai, a blogger and frontline critic of the Kogi state government on the orders of Governor Yahaya Bello.

Mr Austin Okai was arrested in Abuja by men of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad on the 9th of April 2017 on fictitious petitions by some cronies of Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi state. He was arraigned before a Kogi state magistrate court and granted bail but rearrested by the Police Anti-Robbery Squad in the court premises.

This is indeed a national shame that a supposed law enforcement agency like the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) can allow itself to be used to perpetrate such barbaric and belligerent act.
It is also a sad narrative that such a young man like Yahaya Bello who became governor in an usual circumstance could order the arrest of Austin Okai whose offense was the exercise of right to freedom of speech.

There has been different reports of indiscriminate arrests and detentions of activist across the country at both Federal and State levels controlled by the ruling All Progressive Party (APC).

These actions are absurd and very disheartening, totally unacceptable as it is a serious threat to our democracy. Nigerians should not be arrested for criticizing and holding the government accountable, every citizen reserves the right to constructively criticize the government in a democratic dispensation like Nigeria.

The Nigerian Wailers hereby demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mr Usman Austin Okai from illegal detention for as long as the Nigerian constitution guarantees the freedom of speech we call on Gov Yahaya Bello and the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad to release Austin Okai. Injustice to one is injustice to all.

SIGNED: Fasipe Oluyemi
Deputy National Publicity Secretary
The Nigerian Wailers
Headquarters, FCT, Abuja

Photos : How Father Brutalize His Daughter For Watching TV In A Neighbor's House

           

As  narrated by Olagunju Adekunle:

God, I can't just believe this in my life, I was driving to the office this morning and I've a reasons to make a call and before I know, I was out of call card, as I alighted from my car to get a recharge card, I sighted this small girl (Esther by name) who was beaten mercilessly by her own father.

Please where are the human right, who can be of assistance to help this girl out from her heartless father? I was so fortunate to interrogate her mother who told me that the girl went to the next neighbour's room just to watch TV. 

I took the girl to a police station on our way getting there, the girl and her mother was redirected to the nearby police station which is very closer to their house. 

I called her father and I questioned him the reasons why he battered the little girl so mercilessly and his respond was very dishearten. He even promised and threatened to beat his wife when he returns from work.

Good people of Nigeria, kindly give helping hands as regard to this case, before it gets too late.

Big Boutique Offers Unemployed Father of 5 Babies a Job

Imudia Uduehi recently became father of quintuplets after his wife, Oluwakemi Uduehi, delivered five babies at the National Hospital in Abuja on April 12, 2017.

Following the delivery, Mr. Uduehi pleaded with good Nigerians to offer him assistance or help him secure a job to cater for his new babies.

He had told NAN that, “I am delighted and I thank God to have blessed us with these healthy children, I know it is a huge responsibility because it is not easy to raise even one child.

”I am, however, appealing to the government, well-meaning Nigerians and corporate organisations to come and support my family in raising the children. I want everyone to see these children not just as a blessing to us but also a blessing to the entire nation."

Touched by the story, MD of Twice As Nice boutique, Mr Waheed Shonibare offered Mr. Uduehi an employment opportunity in his fashion store.

Meanwhile, there is no response from Imudia Uduehi yet.

I think what this man needs is either money to start a business or a federal government job where he would be entitled to leave and regular pay. But then, half bread is better than nothing.

SGF, Babachir Lawal gone for good – Sagay

Suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal is gone for good. He is no longer a part of the Muhammadu Buhari administration.

This was the declaration of Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) while reacting to Lawal’s suspension.

Sagay accused the former SGF of violating the Code of Conduct for public officials by awarding a contract to a company linked to him.

“I think the suspensions are inevitable, and in my view they are a journey to total disengagement.

“The SGF is a top member of the administration. He should have known that for him to award a contract to his own company is absolutely prohibited by the Code of Conduct and the Constitution. What he was doing was illegal and unconstitutional."

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