CSOs task incoming administrations on security

A coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Enugu State has urged incoming administrations in the country to make security of life and property their priority as they take over in May 29.

The CSOs made the call in Enugu on Tuesday during a peaceful procession to mark the National Day of Mourning and Remembrance set aside to honour victims of violent killings across the country.

The coalition comprising South Saharan Social Development Organisation (SSDO), Carmelite Prisoners Interest Organisation (CAPIO) and Divine Era Development and Social Rights Initiative (DEDASRI) carried out the procession in the state.

The team called on the three tiers of government to put an end to the various killings across the country as they commence a new dispensation.

Speaking at the end of the procession, the Executive Director, SSDO, Mrs. Nkechi Igwe said that the nation was in mourning as a result of the killings in the country.

Igwe called on the incoming government to make the country a safe place for all by making security as their first point agenda.

In his remarks, the Executive Director of the CAPIO, Rev Fr. Ambrose Ekeroku, also decried the spate of incessant killings in the nation and called for immediate action of the government to forestall it.

Ekeroku explained that the National Day of Mourning was a citizens-led initiative to express solidarity and demand accountability for the security and welfare of all Nigerians.

The resolve for the day of mourning was reached at a meeting of more than a hundred civil society actors a year ago in Abuja, to undertake a National Day of Mourning as a symbolic action to register citizens’ dissatisfaction with the state of security. 

The march kicked off at the Enugu Mall through the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Enugu and terminated at the Enugu State Broadcasting Service (ESBS).

- PM NEWS

Barcelona legend Hernández now manager of Qatar club side Al Sadd

Barcelona legend, Xavier Hernández has been appointed as the new manager of Qatari side Al Sadd.

The 39-year old who made 86 appearances as a player for the Qatar Stars League club since 2015, announced his retirement from football earlier this month.

Hernández penned a two-year deal to take over as manager, and the deal will see him become the boss of his former La Liga rival Gabi, who moved to the Middle East from Atletico Madrid last summer.

Al Sadd confirmed Xavi will take charge of the pre-season training camp in Girona from July 14-29.

Hernández, who is still Barcelona’s all-time record appearance-holder across all competitions with 769 is also one of the world’s best midfielders.

He won eight La Liga titles and four Champions League crowns at the Spanish giants before leaving for the Middle East in 2015.

At the international level, Xavi was also key to Spain’s World Cup triumph in 2010 and won the European Championships in both 2008 and 2012.

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Buhari has N30m, 5 homes, 270 heads of cattle: ‘Not much asset change since 2015’

President Muhammadu Buhari has in compliance with the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, submitted his assets declaration forms to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), with no significant changes in assets as declared in 2015, when he said he had N30m, five homes  and 270 heads of cattle.

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, said the president has submitted his forms in compliance with the  law that asset declaration must precede his oath-taking slated for Wednesday.

According to Garba, the forms, as signed by the President and sworn to before a Judge of the Abuja High Court, showed no significant changes in assets as declared in 2015 by him.

“There are no new houses, no new bank accounts at home and abroad and there are no new shares acquired”, he said.

The implication is that the President’s assets have not significantly changed than he declared in 2015.

In 2015, Buhari declared that he had  N30 million to his name.

He also had only one bank account, with the Union Bank, five homes, and two mud houses in Daura He declared two undeveloped plots of land, one in Kano and the other in Port Harcourt.

He also declared having farms, an orchard and a ranch.

The total number of his holdings in the farm include 270 heads of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses, a variety of birds and a number of economic trees”.

He declared ownership of a number of cars, two of which he bought from his savings and the others supplied to him by the Federal Government in his capacity as former Head of State. The rest were donated to him by well-wishers after his jeep was damaged in a Boko Haram bomb attack on his convoy in July 2014.

President Buhari “had shares in Berger Paints, Union Bank and Skye Bank, which ran into crisis  and has now been salvaged as  Polaris Bank.

President Buhari’s new asset  forms were submitted to the Chairman of the CCB, Prof. Mohammed Isa, on behalf of the president by Sarki Abba, Senior Special Assistant, Household and Domestic Affairs.

“The Chairman of the CCB commended the Pesident for leading by example by declaring his assets in accordance with the law.”

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TRAGEDY !! Gunmen kill family of 6 in Plateau

Gunmen have shot dead six members of a family at Dangwal Village, Ganawuri District of Riyom Local Government of Plateau State.

According to an eyewitness, the six persons belonged to Lo-Gwong Du family comprising of the grandfather, grandmother, two children, their mother and father.

The State Police Command confirmed the killing, saying that the victims had been given mass burial due to the demand of the community.

A statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Plateau Police Command, DSP Terna Tyopev, said on Tuesday at about 0600hrs, one Dalyop Boyi, the Youth Leader of Nakai Danwal Village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State reported to the Plateau State Police Command that at about 1900hrs, unknown gunmen attacked the house of Gyang Dachung of Nakai Danwal Village, resulting in the death of six people.

According to him, the Command mobilised to the village, with the the photographs of the corpses taken and released to the relatives on demand and were buried according to their traditional rites.

He said the Deputy Commissioner of Police Department of Operations, Plateau State Command, Jos visited the scene and that police patrol of the area was being intensified in order to discourage any reprisal.

Tyopev said the Command was soliciting for credible information to track and arrest the perpetrator(s) to face Justice.

 - PM NEWS

FAILED NATION !!! Nigeria’s existence under threat – Defence Chief raises alarm

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, has said the current security problems in Nigeria are threatening its existence.

Vanguard reports that he said this in his address at the closing ceremony of the Joint Campaign Planning Course at the Defence Intelligence College, Abuja.

The CDS represented by the Director of Training, Defence Headquarters, Air Commodore Paul Ohemu, said: “The challenges we face today threaten the corporate existence of our dear nation.

“Fighting these challenges is a collective effort and success hinges on sound planning and synergy.

“It is premised on this, that I am particularly delighted that the course, was organized and designed to address key gaps in joint operations undertaken by our Armed Forces”.

On the training, the Olonisakin noted that “The objectives of the course which among others included equipping the participants with the skills required for the integration of concepts in the planning stages of the campaigns were attained.

“It is not surprising to learn that the instructional periods provoked very fulfilling interaction among you participants on the best approaches to joint campaign planning.

“I have no doubts that you have used this opportunity to establish friendships that would engender future interactions.

“It is therefore expected that as you return to your various services headquarters, units and establishment, you would bring to bear the knowledge you have gained on the course.”

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Live above religious, ethnic sentiments, clergy urges Nigerians

A cleric, Ven. Louis Ogarabe, the Cathedral Administrator, Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Umuokanne, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo, has reiterated the need for Nigerians to live above religious and ethnic considerations.

Ogarabe made the assertion on Saturday in Umuokanne, in his homily at the funeral mass in honour of late Mrs Josephine Iheanacho, mother to DSP Emeka Iheanacho,Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Nigerian Police Force, Zone 5.

The clergy who took his message from James 4 verses 13 to 17, said that Nigerians irrespective of religion and ethnicity owe it as a responsibility to one another to consciously live as brothers and sisters and eschew bitterness, rancour, jealousy and hatred just as the early Christians in the Bible days did.

He said that by so doing, the issue of insecurity and killings that had bedeviled the country lately would be a thing of the past.

“We wake up daily to the sad news of killings by suspected armed bandits in one part of the country or the other.

” But if only we can begin to live our lives like it was done by the people of old and early Christians by seeing ourselves as brothers and sisters , this issue will be a thing of the past.

“The people perpetrating these evils are taking advantage of our disunity and disagreement in one way or the other to carry out these killings,” he said.

He also said that life was like a vapour and that only God was the owner of life and as such, Nigerians must incorporate the will of God in all they do and live in accordance to the will of God.

Iheanacho, first child of the deceased in his remarks, said that man’s existence was like a seed planted which only God knows the harvest time.

He said in view of this, there was the need for man to consciously live with the knowledge that only God predetermines the existence of man.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the late Iheanacho died at the age of 72 years.

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Man creeped out and confused after stranger enters house and cleans it

An American man is looking for answers after coming home to find a stranger had entered his house and cleaned it.

Nate Roman, from the US state of Massachusetts, returned home from work on May 15 to find his back door open and his house smelling of cleaning products.

There were no signs of a forced entry and a quick check revealed nothing had been stolen.

But as he walked around the house, he found his bathrooms had been scrubbed clean and his bedrooms were tidy.

"They made the beds, vacuumed the rugs, scrubbed the toilets and left [toilet-paper] roses," he said in a post on Facebook.

The intruder did not leave a note, so Mr Roman said the whole experience felt "weird" and "creepy".

"No idea what to think about this," he said.

He called the police and changed his locks, but suspects a housekeeping service may have accidentally gone to the wrong address.

"It's possible that I forgot to lock the back door. They didn't break anything while entering," he said.

"I usually forget to arm my alarm during the day … so I don't have any video, despite having cameras."

'Waiting to open a cabinet and find that creepy artefact'

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Roman said the intrusion had left him shaken.

"It was a tense couple of days, just worried … because someone was in the house," he said

"It's like I've been waiting to open a cabinet and find that creepy artefact."

But if it does turn out to be just a case of mistaken address, he said he would be glad.

"I will say the bathrooms were very well done. My son's room has never looked better," he said.

"The one thing they didn't do was clean the kitchen, which was a little disappointing."

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