SEPTEMBER 21, 2015   : OLALEYE ALUKO   90 COMMENTS The family’s apartment | credits: Olaleye Aluko PUNCH Metro  gathered that Nelson, who reportedly fled his father’s apartment in Block 272, after the incident on Friday, removed the septuagenarian’s heart and left with it.Residents of Abesan Estate in the Ipaja area of Lagos State have been thrown into confusion after a man, Nelson Oamen, stabbed his father, Ehiremen Oamen, to death during an altercation. Our correspondent learnt that the Oamens, who hailed from Edo State, had been living in the estate for over 15 years. It was gathered that the father, said to be a retired worker in a company in Apapa, was battling with stroke, and usually remained indoors. PUNCH Metro  learnt that 34-year-old Nelson, who did not have a stable job, was reportedly a drug addict, and had had violent clashes with people in the area which were reported to the police. Our correspondent learnt that at about 2pm on ...

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015   : OUR CORRESPONDENTS Senate President Bukola Saraki | credits: www.post-nigeria.com President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement, caution against linking the President with the Saraki’s trial, saying Buhari had no hand in the trial.THE PRESIDENCY said on Sunday that the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged false asset declaration was purely a judicial process. Shehu said there was no provision in the law for the Code of Conduct Bureau and the CCT to take instructions from any quarters, describing as uninformed the views that the CCT, which he said was equal to any superior court of record, could only act upon external instigation. “As an independent institution equal to any superior court of record, the tribunal is set up by the Constitution to determine the issue of default, false declaration or forgery in assets declaration. This...

Over 4,700 migrants have been rescued off the coast of Libya as they tried to reach Europe , an Italian coast guard disclosed. Tens of thousands of people, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, have tried to cross the Mediterranean this year, often dangerously packed into small vessels unsuitable for the voyage. A statement by the coastguard said that one woman was found dead in the rescue mission on Saturday, although no further details were given on the cause of death. According to the statement, the migrants were evacuated to safety in a 20 rescue operations involving numerous vessels which ferried the migrants from rubber boats and barges. In the same development, another 335 people were picked up as part of a rescue mission coordinated by Greece and directed to a port in Italy to disembark. The rescues were carried out by vessels from the Italian coastguard and navy, humanitarian agency Doctors Without Borders, and the Malta-based Migrant Offshore Aid Station. ...

The Police had on Sunday said they were yet to receive a bench warrant to arrest the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, adding that Saraki would be arrested once the order was served on the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase. The Code of Conduct Tribunal had on Friday ordered the arrest of Bukola Saraki on alleged falsification in declaring his assets. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole said the Police were yet to get the warrant. According to Olabisi, "We have not received the warrant, you know today is Sunday and the courts don't work on weekends. So, it's likely that the order will get to us on Monday".

A coalition of civil society organisations under the aegis of Heritage Centre and the National Association of Nigeria Students said they were ready to stage a protest to all foreign embaddies to sensitise them that Nigeria's democracy was under threat. They said nothing will stop them if the beastly witch-hunting of the Senate President - Bukola Saraki by some APC Leaders did not come to an end. The Pressure groups were reacting to the order of Senator Saraki's arrest by the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged falsification in assets declaration. H C Director General - Dr. Katch Ononuju and NANS President, Tijani Usman who issued the threat during a press briefing in Abuja saturday said "it was a witch-hunt against the Senate President by what we described as 'cabals', who should be put under-checks by the Federal Government. Ononuju accused President Buhari for not taking his appointment lists to the Senate for screening because Bukola i...

A cross section of Edo indegenes has reacted to the recent decamping of Lucky Imasuen from PDP to APC, describing it as shamefull and a act of mischieve. Speaking with the Peoples Periscope, a PDP faithful in the State, Mr. Timothy Idehen, said the decamping of Mr. Lucky Imasuen will not affect the governorship election of 2016, saying PDP will be the party to beat. Mrs. Itohan Igho said it was a shamefull act on the part of Lucky Imasuen who was in charge of the Sure-P programe of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. She said despite all the derogatory statement Lucky Imasuen made concerning the APC and the Comrade governor, he still had the mind to join them. According to Mrs. Igho, "it's like a dog returning to his vomit". An APC faithful in the state who pleaded anonymity said Lucky Imasuen joining the APC is of no effect. He said APC already knew that Lucky Imasuen had no followers, saying he will only come as a bench warmer. "We don't want ...

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