A man collapsed and died after attempting to fight a woman inside a plane leaving many in shock.
Inside the plane
 
A male passenger collapsed and died on a plane after he attempted to strangle a female passenger in an air rage incident.
 
A flight operated by Red Wings airline was forced to make an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, after the distressing mid-air drama on the plane.
 
The drama on the vacation flight going from Moscow to Simferopol began shortly after takeoff. The unnamed 32-year-old man grabbed a female passenger by the neck and attempted to strangle her and a commotion ensued.
 
He is also said to have threatened fellow passengers on the flight by saying: "If you want to live, put up your hands."
 
He added: "We are going to die, the pilots are asleep!"
 
Passengers rushed to the woman’s aid but the man screamed abuse at the men trying to fight him off. He also used a mobile phone to repeatedly strike a male passenger on the head.
 
The other passengers finally succeeded in getting the man off the woman and they strapped him to a seat. But he then collapsed with a "cardiac arrest". Unconfirmed reports said that the attacker received a head injury during the fight.
 
A doctor on board restarted the man’s heart, reports say. The captain then decided to return and requested an emergency landing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport from where it had departed.
 
Police and ambulance were waiting at the runway when the plane landed and the man was pronounced dead by paramedics minutes later.
 
"Paramedics who arrived at the aircraft started to provide medical assistance, but the man died from acute heart failure," said Svetlana Petrenko in a statement issued by the Russian Investigative Committee. "There were no external signs of a violent death."
 

 
A video of the incident shared online by a passenger named Daria Belikova captured th immediate aftermath of the violent incident.
A video of the incident shared online by a passenger named Daria Belikova captured th immediate aftermath of the violent incident.
 
She said in the video: "A man just started going mad here. He has been hitting a woman. They have tied him up now. He was yelling something and was hitting a man who sat next to him over his head with a phone."
 
One man is heard saying: "Throw him out with a parachute."
 
Another said: "Push him out without a parachute."
 
Daria said: "I hope everything is going to be okay."
 
In another video, Daria said: "He started yelling ‘If you want to live, put up your hands. We are going to die, the pilots are asleep!' We landed and this man is now being taken away."
 
After disembarking, she updated her followers, saying: "I’ve got to say that this weird man has died. What a flight this was."

Pep Guardiola has agreed a deal to leave Manchester City and take up the vacant managerial role at Juventus.
Pep Guardiola
 
That is the extraordinary claim of Italian journalist Federico Gennarelli of Radio Sportiva.
 
The Catalan coach secured the domestic treble and helped City become the first men’s team in English football history to win the league title and both cup competitions in the same season.
 
Manchester City wrapped up their trio of trophies with a record-equalling 6-0 thrashing of Watford in the FA Cup final at Wembley last Saturday - the joint-biggest margin of victory in any final in the competition’s 147-year history.
 
That came after beating Chelsea on penalties in the Carabao Cup final back in February before a 98-point league season secured back-to-back titles, becoming the first team in a decade to retain their Premier League crown as they edged rivals Liverpool, who ended on 97 points.
 
It is thought Guardiola’s ultimate ambition at the Etihad is to win them the Champions League for the first time ever and claim Europe’s biggest piece of silverware himself for the first time since 2011 when he was at Barcelona, with his failure to progress past the semi finals in three seasons at Bayern Munich a major criticism.
 
After three full seasons at City, he has so far failed to get past the quarter-final stage having lost to Liverpool last season and Tottenham this season, both of whom went on to reach the final in each campaign.
 
But with Max Allegri having left Juventus last week, reports now claim Guardiola will move to the Serie A giants, who own similar European ambitions, in the coming weeks.
 
Juve signed five-time Champions League winner Cristiano Ronaldo last summer but still could not progress past the quarter finals of the competition as they seek a first success on the continent since 1996.
 
And with Allegri potentially making a move to the Premier League after leading Juve to five titles in five years, Gennarelli claims Guardiola will give up his position at City despite having two years left to run on his contract.
 
Gennarelli said on Twitter: “It was supposed to be the decisive day. It was: Pep #Guardiola will be the new coach of the #Juventus. 4-year contract. Deal done.”
 
The claim follows reports from Guardiola’s native Spain that he met with Juve sporting director Fabio Paratici in Milan.
 
Paratici was pictured outside the Palazzo Parigi hotel in the city where Guardiola is currently staying and Onda Cero’s Mario Gago Huerta claimed to Sportitalia that the pair had a private discussion although that was not the purpose of his visit.
 
Instead, the reason for Guardiola’s Milan trip is thought to be for a charity event with sponsors.
 
It was added by Gago Huerta that Guardiola would be unlikely to leave England to take up the job in Turin even despite the allegations of Financial Fair Play breaches by City and suggestions they could be handed a one-year Champions League ban by UEFA.
 
But reports from Italy say, by contrast, that Guardiola will be take up the role will be officially unveiled as Juve boss on June 14.
The 48-year-old tactician gave an exasperated response when asked about his future with the Citizens just last week, however.
 
“How many times do I have to say, I’m not going to Juventus?” he said. “I am not going to move to Italy, I’m staying here two more seasons.
 
“If they want me, I have a contract, I am not going to move and I’m satisfied working here with this club, with these people here and I’m not going anywhere.”
 
Those comments would seem to kill any suggestion that Guardiola is going anywhere in the near future.
 
It had previously been mooted that Guardiola could reach a verbal agreement with Juve to go to the Old Lady whenever he leaves City, with it having long been clear that he would take up the managerial role with the Premier League side as they long hunted to bring his talents to England.
 
Guardiola is under contract with City until the end of the 2020-21 season and if he honours his deal, it will be his longest spell as a manager at one club. He spent four

A woman who was trying to give birth to her baby boy by herself, has ended up killing the child in Ebonyi.
The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Wednesday, said that a lady in her late 30s allegedly killed her baby boy in the process of delivery in Abakaliki, a Punch Metro report has shown.
 
According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah, the lady inflicted injuries on herself while trying to forcefully deliver the baby.
 
She added that the woman was currently receiving treatment at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.
 
Odah, who alleged that the woman wanted to deliver the baby without the aid of a doctor and outside a hospital, noted that the baby had already died in her womb before she was taken to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.
 
According to the PPRO, at the hospital, the woman refused medical treatment until police officers prevailed on her and the hospital management to ensure that she was given proper medical attention.
 
Odah added that the police had ordered that she be kept in hospital for adequate medical attention until she fully recovered, saying, “By then, the matter will be transferred to the state police headquarters for further investigation.”

Emefiele, who explained how the CBN led the country out of recession, however, warned that going forward, saboteurs and others who flout economic policies of the government will be prosecuted.
Godwin Emefiele
 

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has raised the alarm that the country might  slide back to recession except urgent measures are taken to address the high rate of unemployment.

He said the country has made progress in the year under review but more efforts  were needed to reduce the staggering unemployment rate.

“From some of my concluding remarks, you may have observed whether you like it or not, there is global uncertainty that will unfortunately most certainly lead to another crisis.

“The question could be, how are we, as Nigerians, particularly our leaders, I’m talking of monetary and fiscal policy authority, preparing our country for the next set of crisis?

“We have luckily exited recession, we have seen recession pending downward to about 18.72 percent in 2017 to about 11. 37 percent today.

“We have seen reserves moving up but unfortunately, we still have issues and those issues bother around unemployment rate and those issues bother around how do we prepare our country,” he said.

He expressed his concerns when he delivered the Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series  with the theme: “Beyond the global financial crisis: Monetary policy under global uncertainty” at the University of Benin, yesterday.

The warning came exactly a week after he alerted Nigerians to expect tough and rough years.

“The road ahead is tough and rough. I want to appeal to our people to respect the policies of the country. We always put good policies in place, but implementation is a problem," he stated when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, as part of his reconfirmation hearing, blamed part of the country’s woes on disrespect for the rule of law.

Emefiele, who explained how the CBN led the country out of recession, however, warned that going forward, saboteurs and others who flout economic policies of the government will be prosecuted. He said despite the policies put in place by the Federal Government, implementation was always a challenge.

He also warned against the nation’s growing population and explained that if not properly managed, it will become a liability.

Emefiele, who explained how the CBN led the country out of recession, however, warned that going forward, saboteurs and others who flout economic policies of the government will be prosecuted.
Godwin Emefiele
 

Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has raised the alarm that the country might  slide back to recession except urgent measures are taken to address the high rate of unemployment.

He said the country has made progress in the year under review but more efforts  were needed to reduce the staggering unemployment rate.

“From some of my concluding remarks, you may have observed whether you like it or not, there is global uncertainty that will unfortunately most certainly lead to another crisis.

“The question could be, how are we, as Nigerians, particularly our leaders, I’m talking of monetary and fiscal policy authority, preparing our country for the next set of crisis?

“We have luckily exited recession, we have seen recession pending downward to about 18.72 percent in 2017 to about 11. 37 percent today.

“We have seen reserves moving up but unfortunately, we still have issues and those issues bother around unemployment rate and those issues bother around how do we prepare our country,” he said.

He expressed his concerns when he delivered the Eminent Persons’ Lecture Series  with the theme: “Beyond the global financial crisis: Monetary policy under global uncertainty” at the University of Benin, yesterday.

The warning came exactly a week after he alerted Nigerians to expect tough and rough years.

“The road ahead is tough and rough. I want to appeal to our people to respect the policies of the country. We always put good policies in place, but implementation is a problem," he stated when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, as part of his reconfirmation hearing, blamed part of the country’s woes on disrespect for the rule of law.

Emefiele, who explained how the CBN led the country out of recession, however, warned that going forward, saboteurs and others who flout economic policies of the government will be prosecuted. He said despite the policies put in place by the Federal Government, implementation was always a challenge.

He also warned against the nation’s growing population and explained that if not properly managed, it will become a liability.

A driver who killed as many as four children and injured many others, has been nabbed by police officers.
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a driver, who rammed into schoolchildren on Monday in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Punch Metro reports.
 
The driver, it was gathered, killed four of the children and injured 10 others.
 
The Oba Divisional Police Officer, Ifeanyi Abanaofor, told newsmen on Wednesday that the driver had been arrested.
 
He said, “The injured are about 10 and they have been taken to various hospitals for medical attention.

“The driver of the ill-fated vehicle, Mr Chibuzor Elebo, has been arrested.”
 
A source attributed the crash to the recklessness of Elebo, who was said to be answering a telephone call while driving an Infinity SUV when the incident occurred.
 
“He lost control and veered off his lane into the other lane before ramming into the kids, killing three instantly, while the fourth died at the hospital,” the source stated.
 
Another source, who claimed to be an eyewitness, told our correspondent that the pupils had just closed from the school for the day when the incident happened.
 
He said, “The schoolchildren came out in large numbers, having been dismissed at about 2pm on the fateful day.

“As they were going on the Oba/Nnewi Old Road, an Infinity SUV with number plate MYB 22 AAA was coming from the Onitsha direction and had brake failure and rammed into the pupils, killing four on the spot, while about 10 of them sustained injuries.
“The corpses of the deceased were deposited in the Gateway Hospital morgue, Oba.”
 
The President General, Aboji Akanano Union, Oba, Dozie Nweke, described the accident as “unfortunate and a great loss to the Oba people and the families of the pupils. The parents should take heart because what has happened has happened.”
 
It was gathered that two of the deceased pupils were siblings.

Rotimi Amaechi has jokingly thanked President Buhari for not converting him to Islam because of his association with him.
Amaechi and Buhari
 
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi on Wednesday jokingly thanked President Buhari for not converting him to Islam, saying he has been attacked severally for associating with a President who many assumed was planning to Islamize Nigeria.
 
Amaechi said this at the valedictory Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House Abuja yesterday Wednesday, May 22nd.
 
The former Rivers state governor narrated how he was almost chased out of Christ the King Catholic Church in 2014 for supporting the president, who they alleged was trying to Islamise the country.
 
“Mr President, let me thank you for not converting me to Islam. I say that specifically because in 2014 when I walked into Christ the King Catholic Church, I was literally chased out of the church as a governor because I was accused of supporting a man whose agenda was to Islamise Nigeria.

And in Rivers state they began to call me `Alhaji Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi’. I thank you because they have dropped the `Alhaji’ and back to Mr Chibuike Amaechi,’’ he said.
 
Amaechi said some persons initially thought that the president would be an autocratic leader only for him to turn out to be an “extreme democrat’’.
 
“I was told in the course of the campaign that you were autocratic and therefore you would not be democratic. Most of us are not happy that you have moved from your autocratic nature to an extreme democrat that everything puts to test of the people, to the extent that the people now feel that the only way things can go on in this country is by the rule of law.

“We all know that the rule of law is the beginning and the end of this government. Talking about the financial impunity that we saw before, people were making money without having any productive capacity for that’’ he said

President Buhari said the diversity in thought of the ministers were a reflection of the diversity of the entire country.
President Muhammadu Buhari
 
Revelation into why President Muhammadu Buhari failed to inject fresh hands into his cabinet for a straight four-year term, despite subtle pressure from a cross section of Nigerians, emerged on Wednesday, just as the president hosted his team to a valedictory session at the State House, Abuja.
 
Buhari, who said heated debates sometimes characterise their weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meetings, also said they enable them make rational decision on the long run.
 
But contrary to the expectation of Nigerians, the president failed to dissolve his cabinet on May 22, hinging it on the unique skills and strength that each of the ministers has.
 
He said the diversity in thought of the ministers were a reflection of the diversity of the entire country, hence every opinion mattered and needed to be considered thoroughly.
 
“Although we all had a common vision, we frequently had heated debates in this room on the best way to achieve our goals. These differing views are what made the decisions we took all the more rational.

“It is this quality that made me retain my cabinet for the full term. Each of you in this room has a unique skill and strength. We are a reflection of the Nigeria we aspire to achieve. A diverse but tolerant nation where no one is silenced and where every opinion should be heard and considered,” the president stated at the valedictory session.
 
While mandating the ministers to continue to hold brief in their respective ministries and submit their handover notes to their permanent secretaries on May 28, which happens to be the eve of his official swearing-in for a fresh four-year term, Buhari said they ought to be proud of contributing their quota to the development of the country, especially with the initial challenges that trailed the current administration.
 
Buhari said, “Although today is our last council meeting, I expect all of you to continue working until Tuesday, May 28, 2019, when you will officially hand over your schedules to your respective permanent secretaries. Your handing over letters should be submitted to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

“I want you all to leave this meeting proud to have served your nation to the best of your ability. You should be proud to have been part of the government that liberated the local government areas previously under Boko Haram rule.

“You should be proud to have contributed to our food security and economic diversification agenda which led to the revival of our rural agrarian economy. You should be proud to have been part of the team that developed the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan which led Nigeria exiting its worst recession in decades.

“You should be proud to have introduced the social investment programme that enhanced livelihoods of millions of Nigerians. You should be proud to have participated in settling outstanding pensions of many senior citizens abandoned by previous governments while supporting state governments to meet their salary arrears.

“And of course, you should all be proud to have overseen the most ambitious road, rail and airport rehabilitation programmes in the history of our country.

“I must put on record that your achievements in the last three and a half years has guaranteed your position in the history books of this nation. You have certainly built the foundations for an improved economy and a more purposeful government”.
 
The president, however, regretted that Minister of State for Labour and Employment, the late James Ocholi, who died along with his wife and son in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressway was not around to witness the valedictory session.
 
“Our first meeting in this chamber was in November 2015. Over the past three and a half years, we worked together to deliver our campaign promises. I strongly believe that it is this team work that led to the successes recorded during our first term.

“Some of our colleagues, with whom we sta

Following reports that Bola Tinubu is under pressure to contest in 2023, he has been urged to drop the ambition.
Bola Tinubu
 
Following the interest shown by some individuals to become the country’s president in 2023, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adamu Kuta, has criticised the party National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for saying he is under pressure to contest after President Muhammad Buhari’s 2nd term in office which begins on May 29.
 
Kuta, a former member of the House of Representatives from Niger State made the statement on Tuesday, in Minna.
 
He acknowledged that Tinubu has contributed greatly to the success of APC, but he is not fit to be the president of Nigeria.

“I like Tinubu as a person and he has contributed immensely to the success of our party, but honestly he is not the kind of president Nigeria needs in 2023.

“Nigerians need someone that can continue with the achievements and the foundation that Buhari has laid.

“We want someone that can continue from where Buhari will stop in 2023.”
 
The APC chieftain dismissed insinuations that in view of the current crisis in the ruling party, there might not be an APC after Buhari in 2023.
 
“Crisis is not new in party politics and every political party has its own share of the crisis.

“It is the good work of Buhari in the next four years that will determine whether or not the party can last beyond 2023. But the good work Buhari is doing now, there is no doubt that the party will win the 2023 election,” he said.
 
He further said that any zone can produce the president in 2023, noting that the Nigeria constitution does not recognise zoning of political offices.
 
“The last general election had presidential candidates from every region of the country and nobody stopped them because the constitution recognises them.

“So every region has the constitutional right to field candidates for any elective position in the country.

“Our focus should be how to get a credible candidate that will take over from Buhari in 2023, regardless of the region the person will come from. We want the best for the country.”
 
-NAN

4-storey building has come crashing down in a community in Onitsha, leaving as many as six people trapped.
Scene of the incident
 
According to The Nation, as many as six persons were on Wednesday feared dead in a building collapse at No. 7 Ezenwa Street Onitsha, Anambra state.
 
Eight persons were said to be under the structure when the four-storey building under construction, came crumbling around 1.45pm.
 
Eyewitnesses said those trapped were six labourers, including the site Engineer.
 
The Nation gathered that the building is owned by a lawyer whose identity was not disclosed.

Some of the sympathizers blamed the building Engineer for using substandard materials for the construction.
 
Divisional Police Officer for Onitsha central police station, Mr Ifeanyi Iburu led a team of security operatives to ensure adequate security of lives and property.
 
Other rescue teams were Red Cross officers and other security agencies.
 
Sympathizers and passerby were also part of those attempting to rescue the remaining six.
Meanwhile, one of the trapped persons was making calls inside the debris, an indication that some of them might still be alive.
 
Confirming the incident, the Chairman, Red Cross Society in Anambra State, Prof. Peter Katchy said the rescued casualties have been rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
 
He said, “One of the persons rescued by Red Cross is at the intensive care at Holy Rosary Hospital Waterside Onitsha, while another is at General Hospital Onitsha.

“Four are still trapped under the debris of the collapsed building including the Site Engineer. The Excavator and an Earth Moving Vehicle have just arrived now.”

Eleven persons were said to have been killed at Sabon-Layin Galadima village of Faskari LGA.
More than 30 persons were killed after suspected bandits attacked some communities in Katsina state between Monday and Tuesday.
 
Some of the affected communities are Mara Zamfarawa village in Danmusa local government area (LGA); Sabon-Layin Galadima community of Faskari LGA; and Yar’Gamji village of Batsari LGA.
 
The suspects were said to have also carted away some animals.
 
Eleven persons were said to have been killed at Sabon-Layin Galadima village of Faskari LGA.
 
Gambo Isah, police spokesman in the state, said those killed in Faskari were members of a vigilante group.
 
“On the Faskari incident, a group of Yansakai (vigilantes) from Sabon Layi village, went into the forest and confronted the bandits since yesterday and did not report back. Two corpses were recovered and buried by the villagers yesterday,” he told reporters.
 
“A search party led by the DPO in Faskari recovered three other bodies inside the forest. A bandits’ camp was also discovered abandoned by d bandits. Investigation is ongoing.”
 
Five persons were reportedly killed at Mara Zamfarawa village in Danmusa LGA on Tuesday.
 
The suspects were said to have attacked the residents while working on their farms. In Batsari LGA, they killed 10 person, leaving others injured.
 
“They attacked Yar’Gamji village of Batsari LGA and killed 10 persons. They entered the village on motorcycles. The attackers also rustled many animals and injured many people,” an official of the local government said.
 
Following the incident, youth from Batsari LGA protested the killings and displayed the corpses before the Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, emir of Katsina, and Aminu Bello Masari, governor of the state.
 
While Usman sympathised with the protesters over the incident, Masari said the government would put measures in place to end the banditry.

The Nigerian Customs Service has begun the electronic auction of contrabands, including exotic cars and other items.

According to The Nation, the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has commenced electronic (online) auction of contrabands, including exotic cars of different brands seized from smugglers in Imo/Abia and Edo/Delta commands.
 
Controller of Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Owerri, Comptroller Kayode Olusemire, who made the disclosure while conducting newsmen round the latest seizures made in the zone, said that the auction, which will be done through the internet will be conducted every Monday and Wednesday for the next one month.
 
According to him, interested members of the public can log into the internet designated website and select any of the items listed on the purchase list.
 
The Controller also disclosed that among items to be auctioned electronically were Rolls Royce cars, Mercedes, Toyota and vehicles of different makes and other intercepted contraband.
 
He stated that the recourse to online sales of seized goods is to make the process as transparent as possible.
 
Some of the latest seizures, according to Olusemire, were eight exotic cars with duty paid value (DPV) of N161 million, over 1,000,572 bags of rice with DPV of N31 million, fake drugs, including cannabis saliva, tramadol, codeine and spices with foreign names.
 
Some of the rice, he said were neatly concealed in two silos belonging to Dangote Group of Companies and plastic tanks.
 
He wondered why smuggling still thrives, especially rice, despite all the efforts put in by the Federal Government to encourage rice production.
 
The Controller solicited the cooperation of the public to tackle the smuggling menace, warning that any attack on Customs men in the course of their duty attracts the death penalty.

A man who raised a false alarm leading to the lynching of his friend in Kaduna state has been apprehended.
The body of the victim hit by stray bullet during the attack being taken away for burial.
 
Police operatives on Tuesday arrested Alhaji Musa Imam, the man who raised an alarm at the Kawo flyover in Kaduna that resulted in the death of three persons on Monday.
 
Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna state, DSP Yakubu Sabo, who confirmed the new development in a statement said Alhaji Imam was arrested at about 5:00pm on Tuesday.
 
DSP Sabo said that one of the three persons shot in the bid to disperse the mob from lynching the three men had died, bringing to three the number of casualties as a result of the false alarm.
 
Recall that the Imam was trailed by three of his friends who stood as surety for him in Lagos after he jumped bail and on getting to the Kawo Bridge in Kaduna raised alarm that the men were about to kidnap him.
 
His scream attracted a mob who lynched the driver of the vehicle conveying the three men while the two others ran to a nearby fuel station until they were rescued by policemen. In the process of trying to get the men out from the scene, security agents shot two other persons.
 
After attracting the mob which went after the men and killed the driver, Alhaji Imam was said to have escaped.
 
According to DSP Sabo, police in Lagos had called the three men who stood surety for him who trailed him to Kaduna to invite him to the station “but on seeing them, he raised the alarm that they are kidnapers and the mob attacked the men that stood surety for him.”

Saraki and Dogara had emerged in 2015 as President of the Senate and Speaker against the wish of the APC, which they then belonged.
The All Progressives Congress has put in place strategies to ensure that the President of the Senate, Bulola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, do not influence the election of presiding officers for the Ninth National Assembly, Akelicious has learnt.
 
A Punch correspondent gathered that the national leadership of the party and the preferred candidates for the positions of presiding officers had arranged a series of meetings with members-elect to douse apprehension.
 
It was learnt that President Muhammadu Buhari had held Iftar (dinner for breaking of fasting) with members-elect as part of the plans.
 
An APC chieftain told our correspondent that the party would work hard to thwart whatever plans Saraki and Dogara had against the emergence of its anointed candidates.
 
Akelicious had reported that the APC leadership had endorsed Senators Ahmed Lawan and Ovie Omo-Agege as the next President of the Senate and Deputy Senate President, respectively.
 
It also reported that Mr Femi Gbajabiamila and Ahmed Wase, had been anointed as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively for the House of Representatives.
 
But a member of the National Working Committee of the APC said party leaders were aware of counter-moves by Dogara to frustrate the agenda of the ruling party.
 
He said, “We are aware of clandestine meetings he had been having with some members of the House of Representatives against the wish of the APC.

“We are not surprised because he is no longer our member; but we are watching keenly the activities of our members who had been meeting with him.

“The agenda is for the party and everybody to respect party supremacy.”
 
Another chieftain of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the party, was also monitoring developments in the Senate as some senators in the opposition PDP had stepped up their game to cause disaffection among the APC members, with Saraki at the background.
 
The APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said the party was not threatened by the influence of Saraki and Dogara.
 
He said, “I will advise we stop talking about Dr Saraki as far as the Ninth National Assembly is concerned.

“By the time President Muhammadu Buhari will be inaugurating the Ninth National Assembly, Saraki would have become a former member. So, he is to us irrelevant to this discussion.

“Dogara would be a floor member and of the opposition party, so he has no role to play in deciding who rules for the majority.”
 
Saraki and Dogara had emerged in 2015 as President of the Senate and Speaker against the wish of the APC, which they then belonged.
 
Issa-Onilu, however, expressed confidence that the situation would be different this time.
 
He said, “What happened in 2015 was a coup against the people of this country. It was a very unpatriotic action. Our President told them (members-elect) that much when they had Iftar(breaking of fasting) with him.

I can assure you that the party has done enough to ensure that those that ran on our platform are loyal members who share in the vision of the party, who understand that we have a mandate to save this country from the PDP and their nefarious collaborators.

“They also understand that it would be a betrayal of the President, the party, and indeed, majority of electorate to work for those who the people rejected at the polls.”

In what will come across as a worrying development, angry fans of Naira Marley have threatened to do harm to Ruggedman.
Naira Marley
 
Controversies trailing the incarceration of Nigerian street music rapper, Azeez Fashola, a.k.a Naira Marley, following a Federal High Court’s order to remand him in prison pending the consideration of his bail application on May 30, 2019, are beginning to get messy as a fan has threatened to assassinate Ruggedman and former Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, if the rapper is eventually sentenced to prison.
 
According to the fan who believes Ruggedman and Dolapo are the brains behind Marley’s arrest by the EFCC, no matter how long it takes, he would hunt them down even if he is eventually apprehended.
 
Meanwhile, Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has shared her thoughts on the matter which is gradually becoming a household conversation.
 
“I don’t know Naira Marley, I don’t have any form of relationship with him, and I’ve never even seen him on social media. One thing I want Nigerians to recognize is that two wrongs never make a right. The fact that there is no money in the country does not justify corruption; because our politicians are doing it does not make it right.

"We should understand the implications of what we do; the world see us in a negative light when we do things wrong, Nigerians are seen as crooks all over the world. True change starts with you. What happened to the values that our parents taught us? Let us look inwards and think out of the box. There are lots of things we can do to make legitimate money.  My take is we have to start building a stronger and better Nigeria from you,” she said.
 
However, Kemi Olunloyo, who has been pleading with EFCC to free Marley, continues to blame Simi for bringing misfortune to him.
 
“This is why I hate forced conversations; Simi forced one so as to trend. Do you hear New York real estate dealers tell Russian gangsters and mafia not to buy their properties?    The whole of  Manhattan  is owned by top Russian mafia guys. You ignited a mess in the Nigerian financial crimes war and a fast rising singer, now a legend, was arrested on his birthday during the fasting season of your Muslim brothers and sisters.

"That’s like you being arrested on that lovely wedding day on Easter weekend. There is no food in the prisons let alone the Muslims who can only eat at 7pm and no Sari allowed. You are locked up 5pm, opened 9am. VIP or not you are not totally free. They watch you like a hawk, and you have to pay the fraudulent Nigerian prison service for that wing”, she said.
 
Meanwhile, a video raining unprintable curses on Ruggedman has surfaced on social media. Some fans of Naira Marley, popularly known as ‘Marlians’ were spotted doing some sort of sacrifice against Ruggedman for his suspected involvement in the rappers arrest.  In the video tagged ‘Ruggedman must fall’, they could be heard calling the veteran musician’s name and laying curses on him.
 
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Two siblings have been found dead with some powder on their mouths in a community in Lagos state, stunning everyone.

The siblings were found dead
 
Accordig to a report by The Guardian, a family and residents of 46, Olatunji road, Ojota, Lagos State were thrown into mourning yesterday when the bodies of two siblings were found lifeless in a shop, with strange white-like substances around their mouth and head.
 
The brothers, Michael, aged 21 and Paul, aged 19 years were found yesterday morning by a neighbour who wondered why the shop was not opened so late in the day.
 
Placing calls to their mobile phones, the phones were found to be ringing in the shop. The neighbour, who didn’t want his name in print, said he started getting worried because they all knew the duo usually slept in the shop and were the first to open for business on the street.
 
Raising an alarm, he gathered other neighbours who forced the shop open only to discover the lifeless bodies inside. Loud cries immediately filled the air as people started wondering if the duo committed suicide or were killed. However, police officers from the Area H police station, who were called to the scene carried out some preliminary investigations on the spot and determined that they were choked with the carbon monoxide from a running generating set inside the shop.
 
The neighbour confirmed that they usually put on the generating set to sleep if there was no power but argued that the generator couldn’t have led to their death, suspecting foul play.
 
“This is not the first time they are using this generator though it is quite new. The generator supplies light to the whole house and we usually put it on when there is no power, which is almost everyday. More investigations should be carried out because we are suspecting there is more to this than meets the eye. How can two whole human beings just go like that in one day? We need more light on this,” he wept.
   
Meanwhile, their bodies were bagged and handed over to the police and an officer from the station who pleaded anonymity said they would be handed over to the family after proper investigations have been done.In another development, a 300-level medical student of the Niger Delta University (NDU), Uzakah Timi Ebiweni, has committed suicide in Bayelsa State for failing his Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) examination. It was reported that Ebiweni took a plunge into a river close to the university campus, Amassoma located in the Southern Ijaw area council of the state.
 
About 50 students, out of the 169 who sat for the MBBS exam, failed. The police public relations officer in the state, SP Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident but said there was no official report yet.
 
However, the public relations officer of the university, Ndoni Ingezi said: “Eniweni took his own life after news that he was part of 22 students shortlisted to be withdrawn from the college came out. You know it is a general practice that every student passes the MBBS exams before progressing to the next level of academic pursuit. But Ebiweni and 21 others failed beyond the level that they could be placed on academic probation for another academic year so they had to be withdrawn.

“So in their usual practice, they do not break the news to the student until they are invited for counseling. When Ebiweni was counseled and informed about the fact that he will be withdrawn from college, on that day, he accepted the decision in good fate and left. Only for the university to hear afterwards that the young man took his own life. His body has been recovered and deposited at the Sabageria mortuary.”

A woman has been left contemplating to take her own life after confessing to cheating on her husband.
Crying woman (File photo)
 
We brought you a story about a wife that cheated on her husband, now the woman has confessed her sins.
 
Now she's feeling suicidal after opening up to her husband about the act.
 
Read her story below:  
 
I was genuine shedding tears as I relayed my shameful experience to him. I apologized and begged for him to forgive me and I promised to never repeat such again. I thought he'd understand and forgive me. But I was wrong. My husband now wants a divorce. Actually, he has sent me and the kids out of his house. I have a daughter who is 4 and a son who is 2. My husband said he doesn't think he is the father. I assured him that he is and that he should get a DNA test to confirm. But he refused. 

I rented a 2 bedroom flat somewhere close to my office. This is where I currently stay. Since leaving my husband's house I have only received a phone call from him where he stated the date that he and I were going to visit my parents who are currently in my village. He told me that if I wasn't going to come, he'd go alone and tell them what happened and why he decided to divorce me. 

I feel like my life is over. I can't face my parents and tell them what I've done. It's very shameful. I can't even face my friends and relations. I feel like I'm drowning a pool of shame and despair. I can't imagine being a single mother at this age. I love my husband and I enjoyed our marriage. I can't imagine it all being over. 

I called my colleague and told him everything. He said that I shouldn't hold him responsible for anything since our rendezvous was based on mutual consent. He said he doesn't want to have anything to with me and we should keep our relationship at work very platonic so as not to raise eyebrows of those who might link him to what happened with me.

I'm utterly hopeless. I feel like taking my life. I almost took this action yesterday but I pitied my children. But with every passing day I feel like suicide is the only way to end my pain. I wish I had listened to those people who advised me to keep what I did a secret. I wanted to, but every time I was with my husband I felt I was constantly betraying him by hiding the truth from him. I just want to die. I can't bare this pain anymore.

There is this fear that engulf who when you have unprotect s*x with the wrong person and this appears to be what played out in this man's head.
Read a real life experience of a man who went for an HIV test after sleeping with a commercial s*x worker below:
 
I returned back to the east after NYSC on December 2018, but instead of going home I got a place to stay in Anambra state. 
 
The girls in Anambra are just beautiful that it will be hard for you not to take a second look. I sworn that I will never cheat on my Fiancé cause I love her so much and wouldn't want to hurt her.
 
After like three weeks in Awka konji was killing me, Meanwhile babe is somewhere very far doing a program in her field.
 
On January 23rd A friend came around and was suggesting us visiting one of the brothels in Awka. I was initially not interested, so he suggested I just escort him there and sit at the bar until he was done. I said cool that's fine. 
 
So he went in with one of the girls, I was just taking some drinks when a very beautiful prostitute passed, instead of John Thomas to relax, him foolishly stand. 
 
After negotiations we entered . Just because it's be quite a while I just dey use my power on the babe, all of a sudden what I noticed was "Condom done burst" 
 
I noticed late and believe me the girl wasn't bothered, I was like "you carry anything? ".
 
She was like no I am fine. for my mind I was like "even if she get she will still say no"
 
I immediately ran to a chemist and asked for Ciprofloxacin, bought it then I left leaving my friend behind cause that dude can taste like three different girls in one night
 
Two weeks later I was sick of fever, that same week joint pains, fatigue, headache, in fact my neck was hurting. 
 
I opened goggle searched about symptoms of HIV, what I was got me more scared. I was like so this girl dash me HIV free of charge, no wonder she wasn't feeling remorsed when the condom busted. 
 
Fear gripped me, I started thinking Lord what have I done.
 
Lord I am sorry.
 
Forgive me and don't let me pay so heavy for my mistake. 
 
Fast forward till 10th May 2019.
 
I went to the hospital to do some test.
 
I did hepatitis, Liver function test, typhoid, malaria, I wanted to do HIV but I was scared I decided not to. 
 
Two days later I went back to get the test result. 
 
Hepatitis-Negative
 
Malaria-positive 
 
typoid-Negative
 
Liver function test - A little above normal (doc said no need to worry)
 
20th May I decided to go to Owerri to do the HIV test in case I was positive so nobody will know me. in fact I didn't use my real name when filling the HIV form. 
 
After the long discussion the counselor will give, then it was time to Carry out the test. 
 
My hands and feets were shaking. the counselor noticed and he said even if you have it there are ARVs for you to live healthy (I was like God just forgive me, I know I have failed)
 
As soon as he took my blood, I stood up wrote my number on a shot of paper and said Sir please send the result to me via sms, he was just staring at me while I left. 
 
I left and went to a bar sitting and waiting for the result via sms
 
After 20mins I got a test. my heart was beating when I opened it what I saw was "Your HIV test result says you are negative, always protect yourself but remember abstinence is the best".

I was so happy but I Needed to confirm it again, so I returned back to Awka that same day. 
 
Today being 22nd May 2019, I went to Medical Center Amaku to confirm. 
 
I went in after every every I was confirmed negative, happiness from no where came over me. 
 
As I was leaving I looked towards the special clinic and saw crowd of HIV positive persons waiting to get ARVs, and I was like what if I had tested positive is this how I will disgrace myself and my family. 
 
I opened a trend previously asking if HIV persons can join the military. This is because my uncle is making sure I join the Nigeria Prison service. I would have been disgraced if I tasted positive. 
 
I have sworn that from this day I will never have s*x till I get married. cause I am planning to get married next year God willing. 
 
So my friends try to know your status today.
 
You might be scared but just know that only test can confirm your status. 
 
So when last did you check your status?

He said that anyone or group of persons associated with IPOB will be termed as a terrorist and dealt with severely.

The Abia State Police Command has warned the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against any activity capable of truncating the peace and safety of the residents.
 
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ene Okon, gave the warning in an interview on Channels Television.
 
He said that anyone or group of persons associated with IPOB will be termed as a terrorist and dealt with severely.
 
“The Nigeria Police Force In Abia will treat any person associated with IPOB as a terrorist and such a person or group of persons will be dealt with according to the law”.
 
The commissioner’s comment comes in reaction to the sit-at-home-order issued by the proscribed movement, scheduled to come into effect on May 30, 2019.
 
He noted that security personnel have been put in strategic places, thereby assuring residents to go about their activities without fear.
 
“I am assuring the good people of Abia to disregard the illegal order and go about their normal businesses as there is every assurance of protection of lives and properties”, he added.

The Presidency has directed the immediate removal of all trucks from the bridges and roads within Apapa and all adjoining streets leading into the Apapa axis.
Apapa gridlock
 
 
Presidency sets up task force to clear Apapa gridlock within two weeks

The Presidency on Wednesday set up a task force headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to clear up the gridlock in Apapa and its environs within two weeks.

The task force was set up as a result of a presidential directive, which ordered the removal of trucks on bridges and roads in Apapa as well as the restoration of law and order in that part of Lagos.

The directive was shared on the verified Twitter handle of the Government of Nigeria, @AsoRock.

Part of the notice read, “The directive mandates the immediate removal of all trucks from the bridges and roads within Apapa and all adjoining streets leading into the Apapa axis.

“To facilitate this important assignment, operators of trucks and tankers have also been directed to vacate the Port Access Roads within the next 72 hours.


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“The meeting proffered lasting solutions to the gridlock around the Lagos Ports, as the traffic congestion has continued to restrict all operations and livelihood in the area.

“At the meeting were key heads and representatives of relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government, including the Honourable Minister of @FMPWH, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola; Inspector General of @PoliceNG, Mr. Mohammed Adamu; representative of the Chief of @NigerianNavy Staff, Rear Admiral B.E.E Ibe-Enwo; Permanent Secretary, @followlasg Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Salaam Taiwo Olufemi; and the Executive Director, Marine and Operations, @nigerianports, Dr. Sokonte Davies, among others.

“Consequently, a Presidential Taskforce, chaired by Vice President @ProfOsinbajo was established to restore law and order to the area within.

“The Taskforce, which will report directly to the President, has included on its Terms of Reference the development of an efficient and effective management plan for the entire port area traffic, including the cargo, fuel distribution, and business district traffic.”

A Nigerian graduate who is depressed for failing to find a job, has been caught on camera burning his certificates.
The man burnt his certificates
 
A video has shown the moment a depressed and suicidal Nigerian man burnt his BSc and NYSC certificates.
 
In the video which he sent to LIB, the man identified as Korede, said he graduated five years ago from the Ladoke Akintola University at the age of 23 and is yet to secure a job.
 
According to the man, he got admission to further his education in a Canadian University but was unable to go because he was not financially stable. 
 
Watch the video below:https://www.instagram.com/?utm_source=ig...atch_again

An angry man has stormed a church, killing his ex-girlfriend and some four others as the pastor narrowly escapes.
Brazilian police in action
 
A man stabbed and killed his ex-girlfriend in South-Eastern Brazil and subsequently shot three people in a nearby church, local media reported on Wednesday, NAN reports.

“The 39-year-old ex-military member entered the church in the city of Paracatu in the state of Minas Gerais on Tuesday to kill the pastor, who was married to his ex-girlfriend,’’ the news portal Globo reported, citing the police.
 
However, the clergyman managed to escape.
 
Members of the security forces shot at the alleged perpetrator, who was taken to hospital seriously injured.
 
The family home of the 59-year-old woman and the Shalom Baptist Church is reportedly located in the same district of Paracatu.
 
“The man had come across his former partner in the house of her mother and stabbed her with a knife,’’ the Globo report said.
 
According to the report, he had gone to the church and climbed over a protective fence before shooting the father of the pastor and two women attending a closed meeting taking place in the church.
 
According to Globo, an enraged crowd wanted to storm the hospital to take revenge on the man, however, the military police prevented this.
 
Paracatu has about 93,000 inhabitants and is located about 200 kilometres South-East of Brazil’s capital Brasilia.

If you are trapped in a car that is overrun by floods or fast flowing waters, do not panic.
Unexpected weather can surprise you when traveling. Even if you are an excellent driver, heavy rains, hail and lightning can create dangerous and frightening conditions.
 
These will keep you safe in the face of fast-changing weather conditions on the road.

1. Get off the road if the visibility is poor
 
If you drive into a rain or hail shower, you are likely to lose visibility. If this is the case, pull off the road in a safe place. If you can drive quickly and safely to a nearby covered area. For example, to a highway overpass or gas station, go there.
 
B. Do not park under trees or other
 
Tall objects, such as telephone poles, as they may be overturned by strong winds.
 
Once parked, turn off the engine of your car and turn on the hazard warning lights. Apply the parking brake and make sure all other lights are off. This prevents other drivers from confusing their taillights and brake lights with those of other moving vehicles.
 
If it hails, turn away from the car windows and cover your eyes, ideally with a blanket, jacket or other clothing to protect against splintering glass. If you can, lie on the floor of the car with small children. Apart from that, lie face down on the seat and turn your back to the windows.

 
2. Remain in the car during lightning and thunder
 
If you leave the road during a thunderstorm, stay in your car unless you can very quickly enter a building. It's much safer to sit in a metal car than to go outside. When your car is hit by lightning, the electric current flows through the metal cage of your vehicle into the ground.
 
However, the lightning can still penetrate through your car's electrical system and all metal parts. Do not touch metal parts or the radio, or use a mobile phone or a car-connected device. Keep your hands in your lap until the thunderstorm is over.
 
3. Do not drive into a flash flood
 
Flash floods occur quickly, but they do permanent damage. If you know that your region is under a flash flood warning, it's best to leave the road immediately and stay inside until you know it's okay to be outside again.
 
However, if you can not get in immediately and the road in front of you is covered with stagnant water, contact. Do not try to drive through the water, even if it looks like you could. Only one to two feet of water can float most cars.
 
If you are trapped in a car that is overrun by floods or fast flowing waters, do not panic. The car will probably stop and move with the water. So you have to get off fast, so you will not be swept away by car or sink. Follow these steps as calmly as possible to get out safely:
 
First, unfasten your seat belt and instruct all children in the car to do the same.Open a window. If you can not lock the windows, use an escape tool, an umbrella, or a sharp object to break the glass. Swim out and get to safety as fast as possible.

Femi Fani-Kayode's beautiful wife, Precious has revealed that the man has not been himself since Daenarys was killed in Game of Thrones.
Fani-Kayode and his wife Precious Chikwendu
 
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has not been himself since Daenarys Targareyan was killed by her lover, Jon Snow in Games of Thrones, his wife, Precious Chikwendu has revealed.
 
Chikwendu said Fani-Kayode was still mourning the death of Targareyan, as he appeared obsessed with her and kept telling anyone who cared to listen that what Jon did to her was hideous and that she should have been treated with love, understanding and compassion with a view to reforming her rather than being murdered.
 
According to her, someone needed to tell her husband that Games of Thrones was merely fiction and that she is the real queen in his life.
 
Chikwendu on her Twitter handle wrote: “My husband @realffk has not been the same since Daenarys Targareyan in @Gameofthrones was killed by her lover Jon Snow. He says he is mourning her.
 
"He appears to be obsessed with her and keeps telling anyone that cares to listen that what Jon did to her was hideous and  that she should have been treated with love, understanding and compassion with a view to reforming her rather than being murdered.
 
"Will someone please tell him that I am the real Queen and only Khaleesi in his life and that Game of Thrones is FICTION?”

Tonto Dikeh has been tackled by an Islamic cleric who prophesied that she will never remarry again.
Tonto will never remarry according to a popular Islamic cleric
 
A popular Islamic cleric, Hammed Ademola, has waded into the marital crisis between Tonto Dikeh and her estranged husband, Olakunle Churchill.
 
Recall that Tonto was all over the news in the past weeks after claiming that her husband is a 40-seconds man.
 
She also accused him of being diabolic and an internet fraudster.
 
However, Ademola while reacting to the story, said that Tonto will never get married again.
 
According to him, Tonto did not want to marry someone on her level but she wanted to be with a wealthy person.
 
Also, he added that a wife should not have called out her own husband in that manner. Conclusively, the cleric declared that the actress will never get married again for disgracing Churchill.