Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has ordered the return of the 15-year-old girl, Uzoamaka Chukwu,who was stripped and tortured early this month by some people in Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area.

23 prison sacked officers and 11 suspended over the recent prison break

In a statement released by spokesperson of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Francis Enobore, the federal government has sacked 23 prison officers and suspended 11 others after the recent ‎jailbreak at Koton Kafe prison in Kogi, Kuje prison in Abuja and Nsukka Prison in Enugu state.The statement reads.

I handed over Nigeria that had grown to become the largest economy in Africa and the 24th largest economy in the World - Jonathan

Ex-President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has responded to his critics who accused him of handed over a nation at the verge of collapse to Presi­dent Muhammadu Buhari.

President Muhammadu Buhari Has Sacked EFCC Chairman

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the head of the country’s anti-corruption agency.

No reason was given for the removal of Ibrahim Lamorde, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

In August, Mr Lamorde denied allegations that $5bn (£3.3bn) had gone missing at the commission.

Mr Buhari won Nigeria’s presidential elections in March, promising to fight corruption in the country.

In August, a Senate committee said it was investigating charges that assets and cash recovered by the EFCC had been diverted.

At the time, Mr Lamorde told the BBC the charges were a smear campaign.

Nigerian Woman Arrested In Ghana For Attempting To Transport Indian Hemp

Grace Ada and Jolayemi Joseph

The SWAT Unit of the Police Criminal Investigations Department (CID) has apprehended a 58-year-old Nigerian woman for attempting to transport about 630 slabs of compressed dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp (wee) to Nigeria.

The suspect, identified as Grace Ada, was apprehended yesterday at Tudu, near the Makola market in Accra, together with her storekeeper, Jolayemi Joseph, 36 – also a Nigerian.

The items were concealed in about 14 bales of used clothing packed in their warehouse ready to be transported to Nigeria.

Leader Of Hausa State's Call On Buhari To Repair Federal Roads In East

Chairman, Hausa Community Alhaji Adamu Sokoto, in the South-East, has called on the Federal Government to urgently look into road in eastern part of the country and repair federal roads across the zone.

Alhaji Adamu who told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Sunday, said that commuters in the zone were experiencing hard times as a result of the deplorable state of roads in the zone.

He said “The condition of roads transportation in the South-Eastern states of Enugu, Imo, Abia, Anambra and Ebonyi is deplorable and it needs urgent attention.

We’re Ready To Work For Free – Buhari’s Ministers

Following Friday’s pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria is broke and he might not be able to pay ministers, some minister-designates have said they are ready to work for free.

Some of the ministers who said this include Mr. Adebayo Shittu and Professor Isaac Adewole.

The ministers, who along with their colleagues are expected to be sworn in and given portfolios any moment from now, described their appointment as a call to service.

Shittu, representing Oyo State at the yet-to-be-constituted Federal Executive Council, said he was ready to give his services free to Nigeria if that was what the situation demanded.

Africa’s Biggest Mobile Operator MTN Seeks To Reduce $5.2bn Nigerian Fine

Share trading in MTN, Africa’s biggest mobile operator, has restarted after earlier being suspended following a huge fine imposed by Nigerian authorities.

Trading in MTN Group was halted in Johannesburg after the stock fell 8%.

Dealings later started again after the company said it was in talks with Nigerian authorities about reducing the record $5.2bn (£2.7bn) fine.

The sum amounts to double MTN’s annual profits last year.

The Nigerian Communications Commission imposed the penalty for failing to cut off unregistered mobile users, giving MTN just two weeks to pay.

Black Americans Are Angry: Donald Trump Loses Top Position To Black Man, Ben Carson

Sen. Gershom Bassey (PDP Cross River South) on Friday, said the condemnation of Africans and African-Americans by a US presidential aspirant, Donald Trump, was a crude form of racism.
Bassey, who was reacting to media reports credited to the Republican Party man, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that racism should never be mixed with politics, adding that politicians should not be bigots.
“What I can say generally it that it is bigotry, racism and all that, in all forms must be condemned and we shouldn’t use that in politics.

“If we have issues with people we should stick to the issues and leave all these sweeping statements about different races and all that.

“It is the crudest form of racism and I think if Donald Trump did actually say that, he should find a way to retract that statement, otherwise, he will find that at the end of the day, it will come back to haunt him,” he said.

The media reports said that Trump referred to Africans as lazy fools, only good for lovemaking and thuggery.

The report also credited him as saying that if he became U.S president, he would deport all African-Americans to their countries in Africa.

Those Agitating For Biafra Nation Are Miscreants & Should Be Ignored – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described those agitating for the creation of Biafra state as miscreants. Obasanjo said this in aninterview with Sahara reporters

This is a fake agitation. You people make a mountain out of a molehill. These are boys who want to take people unaware and get money out of them in the name of Biafra. These are the people you should ignore, I don’t talk about Biafra. (Philip) Effiong came and said Biafra ceased to exist and since that day, Biafra has ceased to exist.

S/Africa Has Launches Trading Probe Over Fine On MTN’s Nigeria

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange launched Friday an investigation into mobile giant MTN for “possible insider trading” before the South African company announced it had been hit by a $5.2 billion fine in Nigeria.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) fined Africa’s largest telecoms firm for missing a deadline to deactivate 5.1 million unregistered SIM cards.

News of the fine broke Monday morning in Nigeria, sparking a sell-off of MTN shares before the company formally notified shareholders later in the day.

“The market regulation team is looking into trades that took place before the announcement in order to determine if there is any evidence of possible insider trading,” Peter Redman, Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) market regulation advisor, said in a statement.

Ghana - 57 Cocaine Pushers Were Arrested In Accra

Three hundred police officers, drawn from the Formed Police Unit (FPU), Rapid Deployment Force (RDF), Accra, Tema and National Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) have swooped on 57 suspected criminals and marijuana users.

The operation, organised by the Police Headquarters Operation and the Tema Regional Police Command, was a simultaneous one and it lasted for five hours.

The joint operation took place on the dawn of October 23 and the team was led by the Commissioner of Police (COP) John Kudalor.

SHOCKING!!! Head Teacher Accused Of Defiling An 11- Year- Old Girl In Ghana

Emmanuel Ndom has pleaded not guilty before the court presided over by Mrs Abena Oppong Adjin-Doku.

 

The court has remanded him into lawful custody to reappear on November 9.

The case of prosecuting Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Moses Atibillah is that the complainant is the proprietress of the school (name withheld) at Abeka Lapaz.

 

While the victim is a class six pupil of the school, the accused person was a former head teacher of the school.

Police Command Impounded 800 Vehicles In Ordder Ban The Misuse Of Unregistered Vehicles In Ghana

The drivers of the vehicles were granted bail shortly after their caution statements had been taken at the various police stations in whose jurisdictions they were arrested.

In a special operation organised simultaneously by divisional commands under the Accra Regional Police Command last Monday, policemen impounded vehicles with defective vehicle (DV) and drive-from-port (DP) number plates after inspecting the documents covering them.

Since the exercise, the compounds of all the divisional police headquarters have been taken over by the impounded vehicles.
Misuse of number plates

Alassane Ouattara Wins Second Term In Ivory Coast Election

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara has won a second five-year term with nearly 84% of the vote, electoral commission officials say.

Mr Ouattara won a total of 2,118,229 votes, or 83.66% of votes cast, the commission said. Turnout was 54.63%.

Several opposition candidates pulled out of the campaign, complaining that it was not free and fair.

The last vote in 2010 was bitterly contested and resulted in a civil war in which 3,000 people lost their lives.

Mr Ouattara required more than 50% of the vote to avoid a run-off. His closest opposition rival, Pascal Affi N’Guessan, got just 9%.

SHOCKING!!! Man, 53, Gangs Himself In Kumasi Ghana

A 53-year-old shopkeeper Kwame Tweneboah-Kodua has committed suicide at Atasemanso close to the Atasemanso Emmanuel Guest House a suburb of the Kumasi Metropolis.

It is not immediately known why he committed the act leaving behind a wife and four children who are currently grief-stricken over his sudden demise.

The incident is believed to have happened at the dead of night in order for the deceased not to attract the attention of both relations and neighbors in the area who are yet to come to terms with the reality.

Ghana: Kwabena Agyepong Attacked By At NPP Headquarters

The general secretary of the New Patriotic Party Kwabena Agyepong has been attacked by the party’s Invisible Forces at the NPP headquarters.

Agyepong, who is an ally of suspended national chairman Paul Afoko, had the back screen of his four-wheel drive damaged.

His aide Davies Opoku confirmed the incident to Starr News on Tuesday.

Nigerian State Conferred Honorary Chieftaincy President John Mahama (Photos)

The Offa Kingdom of the Kwara State of Nigeria has conferred an honorary chieftaincy title on President John Dramani Mahama at a ceremony at the palace of the Olofa of Offa.

The title, AARE ATOLASE OF OFFA KINGDOM, according to HRM Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II means, “HE John Mahama is the President of all others that are ensuring the nobility of this Kingdom is maintained.”


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I Never Slept With Prostitute – Bede Cries

A former Deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has claimed that he is not the former minister who allegedly solicited the services of a lady believed to be a prostitute and ended up losing his Ford 4×4 vehicle in Accra.

Even though DAILY GUIDE’s publication of Thursday, October 15, 2015 did not disclose the name of the said Minister, Bede Ziedeng, who is currently a deputy director of elections for the NDC and former Northern Regional Minister, has written a rejoinder seeking to set the records straight.

South African Airways Returns To Nigeria, Ghana

Following the success of its recently introduced (Ghana) Accra to Washington route, South Africa’s formerly cash-strapped national carrier, South African Airways (SAA), is set to resume flights to (Nigeria) Abuja.

With an existing gateway to Lagos, an Abuja route will further strengthen the airline’s position in West Africa as it continues to promote trade and cultural relations with Africa’s largest economy. This development will also serve as an additional business travel option in the West African region.