FORMER PRESIDENT OF EGYPT FREE AFTER SIX YEARS

Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president overthrown in 2011 and the first leader to face trial after the Arab Spring uprisings that swept the region, walked free on Friday for the first time in six years, his lawyer said.
He left the Maadi Military Hospital where he had been detained, heading to his home in Heliopolis.
A top appeals court cleared Mr. Mubarak earlier this month on charges of killing protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30 year rule.

SENATOR DINO MELAYE'S CERTIFICATE CONTROVERSY

The Ahmadu Bełlo University, ABU, Zaria has said it would not release information on the controversy surrounding the academic certificate Dino Melaye, the All Progressives Congress senator representing Kogi West District, until formally approached by the Senate.
Mr. Melaye, who says he graduated from the university with a degree in Geography, was last week accused of making false claim.
The online newspaper, Sahara Reporters, said Mr. Melaye did not graduate from ABU.

IPAC URGES ALL NDIGBO'S TO COME HOME

The Southeast caucus of Inter-Party Advisory Council, (IPAC), the umbrella body of registered political parties in the country, has called on all eligible Southeasterners to come home and be counted during the census. The group said that when the people of the geopolitical zone take part in the forthcoming census, it will help to ascertain the actual population of Ndigbo and also help in the distribution of infrastructure in the area.
The body also called on the Federal Government to unconditionally release the detained leader of the Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in obedience to a court order.

PEACE IN PDP AS THE TWO FACTIONS AGREES TO WORK TOGETHER

Supreme Court fixes May 4 to hear suit on Makarfi’s appeal
The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may be over soon. This followed the agreement reached by the two factions after a meeting yesterday to halt all forms of hostilities against each other.

MOTHER BEATS HER TEENAGE SON TO DEATH

A housewife, Bisola Olukoya, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing her 16-year-old son.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday said the suspect committed the crime at Onifade-Itele town of the state.
“One Mrs Bisola Olukoya of NO 40, Ifelodun Street Onifade Itele has been arrested by the Ogun State Command for beating her 16 years old son Toheeb Olukoya to death,” the police spokesperson said.
Mr. Oyeyemi said the incident happened on March 17. He said the suspect, while beating the deceased, used a plank to hit him on the head, after which the boy fell down and died.
He said the suspect hurriedly buried the deceased in connivance with her husband and ran away from the house.
The police spokesperson said immediately the information got to the police, the Divisional Police Officer in Itele Division, Lukmon Adejumo, led the detectives to investigate and the suspect was later traced and arrested at Iyana Ipaja in Lagos.
He said ‎the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department.
He also appealed to the public to always control their temperament especially when correcting their wards.

source:premiumtimes

SWIPHA DRUG MANUFACTURING COMPANY TAKEN OVER BY FRENCH FIRM

A French pharmaceutical company specialized in generic and bio similar medicines, and a subsidiary of Servier, on Friday announced the takeover of all the activities of Swipha, a Nigerian company that manufactures and distributes pharmaceutical products known for their quality.

PRESIDENCY: BUHARI SUBMITS 28 NAMES FOR SENATE CONFIRMATION

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of 28 nominees for Senate’s confirmation as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

WHY BIAFRA SHOULD BE GIVEN FREEDOM

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that Biafra will be the freest nation on planet earth when restored.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the group noted that Biafra when restored will be a nation where “natural justice is embedded in the principles of live.”

1,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 2017 ENTREPRENEUR SCHEMES UNVIELD

Chairman, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Mr Tony Elumelu, late on Wednesday, unveiled 1,000 beneficiaries of the Tony Elumelu’s Entrepreneurs  for 2017 from various African countries.
Elumelu said at the event that the fastest way to develop the African continent was by empowering  the youths to become entrepreneurs.

WIFE POURS HOT WATER ON HUSBANDS MANHOOD

Adeyinka Adelakun, a middle aged public school teacher in Ibadan, on Thursday narrated how his wife, kafayat, poured boiling water on his manhood which seriously injured him.
Adelakun had approached an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi in Ibadan seeking the dissolution of his three-year-old marriage to his wife on grounds of threat to life and constant fighting.
He also prayed the court to allow him have in his custody the two-year –old child of the marriage so that he could effectively take care of the child.

HADIZA USMAN: READY FOR PROBE FROM PRESIDENCY

Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director,
Nigerian Ports Authority, on Thursday reacted to reports that the presidency has ordered investigation into the financial books of the agency.
A statement she personally signed and made available to DAILY POST, she said her attention was drawn to “malicious lies being bandied around by one Prince Henry Nwazuruahu on my person”.

NIGERIANS REACT TO DINO MELAYE'S CERTIFICATE SCANDAL

Photograph of Senator Dino Melaye’s NYSC days has attracted various reactions from Nigerians.
Melaye had uploaded an image while carrying out his mandatory service with other ABU graduates. He was spotted on blue shorts. This is to further justify that he graduated from the ABU.

Reports have emerged during the week that the outspoken Senator did not graduate from the department of Geography of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria. 

I DID MY NYSC IN KADUNA SEN. DINO MELAYE CRIES OUT

Senator Dino Melaye has reaffirmed the authenticity of his Bachelor’s degree in Geography, stating that he did his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program in Kaduna State.
Amid the raging controversy over his graduate status, Melaye took to his Twitter handle to share a photo of himself at the NYSC gold camp in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.

ILE IFE MAYHEM

The police got more knocks yesterday for their “lopsided” arrests over  the March 8 mayhem that rocked Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The police, on Monday, paraded 20 suspects who allegedly participated in the mayhem, which involved Yoruba indigenes and Hausa settlers.

The suspects are mainly Yoruba, fueling the notion that the police might have taken sides in the fracas.

FEC APPROVES N102.08B FOR ROADS,RAILS AND OTHER PROJECTS

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved N102.077 billion and $1.79 billion for roads projects across the country and rail project in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola and Minister of FCT, Bello Mohammad, spoke with State House correspondents at the end of the meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT DONATES #73.5M WORTH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO YOBE STATE..

The UK Department for International Development (DFID) has donated medical equipment and furniture worth N73, 543,358 million to Yobe State Government.

The medical equipment which were handed over to the State Government through the State Team Leader of MNCH2, Mr. Zanna Omar Ali and were received by the State Commissioner for Health Dr. Bello Kawuwa on behalf of the State Government.

FG TO REFUND EXPENSES TO STATE GOVERNMENT ON FEDRAL ROADS

Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing on Thursday pledged the commitment of the Federal Government to refund expenditure on the execution of federal roads to state governments.

Fashola, who stated this in Ado-Ekiti during a courtesy visit to Gov. Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state, said the planned refund followed request by several state governments.
The minister said he was in the state to inspect ongoing Federal Government road projects.

IMPORTANT: MOTHERS WITH FEMALE CHILDREN

Mothers have been urged not to ignore the complaints of pains by their daughters, especially during their monthly menstrual period as they could be the sign of endometriosis.
Nordica Fertility Centre Medical Director Dr Abayomi Ajayi gave the advice at this year’s Endometriosis Day, which had as theme: Endometriosis in adolescent.

WORLD WATER DAY!!!

An international charity organization, Water Aid, said 663 million people globally do not have access to clean water.

This is contained in a report released on Wednesday to mark World Water Day.

Water Aid also said that of 522 million live in rural areas.

It added that Papua New Guinea, Mozambique and Madagascar were among the countries worst off and are also among the 20 per cent of nations worldwide that are most vulnerable to climate change and least ready to adapt.

MAN CAUGHT WITH DIAMONDS IN CHINA

A young man has been caught trying to smuggle over 1,000 diamonds into Shenzhen City from neighboring Hong Kong by hiding them in his shoes.

SORROW: ANOTHER POLITICIAN DEAD!!!

Mr Samuel Galadima, Plateau Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, slumped and died on Wednesday, while jogging along with Governor Simon Lalong, at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos.

SOKOTO STATE: GOVERNOR APPROVED #213M FOR SCHOLARSHIP

GOV. AMINU TAMBUWAL