Matricide Man beats mom to death in Enugu

A man has been arrested for allegedly beating his mother to death because she did not prepare food for him.
 Murder so cruel
A middle aged man identified as Chidi Agbo of Ette Center in Igboeze North local government area of Enugu State, has been arrested by the state Police Command for allegedly beating his own mother to death because she did not keep food for him on April 27, 2015.
According to the reports, Agbo who is said to be over 40 years of age, lived with his aged mother who fed him and still gave him pocket money. It was also gathered that his mother had even married a wife for him but his lazy attitude drove the woman away when she could no longer cope.
On the day of the incident, it was learnt that Agbo had gone out to drink with his friends in another village and came back home at around 1am and requested for his food from his mother who was sick.
But the mother reportedly told him that she was sick and could not prepare any food that night. The obviously drunk Agbo allegedly descended on his mother and beat her to a pulp before retiring to his own room to sleep.
The lifeless body of the woman was discovered in the morning by neighbours with bruises and since only she and her son lived in the compound, he was apprehended and handed over to the police.
Source:Isaac Dachen: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Indonesia Executions FG summons Ambassador over killing of 4 Nigerians

Ambassador Purwanto was summoned on Thursday, April 30, 2015, over the executions which took place on Tuesday, 28.
 The 4 Nigerians executed in Indonesia.

The Federal Government has summoned the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto to protest the execution of four Nigerians in Indonesia.
Ambassador Purwanto was summoned on Thursday, April 30, 2015, over the executions which took place on Tuesday, 28.
Nigeria condemned Indonesia’s decision to kill its citizens despite several appeals not to go ahead with it.
This sentiment was conveyed to Purwanto by the Undersecretary, Economic and Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bokunolu Onemola, in Abuja.
Purwanto however said that the men had to be executed in accordance with Indonesian law.
“There was nothing we could do for those four Nigerians because every legal process was completed and only then did the government of Indonesia implement the decision of the court,” he said.
Onemola also used the opportunity to urge Nigerians to desist from trafficking drugs.
“One message I would like to convey to my compatriots is that they should know that drug offences in Indonesia attract capital punishment and our appeal is that they should avoid going to these countries to commit these offences because we cannot change their laws. They are a sovereign nation, we can only appeal to them, but our citizens should know this and desist from drug trafficking,” he said.
The four Nigerians who were executed in Indonesia were identified as Jamiu Owolabi Abashin, 50, Martin Anderson, 50, Okwudili Oyatanze, 41, and Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, 47.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Fuel Scarcity Govt pays N156bn oil debt: 'We'll not work until credit alert' - Marketers

The Federal Government said it has paid N156 billion debt to oil marketers in line with its commitment to prioritise payments in spite of revenue constraints
 Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
As contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the Coordinating Minister and Minister of Finance, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, in Abuja on Thursday, April 30, the payment had two components comprising `I owe you' (IOU), given in March and interest on payment.
“The first consists of the cash backing of the N100 billion IOU which the marketers were given in March. The second is N56 billion in interest payments for the marketers according to the PPPRA template.
The Minister urges oil marketers to consider the hardship fuel scarcity is causing Nigerians.
“This leaves a balance of N98 billion certified by PPPRA as the amount owed the markers,” the statement stated.
It said the N156 billion is the latest in a series of significant payments made to the oil marketers within the last five months – adding that these included over N300 billion in two instalments in December last year and N31 billion in interest differentials recently.
Okonjo Iweala
In the statement, Okonjo-Iweala urged the marketers to appreciate the efforts being made by the government to meet up with their payments.
The coordinating minister also urged them to reciprocate with some understanding of the situation of Nigerians who should not suffer more.
The minister urged the marketers to sustain the distribution and supply of fuel to end the suffering of Nigerians at fuel stations.
“The Federal Government has made maximum effort, in spite of the well-known fact that the fall in oil prices has significantly reduced national revenues, to prioritise payments to marketers.
“For the sake of Nigerians who are bearing the brunt of fuel scarcity, the marketers should reciprocate in the spirit of dialogue and cooperation in which we have always tried to engage them,” she said.
The Executive Secretary, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Obafemi Olawore, in a telephone interview with NAN, appreciated the gesture and commended the Federal Government for fulfilling its promises.
Olawore, however, said the association will not take any corresponding action until its members received payment alert from their respective banks.
He said the association is ready to commence importation and distribution of fuel to end the suffering of Nigerians at fuel stations once the money hit their accounts.
He said the members will not work with any paper promise without cash backing.
Source:Dimeji Akinloye: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Ifeanyi Ubah TAN founder reportedly weeps over Jonathan’s defeat

Ubah broke down and wept profusely on Thursday, April 30, 2015 while at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
 TAN founder, Ifeanyi Uba
According to reports, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN), Ifeanyi Ubah burst into tears on Thursday, April 30, 2015 over the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 election.
Ubah broke down and wept profusely while at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, according to Sahara Reporters.
The incident is said to have occurred during the presentation of a report on the elections to Jonathan by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation.
Ubah, a former governorship aspirant for Anambra State, reportedly started crying when members of the PDP were speaking on the President’s loss.
He was said to have continued weeping until he was ushered out of the venue.
TAN was the major group that spearheaded the re-election campaign of the President and at one point claimed to have gotten 12 million signatures from Nigerians who wanted Jonathan in office for a second term.
Jonathan will handover to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari on May 29, 2015.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Muhammadu Buhari We’ll prosecute security personnel for electoral offences – President-elect

Buhari said further that ballot snatching and other offences which were allegedly committed by soldiers would not go unpunished.
 President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will prosecute all security personnel found guilty of committing electoral offences in the recently held elections.
Buhari said further that ballot snatching and other offences which were allegedly committed by soldiers would not go unpunished.
The President-elect also stated that he had already instructed that all such offences be documented by governors of the states affected, especially Edo, Imo and Rivers States.
Buhari reportedly stated this on Thursday, April 30, 2015, during a meeting with members of the South East Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Defence House in Abuja.
The President-elect is set to be sworn into office on May 29, 2015.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Goodluck Jonathan President doubts Buhari’s victory

Jonathan stated that election results from some areas showed scores that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) couldn’t possibly have gotten.
 Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari
President Goodluck Jonathan has cast doubt on the victory of President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28 presidential elections.
Jonathan stated that election results from some areas showed scores that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) couldn’t possibly have gotten.
The outgoing President stated this on Thursday, April 30, 2015, after receiving a report of the elections from the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
“The problem is not whether we lost the elections, that is history, but how do we consolidate our party and move forward? If we are committed and we work hard, definitely the PDP will bounce back,” Jonathan said.
“The PDP is still the dominant party. If you look at the results, the difference is just 2.5 million votes and if you look at the areas where it is perceived that the PDP scored so low, the PDP couldn’t have got those kinds of scores but the elections are over, so the country first. It is not as if Jonathan alone made the sacrifice, it is all of us. I made the pronouncement but some of us are paying the price,” he added.
“The key thing is that we must continue to unite, as a party; we must continue to work hard so that as we go into subsequent elections in 2019, 2023 and so on and so forth, the PDP will continue to come up strong. Even in the interest of the nation, we need the PDP,” Jonathan said.
Jonathan also said that he conceded defeat to Buhari in the interest of and on behalf of the PDP.
Source:'Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Fuel scarcity No end in sight as marketers deny receiving N156bn from FG

The FG stated on Thursday, April 30, 2015, that the sum had been paid to the marketers to ensure adequate fuel supply in the country.
 Nigerian citizens waiting to purchase fuel at a petrol station
Oil marketers in Nigeria have denied receiving a subsidy payment of N156 billion from the Federal Government in order to end the current fuel scarcity plaguing the country.
The FG stated on Thursday, April 30, 2015, that the sum had been paid to the marketers to ensure adequate fuel supply in the country.
However, as at 4.35 pm on Thursday, the Executive Secretary, Depot & Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA), Odufemi Adewole, told Premium Times that none of its members and their counterparts in the Major Oil Marketers Association (MOMAN) had confirmed receiving any payment.
“The money government said it was paying to marketers has not yet hit our accounts. So, there is little we can do about the situation. The money the Minister of Finance promised to pay us last February did not get into our hands till about four or five weeks later,”Adewole said.
“If all members are not getting the money today, it means we have to wait till Monday. But, the truth is that nobody is going to call off the strike till the money is paid,” he added.
Adewole said further that no marketer was willing to take the risk of calling off the strike only for the government to fail to pay the money.
The marketers had forewarned the government that fuel would become scarce if they were not paid the N256.2 billion debt owed them.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Muhammadu Buhari President-elect praises Nigerian workers on May Day

Buhari also assured workers in the country that his administration would focus on boosting morale in order to increase productivity and income.
 Nigeria's President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari has sent a May Day message to workers in Nigeria praising them for what he termed the sacrifices of the Nigerian working class in the face of economic tough times in their everyday struggle to survive.
Buhari also assured workers in the country that his administration would focus on boosting morale in order to increase productivity and income.
The President-elect also lamented the hardship suffered by workers in the country which he said had been worsened by years of poor governance and corruption.
Buhari also expressed sadness at the irony of Nigeria’s oil wealth, characterized with rising poverty while a few corrupt officials were making themselves very rich at the expense of people’s wealth.
Today, May 1, 2015, is Workers’ Day (May Day) an event which is celebrated around the world every year.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ‘I’m a cancer survivor,’ Finance Minister reveals

Dr Okonjo-Iweala made the disclosure on Thursday, April 30, 2015,  during the service of songs for late Presidential aide, Oronto Douglas in Abuja.
 Nigeria's Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Honourable Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has revealed that she is a cancer survivor.
Dr Okonjo-Iweala made the disclosure on Thursday, April 30, 2015,  during the service of songs for late Presidential aide, Oronto Douglas in Abuja.
“Oronto and I had two similarities in life, we both had cancer,” the Finance Minister said.
“I had my last surgery, 15 years ago and I shared my experience with him,” she added.
The ceremony was also attended by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim who represented President Goodluck Jonathan, former Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, Pastor Tunde Bakare and former Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha among others.
Douglas, a senior adviser to President Jonathan, died on Thursday, April 9, 2015 from cancer-related complications.
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)

Femi Fani-Kayode ‘APC is worse than PDP,’ Ex-Minister says

Fani-Kayode stated further that he would work with other PDP members to ensure that the party returned to power in 2019.
 PDP spokesperson, Femi Fani-Kayode
The spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization, Femi Fani-Kayode has said that he has no intention of leaving the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Fani-Kayode stated further that he would work with other PDP members to ensure that the party returned to power in 2019.
The former Minister of Aviation said this on Thursday, April 30, 2015, after the organization presented the election report to President Goodluck Jonathan.
“The fact of the matter is that I have been in the PDP since 2003. “I went to the APC for nine months and I have enunciated the reason for that and I felt that I was absolutely right to do that at that point in time,” Fani-Kayode said.
 “I retraced my steps when it was very clear to me that what was on the other side was far worse than what was on our side. We made our point, the necessary concession made within the PDP, there was far more south western participation, there was much more virile fight against Boko Haram and that’s why we came back. And I came back and I played a leading role in this campaign,” he added.
“We are not going anywhere. I can speak for myself and I can speak for many others. We are here to stay. We will provide a virile opposition to the APC. We will do all that is needed to be done to ensure that the incoming government remains on its toes and we will all do this in a very peaceful and honourable way,” the former Minister said.
“Nobody is going anywhere as far as I am concerned. None of us is running away. There is nothing to be scared of. We fought hard, we did well. I am very proud of my team. I am proud of my President and our campaign organisation and we will continue in the trenches until this country is on the road to success. We will continue to do that,” he concluded.
APC leader, Bola Tinubu had stated earlier that Fani-Kayode left the party because its leaders had refused to put an end to the case of corruption brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Source:Jola Sotubo: pulse.ng, re-posted by Abdulgafar Esho (www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com)