Sahara Reporters Latest News Sunday 8th September 2019
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target=_blank>Pilgrims Escape Death As Max Air Aircraft Engine Collapses Mid-air
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Muslim pilgrims boarding a Max Airline
What would have been another tragedy in the Nigerian aviation sector was averted on Saturday as a Max Air aircraft with 550 passenger crash-landed at the Minna International Airport in Niger State.
The aircraft, a Boeing 747-300 with registration number 5N-DBK, was said to have developed a fault mid-air before the pilot struggled to land it at the airport.
The incident led to the collapse of one of the four engines of the aircraft.
It was further gathered that the aircraft was returning pilgrims from Niger State from Saudi Arabia.
On landing, a source close to the airport confided in our correspondent that the aircraft skidded off the runway.
The reason for the incident could not be ascertained at the moment, but it was gathered that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority had been informed of the incident.
However, a source close to the scene told our correspondent that no life was lost, while efforts to get the officials of Max Air to comment on the issue was unsuccessful.
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target=_blank>EFCC Operative Allegedly Commits Suicide In Edo
Williams Oyibogare, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has allegedly committed suicide.
According to a report by PUNCH, two empty bottles of Sniper insecticide was found in Oyibogare’s home, hence the suspicion that the operative must have taken his own life.
The Edo State Police Command said that an investigation is ongoing to unravel the cause of his death, stating that autopsy would reveal the fact.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Chidi Nwabuzor, said, “Investigations are ongoing and it would be too soon to make any conclusions at this stage; it is too early to make any pronouncements.
“Of course, there will be an autopsy to know the cause of the death and inquire about what happened.”
A colleague of the deceased said Oyibogare recently returned from his annual leave looking emaciated.
He said, “Oyibogare returned from leave recently looking pale.
“He may have died from an illness or it could also have been suicide but we cannot say for sure since we don’t live with him.”
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target=_blank>Tribunal Upholds Nwaoboshi’s Election
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The Delta State National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the state capital, on Saturday upheld the election of Peter Nwaoboshi, lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial district.
Doris Uboh, candidate of the All Progressives Congress during the February 23, 2019 National Assembly election in the district, had challenged the election of Nwaoboshi on the ground that the poll was characterised by irregularities.
Delivering the judgement after hearing the argument of both parties, the tribunal headed by Justice E. I. Ngene, dismissed the petition brought by Uboh against Nwaoboshi, saying it lacked merit.
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target=_blank>Police Arrest Soldier For Allegedly Stabbing Man To Death
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a soldier for allegedly stabbing one Ali Mohammed to death in Lambatta Market under Gurara Local Government Area of the state.
The name of the soldier was given as Lance Cpl. Attahiru Jibril.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Adamu Usman, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna, the capital, on Saturday.
He said, “The suspect attacked and stabbed the victim to death with a knife, following a misunderstanding at the market.
“We succeeded in rescuing the suspect from a mob attack at the market and notified military authorities accordingly.”
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target=_blank>Nigerian Government Debunks Abuja Explosion Report
The Nigerian Government has debunked claims that a bomb explosion occurred at the South African High Commission in Abuja on Saturday.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the video of the purported bomb explosion being circulated on the social media, was from an incident that occurred in Abuja on June 25, 2014.
He said, “A pattern is emerging of the antics of the desperate opposition to latch on to the use of fake news and disinformation as a strategy to trigger chaos in the country.
“On Friday, they doctored and circulated the video of my appearance on Channels Television in January 2015 (when I was the spokesman for the All Progressives Congress) to make it look like I was begging Nigerians to forgive President Buhari for not having a school certificate.
“Worse still, they posted the video afresh, giving the impression it happened last Thursday and that I acted in my capacity as Minister of Information and Culture.
“Unfortunately for them, this doctored video came out on the same day a report emerged that the Peoples Democratic Party had sent lawyers and party agents to the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom to confirm the authenticity of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s West African School Certificate, only to be stunned to discover that the President did not only write the examination, he also passed.
“This is just the beginning. Nigerians should expect an explosion of fake news and disinformation in the days and weeks ahead.”
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target=_blank>Ondo Lawmaker Involved In Road Accident Suffers Broken Leg
Nicholas Tofowomo, representing Ondo South Senatorial district at the National Assembly, has suffered a bone fracture on one of his legs following his involvement in a road accident on Friday.
SaharaReporters learnt that the accident, which occurred at Igbara Oke, a suburb of Akure, the state capital, also involved Mrs. Yetunde Dada and Mrs. Toyin Ajinde, all stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
One of the aides to the Senator confirmed the latest in a phone interview with SaharaReporters on Saturday afternoon.
The aide, who asked not to be named, explained that Senator Tofowomo was in transit in Ibadan, Oyo State, when the accident occurred.
The aide said, “The accident occurred on the Ilesha-Akure Road in Igbara Oke as they were traveling for an official function.
“Senator Tofowomo had a fracture in one of his legs while and Mr Banji Okunomo lost some tooth with a broken arm.
“The two women inside the car with them were also seriously injured with fractures.
“One is at the Intensive Care Unit of the Trauma Center in Ondo while the other is under close watch.”
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target=_blank>Nigerians Are Not Criminals, Ezekwesili Tells South Africa
Former Minister of Education and Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement, Oby Ezekwesili, has corrected the notion that Nigerians are mostly criminals and drugs peddlers in South Africa.
Ezekwesili, while speaking during a special panel to address xenophobia at the World Economic Forum in Durban, South Africa, said that 18 per cent of the academia in the former apartheid nation are Nigerians.
She said, “I have seen a lot of stories where people are saying Nigerians engage in criminal activities in South Africa.
“Well, I also know that is a single story because 18 per cent of those that teach in higher institutions in South Africa are Nigerians.
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“Many Nigerian doctors are the ones who serve, provide health services in rural areas of South Africa.
“This danger of single stories must be taken on by the government to de-escalate any further deterioration of the relationship.
“The President of South Africa and his government should place it out there clearly that there would be speedy and conclusive prosecution of those that have been arrested so far for in the latest violence.”
She also said that the South African Government must empathise and engage with the victims of the violence.
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E2%80%99t-come-abroad-if-you-are-owing-salaries-nnamdi-kanu-warns-nigerian-governors target=_blank>Don’t Come Abroad If You Are Owing Salaries, Nnamdi Kanu Warns Nigerian Governors
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Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has said that he would ensure that Nigerian governors owing workers salaries, are not welcomed abroad.
He said IPOB would continue to hold Nigerian politicians accountable.
Kanu, who has been on exile after jumping bail in Nigeria, made this statement in an interview with BEN TV in London, United Kingdom.
He said, “Very soon, any governor who has not paid salaries will not come abroad anymore.
“If you are owing salaries, you’re not allowed to go abroad anymore.
“You bank teachers’ salaries, you bank the salaries of pensioners, you cannot come abroad anymore.
“This is just the beginning. We’ll not attack them; we’ll just ask them questions. It is called picketing. It’s allowed within the ambit of democratic rules.
“If we see you, we’ll ask you what you’ve been doing with teachers’ salaries, nurses’ salaries and why you’ve not been paying them.
“It doesn’t matter the state you come from, once we catch you, you must explain why you’ve not paid salaries for months.”
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target=_blank>Delta Tribunal Sacks James Manager, Orders Fresh Election Within 90 Days
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The Delta State National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Asaba, the state capital, on Saturday nullified the election of James Manager, lawmaker representing Delta South Senatorial district in the National Assembly.
Immediate-past governor of the state and candidate of the All Progressives Congress for that election, Emmanuel Uduaghan, had in a petition filed by his lawyer, Thomson Okpoko (SAN), told the tribunal that the February 23 National Assembly elections in the district was marred by massive rigging and other irregularities and therefore prayed the panel to cancel the election and order a fresh election.
In its judgement, the election tribunal after looking at all arguments, promptly cancelled the election and ordered for a fresh one within 90 days.
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BREAKING: Tribunal Affirms Election Of Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege
The Delta State National Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Asaba, the capital, on Saturday upheld the election of the Deputy Senate President and lawmaker representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Ovie Omo-Agege.Evelyn Oboro, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2019 general elections for the senatorial district, had filed a petition challenging the victory of Omo-Agege, the All Progressives Congress candidate.In a unanimous judgement delivered on Saturday, the panel dismissed Oboro’s petition on the ground that the petition lacked merit and the petitioner could not prove her case beyond reasonable doubt.
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