UBA ARRESTED AND RELEASED.

UBA ARRESTED.

Ifeanyi Ubah who is the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited was yesterday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC).

he was arrested by security operatives of the commission in his Abuja home in connection with the fuel subsidy scam.

His level of involvement in the scam could not be ascertained as of press time.

He was however  interrogated by the operatives of the commission and allowed to go home.

Confirming the arrest, EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, said, “It is true he was arrested. But he has been allowed to go home.”

Asked when he was expected back at the commission, Uwujaren said, “That will be communicated to him, but for now he is no longer with us.”

About 40 persons and companies are facing trial over the fuel subsidy scam.

Okorocha moved to israel

The Governor of Imo state Rochas Okorocha has left London where he was receiving medical treatment for Israel.

Okorocha who left Nigeria on April 20th 2013  to London after  sustaining a head injury in a car accident  had left London for Israel.

Okorocha’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr. Ebere Uzoukwa, confirmed that the governor had left London. “He has left London and he is doing very well. He is currently in Israel,” he said.

Another top government official said that the governor was in Israel for  a second round of examination.

Uzoukwa, however, denied that the governor moved to Israel on health grounds.

 “He only went to Israel to attend to certain matters and will be back soon,” he said.

Okorocha was involved in a car crash on Orlu-Owerri Road in the state on April 19.

The accident occurred when a Mercedes Benz 200 ran into the governor’s convoy and had a collision with his own car.

Okorocha was on an inspection tour of projects in Orlu area when the crash occurred.

“The accident led to a minor cut on the governor’s scalp,” Uzoukwa had said.

He said Okorocha’s head was bandaged, but noted that he was stable and strong.

Okorocha had said he would seek further medical attention due to the level of impact of the accident on him.

“Although the accident left me with a cut and some minor injuries, I am fine. I will, however, seek further medical attention because of the degree of impact made by the crash,” the governor was quoted as saying after the crash.

Imo State Governor in an auto crash.

The Governor of Imo state Owelle Rochas Okorocha was involved in an auto crash which led to a minor hear injury. The Governor was on a scheduled inspection tour to some state projects in the area when the accident occurred.
A statement signed by the media aide to the Governor; Ebere Ozoukwa, stated that the Governor’s convoy was involved in the accident in Orlu town in Orlu Local government area of the state.
According to Mr Ozoukwa, “the governor sustained a minor injury which is a minor cut on his head but he is presently in a good and stable condition and has been attended to by medical personnel.”
The Governor can be seen in the picture with a bandage rolled all over his head with some blood stains.
The statement advised the general public especially Imo citizens not to “panic and should go about with their normal duties since the Governor is in a good and stable condition and responding to necessary treatment.”

BOMB BLAST IN BOSTON

It was a sad news in Boston as an explosion disrupted the Boston marathon killing 3 and leaving many injured. An eyewitness has painted a vivid picture of the blasts that rocked the popular Boston Marathon in the US late yesterday (Nigerian time but about 2:50 p.m. Boston time), killing three persons and leaving at least 114 injured.

“I was there at the finish, shooting finish line scenes, and then, bang!, it just went off, and then less than 15 to 20 seconds after, there was a second explosion, closer to Fairfield Street.Blood and broken glass covered sidewalks in the area after the blasts.
“There was blood everywhere; there were victims being carried out on stretchers. I saw someone lose their leg. People are crying. People are confused,” said Silva, who captured one of the explosions on video, said moments after the blasts.
There was instant chaos after two powerful explosions detonated in quick succession near the finish line in Boston’s Back Bay section.
“When the smoke cleared from what officials said may have been a terrorist attack, dozens of victims lay in the street, some unconscious, some grievously injured, including some whose limbs had been torn off by the blast,”
The dead included an 8-year-old boy, according to two law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation. Boston Children’s Hospital reported that those treated there included a 9-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, a 12-year-old, and a 2-year-old, according to the report.
No arrests have yet been made but President Barack Obama has vowed that whoever planted the explosives would be found and brought to justice.
“We will find out who did this and we will hold them accountable,” Obama said in a statement last night.

Gun men kill NNPC boss' brother in Kaduna

It was a sad sunday in Kaduna as the insecurity in Nigeria everyday give birth to ugly news that breaks the heart. Gun men had in the early hours of today attacked motorist in Kachia road in southern Kaduna with many injured and one confirmed dead. Eyewitnesses said this is not the first time that armed robbers are attacking vehicles during day time along the road in spite of the several military and police checkpoints on the road.
Although an eyewitness said the attack was carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen, the Kaduna State Commissioner of Police who confirmed the incident  said it was an armed robbery attack.
According to him, the robbers blocked the road at about 7am Sunday morning and robbed all vehicles. In the process of their operations, one of the victims who was driving in a private car and identified as the brother of the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was brutally injured and later died at Saint Gerald’s Catholic Hospital where he was rushed for treatment.
According to the commissioner, the armed robbers fled the scene of the attack before policemen could rush to the area while a combine team of policemen, soldiers and navy have been drafted to the area to forestall a reoccurrence of the ugly incident.

REVIVING UPN : Awolowo's Party Relaunch

The founder of Ooduas Peoples Congress (OPC), Mr Fredrick Fasehun has stated that the great Awolowo's party Unity party of Nigeria (UPN) will be relaunched after 30 years of extinction. He was speaking during channels Television program " Politics Today" where he said that some Nigerians in Diaspora called on him to revive the late Awolowo's party which according to him will soon be registered. It was however gathered that a few days ago, opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) had accused Fasehun of being sponsored by the Presidency to launch a new party in the South-West with a view to undermining the strength and power of the ACN in the zone, an allegation the OPC leader denied.

 According to him,he has consulted with the Awolowo's party and has gotten a Go Ahead.

 

Governor Peter Obi's support for an Anambra North Governor

  

The gubernatorial aspirants from Anambra North pose for a group picture after the meeting

As the next gubernatorial election in Anambra draws near,the Executive Governor of Anambra state is making moves to zone it to the North, this has been the story in the state as the people of Anambra north are crying for a turn.Thirteen gubernatorial aspirants from Anambra North and from different political parties recently met with Governor Peter Obi to thank him for his unwavering support for a Northern agenda and governorship in 2014.  The aspirants reaffirmed their determination to see the governorship come to the Anambra North, their respective party affiliation notwithstanding. They resolved to work together and on a non-partisan basis to ensure that a candidate from the North senatorial zone emerged as the governor of Anambra in 2014.  They recalled that in the 22 year old history of Anambra State, not one single individual has emerged as a governor, even though Section 14 of the 1999 amended Constitution recognized the need for balancing of elected and appointed positions within the States and local governments.  The aspirants also agreed with Governor Obi, that the North producing the next governor was a matter of equity, justice and fair play. Finally. Only time will tell as the final decision will be made by the good people of Anambra state and not Mr Peter Obi.