SENATOR DAVID MARK urges Armed Forces to fight to keep Nigeria together

President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, for the umpteenth time took stock of the unabating insecurity and terrorism tearing the nation apart and tasked the Nigerian Armed Forces to fight harder in order to keep Nigeria united and secured.

Senator Mark said the insecurity situation has become so worrisome that Nigerians seems to be worried about their future.

He however noted that the Armed Forces "remains the last  man standing' in this difficult situation.

Senator Mark was speaking after the National Coordinator of 2015 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Brigadier General Rogers Nicholas decorated him with the emblem.

Senator David Mark (photo credit: Daily Times)

 He assured that the government is conscious of the challenges faced by the officers and men of the Armed  Forces especially in the North east region where militants believed to be  Islamic sect, Boko Haram is holding the region captive .


Senator Mark promised that the Government is prepared to improve on their welfare including modern equipment to fight the war.

In addition the senate President tasked the military Training and Doctrine Unit to propose a legislation to the National Assembly on how to provide for the upkeep of members of the families of the fallen heroes who died in the course of fighting to keep Nigeria one .

The National Coordinator of the 2015 Armed Forces Remembrance Day, Brigadier General Rogers Nicholas explained that the annual event is to remember the supreme sacrifices of our fallen  heroes who fought to keep Nigeria together saying "whatever proceeds realized  from the sale of the emblem would be channeled for the upkeep of the dependents of the fallen heroes.

60 YEAR OLD MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD IN BENIN CITY.

Tragedy struck in Ugbowo community  in Benin City, the Edo State capital,  when a 60-year-old community head was brutally murdered in cold-blood at his residence by gunmen.

The deceased, Mr John Asemota, was the Odionwere, the leader of Powerline community at Ugbowo.

The gunmen, seven in number, were said to have stormed the residence of the community head at about 9:30pm and opened fire on him in the presence of his family members.

The deceased’s son, Mr Osemudiamen Asemota, who narrated the incident to the newsmen, said three of his father’s tenants also sustained bullet wounds.

He said while his father died at the spot, his tenants were rushed to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) where they are presently receiving treatment.

Osemudiamen said the incident was reported at the Ugbowo Divisional Police headquarters which responded promptly by coming to the scene shortly after the incident occurred.

According to him, “It was the police that took my father’s body to the mortuary while they also rushed those shot to hospital for medical attention.”

He, however, ruled out possibility of robbery, alleging that his father was killed over communal issue.

A police source at the Ugbowo Divisional Police station confirmed the incident but refused to make further comment.

Though he pleaded anonymity, one of the officer who was drafted to the scene of the incident, said the matter would be handled appropriately.

DAVIDO AND PATORANKING STEAL THE SHOW AT THE HEADIES 2014.

Davido, Olamide and Patoranking emerged the biggest winners at the 2014 edition of the Headies Awards held over the weekend.

Davido won in the Song of the Year and Artiste of the Year category, while Patoranking was announced as Next Rated, for which he received a brand new car.

Mavins picked up two awards, while artistes like Yemi Alade, Runtown and a few others missed out.  TuFace Idibia won the Best R&B Single for “Let Somebody Love You”.

The Best Recording of The Year went to Cobhams Asuquo, while Dr Victor Uwaifo got the awards for Hall Of Fame. Best Vocal Performance for Male went to Timi Dakolo for Iyawo Mi.

The 9th Edition of the Awards was hosted by Basket Mouth and Toke Makinwa.

Terror strikes the heart of Australia

Two young female employees have fled a central Sydney cafe more than seven hours after a terrorist armed with a gun took more than a dozen people hostage and forced crying women to hold a black Islamic flag up to the window.

A total of five hostages, including barista Elly Chen, have now escaped the Lindt cafe in Martin Place an hour after a male employee and two male customers scrambled from a fire exit and sheltered behind heavily armed police officers shortly before 3.45pm on Monday.

It is understood the hostages escaped from the cafe, rather than being released by their captor. A male former hostage has been taken to nearby St Vincent's Hospital, in Sydney's inner suburbs, and is being treated for shock.

This evening, police negotiators revealed they had learned the name of the hostage-taker and have made contact with the man.  

Chris Reason, a journalist from the Seven Network - whose offices are opposite the cafe - tonight said he could see the gunman rotating the hostages through positions in the store's window. 

'From inside Martin Place we can see the faces of hostages - pained, strained, eyes red and raw,' he recounted. Food and water was being delivered to the prisoners from the cafe's back kitchens.  

Seven Network staff have counted around 15 hostages in the cafe, he said, rather than the 50 reported by Lindt Australia CEO Steve Loane earlier today. Daily Mail Australia understands a 25-year-old female fashion industry worker and two female baristas aged in their 30s are among that number. 

As scores of heavily armed police, clad in black, remained on guard in Martin Place, Deputy NSW Police Commissioner Catherine Burn told reporters police were planning to 'work into the night' - and even tomorrow - should the crisis continue.

Witnesses earlier described how a man wearing a headband covered in Arabic walked into the cafe around 9:30am and produced a shotgun from a blue bag.

Shortly afterwards, as police surged into the city, hostages were seen with their hands pressed against the windows holding up the Islamic Shahada flag. It is an emblem of extremist group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is fighting the Assad government in Syria.

BACK AND BETTER

Took a while for me to dust my butt and get back on the saddle after marriage. Let's just say I  was on an extended honey moon, but thanks to good rest, good food and the good loving of my partner, I'm back and ready to feed you with what you've been missing.
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Ugandan Members of Parliament pass law to ban miniskirts

Ugandan Members of Parliament have passed a controversial bill that will ban miniskirts.

The anti-pornography bill, which also outlaws overtly sexual material including music videos, was voted through after a short debate.
When Simon Lokodo, Uganda's ethics and integrity minister, proposed the legislation earlier this year, he said that women who wore "anything above the knee" should be arrested.

The new legislation will outlaw any material showing parts of the body intended to cause sexual excitement

The bill needs to be approved by the president before becoming law.
Uganda is a socially conservative country - it is also considering legislation to increase the punishment for homosexual acts, including the death penalty in some cases.

According to Uganda's private Monitor newspaper, the new legislation will outlaw material which shows parts of the body including breasts, thighs and buttocks, or any erotic behaviour intended to cause sexual excitement.
It will also ban anything that shows indecent acts or behaviour intended to corrupt morals, the paper reports.

One can only wonder, with the political unrest in the country, is this the latest distraction by government? 

PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN TURNS 55

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan

Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON is the 14th Head of State and current President of Nigeria. 

Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is happily married to Mrs. Patience Faka Jonathan. The nuptial union is blessed with two children.

Dr. Jonathan is a man well recognized for his cluster of achievements  and immense contributions to the polity, communal liberalism, growth, and general welfare of the people. Beyond these, he is a humble man, dearly loved and respected. He has remained in the consciousness of his friends and contemporaries, as a builder of human social bridges. He is a teacher, technocrat, a democrat, a man of transparent honesty and humility; a perfect gentleman, a tender loving husband and an unshakable believer in the unity, not only of Ogbia clan but also of Nigeria.

NIGERIA'S PRESIDENT ON HIS 55TH BIRTHDAY.

We say 3 happy cheers to a man who has made reformation his middle name.