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September 1, 2015
Buhari never promised he was going to do anything in 100 days- Lai Mohammed
APC national spokesperson, Lai Mohammed this morning on Channels TV said President Buhari never promised to do anything within his 1st 100 days in office.
"Buhari never promised to do anything in 100 days, that's the honest truth. You see, when you are running a campaign, all kinds of literature will emerge from all sorts of groups but I came here and I said there are only just two documents that you can judge a party with. that is the constitution of the party and the manifesto of the party. Those are the only two documents that are registered with INEC you can go to court on or hold a party accountable for" he said
August 26, 2015
Caitlyn Jenner manslaughter case now in D.A.'s hands
LA County prosecutors are now determining whether to file charges against Caitlyn Jenner, who was involved in a deadly chain-reaction crash on Pacific Coast Highway in February.
Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives on Tuesday presented the case to prosecutors that could lead to a misdemeanor manslaughter charge.
Sheriff’s Det. Richard Curry told The Times last week that Jenner was driving at an unsafe speed Feb. 7 when her Cadillac Escalade rear-ended Kim Howe’s Lexus, sending it into oncoming traffic and ultimately leading to the 69-year-old driver’s death.
N4bn loan: Rivers panel summons ex-chairmen
The judicial commission of inquiry investigating the administration of former governor Rotimi Amaechi over the sale of assets and other matters has summoned ex-council chairmen and a former Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Emmanuel Chinda, to appear before it on Friday, August 28, 2015.
The commission had alleged that those invited to appear before it were involved in the purported diversion of N2bn being part of a N4bn agric loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria.
However, the former commissioner for agriculture had gone to the Rivers State High Court, on Tuesday, seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the commission and the Commissioner of Police from inviting, arresting or requiring him to appear before the panel.
Following the non-appearance of Chinda and the former council chairmen at Tuesday’s sitting of the panel, the Chairman of the commission of inquiry, Justice George Omeriji, directed that they appear before the panel on August 28 or risk being arrested by the police.
Pit bull kills owner after she tried to save her mom from attack
A South Carolina woman has been killed by her pet pit bull after she stepped in to stop it attacking her mother.
Porsche 'Nicole' Cartee, 25, suffered fatal injuries to her head and body when she tried to fend off the dog.
Jamie Nelson, director of Spartanburg County Environmental Enforcement, said the attack occurred at a residence on Beverly Hills Drive. Nelson said the dog attacked three people.
Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said Porsche Nicole Cartee, was pronounced dead at the scene. Clevenger said statements from witnesses indicate Cartee suffered trauma to her body during the attack.
On Sunday, Clevenger said an examination revealed the cause of death to be dog bites to the head and body.
Clevenger identified the dog as a pit bull and said two other family member were injured in the incident.
Robbery suspects cut bars, escape from police cell
Two of the robbery suspects, who were arrested while they were operating on Iju Road, in the Agege area of Lagos, have escaped from the police cell.
It was learnt that 3 suspected members of the gang, who reportedly attacked and robbed a hotel and some residences of Sands Avenue, off Iju Road, had been handed over to the Pen Cinema Police Division, before two of them escaped from the cell.
It was gathered that policemen, who were on duty on the fateful day, had been arrested, while the fleeing suspects are yet to be captured.
According to reports, on Sunday, August 9, at about 2am, about 10 armed robbers, invaded the area, and robbed a hotel and some private homes and they carted away money and valuables from the hotel lodgers, workers, and other places during the operation.
It was gathered that men of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, who were the local vigilance group in the area, however, apprehended 3 of the robbers and took them to the Pen Cinema Police Division.
It was there that the three robbery suspects, identified as Dare Drain, Akeem AK, and Lekan Student, were locked up in the cell by the policemen on duty.
It was gathered that on Wednesday evening, two of the suspects however, cut through the burglar bars in the cell, and escaped from custody.
Victims of the robbery and the OPC men, who were aggrieved by the development, were said to have been invited by policemen to the station who pacified them and assured them that the robbers would be re-arrested.
When PUNCH Metro visited Sands Avenue on Tuesday, the manager of the hotel, which was robbed, declined to give any comment.
However, one of the workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the robbers carted away a huge amount of money and also injured the hotel’s guard.
He added that the robbers raped some of the hotel’s female workers, who had yet to resume work.
He said:
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