Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, ames Ocholi Dies In Auto Crash

See Photos from the Car Crash that Killed Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Mr James Ocholi, is dead.

He died in a road accident along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday afternoon.

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige, has described the death of Mr Ocholi, as a great loss to Nigeria, his family and the Nigerian Bar Association.

According to the Minister, the accident occurred on their way from a thanksgiving service.

Mrs Ocholi is reported to be receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

Mr James Ocholi was a Senior Advocate of Nigeria from Kogi State.

He was appointed Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari in November 2015.

Tottenham and Arsenal fans clash outside White Hart Lane

Police on horseback were forced to unsheathe their batons in an effort to keep control outside the ground

Baton wielding police were forced to act as Arsenal fans were being led towards White Hart Lane this afternoon in advance of today's crunch Premier Leage match.

At least one supporter, left, was injured on his way into White Hart Lane this afternoon before today's game

At least one fan suffered a cut head outside Tottenham's ground despite a heavy police presence.

Mounted police intervened as fans tried to make their way into the ground for today's lunchtime kickoff.

Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow was one of the only Arsenal fans to wear red and white colours due to the hostile environment outside White Hart Lane on the day of the North London Derby

Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow was one of the few Arsenal fans today wearing any colours on their way into the ground. 

Traditionally, Arsenal fans are escorted into White Hart Lane by the Metropolitan Police to reduce the chance of any incidents.

Several supporters fell to the ground during clashes outside the stadium before today's crunch match 

The Metropolitan Police said: 'Two men were arrested in connection with public order offences ahead of the Arsenal/Tottenham Hotspur football match taking place at White Hart Lane today. 

'The two individuals were detained separately, in unconnected incidents, around 12:30hrs at the junction of High Road and Park Lane. 

'They have been taken to north London police station where they currently remain. An appropriate policing plan is in place for the event.'

Last time Arsenal met Tottenham at White Hart Lane, the away fans were accused of ripping off hoardings at the ground, which is due to be demolished in the near future. 

Tottenham fans in response destroyed some toilets at The Emirates.

Oshiomhole warns Dino, describing him as a “childish” lawmaker who “cannot maintain a matrimonial home.”

Adams Oshiomhole, berated the senator Dino Melaye, over his comment on the governor’s choice of wife.

Melaye had on Wednesday, while contributing on the floor of the Senate, called on Nigerians to patronise made-in-Nigeria products.

He reportedly made a reference to Oshiomhole’s marriage to his Cape Verdean wife, Iara, while urging Nigerians to focus on “made-in-Nigeria women”.

He had said, “We will also move in order to encourage made-in-Nigeria products and begin to talk about made-in-Nigeria women, The PUNCH reported.

“Apologies to my uncle, the Governor of Edo State, we must, as a people, stop paying dowries in dollars and pounds. It is time for my colleagues here to become born-again.”

But Oshiomhole accused Melaye of lunching an unprovoked assault and delving into a matter as confidential as his marriage to his heartthrob, even as a member of the All Progressives Congress.

He also berated the senator for regarding women as “pieces of items for sale,” a statement which he said was not only disparaging but disappointing, in the report.

The governor, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Peter Okhiria, said, “As a ‘nephew’ of the governor and members of the same party, we expected Senator Melaye to tender an unreserved public apology to the Comrade Governor, to no avail.

“It is an open secret that Senator Melaye cannot maintain a decent matrimonial home, hence he could descend to this pedestrian level of using the hallowed chambers to ‘categorise’ women as if they were pieces of items for purchase. Any responsible individual that is truly worth to be called a senator, a position that convokes respect, decorum and decent public conduct, should know the limits of his verbal diarrhoea.”

He said that the liberty to speak freely should not be abused, saying, “The liberty of free speech guaranteed in the hallowed chambers does not impose lunacy on anyone to disparage other Nigerians, let alone pry into their matrimony in a very derisive manner.”

EFCC Arraigns Man who allegedly hacked into the server of a second generation bank and transferred the sum N68bn

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, April 20, 2015 arraigned one Stephen Omaidu before Justice M. A Nasir of Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja on a two count charge bordering on theft to the tune of N68, 028, 000, 000.00 (sixty eight billion and twenty eight million naira).

Omaidu, in connivance with Alhaji K. B Kabiru, Godswill Oyegwa, Ben and Oliver (all at large) allegedly hacked into the server of a second generation bank and transferred the sum of sixty eight billion, and twenty eight million naira into different accounts for personal gains.

The offence is punishable under section 287 of the Penal Code Act.
Following his “not guilty” plea, counsel to EFCC, S. A Ugwuebgulam asked the court to fix a date for trial to commence.

However, defence counsel, Gabriel O. Sanifu urged the court to admit the accused to bail pending trial saying, the offence is bailable.

Ugwuebgulam objected to the application on the ground that the accused had failed to honour the administrative bail terms earlier granted him by the Commission and could do same if not remanded by the court.

Justice Nasir ordered the accused to be remanded in the custody of the EFCC and adjourned the case to April 28, 2015 for ruling on the bail application.

The Current Economic Crisis, it's all our fault: Buhari

Nigeria only has itself to blame for its current economic troubles, President Muhammadu Buhari said in an interview broadcast on Saturday, criticising previous governments for an over-reliance on crude revenues.

Africa’s biggest oil producer and leading economy has been struggling with the slump in global crude prices for nearly two years, which has slashed the majority of government revenues.

The country’s junior oil minister last Thursday said some oil-producing countries, including Russia, would meet in Moscow on March 20 to discuss a way out of the slump.

Asked if the world’s biggest supplier Saudi Arabia and policies of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries had hit smaller producers, Buhari said OPEC had to “act together to save the situation”.

Countries, including Nigeria, “have to live by” market forces, he said, ruling out a Nigerian withdrawal from the body.

But he added: “OPEC as an organisation has to be mindful of economic conditions in each member country because that will influence that country’s ability to go along with OPEC decisions.

“Nigeria, we were unable to diversify our economy, hence we are much more disadvantaged by the lower oil prices and OPEC may try to help us out but really, it’s basically our own fault.”

Buhari, who took office in May last year, has made reducing Nigeria’s reliance on crude revenues a key plank of his economic policy alongside ending decades of corruption and impunity.

But those efforts have been hamstrung as cash-flow problems caused by the global oil shock as well as previous administrations’ failure to save crude revenue when prices were high.

Buhari again said he would not devalue the naira currency or lift strict foreign exchange controls that critics say have strangled investment and growth in the import-dependent country.

“Nigeria can only afford to live within its means,” he said.

With The Guardian