More than 161 killed in Turkey Coup.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Saturday 161 people were killed in the coup attempt against the government, with 2,839 soldiers now detained on suspicion of involvement.
Yildirim, speaking outside his Cankaya palace in Ankara and flanked by top general Hulusi Akar who was held during the coup attempt, also described the putsch bid as a “black stain” on Turkish democracy. He added that 1,440 people had been wounded.
The toll 161 did not include the assailants, he emphasised. Turkey’s acting army chief Umit Dundar had earlier said 104 putschists had been killed.
Yildirim blamed the coup attempt on the supporters of US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara has for years accused of working to overthrow the authorities and wants to see brought to justice.
The United States has shown little interest so far to Turkey’s requests for his extradition.
“Fethullah Gulen is the leader of a terrorist organisation,” the premier said.
“Whichever country is behind him is not a friend of Turkey and in a serious war against Turkey,” he added.

Suspected militants blow up pipeline in Ogun state.

Suspected militants, who were said to have disguised as maintenance officers from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, have blown up a gas pipeline around PZ Estate in the Ogijo area of Ogun State.
The incident was said to have occurred on Tuesday.
The residents of the community said the men had pretended as if they were officials of the NNPC, who had come to carry out routine maintenance on the gas pipeline in the area.
But the area was thrown into confusion after the hoodlums left as a loud explosion occurred later at night, shattering a section of the gas pipeline.
The loud explosion was said to have sent the residents of the community running for cover.
The affected pipeline is reported to serve an 11.4 distribution line for some companies in Ikorodu in Lagos.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident, saying the state command had deployed its men in the area.
Adejobi, a Superintendent of Police, added, “Some hoodlums on Tuesday went and burst a part of a gas pipeline around PZ Estate in Ogijo.
“We heard that they came as if they were officials of a company in charge of the maintenance of the gas pipeline and the residents were deceived by this ploy.
“We don’t want to conclude yet that they were militants but we call them criminals, and we will get them wherever they are.
“The command has deployed men in the area, and we are working with other sister security agencies. The Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo, Mohammed Tijani, and his team are also there. The Lagos State Police Command has also deployed men on their side in the area.”
Adejobi said as of the time of filing this report, officials of the NNPC were already carrying out repairs to the affected section of the gas pipeline.

Death toll in France terrorists Attack hits 80, officials says.

An attacker killed up to 80 people and injured scores when he drove a heavy truck at high speed into a crowd watching Bastille Day fireworks in the French Riviera city of Nice late on Thursday, officials said.
Counter-terrorist investigators were seeking to identify the driver, who a local government official said opened fire before police shot him dead. The official said weapons and grenades were found inside the 25-tonne, unmarked truck.
The attack, which came eight months and a day after Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in Paris, appeared so far to be the work of a lone assailant.
Newspaper Nice-Matin quoted unidentified sources as saying the driver was a 31-year-old local of Tunisian origin.
The truck careered for hundreds of metres (yards) along the famed Promenade des Anglais seafront, slamming into spectators watching the fireworks, listening to an orchestra or strolling above the beach towards the grand, century-old Hotel Negresco.
"It's a scene of horror," a local member of parliament, Eric Ciotti, told France Info radio, saying the truck had "mown down several hundred people." Local government leader
Christian Estrosi put the death toll at 77, while BFM TV later put it at 80. An Interior Ministry spokesman said "several dozen" had died.
Nice-Matin said 42 people were in critical condition and many others injured.
"People went down like ninepins," Jacques, who runs Le Queenie restaurant on the seafront, told France Info.
"I saw people go down," bystander Franck Sidoli , who was visibly shocked, told Reuters at the scene. "Then the truck stopped, we were just five metres away. A woman was there, she lost her son. Her son was on the ground, bleeding,"
Nice-Matin posted photographs of the truck, its windshield starred by a score of bullets and its radiator grille destroyed.
Since the Islamic State attacks last year, major public events in France have been guarded by troops and armed police, but it appeared to have taken some minutes to halt the progress of the deadly truck as it tore along pavements and a pedestrian zone.
Police told residents of the city, located 30 km (20 miles) from the Italian border, to stay indoors as they conducted further operations, though there was no sign of any other attack.
President Francois Hollande , who raced back to Paris from the south of France after the attack, was due to address a sleepless nation on television at 3:30 a.m. (0130 GMT). Hours earlier, in a traditional Bastille Day interview, he had said an eight-month state of emergency might end in two weeks time.
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Islamic State militants killed 130 people in Paris on Nov. 13, the bloodiest in a number of attacks in France and Belgium in the past two years. On Sunday, a weary nation had breathed a collective sigh of relief as the month-long Euro 2016 soccer tournament across France ended without a feared attack.
Four months ago, Belgian Islamists linked to the Paris attackers killed 32 people in Brussels.
Police denied rumours on social media of a subsequent hostage-taking in Nice. Vehicle attacks have been used by isolated members of militant groups in recent years, notably in Israel, as well as in Europe, though never to such devastating effect.
U.S. President Barack Obama said in a statement: "On behalf of the American people, I condemn in the strongest terms what appears to be a horrific terrorist attack in Nice, France, which killed and wounded dozens of innocent civilians."

Reverse to status quo, court orders NERC on electricity tariff hike.

A ruling by a Federal High Court in Lagos has reversed a Tariff increase imposed by the NERC .
The National Electricity Regulatory Commission had effected an arbitrary increase in the tariff on July 1 , a move that was resisted by many Nigerians .
A lawyer , Toluwani Adebiyi filed the suit against the NERC and has now obtainer a favorable judgment .
Justice Mohammed Idris in his ruling today stated that NERC flouted due procedure in effecting its increase and ordered the agency to reverse the tariff increase.
His judgment was based on on Sections 31 , 32 and 76 of the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act( EPSRA) 2005 .
the increment in electricity tariff which took effect after the institution of this action and while a restraining order is subsisting is hereby declared illegal and same is hereby set aside .
The court ruled that “ NERC is hereby directed to reverse to the status quo and the commission is hereby restrained from further increasing electricity tariff except it complies strictly with the relevant provisions of the EPSRA ” ,

I won't date a man because of his wealth – Rita Dominic

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Renowned Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic, says she cannot be moved to date a man because of his wealth.
She said she has been able to carve a niche for herself and as such, she is not after what a man has to offer.
The 41-year-old spinster in a chat with Hollywood London Magazine expressed her feeling about love and heritage.
She said, “I don’t think that things are that bad these days.
“I will date a man because I am attracted to him not because of his heritage,” Rita added.

I won't date a man because of his wealth – Rita Dominic

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Renowned Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic, says she cannot be moved to date a man because of his wealth.
She said she has been able to carve a niche for herself and as such, she is not after what a man has to offer.
The 41-year-old spinster in a chat with Hollywood London Magazine expressed her feeling about love and heritage.
She said, “I don’t think that things are that bad these days.
“I will date a man because I am attracted to him not because of his heritage,” Rita added.

Emeka Ike ask court not to entertain Wife's suit for divorce

A popular Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike has informed a Lagos Island Customary Court that he had filed an application before a High Court restraining the lower court from hearing the divorce suit filed by his estranged wife, Emma.
Emma had sometime in 2015 approached the court to dissolve the 16 years union between her and the Nollywood actor on grounds of incessant battery.
The actor had vehemently denied the allegation, and begged the court not to separate them, saying “I still love my wife’’.
When the matter, which was slated for judgment came up on Tuesday, Emeka’s lawyer, Mr Abdul Labi-Lawal informed the court that his client had filed a stay of proceedings before a High Court in Lagos.
The application marked FCMP/20054/16 had Emma and the Customary Court President, Mr Awos Awosola as the first and second defendants respectively.
The application sought the High Court’s declaration that the Lagos Island Customary Court lacked requisite jurisdiction to entertain and determine the Ike’s divorce suit.
The application noted that the marriage between the estranged couple was conducted in Enugu State under the Igbo customs and traditions.
Emeka also urged the High Court to declare that all the proceedings already conducted by the Customary Court in respect of couple’s marriage be rendered null and void.
The Nollywood actor also applied for a perpetual injunction restraining the Customary Court’s President, Awosola, and any other person appointed in the capacity of entertaining and or continuing the proceedings in respect of the couple’s divorce suit.
Labi-lawal, therefore, urged the court to stay proceedings on the suit pending the hearing and determination of the suit at the High Court.
Opposing the application, Emma’s lawyer, Mr Iheanyi Awa urged the court to discontinue the stay of application and deliver judgment.
Awa, who said Emeka’s application was aimed at arresting the court’s judgment, informed the court that neither his client nor himself had been served with the application.
“It is an attempt to arrest the judgment of the court, I am aware that the respondent wants to arrest the judgment which is to be delivered today.
“The stay of proceedings has been decided for a long time and court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to entertain the matter.
“It is a ploy to frustrate my client, they just want to delay the judgment till another day.
“The court should give its judgment and if they are not satisfied, they can appeal,” he said.
After listening to the submissions of both parties, the court said; “In view of the submission of the respondent, the stay of proceedings is hereby granted, and the matter is hereby adjourned sine die.’’ (NAN)

Buhari only delivered one campaign promise one year after.

A governance tracking tool launched by the Centre for Democracy and Development,
Buharimeter , says President Muhammadu Buhari has only achieved one of the campaign promises he made during the 2015 electioneering.
The national survey — Buharimeter — received responses from a cross-section of Nigerians, representing different social groups and government officials.
The responses were comments on three key issues that included corruption, economy and security.
According to a statement issued by the Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, on Tuesday, 84 per cent of Nigerians endorsed the approach of President Buhari towards fighting corruption in the country.
The survey showed that the President’s zone, the North-West geopolitical zone with 60.2 per cent, had the highest number of citizens applauding his anti-corruption war.
The statement read, “Using the four categories (Achieved, Not Achieved, Ongoing and Not Yet rated), which were developed by the tracking tool to rate the extent of fulfillment of the campaign promises,
Buharimeter scored the President as follows:
“One promise was rated as “achieved” and 45 promises were rated as ‘ongoing’. According to the tracking tool, within the period under review, President Buhari has only achieved one campaign promise, which constitutes 0.5 per cent of all the tracked promises.”
The statement said the state of the Nigerian economy and its effects on the citizens, justified the low ratings the administration received in the national survey on the administration’s performance in the economy sector.
According to the survey, nearly two-thirds of the respondents rated the Federal Government’s performance in employment generation as either “very poor” (39.8 per cent) or “poor” (22 per cent).
On job creation, therefore, the report concluded that the expectations of Nigerians had largely remained unmet.

Credit: The Punch.

Mother of two shot dead along Abuja - Kaduna high way.

An officer of the State Security Service (SSS) in Kaduna shot dead a woman along Abuja – Kaduna express way Wednesday.

 According to Umar Mohammed Ringim of the BBC Hausa service, “The woman who was a mother of two was shot on her forehead where she died instantly. Two other passengers on the vehicle also sustained serious bullet wounds.

"The deceased was in a Golf car whose driver refused to stop following the order of the security operatives on the highway."

The Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Ibrahim Ruwandorowa who confirmed the incident said, “The SSS personnel who was said to be responsible for this incident is in our custody while the corpse has been deposited in a hospital morgue in Kaduna."

Addressing media men on the incident, Adamu said, "I got a call that Abuja – Kaduna express way was blocked around the Kaduna toll gate. So I sent our men there. Not long after, The state Director of SSS told me what happened following accidental discharge by his boys.

I then went to the scene of the incident immediately. There we discovered that other travelers along the road used their vehicles to block the highway immediately which disrupted movements. But we got the cooperation of the public and we were able to clear the road. Normalcy has since returned in the area”

The Abuja highway has become a dead carnal in recent times. According to Jessica who has been monitoring happenings in the area, "This Abuja kaduna road is becoming something else...
If they are not kidnapping people they are shooting them dead or robbing them."

Residents of the towns and villages along the area have expressed deep perplexities over the ugly happenings along that road as series of people have been kidnapped and huge some of amounts been demanded as ransom before they are released.

Court Voids Electricity Tariff increase!

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday entered judgment against the National Electricity Regulation Commission and electricity distribution companies in a suit opposing the Federal Government’s bid to increase electricity tariff.
Justice Mohammed Idris declared as null and void any hike in electricity tariff that did not comply with the provisions of the Electricity Power Sector Reform Act 2004.
The judge declared the decision of the defendants to embark on electricity tariff hike as hasty and ordered immediate reversal to the status quo.
He also awarded a cost of N50,000 against the respondents in favour of the plaintiff in the suit.
The suit was filed last year May by a Lagos-based lawyer, Toluwani Adebiyi, following announcement of proposed electricity tariff hike by the then Chairman of NERC, Dr. Sam Amadi.
Adebiyi had urged the court to stop any hike in electricity tariff until there had been a meaningful and significant improvement in power supply to at least 18 hours in a day in most Nigerian communities.
Justice Idris had since May 28, 2015 restrained NERC from giving effect to the proposed hike pending the determination of the suit.
In his final judgment in the suit on Wednesday, the judge berated the commission for embarking on the proposed tariff hike despite the court order.
“The upward increment in tariff was hasty and procedurally ultra vires. The review was done in a breach of existing order. This again was hasty, reckless and irresponsible. The court has the inherent jurisdiction to undo what has been done by a party in self-help.
“The increment in tariff by the 1st defendant, while parties were before the court and there was a subsisting order for status quo, is hereby declared illegal.
“The 1st defendant is hereby directed to reverse to status quo. The 1st defendant is further restrained from increasing the electricity tariff except in strict compliance of the provisions EPSRA and the procedures stipulated in section 76 of the EPSRA.
“N50,000 cost is awarded against the defendants in favour of the plaintiff. That is the judgment of the court,” the judge held.
He declared the electricity tariff hike and procedural and rebuked NERC for he declared as executive recklessness, which he said could only breed lawlessness.

Theresa May now British Prime Minister

Theresa May on Wednesday became Britain’s new prime minister, taking over from David Cameron with the task of negotiating Britain’s exit from the EU.
Queen Elizabeth II invited Conservative Party leader May, 59, to form a government during a brief meeting at Buckingham Palace in London, less than an hour after Cameron tendered his resignation to the head of state.

Beat my wife and see what I will do, Tinubu Dares Dino

"If Dino thinks nothing will happen if he dare beats up another Senator, then he must be living in a fools paradise”.
“Things will happen. Dino Melaye sunk to the lowest ever today.
“From this point, it is downhill for him. A disgrace to the Senate of the Republic.”

Osama Bin Laden's son threatens to revenge his father's assassination.

The son of slain al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge
against the U.S. for assassinating his father,
according to an audio message posted online.
Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the
global militant group's fight against theU.S.
and its allies in the 21-minute speech entitled
"We Are All Osama," according to the SITE
Intelligence Group.
"We will continue striking you and targeting
you in your country and abroad in response to
your oppression of the people of Palestine,
Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and
the rest of the Muslim lands that did not
survive your oppression," Hamza said.
"As for the revenge by the Islamic nation for
Sheikh Osama, may Allah have mercy on him,
it is not revenge for Osama the person but it is
revenge for those who defended Islam."
Osama bin Laden was killed at his Pakistani
hideout by U.S. commandos in 2011 in a
major blow to the militant group which carried
out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Documents recovered from bin Laden's
compound and published by the U.S. last year
alleged that his aides tried to reunite the
militant leader with Hamza, who had been
held under house arrest in Iran.
Hamza, now in his mid-twenties, was at his
father's side in Afghanistan before the 9/11
attacks and spent time with him in Pakistan
after the U.S.-led invasion pushed much of al
Qaeda's senior leadership there, according to
the Brookings Institution.
Introduced by the organisation's new chief
Ayman al-Zawahiri in an audio message last
year, Hamza provides a younger voice for the
group whose ageing leaders have struggled to
inspire militants around the world galvanized
by Islamic State.
"Hamza provides a new face for al Qaeda, one
that directly connects to the group's founder.
He is an articulate and dangerous enemy,"
according to Bruce Riedel of Brookings.

Osama Bin Laden's son threatens to revenge his father's assassination.

The son of slain al Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden has threatened revenge
against the U.S. for assassinating his father,
according to an audio message posted online.
Hamza bin Laden promised to continue the
global militant group's fight against theU.S.
and its allies in the 21-minute speech entitled
"We Are All Osama," according to the SITE
Intelligence Group.
"We will continue striking you and targeting
you in your country and abroad in response to
your oppression of the people of Palestine,
Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and
the rest of the Muslim lands that did not
survive your oppression," Hamza said.
"As for the revenge by the Islamic nation for
Sheikh Osama, may Allah have mercy on him,
it is not revenge for Osama the person but it is
revenge for those who defended Islam."
Osama bin Laden was killed at his Pakistani
hideout by U.S. commandos in 2011 in a
major blow to the militant group which carried
out the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Documents recovered from bin Laden's
compound and published by the U.S. last year
alleged that his aides tried to reunite the
militant leader with Hamza, who had been
held under house arrest in Iran.
Hamza, now in his mid-twenties, was at his
father's side in Afghanistan before the 9/11
attacks and spent time with him in Pakistan
after the U.S.-led invasion pushed much of al
Qaeda's senior leadership there, according to
the Brookings Institution.
Introduced by the organisation's new chief
Ayman al-Zawahiri in an audio message last
year, Hamza provides a younger voice for the
group whose ageing leaders have struggled to
inspire militants around the world galvanized
by Islamic State.
"Hamza provides a new face for al Qaeda, one
that directly connects to the group's founder.
He is an articulate and dangerous enemy,"
according to Bruce Riedel of Brookings.

81 Feared Dead In Fresh Attacks In Benue.

Information Nigeria.
By Femi Adesanya
Fresh attacks by Fulani herdsmen on Benue
communities have left some residents dead.
Although the traditional ruler of Logo, Chief
Jimmy Meeme confirmed that at least 81
people were killed, the Benue state command
of the Nigeria Police Force puts the death toll
at 22.
It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in
communities in Benue as herdsmen and
farmers clash over grazing land.
The Federal government has been roundly
criticized for its nonchalant approach to a
situation which has left at least 300 people
dead this year.
Some residents of the Benue communities
also accused security personnel of negligence.
The Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom has
repeatedly called on the Federal government
to intervene in the issue but his calls have
gone unheeded.