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by Funmi Ojuroye  July 23, 2013 Clashes in Egypt have continued early Tuesday, despite a plea from the country's interim president urging people to remain calm and abstain from violence. Supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi were involved in fighting Tuesday near Cairo University's main campus in Giza, where police broke up the violence. Hours earlier, Interim President Adly Mansour spoke on state television, telling Egyptians that reconciliation is necessary for the country to move forward. Clashes Monday between supporters and opponents of Mr. Morsi left four people dead and dozens more wounded. Security officials said Monday's fighting started with stone-throwing when a group of Morsi supporters passed near Tahrir Square during a protest march. Mr. Morsi's family has spoken out against Egypt's military, accusing it of kidnapping him. The former president's son, Osama Morsi, threatened to use legal measures to gain his father's release. At a n...

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From FUNMI OJUROYE •Stakeholders meet, seek peace Southern Senatorial Zone of Plateau State stakeholders yesterday met to deliberate on how to end the recurring violence in the area. The Southern senatorial zone consists of Wase, Langtang South, Langtang North, Quanpan, Mikang and Shendam local government areas. The meeting was called at the instance of the Special Task Force (STF) on Jos crisis following recurring attacks by gunmen on the six local government areas. Shortly after the STF Commander, Maj-Gen. Henry Ayoola, rose to speak, there was report that over 500 cattle were rustled in Longvel community in Shendam Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that about 100 armed men allegedly stormed the community, killing one person as they made away with 500 cattle. An eye witness, who did not want his name mentioned, told journalists that the armed rustlers shot sporadically into the air in order to scare people away before carrying out their nefarious act. Th...

Written by  Jacob Segun Olatunji and Kolawole Daniel - Abuja Tuesday, 23 July 2013 01:52 раскрутка сайто AS the House of Representatives kick-start debate and voting on the recommendations of its ad hoc committee on Constitution Review, strong indication has emerged of a directive from the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to its lawmakers to vote against autonomy for local governments. This is coming just as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, jolted by the directive from the ACN leadership to its members, scheduled a meeting for 9.00 p.m on Monday, to brainstorm on the ongoing constitution amendment process. Sources told the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja that the national leadership of ACN had directed all its members to vote against some key items in the recommendations in the constitution amendment, especially the aspect that sought to recognise local government as third tier of government, so that it could enjoy financial autonomy. W...

Posted by MIC BLOG  on July 23, 2013 7:11 am by Rachel Ogbu 18 people have died in a road accident involving a truck and a Peace Mass Transit commercial bus at Okada along the Benin-Ore-Lagos expressway. The tragedy which occurred Monday afternoon had claimed the lives of two children. According to sources, the truck loaded with gravel lost a tyre and collided with the Peace Mass Transit bus which was travelling from Onitsha to Lagos. It is believed that fuel began to spill from the bus and before passengers could get out, the bus went up in flames. Hundreds of passengers on the expressway were stranded for several hours afterwards as rescue officials arrived the scene to handle the situation.

Written by FUNMI OJUROYE  Tuesday, 23 July 2013 9:00 AM раскрутка сайтов EIGHTEEN passengers, on Monday, died in an accident at Okada town, on the Benin-Lagos-Ore expressway, while six persons lost their lives in another auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Those dead in the Edo  auto crash included two children, 15 adults and a motor-boy of a heavy duty truck. The accident caused heavy gridlock on the expressway, as it happened on a one-way lane while construction work was ongoing on the other lane. The accident involved a heavy Mark truck loaded with gravel and a commercial Toyota bus belonging to Peace Mass Transit Company Limited. Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Kenneth Nwaegbe, confirmed the accident in a chat, but said many children who survived the accident had been taken to the hospital for treatment. Nwaegbe said: “It was not really a head-on-collision like that. What happened was that the Mack ...

by FUNMI OJUROYE  Tuesday 23rd July, 2013.  8:55 AM Varsity students protest on Lagos street A report coming from Lagos has it that hundreds of students of various higher institutions have taking to the streets in Lagos over the lingering strike embarked upon by academic unions in polytechnic and universities. Eyewitnesses account has it that the student carrying placard barricaded Ikorodu Road at Onipan area bemoaning their fate as they have been compelled to, yet again, sit at home due to the strike actions embarked upon by the lecturers.

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by FUNMI OJUROYE Themember representing Ondo Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ayo Akinyelure, wept before members of his constituency in Akure on Monday as he apologised to them that he voted in error to support the senate resolution backing marriage of underage girls. Akinyelure was summoned by his constituents to explain his role in the controversial passage of a resolution to retain the provision of Section 29 (4) (b) of the 1999 Constitution, which states that a married underage girl is deemed to be an adult. Politicians, women groups and students had besieged the Adegbemile Hall, venue of the meeting, with placards to protest against what they described as the legalisation of sexual abuse of young girls, which their representative had supported. But Akinyelure burst into tears as he laboured to convince the obviously enraged crowd at the tension-soaked session that he mistakenly pressed the wrong button during the electronic voting exercis...

Written by  Sam Nwaoko - Ado-Ekiti Tuesday, 23 July 2013 8:50 AM раскрутка сайт The crisis rocking Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) continued on Monday as some members of the party besieged the secretariat of the party in Ado Ekiti in protest, demanding what they referred to as “free, fair and credible primaries to select our party’s candidate for the 2014 governorship election.” The protesters hemmed-in six members of the state working committee of the party, including  its Deputy Chairman, Mr Femi Bamisile and the Legal Adviser, Mr Kola Adefemi, who were said to have been in a meeting at the party’s secretariat, and held them hostage for several hours. The protesters demanded that the state working committee of the  PDP in Ekiti State should rescind its decision to select the party’s candidate through consensus, saying “anything outside a credible, free and fair primaries is unacceptable to the youth wing of the party and...

23 Jul 2013 08:20 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge welcomed their son at 4.24pm this afternoon Kate Middleton and Prince William have become parents Getty Prince William has spoken for the first time about  becoming a father  - and says he and wife Kate are delighted. In a short statement  the Duke of Cambridge  said: "We could not be happier." William, 31, was at Kate's side throughout  her labour  , accompanying her to hospital early this morning. And it was confirmed he was present for the birth of his son at 4.24pm,  the new prince weighing in at 8lbs 6oz  . Like many new dads, William took on the job of informing the relatives - starting with the Queen. A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are delighted at the news." William also rang his father Prince Charles, who had spent the day on official engagements, and his brother Prince Harry, who often joins Prince William and Kate on ...

CAIRO — Reuters Published  Tuesday, Jul. 23 2013, 8:45 AM GTM Last updated  Tuesday, Jul. 23 2013, 8:45 AM GMT One man was killed and 15 people were injured in an attack against a protest by hundreds of supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohamed Morsi near Cairo University early Tuesday morning, a state-run news website said. Al-Ahram Online said police fired tear gas to quell the violence and several cars in the area were destroyed or set on fire.

BY FUNMI OJUROYE, 23 JULY 20 Yenagoa — Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has appointed 18 year old Miss Anna Ebiere Banner winner of the 2013 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria MBGN pageant as his Special Assistant on Culture and Tourism. The Nigeria Beauty Queen who is also Miss Bayelsa is billed to represent Nigeria at the Miss World pageant later this year in Jakarta, Indonesia. The event which was held at the Banquet Hall of the Bayelsa Government House in Yenagoa was keenly contested by 32 contestants drawn from across the country. Ebiere Banner defeated her closest rival, 19 year old Miss Imo State, Stephanie Okwu to emerge the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria MBGN. Okwu Stephanie emerged as first runner up. Others include second runner up, (Miss Adamawa) Powede Lawrence was second runner up while Miss Kaduna, Enoma Agboniko clinched third runner up. Miss Abuja, Imelissa Devidal who could have given the Bayelsa beauty a serious challenge for the coveted prize ...