Regent of Akungba Akoko Kidnapped!

Princess Mojisola Omosowon

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Princess Mojisola Omosowon, the regent of Akungba Akoko township in Ondo state, According to a  palace source

The source, who claimed to be a palace errand broke the news to Saharareporters correspondent in Akure on Wednesday morning and said the regent was kidnapped along Owo-Akure road.

The palace source further disclosed that Princess Omosowon was abducted on her way to attend the inaugural lecture of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in Akure, the Ondo state capital.

Boko Haram Kills 50 After Chanting "Sai Buhari"

Prior to the explosion at the popular Kasuwan Shanu (meat market), residents were rudely woken up at 12:45am 
on Monday by gunshots that boomed in parts of the city till 2pm. No official reason was given by the military authorities for the gunshots which many of the residents feared they were fired by advancing 
Boko Haram insurgents. But when business and other activities were peaking in the city , a bomb went off in the meat market, sending cattle rustlers, butchers, their customers and passersby scampering to safety. 
Although theNews Agency of Nigeriaquoted the state Commissioner of Police, Aderemi Opadokun, as saying that five people died in the blast, Reuters reported 50. 

Zimbabwe Tags Nigerian Journalists "Boko Haram"

Zimbabwe has reacted angrily to Nigerian journalists who ambushed President Robert Mugabe during last 
week's inauguration of Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria's president. Journalists identified as reporters from Sahara Reporters ambushed Mugabe and his African Union (AU) delegation demanding that he steps down from his position as Zimbabwe's head of state. The reporters demanded to know from the 91-year-old leader, who has 
been in power since independence from Britain in 1980, when he would step down and handover power to a democratically elected successor after more than three decades in power. 

President Buhari May Occupy Position of Petroleum Minister

There are rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari will keep the petroleum minister portfolio for himself in the new cabinet rather than trust anyone else with the ministry, which currently contributes over 80 per cent of Nigeria's revenue.

Reuters quoted some close associates of the President as saying this on Tuesday. One long-standing associate of Buhari, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the cabinet decision was still under wraps, said 

Nigeria's oil sector was so dirty that nobody's hands were clean enough to do the "surgical changes" needed. 

Reuters also quoted another political associate as saying, "He will do it. It would be stupid to give that position to anyone else." The first source said Buhari had still not decided on his cabinet and had laughed off media speculation about the figures he would appoint, joking with friends as he read out a newspaper article that mentioned possible names: "They have picked my ministers for me! Have I even told you who I want?" 

Jonathan Dissolves Cabinet Today

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) will be formally dissolved today ahead of Friday’s swearing in of president-elect Muhammadu Buhari who will form his own cabinet after he assumes power.

The session will be presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan. He is expected to present a speech highlighting his achievements since he was sworn in as president on May 29, 2011.

Ministers are also expected to speak. on their experience as members of the FEC under President Jonathan. The meeting commences at 11:00am.

Embrace Peace, Stop Treasonable Comments Against Buhari – Ex-Militants Tell Asari Dokubo

Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Asari Dokubo on Monday received flaks ‎over his utterances against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari and the country in general.

The President of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators (NCNDE-A), ‘General’ Israel Akpodoro, expressed worry over the incessant attacks and vituperations from Dokubo on national issues saying, those threats issued by him were “empty, bear-footed and treasonable”.

Addressing a meeting of the Coalition in Ughelli, Delta State, Akpodoro argued that no section of the country wields the power to hold others to ransom.

It would be recalled that Dokubo, while speaking at the commemoration of the late Adaka Boro, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital recently, reportedly said he was ready to‎ take on the federal government if the interest of the region was not favourably considered by the incoming All Progressives Congress-led administration.

Bitter Kola Cure For Ebola, Study Still Ongoing - Iwu

Renowned Professor of Pharmacognosy, Maurice Iwu, yesterday, reiterated that a compound in garcinia kola also known as bitter kola, is a possible cure for the Ebola Virus Disease, saying that the study is however, in progress.

The former INEC Chairman explained that kola is an anti-viral product but much more importantly an anti-inflammatory agent, adding that anti-malaria drugs like Artemisinin and others are from a similar plant.

He stated this at a pre-summit briefing for the press and stakeholders for the 3rd Annual Clinical Trials Summit, by the Association of Good Clinical Practice in Nigeria (AGCPN), in collaboration with the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the Ministry of Defence Health Implementation Programme, held in Abuja.