House Directs IG To Seal Kogi Assembly

The House of Representatives has once again directed the Inspector General of Police to seal the Kogi State House of Assembly complex pending when the crisis is resolved.

This is one of the resolutions adopted by the House after considering the report of an Adhoc Committee that investigated a declaration by the Attorney General of the Federation on the resolution of the National Assembly on the crisis.

In that declaration, the Attorney General had advised the Inspector General of Police to consider the resolution of the National Assembly to take over the duties of the Kogi State House of Assembly as illegal.

The House is also demanding that the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General be reprimanded for undermining the authority of the legislature.

The House has also directed that the Attorney General of the Federation should immediately withdraw his advice to the Inspector General of Police.

Deadly air strike hits Syrian refugee camp in Idlib

An air strike on a camp for internally displaced Syrians near the country's border with Turkey has killed at least 17 people, activists said.

The attack on the camp in Idlib province on Thursday also left dozens of others injured, with a number of those killed children, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr, reporting from the Turkish city of Gaziantep, said activists were split on whether Russian or Syrian planes were behind the attack.

"Many in the opposition believe that with strikes like this there's proof the government is not serious about the cessation of hostilities,"  Khodr said.

"These people (internally displaced) live close to the Turkish border in search of safety...they think that the closer they are to the border, the safer they are."

Idlib is not part of the partial ceasefire that was announced yesterday after an agreement between the US and Russia.

Aleppo bombardment

The attack is the latest deadly strike on civilians in Syria, with much of the recent focus on the divided city of Aleppo where nearly 300 people were killed in nearly two weeks of air strikes and shelling.

Argentina stays top, the latest FIFA world rankings released; NIGERIA remains the same

With no international matches in April all teams in the top 50 held their positions. Nigeria remained unmoved at number 67 in the latest Fifa rankings for the month of May. The three-time African champions were adjudged the same rank in the world according to the ranking released in April 2016. The Eagles are now the 14th best African side behind Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Senegal, Egypt, Cape Verde, Tunisia, Congo DR, Guinea, Congo, Cameroon, Morocco and Mali. The Philippines, meanwhile, may have failed to advance to the next round of 2018 World Cup qualifiers for the AFC region, but the Azkals moved up one spot to their best-ever position of 115th. FIFA Rankings as of May 5:

1. Argentina 
2. Belgium 
3. Chile
 4. Colombia 
5. Germany
 6. Spain 
7. Brazil 
8. Portugal
 9. Uruguay 
10. England

Nigeria remained unmoved at number 67 in the latest Fifa rankings for the month of May

ASUU Shuts Down UNICAL For Seven Days Over Kidn

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) University of Calabar Chapter (UNICAL) has declared a 7-day solidarity protest to call for the arrest of kidnappers of the wife and daughter of an academic staff in the medical college, Dr. Ndifon and son of Barr. Aniema of the graduate school.

The protesters are calling on the management of the university to fish out the perpetrators with immediate effect.

The kidnapped persons were said to have been taken away from the UNICAL Staff quarters where they reside on May 2, 2016 and taken away through a ready speed boat in the riverine area of the university
According to the General Secretary of ASUU, UNICAL branch, Dr. Jonas Akung, the institution has over the years had series of security challenges  which has obviously proven to be beyond the surveillance team of the university.

He disclosed that the university, in solidarity with their colleagues, decided to shut down academic activities in the institution to draw global attention to their plight in anticipation of a positive response.

Students of the university and some parents have also called for more proactive measures by security agencies towards the release of the kidnapped victims.

Meet The ‘Superman’ Who Can Easily Pull An Aeroplane with his ears

A man whose ears are undeniably made of steel, has been caught on camera pulling an aeroplane with his own ears.

The man called Johnny Strange is living up to his last name because he’s just entered the record books for pulling a huge Aeroplane with his ears.

Johnny, 26, used chains through pierced holes in his ears to drag a Cessna 172-P weighing 677.8kg for 20.4 metres at North Weald Airfield, Essex.

No wonder he’s been dubbed ‘The man with the ears of steel’He’ll appear in the 2016 Guinness Book of Records

But being featured in the book is nothing new for Johnny, an escapologist and sideshow performer who now has eight Guinness World Records to his name.

He said: “I started off at the age of ten in Blackburn, Lancashire.

 

“At first I juggled balls, then clubs and went on to knives, fire sticks and now its chainsaws.

 

“Preparing for the plane pull was tough. I’m not going into detail but I have to stretch my ears and create tough scar tissue so they don’t rip

Tiwa savage spotted with funke akindele JENIFA

Looks like singer Tiwa Savage would be making an appearance in a comic series - “Jenifa’s Diary”. The Season 6 of the series is currently being filmed & she was seen getting her makeup done while on the set