Fayose dissolves Ekiti 35 LGs, LCDAs

Ekiti state Governor Ayodele Fayose has dissolved all the caretaker committees of the 16 local government areas and those of the 19 newly inaugurated Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state.
The governor, who made the announcement through a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said all the caretaker chairmen of the councils should immediately hand over to the Director of Administration of their respective council.
Caretaker chairmen have been in control of the 16 constitutionally recognised councils since the former governor Kayode Fayemi came on board since October 16, 2010.
Caretaker committees were also appointed for the 19 LCDAs which were inaugurated shortly after the June 16 governorship election.

FG-Boko Haram truce: No comment for now–Shettima

Gov Kashim Shettima of Borno state has said dialogue remains the best approach in resolving the insurgency in the north ­eastern parts of the coun­try as he has always advo­cated but maintained that he cannot comment on the reported truce between the Federal Government and Boko Haram.
“No comment for now regarding the issue. The governor will make com­ments at an appropriate time,” Shettima said in his reaction yesterday through his media aide, Isa Gusau.

Stakeholders, youths purchase form for Elechi to run for Senate

Stakeholders and youths in Ebonyi Central Sena­torial zone of Ebonyi state yesterday bought form for Gov­ernor Martin Elechi to contest the senatorial seat in 2015 general elections.
Speaking at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat along Abakaliki-expressway, PDP Youth leader and President ,Ebonyi Youth Assembly, Comrade Chinedu Ogah enumer­ated some of the achieve­ments of the governor which made the youths appeal to him to contest the senato­rial seat of the central zone.

You’re not fit for legislative position, Enugu professionals tell Chime

Enugu professionals resident in various parts of the world has asked the Governor of Enugu State, Sullivan Chime to pullout of the senatorial contest saying he is not fit for the legislature, in order not to jeopardise the com­parative advantage which Ekweremadu’s continuity in the Senate would bring to the State and the South East.

A family torn apart by Ebola

The heartbreaking moment grieving daughters watch as their mother’s body is carried away in Liberia

The devastated daughter of an Ebola victim cannot bear to watch as the body of her mother is pulled from her home in Monrovia, after the woman succumbed to the deadly virus.
A Red Cross burial team wearing protective suits and masks carries the body of 40-year-old Mary Nyanforh from the family’s house while the young girl holds her face in her hands.
The heartbreaking scenes in the Liberian capital show the tragic reality of living in a city ravaged by Ebola and the terrible impact on victims’ loved ones.
The worst-ever Ebola epidemic has already claimed more than 4,400 lives, with the vast majority of the victims living in the West African nations of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.
More than half the dead have been in Libe­ria, where the healthcare system is still reel­ing from a devastating 1989-2003 civil war.

Pastor in police net over alleged rape

■ The lady is my girlfriend –Cleric ■ No, I was meeting him for the first time -Victim
A 29-year-old cleric identified as Anthony Arogunmasa, popular­ly known as pastor at Ikere-Eki­ti community in Ekiti State, has been nabbed for allegedly raping a 19 -year-old lady in the area.
The victim (names withheld) said that Arogunmasa lured her into his Araromi Street, Ikere-Ekiti residence under the pretence of giving her spiritual cleansing. Describing how the incident happened, the victim in tears, said: “I was just meeting the pastor for the first time in my life. He approached me and told me that I needed some spiritual cleansing. He said that God instructed him to ensure that the spiritual cleansing was done for me. I fell for him because I saw people calling him pastor. He took me to his house and gave me a candle and soap and asked me to start praying. He also brought out certain ob­jects which he said were prayer items for the spiritual cleansing. In the course of the prayers, he asked me to remove my cloth­ing and just tie a wrapper and I obliged. It wasn’t long after that he suddenly jumped on me and eventually had carnal knowl­edge of me forcefully.”
Though he confessed to having carnal knowledge of the victim, the suspect said that the victim is his girlfriend.” It is true that I slept with her on September 23, but I didn’t do it forcefully because she has al­ways been my girlfriend”, the cleric con­fessed.

Ikoyi Golf pops champagne for Gboneme

Ikoyi Club 1938 Golf Section is literally agog over the wedding of the son of a former captain of the club, Mr. Lucky Frank Gboneme.
Gboneme’s son, Chukueku Elurihuku bade fare­well to bachelorhood last week as he wedded his bride, Uchenna Cynthia, the daughter of the Chairman of Or­ange Drugs Plc, Sir Anthony Ifeanyichukwu Ezenwa.