Reps to override Buhari on Peace Corps bill, nine others

The House of Representatives has said it will override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Peace Corps Bill he had earlier rejected.

The implication of this is that the lawmakers will pass the bill into law without Buhari’s assent if the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly tread the same path with the House.

The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Abdulrazak Namdas, who said this on Wednesday, added that the House would override Buhari on nine other bills.

Buhari, Jonathan at ‘war’ over Dapchi schoolgirls

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Yobe State, said his administration’s prompt response to the abduction of 110 students of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, was a clear departure from what he described as “the insensitivity of the past administration” that couldn’t do anything when 276 Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.

President Buhari also said the senseless bombing of worship centres, such as churches and mosques, which was rampant before his administration came into office, had also been curtailed, adding that his government has explored various strategies, including regional and international collaborations to exterminate terror.

But in a swift reaction, former President Goodluck Jonathan in a statement signed by one of his aides, Reno Omokri, said there was no iota of truth in the claim that the President is handling Dapchi better than he handled Chibok school girls’ abduction. President Buhari, who spoke when he met with the parents of  abducted Dapchi school girls to console them on the ugly incident, said the Federal Government’s response to the unfortunate abduction of the school girls was “a clear departure from the insensitivity of the past administration which looked the other way while the Chibok girls were taken away in 2014 and held in captivity for over three years.”

World’s Happiest Countries: Nigeria ranks 91, Finland tops rating

Finland is the world’s happiest country, according to an annual survey issued on Wednesday that put Burundi at the bottom of the happiness index and Nigerians at 91st position.

The survey also found Americans were getting less happy even as their country became richer.

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s 2018 World Happiness Report ranked 156 countries according to their scores for things such as GDP per capita, social support, healthy life expectancy, social freedom, generosity and absence of corruption.

UTME 2018: Twins arrested for exam malpractice

Two identical twins have been arrested for alleged examination malpractice in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, at the University of Maiduguri centre, Borno.

Mr Babagana Gutti, Chief Examiner Officer in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the twins were apprehended by the security operatives on Saturday in Maiduguri.

Gutti said that the brothers tricked invigilators and security personnel to gain entrance to the centre.

Man Commits Suicide After Killing His Four Children, Sister-In-Law

The Police have confirmed that a middle aged man, Stephen Nnadiogo, has committed suicide by drinking poison after stabbing his four children and sister-in-law to death at Awada  area of  Onitsha in Anambra State.

Confirming the incident on Sunday, the Divisional Police Officer of Awada, Martin Chijioke, said the police command had begun investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the murder.

Don’t listen to “empty barrel elite’’, Lamido tells Buhari

The Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo, advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to listen to the call by some “empty barrel Nigerian elite’’ that he should not seek a re-election.

Irked by calls by some notable Nigerians that Buhari should not seek a re-election, Barkindo said on Tuesday in Yola that Buhari has achieved a lot and should proceed to seek for a second term.

Police parades 13 cyber crime suspects, recovers over N90m worth of drugs

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edgal Imohimi, on Tuesday, paraded 13 suspects arrested for cross border and cyber crime and recovered over N90m worth of drugs. The CP, who was addressing journalists at the command, said the cross border crime suspects were all Beninois, specialised in snatching exotic cars in Nigeria and driving it to Benin Republic to sell.

Imohimi, while narrating how a victim’s car was snatched by the gang at gun point, said the victim had gone to use an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) when his Toyota Prado jeep was taken.