Popular Musician Yinka Ayefele's House In Ibadan On Fire

Gospel singer Yinka Ayefele has been hit by another sad incident as his house in the Felele area of Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, is reportedly on fire. According to report, the fire started on Tuesday morning but there has been concerted efforts to put it under control and I hear the fire fighters are making progress.

The cause of the fire could not be ascertained, but the talented singer who is on wheelchair has said everything is under control even as he assured his teeming fans that he is safe and sound.

Lagos restricts traffic on Oke-Afa bridge

Lagos State Government has announced plans to commence repair works on Oke-Afa/Egbe Bridge in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area from April 17 to April 28, saying traffic will be restricted during the period.

Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa, who announced the planned closure yesterday, explained that during the maintenance work the bridge would not be closed to traffic, but that vehicular movement would only be restricted to one  carriage way in alternate sessions.

He said: “Traffic re-routing will also be carried out to facilitate seamless flow of traffic. Motorists are advised to take alternate routes to avoid delays, watch out for traffic diversion signs and obey traffic rules and regulations.”

While regretting any inconvenience the maintenance work might cause road users, the government directed all relevant agencies to ensure free flow of traffic.

“Members of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA; Nigeria Police; Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC; Neigbourhood Watchers; Special Traffic Marshals and other relevant security agencies will be on ground to assist in traffic management to ensure seamless traffic flow.”

Bomb scare at National Assembly

By Emman Ovuakporie and Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA-BARELY 24 hours after the Nyanya bomb blast, there  was pandemonium Tuesday at the  National Assembly as staff abandoned  their duty posts as early as 1.30pm to avoid being killed by a bomb allegedly planted in the complex.

Some  workers that spoke to  Vanguard claimed that there was an order that they  should vacate the complex for security reasons.

The commercial banks operating within the complex closed shop at about 1.pm claiming that there was an order that they should vacate the complex.

Attempts to  get clarifications from the civil servants proved abortive as most of them declared that they were on their way home.

The bomb scare story started making the round at about 11am that there was a bomb planted in the complex and an order from an unidentified source said  that all commercial food vendors should vacate the complex immediately.

By 2:30pm all staff of NASS had left the complex.

But a senior security aide to the Clerk of the  House of Representatives, who spoke under the condition of anonymity told the Vanguard that “there was no instruction to that effect that they should vacate the complex”.

Boko Haram kidnaps 103 girls from Secondary School in Borno

According to reports, 103 girls were kidnapped after an attack on a Girls Secondary School located in Chibok, a town on the border of Adamawa and Borno state last night April 14th.

Gunmen reportedly arrived at the school in Chibok around 9pm, killed the soldier stationed to protect the students and took 103 out of the 250 girls that make up the school. The men took the girls away in four lorries. BBC Africa reports that the number of girls abducted is as high as 200.

Residents of the area say the raid, which lasted from 9pm-3am, saw the destruction of several properties as the men overpowered the residents who put up initial defense.

Police Commissioner in Borno state, Lawan Tanko confirmed the incident to reporters in the state.

Photos: Another Early Morning Explosion Kills Many In Abuja Motor Park

Many have been killed in an early morning explosion which occurred today, 14^th of April, 2014 at a motor park in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 

                                      

The explosion occurred in a section of the park allocated to luxury buses popularly called El-Rufa’i buses, with a lot of passengers at the motor park.

Many have died while others with serious injuries have been rushed to the hospital. A combined team of security agencies and fire fighters are currently retrieving bodies and putting out fire at the scene.  More pictures after the cut. Warning: the pictures are very gory.

Just now booming bomb blast in Abuja

Bomb blast , Monday, rocks crowded bus station near
Abuja the capital city of Nigeria, official said .
A loud blast rocked a bus station packed with commuters
heading to the capital Abuja on Monday, with many
people feared injured, the rescue agency spokesman told
AFP.
“This morning there was an explosion at the Nyanya
Motor Park,” Manzo Ezekiel of the National Emergency
Management Agency said. “Rescue teams are already on
ground. There were so many people there at that time,
so we think there must have been some injuries,” he
added. The cause of the blast was not yet known.
More details soon

Luxury Designer Malivelihood Denies Customizing iphones For President’s Daughter's Wedding

Tonto Dikeh’s boyfriend and luxury designer, Malivelihood has denied in a short interview with seasoned journalist, Fejiro Oliver that he was contacted by the president to design iphones for guests at his daughter’s wedding which held yesterday in Abuja.  Below is what he told Fejiro and their munched chat after the cut.

Fejiro Oliver: Hello MA. There are allegations via the social media that you customized some iphones for the President's daughter's wedding. Which I believe as a respected jeweler, and entrepreneur, you will not like your signature to be soiled up by craps. Please we would love you disprove this.

Malivelihood: The iphone was a gift from us to the couple. We just thank the President and we hope he receives one of the only 10 iphones we made for his daughter as a gift. [Like I] said in the other email, it was only 10, people got the statement wrong I think. But people saw the gift bag design made for them as well as a gift and they think it was phone inside the bag, so everything was misunderstood. Even the gifts have not got to the couple yet as they were busy. 

Fejiro Oliver: Ok, thanks for this great information.

See their munched chats below