The Super Eagles camp in Abuja is
bubbling with life as players invited for
Sunday’s 2018 World Cup Qualifiers
away to Zambia are trooping in
numbers.
At the last count, at least a dozen from
the 23 players expected are already in
the Federal Capital Territory, and a host
of others are already in the country
getting set to join their teammates at the
Abuja camp.
PREMIUM TIMES confirmed that
Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Musa Muhammed,
Carl Ikeme, Elderson Echiejile,
Emmanuel Daniel, Ogenyi Onazi arrived
in the camp.
Also Jamiu Alimi, Uche Agbo, Chisom
Egbuchulam, Nosa Igiebor, Kenneth
Omeruo, William Troost Ekong are in the
Bolton White Apartment camp.
On the hand, England-based trio of
Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi and John
Obi Mikel are understood to be in town
and may be part of Tuesday morning
training session fixed for 10a.m.
The Super Eagles are also expected to
have another session by 4p.m. at the
Abuja National Stadium.
Preparations are indeed in full throttle
for Sunday’s cracker billed for the Levy
Nwanawasa Stadium against the
Chipolopolo of Zambia.
The Nigeria delegation are expected to
depart for Ndola by chartered flight on
Friday.

The embattled national chairman of the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has visited
President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock
presidential villa on October 4, 2016.
The crucial meeting might not be
unconnected to the crisis that rocked the
ruling party since the national leader of the
APC Bola Tinubu asked Chief Oyegun to
resign for derailing the party’s agenda.
Tinubu made the demand on September 25
in a communiqué from his media office.
The ex-governor of Lagos state accused
Oyegun of sabotaging the will of democracy
in Ondo state by sending the name of Rotimi
Akeredolu to the Independent National
Electoral Commission.
However, the two politicians were spotted
yesterday

Somalis are returning to Kismayo in
a "voluntary" process to a homeland
still stricken by war, drought, and
hardship.
As well as the 16,000 new returnees,
Kismayo hosts some 40,000 people
displaced internally
Kismayo, Somalia - The camp sprawls
across a grey sand dune overlooking the
Indian Ocean. A multitude of small
shacks lashed together quickly by hand
using whatever could be found:
crumpled sheet-metal, acacia branches
and cardboard. Children play in heaps
of rubbish.
More than 16,000 people are living here,
destitute and stranded, on the fringes of
Kismayo, a port town in Jubaland state,
on Somalia's southern frontier.
"There is nothing, there are no good
services here… We don't have a house,
no education, no health, no work. We
don't know where to go and where to
find what we need," said Ahmed
Mohamed Abukar, a father who returned
to Kismayo - his hometown - in
February.
Abukar arrived in a truck with his wife
and six children, crossing the wild
border from northeastern Kenya where
his family had lived as refugees for
seven years in Dadaab, the world's
largest refugee camp.
source :
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/refugees-stranded-somalia-kenya-eviction-161004130855886.html

Pop diva , Toni Braxton is back
home and resting after being
hospitalized for what was
reported to be a ‘ serious’
condition due to her suffering
with Lupus .
TMZ reported that the 48- year -
old singer was in the hospital
in Los Angeles in a ‘ serious
condition’ before a spokesman
revealed that she had been
released – adding : “ Lupus is a
serious disease and must be
monitored at all times ” .
read more :
http://www.informationng.com/2016/10/toni-braxton-discharged-from-hospital-after-suffering-lupus.html

Can you believe rapper M. I Abaga is 35? He
looks much younger.
To celebrate his new age , he shared some
epic throwback photos . .
He has sure come a long way !

The Ikeja Magistrate's Court has arraigned
a Muslim cleric, Saheed Gbadamosi, for
assaulting a Church pastor, Emmanuel
Ugbo and threatening to pour acid on him.
Gbadamosi, who resides in the Aboru area of
Iyana-Ipaja is being charged with breach of
peace, assault and threat to life according to
Inspector George Nwosu, the prosecutor in the
case.
Nwosu stated that the accused committed the
offence on September 4, 2016 at his home.
“The accused and his accomplices beat up the
complainant and damaged four chairs valued at
N4,000 and mixer valued at N35,000 being church
property."
“The accused and others also threatened to bathe
him with acid if he refused to stop converting his
‘clients’ to his church."
“The complainant was in the fellowship with his
members when the accused stormed the church
with hoodlums carrying iron rods, sticks and other
dangerous weapons."
“The accused obstructed the complainant from
performing his duty as a pastor by chasing away
all his members before descending on him" , the
prosecutor said.
Gbadamosi's offences contravenes Sections 56,
166, 170 and 348 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2011, Daily Post reports.
He was however granted bail in the sum of
N100,000 with two sureties in like sum by
Magistrate A.A. Adesanya, who adjourned the
case till October 10, 2016.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday sent
the 2017-2019 Medium Term Expenditure
Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper
(FSP), ahead of the 2017 budget, to the
National Assembly.
A letter accompanying the document was read
by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara, at plenary.
The letter stated that the document would
provide the framework for the development of
2017 budget.
read more :
http://dailypost.ng/2016/10/04/buhari-begins-process-2017-budget-sends-mtef-national-assembly/

The House of Representatives has called on
governments at all levels to make qualitative
antenatal services provided by trained and
skilled health workers at primary, secondary and
tertiary health facilities, free and accessible.
Rising from its plenary on Tuesday, the green
chamber of the National Assembly also urged
the federal government to take a firm stand in
aiding maternal child health in Nigeria and
specifically, tackle challenges related to health
and nutrition, education, agriculture, livelihoods,
gender equality and other vital issues.
In a motion moved by Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku,
Member representing Dukku/Nafada Federal
Constituency of Gombe State, the House
identified “some social-economic factors that
contribute to maternal mortality and birth related
injuries, to include, ineffective government
policies on maternal health; poverty and
malnutrition; ill-equipped hospitals and gender
inequalities”.
The House also identified “cultural issues, such
as pressure on girls to marry early and give birth
to numerous children, preferences to deliver
children at home and mistrust of family planning
services as factors that aid maternal death”.
It could be recalled that a report by the United
Nations International Children’s Emergency
Fund (UNICEF) indicated that Nigeria loses
about 145 women of childbearing age every day,
during pregnancies, from causes that could have
been prevented.
The alarming report according to Hon. Dukku,
further “states that the country loses about
2300 under five year olds every day”.
read more :
http://dailypost.ng/2016/10/05/reps-worried-rate-maternal-mortality-nigeria/

Members of the triumphant
United States Ryder Cup team
attended a memorial service for
Arnold Palmer on Tuesday.
US golfer Palmer, regarded as
one of the greatest and most
influential players in the sport’s
history, died at the age of 87 on
September 25.
His private funeral for family
members was last Thursday.
Phil Mickelson and most of the
US team were at St Vincent
College in Latrobe,
Pennsylvania, along with
leaders from the PGA Tour and
European Tour.
Fellow golf great Jack Nicklaus
was also among those gathered
in Palmer’s hometown to
celebrate his life, reports the
BBC.
He told those present: “I hurt
like you hurt. You don’t lose a
friend of 60 years and don’t
feel an enormous loss.”
Private planes descended on
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
– which was named after the
legend in 1999 – about an hour
before the service.
Palmer’s plane repeatedly
circled over the college, tipping
the wing, during the service.

The Super Eagles had their first full training
session at the Practice pitch of the National
Stadium , Abuja, ahead of their World Cup
Qualifying match against Zambia.
Lead by Technical adviser Gernot Roht , his
assistants and coach Salisu Yusuf, over 20 of
the invited players took part in the work -out
sessions.
Information Nigeria confirmed that Musa
Mohammed , Kenneth Omeruo , Uche Agbo,
Jamiu Alimi, Chisom Egbuchulam, Nosa
Igiebor , William Troost Ekong , Emmanuel
Daniel , Ikechukwu Ezenwa , Carl Ikeme,
Elderson Echiejile , Alex Nwobi and Ogenyi
Onazi took part in the morning session.
The Eagles are also expected to have another
session by 4p. m . at the Abuja National
Stadium .
The team will depart for Ndola by chartered
flight on Friday for the match billed for the
Levy Nwanawasa Stadium in Zambia.
The Zambia Vs Nigeria game will start at
2. 30 pm Zambia time ( 1. 30 pm Nigeria) on
Sunday .

With just one month to her wedding » , a
35-year-old woman, Loretta Ewere, has
been dispatched to the great beyond after
she was electrocuted at her fiance’s home
on Ajoke Kazeem Street in the Idimu area
of Lagos State.
Also Read : "Gone Too Soon: Young female
lawyer dies few days to her wedding" »
It was gathered that the fiance identified as
Segun Tolani , was fixing an electrical fault at
his apartment when Ewere was electrocuted
and was rushed to a private hospital which
rejected her but was confirmed dead » at the
Igando General Hospital.
According to family sources, the couple was
preparing for their wedding in November when
the tragedy which has now pitted the two
families against each other, struck.
The incident which happened around 9am on
Saturday, October 1, 2016, according to a
neighbour, has created chaos in the area as the
family of the deceased have laid the blame for
their daughter's death on Tolani.
“The man had wanted to change his old cable TV
decoder and antenna. When power was restored,
he discovered that he didn’t have electricity in his
house.
Read more :
http://pulse.ng/gist/so-sad-1-month-to-wedding-bride-to-be-electrocuted-in-fiances-house-id5568208.html

Cameroon’s legendary
footballer Rigobert Song waved
to the crowd as he was taken
away from a hospital in the
capital, Yaounde, to the airport
to fly to Paris for treatment.
Song was rushed to hospital on
Sunday after suffering
“cerebral haemorrhage”, his
doctors said.
Cameroon’s health minister,
Andre Mama Foudam told
journalists that Song was being
taken to Pitie Salpetriere
hospital in Paris following the
intervention of President Paul
Biya:
“I am grateful to the head of
state for instructing the
government to take the
necessary measures to ensure
that Song recovers.
“We hail the professionalism of
medical doctors in Cameroon
and we appeal to all to have
confidence in the health system
in Cameroon.”
Meanwhile, Song’s bother,
Alexandre Song, expressed
gratitude to Cameroonians for
their love and support.
“At this moment my family is
living difficult times. We are
touched by the love and
support of Cameroonians and
elsewhere.
“We wish that those who
tarnish the image of Song,
publishing rumours and
indecent photos, think about us
and the children who are
reading. Let’s uphold our
dignity.”