Chief Raymond Dokpesi resigns from AIT/DAAR, his son takes over

The founder of DAAR Communications - owners of AIT, Raypower, Faaji FM and more, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has resigned from the board of DAAR Communications Plc, to join politics.



He made it known last week at the company’s board of directors meeting in Abuja. He said;

“Please permit me to thank the entire members of the board of directors of DAAR Communications, the entire staff, viewers and listeners of all the DAAR communications stable, whether it is Raypower, AIT, Faaji FM and all the SBUs that were created during my tenure. I am going to be involved in the politics of the country and therefore I thought that AIT, Raypower, should be independent and people should not mistake my political aspiration or participation to mean the position of this organization."

His son, Raymond Dokpesi Jnr., has taken over as the new chairman. He stepped into his new shoes yedterday Monday Dec. 1 after his father's retirement took effect from Friday 28th November 2014.

PDP’s Plot to remove Tambuwal fails as Court refuses Request

The bid by a member of the House of Reps (from Ogun), Hon Abiodun Akinlade, to unseat the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, without hearing from him has failed as Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court in Abuja asked Akinlade to put Tambuwal on notice.

In the suit, the plaintiff is seeking an order of mandamus to compel the speaker to vacate his seat.

The PDP, which is also a party in the suit through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ahamba (SAN), in a motion ex parte, is challenging the defection of Tambuwal from the PDP to the APC.

The plaintiff is praying the court to compel Tambuwal to vacate his membership of the House, having regard to his defection on October 28.

Justice Mohammed, after listening to the ex parte application, refused to grant the order against Tambuwal but directed the plaintiff to put the respondents on notice.



He subsequently adjourned the matter till December 12 for hearing.

Akinlade also named Tambuwal and the Deputy Speaker of the the House of Representatives, Hon Emeka Ihedioha as co-defendants to the suit.

You may wish to know that Tambuwal himself is also urging the court to stop the PDP members in the House from taking any action whatsoever to declare his seat vacant.

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“They made me wash toilets”-Disgruntled ISIS recruits cry out after being turned to domestic servants

Disgruntled jihadists who travelled to Iraq and Syria to join the Islamic State are running back home after complaining

they were forced to do menial tasks instead of fighting.In a selection of their messages, leaked to the newspaper Le Figaro..Daily Independent reports

One said:

‘I’m fed up to the back teeth. My iPod no longer works out here. I have got to come home.’

Another wrote: ‘

I’ve done hardly anything but hand out clothes and food,’ he said. ‘Winter is beginning. It’s starting to get tough.’

A third fighter said he was ‘sick’ of his time with ISIS, adding: ‘They make me do the washing up’.

They and dozens of other recruits are reportedly now

working with a group of French lawyers who have collected texts and messages that suggest the jihadists feel ‘cheated’ into joining ISIS.

It came as Majeed (above)was arrested and charged by India’s elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) with terror-related offences when he arrived back home.

Majeed told NIA officers he was sidelined by the jihadists for whom he fetched water and performed other lowly tasks such as cleaning toilets, instead of taking part in the deadly offensive like he wanted.

He phoned his family to say he wanted to come home after suffering an unexplained bullet wound for which he did not get proper medical attention, the agency said late Sunday.

‘Only after I begged them, I was taken to a hospital,’There was neither a holy war nor any of the preachings in the holy book were followed

Tanvir Sheikh, the father of one of Majeed’s friends who was still missing in Iraq, said he felt betrayed by his son.’He had got a job offer from Kuwait with a salary of three lakh rupees (£3,000) but he ignored that and instead took up arms.

‘Now what happens to his future?’ Sheikh told the Indian Express newspaper on Monday.

‘I feel let down by my son. He had a bright career ahead of him but he took advantage of our love and betrayed us.’

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Kenyan Police Chief resigns over today’s killings, interior minister fired

Following the killing of 36 people by terror group Al-Shabab this morning in a quarry in Mandera, North of Kenya, Kenya’s National Police chief, David Kimaiyo has resigned.

After receiving the police chief’s resignation letter, Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta announced the dismissal of Kenya’s Interior Minister with immediate effect. (Pic from the scene above)

According to AP, President Uhuru Kenyatta has named an opposition politician and retired army general, Joseph Nkaissery, as new Interior Minister, in charge of security.

Al Shabab terror group this morning invaded a quarry in Mandera, north of Kenya, separating the Christians from the Muslims and shot dead the ones who couldn’t recite the Qur’an.

Two weeks ago, the terror group attacked a bus and killed 28 Christians.

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3 Miss South Africa contestants disqualified for having visible tattoos

Three contestants of the 2015 Miss South Africa Pageant earlier shortlisted to partake in the beauty contest scheduled to take place March next year, have been disqualified for having visible tattoos.



The contestants, Kelly Davids, Altina Vries and Aseza Matanzima were disqualified by the pageant organizers for not indicating in their entry forms that they had tattoos.



Speaking on their disqualification, the pageant organizer, Claudia Henkel said that Kelly has a tattoo on the back of her neck which is visible when her hair is up, Altina has a tattoo across her left shoulder blade and behind one ear, while Aseza's tattoo runs across a rib and goes underneath her left arm.



Claudia said although Aseza had declared during her on-camera interview that she had a tattoo, she did not indicate that on her application form.

Awww, Dayo Adeneye loses APC Primary election

Dayo 'D1' Adeneye, lost the APC Primary election today to Ogun state Governor Ibikunle Amosu's former Special Adviser on Education for the Odogbolu House of Assembly ticket. Will find out about Tony Tetuila...

Watch out for Warri Again December edition

Warri Again event will hold on Christnas Day at Brown Hill event centre, Ogunu road, Warri..