Sunshine stars in ghastly motor accident; players, officials hospitalised

Sunshine Stars players and officials were involved in a ghastly accident on Friday evening on their way from Ijebu Ode where they have been camping ahead their 2014 Nigeria Premier League opener with Enyimba of Aba.

It was gathered that the crash occurred in Ore , a settlement very close to Ondo town . Though no death was recorded, six players of the Akure Gunners were reported to have been hospitalized while four of the side’s officials sustained minor injuries.

The 2011 CAF Champions League campaigners have been on a one month camping exercise to improve on last season’s performance where they failed in their quest to secure a ticket in any of 2014 Caf’s clubs competitions.

Such mishaps are common place in Nigeria as most clubs travel hundreds of kilometres across the country to play matches.

Underage Marriage: Images + List of Senators who supported it

Below is the full list of all the senators that want Underage Marriage in Nigeria

1. Sen. Abdulmumin M. Hassan (Jigawa South

West, PDP)

2. Sen. Abdullahi Danladi (Jigawa North West,

PDP)

3. Sen. Adamu Abdullahi (Nasarawa West, PDP)

4. Sen. Ahmed Barata (Adamawa South, PDP)

5. Sen. Akinyelure Ayo (Ondo Central, Labour

Party)

6. Sen. Alkali Saidu A. (Gombe North, PDP)

7. Sen. Bagudu Abubakar A. (Kebbi Central, PDP)

8. Sen. Dahiru Umaru (Sokoto South, PDP)

9. Sen. Galaudu Isa (Kebbi North, PDP)

10. Sen. Garba Gamawa (Bauchi North, PDP)

11. Sen. Danjuma Goje Mohammed (Gombe

Central, PDP)

12. Sen. Gobir Ibrahim (Sokoto East, PDP)

13. Sen. Gumba Adamu Ibrahim (Bauchi South,

PDP)

14. Sen. Hadi Sirika (Katsina North, CPC)

15. Sen. Ibrahim Bukar Abba (Yobe East, ANPP)

16. Sen. Jajere Alkali (Yobe South, ANPP)

17. Sen. Jibrilla Mohammed (Adamawa North,

PDP)

18. Sen. Kabiru Gaya (Kano South, ANPP)

19. Sen. Lafiagi Mohammed (Kwara North, PDP)

20. Sen. Lawan Ahmad (Yobe North, ANPP)

21. Sen. Maccido Mohammed (Sokoto North,

PDP)

22. Sen. Musa Ibrahim (Niger North, CPC)

23. Sen. Ndume Mohammed Ali (Borno South,

PDP)

24. Sen. Sadiq A. Yaradua (Katsina Central, CPC)

25. Sen. Saleh Mohammed (Kaduna Central, CPC)

26. Sen. Tukur Bello (Adamawa Central, PDP)

27. Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central, PDP)

28. Sen. Umar Abubakar (Taraba Central, PDP)

29. Sen. Usman Abdulaziz (Jigawa North East,

PDP)

30. Sen. Ya’au Sahabi (Zamfara North, PDP)

31. Sen. Zannah Ahmed (Borno Central, PDP)

32. Sen. Ahmad Rufai Sani (Zamfara West, ANPP)

33. Sen. Ahmad Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central,

PDP)

34. Sen. Bello Hayatu Gwano (Kano North, PDP)

35. Sen. Ibrahim Abu (Katsina South, CPC)

Underage marriage: Ondo Senator weeps, says I ‘voted in error’

The only South West senator that voted in support of the Underage marriage law in Nigeria has apologized to his people, stating that he voted in error. He prostrated, wept and plead for forgiveness before the people of the state.

 Senator representing Ondo Central, Senator Ayo Akinyelure ( Ondo Central) on Monday  wept and apologized to the people of the state for supporting underage marriage law.

He was summoned to a stakeholders’ meeting held at Adegbemile Cultural Central Hall in Akure, to explain why he backed the law

He claimed that he mistakenly pressed “NO” instead of “YES” when the lawmakers embarked on voting since the voting style was electronic.

“Nobody is above human error. What happened has made me to become wiser, because nobody is perfect except God. I will like to make the following clarification on the subject matter to correct the wrong allegations of voting in favour of underage marriage as widely reported in the national dailies.

Before this issue occurred, what the Senate considered for determination under the review of the Nigerian Constitution was renunciation of citizenship under the Constitution as contained in section 29 (4b) which provides that ‘any woman who married shall be deemed to be a full age.’ it is worthy of note that full age has been defined under section 29 (4a) to mean the age of 18 years and above,” he said.

Senator Akinyelure and Sen. Ugbesia Odion (Edo Central) were the only two senator from the Southern part of the country that supported the law which has generated wide criticism from Nigerians.