Governor Okorocha of Imo State, who apparently faced a lot of backlash following the creation of the Ministry of Happiness and Purpose Fulfillment, and of course, appointing his sister as the commission in Charge of the ministry in the state, has now defended his actions.

This is coming after a visit by airmen led by the Air Officer commanding ground training command, AVM Sampson Akpasa to the state’s government house.

Rochas who spoke during the visit last weekend, said 89 per cent of Nigerians are unhappy “in the real sense of the word happiness”.

He further disclosed that only 4 per cent could really be happy to some extent, while 7 per cent might claim to be happy. He added that the vital aspect of human existence, which is happiness, must be addressed.

Punch reports that Gov. Rochas further disclosed that agitations, insurgence, hate-speeches and the likes, come up when people are unhappy.

“I thank you for your efforts in bringing Regiment 211 to Imo State. In appreciation, we have donated a 200-bed hospital to the force. This morning I spoke to the Chief of Air Force, about our intention to also donate the school to train electricians and artisans; you are doing a wonderful job.

But if you can observe recently, the level of crisis and agitations are on the increase. While we fight insurgence, I would want to advise that we also should go deep down to find the root cause of this agitation.

Agitation comes up when people are not happy, and the whole essence of life is to be happy. For this reason, I will advice that the Air Force too, just like I did recently, which most people didn’t understand, should create a department for Happiness and Purpose Fulfilment. This will help to address the need of even junior officers, who may have some forms of dissatisfaction in the discharge of their duties. Sometimes, you may think they are happy when they are not, and this sabotages the efforts of the Federal Government.

Mentorship is another aspect which can help people achieve their purpose in life. If people are happy, there will be less agitation. The amount of money we spend on aircrafts and in the purchase of arms would have reduced by 50 per cent. This could also end issues of restructuring, Niger Delta and all other forms of agitations” he said.

a 5-year-old girl was allegedly defiled and brutally murdered in Haryana’s Hisar District in India. Her family found the body in the morning, and they’re alleging that she was violated with a wooden stick by the accused.

The girl’s mother says she had gone off to sleep at 9 pm yesterday along with her daughter at her home in a village in Hisar, about 160 km from Delhi. When she woke up this morning, the girl wasn’t besides her.

“I asked around the neighbourhood, later the body was found in the village,” the mother said.

The girl’s uncle said the body had been violated. “The body was found violated with a wooden stick. There was blood everywhere, even coming out of the mouth,” he said.

The police say the forensics department and the dog squad have visited the crime scene. They, however, will confirm sexual assault only after the post-mortem report is out.

“It prima facie looks like a case of sexual assault, but we will say for certain only after the post-mortem report,” said Jitender Kumar, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Hisar.

A Special Investigation Team has been formed and a hunt for the accused is on. “A First Information Report has been registered, SIT has been formed for thorough investigation in the case, no persons have been arrested yet,” Mr Kumar added.

The horrifying incident comes just a week ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case in Delhi that shocked and enraged the country and made international headlines and prompted the government to take a re-look at laws concerning crimes against women.

Tragedy struck at Madaki Street, Bukuru metropolis of Jos-South Local Government Area in Plateau State on Saturday after an early morning fire claimed the lives of a couple and their three children.

The deceased have been identified as 35-year-old Adam, his wife Maryam and their three kids; Abdul, Ibrahim and Fatima. The only surviving member of the family, Amina is said to be living with her grandparents.

An eyewitness said neighbours were alerted about the fire around 3:30am from the poorly constructed wooden kitchen of their one-bedroom apartment.

Another neighbour, Yusuf Abubakar, said they were finally able to put out the fire around 4am but the family had already been consumed.

Plateau State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Tyopev Terna, who confirmed the incident said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites.

A Nigerian banker and activist, Safiya Stephanie Musa, has reacted as her old classmate has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC.

The anti-graft agency declared Ugochukwu Sandra Alexandra Nneka from Nnewi area in Anambra state – wanted for conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence.

Safiya Stephanie Musa took to Facebook to react to the news. Below is what she shared;

…and my old Classmate who almost duped me is ‘finally’ wanted by the EFCC.

Nneka Ugochukwu was one of the very brilliant ones we had in my set. How she became a crook with her God given brain still beats me wallahi. She was even a Prefect fa.

When I raised alarm on Facebook 2013, many of my classmates came to beg me privately to let her be. Now that you know she’s indeed a Criminal, hope you all feel bad knowing how your plea and disbelief made it possible for her to swindle more people. If we had taken up her case then, gaskiya she for no see chance swindle people again fa.

This one EFCC is sharing black and white photo..I’ve shared a clearer colored Photo. EFCC needs to search beyond Nigeria. Check Ghana where she claims she has hotels, hospitals etc and Dubai which was her last abode.

She use to move around with 2 of her daughters (they look like her younger Sisters though), so the EFCC should be on the lookout for 3 Ladies.

Na those her daughters she use tell me sob story wey make me part with my money wallahi. she blocked me everywhere and thought she had escaped with my money. She no know say na my hard earned money I give her, so I ready to look for her inside snake hole or bee hive. She eventually gave a friend my money when she saw I wasn’t relenting. I had already reported her to the Nigerian Ambassador and an Emirati friend who works with Immigration

Crisis brewing in the Imo State House of assembly may have escalated following the Assembly’s endorsement of Governor Rochas Okorocha’s son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, as a governorship aspirant in 2019.

Nwosu is currently the Chief of Staff in the Government House.

The House Committee Chairman on Petroleum, Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission and Niger Delta Development Commission, Henry Ezediaro, said Nwosu was the most qualified to take over from his father-in-law, Okorocha.

Ezediaro, who spoke at a press conference in Owerri, the state capital, on Saturday, said the decision to endorse Nwosu was reached after the majority of the state’s lawmakers declared him the best to run for the position.

He said, “After meeting with the members of the House of Assembly, we, irrespective of party affiliations, have endorsed Ugwumba Uche Nwosu. We urge him to contest the poll. If he does, we will support him to be the governor in 2019.

“On behalf of the lawmakers, we want to use this medium to appeal to the governor and thank him for his free education policy in the state, but without Uche Nwosu, the policy may die and that is why we want him to continue from where he will stop.”

The lawmaker denied there is a crisis in the House.

“The house is not in a crisis, we just disagreed on some issues,” Ezediaro added.