The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has dragged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to court for defamation of character.
Friday 6 April 2018
Mourinho admits Guardiola's superiority, targets second
Jose Mourinho said he will not hide from the obvious gulf between his side and champions-elect Manchester City ahead of Saturday’s eagerly anticipated derby meeting at the Etihad.
Wednesday 4 April 2018
Wonder: Pastor kills lover, buries body near altar
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a pastor at Holy Gathering Evangelical Church of God, Papalanto, Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state, Oluwatobiloba Ipense, for allegedly killing his lover, Raliat Sanni, for ritual purposes.
Monday 2 April 2018
17-year-old girl allegedly swallows poison in suicide bid, Police says
The Police in Jigawa says a 17-year-old girl has committed suicide by consuming insecticide popularly known as “Piyapiya.”
BBNaija: Khloe emerges the new head of House
Big Brother Naija housemate, Khloe, has been crowned the new Head of House for this week, making it the second time she’ll be occupying the position.
Khloe was initially disqualified from the show, but was brought back to the House when Big Brother announces that viewers had the power to bring back two evicted housemates by voting for the fellow housemates who they want to see on the show.
Khloe and Anto had the highest number of votes and were brought back to the House to continue the game.
As part of the rewards of emerging Head of House for the week, Khloe will enjoy immunity from being nominated for eviction and at the same time possess some veto power over other housemates on the Big Brother Naija show.
Landlady's daughter injures tenant's daughter with a razor blade
A free-for-all which broke out after a contradiction between a proprietor and her female occupant has left a 12-year-old kid, Emuobonuvie Onobrakpeya, and the inhabitant, recognized just as Mrs. Onobrakpeya, basically harmed.
Man kills uncle for advising him against drinking
The Niger State Police Summon said on Sunday that it had captured a 25-year-old man, Dodo Baraje, for professedly killing his uncle, distinguished as Baraje.
FG taking over court duties —PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, in its reaction, accused the Federal Government of taking over duties of courts in the country.
FG releases fresh 23 names of alleged looters
The Federal Government on Sunday released a fresh list containing 23 names of alleged looters.
Sunday 1 April 2018
{SPORTS} Updated English Premier League Table
English Premier League table after Sunday’s early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points):
Man City 31 27 3 1 88 21 84
Man Utd 31 21 5 5 60 23 68
Liverpool 32 19 9 4 75 35 66
Tottenham 30 18 7 5 59 25 61
Chelsea 30 17 5 8 52 27 56
Arsenal 31 15 6 10 58 41 51
Burnley 31 12 10 9 29 27 46
Leicester 31 11 10 10 47 43 43
Everton 32 11 7 14 38 53 40
Bournemouth 32 9 10 13 39 51 37
Watford 32 10 7 15 41 57 37
Newcastle 31 9 8 14 31 40 35
Brighton 31 8 10 13 28 42 34
West Ham 31 8 9 14 39 57 33
Swansea 31 8 7 16 25 44 31
Huddersfield 32 8 7 17 25 53 31
Crystal Palace 32 7 9 16 31 50 30
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Southampton 31 5 13 13 29 47 28
Stoke 32 6 9 17 29 61 27
West Brom 32 3 11 18 25 51 20
Note: Top four teams qualify for 2018-19 Champions League; fifth-placed team qualifies for 2018-19 Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to second-tier Championship. (AFP)
WHY I WENT NAKED IN MY NEW VIDEO- BRYMO
Singer, Olawale Ashimi, aka Brymo, practically crashed the internet during the week when he released a video for his song, Heya. In the video, the singer appeared in his birthday suit, playing a grand piano under a network of bridges.
[DOWNLOAD] KAPO DROPS ANOTHER HIT BANGER 'WON MA FOR"
The king of the jungle and the street, Kapo–Lion who is a versatile indigenous rapper, who chips in unique and delicious tunes while singing has dropped another crazy track he titled ‘Won Mafor’. This track murders any body’s father with its hot tunes, mad flows, and punch lines.
Kapo, one of the winners of the just concluded Lagos State Police contest against cultism, Internet fraud and Drug abuse tagged ‘Entertainment meets Security ‘ proves that indeed, there is no limit to Kapo’s creativity as the unrivalled rap artist, who is also a creative arts student of TASUED continues dish out hot tunes to his beloved fans.
As an experienced fan of Kapo, i will advise you to click on the link to download the mad track as this will neither much of your time nor your money. DOWNLOAD AND ENJOY
Lagos building collapse kills a girl, an old woman
An 11-year-old girl and a woman lost their lives on Saturday after a section of a storeyed building on Abeje Street, Markaz, Agege collapsed.
Nigerian Army kill 4 suicide bombers in Borno
Four suicide bombers were on Friday night killed in an attack on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State.
The explosion from the attack left one dead and 13 persons injured apart from the suicide bombers, whose bodies were mangled beyond recognition.
The spokesman for the military counter-insurgency operation in the North-East (Operation Lafiya Dole), Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement confirming the attack, said, “Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole deployed in a checkpoint ahead of Muna Garage on the outskirts of Maiduguri yesterday neutralised four suicide bombers comprising a male and three females.
“The suicide bombers were attempting to infiltrate the Maiduguri metropolis through Muna Zawiya at about 9.30pm but were spotted by vigilant troops, who fired shots hitting one of them, thereby triggering a simultaneous explosion, killing all four bombers.”
Also speaking on the attack, the Borno Police Command Public Relations Officer, Edet Okon, in a statement, said, “At about 2149hrs yesterday (Friday), four female suicide bombers infiltrated Muna Zawiya village in the Mafa Local Government Area, on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
“They detonated explosives, killing themselves and one other person (female). Thirteen persons were injured and were taken to a hospital where they are responding to treatment.”
But a source in the youth vigilante told our correspondent that seven persons were killed in the explosion.
The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “Four blasts heard last night were carried out by four female bombers. Three persons died apart from the four bombers, nine others sustained various degrees of injuries, and five sheep were killed during the blasts.
“The injured persons are receiving treatment at the Borno State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri.”
In another development, the military claimed that four Boko Haram members were hacked down in an attack.
“The gallant troops recovered a Toyota Land Cruiser, one AK-47 rifle, 15 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition and one magazine. Troops also recovered 47 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) from the insurgents.”Nwachukwu said, “The insurgents, who had been routed out of the Sambisa Forest by troops in Operation Deep Punch II, were rummaging for food and logistics when they met their Waterloo.
PDP Chairman warns FG to exclude him from looters list or else...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has given the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, 48 hours to withdraw his statement against him or face litigation.
WhatsApp to unveil new ‘Change Number’ feature
WhatsApp on Friday rolled out a new feature in a Beta update that will soon enable iOS, Android and Windows Phone users migrate their data to a new number without much hassle.
Klint da Drunk asked me to abort our baby —Baby Mama
This is apparently not a good time for Nigerian comedian, Afametuna Klint Igwemma, popularly known as Klint da drunk. A lady, identified as Sandra Novo-Jacob, recently went on social media to call out the comedian for allegedly abandoning her and her baby girl.
Saturday 31 March 2018
Naomi Campbell’s meeting with Buhari arouses commotion
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with British supermodel, Naomi Campbell, as he toured the Eko Atlantic City on Friday.
Woman burns granddaughter’s fingers over noodles
A yet-to-be identified woman has reportedly been arrested by the police in Edo State for allegedly inflicting grievous injury on her granddaughter over a meal of noodles.
2019 polls: Fear Buhari’s govt- Obasanjo’s tells Nigerians
The Coalition for Nigeria Movement led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked Nigerians to be wary of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government as it has corrupted security agencies ahead of the 2019 general elections.
It said the statement by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), that the military was colluding with unscrupulous individuals should not be dismissed.
The spokesman for the CNM, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, said this while responding to allegations by heads of security agencies that there was a plot by some groups to disrupt the 2019 general elections.
The Directors-General of the Department of State Services, Mr. Lawal Daura; and National Intelligence Agency, Mr. Ahmed Rufa’I as well as the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, had raised the alarm over the plans by some groups to disrupt the processes leading to the 2019 elections.
The evil plan, according to them, was for the groups to create a stalemate during the elections.
However, Osuntokun told one of our correspondents that the security heads were acting out the script of the All Progressives Congress.
He said, “It all sounds funny to me. I don’t know any group that meets that description but why would anyone want to disrupt the 2019 elections? The only people that would want to disrupt the elections are the APC which has sensed its imminent defeat.
“If what Gen. Danjuma said is true whereby our protectors have become murderers, then it means they are the ones that should be feared. They are the ones that should be suspected.
“If you can extrapolate from what Gen. Danjuma said, that means Nigerians are at the mercy of the government or the army that is colluding. The people we should fear are (those in ) the government.”
Osuntokun said it was unfortunate that the heads of security agencies were serving a ‘conspiratorial parochial agenda’ as they were protecting the President’s ethnic base.
He added, “Where is the need to reserve the command of the Nigerian military and security services exclusively for the ethno-religious base of the President if it is not to serve a conspiratorial parochial agenda?
“The only group that fits this description of a fictitious fifth columnist agenda is the government itself.”
Security services shouldn’t cause panic –NCP
The National Conscience Party asked Nigeria’s security services to wake up to their responsibilities and should not try to cause panic to achieve pre-arranged objectives.
The National Chairman of the party, Dr. Yunusa Tanko, said this in a telephone interview with Saturday PUNCH (our source), in Abuja, on Friday.
He was reacting to the news that the nation’s security chiefs had raised the alarm over threats by unnamed groups to scuttle the 2019 general elections.
Tanko said, “That is very unfortunate. I wouldn’t want to say unprofessional; I only hope they are not raising a false alarm as part of a gimmick to short-change Nigerians.
“Security people do a lot of things; I don’t think it is fair for them to send panic or create fear among Nigerians. They are in the government; they are trained and paid to protect us.
“They have the capacity to deal with threats if they know these individuals or groups and they have evidence. What is stopping them from apprehending them?
“It is completely unnecessary for our security officials to try to create a situation of panic. As ordinary citizens, we don’t have the information and capacity they have. If they are now throwing it back to us, what do they expect us to do?
“Who do we move to for protection? It is their duty to ensure that the election is free and fair and not to send fear into the hearts of Nigerians.”
Speaking in a similar vein, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, Alhaji Abdukadir Abdulsalam, urged Nigerians to remain vigilant and ensure that nothing untoward was done by any individual or group to scuttle the 2019 elections.
Abdulsalam who also spoke in a telephone interview noted that Nigerians owed it a duty to themselves and the nation to remain vigilant while the institutions of the state live up to their responsibility.
“We expect our security officials to do their jobs by ensuring a peaceful atmosphere before, during and after elections.
“We should not become a nation that each time an election is coming we begin to raise security concerns. It does not portray us as a serious country.”
FG must act fast –CACOL, CD
Two civil societies, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership and the Campaign for Democracy have said that the Federal Government must not treat the alarm raised by the security chiefs on the 2019 elections with kid gloves.
The civil societies said the government must reshuffle the military and other security agencies to bring in fresh and efficient hands, devoid of political and economic interests.
The CACOL Director, Debo Adeniran, said, “That alarm by security chiefs is a manifestation of the ominous sign of distrust between the serving and retired military officers.
“These are ominous times and the government must not fold its arms. It is a warning that should be taken seriously and everyone who is investigated to have such plans against the 2019 elections must be arrested and prosecuted, no matter whose ox is gored.
“They should be rounded up and made to sign an undertaking for the 2019 elections.”
Meanwhile, the CD President, Usman Abdul, said, “We will not condone any act of sabotaging our democracy. We call on the President to allow those security chiefs who are due for retirement to go. The President must bring in those who are capable of steering the course of the 2019 elections.
“Given these security alerts, the government must not let the 2019 elections go awry. There must be an action immediately and one of such actions is the removal of whoever is deemed inefficient.”
Tuface, Kate Henshaw fault Buhari’s response to herdsmen attacks, others
A-list celebrities, Tuface and Kate Henshaw have expressed displeasure at the seeming inability of the Buhari-led administration to secure lives of Nigerians against the destructive activities of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen. They also frowned upon the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls in Yobe State recently.
Friday 30 March 2018
My Top 3MIG: 30/03/2018
*FG lists names of alleged looters
*98 beggars arrested in Kano
Female Presidential Aspirants vows to bring Terrorism back to Nigeria
A self-acclaimed well-travelled Nigerian woman, Monica Ambrose who is eyeing the seat of President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of 2019 has goofed in her maiden campaign speech.
Monica Ambrose, a Holland-based Nigerian political aspirant has massively gotten the attention of Nigerians on the wrong note.
Monica, an assumed native of Edo State who seems to be campaigning for next year’s presidential election says she is going to bring back ‘terrorism’ to Nigeria in an online video she shared.
The young woman who claims to have a solution to the problems of Nigeria with a promise to transform the country to the Western world ended up adding to the comic relief on the ground.
It would be recalled that Nigeria is dealing with the challenges of Fulani herdsmen, armed militias and Boko Haram.
Excerpts from her short speech read:
“I have been civilized. They say travelling is part of education. The degree that I have gathered in my travelling. Even people that went to the University of Oxford in Nigeria, the people that travelled to the University of Oxford, they cannot have this experience, this idea in my head to bring my country to a place where white people will be going back to.
I will bring back investment to Nigeria, I will bring back…Terror…TERRORISM in Nigeria….tourism…..a place where other countries will be seeing and they will want to visit.
Nigeria doesn’t make any money from terrorism. Why? Because they don’t care. Look at common Ethiopia, they have their own airline.”
Fmr Deputy Senate President confesses to helping PDP rig elections
- Mantu said he helped to rig elections by providing financial inducements to officials involved in the conduct of the polls.
A former deputy president of the Nigerian Senate, Ibrahim Mantu, has revealed how he helped his party to win elections in the past. Channels TV reports that Senator Mantu, who was a senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ‘confessed the truth’ during an interview on Hard Copy, a Channels Television programme that airs on Friday, March 30.
It was gathered that asked about how he helped to rig elections, he said: “I don’t have to go and change election (results) but when you provide money, you give money to INEC boys that if they see any chance they should favour you, you provide money to the security (personnel);
I tell you it’s not necessarily when I am contesting election but when my party sponsors a candidate, I will like that candidate to win election.” The former deputy Senate president who pronounced himself as a born-again politician in 2017, disclosed that he helped to rig elections by providing financial inducements to officials involved in the conduct of the polls.
He admitted to having bribed electoral and security officials, even agents of other political parties in order not to raise any objection to the outcomes of the elections. Ahead of the forthcoming general polls, Senator Mantu, however, believes Nigeria can get a free and fair election if people are born again like him and refuse to engage in electoral malpractice.
He further urged Nigerians to ensure they voted wisely in 2019 and support leaders who would make the welfare of the people a top priority of their administration.
“I am tired of living in poverty in the midst of plenty and I believe that we have the resources that people can live a decent life without being beggars to those who have. “So we need good governance and good governance can only be provided by good people; good people who are truly repentant, who are concerned about the well-being of the people", Mantu lamented.
had previously reported that the federal government on Friday, March 30, and through Lai Mohammed, released a list of some of those who have been accused of looting the nation’s treasury under the administration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Nigerians Funny Reaction To Buhari/Luther King Award Scandal
Nigerians have taken to social media to mock President Muhammadu Buhari over the controversial Martin Luther King award he received some days back.
Buhari returns to Abuja, attends in-law’s wedding
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday returned to Abuja after a two-day visit to Lagos State where he inaugurated some projects and also attended the 10th Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Colloquium.
Arnold Schwarzenegger undergoes ’emergency’ open heart surgery
Terminator star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has undergone emergency open-heart surgery, according to US reports.
The 70-year-old underwent the medical procedure on Thursday, according to TMZ.
Schwarzenegger was scheduled to have a catheter valve replacement and developed complications, US reports say.
The procedure usually means the patient can avoid having open-heart surgery.
Doctors at Cedars-Sinai hospital in LA reportedly decided an emergency open-heart operation was needed and Schwarzenegger was in theatre for several hours.
The former governor of California is believed to be in a stable condition.
(NAN)
FG Looters List: PDP dismisses FG’s list
The Peoples Democratic Party has dismissed the list of alleged ‘looters’ released by the Federal Government as hollow and laughable.
FG lists names of alleged looters
The Federal Government has released a list of some of those who have allegedly looted the nation’s treasury.
Two Lagos pupils found dead in a heavy rain flood
Two male pupils of a private secondary school were picked up dead in the flood after a heavy rain in Alagbado area of Lagos on Thursday, witnesses confirmed.
Hisbah Board arrests 98 beggars in Kano
The Kano State Hisbah Board, on Thursday, said it arrested 98 beggars in the Kano metropolis for allegedly contravening the law on street begging.
Shame as Martin Luther King family disowns Buhari’s award
Public commentators and thousands of Nigerians invaded the social media space on Thursday, condemning the roles allegedly played by some presidential aides in the controversial award for President Muhammadu Buhari by the Martin Luther King center a few days ago.
Pictures of the delegation from the centre, The King Center, presenting the award on behalf of the family of legendary American civil rights activist to Buhari at the Presidential villa, found their way into the media space hours after the visit.
Obviously uncomfortable with the development, The King Center tweeted on Wednesday, dissociating itself from the award.
The statement, released via @TheKingCenter, read, “The award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by The King Center, at the request of The King Center or by the children of #MLK and CorettaScottKing.”
The development ignited a series of unfavourable comments from members of the public, especially when an online platform, LeadersNG, published on Thursday that the Nigerian government might have paid up to $3m to procure the ‘fake award’ for the President.
Following the outrage, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, hurriedly issued a statement on Thursday to defend the award.
She explained that the award was in appreciation of the President’s fight against corruption, noting that the visit of the MLK family members to Nigeria was not sponsored by the Federal Government.
Dabiri-Erewa in the statement by her media aide, Abdurrahman Balogun, dismissed insinuations that the government paid money for the award, stressing that nothing could be further from the truth.
“It must be categorically stated here that the trip was totally privately funded and not one kobo was spent by the Nigerian government,” she said.
The Presidential aide also clarified that the commemorative plaque given to Buhari was presented on behalf of the Martin Luther King family and not the TK Center as being speculated.
The statement read in part, “Our attention has been drawn to obviously fake online news reports on the visit of some members of the MLK family to Nigeria.
“The members, led by the Matriarch of MLK, Naomi Barbara King, were in Nigeria as part of the activities initiated to celebrate a low- key Black History Month in Nigeria as part of deepening partnership between Africa and its diaspora.
“As part of the activities, they visited President Buhari and gave him a commemorative plaque for his fight against corruption and what they termed from the “Africania Diaspora” a term for Africans in diaspora for which the oldest of them all, Naomi Barbara King, was selected to present on behalf of the family (Not TK Center) as a sign of appreciation to the President.”
The statement further stated that the Americans enjoyed their visit and they decided to extend their stay by two days, noting that the political endorsement of Buhari by a member of the MLK family was done in his personal capacity.
“As a non-political group, he was asked to refute the statement, which he refused to, insisting that it was his personal opinion, and not that of the family nor that of the centre, of which he has been a board member and the Chief Operating Officer for over five years.
“This may have led to some arguments among them, which they have said they will resolve when they get back to the United States, which apparently led to the tweet being circulated,” it said.
But the LeadersNG, in its report, alleged that the award was facilitated by Dabiri-Erewa, through a Ghanaian self-acclaimed foreign diplomat, Dr. Erieka Bennett.
According to the LeadersNG, a quick fact-check on Erieka Bennet revealed that she runs a non-governmental organisation, called, Diaspora African Forum, based in Accra, Ghana, and that she used her influence to facilitate foreign awards for unsuspecting African leaders.
The online newspaper further alleged that Bennett was contracted by Dabiri-Erewa to bring Martin Luther King Jnr’s family to Nigeria to present an award to Buhari.
It added that Bennet contacted someone in King’s family, a distant relative of Martin Luther King called Dr. Naomi Barbara, “after The King Center declined earlier request by Bennett to influence an award for a certain African leader.”
In his reaction on his facebook page, An Associate Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media in the School of Communication & Media, Kennesaw State University in the USA, Farooq Kperogi, condemned the action which Buhari’s aides played in the saga.
Kperogi wrote, “Nigerian scam artists, led by Abike Dabiri, got some Black American hustlers from Atlanta to pose as close relatives of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr. and presented a fraudulent “Black History Award” to Buhari.
“First, Coretta King, Martin Luther King’s wife, died on January 30, 2006. I know Buhari gives appointments to dead people, but in America dead people don’t give awards. Second, Black History is celebrated in February, not March, in America and Canada.
“The extent the Buhari government is prepared to go to court of embarrassment and ridicule Nigeria in its bid to conceal its crying incompetence is simply astounding.
Also, one Aminu Farooq, said, “This fraudulent award didn’t come to me as a surprise. Nigerian leaders are always vulnerable when it comes to these types of awards. My father had been chief executive officer in a Federal Government establishment in Nigeria.
“He said if he had paid attention to awards, he would have received hundreds of them during the period he occupied office. There is a growing business industry in Nigeria that can be called the award industry. Buhari’s case is only different from the ones I know about because his own award is ‘international.’ It is very sickening and sad.”
Another Facebook user, Isyaka Laminu Badamasi, said, “When a few nights ago my wife and I watched Channels TV News at 10 and saw the presentation of an award called the First Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional Leadership Award by a certain falsely described ‘matriarch’ of the King family, I smelt a rat. I told her this award is very strange though I couldn’t put my finger on why.”
Also, Musa Idris said, “The long and short of it is that the award is a big fraud, as fraudulent as Buhari’s integrity! My surprise is that it is Abike Dabiri whom we used to know and love in NTA of old that organised this heist and foisted it on the unaware President-in-a-trance.”
In 2016, former President Goodluck Jonathan became the first African leader to be given the Martin Luther King human rights award.
However, the Peoples Democratic Party described the saga as a national disgrace and embarrassment.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday said the lie by Buhari’s handlers smacked of what it described as a desperation by the presidency and the All Progressives Congress to procure international endorsement,ahead of the 2019 elections.
Ologbondiyan said the embarrassing act had made the nation a laughing stock before the international community.
He said the nation was jolted when the centre distanced itself from the award and noted that, “the award given to President Buhari of Nigeria was not given by The King Centre, at the request of The King Centre or by the children of Martin Luther King jnr.”
He said, “It is now clear that this sinking, incompetent and deceptive APC administration, in their desperation, can fabricate and stage-manage anything, including name-dropping of international figures and agencies, in their desperate attempt to delude Nigerians again, now that the 2019 general election is fast approaching.
“Nigerians have discovered that having failed to gain any endorsement from reputable international figures such as Bill Gates, the APC and the Presidency have now cheapened the nation by resorting to this despicable act of name-dropping of world-renowned human right activist, Dr. Martin Luther King jnr., further dragging down our once sterling image before the comity of nations.
“The fact remains that not many Nigerians believed in the authenticity of the award in the first place, as the Buhari-led administration, by its undemocratic and anti-people proclivities, including records of violations of rights of citizens, is not deserving of any form of recognition by any human rights group, let alone the family of the world-acclaimed Martin Luther King Jnr.
“Today, the PDP has been vindicated in its stand that the APC government is not only hypocritical but overtly deceptive and must not be trusted.”
Ologbondiyan recalled that the PDP had issued a statement, earlier this year, cautioning Nigerians and the international community to be wary of information and claims coming from the APC and the presidency, particularly on endorsements and performance indices.
While he urged the Presidency to shed its alleged proclivity for lies, he also demanded the immediate arrest, investigation and prosecution of all the Presidency officials involved in this messy scandal and crime against our nation.
“Moreover, the Presidency and the APC should save the nation from further embarrassment by jettisoning other planned endorsement stunts and fabricated performance indices, as Nigerians are already rallying with the repositioned and rebranded PDP in their collective quest to end the misrule of the APC and restore a sincere, purposeful and people-oriented government come 2019,” he added.
Edo APC leader killed by Gunmen
Unknown gunmen have shot dead a leader of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Mr. Samson Sedi, in the Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that Sedi, who was the youth leader of the APC in the area, was killed in Jattu on Wednesday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Thursday.
According to a source, the deceased, also known as “Power Remain,” died after he was attacked by suspected armed robbers at an NNPC mega station in Jattu.
But Kokumo said that the incident was being investigated as a case of murder as the victim was not dispossessed of his belongings.
The police commissioner said, “We are investigating a murder case. We are not investigating armed robbery. Nobody was dispossessed in this particular case.
“So, what we are investigating is murder and not armed robbery. We have set things in motion. Our men are out there and I assure you that, with intelligence-led policing, we will soon bring the culprits to book.”
Governor Godwin Obaseki, who condemned the killing, described it as shocking.
Obaseki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, also ordered the arrest and prosecution of the killers.
Thursday 29 March 2018
Ugandan Govt shuts 23 radio stations for promoting witchcraft
Ugandan authorities have shut down 23 radio stations for “promoting witchcraft’’ and trying to con people out of money.
Lagos tailor caught with three human skulls in Ilorin
A 32-year-old Lagos tailor, Mr. Suleiman Ajenifuja, has been arrested with three suspected human skulls.
Wednesday 28 March 2018
28th March: My Top 3MIG (Three Most Interesting Gists) of the day
Shortlisted Headlines:
***Don Jazzy Heartbroken Over Linda Ikeji’s Engagement
**Police declare Dino Melaye wanted
*BBNaija 2018: Alex, Cee-c, Rico disqualified from Head of House task next week
Tuesday 27 March 2018
BBnaija2018: Ahneeka sees Miracle as winner of N45m star prize
The on-going Big Brother Naija reality TV show continues to take interesting twists and turns which have kept viewers and housemates on the edge.
Finally Jim Iyke falls in love
Nollywood bad boy, Jim Iyke, who took a long break from acting is due to return to the big screen on Friday, April 13, 2018 as the movie, “Lovebirds” hits the cinemas nationwide.
Nigerian soldiers help herdsmen against us- Taraba
…Army denies the allegation
…Mixed reactions trail Danjuma’s call to arms
Monday 26 March 2018
Dapchi girls: David Bako Fake soldier, No Conspiracy Anywhere – Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has debunked fake stories in the social media alleging a top level conspiracy that stage-managed the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls on 19 February and also outrightly declared their purveyor, a Sergeant David Bako as an unknown to the army.
Anto And Khloe Voted Back Into BB Naija House
After the desperate efforts by evicted and disqualified housemates from Big Brother Naija to rally for votes for them to be readmitted into the BB house, Anto and Khloe have been voted back into the house by Nigerians beating 9 others.
What an exciting Live Show! ANTO and KHLOE will be going back in the #BBNaija House at about 03:00 (WAT). Will you be awake to watch the Double Wahala? Tell us using #BBNightVigilpic.twitter.com/ulOR3NNVZw
— Big Brother Naija (@BBNaija) March 25, 2018
Both housemates who are obviously going back into the house with a renews zeal were initially among the 11 housemate that have been evicted or disqualified from the house
Wednesday 21 March 2018
Birthday Shoutout to Olawale Stephen Obafemi
Beside me in the cover picture is the very first male friend i made in my University. This handsome looking young, focus, multi-talented Artist, Obafemi Stephen a.k.a K.O.C. plus one today.
I dedicate today to all the March born and especially to K.O.C .
I admire the person you have shown to be to me, your unique sense of humour, and your outstanding skills in music and drama.
You are a star worth idolising...
Kwam1 concert : Brymo, Mayorkun, others to storm Abuja
All is now set for the much talked about Kwam 1 musical concert scheduled to hold in the capital city of Abuja on Mach 22, 2018.
Don Jazzy, D’Banj hint on Mo Hits reunion
The yearnings of Fans for a reunion by the defunct Mo Hits Squad, is gradually becoming a reality as Michael Collins and Dapo Oyebanjo a.k.a Don Jazzy and D’Banj respectively have publicly announced a `Reunion Tour.’
The duo made the announcement on their respective instagram handles. D’Banj, with over two million followers on instagram @iambangalee, stated: “@donjazzy Are they ready’’
Similarly, Don Jazzy, with about 3.9 million instagram followers in his characteristic responded on @donjazzy “@iambangalee How many states/countries should we give them?’’ However, the exact dates, venues or artists to perform during the tour were not mentioned in their different posts.
Nevertheless, it is a welcome and cheering news for fans of Mo Hits Records, after members of the group went their separate ways in 2012. The group founded in 2004 dominated the Nigerian music scene between 2004 and 2012. The defunct Mo Hit Records artists first performance after the break up took place at the recent “Davido’s 30 Billion Music Concert’’ in December last year.
The Squad had artists such as Don Jazzy, D’Banj, Dr Sid, Wande Coal, D’ Prince aka Omoba and K-Switch. After the break up, Don Jazzy went on to establish another record label known as Mavin Records (MR) and took along with him, D’ Prince, Dr Sid and Wande Coal. Later, the iconic producer and the Chief Executive Officer of MR went on to sign the likes of Tiwa Savage, Korede Bello, Di’Ja, Reekado Banks, Johnny Drille, Poe and the DNA Twins. D’Banj On the other hand, signed a record deal with American Kanye West’s “Good Music’’.
He founded DB Record where he signed his younger brother, K-Switch alongside two producers Jaysleek and Deevee. The 38 year-old Kaduna-born artist also known as `Kokomaster’ later signed controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh to the label. (NAN) CMY/EAL/EAL
Buhari sends ministers to confirm Lai Mohammed's information
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, dispatched three ministers to Dapchi to assess the true situation of events and come with updates on the development.
President Buhari’s action was as a result of the release of 91 out of the 110 abducted girls of Dapchi school in Yobe State by Boko Haram.
The ministers dispatched by President Buhari are the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Khadijat Bukar Abba (Foreign Affairs, State) and Abdulrahman Dambazzau, Interior. According to the Information Minister, Mohammed, 91 of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram on February 19 in Dapchi, Yobe State were released unconditionally in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday).
Fielding questions from journalists in the State House, Abuja, he said contrary to initial information that 105 of the girls were released, it was actually 91 girls and a boy that were released by the insurgents.
Mohammed said the girls were released by Boko Haram without any condition attached to it, pointing out that the release did not cost the government anything.
Minister suspended for slapping lawmaker in Zambia
Zambia’s parliament suspended a cabinet minister on Tuesday from its proceedings for one month for slapping a fellow lawmaker within parliament grounds.
Nigerian lady surprises Pope as she tells him Catholics patronise prostitutes
Pope Francis, on Monday condemned the use of women across the world for prostitution.
He described the situation as “crime against humanity” and asked for forgiveness on behalf of Catholic men who patronize prostitutes.
The Christian leader said this while leading the Episcopal Ordination at Saint Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican.
Blessing Okoedion, a 32-year-old Nigerian who was once a victim of sexual trafficking, had told the Pope she was troubled that many clients of prostitutes on the streets of Rome were Catholics.
“I ask myself and I ask you, is it possible for a Church that is still too male chauvinist to be able to question itself truthfully about this high demand by clients?” Reuters quoted her as asking.
Responding, Francis said, “I would like to take advantage of this moment to ask forgiveness from you (exploited women) and society for all the Catholics who carry out this criminal act”.
“I think of the disgust these girls must feel when men make them do these things”.
Francis added that sexual exploitation of women stemmed from a “sick mentality” embedded in many people.
“(It says) women are to be exploited in one way or another. And that is what explains this … it is a sickness of humanity, a sickness of looking at society in a certain way, a crime against humanity,” he said.
“Who does this is a criminal. This is not making love, this is torturing a woman. Let’s not confuse terms. This is criminal, a sick mentality”.
Prostitutes, most of them victims of human trafficking from Nigeria, other African countries and Eastern Europe, are found at night on the streets of Rome’s periphery and around parks.
2018 budget and fiscal nonchalance
In as much as this position may appear exaggerated, the reality is that the anticipated outcomes of the usually good fiscal plans get lost at the end of the fiscal year, and the economy remains under-performing despite huge amounts spent.
This is now the plight of the 2018 Appropriation Bill tabled before the National Assembly since November 7, 2017. The Bill is yet to be considered and if the due process of the passage into law is put in perspective, Nigeria may not have the 2018 budget in place (yet again) until June. This is the third consecutive budgetary crisis the country has faced since change of government in 2015. The problem has always been the political hangover of the disharmony in the ruling party, the frosty relationship between the Legislature and the Executive arms of government and also the shoddy jobs that have characterised the budgetary profile of the Federal Government.
Last week’s order by President Buhari on the bureaucrats to respond to the Legislature’s summons to budget defence may have thrown a worrisome light on what has been the problem in the 2018 budget crisis, and perhaps, what has always been the problem. We draw attention to the claims early this month by Ben Akabueze, the Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, to the effect that the problem was the intransigence of the National Assembly, alleging that the Ministries and the MDAs have all complied with the demands of the National Assembly. Nothing can be further from the truth going by the recent order of the President. We wonder why functionaries of the Executive arm would not be eager and prompt in answering to the demands of the Legislature in terms of clarifying issues bordering on their budgetary proposals.
What do they have to hide or lose by appearing as summoned? The tragedy we are facing as a democracy now is a situation where the Appropriation Act no longer counts in economic and public finance actions of the government, where the executive arm may be spending without appropriation, and where the Appropriation Act may have become a mere ritual. This is an intolerable act of impunity. We, therefore, charge the National Assembly to go beyond the Appropriation Act enactment to beam the searchlight on the spending of the Executive arm to ensure compliance with the Appropriation Act and due process. We cannot condone nonchalance in the area of public finance and expect the nation’s economic troubles to be fixed.
Governor Abubakar Bello raises alarm over influx of illegal immigrants
GOVERNOR Abubakar Bello of Niger State has raised alarm over influx of illegal immigrants into the country and called on the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, to arrest the situation.
I service 4 men nightly, collect N1,000 per round — 17-yr-old sex worker
Emotions ran high yesterday at the Lagos State Police Command as some under-aged girls, who were allegedly lured from their villages by human trafficking agents, narrated how they ended up being prostitutes in a hotel at Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos.
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