The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has urged Nigerians not to allow some disgruntled politicians to instigate them to cause a breach of the peace. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Abubakar spoke in Sokoto on Saturday at a Sallah lunch he organized for members of the resident communities in the state. “Those who have lost out in politics can instigate others to cause problems in Nigeria, which are capable of causing the breach of the peace. “We should all be wary of such unpatriotic Nigerians, so that Nigerians can live peacefully with each other”, he added. According…
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GOV. EL-RUFAI INSPECTING A POLICE GUARD OF HONOUR MOUNTED IN HIS HONOUR (CREDIT: @elrufai on Twitter)Kaduna State Government has procured 77 Hilux vehicles to assist the police in maintaining law and order in the state. Governor Nasiru El-Rufa’i, who disclosed this during a working visit to the Police Command Headquarters in Kaduna, also pledged to provide 50 motorcycles to the command. The governor said the gesture was in appreciation of the tremendous work of the police in securing lives and property in the state. “The police are the first line of defence and I thought it wise to come here…
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, has once again told anyone who cares to listen that the failure of his administration to pay workers’ salaries as at when due is as a result of the drastic drop in allocations to the state from the Federation Account. Aregbesola reiterated this position Friday night during a chat with journalists on the sidelines of an award to him for service to humanity by Voice of African Women for Human Dignity, an NGO. The award was presented to the Osun governor at Asokoro, Abuja. Aregbesola said that he was pained by his government’s inability…
The personnel of the Lagos State Fire Service said on Saturday that they rescued a 40-year-old man from death after he used a s*x performance enhancer that enlarged his pennis beyond expectation. The Director of Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe, who made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said the man wore a metal ring on his man-hood. The ring, according to him, was to enhance erection and ultimately enhance s*xual satisfaction but turned out to swell the organ beyond his expectation. “His experience turned sour when the man-hood became so erect and swollen beyond his…
PHOTO CREDIT: www.odogwublog.com via Google ImagesNo fewer than 120 shops were flooded at the International Electronics Market, Onitsha, Anambra following a downpour on Friday night. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the market on Saturday, observed that electronics and others goods were damaged by the flood. The Chairman of the market union, Izuchukwu Okoye, told NAN that traders in the market lost goods worth over N50 million to the flood. “The flood came into the market when its volume could not be contained by the drainage along the Onitsha-Enugu expressway. “Goods damaged were mainly from…
We Acknowledge Tinubu’s Contribution To APC’s Success, But Other People Also Contributed And They Want To Be Relevant In The Party – Oyegun Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has described those accusing the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of tardiness as being unfair. He also noted that not only party leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu contributed to the success of the party in the last election and therefore it was only normal that they want a sense of relevance within the system. “Like I always say, we are not talking of 16 years, we are talking of…
Late Mrs Chinyere Asika Former military Head of State Gen Yakubu Gowon, who led Nigeria through three years of civil war, says “Nigeria is better off with Igbos.” Gowon said this delivering an oration at the burial service for Chief (Mrs.) Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State. He spoke in deep appreciation of the commitment and sacrifice of the deceased and her husband, Ajie Ukpabi Asika, to the survival of Nigeria as one entity. The former Head of State recalled that when he proposed the post of Sole Administrator of East Central State, Asika…
Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi says the widely reported bailout from President Muhammadu Buhari was not a gift from the federal government but what was due to the states. “There is nothing like bailout,” said Umahi in an interview with Vanguard. “The very significant thing Mr. President did was one; he recognises the fact that the money coming into the Federation Account belongs to the three tiers of government; the Federal Government (52.67 per cent), state governments (26.76) and local governments (20.06 per cent). That is what the president has recognised.” “Mr. President has also recognised that RMAFC ought to…
The two factions in the House of Representatives, yesterday, announced that they have resolved their differences and assured President Muhammadu Buhari of their support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the lower chamber. Addressing journalists on the resolution of the leadership tussle, which had threatened the unity of the House, the spokesman for the Consolidation Group, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, said the two factions decided to embrace peace in the interest of the country. Jibrin, in a statement titled, The disagreement is over, noted that the issue of those that would occupy the principal offices among members of the…
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (L) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington July 20, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque If the world powers can help Nigeria plug all the loopholes that had been used by government officials to steal assets, the country will not be needing foreign aid. This is President Muhammadu Buhari’s position, according to a Presidency official on Buhari’s four-day visit to the United States (US). The President met with US President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, among many other top functionaries, during the visit. “Buhari did not go to…
The popular singer Duncan married his girlfriend Vivien in Port Harcourt today. Explore the wedding pics below: What do you think?
Ondo State Government has suspended the operation of commercial motorcycles popularly called Okada in Akure metropolis effective today. The government also suspended ticketing activities of Okada operators across the state. The suspension came following a protest by the operators on Thursday over alleged extortion by the state government, during which they described the directive of the government that they should obtain a new number plate as exploitative. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Rotimi Adelola, who announced the new development expressed the state government’s shock at the brigandage and destruction by commercial motorcycle operators who were against registration…
The Rivers Renaissance Forum (RRF) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) to call the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura to order, alleging undue interference in the proceeding of the Rivers State elections tribunal sitting in Abuja. The group made the allegation against the DSS DG in a petition sent to Buhari and signed by Tamuno Peterside, a copy of which was made available to journalists. The group also alleged that the Director General of the DSS was planning to “witch-hunt, coerce and intimidate electoral and judicial officers connected with or handling matters related…
Not less than Eight people have died from inhaling toxic fumes after an accidental blast hit a water treatment plant near Jos, local officials said. Some 100 others were also hospitalised The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a barrel of chlorine exploded in the Dogon Karfe plant in the south of Jos, releasing toxic chlorine vapour, citing regional spokesman Samuel Emmanuel Nanle. Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong sympathized with the families of the eight victims and wished the 101 survivors who were being treated in the hospital a speedy recovery, according to the statement. Although the cause of…
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has decried the unnecessary loss of precious human lives as witnessed in the petroleum pipeline fire incident at Arepo, Ogun State. He expressed shock at the death of over 100 Nigerians who burnt beyond recognition due to activities of oil pipeline vandals as people alleged to be scooping fuel from a burst Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline were trapped without needed emergency response to rescue them. “The incident saddens me because I realize that these are Nigerians who have met their untimely deaths in such gruesome circumstances. “I must say that the fire…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator JKN Waku has accused National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of being behind a petition over which the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki was invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “I have chosen to speak out on this issue and make my findings on this issue known to the public. After days of painstaking enquiries, I discovered that both Tinubu and Lamorde (EFCC chairman) maintain a mutually beneficial relationship since the days of Lamorde as the EFCC Director of Operations and based…
50 Cent deceit might have failed as jurors have delivered a $7 million verdict against the superstar rapper, in the trial involving Rick Ross’ baby mama, Lastonia Leviston on Friday, July 24, 2015. The verdict discounts the bankruptcy claims by Jackson, who declared bankruptcy just three days after the jury hit him with an initial $5 million verdict for Leviston’s pain and suffering on July 10, 2015. Earlier in the week, 50 Cent had testified that all his riches—the gold chains, the Lamborghinis, Bentleys and Rolls Royces—are smoke and mirrors saying he borrows all those lavish things and the cars are…
Apparently, there’s no beef between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift anymore, Nicki Minaj confirmed this report. Nicki appeared on Friday’s ‘Good Morning America’ as this week’s ‘Summer Concert Series’ performer and sat down with Lara Spencer for an interview about the controversy with Swift and the MTV Video Music Awards. ”First of all, I spoke to Taylor Swift yesterday on the phone… She was super, super sweet. She apologized. She said, ‘You know, look, I didn’t understand the big picture of what you were saying but now I get it.’ So we’re all good,” Nicki revealed. On the VMAs, Nicki said: ”I…
Etcetera really needs no introduction anymore, the failed singer turned writer is back again. Read his article below: “Shoki hey hey Shoki!” cries a voice from the radio to the beat of a nerve-wracking pandemonium that seems designed to drive you insane. A quick flick of the dial and “Shakiti bobo” is playing. The worse thing is that the raucous noise emitted by the artiste is no match for the loud, odious din coming from the beat. The lyrics are completely lost – which may not be regrettable to some – but the whole tumult sounds more like bad static…
The war of words between between Emeka Ike and sacked AGN President Ibinabo Fiberesima is still raging on. As reports of Emeka Ike’s wife filing for divorce hit the news, a subsequent report claimed that Emeka Ike had been thrown out of his Magodo residence. The moment the report reached Ibinabo, the former AGN president allegedly recirculated a old eviction story of Emeka Ike. Hear what Emeka Ike told a reporter in a WhatsApp chat “Ibinabo will upload her distraction on the internet and you will quickly rush to celebrate it. Did you speak with her? Did she tell you that? This…