The British government, yesterday, seized £27,000 from embattled ex-minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who was granted conditional bail by the National Crime Agency (NCA) last week. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported that £5,000 and $2000 were also seized by the NCA from Beatrice Agama, Diezani’s mother. According to a BBC report monitored in Abuja, the NCA had approached the Westminster Magistrate’s Court on Marylebone Road, London, and obtained the order to seize the said sum until April next year. The NCA is said to have applied for the seizure of the money in accordance with Section 295 of Proceeds…
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The Senate has finally unveiled the list of ministerial nominees sent to it last week by President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB). Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki read the list on the floor of the Senate. The nominees include: Abubakar Malami, Aisha Alhassan, Lai Mohammed, Adebayo Shittu, Babatunde Fashola, Udoma Udo-Udoma, Kayode Fayemi, Rotimi Amaechi, Ogbonanya Onu, Solomon Dalong, Chris Ngige, Audu Ogbe, Abdulrahman Danbazau, Osagie Ehanire, Hadi Sirika, Amina Mohammed, Kemi Adeosun, Ibe Kachikwu, Ahmed Isa Ibeto and Suleiman Adam. Abubakar Malami, Aburaman Dambazu, AISHA Alhasan, LAI Mohammed, ADEBAYO Shittu, Fashola, Suleiman, Udoma Udoma, Ibrahim Jubril #Thelist — Nigerian Senate (@NGRSenate)…
As expected, the Senate has unveiled President Muhammadu Buhari’s list of ministerial nominees sent last week to the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. At the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, the Senate president read out the names of 19 nominees and they are not any different from those that have been circulating in the media in recent weeks. Below are the 20 names read out at plenary: 1. Chris Ngige – Anambra 2. Kayode Fayemi- Ekiti 3. Rotimi Amaechi – Rivers 4. Babatunde Fashola – Lagos 5. Abdulrahman Dambazau – Kano 6. Aisha Alhassan – Taraba 7. Ogbonaya Onu –…
Nigeria’s U-17 National Team will play a friendly match against their counterparts from Argentina in Buenos Aires on Tuesday as preparations for this year’s Fifa U-17 World Cup gears up. The Golden Eaglets, who arrived in Buenos Aires for a pre-World Cup training camp on Friday, have held training sessions at the Buenos Aires Futbol ground (BAF). They will also play the U-20 side of either Racing FC or Boca Juniors before leaving Buenos Aires for Santiago de Chile. Head coach of the cadet team, Emmanuel Amuneke, has expressed satisfaction about the standard of BAF, which has about seven training…
According to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), West Ham forward Victor Moses has withdrawn from Nigeria friendly matches against the DR Congo and Cameroon. The Super Eagles will face the Leopards of Congo in Vise on Thursday, 8 October, and then pit their wits against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Dendermonde on Sunday, 11 October. Moses’ withdrawal, according to a correspondence through Super Eagles Administrator, Enebi Achor, is a precautionary move against injury. On-loan Kasimpasa defender, Kenneth Omeruo, will also miss the friendlies through injury. The Turkish club expects the Chelsea loanee to be out for just two weeks, which…
Former partners and friends, D’banj and Don Jazzy seem to be getting closer. Don Jazzy just shared a video of himself and D’banj hanging out in his crib; Don Jazzy used the new app Periscope to record him and his former business partner. The former best friends can be seen laughing and cracking jokes. In the video Don Jazzy answered a question from one of his fans who wanted to know if he and D’banj are still cool, and if they will work together soon. “D’banj is my brother, I don’t know why you people like to make it look…
Maheeda went on Instagram this morning to show off her early morning look. Maheeda captioned the photo, “No filter morning … Risky tho just letting you know that if I sleep on your bed, you will wake up to see me like this in the morning , all unclad in your Tshirt . just warning all my boyfriends and boyfriends to be hehehehe”
In a recent interview with City People, KCee has again stated how he was a prolific striker for Julius Berger and PUMA. “When I was playing football I was very good at it. You know some times in life; God knows how to bless people. There is this blessing that God has given to me that I found that from my growing up days, anything I want to do. His always there to support me, and make me stand out and make me the best” said KCee. “So when I was playing football, I was a striker. There’s no game I…
The row between Kris Jenner and her ex-hubby, transgender Caitlyn Jenner is still lingering on. Kris told Kim Kardashian on KUWTK show that she’s not on good terms with Caitlyn over what she told Vanity Fair. “He can go f*** himself! I honestly wish I never met this man. I mean, just f*** you Bruce.” Kris said. “I’m not going to be fully supportive if she’s not fully supportive of mom. I’m not rewarding bad behaviour and how she disrespects mom. I’m not supporting you – you don’t support us.” Khloe Kardashian replied.
Chelsea Football Club says they are giving their full support to manager Jose Mourinho, despite the Premier League champions’ poor run of form. Mourinho’s team are four points above the relegation zone and ten points behind leaders Manchester City in 16th place after eight round of top flight matches. A statement released on Monday said: “The club wants to make it clear that Jose continues to have our full support. “As Jose has said himself, results have not been good enough and the team’s performances must improve. However, we believe that we have the right manager to turn this season around…
Jurgen Klopp is likely to become Liverpool’s new coach following Sunday night’s dismissal of Brendan Rodgers. Rodgers was sacked after the Merseyside club’s 1 – 1 draw at neighbours Everton. No deal has yet been agreed with the 48-year-old German, who won two Bundesliga titles with Borussia Dortmund, but it is understood the decision to part ways with Rodgers had been agreed prior to Sunday’s Merseyside derby defeat. Former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti, 56, is also in contention. The BBC Sport’s Ben Smith says Carlo Ancelotti is in London, where the Reds presently have an office, but reiterates the Premier…
Chelsea midfielder Mikel Obi and Watford striker Odion Ighalo were the first players to arrive the Super Eagles training camp in Belgium ahead of friendly matches against DR Congo and Cameroon. A majority of the coach Sunday Oliseh invitees are expected to hit the team’s hotel in Belgium on Monday, according to Eagles spokesman Oluwatoyin Ibitoye. All six players from the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) have yet to join up as they have been delayed by the non issuance of visas by the Belgian embassy in Nigeria. Mikel Obi was not named in Chelsea match-day squad for Saturday’s 1-3 home…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday visited victims of the bomb blasts that rocked Kuje and Nyanya, Abuja, at the National Hospital. The president was accompanied on the visit by Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and some top government officials. Mr. Buhari was conducted round the wards where the victims are recuperating by the management of National Hospital, Abuja.
Anambra State government on Sunday dispelled the rumour making the rounds that the wife of the state governor, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano is dead. In a statement in Awka, the government said that the governor’s wife is hale and hearty. A rumour has been making rounds that Mrs Obiano was dead after an online publication reported that Mrs. Obiano passed on at the weekend after a plastic surgery in the United States of America, USA. The rumour seemed believable to some due to the long absence of the governor’s wife from official functions in the state. In the statement titled “Politicking…
The Plateau State House of Assembly will not be a rubber stamp of the Executive, a lawmaker has said. The Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Yusuf Gagdi, said “although 90 per cent of the members of the 8th Assembly are first-timers, the legislature is already doing things in a different way, unlike previous assemblies”. “‘The 8th Assembly in Plateau is never and can never be a rubber stamp; we can never be a mere tool in the hands of the executive arm of government. “We are already doing a lot of things differently, unlike before; we shall provide people-oriented legislation…
The police authorities have set up a committee to oversee the deployment of security operatives before, during and after the burial ceremony of the late Chief (Mrs.) HID Awolowo. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Muyiwa Adejobi, said this was in fulfillment of the promise made by Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase; that the police would participate fully in the burial of the matriarch of the Awolowo family, who died on September 19, 2015. According to Adejobi, the committee is headed by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge Zone 2, Lagos, AIG Bala Hassan. According to the…
Governors elected on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday condemned Friday’s bombings in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja, describing the dastardly acts as cowardly, brutish and offensive to the collective well-being of all Nigerians. Speaking under the aegis of PDP Governors’ Forum led by Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko, the governors questioned whatever motive that can justify the spilling of innocent blood. In a statement released in Abuja on Sunday and signed by the Coordinator of the forum, Mr. Osaro Onaiwu, the PDP governors also called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the security agencies to redouble…
Pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere said it was open to discussions with the Fulani leaders on ways to ensure harmonious co-existence in the South West. The Association of Fulani Chiefs of South West Nigeria and Miyeti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) have faulted the proposed ban on cattle rearers by the Afenifere group, saying it is in violation of the 1999 Constitution which protects free movement of people and livestock. However, the group’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yinka Odumakin said: “We acknowledge the appreciation of the wrongs the herdsmen have done to their hosts and the promise to find…
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has warned kingmakers in the state against playing politics with the selection of monarchs in their communities. The governor said the traditional institution is too sacred to toy with as the consequences of doing such could be unpleasant. Speaking in Ikere Ekiti on Saturday during the coronation of the Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Adejimi Adu Alagbado, Fayose condemned attempts by regents to manipulate the selection of an Oba to favour some unnamed individuals. Noting that the position of a regent is a stop-gap before the selection of a substantive monarch, the governor further warned, “Under…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has debunked claims by Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that his administration spent N64 billion on Nigeria’s Independence Anniversary celebrations in five years. El-Rufai had in a message posted on his Facebook page to commemorate Nigeria’s 55th Independence Anniversary, gave a breakdown of the amount spent by the former Jonathan administration as follows: N13 billion in 2011; N15 billion (2012); N14 billion (2013) and N22 billion (2014). A statement signed by the immediate past Minister of National Planning, Abubakar Sulaiman, described El-Rufai’s statement as a “tissue of lies”. The statement reads in part: “This tissue of…