The News Blog

August 20, 2015

“Only a retired General would rule without ministers” | Prof. Nwabueze takes a swipe at Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has been criticised for the delay in appointment of ministers into his cabinet. Leader of the Concerned Igbo Leaders of Thought, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, says it is only a retired army general or a former military head of state, that would attempt to lead a country for two and half months without... Read More

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August 20, 2015

Man hangs self over N18,000 bank loan

27-year- old Adekola Busari hung himself in Osun state on Wednesday. Apparently, Busari was indebted to a micro finance bank, but his wife had assisted him to repay the loan. The debt remained N 18,000 to be paid when the man took his life. However, the loan has been tabled as one of the many things that may... Read More

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August 20, 2015

Why Ambode terminated Falomo plaza project

The Lagos State has halted work on the redevelopment of the Falomo Shopping Centre, in Ikoyi. On Wednesday, August 19, the state government terminated the concession granted by the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation to Afriland Properties for the shopping plaza. A statement put out by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna,... Read More

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August 20, 2015

Bode George wants Buhari to probe Fashola and Tinubu

Bode George, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to probe the last two governors of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola (SAN). The former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, said it was immoral for President Buhari to be considering Fashola for appointment, when he allegedly spent taxpayers’ money on a personal website, www.tundefashola.com.... Read More

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August 20, 2015

Wife catches pastor having sex with church member

42-year-old Doris Oseni told an Ondo customary court that she wants a dissolution of her 12-year-old marriage. Mrs. Oseni revealed to the court that she caught her husband of 12 years, Prophet Femi Oseni, on the floor of the church office, having sex with another woman. Apparently the couple have been having problems for some... Read More

Adultery, pastor, wife

August 20, 2015

FG wants to identify Nigerian ISIS suspects arrested in India

The Federal Government wants to ascertain if Imran Kabeer and Sani Jamiliu, who were recently arrested in Punjab, are truly Nigerians. The pair were arrested on suspicions that they were on their way to join ISIS and that they attempted to enter Pakistan without valid travel documents. The two suspects, who are from Kano, are... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Fayose’s wife does a good deed (PHOTOS)

Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Feyisetan Fayose, was a cheerful giver today. While her husband, Ayo Fayose, was dishing out leadership counsel, she was donating N500,000 to settle the hospital bills of indigent patients at the State Specialists Hospital, in Ikere Ekiti. Mrs. Fayose, who presented cheques of N50,000 each to 10 patients, and... Read More

August 19, 2015

Man nabbed for impersonating UNILAG student

22- year-old Oluwatudimi Folajimi was, on Tuesday, arraigned for allegedly impersonating an admission seeker during an examination in the University of Lagos. Folajimi claimed to be Semudara Ayomikun, a 400-level student of medicine in the school during the examination and he did so with a forged identity card. Semudara was said to be at large... Read More

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August 19, 2015

DHQ says Boko Haram didn’t kill 150 people in Yobe

Contrary to media reports making rounds that Boko Haram shot and drowned 150 people in Yobe state, the Defence Headquarters has declared that the story is not true. The army said in a statement that they got an intelligence report concerning a planned attack by Boko Haram on Kukuwa-Gari village in Yobe State. They said troops and... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Leadership expert, Gov Fayose gives advice to fellow leaders

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, is sharing with his colleagues, a few words from his vault of leadership wisdom today, August 19. Fayose has advised Nigerian leaders to avoid losing connection with the people after getting into positions of authority. The governor says fellow leaders should not let their positions create a gap between them and their people. Fayose... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Customs officers give ex-boss farewell (PHOTOS)

Officers of the Nigerian Customs Service gave their ex boss, Dikko Abdullahi, a rousing farewell. Dikko resigned as the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs August 17.

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August 19, 2015

N78m Fashola website: BudgIT says it’s being threatened

There is so much drama surrounding former governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola’s alleged N78 million personal website. Lots of news have been flying around on this issue, when a firm, BudgIT, disclosed that Fashola spent N78 million to upgrade the website. An accusation that has been causing uproar, with Fashola being dragged to EFCC over the issue. A... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Get ready to work, with The Future Project employability program and job fair

As part of The Future Project’s (TFP) drive to empower young people and as they enter the workforce, TFP is premiering Ready. Set. Work. a job fair and employability program that will assist young entrants into the job market and make them more appealing potential employees. According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in 2015... Read More

August 19, 2015

Airforce plans to establish IDP hospital in Maiduguri

As part of his new strategy to tackle Boko Haram, the Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar has authorized the immediate establishment of a level two hospital at the largest Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Maiduguri. Abubakar did this by a statement. He also ordered the construction of a borehole to service the hospital and... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Nigerian troops pound terrorists fleeing Sambisa

Troops of 26 Task Force Brigade in Gwoza, Borno State pounded Boko Haram terrorists fleeing Sambisa forest on Tuesday. This follows continued aerial bombardment by the airforce. The army’s PR chief Sani Kukasheka Usman gave this information in a statement on Wednesday. Usman said the terrorists fled in seven pickup vans and some motorcycles mounted with... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Adesina criticizes Oshiomhole for calling GEJ’s agricultural programme a “scam”

Immediate past Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Akinwumi Adesina, has criticized Edo State Governor, Adams Oshimhole, for calling the Agricultural Programme of former president Goodluck Jonathan as a scam. Adesina, who is the new President of the African Development Bank said it was unbecoming of Oshimhole to tag Jonathan’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) as a dismal failure.... Read More

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August 19, 2015

The Fear of Buhari: Rich Nigerian civil servants are selling properties

The fear of not being probed is the beginning of sale of properties. At least it seems like that is the case of some super rich civil servants as they are said to be rushing to sell their choice houses and state-of-the-art automobiles in order to avoid losing the properties to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft crusade.... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Police arrest former Aregbesola’s aide for lover’s death

Former SSA to Osun state governor Rauf Aregbesola, Bode Olugbore, has been arrested after a 29-year-old woman, Kemi Arobieke, was allegedly found dead in his apartment, Punch reports. The report says Kemi was believed to be his lover and was found dead in the ex-SSA’s apartment on Saturday, August 8. The deceased was apparently in... Read More

August 19, 2015

22 former lawmakers lobbying to be Dogara, Lasun’s aides

About 22 former members of the House of Representatives are lobbying for jobs. Punch reports that the lawmakers are angling to serve as aides to the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, and the Deputy Speaker, Yusuf Lasun. Most of the job seekers are members of the 7th National Assembly, whose ended tenure on June 5. Six of the ex-lawmakers are said... Read More

August 19, 2015

“Patience Jonathan is not my enemy” | What Bayelsa Gov said about GEJ, PMB and Mama Peace

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, suffered a blow last week, when thousands of Peoples Democratic Party members in the state, defected to the All Progressives Congress. The mass defection greatly affected the chances of him getting re-elected. Dickson addressed the situation on Tuesday, during a news conference at the Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.... Read More

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August 19, 2015

N160bn went missing in NPA in a year – Oshiomhole

The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, has alleged N160bn went missing in the Nigerian Ports Authority in a certain year. Oshiomhole revealed that in the said year, NPA remitted N2bn out of a total sum of N162bn it generated. The governor said that those who presided over the affairs of the NPA squandered the N160bn. Oshiomhole... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Tinubu may have shunned Fashola’s book presentation, but he sent this message

National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, failed to attend the book presentation of the immediate past governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Fashola. At the event held on Tuesday, several leaders of the APC were a no-show, but Tinubu sent a representative with a message. Tinubu was represented by Prof. Tunde Samuel and he praised Fashola’s rugged... Read More

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August 19, 2015

President Buhari wants to know how the Lebanese terrorist got Nigerian visa

A full investigation has been ordered by the Federal Government into how a high profile Lebanese terrorist, Ahmad al-Assir, was given Nigerian visa. Ahmad al-Assir, a radical Muslim cleric, was recently arrested by Lebanese authorities as he attempted to leave Lebanon for Nigeria. He was arrested while attempting to travel with a fake Palestinian passport and a valid Nigerian... Read More

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August 19, 2015

Buhari orders probe into Jonathan’s sale of NITEL and MTEL

President Muhammadu Buhari, has ordered that an investigation should be carried out into the processes that led to the sale of Nigerian Telecommunications, NITEL, and its mobile arm, Mobile Telecommunications, M-TEL by administration of Goodluck Jonathan. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Communication & Technology, Dr. Tunji Olaopa revealed this to journalists on Tuesday. Olaopa said that... Read More

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August 18, 2015

Wife catches husband with a church member, wants marriage dissolved

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Such is the case of this 42-year-old housewife, Doris Oseni, told a Customary Court in Ondo town that she caught her husband of 12 years, Prophet Femi Oseni, on the floor of the church office, having sex with another woman. She apparently snitched her husband maybe because... Read More

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August 18, 2015

Buhari takes his broom to AMCON, dissolves management, appoints MD

President Muhammadu Buhari’s broom has landed at the Assets Management Management Corporation of Nigeria. He dissolved the Executive Management Team of the corporation on Tuesday. The order of dissolution was made through a statement released by President Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. The corporation’s new management team, according to the Presidency is: Ahmed... Read More

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August 18, 2015

Gani Adams says his people are after him… and Tinubu is involved

Oodua People’s Congress, the Yorubas’ version of Niger Delta militants, is undergoing a crisis of sorts. Gani Adams, National Coordinator of OPC, says some dismissed and suspended ex-members are in cahoot with Bola Tinubu to remove him from the leadership position. Adams says the members have sought financial assistance from the national leader of the... Read More

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August 18, 2015

Why Treasury Bills are the easiest and safest means to invest your money

Treasury bills are amongst the easiest and safest means of making personal investments. Governments issue treasury bills as a way of raising or borrowing money from the public. In view of this, when you buy a treasury bill, you are lending the government money for a short while. At the end of the agreed period,... Read More

August 18, 2015

One Indian man’s full-fledged war on pornography

Apparently Nigerian women may be heavy consumers of pornography. Such a shame. We need more people like this Indian man, who actually want the best for others. Pornography has such a strong grip on many that no one actually cares to hide while viewing it anymore. In India, it has become the norm, thereby making crime cases and rape... Read More

August 18, 2015

#RIPPeterBello: Service of songs (PHOTOS)

A Service of Songs was held for Peter Bello, the Co-pilot of the Bristow helicopter that crashed into Lagos lagoon on Monday. The event which was held at the Catholic Church of Divine Mercy, Lekki, Lagos was attended by family, friends and colleagues.

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