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Below is the State House Press Release Press release which alleges that president Jonathan has revealed location of Chibok girls is political dirty trick... A ll media organisations and persons on my mailing list should kindly disregard the press release purportedly issued by me earlier today titled:  President Jonathan reveals location of Chibok girls and exposes Boko Haram masterminds . No such press release was written or circulated by me. It is clearly the work of fraudsters who have hacked into my email account in an odious attempt to mislead the public at the expense of the credibility of the Jonathan Administration. Continue... We totally condemn this criminal resort to political dirty tricks which seeks to cynically play on national concern and emotions about the Boko Haram insurgency and fate of the abducted Chibok girls. Aspects of the fraudulent press release, such as its incoherence and invitation to click on a link,  would have alerted discerning

Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has asked those spreading lies about him to desist from doing so or they will be adequately rewarded. Speaking to Ynaija reporter in a telephone interview, the prophet debunked rumours making rounds that a Liberian man who came to his church for deliverance died of Ebola. In a statement released by the church, SCOAN denied having anything to do the drinking and bathing with salt water to prevent Ebola rumour which went viral last week. The statement reads in part: “Our attention has been draw to a rumour spreading in some Africa country and online that Prophet T.B Joshua of the Synagogue Church of all nation in corroboration with the ministry of health, instructed the citizens of those nations battling with Ebola virus to take their bathe with warm water and salt for protection and healing from the deadly Ebola Virus. We are using this medium to inform the world and especially, those nations battl

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has declared that Nano-Silver, the drug the Ministry of Heath in Nigeria is planning to use for Ebola infected patients in the country is a pesticide. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a chief U.S. regulatory body, has made known its worries known over the safety of nano-silver, the name given to the experimental drug Nigeria’s ministry of health announced it would be using to treat eight Ebola patients in Lagos. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has however classified nano-silver as a known anti-bacterial used to fight mold and other bacteria, hence, calling it a pesticide. According to Sahara Reporters, a spokeswoman for the  U.S. FDA,  Erica Jefferson,  claimed they could not find or verify any information on the treatment, though they did not explicitly call it by name. Although the Nigerian government claims the treatment was given by a Nigerian scientist in the diaspora, but did not give the doctor’s name,

The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Friday demanded immediate reversal of yesterday’s letter by the Federal Government terminating the appointment of 16,000 resident doctors in government hospitals across the country. Addressing the media in Abuja on Friday, President of NMA, Dr. Kayode Obembe said there was no way the resident doctors would accept their sack.  He urged all doctors not to pick their letters at their respective hospitals. “NMA condemns in totality the alleged presidential directive via the Federal Ministry of Health suspending Residency Training Programme in Nigeria," Obembe said. “NMA demands the immediate withdrawal of the suspension circular and unconditional reinstatement of the so-called sacked resident doctors. “Government should show commitment on her part in resolving the current impasse with the NMA rather than resorting to punitive measures that will only further aggravate the already deplorable situation." He reiterated that

Osagiator Ighodaro, the 19-year old boy who was arrested for sleeping with a dog at Iguosa village, a suburb community in Benin, located in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo State, has confessed to sleeping with several dogs on different occasions. (Read It HERE ) Ighodaro who said he learned welding at Iheya street, in Benin, made th‎e confession Thursday evening while speaking to journalists in the office of the state commissioner of police, Foluso Adebanjo. He disclosed that some of the dogs he slept with bit him in the process. “I don’t how I slept with the dog, I slept with it five times. Some of the dogs even bit me. At least, I have been bitten two times and each time I have a dog bite my grand father will treat me. When I call them, I will be rubbing their head petting them so that they will feel free with me. I will be playing with them before they will follow me. They will bark at me some times, and when I notice that it is serious, I will leave the

Looks like not every Nigerian celebrity takes the usual bread, omelet, tea, coffee or noodles for breakfast. Popular music star  KCee  takes  garri  (dried grounded cassava + palm oil)   mixed with fried groundnut and milk for breakfast and he's so proud of it. The "Limpopo" singer took to Instagram to post an image of him rocking a blue Adiddas sportswear ready to devour his local morning meal.  He wrote: "I remember when I was in Ajegunle no garri no sugar talkless of milk or groundnuts but thank GOD for today....#beliveinyourself cos #OGADINMA and if you believe say #OGADINMA" Even though the singer never stated if he takes garri  every morning as breakfast,  Kcee seemed grateful to God for all the blessings he's received over time. At least the award winner now lives in a mansion in Lagos, rides the best cars and wears the most expensive jewelleries and finest clothes. So, we join him to say "#OGADINMA"!

Tiffany Trump and her mother Marla Maples seen out in Soho on August 13, 2014 in New York. There's a new Trump in town!  Tiffany Trump , the lesser-known daughter of  Donald Trum p  with his second ex-wife  Marla Maples , hit New York City this week, spending some time with her mother in her father's hometown.  Tiffany, 20, is a student at the University of Pennsylvania, studying sociology within the College of Arts & Sciences. She's been using her summer vacation to do a little traveling, sharing glamorous photos  via Instagram  from all over the world.  Her most recent stop was in Manhattan with Maples, 50, who was Donald's second wife. The Donald made headlines when he and his first wife  Ivana  got divorced after she discovered he was having an affair with Maples. He married Maples in 1993 and finalized his divorce from her in 1999.  Tiffany Trump and her mother Marla Maples seen out in Soho on August 13, 2014 in New York. Credit: Josi

Okike and Aja at the station ... yesterday A 26-year-old man, Chekube Aja, is claiming that he took to armed robbery to avenge his loss to fraudsters. Aja told the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARs), Lagos Police Command in Ikeja that he lost N1.2 million to some fraudulent travel agents in South Africa, where he lived for two years. He said when he was trying to get his papers, someone offered to help him get a wife to facilitate his residence permit. “I paid the person N300,000, but at the end of the day, he ran away with my money; that was how I returned to Nigeria,” he said. Later, he moved to Brazil, where he lost N900,000 to fraudsters who promised to link him to drug barons so that he could become a carrier. The effort, he said, failed and he returned to Nigeria with nothing. The suspect said when his cloth business at Wuse Market in Abuja was not moving, he began to snatch cars which he sold to a buyer, who he simply identified as Chinedu, now at large. “

A 25-year-old nurse who treated Ebola-infected Liberian-American, Patrick Sawyer died yesterday bringing to 3 the number of Nigerians who have lost their lives to the disease. Sawyer collapsed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and was taken to the First Consultant Hospital in Obalende where he was diagnosed of Ebola. Reports have it that despite being informed of his condition, he was determined to proceed to Calabar where he was due to attend an ECOWAS conference. However, the nurses and doctors of the First Consultant Hospital kept him behind their doors despite the fact that he urinated on them and sprayed blood on his hospital bed, essentially exposing them to infection. The hospital workers continued to treat him and they didn't turn him away like some hospitals have been doing to persons suspected of having the disease. A number of the workers at the hospital have been infected due to contact with Sawyer and 2 of them, including young nurs

According to new reports, approximately £20,916 has been withdrawn from the accounts of four passengers aboard the missing Malaysian plane which disappeared on March 8th while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A bank in  Kuala Lumpur, claim that they noticed the  discrepancies   in their accounts on July 18 and lodged a complaint to the police. The management of the bank said money from the accounts of three passengers was  transferred to the account of a fourth passenger before the money was removed. Assistant Commissioner to the crime investigation department, Izany Abdul Ghany, confirmed getting a report from the bank. "We are investigating the case as unauthorised access with intent to commit an offence. We are getting CCTV footage from the bank to identify the suspects involved,' Izany said, according to the Mirror. 'We believe the suspect withdrew the money through the fourth victim's account via several automated teller machines

Former minister Femi Fani Kayode took to his Facebook page today to share his thoughts on late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought the deadly Ebola virus to Nigeria. The disease has so far killed three people Sawyer came in contact with. Fani-Kayode says Sawyer was an evil man with a mission to spread the virus in Nigeria and kill as many people as possible. See what he posted below.. "I disagree with those who have described Patrick Sawyer as a madman. He was not mad at all but just evil. He was a man that was on a mission. That mission was to spread the ebola virus to Nigeria and to infect and kill as many people as possible with it. He was an evil man with an evil intention and purpose. Worst still he was not working alone. Some people, and I mean rich, powerful and well-connected people, were working with him. As a matter of fact they sent him on the mission. Continue... They cultivated him, took care of him, paid him, brainwashed him, gave him all that he wa

Robin Williams pictured just a day before he hanged himself with a belt at his home in California. He attended a reception held at an art gallery near his home in the San Francisco Bay Area. His wife was with him. She revealed yesterday that Robin had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and was in the early stages of the disease but was not ready to share the diagnosis with the rest of the world. Meanwhile I actually have a pic of the late legendary actor's corpse in the coroner's office with the belt mark on his neck. Didn't share it because it's too gruesome and probably disrespectful. So sad!

 For those who have never heard of these people or this story, let me give you the tea. Hehe. So Atama Attah (pictured above) was married to Tundun Abiola (pictured right), one of the daughter's of late MKO Abiola but divorced her last year after only three years of marriage and two children. A few months after his divorce from Tundun was finalized, in December 2013, he married Josephine Washima, Pres. Jonathan's Special Adviser on Job Creation. I even carried their wedding photos  here It looks like the marriage to Josephine is over because now Atama is publicly asking for Tundun's forgiveness. Choi! I heard someone pushed someone from a balcony...and that the marriage only lasted 6 months. See what Atama wrote on his Facebook page about his ex-wife after the cut..

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested four robbers who dispossessed a clergyman of his two cars and went ahead to rapé his daughter. Commissioner of Police in the state, Sam Okaula, said the clergy reported the robbery at the Sanyo Police Division on July 21, a day after the incident: “The pastor reported that around 11.45pm, four armed robbers jumped into his compound and ordered him to open the door which he did at gun point. They ordered those in the house to lie down while they gathered valuable items.  “A Sony laptop, one Samsung I-pad, three mobile telephones, six wrist watches, N200,000 and other valuables were stolen from the house.  “A blue Toyota car with number plate, MK382 AAA, and a Mercedes Benz, marked, GGE 278 CK, were taken away.  “His daughter was also rapéd by one of the suspected robbers.” The commissioner said investigation by police led to the arrest of Afolabi Oluwatobi (24), Morakinyo Olufemi (43), Ayodele Ademola (55) and Azeez Rafiu (27). 

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced the suspension of scheduled stream two orientation programme of the 2014 Batch ‘B’ Orientation in six states billed to start on Monday September 1 due to the dreaded Ebola virus disease in the country. The Director General of the NYSC, Brig Gen Johnson olawumi who announced the decision in Kubwa Orientation Camp in the Federal Capital Territory said the corps members deployed to Adamawa, Bauchi, Jigawa, Borno, Gombe, and Yobe States will be affected by the directive. Olawumi however assured the prospective corps members that they would not suffer unduly as the NYSC would ensure that they were not cheated in any way by staying longer than necessary at home. It would be recalled that the Stream Two exercise, meant for the affected northern states, is scheduled for Monday, September 1, to Monday, September 22. Corps members posted to Adamawa State will have their orientation programme in Niger; Bauchi corps members are e

Some relatives and concerned colleagues of Ebola patients being treated at the Lagos Isolation center have cried out on what they termed the poor living condition of the victims.  At a press conference held yesterday in Ikoyi, Lagos, some medical practitioners and colleagues of the female medical doctor confirmed to have contracted the virus while attending to late Patrick Sawyer, said the living condition of the victims are poor, stating that they have been left to battle the disease on their own as some physicians who are charged with the responsibility of attending to them have abandoned them for fear of also contracting the deadly virus.  One of the doctors who spoke at the conference Dr. Helen Boyo-Ekwueme, a consultant Physician said  "We are not fighting anybody. We are simply giving voice to the voiceless. Those people in isolation at the IDH cannot voice out these concerns. Let them have basic treatment. It shouldn’t be as if we just stood there and abando

A section of those in  the Enugu State governemnt are determined to see the back of the incumbent deputy governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi. Their scheme has been dubbed the Chicken Impeachment given the extent the antagonsits of the deputy governor have gone to fetch charges against him. THE ongoing impeachment proceeding against the Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, took a frightening dimension on Wednesday when the embattled number two citizen of the state slumped while giving his testimony in what is now popularly tagged as Chicken Impeachment in Enugu State. The impeachment saga which commenced suddenly some weeks ago following alleged disagreements between Governor Sullivan Chime and his deputy, has escalated the political tension  that gripped the state since  the governor pronounced a ban on second term ambition of   the National Assembly members from the state. The Deputy  Governor who had maintained daily presence at the impeachment panel that