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Media mogul and senator-elect, Ben Murray Bruce has stated that he is fighting the elite because they consume the resources of the country at the expense of the poor. Bruce, who is known to champion the cause of the masses, noted that it is absurd that a few elected officers monopolise the resources of the country, living a champagne life while majority of Nigerians live below a dollar a day. “I am fighting against the elite. Definitely, I am fighting them. When they drink that champagne that can educate a child, they should know that I am fighting them. You don’t fly a first class in government while in your private life, you fly economy. I am totally against their lifestyles,” he said in an interview with Vanguard. The chairman of Silverbird Group added that the level of poverty and unemployment in the country is devastating and more worrisome is the wide gap between the rich and the poor. “We need to enact laws that favour the masses. The biggest pro...

Mr Femi Fani-Kayode has debunked claims that hate campaign by some members of PDP Presidential Campaign Orgnaisation caused its loss at the March 28 presidential election. Fani-kayode, who served as Director of Media and Publicity of the organisation, spoke with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. He said President Goodluck Jonathan would have lost the presidential election by at least 10 million votes but for the intervention of his campaign team. He was reacting to recent accusation by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) that the electoral misfortune that hit the party after the 2015 elections was due to hate campaigns by the party`s campaign organisation. Fani-kayode, who described some members of the party`s NWC as “enemy within us”, alleged that two members of the committee were working for the opposition in the course of the election. He described most members of the NWC as ignorant of party campaigns, adding that the campaign organisation “stoo...

Wives of King Jaja of Opobo (in present day Rivers State) in circa 1870. Source: J. A. da Cunha Moraes Credit: @SeeMeeSeeNigeria

Daily Post - Lagos lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegoruwa has threatened to drag president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to court, for asking Nigerians to stop calling him “General” from May 29. A statement by his Media Director, Mallam Garba Shehu, had stated that: “From May 29, 2015, the President-elect and Vice-President-elect are to be respectively known and addressed as Muhammadu Buhari, President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria”. Reacting, the lawyer described the statement as shocking and unacceptable. He argues that by virtue of Buhari’s membership of the Nigerian Army, he became Head of State, and earned salaries and benefits even when he contested elections in 2003, 2007, 2011 and 2015. Adegboruwa warned that should Buhari ignore his appeal, by insisting on denying his past, whilst he continues to earn salaries and benefits through the same rank that he seeks...

During yesterday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians: About Bruce special, Kim K asked her step dad if he was planning to undergo gender reassignment surgery 'So, like you don't have a surgery to remove your genitals and then that means you're the woman?' Kim asked. 'Remove...oh, the little thing down there? That's kind of the last thing you do. You can do an awful lot down there (before that). As of right now, no, I haven't scheduled an appointment.' Bruce said. Bruce admitted having a nose job, laryngeal shave, and cosmetic procedures on his upper lip and forehead but said he hasn't fully decided on breast augmentation but promised his daughters that Bruce the man will be gone in five to six months and his new female identity will replace him. When Kourtney asked him if he was going to date men or women, the 6 '2' former athlete said he had no present plans. 'I am not planning on dating or doing any of...

Pres. Jonathan pictured with President Gnassingbe & President Mahama at 47th ECOWAS Summit, Accra, today May 19. President Macky Sall of Senegal is the new ECOWAS Chairman, he takes over from President Mahama of Ghana. See more photos and read GEJ's speech at the summit after the  Your Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government; Your Excellencies, Brother Heads of State and Government; Your Excellency, the President of the ECOWAS Commission; Honourable Ministers; ECOWAS Commissioners Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen; Mr. Chairman,       I must start this brief remarkby expressing my profound appreciation to you, the Government and People of Ghana for the warm reception accorded me and my delegation since our arrival here in Accra. The traditionally warm hospitality that has been extended, inspires...

As Nigeria prepares for a change in government, indications emerged on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan would still be working with his cabinet until May 27, when it would be formally dissolved. Checks by Vanguard indicated that contrary to reports that Jonathan would dissolve the cabinet May 20, the administration would still be dispersing services to Nigerians until the last Executive Council Meeting , FEC to be held on May 27, which also coincides with the celebration of Children’s Day in Nigeria. A visit to the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, showed that senior and junior officers were working round the clock to ensure that the seamless transfer of power to the new administration of Muhammadu Buhari, who won the March 28 Presidential poll.

Borno State governor, Kassim Shettima, Tuesday, said there was every tendency that the female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, abducted by members of the Boko Haram sect, in April 2014, were being held in bunkers, inside Sambisa Forest. To this end, he has asked the military, which is combing the forest not only to fish out members of the sect but to also liberate the over 200 girls to carry their assignment beyond surface earth. Shettima, spoke in Abuja, while presenting a paper at a two-day post election conference on security and governance, organized by the Savanna Centre, a Non Governmental Organisation, NGO, established by former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari. The governor, who was represented at the occasion by the Secretary, Borno Elders Forum, Dr Bulama Mala Gubio, said the dreaded sect, having operated in the large expanse of the forest for so many years unchallenged, were able to build...

Jan Marshall thought she'd finally found love, but not only has she had her heart broken, her life savings of $350,000 have been ripped away. Ms Marshall, 61, signed up to dating website Plenty of Fish in the hope of finding love and matched with one 'Eamon Donegal Dubhlainn'.  The scammers posted this photo (left) of the man supposed to be Eamon Donegal Dubhlainn, who proposed to Jan Marshall after a few weeks of online and phone conversations in which she accepted a marriage proposal. Little did she know that Eamon Donegal Dubhlainn didn't exist, and his profile was invented and managed by a group of fraudsters in Nigeria that specifically targeted Ms Marshall.  Ms Marshall told Daily Mail Australia. 'I hadn’t had a lot of relationships before and I quickly got approached by someone who claimed to be an engineer in America, and he said "I would be happy to go anywhere for the right person", that’s apparently what they s...

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30 year old Nigerian successful model Ben Fiberesima, skipped bail in the UK, fled to Australia where he lived for seven years under a false name, modeled for Calvin Klein, Tom Ford, boasted of jet set lifestyle, wrote a self-help book, called himself a millionaire, claim ed he was in the Great Gatsby and bragged about being an 11-time underground rap battle champion. The fugitive was arrested after police lured him to a fake swimwear photoshoot in London. Read full story after the cut   From  UK Evening Standard A gangster who launched a successful career as a male model and musician while on the run in Australia has been snared in an extraordinary police sting. Fugitive Ben Fiberesima, 30, appeared in campaigns by fashion designers such as Tom Ford after skipping bail while facing trial on fraud and weapons charges in London seven years ago. He also performed as a critically-acclaimed rap artist under the name Roky Million, releasing singles and videos dow...