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Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, came down from his vehicle around 8 this morning to assist in the rescue of an accident victim. The lady, Anukam Angela, lost control of her car and hit a median along Osborne road in Ikoyi. Ambode, who was on his way to work, asked his convoy to stop and ordered the ambulance attached to him to take the lady, who was in a state of shock, to Lagos Island General hospital. Angela was treated for minor injuries and discharged free of charge on the order of the Governor.

Pardon my grammatical flaws.  Note: This happened to me today 12 years ago. The memory always flashes me every 13/07 I met this lady in my second year in school. I went to a lecturer’s office who happens to be like a fatherly figure to me, then I saw this chick (Actually, it wasn’t the first time I would meet her there). So I quickly used that opportunity to clinch her in front of my lecturer who even stylishly persuaded her for me. Although, he warned me not to mess her up, that’s when he revealed to me she is his blood sister. Throughout the time we spent together, I treated her with care because I knew her brother is a lecturer who is even handling my 4 unit course. Bimpe can fck. She is very romantic and pretty. She likes se.x. more than food. On this faithful night, we decided to go and read on campus, NEPA was doing what they know how to do best. It was a mildly cold night. We passed through her brother’s office which was under locked (at times when we...

Press statement from the Presidency... President Buhari Monday in Abuja assured investors that his administration will implement far-reaching reforms to boost accountability and transparency in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. Speaking at a meeting with senior officials of Chevron led by the company’s President for Africa and Latin America, Mr. Ali Moshiri, President Buhari declared that his administration was ready to effectively address the myriad of challenges in the sector.   “We understand the situation in the industry and we will do our best to address the challenges affecting exploration, production and distribution of oil products in the country,’’ the President told the delegation. Acknowledging the merits of the Amnesty Programme initiated by President Umar Yar’Adua to reduce violence in the Niger Delta region, President Buhari said that his administration will build on good aspects of the programme. The President added that his administration will...

The final moments of Travis Alexander’s life were nothing short of horrific. He was stabbed multiple times and almost decapitated before being shot and left for dead in his shower. Travis’s flat was covered in blood where his body had been dragged and his killer had washed their bloodied hands. Crime scene photos were shocking, but they were nothing compared to the chilling images found on a digital camera at the scene. Last photo of Travis before he was killed Investigators retrieved deleted photos that showed Travis alive in the shower, posing for the camera as water cascaded over him. Then, in a final photo, the water turned red with blood as his killer accidentally took a snapshot of his murder. Handsome Travis Alexander, 30, was a marketing salesman who lived in Mesa, Arizona. He was a practising Mormon and a charismatic motivational speaker. In September 2006, Travis met Jodi Arias, 27, at a conference in Las Vegas. She was a saleswoman living in Californ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the recall of ambassadors by President Muhammadu Buhari. A spokesperson for the ministry, Ogbole Ode, told PREMIUM TIMES that the recall never happened as the ministry has no knowledge of such incident. He said he spoke with the permanent secretary of the ministry who confirmed the news was a mere rumour. He blamed social media and online news forums for carrying such information that do not emanate from the government. There was a news report over the weekend that President Muhammadu Buhari had recalled Nigerian ambassadors. According to the report, which first appeared in the traditional media, Femi Adesina, special adviser to the President on Media and Publicity had confirmed the news. But Mr. Ode said the reports were all false.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Abuja said that his government may not remove the petroleum subsidy, stating that the reasons so far canvassed for its removal did not sound plausible. He added that the absence of subsidy will have adverse effect on the poor and jobless Nigerians. Speaking after receiving a briefing from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other agencies in the oil sector, President Buhari said that he will carefully review all the submissions he had received on the need to remove the subsidies. “I have received many literature on the need to remove subsidies, but much of it has no depth. “When you touch the price of petroleum products, that has the effect of triggering price rises on transportation, food and rents. That is for those who earn salaries, but there are many who are jobless and will be affected by it,” he said. According to the president, what impeded transparency in ...

A Cincinnati woman’s video of her baby daughter trying on glasses for the first time has gone viral. Jessica Sinclair posted the video on Facebook, which shows 10-month-old Piper resisting at first, then breaking into a big smile when she sees her family’s faces clearly for the first time. “We started to notice that she was having issues reaching her milestone of crawling,” Jessica told WKRC. “So at her regular pediatric check they did an eye screening and saw that she might have had a slight astigmatism.” The family found out that Piper didn’t have astigmatism , but was extremely farsighted, with one eye measured at +7.00 and the other is +9.00. According to WKRC, Jessica is hoping to use the video’s success to spread awareness about the importance of eye health and infant eye check-ups. Source: WKRC

The former President was seen at the Gwarimpa branch of First Bank where he went to process his BVN...

Left is AVM Morgan  Monday -  Chief of Defence Intelligence  and right is  Maj Gen Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin - Chief of Defence Staff. See the other two below AVM Sadique Abubakar Chief of Air Staff Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas - Chief of Naval Staff

President Buhari met with the newly appointed Service Chiefs at the State House earlier today. While addressing the new Service Chiefs, President Buhari charged the men to work towards restoring the lost glory of the Nigerian military. According to him, they were all appointed on merit. “All of you, including the National Security Adviser, were chosen on merit. Your records gave you the job. Save for the new Chief of Army Staff whom I briefly met at his Command at the Multi-National Joint Task Force, in Chad, I don’t know any of you. Your records recommended you. Legally, you are in acting capacity until the National Assembly accepts you. It is only then that you will take the oath of office. Thereafter, we will sit down and talk in more detail,” he them. Continue to see more photos....

Oshiomhole accused the former minister of spending $1billion of government money for Jonathan's re-election. She has responded. Read the press statement below... Another false, baseless allegation against Okonjo-Iweala by governor Oshiomhole The allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that former Minister of Finance Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala spent $1 billion out of the Excess Crude Account to fund the re-election bid of former President Jonathan is the kind of ludicrously false statement that has unfortunately become a trademark of the Governor in his public campaign of falsehood against Dr Okonjo-Iweala. The statement is just another example of the numerical diarrhea that seems to have afflicted His Excellency in recent times in his effort to damage the reputation of the former Minister. He has, within the last few months, asked Dr Okonjo-Iweala to explain all kinds of totally wild and unsubstantiated figures, ranging from $30 billion, $20 billio...

President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent drug offenders on Monday, including 14 who were sentenced to life in prison, saying "their punishments didn't fit the crime." "These men and women were not hardened criminals," Obama said in a video released by the White House, noting that the overwhelming majority of the 46 had been sentenced to at least 20 years. The move was part of a broader ongoing effort by the administration to make the U.S. criminal justice system fairer. Obama has now issued 89 commutations during his presidency, most of them to non-violent offenders sentenced for drug crimes under outdated sentencing guidelines. A commutation leaves the conviction in place, but reduces the punishment. Obama wrote a personal letter to each of the 46 individuals to notify them of their commutations. Their sentences all now expire on Nov. 10, 2015. In a letter to Jerry Bailey, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison fo...

Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai says NNPC has to die for the Nigerian oil industry to move forward. According to him, if the nation's oil corporation is not 'killed', it will kill Nigeria. He said this while speaking at the 7th Wole Soyinka Lecture holding in Lagos today July 13th "If you don’t kill NNPC, it kill Nigeria,” he said.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused a former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of illegally withdrawing $1 billion from the federation account to prosecute the re-election bid of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking at a Seminar organized by the Edo state government for Permanent Secretaries, Directors and Deputy Directors entitled “enhancing IGR in Edo, issues, prospects and challenges”, the governor said the former minister also needs to tell Nigerians how the Excess Crude Account was drawn down to $4.1 billion from the peak of $10 billion when no approval was given by the National Economic Council for any withdrawals. The governor who said Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala would have been declared a pathological liar if she were a witness in court due to the inconsistencies in her statements. He said a forensic audit would truly determine how much was illegally spent from the federation account under her watch as...

These men, Abu Mohammed and Abdallah Abu Baker (pictured above) of the Boko Haram/ISWAP sect are the suicide bombers that carried out the suicide bomb attacks inside a market in  Chad 's capital N'Djamena on Saturday July 11th. 14 persons died in the attack. 

This is a photo of General Tukur Buratai, the new Chief of Army Staff. Until his new appointment, he was the Commander of the Multi National Joint Task Force. This is a photo of the New National Security Adviser in Person of Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Babagana Munguno. President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed new Service Chiefs and a National Security Adviser, after sacking their predecessors on Monday. The president appointed Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General T.Y. Buratai as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff. He also appointed Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan as Chief of Defence Intelligence; Retired Major-General Babagana Monguno as National Security Adviser. The appointments were conveyed in a statement signed by Mr. Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina. Maj.-Gen. Olonishakin (N/6901) hails from Ekiti State. Until his appo...

According to Boston News Watch, a Boston woman named Serena Beuford's butt implant ruptured while she was doing squats at the gym. Read the report below..  Serena Beuford, 27, of Boston is in a coma after her butt implants exploded while doing squats for an Instagram Video at Planet Fitness. Doctors say Serena Beuford is in serious condition after her butt implants exploded. Beuford was working out with a friend at Planet Fitness in downtown Boston. After Beuford’s friend finished working out, she attempted to record Beuford doing squats to post the video on Instagram. As Beuford was squatting, she heard a loud pop; which prompted her to immediately stop. Soon after the popping sound, Beuford fell to the floor screaming in agony from the pain. Other gym members rushed to her rescue until medical services arrived. I heard a loud popping noise followed by the woman falling to the floor. She was screaming 'my a** is gone!!!' I had no idea what she was t...