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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the All Progressives Congress, APC, to stop dodging issues but make haste to provide answers to burning national issues that border on the government’s lack of transparency, abuse of power, dwindling economy, escalating insecurity and apparent failure of governance since it assumed power at the center. The PDP said while it understands the lack of experience and direction that have made the APC jittery, descending to insults and abuse cannot be a solution because it would never be cowed or distracted from providing robust and credible alternative views which it owes Nigerians. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Monday said the resort to insults by the APC spokesman, Lai Mohammed, ostensibly to divert attention from issues, further confirms the insincerity and emptiness of the APC even as a party in power. “Whilst we understand the desperation of Alhaji Lai Mohammed to remain relevant ev...

Ben Murray-Bruce maintains he never flies First Class. 

President Buhari has appealed to APC members in the House of Representatives to put aside their differences and resolve their issues before tomorrow's plenary session. Speaking at a meeting which he convened earlier today, President Buhari insisted the party members in the lower chamber must respect the decision of the party regarding appointment of principal leaders in the house. A source at the meeting which lasted for just 20 minutes, told Premium Times that President Buhari asked the members to maintain party discipline and follow their party's directive. "He said he never wanted to interfere in the affairs of the Legislature, but he’s now forced to do so to maintain party discipline. The president said it is unacceptable for him to be in office under the APC, and the PDP would be allowed to dictate who occupies positions in an administration he heads. Buhari urged all members to look beyond themselves and consider the country and the platform under...

People Alleging that it is Rochas that placed it, is Rochas contesting for any other post in IMO state? What would be the use of the billboard in IMO STATE? And if Rochas wants to place a billboard, you think it would be that low quality Trampoline clothe billboard, and just only that one?  People would jump at anything Rochas just to smear his image. Well, the more dirt you throw at him, the higher he rises. GOVERNMENT OF IMO STATE PRESS RELEASE Subject: The Governor's Photograph With President Obama On Digital Billboard Screen & Flex Bill Board Banner The attention of the Imo State Government has been drawn to His Excellency, Governor Rochas Okorocha's photographs with president Barak Obama been shown on the digital billboard screen and flex billboard banner. To say the least, the Imo Governor or the state government he superintends did not place the photographs on the referenced screen or billboards, and was not aware or informe...

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole has alleged that a minister that served in former president Jonathan's administration stole a whooping $6billion. Governor Oshiomole made the allegation while speaking to state house correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari today. He said American officials made the alleged fraud known to the Buhari led delegation during the state visit to the US last week. "PDP destroyed the country. I mean from the lips of American officials; senior officials of the state department. They said one minister under PDP cornered as much as $6billion, and the man said even by Washington standard that is earth-quaking,” he said. Governor Oshiomole said if not that Nigerians are patient people, anybody who carried the PDP badge would have been stoned. He said PDP members ought to feel very unsafe ... "We are a very patient people. If we were not a patient people, anybody wearing the tag of PDP ought to feel very unsafe bec...

This is a sad situation, a whole Nigeria's barracks is in this kind of mess, all our govt officials know is how to loot out money. Someone shared these photos on twitter but didn't say where in Nigeria. Quite a sorry site. See more photos below.. Photo credit: AS Aruwa

Human right lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN),  on Monday , said President Buhari was under pressure by some political forces in the All Progressives Congress to hijack his economic policies and ensure they are under the control of a few cabals. He spoke during the public presentation of a book entitled: “Economic diplomacy and Nigeria’s foreign policy”, written by the immediate chairman, Board of Tertiary Education Trust Fund and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Musa Babayo. Falana who was obviously reacting to Buhari's recent state visit to the United States of America, where some Nigerian businessmen and industrialist were allegedly turned down from having audience with President, said these development may have accounted for why the President has not been forthcoming with his economic agenda two months after his inauguration. He said the President has been inundated with numerous suggestions on how to handle the nation's cash cow,the Nigerian Nati...

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A police officer from the Okene division in Kogi state allegedly shot a man on his way to his motor mechanics workshop in the early hours of  today Monday July 27th. According to eye-witnesses, the victim was on his way to work when the  policeman called him but he refused to stop. The policeman allegedly then fired three shots at him, hitting in the leg and other parts. The police officer later said the mechanic had attempted to take his rifle from him but witnesses said this wasn't true as the man was a little far from the police when he was shot.  The victim (pictured above) is reportedly in critical condition at the Specialist Hospital in Lokoja. Photo credit:  Abdool Wahaab

There was a thread on frontpage about The Beast, Barack Obama"s car so here are a few pictures sourced online of the Nigerian Presidents ride.

These power couples are so rich they make Jay Z & Beyonce look like poor people in comparison. List courtesy of  CNN Money . See the rest of the list below

Despite their callous actions, the criminals continued to harass the victim’s family for ransom, and collected over N500,000.00. They pestered the family until the Police through diligent investigation tracked them down. They were arrested and they confessed to the crime and took the Police to the location where they buried their victim. The corpse of their victim has been exhumed and taken to the Mortuary for autopsy. Two locally made pistols using 7.62mm ammunition was recovered from them. Also a female identified as Nne Jaju 22 and her accomplices, 20 year old Yenubari Sergeant and Wisdom Stephen involved in child stealing, were arrested after they broke into the room of a 7 month old baby girl’s parent’s home in the night at Mile 2, Diobu, Port Harcourt and quietly stole the child on July 20th. The baby was taken to Nekede in Imo State and sold for N 200,000.00 to one Nkechi Anyanwu 45yeras old. The accomplices of the buyer, one Francisca C. Chukwu 36 y...

An eight month old baby identified as Hezekiah Opeyemi Ogundele mysteriously disappeared during a naming ceremony held at Inuosegba community in Abeokuta Ogun state yesterday July 26th. According to  The Nation , Hezekiah's brother had taken the baby to the naming ceremony and within minutes, the toddler disappeared. A search party was immediately formed but they were unable to find the baby. What they found instead was a building close to the venue of the ceremony where items suspected to be severed human wrist, school pupils’ bags and uniforms were found. But for the timely intervention of the operatives the Special Anti – Robbery Squad (SARS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the enraged crowd were bent on bringing down the building. The little boy has still not been found.

Let Our Daughter, Diezani Be’ Some family members of the immediate past minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke have appealed to Nigerians, especially her critics to let her be. Mrs Allison-Madueke is said to be in a critical condition from an undisclosed ailment in a London hospital. “Our daughter has been in hospital where is receiving treatment for some weeks now. She is currently under close medical observation. We learnt that the observation means that she has been unable to see anyone outside close family members over the last few weeks. “They have also discouraged her use of phones to avoid any risk of infection which will be extremely harmful for her. “Diezani is responding well, but doctors are concerned about her movement and interaction given the intense treatment being administered. “It is such an emotional time for us all as she is quite fragile and we are careful to keep her away from all the gossip a...

The police at Agbado Crossing Police Station, Ayila in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, On Sunday engaged a five-man robbery gang in a gun battle during which two of the robbers were shot dead. The robbers had stormed Dalemo community, a suburb of Ogun State, at about 3:30 a.m. before the police engaged them in a gun fight. P.M.NEWS gathered from a reliable source that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Agbado Police Station, Mr. Shittu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) received a distress call that robbers were terrorising residents of Dalemo and he immediately dispatched a team of policemen to the area. On seeing the police, the robbers opened fire on them and the police responded and in the ensuing shootout two of the robbers were shot dead while the rest fled with bullet wounds, said the source. Victims of the robbery incident, P.M.NEWS learnt, were taken to the hospital for treatment by the police. The victims were identified as Alhaji...

A good samaritan in Sango area of Ogun State has reportedly lost his manhood after he gave money to a man who begged for some financial assistance. According to the reports which have now become viral, the man who is a landlord with a house on Liberty road, Igbala area, Sango Ota, was approached by a young man on the street for money to enable him get drugs for his mother. The landlord allegedly gave the beggar the sum of N700, which turned out to be a huge mistake because immediately he handed over the money, his manhood suddenly disappeared. According to the victim: "He (the beggar) looked desperate and pitiful. He said he needed N700 to get a particular drug for his sick mother. I have never seen him before but his pleas really moved me. He said he dropped his last kobo on the lunch he bought for his sick mother and out of pity, I brought out N700 and gave him... but immediately I felt something hit me. I couldn't feel it, (his manhood). I didn...

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Jonathan Okoli The leadership crises rocking Aguiyi Ironsi International Trade Centre at Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Mushin, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, took another dimension recently as the embattled former president of the market, Chief Jonathan Okoli, dragged the executives to a dreaded shrine in Anambra State, southeast Nigeria. Okoli filed a petition at the shrine called Ofufe Ntoko Shrine located in Ufuma area of Anambra State, after which the chief priest ordered the market leaders to appear before it or face the consequences. Okoli had taken the battle to various courts and the National Assembly before he recently went to the Supreme Court to seek for reinstatement. While the matter is still pending at the Supreme Court, he went and filed a petition at the shrine asking the executives to vacate their offices. The executives were ordered to appear before the shrine on 2 August, 2015 to explain why they should not vacate the offices f...

The Federal Government has expressed readiness to scale down the importation of refined petroleum products following the anticipated bridging of demand gap in local consumption with the commencement of production in Warri refinery and the Kaduna facility due to follow shortly. The Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele dropped this hint during a briefing at the bank’s headquarters shortly after the July Monetary Policy Meeting in Abuja on Friday. He noted that the resuscitation of the two refineries followed series of meetings between the apex bank, the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and the Federal Government. The central bank governor maintained that the combined capacities of the two firms would likely reduce the estimated 30 million litres of refined products currently being imported into the country. He noted that the resumption of production by the refineries would reduce the pressure on both gover...

There has been so much talk about how much was spent on advertising before the last general election in Nigeria but no one could say for sure how much was spent. But a report by Compliance and Content Monitoring Ltd (CCM) reveals that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Party (APC) spent a combined N3.23 billion on political campaign advertisements for this year’s general elections, according to a report at the weekend. According to the report PDP spent for about N2.5 billion (77 per cent) and APC spent N728 million (23 per cent). CCM said the media advertisements were placed on radio, television, press and billboards for the PDP and the APC presidential campaigns between December 2014 and March. The report was unveiled after a thorough analysis of over 260 broadcast media (radio and television), 48 print (newspapers and magazines) media and over 1,000 outdoor billboards across the country. The firm focused on the two main parties,...

The Lagos Airport Police Command has arrested a Nigerian passenger, Lawal Oluwabusola, for smoking cigarette in an Arik Air flight on London to Lagos route. In a statement on Sunday by Mr Livinus Chukwuma, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Airport Command in Lagos, said that Olubusola was arrested on Sunday upon landing in Nigeria. He was apprehended at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The PPRO said the suspect’s action was not in consonant with the in-flight safety procedures. “The suspect was smoking electronic cigarette in the lavatory which triggered off emergency alarm system in the aircraft causing confusion among passengers,” he said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in 1992, the International Civil Aviation Organisation had passed a resolution mandating its 152-member countries to go on smoke-free by July 1, 1996. Chukwuma said that cigarettes smoking, or anything else ...