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The attention of Peoples Democratic Party from the one hundred and eighteen (118) electoral Wards, and the seven (7) Local Government Areas that made up Anambra South Senatorial District of Anambra State has been drawn to reports in some media titled, “Anambra PDP sacks Metuh" and wish to state as follows; 1. That the said media reports about the purported suspension of Chief Olisa Metuh did not emanate from either Otolo Ward 1, or any of the Wards and LGA in Anambra South Senatorial District and not from PDP Anambra State, rather it was the handiwork of agents of All Progressive Congress (APC) in their desperate attempts to bring down at all cost the Leader of PDP in Anambra State, Chief Olisa Metuh. 2.  That we challenge the authors of the fabricated stories about the purported suspension/sack of our Leader Chief Olisa Metuh from PDP, to publish the names and signatures of the elected PDP Ward, LGA and State officers that signed the false and malicious res...

Kayode Ogundamisi had an exclusive interview with Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Buhari, Femi Adesina, and here are some of the things he said. More tweets below  

65 year old Clifford Osawaru, said he got the shock of his life when friends alerted him to posters announcing his death and funeral arrangements, which were pasted on some streets in Okunmwun community, Ovia North East LGA of Edo State yesterday. The man who said he was hale and hearty wondered why anyone would print his obituary "When I am alive, they said I am dead. This is not wife at all" he said referring to the names printed on the poster He said he had served the community for over 20 years and didn't deserve to be treated this way. He called on security agencies to look into the matter. See more photos and the video below.. The video courtesy ITV below... 

The Accident Investigation Bureau on Friday announced that it had recovered the Black Box of the Bristow helicopter that crashed into the Lagos lagoon on Wednesday. The black box contains the cockpit voice and the flight data recorders. The Commissioner of the Accident Investigation Bureau, Felix Abali, made this known while displaying the two devices to aviation correspondents at the bureau’s headquarters in Lagos. Six of the 12 people on the helicopter died when the crash occurred on Wednesday. Among the dead were the pilot and the co-pilot whose bodies were found on Thursday. The cause of the crash is yet to be ascertained.

Nigerian A-List comedian, Basketmouth, has taken to Instagram to join in this Skiibii drama. Basketmouth posted the picture above with the caption: Thinking of faking my death now since I have a concert coming up on the 4th of October...... hmmmmm. This Skiibii is so not going to hear the last of this. Why would you fake your own death just to promote a song? I'm still trying to understand this.

Here are twitter reactions from Nigerians following news that Adamawa state government have set aside N200 million for prayer warriors to pray against Boko Haram attacks in their state. More tweets below..

The immediate past Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has been appointed Pro Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the Plateau State University. According to a statement by the plateau state Governor’s director of press affairs, Mr Nanle Emmauel, the appointment is with immediate effect.

This is a press statement. Read below... You can recall last two weeks Mr. Bruno Iwuoha was calling for medical help. After that the CEO Morgan Entertainment, Emeka Morgan Nwanne Oguejiofor Jr invited him to the US and took him to one of the best hospitasl and paid all the bills including hospital bill feeding and medication bill When Mr Iwuoha arrived the US, he was on wheel chair but right now he is very healthy. According to the doctors, Bruno will not be able to work or do certain things for 6-12 months, to give room for proper healing.

After 54 years, three United States Marines have returned to Cuba to finish a job that, despite being their duty, none of them truly wanted to do in the first place. On January 4, 1961, James Tracy, Mike East and Larry Morris walked out of the U.S. Embassy in Havana and in a silent ceremony, in front of the hundreds of Cuban gathered outside in the hopes of obtaining a visa to the U.S., took down the U.S. flag for what they assumed would be the last time in Cuba. The three former Marines, however, have been called back to Cuba to perform one final task for their nation: to once again raise the flag they thought they’d never see fly over Havana as the U.S. officially reopens its embassy in the Cuban capital on Friday. "I think about it every night now," East said in a video recorded by the White House. "Seeing that flag go back up." All three armed service members have fond memories of their time on the island –as brief as it was – a...

A 92-year-old woman is no longer allowed to worship at the church where she was a member for more than 50 years because she was not tithing. Josephine King said that was the reason she was kicked out of Bainbridge's First African Baptist Church. Her family members said they hope the situation will bring change to churches across the nation. “Josephine King is no longer considered a member of the First African Baptist Church of Bainbridge, Georgia,” read Gerald Simmons, as he skimmed over the letter addressed to his aunt. The letter, signed by Senior Pastor Derrick Mike, stated that Ms. King "has shown non-support" towards the church in the areas of "constant and consistent financial and physical participation." "She was stunned. She was disappointed. She was shocked," said Simmons. He said Ms. King was considered sick and a shut-in for several months, which was the reason for her lack of attendance. He also said...

President Muhammadu Buhari will this Saturday pay his first visit to Bayelsa state since assuming office where he will personally welcome over 10,000 politicians defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The President will be joining the state party leader, Chief Timipre Sylva, and the Chairman of the State Working Committee of the party, Chief Timipa Tiwei Orunimighe to welcome the defecting leaders including the former Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission and ex-Presidential Special Adviser, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe; Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Admiral Festus Porbeni; former Acting Governors Nestor Binabo and Werinipre Seibarugu. Others also in the pack of defectors to the APC are Senator John Brambaifa, Senator Clever Ikisipo, Ambassador Emmanuel Otiotio, Chief Nathan Egba, Dr. Silva Opuala-Charles, former House of Representatives member, Dr. Stella Dorgu and former NDDC Chair...

As seen on twitter. What kind of man will have the mind to do this to a woman. 

Despite a much touted “ban” allegedly preventing the United States from exporting arms to the Nigerian forces, Pentagon records show the US Army is sending military equipment, including armoured vehicles and ambulances, to Nigeria, which has been embroiled in counter-insurgency operations in the northeast. President Muhammudu Buhari complained last month that the US had “aided and abetted the Boko Haram terrorists” by refusing to send arms to Nigeria forces on the grounds of “unproven allegations of human rights violations levelled”. In a speech before the US Institute of Peace, he blamed a “blanket application” of Leahy Laws, legislation introduced by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy to prohibit US public funds from being given to foreign military units involved in gross human rights violations. But Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) records show the Department of Defense is nonetheless set to transfer military material to Nigeria. A DSCA list of so-called Exces...

CNN and Canada's CBC are being sued after the pair allegedly ripped a 31 second video from YouTube and used it in their broadcasts without a license. In addition to claims of copyright infringement, the media giants face allegations that they breached the anti-circumvention measures of the DMCA. While millions of users upload videos to YouTube every day without expecting any reward, it’s possible for popular content to generate plenty of revenue through YouTube’s account monetization program. New York resident Alfonzo Cutaia used the program last year when he sensed he had a hit video on his hands, but allegedly some news organizations didn’t play by the rules and now things have become messy. Things began in 2014 when winter storm ‘ Knife ‘ buried parts of New York and surrounding areas under several feet of snow. On November 18, Cutaia was watching the storm coming over Lake Erie from his Buffalo office window when he decided to record events on his mobile p...

The Ekiti state government has debunked claim by the All Progressives Congress, APC, that the state got a total sum of N8.5 billion from the Federation Account in June. According to the government, the state got a total sum of N4.1 billion while the 16 local councils got N2.7 billion. Reacting to the claim by the APC, Idowu Adelusi, the Chief Press Secretary to the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, said telling lies “has become the first name of the APC,” urging Ekiti people to ignore the opposition party in the state as they have always done. “In June, Ekiti State got net allocation of N1,958,432,714.17 and in July, the state got a sum of N2,687,536,884.88. “The breakdown for June allocation is as follows; Gross Allocation(N1,815,552,424.75), Value Added Tax (N536,678,738.75) and Exchange Rate Gains (N171,236,640.31). “The following deductions were made from the allocation, Foreign Loan (N42,260,280.19), Contractual Obligations-ISPO (N397,196,808.00...

According to Nigerian Police, 1. MADAM OYEKACHI OGAZI 'F' OF MASE AREA, SULEJA NIGER 2.CHINEDU ONYEBUCHI 'M' OF GWAGWA AREA, FCT 3.PAUL OKERE 'M' OF DAPE AREA, FCT 4.MAXWELL OKECHUKWU 'M' OF DAPE AREA, FCT The robbery syndicate is made up of one (1) female and three (3) male persons. The gang specialize in one chance robbery of innocent citizens within the FCT.  At about 08:00AM of 10th August, 2015, the gang picked a female victim (name withheld) from UTC Area 10 to Wuse 2 and along the way attempted to rob her of her belong at Central Business Area.  While struggling with the suspects the VICTIM SIGHTED A POLICE PATROL TEAM AND SHE RAISED THE ALARM FOR HELP WHICH ATTRACTED THE POLICE AND OTHER SPIRITED CITIZENS WHO CAME TO HER RESCUE.  After a hot chase, the operational car of the suspect was intercepted around Coomasie House, CBD. The robbery suspects attempted to escape but they were arrested by the police team w...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo led other dignitaries to the interdenominational funeral service of the Ooni of Ife Oba Okunade Sijuwade which held at Enuwa Square, Ooni of Ife's palace today August 14th. More photos below

For those of us, who don't know who an ABOBAKU is, Abobaku is just like an ADC to The Ooni of Ife, and he dies and will be buried with Ooni, when Ooni dies. According to stories, Ooni don't die, rather, they will say he has gone on a journy and will not return and by that, the ABUBAKU will go with him to continue his work as Ooni's servant.  So when it was announced that Ooni of Ife is dead, it was rumoured that his Abobaku ran away, which i don't know how true it was. However, someone went to work on twitter. See the tweets below )