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According to news by channels TV, Nigeria's power generation now hits 6000 MW from 4600 MW. But the issue is not to generate power to 6000 MW, they should ensure that the power is distributed to it's final consumers.  Even though that power supply have improve in the recent days, some consumers are yet to see the improvement in power supply in their area. Am urging the Govt to see that power supply is distributed accordingly, to it's numerous consumers.

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Some photos that show how ISIS terminate their 'enemies'. Quite sad to see...

President Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to reduce the number of police officers attached to Very Important Personalities in Nigeria. According to a statement by the Special Assistant to the Presient on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari gave the directive at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission in the Presidential Villa today August 20th. President Buhari at the meeting also warned that he will not tolerate any irregularities or extortion of money from unemployed Nigerians in the coming recruitment into the police. He said that applicants having to pay bribes before being accepted into the police in the past was totally unacceptable. He told the officials that those in charge of recruitment and training in the Police must be above board and must not be involved in any form of extortion and underhand dealing. "You must ensure that the recruitment ...

This photo of a Cameroonian soldier who caught his wife in bed with her lover and parade them on the street has gone viral. What justification does he have to do this? Moron...

24 hours after Lagos state gov, Akinwunmi Ambode terminated the contract for the refurbishment of the Falomo Shopping Complex in Ikoyi, the concessionary company that was awarded the contract, Afriland Properties has released a statement saying that the partnership they entered with the Fashola led administration for the refurbishment was done transparently and in accordance to the rule of law. While terminating the contract Gov Ambode had said that only N50m was paid by the concessionaire for a 50-year lease of the property belonging to the govt, an agreement which according to him is not in the interest of the residents of the state. The statement from Afriland Properties after the cut... The management of Afriland Properties Plc notes with concern, recent reports relating to its transaction to redesign and redevelop the iconic Falomo Shopping Centre in Lagos. These unverified reports have implied that, the contract with the Lagos State Development and Property Corpo...

24 hours after Lagos state gov, Akinwunmi Ambode terminated the contract for the refurbishment of the Falomo Shopping Complex in Ikoyi, the concessionary company that was awarded the contract, Afriland Properties has released a statement saying that the partnership they entered with the Fashola led administration for the refurbishment was done transparently and in accordance to the rule of law. While terminating the contract Gov Ambode had said that only N50m was paid by the concessionaire for a 50-year lease of the property belonging to the govt, an agreement which according to him is not in the interest of the residents of the state. The statement from Afriland Properties after the cut... The management of Afriland Properties Plc notes with concern, recent reports relating to its transaction to redesign and redevelop the iconic Falomo Shopping Centre in Lagos. These unverified reports have implied that, the contract with the Lagos State Development and Property Corpo...

As the probe panel raised by President Muhammadu Buhari to probe how a wanted terrorist obtained visa in Beruit, capital of Lebanon, to travel to the country, the Federal Government is considering summoning its ambassador to shed light on the development.  Specifically, the Charge de Affairs in Beruit is needed to clear the air on how the wanted man, Ahmed Al Assir, secured a Nigerian visa, who issued it to him and why. A top official of the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja confirmed to Vanguard that the ministry had sprung into action to get to the roots of the matter, which she described as ‘very embarrassing’ to the government and people of Nigeria. It was learnt that the decision to summon the envoy arose following the discrepancies contained in the man’s documents. Although key government officials looking into the matter have sufficient reasons to believe that the visa used by the man who also goes by the name Rami Adbul Rahman Taleb, was forged in ...

The All Progressive Congress, APC, Lagos Chapter has berated Peoples Democratic Party Chieftain, Chief Olabode George over his call to President Muhammadu Buhari to probe former governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and immediate past governor, Babatunde Fashola. The party therefore, asked George to keep quiet for now and continue to lick the wounds inflicted on him by the colossal defeat his party suffered at both the National and the state levels at the 2015 elections. APC state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, Thursday, said George like the Lagos PDP Chairman, Tunji Shelle has just woken up from a chronic hallucination after suffering a choking and devastating defeat in the hands of APC. “Bode George is yet to come to terms that it is all over for PDP in Nigeria and Lagos. He is yet to believe that Lagos APC has forcefully retired him from active politics for ever in Nigeria and Lagos State” “Why is Bode George finding it difficult to...

President Buhari has appointed Tunde Fowler as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Until his appointment, Mr Fowler was the Chief Executive Officer /Executive Chairman of the Lagos State Board of Internal Revenue from 2005 to 2014. He had his higher education in the United States where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration degree from the California State University. He will serve as Acting Executive Chairman of FIRS until his appointment is confirmed by the Senate.

A lot of shops in the Ikeja area of Lagos were locked today and many streets deserted as people in white were seen walking around the area. Source who witnessed it and sent in the photos said it's 'Oro'. 

The Nigerian Army have recalled about 3000 soldiers that were relieved of their jobs because they refused to fight Boko Haram. The soldiers refused fighting the sect because they said they lacked the appropriate weapons to engage the sect members and win the battle. According to Daily Trust, the soldiers are currently being screened at the Jaji military cantonment in Kaduna State. “The soldiers are all there in Jaji cantonment awaiting their turns to be screened by the committee and whoever scales through might be recalled. It was their prayer that if General Muhammadu Buhari becomes president, he might recall them. These soldiers are trained and it is very dangerous and wasteful if the federal government terminates their employments,” a source said. One of the dismissed soldiers waiting to be screened, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the the Army did not provide them with weapons to fight Boko Haram members "I am a corporal and I have served i...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 19, 2015 arrested a suspected serial fraudster, Dr. Kunle Adeshola, who issued a forged draft to the tune of N3.29billion, in a phony land deal. The suspect, who presented himself as Director, Corporate and Management Service, Amazon Inc., had allegedly entered a contract with Atkan Services Nigeria Limited for the purchase of 50 units of flats in different locations within the FCT, Abuja and subsequently presented a Deutsche Bank, "bank draft" no 081758 in the sum of $19.930, 900.00 purportedly drawn by Deutsche Bank in favour of Infinity Trust Savings and Loans Limited. But the draft was returned unpaid after Stanbic IBTC Plc, discovered it was forged and reported the fraud to the Central Bank of Nigeria. The apex bank consequently reported the matter to the EFCC. It will be recalled that the suspect had earlier been arrested and prosecuted by EFCC for claiming to be an Assistant...

Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, on Saturday morning killed a Catholic priest and lecturer in the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Rev. Fr. Desmond Osuagwu in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The priest, who is a member of the congregation of the Claretian Missionaries, Eastern Province, Nigeria, was said to be heading for the St. Mark’s Catholic Chaplaincy, Obinze Barracks, where he served as a Chaplain to conduct the day’s Eucharistic mass for the men of the Nigerian Armed Forces. It was gathered that the assailants waylaid him on the road at a pathway before Avu junction, along the Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, dragged him out of his SUV before he was killed by stabbing him in his neck and his stomach. A reliable source told our correspondent that the suspected cultists dragged him into a nearby bush, tied him on a tree and killed him. According to the source, the assailants did not take any money from the priest’s car. Osuagwu, who hails from Obowo Local Government Ar...

The All Progressives Congress has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari would appoint his ministers this September as promised. This is contrary to the widespread speculations that the president would not unveil the list of his long-awaited cabinet next month. Speaking with the Leadership, the National Publicity secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated that only president Buhari knew those he would appoint as he had decided to keep it ‘to his chest.’ He said, “We will wait for September, and whatever else anyone has said is just innuendos. I don’t know why Nigerians are in such a hurry. If a man has a mandate for 48 months, I don’t think it is inordinate to spend four months. Who will get medal because he appointed ministers within record time? It is the quality of the ministers – when they are able to deliver – that the country judges him with.” The party chieftain stressed that the president should not be put under pressure to name ministe...

(CNN)Former President Jimmy Carter said his future "is in the hands of the god who I worship," describing his diagnosis Thursday morning, which includes found four spots of melanoma on his brain. "It is in the hands of the god who I worship," Carter said at a press conference at the Carter Center in Atlanta, adding he feels "good," and that he's following the recommendations of his doctors "I can't really anticipate how I'll be feeling. Obviously I'll have to defer quite substantially to my doctors who are in charge of the treatment," Carter said Thursday, saying he'll get his first radiation treatment this afternoon. Carter said he would cut back at his work at the Carter Center and at teaching at nearby Emory University. Carter had a "small mass" removed from his liver in an early-August surgical procedure. Carter, elected in 1976 and ousted in the 1980 election by Ronald Reagan, ...

A 27-year old man, Saidi Abubaka, has been arrested and charged with sodomy before Magistrates’ court sitting in Isolo, Lagos State, western Nigeria. He allegedly bit off the lip of his victim for resisting the sexual act. According to the police, Abubaka was arrested for his involvement in indecent act by forcing Abubaka Abdulahi, 25, into unlawful sex and assault. It was alleged that when the victim, Abdulahi resisted the unlawful sexual act, Abubaka bit off his lower lip. The incident happened at Ago Palace Way in Okota, Lagos where both the defendant and complainant reside. The matter was reported to the police at Okota division who arrested Abubaka and took him to the station where he allegedly confessed. He was charged with indecent act, conduct likely to cause breach of public peace and assault under the Criminal Code. The prosecutor, Mr Abayomi Abass informed the court that it was not the first time Abubaka was involved in indecent assault of male...

Chigul Popular TV host and comedienne, Chigul has revealed a few of the characteristics she finds unappealing about Nigerian men. She disclosed her reasons on this week’s edition of MTV Base Real Talk. While responding to the question from MTV VJ, Stephanie Coker on what upsets her about Nigerian men, she said, ‘I don’t like men who assume because they have small money, ladies should just jump and follow… Sometimes the money is not even real, it’s in their mind…that’s very annoying’. She also answered questions from fans including Udeh Chukwunonso Celestine who asked about her marital status. ‘Are you married or when are you getting married?”. Chigul replies,‘It’s complicated, let’s leave it there’ and jokingly added, ‘Nonso come o. Help yourself, Knock on my door, I will open for you’. Another fan asked, ‘What are some of the things people don’t know about you? and in response, she said, ‘A lot of people don’t know that I am a certified French teacher and I...

The children of a petitioner, Mr Jimoh Ebunoluwa, on Thursday testified against him in a divorce suit, in which he accused their mother of threatening his life. The children, Hakeem Jimoh, 28; and Bolu Jimoh, 24, told an Ikorodu Customary Court, Lagos, that their father’s allegations against their mother were false. “Our father is not saying the truth; our mother has never, even for once, threatened our father’s life. “We were living in peace until our daddy married another wife. “Ever since he brought in this second wife, there has been trouble in the house, because our father always supports the younger wife. “Our father stopped taking care of us and our younger ones since he brought home a second wife,’’ both of them chorused before the court. The 53-year-old petitioner, a driver, had alleged that his wife, Modupe, was always engaging him in a fight, each time she erred and was corrected. “She is just too stubborn for me; I can’t cope anymore. My parents have called he...

Bright Okogu President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday removed the Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Bright Okogu, from office. The reason for his removal remains unclear at press time.  In his place, Aliyu Yahaya Gusau, has been appointed his successor. Until his appointment, Gusau was the Director, Fiscal Policy, Budget Monitoring and Evaluation. His appointment takes effect from Tuesday, August 18, 2015, a statement by the Director of Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Finance, Marshall Gundu, said. Gusau holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) Degree in Economics from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. However, the ex-DG until his appointment in December 2007, held several top positions, including Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, IMF, in Washington DC; Senior Operations Officer at the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, Fund and Market Analyst, OPEC Secretariat in Vienna, Austria. He served...

A popular fisherman who died in a village called Oshei in Ghana was buried in a fish casket. Nice!

Pastor Anita, the divorced wife of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of Christ Embassy Nigeria, pictured above at her mother's birthday party in London recently. More photos below

For helping to create Ekiti state in 1996, Fayose says he will continue to be grateful to Sani Abacha.

A woman said her newly employed house-help robbed her while she was away from home and absconded. Read her story below... "I hired a maid, Janet Dina, that's if its her real name through an agent. This girl has worked for me for just a month now. Yesterday, I was supposed to go out with her but she begged me to let her go make her hair. I allowed her and even gave her N2k to use for her hair. I went out and left her at home. When I got back home in the evening with my sister, I realized the door was open. I went to my room and noticed my laptop was missing so was my sisters. Some clothes and bags were also missing. On realizing I had been robbed, I check in her wardrobe and her clothed and box were missing, so I went to ask my security if they had seen her, they said they saw her leaving with her box and two handbags and when they asked her where she was going she said she was coming to meet me where I was. I usually leave her with my year old son but as God wil...

A medical robot has successfully transplanted a kidney through the vagina. A sister-to-sister kidney transplant in France reported on Wednesday is the first to combine robotics, vaginal access and the donated organ's immediate implant after removal, according to the surgeons.  The procedure at the University Hospital Centre in Toulouse was executed "in a single go, exclusively with robots," the lead surgeon, Frederico Sallustro, told AFP. In addition, the kidney was both removed and transplanted through the vagina rather than via an incision, the standard method, the hospital said in a press release.  Valerie Perez, 44, gave one of her kidneys to her 43-year old sister Beatrice Perez on July 9, with both of them in the operating theatre at the same time. "The two sisters are doing well," said Sallustro, who was assisted in the operation by medical robotics expert Nicolas Doumerc. The donor was back at home the day after the surgery, while her...

Former minister of agriculture and rural development, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has faulted the position of Edo State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomole, that the Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) of the immediate past administration was a big scam. According to him, such comments coming from a governor who prides himself as a progressive who has spent most of his career fighting falsehood and oppression was rather deplorable on some counts. Media report had last week quoted Oshiomole as arguing that Nigeria was still import-dependent on rice and other foods because the agriculture transformation agenda was a big scam. But Adesina who is currently the president of Africa Development Bank (AFDB), contended that Oshiomole’s claim was “lacking in depth, sound logic and was a calculated attempt to rubbish everything about Goodluck Jonathan’s administration under whose leadership, he was able to perform so creditably.” In a statement by his special assistant on media, Dr Ol...