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Beautiful Temi, daughter of oil magnate Femi Otedola looking stunning in new photos she shared online. More photos bellow.

The actress, who is usually cool, put a female fan on blast on her instagram page after the lady left a nasty comment on one of Rukky's photos on instagram

 Nigeria's former first lady patience jonathan today delayed the wife of the president, Aisha Buhari from disembarking at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikwe airport as Patience Jonathanss private jet was landing. According to an eye witness, Mrs Buhari, who was returning from Kano where she went to pay a condolence visit to the family of late former AIG Ibrahim Babankowa, had to taxi on ground as she  could not disembark from the plane carrying her as the presidential wing was being occupied by the former first lady.

President Buhari's, Zahra Buhari has been named the brand ambassador of Scaf Nigeria, an NGO that centers on all issues bothering on Sickle cell. At her unveiling yesterday Sept. 19th, Zahra spoke on how she lost a sister to sickle cell three years ago "'I lost a sister three years back to sickle cell so I know what it's like to lose a loved one" she said Continue to see more photos from her unveiling...

Lai Mohammed, spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has threatened to sue Olisa Metuh, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, for allegedly libelling him. Metuh had alleged that Mohammed diverted funds meant for the fencing of an airport in a state in the southwest of the country. In a statement on Sunday, the PDP spokesman said: “Whilst we note the failed efforts of the APC spokesman to divert attention, we invite the presidency and the APC to be informed that their attempt to harass and/or intimidate us with plethora of well-instigated, sponsored, immature and wild allegations can never deter us from remaining focused on issues. “Nevertheless, as we restate our commitment in providing issue-based opposition as well as our support for the fight against corruption, our final word for the APC spokesman on this, is that being ethically challenged, includes embezzling funds meant for fencing of an airport in an APC-led south west state. It also inclu...

Fresh multiple explosions have rocked Ajilari Railway cross of Gomari Airport ward of Maiduguri living scores of people dead and critically injured. Sources living around the affected areas have said. Ajilari cross is an outskirt of Maiduguri which has witnessed series of Boko Haram attacks including bombings in recent past. The explosions which was suspected to have been masterminded by suicide bombers occurred simultaneously at about 7:38pm, while the last one took place at about 8pm which has forced many residents to flee into main city for safety. Details later please.

Osun State government has offer to provide free Eid-el-Kabir train services for its citizens‎ who would want to return home to celebrate with their relatives. The Directorof Bureau of Communication and Strategy in the Office of the Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon disclosed this in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday. Okanlawon explained that the free train service is in continuation of the commitment of Aregbesola’s administration to making life more meaningful for the people of the state. He added that the free train ride would be offered between Tuesday and Wednesday and urged indigenes of Osun to maximize the opportunity. According to him, “The train would, by 11.00 A.M on Tuesday the 22nd and Wednesday, 23rd convey people from Lagos to Osogbo. The return journey to Lagos from Osogbo will be Sunday the 27th by 11 A.M. Okanlawon said the gesture by the Aregbesola-led administration is aimed at facilitating a stress-free homecoming for the people during t...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has secured a $1.2 billion (about N238.6bn) multi-year drilling financing package for 36 Offshore/Onshore Oil wells under the NNPC/Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture. The funding package which is being financed by a consortium of Nigerian and International lenders is an integral part of the Accelerated Upstream Financing Programme initiated by NNPC to address the perennial challenge experienced by the Federal Government in providing its counter-part funding of JV upstream activities. A statement from the NNPC said the initiative apart from supplementing the Cash-Call commitment would help in the maintenance of current production levels in the short term as well as replacing depleting reserves. A breakdown of the NNPC/ Chevron JV deal which was executed at a signing-ceremony in London over the weekend indicate that the $1.2bn is to be channelled into the development of 23 onshore and 13 offshore wells on OML 49, ...

The over five billion dollars (about N1trillion) electricity stations built under the National Integrated Power Projects (NIPPs) are almost idle over lack of concrete gas supply terms, Daily Trust gathered. According to the pioneer Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Ramson Owan the over $5billion invested in the NIPPs, they are down as gas is not there to power them. The projects cannot come to a financial close because there is not enough gas for the plants. Owan who is now the Group Managing Director on Power for AITEO Group spoke yesterday at the Discussion Session for Sustainable and Profitable Gas Sector at the Powering Africa Nigeria Summit in Abuja. The NIPP generation projects include ten medium-sized gas-fired power plants. They have a combined design capacity of over 5,453megawatts (mw) at International Standard Organisation (ISO) conditions and 4,774mw as installed capacity. So far four plants have been commissioned whi...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the attempts to link the ongoing trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki to him are unacceptable. President Buhari said this in a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu. He said views to the effect that the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) could only act upon external instigation were equally uninformed. According to the presidential aide, there is no place in law that the Bureau and the Tribunal should take instructions from any quarters. He said as an independent institution equal to any superior court of record; the tribunal is set up by the constitution to determine the issue of default, false declaration or forgery in assets declaration. "This therefore is purely a judicial process and has nothing to do with the Presidency", he said. He said those who had an axe to grind with what they are doing should ...

Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo, has opened up on his assessment of President Muham­madu Buhari’s administration.In this interview with the Sun , he says the government has no direction. On President Muhammadu Buhari 's has spent 100 days in office We are all here and we have seen that the government of President Buhari has no di­rection. The government so far has achieved nothing but to make noise. All sorts of lies are being told that power is stable. I do not know where power  is stable because where I am staying, there is no power. It may be stable in other places but maybe it is a punishment to us. Perhaps, we are among the seven per cent that did not vote for him, so we are being punished. He has not built anything and there is no policy thrust. There is no economic poli­cy and there is nothing in place to show that a government is in power. Somebody is manag­ing the country as a sole administrator. This is how Hitler ...

Since the death of Miss Oluchi Anekwe, a third-year Accounting student at the University of Lagos, the university’s Medical Centre has remained the subject of widespread criticism and ridicule. Both the students of the university and members of the Anekwe family have insisted that Oluchi who was rushed to the Medical Centre in a taxi was alive at the time she arrived the hospital, and would have in fact survived had the medical officials attended to her promptly. Last week, a student who identified herself as Damilola told Saturday  Tribune  that medical officials at the Centre had done nothing to save Anekwe’s life. “She could have been saved; they were asking us for her ID card at the Medical Centre. How could they be asking for her ID card when they saw it was an emergency? They were delaying us, asking us to go and get her ID card. Five minutes is enough to save a life; if she was not a UNILAG student, would we all have gathered there? And even if she was...

Supporters and loyalists of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki have engaged in vigil and fasting.Punchreports . One of the conveners of the prayers, Mr. Kayode Yusuf, who is popularly called ‘Maja,’ in an interview with our correspondent in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital on Saturday, said prayer sessions were being held all over the state, especially in the Ilorin motropolis. He said he had mobilised over 500 Muslim clerics while about 1,000, including the Chief Iman of Ilorin, Mohammad Solihu were praying in different areas in the state for Saraki’s victory. “Yusuf, who is the convener of ‘Maja Elders Forum’, called on President Buhari to intervene and prevent the polity from being over-heated.He expressed the hope that Saraki’s travail would soon be over.Yusuf said,   “We in Kwara are powerless. The only thing we can do is to support him (Saraki) with prayers. We have no money, soldiers, police or any other security apparatus. We are just ordin...

The Warri Traditional Council of Chiefs yesterday at Ode-Itsekiri in Warri, Delta state officially announced the death of the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwase II. After announcing the demise of the Olu, Chief Yahya Pessu, member, Olu Advisory Council and other chiefs also announced Godfrey Ikenwoli Emiko (pictured left above) as the Olu-designate. Chief Pessu said the Itsekiri people world wide will immediately proceed on a three months mourning period and as part of the mourning activities, they will be expected to wear their clothes inside-out; that is to tie their traditional wrappers upside down. “All Itsekiri adults both male and female will put their clothes inside out throughout this period of mourning. No party, no drumming or merriment of any sort in Itsekiri land, until the burial is over and new Olu installed” he said.

The Esama of Benin, Sir Gabriel Osawaru Igbinedion turned 81 last week and had a party at his South African palatial home yesterday September 19th. The King of Zulu Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, Musician Victor Uwaifo, his son and former Edo state governor Lucky Igbinedion as well as his children and grandchildren were in attendance. Continue to see more photos..   Photo credit: Dele Momodu

Boko Haram members fled their camps abandoning vehicles, flags and foodstuff at Kotambe Kote and Jere axis after Nigerian troops launched an attack last week. Also, troops of 101 Battalion along with members of Nigeria Police Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) team, yesterday successfully detonated 2 bicycles laden with primed Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) at Awaisari village near Alou Dam. Continue to see more photos...

Malnourished children rescued from Boko haram captivity in the Bama axis of Borno state. 62 people were rescued by Nigerian troops. They are being catered for by troops pending the intervention of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Continue to see more photos below

About 50 Senators cutting across different political parties in the senate, convened an emergency meeting in Abuja yesterday September 19th where they discussed the Code of Conduct Tribunal's invitation to Senate President Bukola Saraki over his alleged false declaration of assets. Daily Trust reports that the senators at the meeting exonerated President Buhari of being behind the current crisis facing the senate President but accused "a cabal" within the presidency who they say is instigating the government institutions against Senate President Saraki. Rising from the meeting which lasted for about 4 hours with some senators joining the meeting via telephone, the convener of the meeting, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah said they had unanimously resolved to support the anti-corruption war of President Buhari and also to deal decisively with the cabal “We have resolved to use all available powers under the constitution to ensure that no cabal exists and r...

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Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram militants on Friday resurfaced along Maiduguri-Damaturu highway, where they waylaid two passenger buses and killed scores on board, security and witnesses said. Confirming the incident through an SMS, the Commissioner of Police, Borno State Command, Aderemi J. Opadokun, said three passengers were killed in the attack. “At about 1130hour on Friday, Boko Haram terrorists attacked a passenger vehicle at Malori village near Mainok in Kaga LGA. Two women and a man were killed. However, the situation was brought under control by troops in the area,” Opadokun said. But an eyewitness said the victims were more than two, adding that their vehicle was able to escape the ambush. “The gunmen who covered their faces with turbans suddenly appeared on the route, shooting a passenger bus heading to Maiduguri and another one going out of the metropolis,” he said. “They ordered passengers on board to come down and shot some of them to dea...

Left is what Senator  Bukola   Saraki 's Twitter bio looked like before he became Senate president. He's always had 'Member of the APC' on his bio on twitter until he removed it yesterday Saturday, Sept. 19 following the issue he's been having with the powers that be in the ruling party and his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. But Saraki says he's still a card carrying member of the party