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No fewer than two permanent secretaries and about six substantive directors (names withheld), serving in the Imo State civil service, have been summarily suspended by Governor Rochas Okorocha, for alleged fraudulent acts. Government’s action, which was aired severally on the airwaves of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation, IBC, Owerri, also ordered the affected officials to immediately handover to the most senior staff in their respective establishments. Governor Okorocha equally warned heads of accounts and directors of administration that they would henceforth, be held liable for any maladministration or fraudulent acts in their respective establishments. Vanguard gathered that one of the affected officials, who allegedly defrauded the state government to the tune of N45 million, may be handed over to the anti-graft agency for interrogation and possible prosecution. It was also gathered that apart from being forced to proceed on indefinite suspension witho...

The possible resignation of the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, should not come as a surprise to Nigerians. A source told DAILY POST on Wednesday that the boss of the apex bank was getting tired of the approach of President Muhammadu Buhari to fiscal and monetary issues. “There are possibilities of Emefiele leaving the post because of the state of the economy. But the one that unsettles him the most is an order by the president to change the colour of Naira notes,” our source said. Buhari’s directive is a reminder of his anti-corruption measures as military Head of State between 1984 and 1985. ‘Buharinomics’, as called, was stringently implemented to revive the slumbering banking industry and curb local currency hoarding. Buhari ordered that the colour of the Naira notes be changed, forcing all holders of old notes to exchange them at banks within a limited period. DAILY POST gathered that Emefiele, reluctant to implement Buhari’s...

The General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi has charged Nigerians to shun night clubs, cultism and other social vices. Kumuyi made the call while speaking on the topic “The Supernatural Beginning of a Better Future,” at the ongoing Lagos City-wide Crusade in Agege, Lagos. According to P.M News, he urged Nigerians to root out the habit of night clubbing, cultism and other negative social pastimes from their lives and surrender to Jesus who has the power to break the negative habits from their lives.  "Every plant that has not been planted in your life shall be rooted out. You would have gone to school, but night club will not allow you; you would have earned money but roaming about will not allow you. The original plan and purpose of God for your life will be fulfilled. People could not get the original plan God has for them because there has been a derailment. Satan, the society and sin conspired to derail your life with ...

No fewer than 150 pilgrims were killed today September 24th in a stampede at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. According to reports, 400 other pilgrims were injured in the stampede which happened in Mina, on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca. It is believed that the death toll will rise as most of those injured are said to be in critical condition. This sad incident comes weeks after a crane accident left over 100 people dead in a mosque in Mecca.

Scene of the incident There was pandemonium in Osogbo, Osun State, on Wednesday, as two kids of the same mother were burnt to death when Bovas Filling Station in front of Osogbo Grammar School, went up in flames. It was gathered that the victims were children of the owner of the filling station. The mother of the kids was also said to have suffered burns in the process of trying to rescue them. Although she was said to have succeeded in rescuing one, she lost the two kids to the mysterious fire. The remains of the kids were said to have been deposited at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Mortuary, while their mum was taken to the same hospital for treatment. Eyewitnesses said the woman and her three children were inside the mini market attached to the filling station when the fire started. The woman was said to have escaped with one of the kids, but the other two kids were burnt alive. One of the eyewitnesses said the two kids dodged beside a ...

The owner of the truck that fell and killed three people at Ojuelegba area of Lagos State, on September 2, Kilani Ojo Adesanya, alongside the driver of the truck, Wasiu Adeleke, are to spend another 20 days in prison. The extension of their remand resulted from the objection raised by their counsel, Mr. W. O. Toriola, who vehemently opposed that their plea be taken in a consolidated charge against the duo. At the resumed hearing of the matter yesterday, the prosecutor, Inspector Chinalu Uwadione, informed the court of an application by the police to substitute the charges against each of the defendants. But their counsel, Toriola objected, saying that the business of the day was for the court to rule on their bail application. Toriola also informed the court that the police cannot apply for the substitution of the charges rather such can only be consolidated. He therefore prayed the court for an adjournment, to enable him file a formal application in ...

The Naira, yesterday, depreciated slightly against the Dollar at the parallel market, dropping by N2. The currency traded N222, N350 and N256 against the Dollar, Pounds and Euro, respectively. On Monday and Tuesday, it traded at N220, N345 and N252 against the Dollar, Pounds and Euro respectively. However, the official interbank rate remained at N197 to the Dollar. Mr. Harrison Owoh, a bureau de change operator, said in Lagos that the Naira’s drop in value was connected to Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s failure to sell enough foreign currencies. He said that parallel market operators had expected the apex bank to sell more foreign currencies before the Eid el-Kabir break. Owoh said that the currency may depreciate further due to the long break associated with Muslims’ celebration.

The office of the National Security Adviser, NSA, has issued a security alert on the likelihood of Boko Haram attack on Lagos seaports. The alert was as a result of the concern expressed by the United States Embassy on the security situation at the nation’s seaports. The security alert was signed by Assistant Comptroller General of Customs in charge of Enforcement and Intelligence, Mr. Dan Ugo, on behalf of the Comptroller General, Col. Hameed Ali (retd). Following the security alert, the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has begun the restriction of persons into its various commands and formations in Lagos. The development has brought about an increase in the level of security checks at all access points into the ports. Meanwhile, the leadership of the Port Facility Security Officer Forum has also warned its members to increase surveillance on their facilities and reduce the number of people into their premises. Since last week, a long queue of clearing agent...

Article written by Peregrino Brimah of ENDs.ng  Many have been puzzled and piqued over this question. How did the new Buhari/Osinbajo government suddenly and rather drastically improve the power situation in Nigeria literally overnight? Apart from Asari-Dokubo and the people of Borno, most Nigerians have celebrated stretches of uninterrupted power like never before. My niece and nephew were overheard arguing on if it had been a full 24 hours of uninterrupted light. One said it was, the other said it was over 20 hours but not 24. In the past they barely had 20 hours of light per week. It's been so across Nigeria, an unexplained miracle of the new "change" government. Some die-hard Jonathanians have claimed the glory, "Jonathan did it," they say, "after all has Buhari repaired any power plant?" Some have even accused Buhari and Osinbajo of sabotage, claiming they kept the power down for the 16 years of PDP to pave way for th...

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has blamed Governor Olusegun Mimiko, for the abduction of the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae. The APC said this in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, on Wednesday. The party also berated the governor for the high rate of kidnapping, rape, robbery, extrajudicial killing and other social vices in the state. The APC noted that Falae was kidnapped in his farm in the Akure area of the state. The party said other people had been kidnapped around the farm about two weeks ago and a security report was given to the governor but Mimiko and the police authorities failed to act. The statement read in part, “About three weeks ago, specifically on September 2, 2015, around Chief Olu Falae’s farm in Ala village, Akure- North Local Government area of the state, a farmer, Mr. Adediran Adejo, was kidnapped from his farm. Adejo was in captivity for several days and was not relea...

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Former minister of state for Education, Kenneth Gbagi, has asked Senate President Bukola Saraki to resign as Senate president following his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Speaking to journalists in Abuja yesterday September 23rd, Gbagi said;  "We have a problem in Nigeria where we don’t have people of honor, dignity and integrity. The mere fact that the senate president has lied by doing anticipatory declaration indicates that he has no business being a senate president living with tax payers money. Nigerians will not have faith in anything that comes out of his senate that is shared or presented by that kind of person. The entire international community will not believe in the passage of any Bill under his leadership. He (Saraki) cannot be seen to sit in that house now as senate president because whatever he does questions the integrity of the entire senate"he said However while reacting to Gbagi's call for Saraki's resignation, the special a...

Contrary to what CBN said about giving Enugu State N4.207 billion as bail-out funds designed by the Federal Government for payment of workers salary arrears,the state government yesterday,denied to have received any fund. Reports indicated last week that the state was among five additional states that have received bail-out funds from CBN. According to Vanguard,the Chief Press Secretary to the governor,Mr. Uwakwe Abugu contacted the Commissioner of Finance and faulted the CBN’s position, adding that the state was not owing workers salaries. Abugu said: The government is not owing worker’s salaries. The bail-out accruable to Enugu State is meant for the payment of pension arrears and salaries due to casual workers. “The CBN has placed conditions for states to access the  bail-out. The state executive council must meet and approve the bail-out. It will then be sent to the House of Assembly for consenting and an Irrevocable Standing Payment Ord...

A 30-year-old Beninoise man, Samuel Francis, stabbed 35-year-old Clement Houme to death in Lagos, during a fight over a pig for a birthday celebration. According to reports, Samuel had been contracted by a relative of the deceased, identified as Victoria, to kill the pig for her birthday celebration. When Houme got there with his brother, he asked the celebrant where they got the pig from,  accusing them of stealing the pig. According to Punch, an argument ensued among the three men, and in the ensuing scuffle, Samuel stabbed the victim with the knife he brought to slaughter the pig with. Houme  reportedly died from his injuries. Samuel, who was also injured, was first treated before he was arrested by policemen from the Tarkwa Bay Police Division. Samuel that Huome had first attacked his brother. He said: “I have my family in Cotonou, but I came to Lagos in 2010 to hustle. I was in my house on Saturday when I was called to kill a pig mean...

An elderly man's sweet serenade to his dying wife while in hospice care is warming the hearts of viewers across the globe. Erin Solari recorded her grandfather Howard Serena, 92, singing "You'll Never Know" by Rosemary Clooney and Harry James to his wife Laura, 93, on Sept. 12. Laura currently suffers from dementia. "We knew that this was probably the last time, so we wanted to capture that moment," Solari told ABC News today. "It was really loving. "For me, right after the video, I was so overcome," Solari added. "I broke down and started crying. I was so happy that I'd captured this moment for my family. It touched me, so it doesn't surprise me that it touched other people as well." The elderly couple have nine children and 18 grandchildren. They've been married for 73 years. Solari's heart-warming video was a hit on social media.   "It [the video] was posted minutes after it happened ...

Ohio Police are investigating the death of an 8-month-old boy who was found dead in a car at a Walmart parking lot here Wednesday. According to the Macedonia Police Department, a parent or guardian drove the family's four children to a day care center at around 8 a.m. Three of the children got out of the car at the day care, but the 8-month-old was left in a car seat. Three to four hours later, the child’s grandmother drove the vehicle to her job at Walmart. The woman reportedly did not look in the back of the vehicle and did not see the baby. Around 5:30 p.m., the baby's mother called the grandmother to say that she couldn't find the baby. When the grandmother went out to the parking lot to check the vehicle, she found the baby dead. A portion of the parking lot was closed Wednesday night while police searched the vehicle at the scene. The car was towed shortly after 8 p.m., and the parking lot reopened.

Actor Jim Iyke got to meet the son of human rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. He met with Martin Luther King Jr III, Dee Dawkins-Haigler, leader of the ATL Black cacus, Georgia House of rep member below

One of Barack Obama's cousins, 57 year old Marie Auma, is suing the Met Police for £400,000 pounds over claims that her colleagues subjected her to harassment and passing gas next to her desk.  She told a court that officers and staff at Southwark Police Station conspired to harass and bully her with two officers regularly passing gas near her in a "primitive" and "loud" manner. Lol. She claims she was constantly belittled and humiliated between 2007 and 2009. She said the harassment began in 2007 when she was refused leave to visit her 2 brothers' graves after they died in a car crash in Kenya and ended in her being medically retired with mental health difficulties, the court heard. Ms Auma is suing for £400,000 compensation in a trial at Central London County Court. The Met denies liability. Judge Simon Freeland QC heard Ms Auma, whose job involved liaising with crime victims on the Telephone Investigations Bureau, had been the victim ...

Onalaja, Oluwakemi and Dele Lagos state police have arrested Mr. Olawale Onalaja, a traditional-medicine doctor for allegedly selling a one week-old baby to a couple Dele and Oluwakemi Ayangbile, for N300,000 in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos. It  was  learnt that the 29 year old mother of the baby, Idiat Babatunde, had her baby on September 5th. Then on Sept 13th, she had a misunderstanding with her Husband, Akinola Babatunde, and because she had to travel to school for her convocation, she took the 8 days old baby to Onalaja, who was supposed  to be a family friend and asked him to watch the infant until she returned from school, a Polytechnic in Osun State. However, as soon as she left, he contacted the Ayangbiles and sold the baby to them for N300,000. So when Idiat returned from school, she went straight to Onalaja to pick up her baby, however, he lied to her that the baby was in the custody of a government-owned orphanage where he wo...

Parents-to-be Yvonne Spence and John Reynolds who have experienced a difficult pregnancy went for an ultrasound on their unborn baby boy at 32 weeks. After a scare over their baby's movement last week. When they got home, John says:   "We never noticed anything until we got home and looked at the scan picture, as we were more concerned everything was OK with baby." As the couple looked at the image in more detail, they noticed an adult face in the scan picture. John freely admitted his astonishment, he said: "You can clearly see the face of a young man in the scan picture, we can not explain this - and are spooked by it!" John says the face bears no resemblance to anyone on either side of their families, but that it has made him wonder about other spiritual occurrences out there. Their son is due in early November and the excited parents have chosen the name 'Ruairidh' for him, meaning 'red-haired king.' ...