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NFL player Russell Wilson and singer Ciara are now officially man and wife and can now officially consummate their relationship! Lol. The two tied the knot at Peckforton Castle in Liverpool, England in front of friends and family. She wore a Roberto Cavalli dress. Both Jennifer Hudson and Kelly Rowland were among the select few invited to the wedding. More photos below...

Alaafin Of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III is pictured with his youngest wife, Ayaoba Ajoke

A Nigerian migrant was beaten to death in a racist attack by a right-wing football fan in a central Italian town, officials said Wednesday.  Emmanuel Chidi, 36, was walking with his girlfriend in the heart of the small town of Paolo Calcinora on Tuesday, when they had racial abuse heaped on them by the supporter of a local football club, the Agi news agency reported.  That led to an altercation and Chidi was brutally beaten on the head until he fell to the ground. He never recovered consciousness and died in hospital on Wednesday. “As mayor of a town that is welcoming and open to integration, I feel I’m living in a nightmare,” the town’s mayor said.  Chidi had been living in the area for eight months and was lodged in a shelter run by Catholic charity Caritas. His girlfriend had lost her baby after a perilous Mediterranean crossing. Hundreds of migrants arrive daily in Italy.  The Italian interior ministry said last week that...

A People Democratic Party (PDP) governor elect in Abia State, Dr Uche Ogah, on Wednesday said his demand to be sworn in as the governor was not borne out of desperation. He said contrary to impression being created, his case against Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was far from being an ambush. According to him, his victory at the court is valid and not “a hurriedly executed legal ambush for the acquisition of political power as being insinuated by some persons.” “My case is strongly anchored on facts, and the refusal of Ikpeazu to respond to the core issues and his resort to propaganda speaks volumes,” Ogah said. At a briefing in Lagos through his counsel Mr Monday Ubani, Ogah said his case predated Ikpeazu’s swearing in as governor and had reached the Supreme Court before returning to the lower court. Ogah said his claim was that Ikpeazu was not eligible to participate in the primaries on the basis that he failed to pay his taxes as and when due as required by th...

On the 28th of June, 2016. Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja sacked the present Gov of Abia State Dr Okezie Ikpeazu From office because of tax forgery and the judge instructed  INEC to give Uche Ogah, who came second during the PDP primaries in Abia State a certificate of return. The issue is that both men are from the same party and they are fighting over who will be the rightful Governor of Abia State. So because of this, the hash tag #OgahIsPdPAbiaIsPdP is now trending on twitter and Nigerians are reacting to it

Niger Delta Avengers Tuesday accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, of plotting to remove Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and replace him with Uche Ogah, who is allegedly loyal to the party.  The militant group, which opened a new twitter, Tuesday, account after its previous account was shut down, Monday, said it was watching the development in Imo state. On the shut down of its twitter account, it said: “U stop our account, you can’t stop our struggle.” It stated:”We will never back out of the struggle. The struggle continues.”  On the planned dialogue by the federal government, the group said: “We don’t need money from anybody for dialogue.”  “The only way peace will reign in Nigeria is by referendum to determine the fate of Nigeria,” it reiterated.  In a series of tweets Tuesday, the militant group also announced to its followers that it was back after the shutdown. Source: Vanguard

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned Niger Delta militants that the sovereignty of Nigeria is not negotiable. He has therefore asked them to accept that fact and support peaceful efforts to turn Nigeria around. Here are the highlights of his message to the restive Niger Delta region: 1. The President warned militants in the Niger Delta region calling for the emancipation of the region to desist, stressing that the country’s unity is not negotiable. 2. The task of keeping Nigeria as one indivisible entity was a task that must be done by everyone. 3. The President used the opportunity to advice those who had in time past looted public funds to return their loots because he will not stop the anti-graft war. 4. Buhari noted that the government have to concentrate on the militants, know how many of them in terms of groupings 5. The administration also has to get in touch with their leadership and persuade them to give Niger...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC) has released the full detail of its fraud case against Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State. The details, contained in an affidavit filed by the anti-graft commission, show how N1.21 billion out of N2.26 billion paid to the account of Slyvan Mcnamara Limited, a company linked to the sons of the immediate past Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, by the Office of the National Security Adviser during the last administration, was traced to Mr. Fayose’s accounts in Zenith Bank. The affidavit, which detailed how the governor received kickbacks from Ekiti contractors, was filed in response to a suit instituted by the governor at a Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti, seeking an order directing the EFCC to unblock his accounts with Zenith Bank. The EFCC had frozen the governor’s account after it claimed the N1.21 billion was paid into the governor’s account for the prosecution of his election in 2014. Tosin Owobo, an o...

NIGER Delta Avengers, NDA, shifted its hostilities from Delta State to Rivers State, Wednesday, blowing up a Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, pipeline at Eleme leading to the Nigeria Liquefied National Gas, NLNG in the state.  The militant group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying on its Facebook page NDavengers: “By 3.00 am, yesterday, strike team 2, carried out a major strike, bombing NNPC pipeline at Eleme leading to NLNG. You won’t stop us.” Meanwhile, the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, yesterday, threatened to set seven flow stations ablaze in Bayelsa state.  However, the Egbesu Boys of Niger Delta, a militant group said that the ongoing warfare in the Niger Delta region was an Ijaw fight for self-determination and not Niger Delta struggle as generally assumed by many. Before the Rivers attack, NDA daringly posted at about 8.12 pm on its Facebook page: “Another major pipe about to go up in flames! Brass, LNG, ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied report that he has declared intention and interest to contest the 2019 election. The report on an online medium not Vanguard or vanguardngr.com stated that Jonathan declared his interest to run for presidency in 2019 in Bayelsa on Wednesday (today). But Jonathan’s media aide, Ikechuwkw Eze, in a phone conversation denied the reports as false. The aide stated that he Jonathan never made any declaration on 2019 election.

A group of militants, under the aegis of Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has vowed to deal with Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson if he continued to owe workers their salaries. The group described Dickson’s inability to pay local government workers for over 13 months, pensioners for about nine months and workers in the state university, Niger Delta University (NDU) for about seven months as unacceptable. The group in a statement said after its meeting in Yenagoa, it also resolved to attack more flow stations to express its displeasure in the inability of the Federal Government to address the challenges confronting the Niger Delta region. Those who endorsed the statement for the group identified themselves as ‘General’ Torunanaowei Latei (Creek Network Coordinator); ‘General’ Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro (Pipeline Bleeding Expert); ‘General’ Akotebe Darikoro (Commander, General Duties) and ‘General’ Pulokiri Ebikade (Intelligence Bureau). The group said: “We are w...

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), says it received a distress call via the CRM on Wednesday regarding an accident at Alakija area in Lagos. Investigation conducted by the agency’s Emergency Response Team at the scene of the incident revealed that a 40ft container with reg number KRD 526 XP lost its brake and rammed into a commercial mini bus with reg number EPE 972 XH, as well as okada riders at the bus stop. LASEMA officials at Cappa in conjunction with the Lagos state fire service, the Nigeria police force, Lastma officials, FRSC, LASAMBUS and officials of CCECC Construction Company were involved in the recovery operation. LASEMA spokesman, Kehinde Adebayo, in a statement sent to DAILY POST said the commercial mini-van and seven commercial motorcycles (Okada) were badly damaged as a result of the accident. “Five persons were involved in the accident comprising 3 dead (all male, adult) while 2 persons sustained severe injuries...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari was using an equally corrupt Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stamp out corruption in Nigeria, insisting that the President must start the corruption fight from his party and immediate aides since charity begins from home. The governor said; “EFCC opinions remain their opinions and if they are so sure of whatever information they have, they should go to court and stop subjecting Nigerians to media trial and that no amount of media trial from the same elements that orchestrated my removal in 2006 can erode my popularity among Ekiti people.” He said any property that may be linked to him or his company was bought legitimately and that his properties were duly declared in his assets declaration form and sources of such funds were not illicit. In a release issued on Wednesday by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Ler...

Oscar Pistorius, South African Paralympic champion, has been sentenced to six years in prison for the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Thokozile Masipa, the judge, who presided over the case, convicted the sportsman for murder. “It was a noble gesture of Pistorius to offer to do community service,” she held. “But punishment is not what you choose to do. It ought to be painful. A long-term imprisonment will not serve justice. “No sentence will please everyone. Nothing will bring back the deceased. The life of the accused will never be the same. He is a fallen hero … He cannot be at peace.” She said she was not surprised to hear him described as a broken man. She cited “a number of aggravating factors” in the case — including that Pistorius fired “not one but four” shots into the bathroom knowing there was someone inside. However, she disagreed with the notion that Pistorius had failed to show remorse by noting that he had tried to apologise t...

Lionel Messi, the Argentina and Barcelona ace striker has been sentenced to 21-month imprisonment for tax fraud. A court in Barcelona court found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a statement from the court on Wednesday said. The court also sentenced the Argentine soccer player’s father, Jorge, to 21 months in prison for the same three crimes. The sentence can be appealed through the Spanish supreme court, the statement said. Under Spanish laws, a prison sentence under two years can be served under probation, meaning Messi and his father are unlikely to go to jail. The court ordered Messi to pay a fine of around 2 million euros ($2.21 million) and his father to 1.5 million euros for the crimes.

President Buhari observed the Eid el-Fitr prayers at the Mambilla Barrack, Abuja, this morning. See more photos below...

After his Eid prayers at Mambilla Barracks, President Buhari received Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Christian and Muslim leaders who came to celebrate the sallah with him at the State House Abuja...

Nollywood actress, Bukky AjayI, has reportedly passed on. Ajayi died today, July 6 at the age of 82. The ailing movie icon who had been confined to a wheel chair, died about forty minutes ago. A reliable source told DAILY POST that “She has been battling with a heart-related disease.” Bukky made her last public appearance at the 2016 AMVCA in March where she won the AMVCA Merit Award.

Three armed robbers specialized in robbing innocent people in both Obukpa community and University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, were arrested and paraded naked early this morning. Another photo below Photo Credit: Facebook - Ogara Harrison

82-year-old Veteran actress, Bukky Ajayi passed away today Wednesday 6th of July, at her residence in Surulere, Lagos. Celebs including Darey Art Alade, Mercy Aigbe Gentry, Ibinabo Fiberesima, Yvonne Jegede, Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi, Kunle Remi, Muyiwa Ademola, Elvina Ibru, Joke Silva, Grace Ama, Darey Art Alade, Rita Dominic and more shared tributes to her via Social Media. See them below...