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Donald Trump’s campaign manager has blamed Hillary Clinton for the backlash to Melania Trump’s convention speech, which had strong similarities with Michelle Obama’s convention address 8 years ago. In interviews and at a press conference today, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign manager defended Melania Trump and accused Clinton of making it an issue.  "There’s a political tint to this whole issue,"  Manafort said. "We’ve noted that the Clinton camp was the first to get it out there and trying to say that there was something untoward about the speech that Melania Trump gave. It’s just another example, as far as we’re concerned, that when Hillary Clinton is threatened by a female, the first thing she does is try to destroy the person." He also made the same argument while speaking to CNN. "This is once again an example of when a woman threatens Hillary Clinton, how she seeks out to demean her and take her down,...

The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party’s national caretaker committee, Ahmed Makarfi, has called for institutional reforms to shield security votes from abuse. Mr. Makarfi, a former governor of Kaduna State, gave the advice in an interview with journalists on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said it was important “to set up a machinery for an institutional reform on how security votes are managed”. “This affects not only the federal government, because if you come down to the states, you are going to find similar happenings,” he said. “Even local government chairmen have security votes and you are going to find that their expenditure follows similar pattern.” Mr. Makarfi also spoke on the corruption war embarked by the Federal Government, saying that the war was not politically-motivated. He however cautioned against targeting the wrong people so as not to derail the anti-corruption war. According to him, the government and security agencies hav...

Yesterday Dino Melaye shared a post on his Facebook wall alleging that his colleague, Remi Tinubu had given Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kemi Nelson N75million to organise a rally against him. Reacting to the report, Kemi Nelson said it was false. In a statement she personally signed and released today July 19th, Nelson said she doesn't need to collect money from Remi Tinubu or her husband, Bola Tinubu whom are her mentors, to stage a protest. She however confirmed that she and a group of women will be staging a protest in Abuja tomorrow against Dino Melaye “We are moving to Abuja in full force to be part of this protest against Melaye for harassing a woman of substance like Senator Tinubu, whose family paid a huge price for our democracy. Our democracy is still nascent and we must do everything within our power to protect it. We should not allow people like Melaye to rubbish what took years and cost us several lives to achieve. What...

This is the current state of Faulks Road - a major link road to Ariaria International Market in Aba, Abia State. The concerned citizens who took these photos shared them on Social Media. The government has however released a statement, saying reconstruction work is about to begin on the road and Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, will perform the flag off ceremony. See more photos below

Oluremi Tinubu, the senator representing Lagos Central, has petitioned the leaderships of the All Progressives Congress and the Senate over her clash, last week, with Dino Melaye, who represents Kogi West. The petition followed an earlier letter to the acting Inspector of Police, Ibrahim Idris, in which she asked for “adequate security” for fear Mr. Melaye might kill her. The two senators, who are members of the ruling APC, clashed during a Senate closed-door session last Tuesday. In Mrs. Tinubu’s letters, separately delivered to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and APC Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, Tuesday, she expressed worry that the Senate leadership had not taken action to address Mr. Melaye’s “threatening misconduct”. She gave her account of the clash. “I was duly recognized to speak by the Senate President, after Senator Dino Melaye had spoken and berated some Senate colleagues over their perceived roles in the judicial case involving ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to discerning Nigerians to ignore orchestrated attempts to sully the integrity of ministers and other senior government officials, who are being tarred with the brush of corruption without any concrete evidence. Reacting to reports, particularly by online media, that the immediate past Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), who is also Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, is being investigated over crude oil swap deals and gas liftings during his tenure as GMD of the petroleum corporation, President Buhari appealed for decent and civilized comments, particularly when it has to do with the integrity of those who are serving the country. "Terrible and unfounded comments about other people's integrity are not good. We are not going to spare anybody who soils his hands, but people should please wait till such individuals are indicted," the Presi...

Unless President Muhammadu Buhari’s government rises to the occasion, a politically-motivated religious crisis is underway that may threaten Nigeria’s unity, credible sources within Nigeria’s intelligence community have said.  They identified the Federal Capital Territory, Niger, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Plateau and Benue States as being at high risk.  Confiding in SaharaReporters, the sources, who comprise top investigators and surveillance operatives, expressed concern over the lack of proactive action by the government to tame the danger, which is said to be at the instance of certain interests in Nigeria. They also drew attention to the high rate of arms-proliferation in satellite areas of Abuja and the six States identified. They said certain elements that are indirect vendors of the vested interests are social media platforms as tools of incitement, and that this is already well-documented.  In addition, they said that there are loc...

Zenith Bank has categorically denied any part in the funding of the 2014 governorship election effort of now Ekiti State governor, Ayo Fayose. In a letter of Disclosure to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), the bank said it did not fund the election which returned Fayose to power as governor, nor any other election in the country. “As a policy the bank does not make political donations or fund any political association or party,” it said in response to an administrative inquiry by the NSE. It added that as a financial institution, it only maintains a very cordial relationship with the authorities of all States where it has business offices, including Ekiti. “The bank's only branch in Ekiti State predates the assumption of office of the current· Administration,” it noted. “Moreover, the bank does not hold any business account of Ekiti State till date. There was therefore, no incentive to fund the election as alleged.” The bank stated ...

The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army’s 1st Division, Adeniyi Oyebade, a major general, authorized last December’s military operation that massacred at least 347 members of the Shi’a Muslim group in Zaria, and should be prosecuted, a judicial commission of inquiry into the killings, has said in its final report. The commission of inquiry, set up by the Kaduna State government, indicted Mr. Oyebade and other senior army officers for the attack, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. The panel’s report was submitted to Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on Friday, but its details are yet to be made public. The killings drew worldwide condemnations, and several investigative reports said hundreds of people were killed by government troops and secretly buried in a mass grave in Zaria, Kaduna State. The Shi’a Islamic movement said it lost more than a thousand members in the attack that took place between December 12 and 14 at its headquarters in Zaria. A representa...

The Daily Sun - The Senate Minority Leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio said he was not making clandestine moves to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State. Senator Akpabio while speaking exclusively to Daily Sun through his media aide, Anietie Ekong, said he was aware of the rumours, especially in the social media of his attempts to cross carpet and join the ruling APC. Ekong said Akpabio’s camp was aware of the rumours, but stressed that the rumours were being spread by APC propagandists. He said Akpabio was working with other PDP leaders to ensure that the party became formidable again. He could not be participating in solution-seeking meetings of the PDP while planning to defect to APC, he maintained. But the state chapter of the APC said though Akpabio had yet to formally apply to become a member of the party, he had been making overtures to some senior members of the party. The state Public...

Two pilots were arrested and dragged out of the cockpit by police just minutes before take off in Glasgow after passengers on an AirTransat flight reported that the pair exhibited abnormal behavior. The flight was due to take off on Monday from Glasgow to Toronto and contained 250 people on board when it was aborted... Officers arrested the men, aged 37 and 39 and accused them of being “impaired through alcohol”. A spokeswoman said:  “Police Scotland can confirm two men aged 39 and 37 years have been arrested in relation to being allegedly impaired through alcohol under the Railway and Transport Safety Act 2003 (Section 93).” The Canadian airline confirmed the arrest of its employees and said the flight had been rescheduled and passengers put up in hotels. A spokesman said to The Sun UK:  “Air Transat has learned of the arrest on July 18 of two crew members assigned to its Glasgow-Toronto flight. We will await the results...

Facebook user Victor Daniel claims after masturbating for the most part, he broke up with his ex girlfriend, sister Ifeoma, who was a member of the Lords Chosen church and refused to have sex with him while they were dating. 

Television and film producer Benjamin Ogunbodede, has narrated how some police officers in Lagos followed him to the ATM to collect a N10,000 bribe on July 16th. Speaking to  Sahara Reporters , Benjamin said he was on his way home last Friday July 15th when he picked up a lady who was going his way. As he approached his destination, he drove into a checkpoint mounted by some mobile police officers. He was puled over and asked to hand over his drivers license which he gave to them. They also asked for him to open his boot which he did. Seeing that he had nothing incriminating on him, the next question was his connection with the lady in his car. He said she was just someone he offered a lift. The officers then accused him of kidnapping and human trafficking. "I told them I was just giving her a lift since I was going in the same direction," he said Not impressed with his explanation, the police officers ordered him to get into his car and drive to t...

Bella Hadid, sister to top-model Gigi Hadid who has been enjoying a luxurious getaway with friends at St. Barts was pictured wearing an eye-popping bandage-style bikini as she frolicked in the sea. She also shared a sexy snap of herself lying on a sun lounger, showing off her hot bikini body. More photos below.

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the murderers of late Olalekan Ogunranti, Managing Director, Todays prints Ltd. The late Olalekan Ogunranti was kidnapped on May 16, 2016 by some unknown gunmen in Osun State. The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris on assumption of office ordered the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the IGP’s Monitoring Unit to take over the matter and ensure the arrest of the culprits in record time. The Intelligence Response Team swung into action using all the technical resources of the Force available to them for the arrest of five prime suspects. These include: Asimiyu Agboola, Adesina Meyidan, Ramoni Afolabi, Akeem Akorede, Coker Daniel. Coker Daniel, one of the suspects and a 32 year old graduate, in his confessional statement led IRT operatives to Ibukun River in Ibukun local government area of Osun state where the mutilated body of the late Olalekan Ogunranti was recovered and deposited at LAUTECH Oshogbo as other...

Donald Trump's campaign team has issued a statement on the controversy surrounding his wife Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland last night. The keynote speech by Melanie contained two passages which match nearly word for word the speech that Michelle Obama delivered at the Democratic National Convention nearly 8 years ago.  "In writing her beautiful speech, Melania's team of writers took notes on her life's inspirations, and in some instances included fragments that reflected her own thinking," Trump spokesman Jason Miller said. "Melania's immigrant experience and love for America shone through in her speech, which made it such a success," Miller added. It was a success

As Ronaldo continues to recover from the injury he suffered in the EURO 2016 final, it has been revealed the Madrid star may wait until September 11 to make his first appearance for the club. Ronaldo who was pictured wearing a knee brace this week is set to miss Real Madrid's first three matches against Sevilla on August 9 in addition to two La Liga fixtures against Real Sociedad and Celta Vigo. His earliest appearance could come on September 11th when Madrid welcome Osasuna to the Santiago Bernabeu. The 31-year-old is also set to miss out on the opening game of Portugal's 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign against Switzerland.

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