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*CHALLENGES MANY, BUT OPPORTUNITIES MUCH GREATER, SAYS VP OSINBAJO Concerted efforts to address the country's economic challenges intensified as President Muhammadu Buhari's Economic Management Team, EMT, held a consultative forum with a team of notable economic and financial experts at a meeting presided over today by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. At the parley which held at the Presidential Villa, strategies and suggestions on how best to reflate the economy, bring it out of recession and promptly restore growth topped the agenda, with the Vice President expressing the President's determination to continuously consider and adopt policies that would boost business, increase employment and provide succor to the poor and disadvantaged. Speaking at the forum, Prof. Osinbajo said "we will continue to engage with experts and other stakeholders so we can measure progress of the economic policies that have been put in place. The challenges ...

A 21-year-old man is currently in Police custody in Tema, Ghana for attempting to behead his friend for rituals. Charles Ashitey, also known as Zaga was arrested by some residents of Tema Newtown after his attempt to behead his 19-year-old friend, Daniel Norteye, failed.  According to the Police, on 31st July, 2016, Norteye was tired after a dance rehearsal and decided to spend the night in the room of the suspect... However, at about 4:00am, Norteye felt a sharp pain on his neck. He woke only to see the suspect, Ayitey holding a knife and cutting his throat. He then struggled with suspect, which resulted in multiple cuts in the victim’s palm and abdomen but he was eventually able to escape with the knife and was rushed to his aunt’s house where he was taken to the Tema Newtown Police Station to lodge an official complaint. He was then taken to the Tema General Hospital where he was treated and discharged. Further investigations in the ro...

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Nnamdi Kanu has asserted that IPOB is not in the business of betrayal and as such would rather prefer to die than to renounce Biafra and abandon the struggle for its restoration. In a press statement signed by its spokespersons, Emma Nmezu and Dr. Clifford Iroanya, in reaction to the recent statement credited to members of the Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND to the effect that a negotiation could be reached with the federal government to release Kanu and then he would renounce Biafra, IPOB quoted Kanu as saying that Biafra’s restoration is not subject of negotiation. The statement entitled: “Biafra or death”, added that if there should be any form of negotiation at all, it must be centred on asset sharing between Nigeria and Biafra and on the payment of reparations for money stolen from Biafrans by Nigeria through the 1970 twenty pounds deal and other subsequent acts of thievery by Ni...

The Nigeria Police Force today paraded three suspected fraudsters who specialized in duping prominent Nigerians. The suspects namely Abdulrahamn Shuaibu, 21, gang leader, Isiaku Zambuk, 47, and Hassan Haruna, 35 were arrested in Abuja yesterday August 1st. Spokesperson of the police force, Don Awunah while parading the suspects, said they were arrested by operatives attached to the Inspector-General of Police intelligence Response Team, following complaints from prominent Nigerians. The suspects according to Awunah specialised in sending text messages and calling highly placed individuals like ministers, senators among others, demanding huge sums of money. Items recovered from them include cell phones containing the SIM cards, copies of letters of threat addressed to highly placed Nigerians, letters of fraud and list of names and phone numbers and contact of important personalities in Nigeria. The suspects would be arraigned in court on completion...

Chief of Air Staff, Air Mshl Sadique Abubakar recently met with Brig. Gen Mark D Camerer, Brig. Gen, the Director of Plans, Programs and Analyses for HQ U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa, for deliberation on the purchase of Super Tucano aircraft by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Reuters reported in May that the U.S. was seeking to approve a sale of as many as 12 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to Nigeria, to aid the battle against the extremist group Boko Haram. The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano also named ALX or A-29 is a turboprop aircraft designed for light attack, counter insurgency (COIN), close air support, aerial reconnaissance missions in low threat environments, as well as providing pilot training. It is designed to operate in high temperature and humidity conditions in extremely rugged terrain, the Super Tucano is highly maneuverable, has a low heat signature, incorporates fourth generation avionics and weapons sy...

A final year Law student was gunned down earlier today in ongoing clashes between cultists at the Imo State University (IMSU) Owerri. The student whose name was not given, was shot at close range near the Imo State University junction. See the very graphic photos below...

Popular Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka, who runs the Adoration Ministries in the eastern capital, Enugu, has sent a strong message to his friend, President Muhammadu Buhari in his latest sermon. The fiery cleric who became controversially famous after his prediction that Goodluck Jonathan would be swept away by the wind of change in the last presidential election, has blasted the president over the economic hardship sweeping the country resulting from what he defined as poor leadership under the Buhari-led government. The catholic priest said that the president should know that Nigerians may vote him out in the next presidential election, adding that people are clearly getting tired, continuing that he campaigned against the ex-president Jonathan because of the extensive corruption in the last administration in the hope that Buhari’s government would be better after his avowed declaration to fight corruption. “No nation could survive when th...

Pastor Adeboye also advised women not to marry a man who has no job. "Don't marry a man who has no job. Before God gave Adam Eve, he gave him a job. He said this is the garden, keep it. So those who come to you and say sister, thus saith the lord, you are going to be the star in my firmament, ask him what is his job.  If he tells you he is a contractor, ask him to show you evidence of all the contracts he has done because the contract he is talking about is you. He wants to live off you. Don't be a fool. If he hasn't got a steady income, don't marry him. A man is to provide for the house and not the other way round. If he has no income, he should not marry. Those who do not work should not eat and if they can't eat, they can't even marry"he said -Don't Marry a man who has no JOB -A man is to provide for the house, nt d other way round- Pastor Adeboye Daddy GO pic.twitter.com/FxgLKQhHU2 — Kemi Ariyo (@d...

Nigerians on twitter have reacted to Pastor Adeboye's message to people on those to avoid when planning to marry. He advised men not to marry women who cannot cook, pray for at least one hour and are lazy. He advised women not to marry men who do not have jobs. Read HERE See more reactions below

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday, July 31 took to his page to share a photo from a marathon with Nigerian-born Facebook executive Ime Archibong. "Thanks Ime for pretending like we run at the same pace. Fist bump at mile 9! ‪#‎SFHalfMarathon‬" he captioned the photos Archibong is best known as the director of product partnerships at Facebook where he leads a team working to connect the social media's products and strategies with various business partners. The son of Nigerian immigrants, he was raised in North Carolina and holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Yale University and a MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to joining Facebook, Argibong worked at IBM for several years as a software engineer in Tucson, Arizona

In a letter dated August 2, 2016, and sent to President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm nominees into positions of Chairman, Executive Commissioner, and Non-Executive Commissioners of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to an official statement released by Femi Adesina, the presidential special adviser on media and publicity, the president nominated;  1. Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye as Chairman of the commission to represent the South West. 2. Sunday Dare (aide to a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu) as the NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management, to also represent the South West.  Those nominated as Non-Executive Commissioners are:  1. Aliyu Sa’idu Abubakar (North East) 2. Clement Omeiza Baiye (North Central) 3. Okoi Ofem Obono Obla (South South) 4. Ezekiel Yissa (North Central)  5. Ifeanyi Ararume (South East) “T...

Sacked Chairman of House committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin , has replied his colleague, Jagaba Adams Jagaba who accused him of living above his means as a lawmaker. Read Jibrin's statement below: My attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the very corrupt, incompetent and bigot Hon Jagaba Adams where rather than respond to allegations against him or wait for his imminent invitation from the anti corruption agencies, he made a rehearsal of their usual lines of lies to blackmail and tarnish my image. I therefore wish to state as follows That Hon Jagaba Adams is obviously panicking even before seeing the allegations I made on him (allegation against him is not living above means but something else) because he will now face the same anti corruption agencies like EFCC that he terrorized in the past for corrupt and selfish reason.  This is the same Jagaba Adams who as chairman House committee on financial crime was said to have...

A white man, Mike Smith took to Twitter to reiterate the nice gesture of the police officers he came in touch with in Nigeria. In his words: "The Nigerian police are so friendly. We were pulled over twice in the last 10mins just because they wanted to wish us happy weekend. " His tweet has been an object of jokes on social media as Nigerians feel the policemen he came in contact with, actually wanted to be tipped - an illicit practice in the country.

President Buhari received visiting President Patrice Talon of the Republic of Benin at the State house Abuja today August 2nd. See more photos below

Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Interior, Jagaba Adams Jagaba (Pictured left), has accused sacked chairman of the House committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin (right), of living above his means as a lawmaker and a former lecturer. Jagaba is among the lawmakers Abdulmumin Jibrin dragged before the antigraft agencies and police over allegations of budget padding and corruption. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja yesterday August 1st, Jagaba wondered how Abdulmumin who is a lawmaker and a former lecturer live in “ a posh personal apartment at the highbrow Maitama District” of Abuja. “Ordinarily, I would have ignored the said publication, but I am compelled to respond for posterity sake. Without sounding immodest, my anti-corruption crusade dates back to my first term between 1999 and 2003, when I exposed the plot of the Presidency which attempted to bribe Honourable Members for the purposes of effecting a leadership change in the House of Repre...

Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, has expressed fears that the US presidential election may be rigged. Trump will square up against Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party nominee, in the historic election holding in November. Trailing Clinton in the first polls released after the Democratic National Convention, Trump says the United States’ election system may work against him. While speaking with Republican supporters at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Trump said: “I’m afraid the election is going to be rigged, I have to be honest.” The real estate magnate repeated his fears later on Monday night, during an interview on Fox News. “I’m telling you, Nov. 8, we’d better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged. And I hope the Republicans are watching closely or it’s going to be taken away from us.”

Top Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio will host a lunch time fund-raiser for Democratic party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with attendance to the fund-raiser costing a mind boggling $33,400 per person, according to Variety magazine. According to the magazine, the star-studded event is billed for  August 23  and has been titled "Conversation with Hillary" and invites were recently sent out. Only $2,700 from the event will go to Hillary Clinton's campaign. The remainder of the money will go to the Democratic National Committee and to state and local parties. DiCaprio has attended Clinton fundraisers before, most recently in June, when he joined Jennifer Lopez and Sarah Jessica Parker at an event held at Harvey Weinstein’s New York home. Last July he also contributed $2,700 to Clinton’s campaign, the highest donation allowed during the primary.

‎ The federal government has commenced the feeding of “repentant” Boko Haram members as part of their rehabilitation. According to a statement on Tuesday by Sani Datti, spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the agency presented food and non-food items to 800 surrendered insurgents. “The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has presented food and non-food items to the military for Operation Safe Corridor Programme meant to de-radicalise, rehabilitate and re-integrate 800 repented and surrendered Boko Haram insurgents to fast-track peace process in the northeast,” he said. Presenting the items in Gombe, the director-general of NEMA, Muhammad Sani Sidi, said: “The initiative, which is in line with international best practices, allowed those engaged in the fighting to voluntarily surrender and embrace peace so that they undergo rehabilitation.” He said that NEMA would play its role in the programme by providing regular suppo...

An Imo based businessman and contractor, identified as Mr Elui has allegedly displayed the life of a crocodile he caught on Facebook then later killed and prepared it as a meal. According to one Ifeanyi that shared the story on Facebook, Mr Elui called on his friends to join him on the table for the delicious meal he referred to as proteins. See graphic photos below