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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, on Sunday, slammed Ijaw National leader, Chief Edwin Clark for his position on the restructuring and ongoing militancy, saying that the elder statesman lacks the moral authority to be championing for restructuring of the country. MEND, also alleged that Chief Clark and other leaders of the region kept quiet during the 6-year administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement by its spokesman, Jomo Gbomo, on Sunday, the group called on the federal government to ignore the resolution reached at Friday’s Niger Delta stakeholders consultative meeting held at the PTI Conference Centre Effurun, Delta State. The statement said among other things, that the leaders of the region failed to categorically condemn the criminal and treasonable activities of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) which has claimed responsibility for series of attacks on oil facilities in the region. MEND while ...

The remains of former minister of Foreign Affairs, Ojo Maduekwe was laid to rest at his hometown in Asaga, Ohafia local government area of Abia on Saturday August 20th. Former First lady Patience Jonathan, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state and his wife, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senator Orji, Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi and others attended the funeral service which held at the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria. More photos below.

About six lecturers of the Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka have been immediately sacked by the institution’s Governing Council for various offences ranging from extortion, sexual harassment, leaking of examination questions, to bribery and corruption.  The affected lecturers were sacked following recommendation by the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee of the university who indicted the lecturers for the offences. The latest announcement was made through the school's bulletin issued by the management of the institution giving more details why the six of the lecturers were dismissed while four others were demoted and received various degrees of query for their conducts.  The bulletin which was signed by the university’s registrar, Mr D. A. Urhibo, said:  “This is to inform staff, students and other members of the University community that the under listed staff (names withheld) were disciplined by the University Governing Council for var...

A notorious suspected fake prophecy syndicate that specialized in working with some owners of religious ministry to confirm a certain prophecy in order to win more members for ministries and churches were on 19th August and 20th August 2016 nabbed at Holy Ghost park axis and popular P&T axis of the state by the operatives of the central police station of the Enugu state police command of the Nigeria police Force. According to statement issued today August 21, by the Command, the suspects identified as Obi Ejike from Ubaho Okija in Ihiala local Government Area of Anambra state, Kuku Mary from Ijebuode Ogun state, Oluwakemi Joy from Ojo Lagos State, Nwosu Chizoba from Umunze in Anambra state and Peter Uchechi from Ebonyi state were nabbed on their way to a church/Ministry in Abakiliki and in Enugu to join in the fake prophecy deal. It was further gathered that luck ran out of the syndicate as confusion broke out at a bus stop between them leading to some ar...

Cancer patient Mayowa Ahmed has died. She died this afternoon August 21st in a hospital in South Africa after battling Ovarian cancer for a while. She was flown to South Africa on August 11th for treatment after kind-hearted Nigerians raised over N100million for her treatment. Unfortunately, she didn't make it. So sad! May her soul rest in peace, amen.

So about two weeks ago, a female corps member Temitope Adedewe, was battered and her two teeth removed with a hammer by a male corps member? What could have led to such craze? Two weeks later the National Youth Service Corps headquarters Abuja is yet to officially react. Also her NYSC discharge certificate, which was withheld for purportedly breaching the NYSC code of conduct and reporting the matter to the police in Arochukwu, Abia State, where the incident happened, is yet to be issued to her.  The Nation reports that there is strong allegation that her assailant, Oluwabusiyi Adeola Bolarinde is already studying for his Master’s at the University of Ibadan, which could not have been possible if he didn’t produce his NYSC discharge certificate. The corps’ Director of Public Relations, Mrs. Abosede Aderibigbe was not available for comments on the issue. Efforts to reach her on phone were also abortive, as her phones were switched off and she did n...

Kim Kardashian who is vacationing in Mexico put her boobs and curvaceous body on display as she hit the beach with her friends in Casa Aramara, Punta Mita, Mexico. More photos below...

This 32-year-old woman named Chidinma Favour Okorie, a mother of five, who is pregnant has been arrested by the police for stealing two three-year-old kids in Anambra state. The suspect is alleged to have committed the felonious act in Idoma village, Umuoji in Idemili North area of the state. Chidinma is a native of Amasiri, Afikpo, Ebonyi State, where she lived with her husband until she fell into the cold embrace of the police in Anambra State, as she was caught in the act following an alarm raised by the mother of another child she attempted to steal. The news was disclosed to The Sun by the new Commissioner of Police, Sam Okaula, who also said the suspect was part of a syndicate and had allegedly stolen several babies in Anambra until nemesis caught up with her during her last operation. Explaining Chidinma’s  modus operandi , CP Okaula said that she regularly came from Ebonyi State to perpetrate her act and then sell the stolen child for N50,000 to...

This cute US-based Nigerian, Seyi Kuye has posted a few stuffs online about 'love', using Toke's pics and it has got people talking, with some saying they look good together. If true, we wish her well!

Deposit Money Banks have put up for sale over 1,000 properties belonging to several customers, who were unable to service their loans, according to Punch's investigations. This came about eight months after the amount of bad loans in the banking industry rose sharply by 78.8 percent to N649.63bn at the end of 2015. Impeccable sources revealed that most of the 19 commercial banks in the country had engaged the services of estate surveyors, prominent realtors and lawyers to help them to sell off the properties. The move, according to the sources, was part of efforts by some banks to recover bad loans and shore up their capital base in the face of current economic crisis. The properties had been used as collateral in obtaining loans by the banks’ customers. Some of the realtors and lawyers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that they had been contacted by the banks to market the properties. Document obtained exclusively by Punch s...

Many want to 'enjoy' the life Mercy Johnson has today, but they are not ready to pass through 25% of what this lady passed through before she got to where she is today. Since her foray into the film industry, Mercy Johnson has enjoyed a love-hate relationship with some fans, but the actress says that she is unfazed by all the negativities that have been thrown at her. The Nation's Ovwe Medeme caught up with her at the announcing of a new movie -From Freetown - and the bubbly lady dishes on her career, marriage and others. You just returned from a vacation. How was it? The vacation was awesome. It was just about taking time out with the s*xiest man alive. What were some of the fun things you did during the vacation? We spent a lot of time together. Having 3 kids in three years, everything was just fun, it is awesome. But in marriage, you need to take time out to really talk, laugh and just be free. That was what the vacation was about. ...

* I was accused of killing him – 90-yr-old Rev S.T. Ola Akande Samuel Oladele Akande, 3rd indigenous General Secretary of Nigerian Baptist Convention, served in various capacities for 40 years (1951 to 1991), the last 12 of which he was the General Secretary. Rev. Akande revealed a shocking incident in this interesting chat. Details below: Vanguard:  How does it feel to be 90 years old?  I just do not feel it that I am 90 years. I still feel like I am in my 70s or 60s because, with the power of my brain to have been able to produce 12 books since 1986, I still feel like a young man. I wrote my first book in 1986 which was published in Yugoslavia and contained 69 sermons which I have preached over a period of 40 years. If it were not for the sore that developed on my right foot, I do not feel that I am 90 years. At the thanksgiving service where the people were rejoicing with me at 90, I told the congregation that I was giving them an invitation to...

Oyo state police command have arrested 43 year old Yisua Adeleke(left) for bathing his lover, Mrs Morufa Ajoke Odesanya (right) with acid after he found out she was married and not a widow as she claimed previously. According to Tribune, on November 25th, Yisua invited Morufa who is 36 years old with five children, to their love nest and then poured the corrosive substance on her. He went into hiding for months until he was arrested on August 7th this year. Narrating how it happened, Yisua said; "I was arrested because I poured acid on a lady I regarded as my fiancée until I discovered otherwise. I had a wife, Ronke, who had two children for me but I later discovered that she had two children for two men before she married me. She also decided that she had had the number of children that she wanted, asking me to look for another woman if I needed more. She went for family planning. I started dating Morufa and she asked me to rent a room, which I did ...

Three suspected militants have been arrest by the Police in Akwa Ibom State with high-power bombs capable of sinking any ship, boat, or destroying buildings or pipelines. The State Commissioner of Police, Murtala Mani, who paraded them on Friday at the state Police Headquarters, Ikot Akpan-abia, said the suspects were arrested on August 18, 2016, through an intelligence report. Mani who briefed newsmen on the development through the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, Cordelia Nwawe, said the suspects were arrested at Moden City Hotel in Eket local government area of the state. The State Police boss gave the names of the suspected militants as Nelson Seimiyefa, aged 34, from Bayelsa state, Victor Emmanuel Williams, aged 34, from Etinan local government area of Akwa Ibom and Nseobong Dickson, aged 38, from Eket local government area also of Akwa Ibom State. Mani said bombs recovered from the suspected militants included tw...

Boko Haram members attacked a village in Damboa local government in Borno state Saturday, killing six persons and abducting 13 other people. A member of the youth vigilance group, Civilian JTF, said  the incident took place at about 5am Saturday morning. He said: “The hoodlums were in Kuburubu village today (Saturday), riding four motorbikes, they were eight in number and armed with guns. “They attacked the village at about 5 am when everyone was still sleeping. They killed six persons and abducted about 13 others which they led into the bush.” He said the abducted people were seven women, five teenage boys, and a teenage girl.

Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, last night, in deference to Niger Delta monarchs and leaders, who asked them, on Friday, in Warri, Delta State, to stop blowing up oil pipelines, said it would cease hostilities in the region. The cessation of hostilities, it said, was in support of “genuine Niger Delta stakeholders conference to engage the Federal Government” on the issues affecting the oil-rich region. Spokesperson for the group, self-styled Brigadier Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, in an exclusive electronic mail to Sunday Vanguard inquiry, said: “The struggle has always been a pan-Niger Delta one. We also know the anti-Niger Delta elements are using some disorganised characters from the region to scuttle the efforts to restore the essence of our humanity: Resource control and self-determination. “But we promise to fight more for the Niger Delta, if this opportunity fails.  Therefore, we will give our Niger Delta elders and genuine stakeholders that tacit support ...