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APC has described as silly the calls by PDP for President Buhari to return the economic to the way it was before he assumed office in 2015 and then resign. APC reacted via a statement signed by its National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni. Read below... The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is drawn to the latest ridiculous demand by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari return the country to the the voodoo economics and reckless fiscal policies the country was subjected to during the immediate-past PDP administration. Also, PDP’s silly call for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari is not worth the ink it is written with. Hence the APC will not dissipate energy responding. The PDP faction by its demand to return the country to the years where looting of the public treasury was the order of the day, has taken its orchestrated plot to deflect attention from the economic mess it left behin...

Popular twitter influencer Eric Okafor posted this hypothetical question on Twitter and the responses are incredibly hilarious. Read below..

A Nigerian man and his Thai wife were arrested by police for allegedly swindling marriage-seeking Thai women out of a total of 20 million baht via an internet romance scam. According to Crime Suppression Division Deputy Commander who confirmed the arrest in a press conference today, September 15th, police arrested 33-year-old Chinaka Chinedu and his wife, Uraporn Kesawatana, 34, on Phetkasem 77 Road in Nong Khaem district, Bangkok. The arrest followed a report from immigration police at Survarnabhumi airport that many people showed up at the main airport of Bangkok to bribe police and customs officials and claim parcels containing merchandise and tens of US dollars in cash which actually never existed. Chinedu had allegedly picked his female victims on chatting websites, claiming to be a handsome, white and wealthy. He would them lure the women with promises of love and marriage. Then he told the women that bhe had some cargoes stuck at the airport and n...

Minister of Agriculture and Rural development, Audu Ogbeh has dismissed media reports quoting him as saying 'Nigerians eat too much rice, that’s why it is expensive'. Some media platforms quoted him as saying this yesterday. The minister dismissed the report in a statement signed by his media aide, Aishat Ayijimoh Onusi. The statement reads; The Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural development – Chief Audu Ogbeh has dismissed news report quoting him as saying 'Nigerians eat too much rice, that’s why it is expensive'. "This is totally false, misleading and a sheer display of irresponsible journalism, reckless sensationalism, and poor ethics," the minister said. He noted with disappointment that the mischievous headline in question was completely at variance with the content of the news story. The Minister decried the deliberate misinformation by the media which has become a frequent occurrence and calls for caution, self-censorship and eth...

Tiziana Cantone who filmed herself having sex with her new boyfriend and sent it to her ex boyfriend to taunt him, has committed suicide after he shared the video online and she was barraged with a lot of online abuse. Her ex-boyfriend shared the highly explicit sex tape of the 31 year old and even revealed her full identity online as his own form of revenge. The video has been shared and downloaded on pornsites hundreds of thousands of times. Tiziana, an Italian quit her job and relocated from Naples to Tuscany after reportedly being recognised and ridiculed and abused online and in real life. She was in the process of legally changing her name when she was found dead, according to local press. Prosecutors have opened an inquest in her hometown-Naples which could bring criminal charges. Teresa Petrosino, her friend, told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that Ms Catone was “destroyed” by the abuse. “She had spoken of her desire to leave everything b...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMDNADER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE MINISTERIAL RETREAT ON THE ECONOMY AND THE BUDGET AT THE STATE HOUSE BANQUET HALL, ABUJA, SEPTEMBER 15, 2016 PROTOCOLS: I am delighted to be here with you at this Ministerial Retreat on the Economy and the Budget. The theme of the Retreat which is “Building Inter-ministerial Synergy for Effective Planning and Budgeting in Nigeria” is very apt and timely, especially as we are in the process of developing the 2017 Budget. 2. Over the years, there has been a mismatch between planned targets and budgetary outcomes at the National and sectorial levels. The Federal MDAs have not also benefited significantly from working together and building consensus around common national objectives. This has impeded growth and development of the country. 3. It is in this context that this Retreat has been designed to discuss issues around the ...

The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday, September 14th, said that it has arrested 5 Niger Delta criminals including the leader of a notorious militant group, one Uduak Etim Thomson of the Bakasi Strike Force. In a statement signed by its spokesman, Commodore Christian Ezekobe, the militants perpetuated series of crimes, including attack on market women and other traders, siphoning of crude oil and destruction of pipelines. "As part of efforts to eliminate unwholesome activities perpetuated by criminals in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian Navy has arrested one of the top leaders of a group which goes by the name Bakassi Strike Force (BSF) "The suspected Militant Mr Uduak Etim Thompson aka SANGATA was arrested on 12 September 2016 at his hideout in Calabar by a joint team from Nigerian Navy Ship VICTORY and Defence Intelligence Agency”. It would be recalled that some top members of the BSF had earlier been arrested. "These arrests bring to fore the commitm...

This is so cute. The man who is named Chris was filmed happily giving his baby girl a bath. His wife, Angel Amara Amuzuo-Maledo shared the cute video online. See the infectious smile on the little girl. Watch the video below .

Four companies involved in a money laundering case linked to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, have pleaded guilty before a federal court in Lagos. Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development and Investment Company Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited; and Avalon Global Property Development Company Limited pleaded guilty to a 15-count charge before Justice Babs Kuewumi. The trial involved Waripamo Dudafa, who served as Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan; former presidential aide, Amajuoyi Azubike Briggs; and former Skye Bank official, Damola Bolodeoku. The three pleaded not guilty before the judge. Source: Premium Times

A 30-year-old Nigerian man identified as Frank Uzoma was caught with  2 kilos of crystal meth in the Ram Intra area of northern Bangkok on Sunday, September 3rd.  Several police districts were working on busting the Nigerian drug gang following a tip from an informer that a shipment of "ice" was being readied for sending to Indonesia and Turkey.     Officers from Thung Song Hong, Bang Khan and Tao Poon laid in wait near the end of Khu Bon Soi 6  on Sunday  and saw a Honda car being driven to and fro in the soi.  They blocked any escape route for the car and went in to make an arrest. However, the suspect managed to ditch the car and run off. He was chased down by the cops and eventually caught. Upon interrogation, Uzoma admitted that he was stuffing the drugs in water filters for export.  He also revealed that he was working for a Nigerian friend who paid him US 2,000 dollars a time. Uzoma was paraded before ...

Hillary Clinton's campaign team has released new medical records and information about the presidential candidate after the media and general public raised eyebrows over her health in the aftermath of her collapse on Sunday. On Monday her campaign team said she was diagnosed with Pneumonia and now her personal doctor Dr. Lisa Bardack, who's also the chair of Internal Medicine at CareMount Medical in Mount Kisco, New York has released more information on her health following her decision  to take three days off the campaign trail. 'I evaluated Clinton at least four times this month -- including Wednesday -- and found that the Democratic nominee had a small right middle-lobe pneumonia.' Dr Bardack wrote in a letter released to the media. The remainder of her complete physical exam was normal and she is in excellent mental condition."   "My overall impression is that Mrs. Clinton has remained healthy and has not developed new medical c...

Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) Bishops in Nigeria have called on President Buhari to take full responsibility for the poor state of the economy and stop blaming his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking through the Arch-Bishop of Sokoto Dioceses, Mathew Kukah at a dinner organised on the occasion of the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) 2016 by Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, at the International Event Centre, Akure on Tuesday September 13th, the clergymen said Jonathan was no longer president of the country and no amount of insults heaped on him will make things change. According to them, the reason why the new government was elected was to come in and provide solutions to move the nation forward rather than the point fingers at the ills of the past governments. “If the previous government did badly that is why we voted a new government. We didn’t vote a government to complain about wednesday. If we wanted wednesday, the new government w...

Donald Trump was  on Wednesday  interrupted by a Methodist church pastor who said she invited him to the church to thank him for his work in Flint not to give a political sermon or berate his rival Hillary Clinton. "This public event is open to all and today Donald Trump came to observe. Trump's presence at Bethel United Methodist in no way represents an endorsement of his candidacy," Rev. Faith Green Timmons of the Bethel United Methodist Church Flint, Michigan had said before Trump came up to the podium. Mr Trump took to the podium and said Clinton caused Flint economic pain by supporting free trade arguments. "Hillary failed on the economy. Just like she's failed on foreign policy. Everything she touched didn't work out. Nothing. Now Hillary Clinton --," Trump said before he was cut off by the church's pastor. "Mr. Trump, I invited you here to thank us for what we've done in Flint, not give a politi...

Former First lady, Patience Jonathan is said to be planning a lawsuit against EFCC following the seizure of $15 million found in the accounts of four companies that are currently under investigation for fraud. According to BBC, the antigraft agency has confirmed to them that Mrs Jonathan will be taking them to court for seizing the money which she has since claimed ownership of. In a letter with reference number GA/Abibo/00226/2016 and written by her lawyers, Granville Abibo (SAN) and Co, and addressed to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, Patience Jonathan had said the $15 million seized by the antigraft agency was for her medical bills and other personal expenses.

It is often said that where purpose is not clearly defined, abuse becomes inevitable. We are a country of over 180 million people and over 15 million people thumb-printed on the ballot papers across the country in favour of Buahri on the 28th of March, 2015 for different purposes. Whether Buhari has met all our expectations is dependent on our purposes for casting our votes for him. * Personally, I voted for him to fight corruption and reset the country, he is doing just that. He still has a long way to go, but atleast he has started it and am supporting him. In Nigeria, corruption is like cancer that has ravaged the entire moral fabrics upon which our country was built, it is obvious that if we don't kill corruption, corruption will eat up our country and kill her completely. * Millions of people in the northern part of the country voted for him to fight against insurgency, because they have lost loved ones, businesses and properties worth trillions of Naira duri...

Unity Bank Plc allegedly sacked 215 of its employees yesterday due to their inability to cope with the new ideas and strategy of the company. According to a source close to the bank, about 200 new hires were said to have been recruited by the bank to promote the transformation initiative hat was initiated by the management within the past year. The source also told Vanguard that about 100 other staff members were said to have been promoted recently. The source also said: "Some members of staff numbering about 215 have been allowed to go in an exercise that will enable the Bank realign its operation to pursue its long term growth strategy. However the affected staff were said to have exercised the option to resign while Management has approved severance package in line with the bank’s policy". Vanguard

Jessica Beer pictured above, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) II student of Gyegeh Memorial College Logo1 , Makurdi, Benue state, allegedly committed suicide after her boyfriend simply identified as Labi, a pork meat seller at Wurukum Market in Makurdi the state capital, impregnated and abandoned her and then impregnated another girl.‎ According to insiders, Jessica was so devastated by the development that she drank a poisonous substance and was rushed to a hospital in Akpehe where doctors confirmed her dead on arrival .

It's a Black Wednesday for the people of Awka Etiti, Governor Obiano and the entire Anambra State as a Truck believed to have lost control crushed a woman and her grandchild to death at IKB Junction in Awka Etiti. Obiano who was returning from a condolence visit to the family of Onyema in Mbosi couldn't hold back tears and ordered the ambulance in his convoy to carry their remains to the closest mortuary. May Almighty Father Bless the Souls of the Departed...