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P resident Buhari receives General Overseer Worldwide Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye at the Abuja House London on 18th Aug 2017.

N igerian billionaire and Africa’s business mogul Aliko Dangote has expressed his desire to buy London club Arsenal and declared his first order of business would be to sack club’s manager Arsene Wenger. Dangote is a Gunners fan has never hidden his wish to purchase the club even though current owner Stan Kroenke has no plans to sell. Dangote spoke hypothetically about what he would do if he was to take over at the Emirates. He told Bloomburg: “The first thing I would change is the coach. He has done a good job, but someone else should also try his luck.” The 60-year-old pledged to make his move for the club following the construction of an £8.5 billion oil refinery in Lagos. Kroenke owns 67 per cent of Arsenal with Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov in control of a 30 per cent stake. Dangote, who is worth £10bn, believes he could tempt both men to leave the club in his hands if a suitable deal was on the table. He added: “If they get the right offer, I’m sure...

T he Senate on Thursday said it was working toward separating tourism and culture from the Ministry of Information. The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, made this known at the opening of a public hearing on the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) Act 2004 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2017. Mr. Saraki, who was represented by the Deputy Leader of the Senate, Bala Na’Allah, said that the separation was imperative to enable the tourism sector enjoy autonomy for rapid development. “Our ministries have never been helpful in anything developmental. So, the long and short of the story is that the Senate wants to give freedom to the parastatals, particularly the culture and tourism sector,” he said. In his remarks, the Chairman of Senate Committee on Tourism, Matthew Urhoghide, said that investment in tourism was very crucial in view of the dwindling government revenue and the current recession. He said that diversifying the economy was imperati...

P resident Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in London. This was revealed in a Facebook post by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina, who also shared a picture of the meeting. Mr. Buhari has been in London for over 100 days receiving medical treatment for a yet to be disclosed ailment.

A major security breach was recorded at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of Wednesday, August 16, 2017, as unknown gunmen attacked the office located at Wuse Zone 7, Abuja. The group of heavily armed bandits invaded the office at about 05.00 hours and began shooting into the premises, damaging vehicles parked in the premises in the process. However, the attack was repelled by guards on duty. The hoodlums escaped in a getaway vehicle but not without leaving a message; a white envelope dropped by the fleeing attackers was found to contain a death threat addressed to Ishaku Sharu, a senior investigator with the Commission. Ishaku who heads the Foreign Exchange Malpractices Fraud Section is in charge of corruption investigation involving several politically exposed persons and retired military brass hats. The attack on the Zone 7 office which houses the Commission’s AMCON Desk, Procurement Fraud and Foreign Exchange M...

Y our Excellency Dr Jonathan, this is the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten. With due respects to the former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, these are the facts about the economy you left behind, in case you have forgotten. I hope this will help to erase the wrong statement credited to you at your party, the PDP Convention at the Eagle Square last weekend that you handed to President Buhari a robustly healthy economy. To the same extent, this should also help to erase yet another false statement by Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, the Caretaker Chairman of the party, to the effect that under the previous administration there was money but now things are very hard. Let me start by reasserting an obvious statement, which is that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was handed an economy ravaged by years of mismanagement and corruption. It is understandable that Dr Jonathon kept his comments short, because a cursory look at any sector ...

I t just got real with outspoken on-air personality, Daddy Freeze, who is ready to start officiating marriages in Christ. Yes, he intends to start getting people married. Recall that he had replied someone who confronted him on his relationship status and advised that he make the relationship legitimate, that is, get married. ‘From this day onwards, I will begin officiating ‘marriages in Christ’ for citizens of the #FreeNation and anyone else who wishes to be married in Christ, without the bondage of the legal system or the burden of tradition and religion,’ he wrote. According to Freeze, all that’s required is two consenting adults, him praying over the intending couple, a party afterwards which would cater to at least 10 people, as well as alcoholic wine which, like the party, he said is a must. Freeze added, ‘It might take a while for people to catch on, but trust me, very soon, they will all realize that being ‘married in Christ’ is all we really need and rel...