February 2016

Sunday, 28 February 2016

Ex-CBN gov tackles VP Osinbajo over Naira devaluation

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo The Vice President, Prof. Yomi Osinbajo, on Saturday reaffirmed the position of the Federal Government that the country’s currency will not be devalued in spite of pressures to act otherwis...

Why Metuh tore his statement – EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday demonstrated how the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, tore the statement he made to his investigators and gave reasons why he attempted to destroy the statemen...

Gianni Infantino has won the FIFA Presidential elections after getting majority of votes from all 207 FIFA member associations. He will be the FIFA President for the period of 2016 to 2019. He defeated Sheikh Salman, Priince Ali al-Hussein and Jerome Champagn...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo today said the Federal in the last 10 years did not construct any single road. Osinbajo said this while speaking at the pastors and leaders retreat of the Fountain of Life Church in Ilupeju, Lagos in Lagos today February 26t...

The Nigerian Football Federation this evening released a press statement to confirm Samson Siasia, Salisu Yusuf, Emmanuel Amuneke and Alloy Agu as the four coaches that will act as caretaker coaches in Nigeria's upcoming AFCON qualifier double-header match with Egypt next mont...

60 year old Abdulahi Mohammed pictured above, has been arrested and charged before an Ogba Magistrates’ court for allegedly repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl at his home in Bankole Agagu Street, Oke Aro, a boundary town between Lagos and Ogun states from 2015 into 201...

President Obama's 15 year old daughter Sasha recently joined instagram and has been sharing some cute photos.....

The Nigerian Football Federation has reacted to Sunday Oliseh's resignation as Super Eagles coach. The spokesman of the Federation, Ademola Olajire, in an interview with NTA today, said the federation heard of Oliseh’s resignation in the media and was yet to receive a letter from the coach as...

According to a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, for the Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, at about 1:30 am yesterday morning, Thursday 25th, two suspected armed robbers, 27 years old Gabriel Samuel and 31 year old Wokeko Samuel were arrested...

Diezani-Alison-Madueke The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is detaining Mr. Donald Chidi Amamgbo. A cousin of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, for allegedly using four firms to illegally lift crude oi...

Secondus Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Uche Secondus has offered to return the 23 luxury cars he got from a business associate of the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Maduek...

Former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke denies awarding $24bn oil swap deal without contract

Former Minister for Petroleum resources, Diezani Alison Madueke has denied an allegation by former group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Austen Oniwon, that she awarded $24 billion oil swap deals without a contract during her tenure as Petroleum Minist...

If reports reaching us are anything to go by, Funke 'Jenifa' Akindele is getting set to take another shot at marriage, and the lucky man is said to be JJC Skillz of the JJC and 419 Squa...

Prophet Samuel Bilehou Joseph Oshoffa (sometimes Oschoffa) (1909–1985) was the founder of the Celestial Church of Christ after reportedly resurrecting people from the dea...

A high-achieving graduate has lifted the lid on why she turned her back on a promising career to pursue her dream of becoming a PORN mega-star. The 26-year-old woman, Alix Lynx says she first realised she wanted to be a porn actress after watching a documentary about the industry. She says...

The Nigerian Football Federation Technical committee had planned a meeting with coach Sunday Oliseh on Friday in Abuja, but the Delta state born tactician snubbed the meeting citing 'travel reasons' according to report...

A Bomb explosion rocked the Jimeta Divisional Police Headquarters, in Yola, Adamawa State this morning. Eyewitnesses say the explosion happened at about 11am. The area has been thrown into confusion. Number of casualty is yet unknown. Details later. More photos after the cut.. ...

PDP, Ohanaeze forced Mbaka’s transfer- Enugu Parishioners

Parishioners of the Adoration Ministry (AMEN), Enugu, have accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Ohanaeze Ndigbo of sponsoring the transfer of its founder, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbak...

Olakunbi Oyelese of April By Kunbi today shared amazing photos of bread seller turned print model, Jumoke wearing one of her collections. The photo is from a Valentine postcard she did recently. Explaining, Kunbi wrot...

Nigeria striker Obafemi Martins has joined Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua in a multi-million dollar deal....

A young man was electrocuted while trying to steal cables from a transformer at Oke Aiyedun Ekiti yesterday February 13th. See the graphic photos after the cut....

President Buhari mourns old woman who donated her life savings to his campaign

Press statement from the Presidency....

Pastor remanded for threatening to kill member after defrauding him of N1.5m

The Lagos State Magistrate Court yesterday ordered that one Pastor Emmanuel Okwedimbu be remanded in prison custody for allegedly defrauding and threatening to kill one of his church members identified as Amobi Charles over N1.4m land sca...

This sounds unbelievable but the report looks quite serious and it is reported to have happened in January. 15 year old Tommy Coulter impregnated 16 young teenage girls between the age of 13 and 17 years of age after he attended a pool party and ejaculated in the pool,the Tallahassee Herald...

Hassan Kiko was jailed for raping a 15-year-old girl after seeking asylum in Switzerland in 2010. But the Syrian was reportedly released by Swiss prison officer Angele Magdici who had fallen for hi...

Students of Yaba College of Technology, protested heavily yesterday February 10th over the death of their colleague....

The Senate is exploring ways and means of invoking sanctions against former President Goodluck Jonathan and some former ministers for allegedly appropriating reserved plots of land in Abuj...

Two female suicide bombers have blown themselves up in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Borno State, killing no fewer than 56 peopl...

41-year old Man arrested for killing his stepmother 's boyfriend in Calabar

41-year old King Akpanke pictured above, has been arrested by officers of the Cross Rivers state police command for murdering his step-mother’s lover....

Yes, unfortunately both men died according to a source at the scene who sent in the pics. The first one climbed the pole to fix the light and got electrocuted (read here ). And his colleague climbed up to see if he could bring the dead man down, but he was also electrocuted. How...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, February 8, arraigned Joseph Lah Leh, Nwinunu Sorbari and Emenike Henry before Justice U.N Agomoh of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a five- count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining...

25 year old Aaren O'Connor was hit by a stray bullet and died in a Chicago hospital two days later. She had just returned home from work that evening and was sitting in her car outside of her apartment, talking to her father on the phon...

A PHCN staff was electrocuted at Kogberegbe Street, Isolo Lagos today. He was electrocuted while he was trying to fix the light. As of 2pm when I received these photos from a witness, the man was still up there. See them after the cut....

PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh A detective with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Junaid Sa’id, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday that the $2m allegedly laundered by the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, was part of the N10bn...

Liverpool’s owners on Wednesday apologised and scrapped controversial plans to hike Anfield ticket prices after 10,000 fans walked out of the ground in protest at the weeken...

Okonjo-Iweala denies report of EFCC’s planned probe

Former Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The immediate past Minister of Finance, Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on Tuesday denied media reports that stated she was being probed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio...

Read the press statement below... Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has urged President Mohammadu Buhari to save the country of the national embarrassment being caused by the 2016 Budget that he presented to the National Assembly by formally withdrawing the budget and representing it.&...

The Department of State Security released a statement today stating that a suspected recruiter of ISIS, and others, have been arrested in Nigeria. Read the full statement signed by DSS official, Tony Okpuiyo after the cut....

A Malaysian woman was reportedly beaten by her husband because a photo of their baby was tagged with a stranger's name on Faceboo...

Yesterday, DMX collapsed and was rushed to the hospita...

Sunday Oliseh flees Nigeria, accuses staff of witchcraft

I don't know how accurate this report is...almost sounds unreal but according to Vanguard, it really did happen. Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh has reportedly returned to his base in Belgium where he will continue to coach, after accusing his staff of witchcraft.&nbs...

21-year old Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma last night landed awkwardly and broke his right leg in the match against Manchester United which ended 1-1. The defender was immediately stretchered off the pitch but injuries like this takes not less than 6 months to heal. Wish him a quick recovery. See...

Nsikak Tommy A Chinese worker, identified as Njaga Chang, has cut off one of the right fingers of his Nigerian colleague at the Xin Xin Quarry in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River Stat...

THE Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, said on Sunday that he would not have contested a governorship rerun if the Supreme Court had failed to uphold his electio...

No fewer than 30 male passengers died in the Adeosun area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday after a trailer conveying them tumbled down the road. Over 50 other people sustained varying degrees of injuries in the crash, while two rams were kille...

Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo and Mr Godwin Emefiele “A truth that’s told with bad intent/ beats all the lies you can invent.”William Blake, 1757-1827. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTES p 25...

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