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HEADLINE NEWS. 01/12/2017. I advised AGF Malami to meet with Maina abroad - DG SSS. Interior Ministry reinstated Maina without my approval – HoS. 2,800 delegates for PDP convention. Fulani herders seek FG’s assistance to set up ranches. INEC creates 10 new voters registration centres in each state, FCT. Oil rises as OPEC extends cuts to end of 2018. Saudi Arabia’s revolution from above - Shiomo Ben-Ami. Steve Jobs built Apple into a powerhouse by saying 'no' instead of 'yes'. WhatsApp service resumes after worldwide outage. Snapchat is rolling out a huge update. Woods returns with solid round and good start in Bahamas. Everton name Allardyce as manager.

I advised AGF Malami to meet with Maina abroad - DG DSS . Director General of State Security Services, Mr Lawal Daura, said on Thursday that he advised Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, to meet with Mr Abdulrasheed Maina abroad. Maina is wanted for alleged pension fraud and is currently on the run from the anti-graft agency, EFCC. Daura, while giving his submission on Thursday to House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating Maina’s controversial reinstatement and promotion in the civil service, however said he advised him to do so in presence of a third party. “The attorney general of the federation sometime in 2016 or 2015 (can’t remember the exact day) because it was not through a formal document, placed a call to me when he was outside the country and requested me on a request he got through a source that Maina wanted to meet him.” “He wanted me to advise him whether to agree to see Maina or not in that foreign country.” “I responded t

EXCLUSIVE: Real reasons SEC DG, Gwarzo, was suspended. Just before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday evening, selected journalists got mails from the finance ministry of an impending ‘news break.’ “Kindly await a major news break from the Federal Ministry of Finance today at 6.30 p.m.,” Oluyinka Akintunde, the spokesperson of the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, said; an indication that a decision to be announced to the public about 90 minutes later had already been made. Less than an hour after Mr. Akintunde’s mail, the news was announced. Munir Gwarzo, the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, had been suspended. Suspended alongside Mr. Gwarzo were two officials of the regulatory commission, Abdulsalam Habu, Head of Media Division, and Anastasia Braimoh, Head of Legal Department. The finance ministry in the statement signed by Patricia Deworitshe, Deputy Director, Press, announced that the officials were suspended based on corruption allegations against them.

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#IkoyiGate: A Federal  High Court in Lagos has  fixed Jan 12, 2018 for hearing of an application filed by Union Bank claiming ownership of Flat 7b, No 16, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, where sums of $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 were recovered by the EFCC.

Nigerian roads are not bad, says Fashola. The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, on Tuesday said Nigerian roads were not as bad as many people were claiming; rather, he stated that the roads needed to be adequately maintained. He, however, noted that some of the roads had outlived their design life, some still within their design life, while others were being built. Fashola stated these in his keynote address at the United Nations-sponsored capacity building programme for the Federal Road Safety Corps, which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja by his ministry. He said roads that had outlived their design life should have been replaced and rebuilt, but they had not, and named the Calabar-Itu-Odukpani road as falling within this category. The minister stated, “They were built in the 1970s, and not only have they outlived their design life, they have had to deal with tonnage and capacities well beyond what their design intended. Can such a

PMB and his league of hypocritic patriots.

Lionel Messi signs new Barcelona contract until 2021 *Buyout clause: €700m. Lionel Messi has ended speculation about his future by signing a new contract with Barcelona until 2021. Messi's previous deal had been due to expire at the end of the season, but this is the ninth professional contract the Argentina international has signed since he moved to the Camp Nou and commits him to the club until he is 34. Barca announced the news in an an official club statement, which read: "FC Barcelona and Lionel Messi signed on Saturday morning a new contract that will keep the Argentinian superstar at the Club through the 2020/21 season. "The buyout clause was set at €700m. Thus, by the time the new deal expires, the 30-year-old striker will have spent 17 years with the first team." On his official Twitter account, Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu said: "We are in luck with the Barça players. We continue to enjoy the best player in the history of footba

PMB's cesspool of corruption.

Tiwa Savage explains why she was without an underwear at AFRIMA. It appears stepping out without underwear has become part of Mavin Records first lady, Tiwa Savage style sense and she has gradually come to accept it that way. The Kele Kele Love singer stepped out for the just held Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) at the Eko Hotel & Suites Victoria Island, Lagos in an exquisite outfit that left the cameras clicking at her every move. Hours after the show, the All Over singer took to the Instagram to announce that the dress took her designer two months to make and she was told not to wear anything underneath, because everything has been put in place to cover the vital parts of her body. “Where do I start with this dress…so this custom piece took over two months to make because it was hand made from scratch; each crystal, each tassel…Gertz told me to be bold and wear absolutely nothing under because he has placed everything in the right place to cover my ‘bits’ in his own words and

Sat 25th Nov 2017 News update compiled from Punch, Channels, Reuters and other News sites https://www.channelstv.com/2017/11/24/breaking-former-vice-president-atiku-abubaka-dumps-apc/ https://www.channelstv.com/2017/11/24/apc-not-worried-about-atikus-resignation/ Atiku’s exit: Panic in APC as mass defection looms We’re yet to receive Atiku’s resignation letter – APC I left APC because it has failed Nigerian youths –Atiku https://www.channelstv.com/2017/11/24/breaking-wife-remanded-prison-allegedly-killing-husband-bilyamin-bello/ Ex-PDP chair’s son: Command obtains CCTV footage, arrests guards 2019: No automatic ticket for Atiku, says PDP Fear of parallel convention grips PDP As a war correspondent, we were told to eat dead people as suya –Sobowale Undergraduate commits suicide in Bauchi IPOB: Kanu should opt for dialogue, not secession, says Gowon Ogun DPO locks up rape victim •Alleged rapist accuses victim of stealing meat, flees Former aide of pastor arres

Robinho sentenced to nine years in prison for 2013 sexual assault. Former Brazil forward Robinho has been found guilty of sexual assault and was sentenced to nine years in prison by an Italian court on Thursday. According to La Stampa, Robinho, who now plays for Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro, and a friend have also been ordered to pay the victim €60,000 ($71,097). The outlet reports that the two men, along with a group of four other people who have not been identified and therefore have not been sentenced, got a woman drunk and assaulted her at a Milan nightclub in January 2013. The Italian justice system permits several levels of appeal. According to reports, the verdict is placed on hold until all have been exhausted. Robinho, who then played for AC Milan, denied any wrongdoing at the time of the allegations, and his lawyer, Marisa Alija, reiterated on Thursday that the player had no involvement in the incident and has already made legal arrangements to fight the decision

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has dumped Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Mr. Abubakar in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES narrated his reasons for leaving the party. The former vice president who challenged President Muhammadu Buhari for the APC ticket in the build up to the 2015 elections did not indicate the new party he would join. Many members of the main opposition PDP, a party Mr. Abubakar helped form, have, however been asking him to rejoin the party. Read Mr. Abubakar’s full statement below. On the 19th of December, 2013, I received members of the All Progressives Congress at my house in Abuja. They had come to appeal to me to join their party after my party, the Peoples Democratic Party, had become factionalized as a result of the special convention of August 31, 2013. The fractionalization of the Peoples Democratic Party on August 31, 2013 had left me in a situation where I was, with several other

Former Nigeria striker Yakubu calls it a day. Former Nigeria international Yakubu Aiyegbeni has announced his retirement from football. The 35-year-old, who spent a decade playing in England for the likes of Portsmouth, Middlesbrough, Everton, Leicester City, Blackburn Rovers and Reading, has been without a club since leaving Coventry City after just three games in April. "I would like to officially announce my retirement from professional football today," he told SkySports. "Firstly, I would like to thank God for the career I have had. I would like to thank the entire Nigerian Football Federation and my Nigerian national team-mates for all the memorable years I had playing for the Super Eagles. "I would also like to thank all the football clubs I played for. The managers, all club staff, owners, fellow players and my dearest family and friends who immensely supported me throughout my career. "When I started my career at Julius Berger in Nigeria all

Robert Mugabe resigns after 37 years as Zimbabwe's leader. (CNN)Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned after 37 years of autocratic rule, finally succumbing to the pressure of a military takeover and the humiliation of impeachment. The announcement came minutes into a joint session of the Zimbabwean Parliament in Harare, convened to prise the 93-year-old from power. As the Speaker read out a letter from Mugabe, lawmakers broke out in thunderous applause. In the streets outside, crowds erupted in rapturous celebrations, dancing and cheering in joy, some raising their fists and waving Zimbabwean flags. "We think that this is the work of God," one young man told CNN in Harare. "We were in crisis for a long time, and this is a new day for Zimbabweans." In his letter, Mugabe insisted that his resignation was voluntary. "I have resigned to allow smooth transfer of power," he wrote. "Kindly give public notice of my decision as so

Man jailed for stealing Mosquito net in Ibadan A Mapo Senior Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Monday jailed a 20-year-old man, Olalekan Adebisi, for six months for stealing 50 pieces of mosquito nets. The Senior Magistrate, Mrs Mercy Aderounmu noted that the convict had already spent five months in Agodi Prison due to his inability to perfect the bail conditions of N50, 000 earlier granted him. The magistrate said that the convict would now do a community service for four weeks within the court premises. Adebisi of no fixed address was first arraigned on June 7 on a count charge of stealing. He then pleaded not guilty and was admitted to bail with two sureties in like sum, but could not perfect the bail conditions. Adebisi later changed his plea to guilty on Nov. 13, after spending five months in prison custody, and the case was adjourned until Nov. 20 for facts and sentences. Presenting the facts before the court on Monday, the prosecutor, Cpl. Philip Amusan,

2019 election: Why Buhari should go home and rest – Senator El-Jibrin Dogowa. First elected Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kano State, Senator Mas’ud El-Jibrin Dogowa has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari should not bother to seek reelection come 2019. Dogowa, who represented Kano North Senatorial Zone in the national assembly highlighted security and economic issues facing the country, and lamented Buhari’s inability to tackle them squarely due to his frail health. Speaking with Sun, the ex-lawmaker advised President Buhari “to go home and rest.” According to him, “You see I don’t want to talk for APC. I am not an APC man. “But I want you to talk as a Nigerian affected by governance. “Okay…when you look at the level of insecurity in the country, when you look at the level of disunity among different sections of this country. “When you look at the rate of inflation and the attendant hardship in the polity and when you look at the rate of unemployment s

"President Buhari is a very good leader, honest and reliable." "He supervised a credible election in Anambra and a Winner had emerged." "I will not go to court. I will only congratulate Governor Obiano."    — Tony Nwoye, APC Flag-bearer.

BREAKING: Ex-VP, Alex Ekwueme dies. — 20th November 2017. Former Vice President of Nigeria, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme is dead. A statement from his family signed by his brother and the traditional ruler of Oko in Anambra State, Igwe Laz Ekwueme said that he died by 10:00pm in a London clinic, Sunday. The statement read: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme GCON. “The sad event occurred at the London Clinic at 10:00 pm on Sunday 19th November 2017.” Ekwueme had slumped in his Enugu residence, and immediately taken to the Memfys Neurosurgery Hospital Enugu, where he relapsed and went into coma. As soon as he was stabilised in the hospital he was flown to London in an air ambulance last week. - [SunNewsOnline]

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Police deny withdrawing Obiano’s security aides. The Police High Command has said that it did not withdraw the security aides attached to Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano as being reported in the media ahead of Saturday’s election. It said the Aide-De-Camp (ADC) and the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the governor were called to the command headquarters in Awka to attend Inspector-General of Police (IGP) lecture with other police personnel and security agencies to attend inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in the state. A statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Jimoh Moshood, in Abuja yesterday, said the state command had issued a statement to state that the security aides were called to the command to attend the IGP’s lecture ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. According to him, 221 police personnel attached to the governor are more than the strength of some police area commands in some states of the country. He sai

Anambra votes to elect their next governor. Nigerians watches to see if INEC under Buhari has changed a leaf.

BUHARI'S COMPLICITY IN MODERN DAY SLAVERY AND THE DEHUMANISATION OF NIGERIANS. The worst  form of injustice in a society is when a government sits idle and watch the dehumanisation of her people in a foreign land - citizens dehumanised and sold as slaves while the government sits on its head and watch. From time immemorial Nigerians have suffered many injustices; the Sahara and Trans-atlantic slave trade, pilfery/monumental corruption et al. But the height of it all is that the present administration brides itself, indirectly, on Human Rights abuses under Buhari. Buhari,whose leadership does not care for her citizens; the latest being the the disastrous and inhumane treatment being melted out to Nigerian citizens by North African Arabs,  Libyans to be precise. The pains of the injustice to Nigerians is less compared to the complicity in the injustice by a President who folds his hands, in indifference, while the disaster unfolds. It is as if he is wishing for more or a worst di

Referendum on Ahmed Tinubu: is Reno Omkri assertions in order or falsification of facts? Read: Facts Have Deserted Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Faster Than Usain Bolt Again my attention has been drawn to disparaging comments made by Mr. Bola Ahmed Tinubu against former President Goodluck Jonathan and his administration. In the said comments, Mr. Tinubu said “The prior government used the public treasury as a private hedge fund or a charity that limited its giving only to themselves,” he said. “So much money grew feet and ran away faster than Usain Bolt ever could. That which could have been spent on national development was squandered in ways that would cause the devil to blush.” Speaking further, the former Lagos State Governor said: “Boko Haram would have taken more territory and more lives would have been lost to insurgency if Jonathan had remained in power.” I would now address these allegations point by point using verifiable facts. First of all, the only global

SHOCKER!!! "Heaven is about sex and potatoes. Allah loves potatoes. Women in heaven will have a man with a penis that never bends"- Sheik Mashor Bin Hassan Al Salman, Palestinian/Jordanian Islamic cleric.

Teenagers who regularly smoke cannabis suffer long lasting brain damage and are in much greater danger of developing schizophrenia. American researchers say the drug is particularly dangerous for a group of people who have a genetic susceptibility to the mental health disorder - and it could be the trigger for it. Asaf Keller, of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, said the results highlight the dangers of teenagers smoking cannabis during their formative years. The study found that even short-term exposure to cannabis impaired brain activity, with the damage continuing into adulthood The study, published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, exposed young mice to the active ingredient in marijuana for 20 days. It found that their brain activity was impaired, with the damage continuing into adulthood. The past 20 years has seen major controversy about the long-term effects of marijuana, with experts divided over its long-term effects on teenagers. -[Daily Mail

A Glimpse Into Obiano’s Oppressive Govt. http://thenationonlineng.net/glimpse-obianos-governance-style/amp/ Valentine Obienyem There are many features to admire and appreciate about the Philosophy of Confucius, including his Canons, the Nine Classics, The Way of the Higher Man, Rectification of Names,and The Great Learning.  Like Socrates -- another great man – Confucius expressed his thoughts verbally and left us to rely on his disciples to read about him. As great as he was, he also admitted there were several things he did not know. For instance, when one of his disciples requested that he told them about the dead, he replied cryptically: “While you do not know life, how can you know about death?”. Asked what constituted wisdom, he answered: ”Only to give one’s self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom”. At a time, Confucius’ disciples were unhappy with him for not being able to solve for them

BREAKING NEWS: INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ORDERS RIVERS POLICE COMMISSIONER TO SACK OUTRIDER KNOCKED DOWN BY MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION  Following  a directive  from the Presidency, the Embattled Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has ordered  the Rivers State Commissioner of Police , Zaki Ahmed  to sack the Police Outrider in the convoy of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike  knocked down by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi last Saturday. Scan News gathered that the Outrider is facing  Orderly Room Trial as at Press Time at the office of the Rivers State Commissioner of Police. It was gathered that the SARS Personnel in Amaechi's convoy have already  testified against the Police Outrider . Attempts by Scan News  to get the comments of the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Mr Nnamdi Omoni proved abortive.

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Kaduna State Teachers Saga: pot calling kettle black. I'm appalled with Buhari's assertion over Kaduna State education saga. How ironic that a man whose educational qualification and certificate is still firmly shrouded in secrecy is casting aspersions on Kaduna State teachers? But again, in all fairness; his assertions are in order except that one cannot help but a bit bother over such statement coming from a man who  budgeted N61Billion for Education in 2018 Appropriation Bill. The big question is; how would Nigeria educational system competite with the best in the world as he asserted to his supporters with such meagre budget for education? For more of  Buhari's perfidy with education and stand with El-Rufai please read: President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday threw his weight behind Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s decision to sack 22,000 teachers in Kaduna State who failed competency test and recruit 25,000 new ones. El-Rufai had vowed that threats of industrial action

COUP SCARE IN ZIMBABWE . Zimbabwe was reeling Tuesday after the army warned it could intervene if President Robert Mugabe continued to purge veteran ruling party figures in an apparent effort to help his wife succeed him. Both the ruling party’s youth wing and the main opposition party called for civilian rule to be protected, while analysts called the crisis a potential turning point. Army chief General Constantino Chiwenga on Monday warned Mugabe to “stop” purges of the ruling ZANU-PF party after the president abruptly sacked vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa last week. Mnangagwa had clashed repeatedly with First Lady Grace Mugabe who is widely seen as vying to replace the 93-year-old leader when he dies. “We must remind those behind the current treacherous shenanigans that when it comes to matters of protecting our revolution, the military will not hesitate to step in,” Chiwenga told top brass at Harare’s King George VI military headquarters in an unprecedented intervention

Governor Ganduje show of shame. Over the weekend, Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, carried out an empowerment programme for Tea sellers otherwise known as Masu Shayi in the state. While delivering a speech at the empowerment programme held in the state capital, Governor Ganduje, told guests at the ceremony that his administration spent N208 million to buy Noodles, Tea, Kettles, Beverages, liquid and powdered milk, baskets, cups, nylon bags, spaghetti, and other materials needed by the 5,200  Masu Shayi  (tea sellers) that were empowered. Distributing the items to the beneficiaries drawn from the 44 local government areas in the state, Governor Ganduje said each of them would also receive N40,000 cash as take-off capital. According to him, “We are empowering 5,200 tea sellers. We are empowering them because we want to increase their economic well-being. We are empowering you to improve the economy of Kano. We are empowering you to improve sanitation in your services; we

Nigerian Army Sergeant Kills Army Captain, Four Others Before Killing Himself In Chibok  A Nigerian Army Staff Sergeant, Silas Ninyo (93NA/36/2608), shot dead Captain T. Mani, who stopped him from beating innocent civilians in Chibok, Borno State, and four others before taking his own life on Sunday. An Army situation report (No.64) exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters stated on Sunday afternoon that a team of soldiers, led by one Captain T. Mani (N/14430), was providing security for worshippers during Sunday service in Chibok and received a distress call that Staff Sergeant Ninyo was beating civilians for unknown reasons.                             Captain Mani, accompanied by soldiers, moved to the scene and freed the civilians. But while trying to disarm the errant soldier, Captain Mani was shot dead by Staff Sergeant Ninyo, who later shot himself dead after killing four others.                   Corpses of both soldiers, added the situation report, have been deposited a

SGF visits Ekwueme in London hospital. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha on Monday visited former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme, who is receiving medical treatment in a London hospital. Background: Ekwueme was admitted in a hospital in Enugu after suffering a chest infection. President Muhammadu Buhari later ordered that Ekwueme be flown out of the country for treatment. What is happening: In a tweet via its handle, the presidency said the SGF also conveyed Buhari’s goodwill to Ekwueme.