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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he wouldn’t mind to commit suicide if Nigeria loses hope even as he offered reasons why he could not chose to remain silent when he sees things going wrong in the country. He says because he is an incurable optimist in the Nigerian project, he would continue to talk and point out things going wrong because he still believes that Nigeria has great hope. Answering questions from students of the Ijaw National Academy (INA) Kaiama at the school auditorium as part of activities lined up for his two day working visit to Bayelsa, Obasanjo said in spite of the economic and political challenges confronting the country, there is great hope for Nigeria. While admitting that there are things that could have been done differently, he insisted that Nigerians should not give up hope as that would spell doom for the country. “If Nigeria does not have hope I would find a rope and commit suicide immediately because then what am I living for? I am an

Muhammadu Buhari, the president of Nigeria, has expressed worry over the lingering leadership crisis among members of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, in the National Assembly. The president, speaking on “Good Morning Nigeria”, a programme aired on national television, on Monday, February 12, 2018, and monitored by The Trent , said he did not want to be seen as interferring in the internal affairs of another branch of government. “I have to be very sensitive to the constitution of the country. I do not like to be told by anybody, especially the legislators, that I am interferring in their matter. There are three arms of government—Executive, legislature and the judiciary.” “Over the last 16 years, they have developed the system of choosing their leaders. There is no way I can directly interfere. All I can do through the party is to appeal to their conscience that what I already observed, we should go over it as soon as possible.” “When I say ‘WE’, I mean the APC. We cann

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Saturday alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has bewitched Nigeria with “cow magic”. The former presidential aide, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, PDP, made the allegation in a tweet while reacting to a near accident situation at Akure airport. The incident occurred on Saturday. Fani-Kayode wrote: “Air Peace Plane escapes accident as cows take over Akure Airport runway! “COWS AGAIN? We are in a mess? Who has bewitched our nation? Which strange “cow magic” has Buhari hexed us with? “What is it about the spilling of blood and the veneration of cows that he loves so much?” We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo will today lay the foundation stone of Azikel Refinery in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The privately-owned refinery which got its licence in 2015 soon after President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration is due to take off next year. Dr. Azibapu Eruani, President of the Azikel Group promoters of the project said the refinery on completion, would go a long way in reducing persistent scarcity of refined products such as petrol, aviation fuel, kerosene and diesel. He said his belief in the role of the private sector in boosting the nation’s economic growth informed his decision to embark on the venture which is projected to create hundreds of jobs in and outside the Niger Delta region. The refinery is situated on a 19.9 hectares of virgin swamp forest which had to be sand filled in preparation for physical construction of structures. Spokesman of Azikel Group, Mr. Austin Ebipade,said Phase 1 of the project is 65% completed. This comprises the Outside Batte

The presidency and the Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai has come under attack over a picture of him kneeling to greet President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday. The picture was shared by Buhari’s Personal Assistant on New Media, Ahmad Bashir on his twitter page during Buhari’s visit to Kaduna to commission the surveillance aircraft, a Made-in-Nigeria project called NAFSA Eagle by the Nigeria Airforce. Bashir Ahmad alongside the picture described El-Rufai’s gesture to the president as a sign of respect. However, some Nigerians seem not to see it that way, as they accused El-Rufai of eye service and hypocrisy, while others recalled how he also bowed for former Vice president Atiku Abubakar yet turned his back against him. Recall that former presidential spokesperson, Reno Omokri sometime ago posted an old photo, reminding Governor Nasir Elrufai of how he knelt, begging Atiku Abubakar when he was the Vice President. Here are some comments from Nigerians: @kalahari “El Rufa

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has admitted that there is corruption in President Muhammadu Buhari’s government. Amaechi, however, insisted it cannot be compared to what obtained during the past administration of Goodluck Jonathan. He made these claims while speaking to journalists in his office on Thursday. “I will nearly be a foolish man to say that there is no corruption in this government, but compare the magnitude if there is any. “Before it was with impunity. Now there are consequences for stealing. “For any reason we lose election, you the young ones are taking yourselves and Nigeria 10 steps backwards because the elites who left through PDP are waiting in the wind,” he said. Amaechi served as the campaign director for Buhari in 2015. Although the president has yet to publicly declare his intention to seek re-election, reports claim Amaechi has been appointed to lead the campaign again. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

I Became A Kidnapper Because A Lot Of People Are Making Money From It – Fulani Herdsman Confesses A kidnapper arrested in a village in Niger state recently has confessed. The suspect, Yusuf Adamu said lack of money to start cattle business made him to join a kidnap gang. He said he was tired of rearing goats, cattle and sheep for another person and wanted to have his own, adding that he joined abductors because he heard people made money from kidnapping. His confession: “ The goats and sheep I reared belonged to another person and I needed money to start my own business. That was why I joined kidnappers. “After operations, I was advised by a member of the gang to leave, but I refused because a lot of people are making money from kidnapping. I was desperate to start my business.” “I did not tell my wife that I kidnap and there is possibility that at the end of this matter, she will divorce me. l am finished”. The suspect was caught after a victim reported to the police th

There are people who are planning to get pregnant and start a new journey of life. But the road will be bumpy and full of obstacles if people don't follow some basic and important rules while planning their family. Women who wanted to conceive have to avoid drinking soda or sugar-sweetened beverages, as intake of one or more such drinks a day could decrease the chances of conceiving. According to a study, researchers claimed that both the partners should stop having such things to avoid complications in pregnancy. The recent study has showcased that both female and male intake of sugar-sweetened beverages was associated with 20 percent reduced fecundability, which is the average monthly probability of conception. At least one soda per day has 25 percent lower fecundability in a female body, while the case of a male, the consumption was associated with 33 percent lower fecundability. According to IANS, the lead researcher of the study Elizabeth Hatch, who works as a profes

The inferno destroyed goods worth billions of naira Traders and industrialists at the Polythene Products Market site, Ekenedili Chukwu Workshop Complex, Ilodibe Avenue, Awada, in Onitsha, are counting their losses after a midnight inferno gutted shops, machines and raw materials in the market. According to a Daily Sun report, chairman of the Polythene Products Dealers Association in the area, Elder Anthony Ubakasi, in an emotion-laden tone, said that they have already closed for the business of the day when they got information through phone around midnight that the market was on fire. He said the fire actually started around 11:00p.m, on Wednesday night, following an electric spark when public power supply was restored in the area but the fear of electrocution from a live cable at the frontage of the market made it impossible for them to enter the site and see whether they could salvage any goods or machinery. Ubakasi noted that the Okpoko Fire Service Station was upon called

Nigerian Nollywood actress Steph Nora Okeke speaks out on how long she has been in the movie industry. Nora who started acting in the 90s after her NYSC program in 1995 was a household name in the early 2000s. She does not just boast of her beauty alone but she has a multi talent to complement that. She came into limelight in the 90s after starring in Kenneth Nebu movie ‘blood of the orphan’, she has went on to star in many movies and TV series. When asked in an interview that many say that her contemporaries are Omotola and Genevieve, Steph snapped in quickly saying “I had already cut my teeth in the industry way before they came in. but while in the industry we did some jobs together. I started acting with the likes of Sandra Achums, Eucharia Anunobi, Liz Benson, Alex Lopez and Susan Patrick and a host of others.” Although the likes of Genevieve and Omotola has gone miles of step ahead of her in terms of fame and achievement. Steph Nora is still single after her relation

A bad sitting posture could cause major damage to legs. In this report by SADE OGUNTOLA, experts say that sitting in crossed-leg position for a prolonged period, for instance, can do more harm than good. The crossing of knees is a very common pose people adopt when sitting down; many people do this consciously. This position is elegant and s3xy, and often associated with being ’’feminine’’ and ’’ladylike.’’  But not too many people know that sitting crossed leg can have some serious consequences on their health and bodies. Charming as sitting with a crossed-leg posture may seem to be, it is not a normal sitting position to be encouraged for prolonged period of time. “A fat person that sits with crossed-leg will feel the muscles of the thigh rub more on themselves. So, it will not be too comfortable for a fat person, even if a slim person can cope,” said Dr Fatai Adeniyi, a physiotherapist, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State. According to Dr Adeniyi, sitting w

The National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the reconciliation committee chairman of the APC, Chief Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, admitted that the ruling party has failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians after almost three years in office. He also admitted that the goodwill which it enjoyed during the 2015 general elections and the inauguration of the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had been squandered. Tinubu therefore concluded that the APC has a lot of work to do to regain public confidence and solidarity before the 2019 general elections.  The former Governor of Lagos State bared his mind on the state of the party on Wednesday in Abuja when he held a closed-door meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party at its secretariat.  The meeting was Tinubu’s first since Buhari appointed him to reconcile all the feuding leaders of the APC in various states of the federation. In his down to earth assessment of the APC, Tinubu said that the party ha

A part of the National Assembly is currently on fire forcing lawmakers and s taff members to flee for their lives. Senators were forced to flee for their lives after a section of the technical room of the National Assembly’s Senate wing was engulfed by fire. Staff and other workers are currently leaving their offices to avoid being trapped as smoke fills up the walkways. The technical room is located at the ground floor of the Assembly compound. Senators who were initially seated in the gallery area have also moved out. It is not yet known what caused the fire. Staff are making attempts to put out the fire with fire extinguishers. A Premium Times report revealed that one staff member familiar with the technical room said the fire started at where air conditioners units serving the assembly are kept. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Obviously, Singer Tiwa Savage and son Jamil, had a priceless Val’s moment without their daddy, Tunji Balogun, in the picture. The lovely mother of one shared a cute photo with her son with the caption: "As long as you keep smiling, everyday will be valentine for me." Meanwhile, there are rumours that Tiwa’s two year-old marriage to TeeBillz has gone sour again and both gone seperate ways. It would be recalled that the ugly drama had started in April, 2016, after her husband ‘s rant on Instagram where he accused Tiwa Savage of infidelity and witchcraft before attempting to commit suicide. But in reaction, the sultry singer, granted a 45 minutes interview in which she made shocking revelations about her husband. However, in 2017, Tiwa and her husband, with the help of family and friends tried reconciling but at the moment allegedly separated again and the beautiful singer is currently single. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the current Tor Sankera 1, Chief Abu King Shuluwa, has written President Muhammadu Buhari for asking Benue people to accommodate killer herdsmen. Shuluwa, who is speaking for the first time since the attacks began in Benue State, noted that Buhari’s home state, Kastina had enough land that could accommodate his kinsmen. Buhari had during a meeting with Benue elders begged them to accommodate their brothers – herdsmen. According to Buhari, “Your Excellency, the governor, and all the leaders here, I am appealing to you to try to restrain your people. I assure you that the Police, the Department of State Service and other security agencies had been directed to ensure that all those behind the mayhem get punished. “I ask you in the name of God to accommodate your country men. You can also be assured that I am just as worried, and concerned with the situation.’’ Reacting, however, Shuluwa said Benue does not have enough

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Thursday berated Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over their support for President Muhammadu Buhari. Fani-Kayode, who also blasted APC chieftain, Bisi Akande, wondered why they would express their love for Buhari’s government yet declaring their hate for Fulani herdsmen. The Peoples Democratic Party chieftain made the remark in a tweet. Fani-Kayode wrote: “You cannot love Buhari and his FGN and say that you hate terrorist Fulani herdsmen and their activities. “Would someone please explain this simple point to VP Osinbajo, Bola Ahmed Tinubu,Baba Akande and any other southerner or Middle Belter that is still in Buhari’s fan club.” The two-time former Minister also condemned the killing of a vigilante member who apprehended a Fulani herdsmen in Edo State. “The Army shot a member of a vigilante group in Edo yesterday that had disarmed and apprehended a Fulani terror

A members of a local vigilante group in Obadolovbiyeyi community in the Ikpoba- Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Efe Igbnovia, has been allegedly shot dead by some soldiers. According to a Punch report, a local vigilance group had in the early hours of Wednesday arrested some suspected herdsmen for alleged armed robbery on the Benin-Abraka Expressway. Igbinovia was said to have been asked to watch over the suspects while his colleagues conducted a search for the fleeing members of the gang. According to the report, a group of soldiers stormed the area and fired continuously. The newspaper reports that the military men, who were said to have arrived in the community in a Honda with the number plate, AP 641 KTN, shot Igbinovia dead and freed the suspects. Some angry youths reportedly blocked the path of a commercial bus conveying two of the herdsmen earlier arrested to the Benin Central Hospital for medical treatment before the intervention of personnel of the Nigeria

former minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has said President Muhammadu Buhari is the next in line to resign from office. This follows the resignation of South African President, Jacob Zuma on Wednesday after pressure to from the ruling party. Fani-Kayode in his tweets on Wednesday night said it was time for African leaders who were so engrossed with power to step down He wrote “First Mugabe went. Now Zuma is going. “Next Buhari will go. After that Biya and Museveni will go. “All these dinosaurs from the distant past fell in love with power and have refused to step down with dignity. “What is it about African leaders and power?” We bring the news to you as it comes.....

your ex breakup zumi “It’s over, but we can still be friends.” How many times have we heard that line? Probably more than we’d like to remember. There’s always that ex who wants to still be friends after the breakup. Maybe they just say that to make the situation better, or maybe they feel bad about breaking somebody’s heart. Or maybe they just want to have some remaining control over the life of their now ex. It’s hard to say what makes people want to be friends after a relationship is over, but no matter what the motive is, it’s a bad idea. We’ll say that again, it’s a very bad idea to stay friends with your ex after a breakup. There are those people who are strong enough to pull off such an arrangement, and we give kudos to them. However, most people only agree to this friendship after heartbreak arrangement out of the hope that fences could probably still be mended. Like we said earlier, bad idea. We’re not saying you should hate your ex or be sworn enemies, but you need some

The Valentine’s Day celebration hit the Senate chamber in a dramatic form on Wednesday.  The day’s plenary began on a dramatic note when the Majority Whip, Senator Sola Adeyeye, was calling members of the chamber to order for the session to start properly. Adeyeye called the attention of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to three senators – Dino Melaye, Oluremi Tinubu and Monsurat Sunmonu – who were in red to reflect the Valentine’s mood. Celebrators of the day are usually dressed in red and white. The Chief Whip said, “Senator Oluremi Tinubu from Lagos-Central; the original ‘Ajekun iya’ from Kogi-West, Senator Dino Melaye; and from from Oyo-Central, Senator Monsurat Sunmonu are reflecting the Valentine’s spirit. The chamber is now set for today’s session.” Opening the session, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said, “Thank you, the Chief Whip, for your observation.” Saraki later asked Melaye to move a motion for the adoption of the Votes and Proceedings of the last

The Presidency has reacted to comments made by Professor Wole Soyinka in which he called on Nigerians to defend themselves in the heat of prevailing security challenges.  Speaking about the call during his appearance on Politics Today, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, noted that the Federal Government would review the suggestion from the Nobel Laureate. “What Professor Soyinka has said can just be one of the proffered solutions which will be looked out. I have spoken about the nine governors’ committee headed by Professor (Yemi) Osinbajo who is the Vice President of the country” he said. Soyinka told journalists in Lagos that the phenomenon of herdsmen and farmers clashes was not new, but an issue that has graduated to an alarming state in the last eight years. According to Femi Adesina, the issue of herdsmen and farmers crisis is a national emergency that “determines to be interrogated from different sides. There is a security appa

A 44-year-old man, Viashima Titus Ukegi, an indigene of Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, has impregnated his teenage daughter, Mary Doosur Ukegi. SUN NEWS reports that Ukegi’s wife, Cecilia Torkwase, died soon after giving birth to their daughter, Mary in 2001. It was also gathered that Ukeji did not enrol Mary in school but rather confined her to doing domestic chores and looking after his shop. While recounting how it happened, Mary said: “We were very close like a normal father and daughter, and I thought he was taking care of me as a father but somehow he became attracted to me. Then, one evening, after taking my bath, I tied my towel around my armpit. As I walked through the palour to my room, he looked at me in a particular way and called me to come close. He said he noticed a mark on my neck. When I went close, he touched my chest and said something funny. He used to say funny things to me. Later that night when I was about to sleep, he came to my room

Reno Omokri has just called out APC National leader, Bola Tinubu saying the 65-year old politician speaks from noth sides of his mouth. According to Reno, ‘why does Tinubu still speak from both sides of the mouth st 65? Tinubu called Presidents Obasanjo and Babangida ‘yesterday’s men’! Has he forgotten how he led APC leaders to beg Obasanjo to help them ‘navigate’ their way to victory in 2015? Who is more ‘yesterday’ than Buhari?’. We bring the news to you as it comes.....

The National Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Osita Izunaso, has said there would be trouble in the party if President Muhammadu Buhari declines to seek a second term in office. In an interview with This Day on Monday, Izunaso explained that the political intrigues that would follow Buhari’s refusal, might cause APC to lose next year. “It would not be in the interest of the party and Nigeria for President Buhari not to run. “The consequence would be unimaginable as all the big wigs that have been hibernating would come out and fight to the finish,” he said. Izunaso also called on the president to officially declare his intention to run. According to him, “President Buhari should come out and run. If he declares today that he would run, it would be a popular decision and it would unite the party and galvanise it into action.”  We bring the news to you as it comes.....

ASABA—WORRIED by the terror being unleashed on innocent Nigerians,  Southern women have vowed to boycott the 2019 presidential election should President Muhammadu Buhari fail to take a decisive step to tackle the rampaging herdsmen. The women, under the aegis of Concerned Southern Women for Good Governance, accused President Buhari of handling the security challenges posed by the herdsmen with kid gloves. Speaking to Vanguard yesterday, leader of the group, Patience Igho, said, “Women are a great economic force that a nation cannot ignore. They are at the bottom of the domestic economic growth pyramid. “Our women in the South are the strength of our agricultural boost because they do the farming and also take the produce for processing and then for sale. “The issue of herdsmen attacking and raping our women in the farms will lead to serious food crises in the South. So we women in the South will boycott the presidential election if this menace of herdsmen is not stopped becau

Former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) and other prominent stakeholders on Monday told President Muhammadu Buhari to brace up for restructuring, insisting that it was time to unbundle Nigeria and make it beneficial for everyone. Akinrinade, who delivered a lecture in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, to mark the sixth anniversary of Governor Seriake Dickson’s administration, specifically urged Buhari to initiate a bill in the National Assembly for power devolution. “President Buhari should go immediately for the clusters of consensus and low hanging fruits by initiating a bill for the structural unbundling of an overburdened centre through the removal of several agreed items from the current Exclusive List and their devolution to the constituting states in a way and manner that does not enfeeble or endanger the manifest destiny of the nation,’ he said. Several people trooped to the Banquet Hall venue of the lectire to listen to the retired general, who revealed the h

  Wants FG to declare state of emergency in Taraba, Kaduna, Benue, Zamfara A coalition of Northern Group has warned that any further attack on the North by any section in Nigeria will be met with vicious reaction even as they warned against any attempts to rewrite the history of the North to suit certain agenda that tend to portray the North, the Hausa/ Fulani and Muslims in bad light and render them as the culprit and the guilty entity. Addressing the media on Tuesday in Abuja, the coalition reeled out several other demands which must be met before peace can return to Nigeria which also include proscription of all religious groups, political parties or ethnic and tribal organizations that make the habit of undermining Nigeria’s peace, security, and peaceful coexistence through unguarded utterances and deliberate actions aimed at fomenting unrest and engendering inter-religious and inter-communal conflicts. According to Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, who is the spokesman of the groups, t

APC’s national leader Bola Tinubu has responded to the letters two former presidents wrote about the party and President Muhammadu Buhari administration, describing the two as retirees and their comments as shadows. “I don’t address those shadows. We should let our former presidents join retirees’ club and take pensions but they can participate in our politics if they are interested,: he said while responding to journalists prompting him for comments on the letters by President Olusegun Obasanjo and Ibrahim Bbangida. “It is a free world, but this freedom is not served a la carte. They should allow us to move our country forward. It is a challenge to every Nigerian,” he said. Tinubu disclosed this while briefing journalist on his recent appointment by Buhari to reconcile all warring groups in the party, an assignment he called a great honour. The former Lagos State governor met behind closed doors with the president in his official residence on Tuesday, and said he has already

Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has called on Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) to adopt proactive measures to end violence between farmers and herdsmen. The Emir made the call on Tuesday while addressing members of Fulawood Industry who paid him a courtesy visit. He called on authorities to expose and sanction perpetrators who were responsible to the loss of lives that was unfair and gross violation of peoples’ constitutional right to exist. The Emir said no religion upholds violence and the wanton killing of innocent people for no reason. “it is a burden and the Federal Government needed to take punitive steps in checkmating the trend in the interest for peace. ”I am reminding the perpetrators of the evil act to reconsider their sinister disservice to the quest for progress and development”, he added. The monarch also advised the disputing groups to desist from taking the laws into their hands in preference to dialogue to resolve disputes.by treading the path of p

In a fresh and fiery interview with German broadcaster, Deutsche Welle (DW), former President Olusegun Obasanjo has again knocked the Muhammadu Buhari regime. Obasanjo’s latest attack on President Buhari comes barely three weeks after he indicted the current government of ineptness. The former president had called for Buhari’s retirement from office in 2019. Speaking, however, in the fresh interview Obasanjo regretted that Buhari has failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians since he took over from the immediate past government of Goodluck Jonathan. He said it was only democratic for him to ask the president to step down in 2019, having failed to keep up with his campaign promises. “It is the right decision now, for us to see that the man who is taking over from Jonathan has not met the expectations of Nigerians, that’s what democracy is all about. Democracy is about change. But if you think that is not the right decision, then you are not a democrat. But I am a democrat

The United States has warned Nigerians against destroying their country as they prepare for the 2019 general elections. Apparently referring to the persistent killings across the country, Washington cautioned Nigerians to know that “there won’t be Nigerians without Nigeria”. Stuart Symington, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, gave the warning  when he visited the House of Representatives Committee on Nigerian-United States Inter-Parliamentary Relations headed by Hon. Johnson Agbonayinma on Tuesday, February 13, 2018. In his admonition, Symington tasked Nigerians to embrace “peace, unity, togetherness, free enterprise, not only in the country, but also to its neighbouring countries, adding that there should be a connection between the leaders and the people. The envoy noted that the success of democracy in Nigeria will on the long run affect the survival of democracy globally, and charged the Federal Government to fight “terrorism, promote economic integration and compet