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The United States has condemned the attack on the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi. It also said it would continue to support the Federal Government’s efforts to counter the terrorist group. While briefing journalists on Thursday, spokesperson for the US Department of State, Ms Heather Nauert, said, “We are still trying to get all the details about that [Boko Haram attack], but we want to mention that we condemn in the strongest possible terms the terror attack on a school earlier this week in northeastern Nigeria. “The choice of targets, including schools, markets and places of worship, reflect the brutality of terrorist organisations. The victims of the attacks were girls who were simply seeking an education. We continue to support Nigeria’s efforts to counter the terror group.” She added, “We also support Nigeria’s efforts to enable more than two million (persons) displaced in the Lake Chad region to return home safely. “The United States continues to provide humanit

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, on Saturday appealed to Nigerians to be fair to them and the entire herdsmen across the country. MACBAN’s South East zonal chairman, Alhaji Gidado Sadiqu, made the appeal while urging the public to disregard rumours that their members were plotting to coordinate attacks on Enugu and Anambra States. The group, which said it was scared of criminals masquerading as herdsmen to unleash terror on their host communities, noted that herdsmen were only looking for greener pastures in the southern and middle belt regions. Speaking during the group’s zonal meeting in Enugu, Sadiqu expressed displeasure at the fact that the sight of a Fulani sends shivers down the spines of community members. He warned some of it’s members, who were in the habit of destroying farm crops to desist. Sadiqu said, “We also advise our members to participate actively during the coming election by obtaining PVC.This will bring them close to their

National Chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus has lamented that the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, has mismanaged the Nigerian economy. The development comes as the main opposition party stated that Nigeria will become the headquarters of poverty by the end of this month. Secondus stated this in his address at the 78th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Party in Abuja on Thursday. He said: “Since 2015, more than sixteen (16) million Nigerians have lost their jobs. According to the World Poverty Clock, an organization that assesses poverty across the globe using credible data obtained from the United Nations (UN), Intenational Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, Nigeria would become the extreme poverty capital of the world by the end of this month. It will overtake India as the country with the most people in extreme poverty. “This demonstrates how badly the APC Federal Government has mishandled Nigeria, an economy they took over

National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bolaji Ahmed Tinubu is reported to have asked the national chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and his national working committee to resign during his visit to the party secretariat. Tinubu, who was appointed by President Buhari to chair the APC reconciliation committee, had visited the party’s secretariat where he met Oyegun and others. After the meeting, Oyegun was seen in Kogi State where he received defecting members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and was also said to have unilaterally inaugurated officials parallel to those already heading the state chapter of the party. Following the development, Tinubu had written to Oyegun, copied President Muhammadu Buhari, Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, accusing the chairman of sabotaging his efforts in reconciling aggrieved members of the party. He specifically mentioned Kogi, Kaduna, Kano, and Adamawa as the key states where Odigie-Oyegun is working to frus

2019: Ex-VP, Atiku Abubakar, sets to Form a New Party As PDP Settles For Another Presidential Candidate 2019: Ex-VP, Atiku Abubakar, sets to Form a New Party As PDP Settles For Another Presidential Candidate Emerging report reaching our news desk, indicates that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar , has allegedly opted to form a new party, as all indication shows that the powers that be in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are not ready to give him the 2019 Presidential ticket. A credible source, revealed that the PDP leadership led by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and his River State Counterpart, Nyesom Wike, are of the opinion that it will be hard to sell Atiku to Nigerians in 2019. Speaking further, the source alleged that Atiku who is rather taking his last shot at the Presidency due to his age factor, is desperate in ensuring that he vies for the Presidency in 2019. “PDP will never allow Atiku to clinch the Presidential ticket on the party’s platform. Atiku h

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has said that the powerful forces that conspired to remove former President Goodluck Jonathan from office are also plotting to remove incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari. Jonathan lost to Buhari in an unprecedented manner in 2015, after defeating the same Buhari in 2011. However, Fani-Kayode said in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle that the forces that came together to ensure Buhari’s election in 2015 had deserted him. Fani-Kayode posted the tweet on his verified Twitter handle late Friday night before deleting it shortly afterwards. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who withdrew support from Jonathan in the build-up to the 2015 general election, in January 2018 wrote a 13-page viral letter in which he accused Buhari of disappointing Nigerians. He also urged the president not to seek reelection in 2019. Another former Head of State, Ibrahim Babangida in a controversial statement lamented the security challenges in

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has described the latest report released by Amnesty International (AI), alleging human rights violations by the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN), as a gross disservice to the nation’s high security command. It accused AI of working towards weakening the efforts of the AFN at ensuring peace and security in the country. Brigadier General, John Agim, Brigadier General, Acting Director Defence Information, in a statement on Friday, observed that AI has made it a routine duty to continue generating tension among the citizens by releasing unconfirmed reports, unsubstantiated claims and figures relating to military counter-insurgency operations and wanton killings by unknown groups or persons. The statement in full: “It is pertinent to re-iterate that the AFN as a responsible institution, financed by taxpayers, is bound to respond to these allegations in order to put the records in proper perspective. The AI allegations of human rights violations and extr

A 42-year-old businesswoman on Wednesday told Igando Customary Court, Lagos that her fifth husband, Rufus Otegbola, was an unrepentant polygamist. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, Funmilayo who was responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband, said her husband had three wives in secret. She said “My husband deceived me. He did not tell me that he had three wives before marrying me. “He impregnated me and hurried me into his house without legal marriage. “I discovered that he already had three wives living with him and there was nothing I could do since I was pregnant, I had to stay. “My husband beats me all time and even when I was pregnant, he beats hell out of me; I fell into labour immediately, forcing the delivery of the baby. “As a result of the frequent beating, on May 9, 2016, I packed my belongings from his house and moved to my parent’s house. “When he lost his job, I was the one feeding him with his wives and their children and I was also pay

A woman who has become fed up with her husband's attitude has revealed the appalling thing that happens every time she asks him for some money. Wuraola Adekunle, a 43-year-old woman has sued her 78-year-old husband for divorce, accusing him of negligence and lack of care. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Wuraola Adekunle had sued her husband, Rufai, at the Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, on Tuesday, asking for the dissolution of their 15-year marriage. Wuraola, a resident of Apete, Ibadan, had prayed the court to uphold her request due to her husband’s negligence to take care of her and the three children of the union. The petitioner told the court that her 78-year-old husband was in the habit of threatening her whenever she demanded money. Wuraola also said she shouldered the responsibility of school fees, feeding and other needs of the children alone. In his judgment, the President of the court, Mukaila Balogun, said the evidence of both parties befor

A 33-year old single lady, Morenikeji Oke has been arrested for allegedly battering a housewife, Abiola Akubor after she had warned her to forget her husband because he belonged to her. The incident happened at Muyili Ashode Street in the Pipeline area of Ejigbo, Lagos where Oke resided and ran a drinking joint. Sources reports that Mrs. Akubor had insisted on having her husband, Sadiq back as she had two children for him. She reportedly went to Oke’s house in search of Sadiq around 10pm in the night but met the shock of her life. She was brutally attacked and injured on her left eye. Even her sister who followed her to Oke’s house was not spared. Sources scooped that Akubor and her husband, Sadiq had been living together peacefully and had children until he met the single lady, Oke. His behaviours changed thereafter and he shifted focus to Oke. He was said to have been spending his time and money on Oke which his wife attempted to stop but was brutally attacked by the susp

Nigerian Male Barbie, Okuneye Idris Olarenwaju, also known as Bobrisky has vowed that Nigerian musician, Kingsley Chiweike Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, must marry him. The cross-dresser who came out as gay late last year, said he would not rest until the musician pays his bride price. Recall that the Internet personality who has severally denied being gay, finally revealed he is gay last year. Bobrisky had earlier last week, declared his love for Kcee. He also pleaded with KCee’s brother and business associate, E-money, to help him tell the singer that he is waiting. He wrote on Instagram, “Emoney please tell your brother Kcee I won’t stop playing his song until your family come and pay my bride price.” We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Nollywood Actress, Steph Nora Okere, has revealed how a foremost producer in the movie industry once held knife to her neck and told her to strip. When asked if she has ever experienced sexual harassment before in Nollywood, Okere, who is one of the first actresses in the Nigerian movies space, told BroadwayTV that she has indeed been harassed by a producer. According to Okere, “Yes I had. And that is one of the things that made me to set up my NGO. If I say didn’t then I will be lying. Maybe over the years I held it back. “Yes I tried not to talk about it because my family said ‘let it go, let it pass.’ I was harassed by a foremost producer who actually put a knife to my neck and asked me to strip.“It’s a story for another day. I went through that and actually left Nollywood at the point because when that happened my family said that was enough for acting. “My family never supported me having acting as a full time job but when I started doing well and they started seeing me

Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, has warned the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to stop extorting money from innocent Igbo traders under the guise of checking the contents of their containers. He gave the warning when the Comptroller of Customs, Federal Operations, Zone C, Mr. Azarema Abubakar, paid him a courtesy call yesterday at the Government House in Owerri, Okorocha, who decried the communication gap between the Customs authorities and most Igbo traders, advocated for a summit between the NCS and the businessmen at the highest level to correct the impressions in some quarters that some of the actions and policies of the Customs were targeted to harm the success of Igbo-owned businesses. He also advised the customs personnel to concentrate at the borders in doing their work instead of mounting road blocks in the cities, stating that if the customs personnel do what they are expected to do at the borders, there was no need to mount pressure on the city roads. He mainta

The Sultan of Sokoto , Alhaji Sa ’ad Abubakar III, has told President Muhammadu Buhari to consult him and other stakeholders if he cannot solve the security problems of the country. He said if Buhari had failed, he should call them to help out, adding that it was unfair to label all Fulani as killers. He said that criminality must not be mixed with ethnicity. The Sultan said this at the public presentation of a book, Dynamics of Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences in Abuja yesterday. According to the monarch, “We don’t accept criminals in our midst. We must fish them (the killer herdsmen) out and deal with them. The worst word you can hear nowadays is the Fulani issue. “There are millions of Fulani who don’t even know what a cow is. I am a Fulani and I am not a herder. I am a proud Fulani. But everyone believes that when you see a Fulani, he is a killer. “It is not true. So, for anyone to label any particular ethnicity is wrong. Let’s give criminals their ideal name; no

Former Presidential New Media aide Reno Omokri has berated President Muhammadu Buhari for asking Nigerians to be ready to sacrifice for the country. In a post on his Facebook page, Omokri stated that the sacrifice should begin from Buhari’s home. Omokri wrote: “President Buhari yesterday asked Nigerians to be ready to make sacrifices for the country. “This is a man who sacrificed for Nigerian by spending 103 days in London, with our Presidential jet parked at Stansted Airport incurring huge medical and other bills at our expense. “A man whose daughter got married at a multi million dollar ceremony. “Whose son had a motorbike accident on one of the most expensive power bikes in the world and whose political appointees fly in private jets? “Let sacrifice begin from Buhari’s own home!” We bring the news to you as it comes.....

Since APC took over the administrative power in Nigerian government, Nigeria citizens has lamented how they have failed and how President Buhari, who was elected at the premise of CHANGE, has also failed woefully. But in a twist, Mr. President declared today that he has fulfilled his major promise to the nation. Mr. President on Tuesday visited Yola where he insisted that he had fulfilled major promises made to electorate during his political campaign. Buhari, who paid homage to Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo at his palace, said that the fight against corruption and maintaining peace and security were among the priorities of his administration. “We appreciate security progress in the North East and the country at large. He explained also that economic development has improved, especially in the area of agriculture. “We are lucky that for the past two years farmers across the country experienced excellent harvests,” Buhari said. According to NAN, Mr. President said th

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, SKC Ogbonnia, has alleged that some people loyal to  President Muhammadu Buhari, have focused there energies on “strategies to decimate the Tinubu-led brain trust that brought Buhari to power.” Ogbonnia claimed that despite mapping out the strategy that brought Buhari into power, Tinubu was sidelined by the President and his loyalists. In a statement he signed, the APC chieftain said Buhari made the former Lagos State Governor a “mockery in all pepper soup joints” after declaring that he is not the national leader of the party. Ogbonnia also said the failure of the Buhari-led Federal Government has made Nigerians to mock Tinubu who was the architect of the party’s assumption to power. The statement sent to DAILY POST reads, “Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu means different things to different people. But if dynamic opposition is the life-wire of a democracy, it is very fitting then to name him the saviour of Nigeria’s cu

A 43-year-old driver, Mr Sharafadeen Olawuyi, on Tuesday urged an Ikorodu Customary Court to dissolve his 12-year-old marriage, citing his wife’s adulterous lifestyle. Olawuyi, who resides at Temidire Estate, Adamo in Ikorodu in Lagos State, told the court that his wife, Khadjat, had turned him into a punching bag. “She beats me anytime I ask about her whereabouts. “My wife derives pleasure in making trouble, she fights in our neighbourhood. She has never been a peaceful person since the day she moved into my house and she hadsrefused to change. “I tried as much as possible to change her lifestyle but anytime I caution her she usually slap me. “We relocated to another house just to save us from the shame and embarrassment but only for her to start making trouble with the landlord in our new apartment,’’ he said. Olawuyi said he reported her misdemeanour to his mother-in-law, but she refused to yield to her mother’s advice. “ I actually wanted to desert her but I felt d

A  teacher at Government Day Secondary School Sankalawa in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara has allegedly flogged a student to death. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident was revealed on Wednesday by Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar-Gummi, Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly. The deputy speaker, who spoke under matters of urgent public importance during the assembly’s sitting in Gusau, said that the house had received several reports on the issue. According to him, another incident at Government Female Day Secondary School, Kwatarkwashi, had led to the injury of a student in the school after the Vice Principal allegedly subjected her to heavy punishment. Gummi said: “These problems apart from discouraging our children from acquiring education, also revealed poor attitude to work on the part of teachers in this state.” He urged the House to invite the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology to explain steps taken to address the issues.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted statements credited to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State in which the governor declared its leader, Nnamdi Kanu as a “liar”. According to a statement signed by IPOB Spokesman, Emma Powerful, Ikpeazu had accused Nnamdi Kanu of reneging on a promise he made with South East governors including himself. However, the group queried the time, venue, and purpose of the purported meeting. The group accused the governor of attempting to cover up his underperformance by using Kanu’s name to launder his own image. He said, “Over the coming days and weeks, Okezie Ikpeazu will be methodically and systematically shredded publicly for his blatant lies against our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and the great IPOB movement he leads. “It will be in his best interest and that of his Northern handlers to publish whatever material at his disposal that will lend credence to his assertions, chiefly that our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu reneged on agreements re

To critics of President Muhammadu Buhari, the time to resign from office is                              now..                          He should follow the footsteps of former South African President Jacob Zuma. But others say that those behind the call are the corrupt who are uncomfortable with the President’s anti-graft crusade. They argue against putting Buhari and Zuma on the same scale, writes JOESPH JIBUEZE. THE support base for President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft battle swelled yesterday with senior lawyers and activists berating those urging the president to take a cue from former South African President Jacob Zuma who was forced to quit office last week. They said there was no basis to compare Buhari, who is fighting corruption, to Zuma, who resigned on account of alleged corruption. “It was paradoxical that in Nigeria, the president is being asked to leave office for fighting corruption”, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) Director Prof Ishaq Akintola said in a statement

The Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has lashed out at the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. Ikpeazu said Kanu lies too much and was not a straight forward person, adding that he is equally worse than a chameleon. The governor spoke while featuring in an interview with British Broadcasting Cooperation, BBC Igbo. Ikpeazu said the elusive IPOB leader, who speaks from both sides of his mouth never consulted him or any South East governor before taking any action. The governor insisted that Igbos do not want Nigeria to break up as they are ready to rule the country when the time comes. According to Ikpeazu, ”Nnamdi Kanu hates South East governors, he does not want to associate with us despite the love we have for him. ”Whenever you talk with Nnamdi Kanu, he always speaks from both sides of his mouth, he is not a straightforward person . ”He never consulted me before taking any action, although we all agreed that Igbos are being marginalised but

In the late 90’s the defunct music group Plantashun Boiz held Nigerians by the jugular with their series of hit songs. The group eventually parted way in 2004 and one of the members of the group, Black Face has come out to say other members of the group were simply ambitious and selfish. The defunct music group had Innocent Idibia, aka 2face; Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo, aka Blackface, and Chibuzor Oji, aka Faze. Though the group came back together in 2007 to record a third album, Blackface and 2face can right now be described as bitter enemies. Blackface has always said he was unfairly treated by his former group member. Blackface mentioned some of the factors that led to the demise of the group. According to him, one member of the group was responsible for the breakup as he was only interested in himself alone: “Artistes are like footballers. If there is no love in a team, they cannot play together. Once you are in a group, you must consider the interest of everyone in it.

In a dramatic twist on Tuesday, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja ‘severed’ or judicially separated the trial of Nnamdi Kanu (the leader of IPOB) from that of the other three defendants initially charged with him. The severance was pursuant to an application by motion on notice filed by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, counsel to one of the three sureties, Jewish Chief Priest, Shalum Ben Madu. Addressing the court, Aloy Ejimakor contended that his client wished to be heard first on the motion he filed before any trial can arise. Ejimakor further stated that his motion is supported by new facts and points of law that required an adjournment of Kanu’s trial and a separate hearing. The severance means that Kanu’s trial has been effectively put on hold until issues surrounding his whereabouts since September last year are resolved. And through the new legal maneuver made by Barrister Ejimakor, it also now appears that Kanu’s trial has taken second place to the issue of his fate since aft

Lagos — Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said he should be examined by a psychiatrist, if he joins the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, spear-headed by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo recommended the coalition in a letter he wrote to President Muhammadu Buhari last month. The elder statesman had asked Nigerians to rally round the movement, saying neither the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, nor the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, could give Nigeria the leadership it deserved. But speaking in an interview with BBC Yoruba yesterday, Soyinka said the coalition was not meant for someone like him. "Me? Obasanjo would establish a group and I will become a member of such group? That means they should get a psychiatrist to examine me," Soyinka said. He also spoke about the letters which Obasanjo and former military President, Ibrahim Babangida, addressed to Buhari, saying people should get suspicious "when these soldiers speak" because t

A housewife from Delta make bizarre confession of having s*xual intercourse with eighteen men within one month. Witnesses were stunned last weekend when a 42-year-old beautiful house wife (name withheld) reportedly burst into tears with mind blowing confession in Umuagu Asaba shrine, that she had had s*xual intercourse with 18 men under one month, and in her matrimonial home. Her sudden outburst, which attracted a crowd to the scene, stunned the elders of the Asaba community into a state of shock, especially as the woman had been well known within the area as a hardworking and unsuspecting petty trader. It was gathered that the housewife, a native of the Ashama community in Aniocha North local government area of Delta state, had been married for the past six years and has two children. Sources said the woman’s husband had, for long been cautioning her against some male customers who hide behind patronising her shop for some dubious intents. He also threatened to expose any illici

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, acknowledge that if given good roads, railway and stable electric power, most ordinary Nigerians will be happy to carry on with their lives. President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Daura, his hometown, said all mismanaged and misappropriated national assets recovered will be sold off and proceeds paid to the treasury for the benefit of the country. President Buhari who gave the assurance when he received representatives of social groups in Daura Emirate said his administration will continue to pursue a robust, effective and legitimate anti-corruption campaign that safeguards the treasury and commonwealth of all Nigerians. The President said he would not allow a repeat of what happened in the 1980s when buildings and other ill-gotten property seized by his military administration were returned to corrupt officials following his ouster as Head of State. The President told the groups that the APC-led government will consolidate on the gains and mo

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as a hater of the Igbo nation. The group made this known in a statement signed by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu and released on Monday. Madu stated that the former president’s interactions with the Igbo nation were “camouflaged and hypocritical”. He said Obasanjo confirmed his hatred of the Igbo nation by his failure to attend the burial ceremonies of Chukwuemeka Ojukwu and Dr Alex Ekwueme, two highly-respected Igbo leaders. The statement read, “Obasanjo knows the truth that General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was right in all his activities that involved Biafra, he knows the truth that Ndigbo were schemed out of political reality in Nigeria, “Obasanjo knows this truth that he hates Biafra and her people, he also knows the truth that all his dealings with Ndigbo are all camouflaged and hypocritical. “Olusegun Obasanjo openly without shame proved his

Sir: The news credited to the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the effect that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and General Ibrahim Badamosi .Babangida should retire from politics or rather allow the nation to move forward by keeping quite is to me a ‘tongue in cheek’ comment. More than any Nigerian living, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida, General Yakubu Gowon, President Muhammadu Buhari and General T Y Danjuma have put their lives on the line for the survival of this nation at critical stages. It is therefore preposterous for Tinubu to now ask the duo to retire. In actual fact, they are the fathers of the nation and their opinion on any issue should be taken seriously. The two equally has their own foible while in power, apart from the first republic, the tenure of the duo are unmatched by any other in terms of achievement recorded by the nation. What I want to bring out is that they are experienced leaders whose experience is ne