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Monday, 10 April 2017 14:47

Zamfara started Sharia, today it has highest poverty rate - Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said Zamfara State which started implementation of Sharia law in Nigeria currently has the highest poverty rate in the country. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco, weekend, Sanusi said many of those who seized religion as tool of getting power were not necessarily better than the rest of the people. According to him, such people should, however, be given a chance to participate in a democracy, so that they don’t go on pushing a myth that they were not given a chance. “Give them four years, after sometime people find…

Monday, 10 April 2017 14:43

Agbani Darego, Miss World 2001, marries TY Danjuma’s son

Agbani Darego, 2001 Miss World, got married over the weekend to Ishaya Danjuma, son of former defense minister, Theophilus Danjuma. The former beauty queen shared the news on her Instagram page with the picture showing her in a wedding dress with her partner turning their backs to the camera at the wedding. She shared the picture with the caption, “08-04-2017, #Mrs. Danjuma”, which was further confirmed by her friend Elizabeth Elohor. Elohor, while sharing the same picture wrote, “Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Danjuma @agbanidarego. May the almighty God bless your union. #mysisismarried, #beautifulcouple, #Marrakesh. Her post revealed that the couple…

Monday, 10 April 2017 14:42

Obasanjo's ex-wife loses bid to stop son’s wedding

An Ikeja High Court on Monday, dismissed the suit filed by Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, seeking the postponement of the wedding of her son Olujonwo to Tope Adebutu. Justice Lateefa Okunnu, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit because Olujonwo, 33, is an adult. “On March 27, I ordered counsel to direct me on whether the family court can hear a case where the child is an adult. “Counsel have addressed me and I have read the processes before me. “I have found to be very genuine,…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:59

'Who the hell is Bamaiyi that I would want to kill him?', Obasanjo fumes

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted claim by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, that he (Obasanjo) planned to kill the former army chief. Wondering why he would want to kill Bamaiyi, Obasanjo stated that his government between 1999 and 2007 arrested the former COAS to clear his name for allegedly killing other people during the reign of military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. He said this on Sunday at his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital while hosting members of Ogun State Correspondents’ chapel. The former President argued that the former Chief of Army…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:57

Obasanjo lacks moral right to accuse anyone of corruption – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from accusing people of corruption in Nigeria. Fayose said it was hypocritical of the former president to claim that some church leaders in the country were not only encouraging corruption but also celebrating people with questionable sources of wealth. Obasanjo made the accusation in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, at the 2017 Convention Lecture of Victory Life Bible Church International while speaking on the theme, “The role of the church in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.” In a statement issued, on Sunday, by his Special…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:54

'Thus saith the Lord, those destroying the Naira won’t spend their loot' - Adeboye

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said those responsible for the drastic loss in value of the national currency, Naira, will not live to enjoy their illicit gains. Delivering a sermon yesterday at the special Sunday service organised by RCCG Region 11 aka Ikoyi/Victoria Island family at Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos, Pastor Adeboye said this was a revelation he received from God early this year but which he was sharing for the first time. ‘’Those who are deliberately destroying the Naira will make the money but will not spend it”,…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:52

In response to Wike's assassination allegation, IGP says 221 policemen watch over him

Police chief Ibrahim Idris has denied that he ordered the killing of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. The police yesterday described the report as “false” and “misleading”. In an interview, the governor claimed that the Inspector-General had ordered the state’s Commissioner of Police to kill him. In a statement yesterday, Force spokesman Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), said Wike’s claim was unbecoming of a governor. He said that adequate measures had been put in place to ensure security of lives, including that of the governor. The statement noted that 221 police personnel were recently deployed in Rivers…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:43

Benin president abandons plan to reduce number of presidential terms

Benin President Patrice Talon said he has abandoned plans to reduce the presidential mandate from two terms to one, after parliament rejected a draft bill to change the constitution. Talon, who came to power in a peaceful election one year ago, promised to reduce presidential terms from two five-year terms to one six-year term, in a bid to reduce what he called presidential "complacency" in the tiny West African country. But parliament on Tuesday voted down a bill for a referendum to reform the constitution, which included the provision to reduce presidential terms. "The revision of the constitution is finished,"…

Sunday, 09 April 2017 17:00

2018 census to cost N272billion

Proposed 2018 national population census will cost an estimated N272 billion, Director-General of National Population Commission (NPC), Dr Ghaji Bello, has said. Bello said in New York that the Federal Government was expected to fund the exercise by only 51 per cent while international donor community would fund the remaining 49 per cent. “The submission we have made to the Federal Government is in the region of N272 billion. But the good thing is that that the N272 billion is not for one single year. “It is spread along a four-year tenure. There are pre-census activities, that is the preparation;…

Sunday, 09 April 2017 16:56

FG working on closing some foreign missions – Minister

The federal government is currently working on closing some of Nigeria’s 119 foreign missions, an official has said. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said though it is expensive to close a country’s embassy,it will be beneficial in the long run. Onyeama said at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum in Abuja on Sunday that the reduction of Nigeria’s foreign missions was on the agenda of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. He, however, did not mention the number of missions to be closed. “The government is following up on that (closing some missons) and we have sort of prepared the roadmap;…

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Sunday, 09 April 2017 16:47

Stockholm suspect was failed asylum-seeker; 2nd man arrested

The Stockholm truck attack suspect from Uzbekistan was a rejected asylum-seeker who eluded authorities' attempts to deport him by giving police a wrong address, Swedish police said Sunday while announcing the arrest of a second suspect. Jan Evensson of the Stockholm police told a televised news conference that the 39-year-old suspect's request for a residence permit was rejected in June 2016 but police could not find him to send him back to his native country because he was not at the address he had given. On Feb. 24, he was formally sought after by Swedish police. "We know he has…

Sunday, 09 April 2017 03:41

IGP has given Rivers CP a mandate to kill me – Gov Wike

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, speaks with OLUSOLA FABIYI on various national issues, his grouse with the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government and the crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party, among others In specific terms, what have you achieved in the last two years? One area is security. When we came into power, people were saying that Rivers State was not safe. Despite Federal Government’s lack of support, today, Rivers State is one of the most peaceful states in the country. In fact, the Federal Government made sure that the state was unsafe so that they could declare a…

Sunday, 09 April 2017 03:38

Wizkid’s ‘come closer’ video hits over a million views in 24 hours

Barely 24 hours after releasing the official music video for his international collaboration dubbed 'Come closer' featuring Canadian rapper, Drake, the clip has amassed over 1 million YouTube views. The tropical/dancehall inspired single which leaked a while ago as “Hush Up The Silence” premiered on OVO Sound Radio on Apple Music. Though Drake’s absence in the video on Friday created mixed reactions shortly after it was released, the video still managed to garner a record breaking number of views. Reacting to the banters on Twitter over Drake’s absence, the “Daddy Yo” crooner took to his Twitter account to clear the…

Sunday, 09 April 2017 03:36

My ordeal in SSS detention - Nigerian US-based author, Okey Ndibe

Popular Nigerian author and columnist has lashed out at the State Security Service after being briefly detained at the international airport in Lagos. In a message on his Facebook wall late Saturday, Professor Okey Ndibe said he was taking in for questioning by the secret police. He was believed to be coming in from the United States where he has lived since 1998. The author and lecturer said the action of the SSS was due to his name being on a security watchlist. He said his name was first added to the list in 2010 by the Umaru Yar’Adua administration,…

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