Saturday, 1 August 2015

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Kevin Hart Strips Down for Rolling Stone Magazine

1035x1391-R1241_FEA_KHart_AKevin Hart is unarguably one of the hottest comedians in America right now and he is doing in big in both Stand Up and TV Screens.

MFM Rewards 180 First Class University Graduates with N91 Million

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) on Saturday announced that is giving financial rewards of N91 million to its members who graduated with first class from different universities across the country.
General Overseer of MFM, Daniel Olukoya,made the announcement in Lagos at the monthly live broadcast programme of the church, tagged, “Power Must Change Hands,” which was monitored in Abuja.

Pres. Buhari Appoints Mohammed Kari as Commissioner for Insurance

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President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Alhaji Mohammed Kari as the Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the National Insurance Commission.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visits IDP camp school in Kano


Vice President Yemi Osinbajo today visited the Mariri IDP camp school in Kano state. The school was set up to provide quality education for children who lost their parents/guardians in various Boko Haram attacks. The school runs with a full curriculum as other schools.

Basketmouth and wife spend some alone time together


The couple visited Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and shared some photos on social media.

Akon, Tony Elumelu, Jesse Jagz & More Enjoy Boat Cruise



Music star Akon was joined by Jesse Jagz, billionaire Tony Elumelu TV personality Stephanie Coker and acterss Omoni Oboli for a boat cruise today.

How Jonathan's ministers,aides and Generals shared 500 FG houses

Many senior officials under President Jonathan’s administration allegedly shared over 500 Federal Government houses located in high brow areas of Abuja and Lagos as parting gifts.

Facebook CEO expecting a baby girl after series of Miscarriages

Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan have revealed that they are expecting a baby girl. Mark revealed that prior to these pregnancy news, his wife, Priscilla had series of miscarriages

2015 Hajj:Transportation of pilgrims commence August 18

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria on Saturday announced that it would commence transportation of Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia on August 18. Chairman of the Commission, Malam Abdullahi Mukhtar, made the announcement after inaugurating the Medical Team for 2015 hajj exercise in Abuja. Mukhtar said the Commission was fully prepared for this year’s Hajj.

National News Headlines - 1/8/2015

DAILY SUN

*Quest for public office in Nigeria still driven by corruption ' Prof Odinkalu

*Buhari discriminating against Ndigbo ' Uwazurike

*Produce APC membership card of DG-DSS or keep quiet, APC tells PDP

*Election petition: Tribunal fixes August 10 for Abia guber trial

Group warns Wike on dirty fight with Amaechi

Rivers People’s Congress, RPC, an umbrella body of all ethnic, social and non governmental organisations in Rivers State.

Police withdraw 200 men from LASTMA

No fewer than 200 officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force, have been withdrawn from the Lagos State Transport Management Agency, for yet to be disclosed reasons. They have been directed to report  at their command headquarters in Ikeja, over two weeks ago. Investigations revealed that the withdrawal may not be unconnected with a breach in their condition of service by the management of LASTMA.

Happy Birthday Kanu Nwankwo

Nwankwo KanuOON (born 1 August 1976), or simply Kanu, is a retired Nigerian footballer who played as a striker.He was a member of and later captained the Nigerian national team for 16 years from 1994 until 2010. Kanu is a member of the Igbo ethnic group;his name, Nwankwo, means Child born on Nkwo market day in the Igbo language.

Woman gives birth to a baby without limbs in Bauchi



A 20 year old indigene of Lussa in Bogoro Local Government Area in Bauchi, Blessing Samson, gave birth to a baby boy without limbs on July 4, 2015.

Witches pushed me to rape 9-year-old girl, says father of 3


A 39-year-old father of 3, Ekpeyong Essien, who raped a 9 year old girl blamed his 2 sons, whom he alleged are witches, for pushing him to commit the crime.

Buhari departs Nigeria for a 1-day State visit to the Republic of Benin


President Buhari this morning departed Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for a one day State visit to the Republic of Benin. According to Garba Shehu, The President will hold talks with President Boni Yayi as part of moves in strengthening regional cooperation against Boko Haram. 


Jonathan former aides, Abati, Adegbe, Obua, others stripped of passports


According to a report by Vanguard, about 12 of former president Jonathan's former aides, including presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, Aide-de-Camp, Col. Ojogbane Adegbe and  Chief Security Officer, Gordon Obua, have been stripped of their official/presidential passports.

Friday, 31 July 2015

EFCC grills Enugu PDP Chairman Over Money laundering

With the former Chief of Staff to governor Sullivan Chime put in its custody, the EFCC today took on the current Peoples Democratic Party chairman in the State, Ikeje Asogwa, over allegation of money laundering.

Nigeria Army re-engages retired soldiers

The Nigerian Army has re-engaged a number of its retired officers to serve as consultants and instructors at the Nigerian Army School of Artillery (NASA), Kachia, Kaduna state.

Chadian Army kills Over 100 Boko Haram members

At least 100 militants have been killed in an operation launched a fortnight ago against Boko Haram jihadists holed up in the islands of Lake Chad

National News Headlines - 31/7/2015

THE NATION


*71 captives rescued as troops smash Boko Haram camps

*Ooni: Aregbesola, Ile-Ife chiefs hold talks

*Nigeria seeks neighbours' help to fight terrorists

*No more faction in the House, say Dogara, Gbajabiamila

*EFCC quizzes ex-NIMASA DG, ex-Governor Chime's Chief of Staff

Stop wiavers of rice,agric products,Senate tells FG

The Senate today passed a resolution, asking the FG to henceforth stop all waivers on rice importation as well as other agricultural products.

Boko Haram Insurgency:Nigeria appionts new head of multinational Force

Nigeria has named a general to lead the new multinational task force given the mandate to combat Boko Haram extremists.

Thursday, 30 July 2015

2Face kick starts 2015 Star Music Trek Phase 2 in Makurdi

Benue, the food basket of the nation is set for the most notable concert to hold in the state this year as Star, Nigeria’s iconic lager resumes the 2015 Star Music Trek on Saturday August 1 at the IBB Square in Makurdi. Headline acts billed to perform include local boy turned international megastar 2Face, MI, Faze, Yemi Alade, KCee and Runtown. Gbenga Adeyinka is also set to MC the mega concert with Tony Blaze and DJ Neptune on the wheels.

Ibori’s Case Echoes In Singapore As Cameron Warns Against Bringing Dirty Money To Uk

James Ibori
James Ibori

Foreign fraudsters and corrupt officials have been warned by David Cameron that London is “not a place to stash your dodgy cash”. The Prime Minister has promised to crack down on shady offshore companies buying up luxury properties as part of his drive to tackle international corruption.

Odemwingie: I'm still not fully fit

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Stoke City forward Peter OdemwingieStoke City’s Peter Odemwingie has admitted that he has not fully recovered from his knee ligament  injury that kept him out for eight months,  despite featuring in his side's last three games.

Shell to sack 6500;Cut spending to cope with lower oil prices

Royal Dutch Shell says it will axe 6,500 jobs this year and step up spending cuts, to deal with an extended period of lower oil prices. Besides, the company announced on Thursday in London the sale of a 33 per cent stake in the Showa Shell refinery in Japan to Idemitsu, for about $1.4 billion. The Anglo-Dutch company also said it was planning more asset disposals..

BET Award winner,Stonebwoy loses Mum

BET Award winner,Stonebwoy is bereaved.The rising Ghanaian dance hall act has lost his mother, Catherine Satekla. The sad incident, which has dampened the spirits of the award winning act, whose real name is Livingstone Etse Satekla, is reported to have occurred on Wednesday, July 29, 2015.Stonebwoy’s mum breathed her last at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra where she had been admitted.

Nigeria Airforce discover Boko Haram's oil depot,supply routes

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) through its intensified and persistent efforts in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram terrorists has intercepted over 4,000 drums and jerry cans of petroleum products and other smuggled items. The items were confiscated from the smugglers in Pepe, Dashin-Hausa, Belel Bilachi, and Konkul villages located along the Nigeria-Cameroon border on Tuesday, 28 July 2015.

Akwa Ibom Police Nabbed Igbo Man Who Slaughtered Boy Like Goat-for-sale


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It was a clear case of man’s inhumanity to his fellow man. That is the only way anyone can describe the act of one Stephen Anona, 32, from Njikoka in Anambra State, who allegedly slaughtered one Daniel Bassey Solomon, from Uruan LGA, like goat with head, hands and legs cut-off, carefully stacked inside bags and dumped in the nearby bush.

DPR seals 22 filling stations in Abuja

DPR says it has sealed 22 filling stations in Abuja and environs for profiteering. This was contained in a statement issued by Muhammad Saidu,the Head of Public Relations of DPR,in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement said 19 of them were sealed up for selling above N87/ litre,2 for diversion of petroleum products,with the  remaining one for “grossly under-dispensing & selling products massively in jerry cans”.

Ovaltine,DHL Express take beverages to IDPs in Yola

Touched by the plight and nutritional needs of Internally Displaced Persons(IDP)around the country, occasioned by the nefarious activities of the Boko Haram terrorists, Twinings Ovaltine LTD and DHL,announced an initial 12-month strategic joint partnership,aimed at alleviating the sufferings of these people through the donation aand subsequent transportation of tonnes of Ovaltine products worth millions of naira to IDPs camps.

PDP broke,plans to reduce staff by 50 percent

Two months after losing power at the national level and in majority of the states, the national leadership of the former ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has concluded plans to sack half of its workforce. Towards this end, the National Secretary of the party, Prof. Wale Oladipo, has communicated the decision of the National Working Committee of the party to all its directors.

National News Headlines - 30/7/2015


Thursday, 30 July 2015



*Nigeria's envoy visits Sijuwade's family in UK

*EFCC quizzes Saraki's wife for five hours

*Tumultuous welcome for Buhari in Cameroon

*Air Force cuts Boko Haram's supply routes

*Motion: 22 APC Northern senators 'working against Buhari

*Nigeria is seventh largest in the world, says UN report

*Oil sector probe: El-Rufai gets dossier on NNPC

*Saraki names members of four standing committees

*How Ooni of Ife's death should be announced

*Ascension to Oodua's throne should'nt be controversial

*Govt unfair to private schools

*WAEC warns schools, parents against malpractice

*Kwara, UNILORIN resolve differences over mini-campus 
JAMB succumbs to pressure

*Buhari willing to end Bsc, HND dichotomy ' JAMB

*Foreigners, BDCs abuse forex transactions, says CBN

*DPR seals 22 petrol stations in FCT

*Port Harcourt, Warri refineries begin preliminary production

*Power transmission peaks at 4662Mw



THIS DAY
*Firm Unveils Universal Anaesthesia Machine in Nigeria

*Osinbajo Identifies with Project Smile

*Union Drums Support for NAFDAC DG

*Liberia to Improve Trade Relationship With Nigeria

*Report Indentifies Colgate as World's Most Patronised Brand

*Kano Emir Worried over Alleged $6bn Stashed Away By Ex-Minister

*CBN to Issue N195 Billion Treasury Bills
Sterling Bank, Dana Motors Seal auto Finance Deal

*Again, TCN Records New Power Transmission Peak of 4,662MW

*Nasarawa Govt Signs Pact with GE on Electricity Project

*Beneficiaries of Delta Scholarship Stranded Overseas

*Multinational Forces to Cross Borders to Fight Boko Haram

*JAMB Registrar: Tertiary Institutions Can
Admit Less than 800,000 Students

*EFCC Grants Toyin Saraki Administrative Bail*Air Force Cuts Boko Haram Supply Routes

*House May Consider Legislation to Compel Multinationals to List on NSE

*Buratai Effects Massive Shake-up in the Army, Redeploys 334 Officers

*Hijab Banned in Key Niger Region over Boko Haram Fears

*Beggars' Threat: El-Rufai Appoints Special Assistant on Persons with Disability

*Buhari Urged to Call Masari to Order for Blackmailing His Predecessor
*I Didn't Collect N950m to Wind up PHCN, Says Gadzama

*Some States will Fail Without Help from FG, Says Zamfara Governor

*Osun Govt Keeps Mum as Ooni's Family Compound is Agog

*Beware of Psycophants, Bishop Kukah advises Buhari

*Ife Traditional Councils Debunks Ooni's Death, Says He is Alive

*Buhari Praises Fr. Mbaka on His 20th Anniversary as Priest


GUARDIAN

*Mixed reactions in ex-militants' camp over new Amnesty office boss

*Coffee consumption may impact memory loss, say researchers

*Deep conviction of late Justice P.O.E. Bassey

*We will not bow to Obama

*100 years of Adegoke Penkelemess

*China shares fall again as Beijing
scrambles to calm markets

*Stakeholders seek withdraw of Petroleum Industry Bill

*Crude oil prices freeze N44tr oil, gas investments

*CBN wields big stick on rice importers over alleged fraud

*Ambode mulls tax incentive to boost capital market

*Cocoa association lauds Aregbesola's agribusiness reforms

*Oil steadies after four-day loss, U.S. crude stock draw eyed

*Court to arraign Indian August 12 over alleged $8.8m fraud
*Police parade three kidnappers of 72 year- old man in Benue
*Anambra govt. to register motorcyclists, commercial vehicles operators
*Colombian president urges FARC to abide by ceasefire deal

*Putin opposes international criminal tribunal n MH17 crash

*Jamaica rejects U.S. report on human trafficking

*Death sentence upheld for Bangladesh opposition leader

*Govt neglecting women farmers on GES, others

*FAAN didn't deny Patience Jonathan access to VIP lounge

*JAMB compromised, no longer relevant in admission process

*Nigeria's economy, a volcano waiting to erupt, says CBN

*Port Harcourt, Warri Refineries commence preliminary production, says NNPC

*2016 Olympic Games: Falcons, Dream Team depart for crucial away gamesThursday

*Prince Ali says 'Platini is not good for FIFA

*Ministry honours Nigerian with 5.0 CGPA in Russian medical universit

I am praying for Buhari that God will protect him,enemies will not destroy him-Rev.Fr Mbaka

Enugu cleric, Catholic Priest and founder of Enugu Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, yesterday, celebrated his 20th priesthood anniversary, describing it as victory over enemies of truth and blackmailers. This came just as President Buhari hailed the patriotic spirit of Rev. Father Ejike Mbaka saying  that ”Father Mbaka is a great priest who was not afraid to speak truth to power

Photos of Buhari at state dinner in Yaounde

President Buhari was hosted to a state dinner by Cameroonian President, Paul Biya and his wife Mrs Chantal Biya at the Unity Palace in Yaounde yesterday. Pictured on the high table with Buhari and Biya are the Governors of Cross River state, Ben Ayade & Borno state Alhaji Kashim Shettima. More pics after the cut…

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