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Today, President Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, admitted before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja that no certificate was listed on the President’s curriculum vitae and that none was among the documents obtained from Cambridge University earlier tendered as exhibits. Kyari, who testified as the President’s third defence witness, also admitted obtaining the Cambridge documents personally on July 18, 2019. The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, had filed the petition before the tribunal to challenge the victory of President Buhari and his All Progressives Congress in the February 23, 2019 poll.   Part of the grounds of the petition was that Buhari did not possess the academic qualification necessary to contest the poll. Under a cross examination by the petitioners’ lawyer, Kyari said he was 67 years old and that he had known Buhari for nearly 40 years. Kyari also said he signed for and collected the Cambridge docume

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has called out the Nigerian Senate for the process adopted at the just concluded ministerial screening.   He faulted the screening of some ministerial nominees by simply asking them to “take a bow and go” calling it “a display of comic relief.”   In a series of tweets, Fani-Kayode disclosed how he was screened for no less than two hours and thirty minutes by the Senate in 2006 when he was nominated by former President Obasanjo. He wrote; 'when I was nominated to be a Minister by OBJ 13 years ago in 2006 I was screened by the Senate for no less than two hours and thirty gruelling and very difficult minutes on live television. There is no question that they did not ask me and there is none that I did not answer. In those days days the Senate had great men and powerful intellectuals in its ranks.What we see today in the name of Ministerial screening is a pitiful joke. "Smile,show your teeth,bow and go" is NOT screen

Senate President Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan on Tuesday announced the chairpersons for the Senate Standing Committees. The announcement of the 69 senate committees came after the lawmakers confirmed the 43 ministerial nominees and also unanimously voted to embark on an annual recess. The committees transcended party affliation and also had Senators of the opposition political parties heading strategic Committees. Some of the committees are Appropriation which is chaired by Barau Jibrin; Finance, Adeola Olamilekan; Police, Dauda Jika; Defence, Aliyu Magatakarda; Army, Ali Ndume; NDDC, Peter Nwabaoshi; Agriculture, Abdullahi Adamu and INEC, Kabiru Gaya.

The Lagos State Government has announced that a section of the Jibowu Crossing will be closed for thirty days from Wednesday, July 31 to Thursday, August 29, 2019, for the relocation of gas pipes situated close to the perimeter of the rail line.     According to a statement issued today by the State Ministry of Transportation, the closure and relocation work on the gas pipeline would affect the free flow of traffic around the corridor.     Consequently, motorists are advised to avoid this area but road users who cannot completely ignore the corridor are advised to obey traffic officers and other law enforcement personnel assigned to manage traffic during the period of relocation of the gas pipeline.

The #BBNaijatwist finally played out today and it was the introduction of Venita Akpofure and Elozonam as the new Big Brother Naija housemates.  The older housemates are already getting acquainted with the new housemates, and here are videos that captured the moment they walked in;   Venita Akpofure is a 32-year-old former video vixen and actress from Delta State. She describes her personality as big and promises to bring a blend of confusion, fun, heat and drama to the Pepper Dem House. Elozonam on the other hand describes himself as very goofy and playful and plans to bring that side of him to the House.

At the just concluded 2019 African Cup of Nations, Nigerian billionaires, Aliko Dangote and Femi Otedola together pledged $75,000 for every goal scored by the Super Eagles in the knockout stage of the tournament. Today, Femi Otedola redeemed his pledge to representatives of the Super Eagles. He shared the photo above and wrote, ' Integrity is keeping your word. I redeemed my pledge of $25000 per goal to representatives of the Super Eagles (L-R) Chidi Ngoka (Equipment Manager), Enebi Achor (Team Manager) and Defender Kenneth Omeruo today in my office '.

Adesua Etomi in a tweet addressed to Biggie revealed that she needs just 5 minutes in the Big Brother Naija house.....and it is all because of Khafi.  The Nollywood actress said her time in the house will be to tell Khafi "something" which might be in one or two words. Adesua tweeted;  Dear Biggie, pls I need only 5 minutes in the house. I just want to tell Khafi something. Just one or two words Though Adesua Etomi never revealed what she wants to tell Khafi, it may not be far from the continous sex she has been engaging in with Gedoni. Recall that Gedoni in a 'kiss-and-tell' moment described her (Khafi) as a sex-addict who disturbs him a lot.

The plea video from Grace Taku, the aid worker abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on July 18, raises fear of Leah Sharibu being killed by the insurgents.  According to Grace in the video, the inability of the Nigerian Government to “do something” led to the death of Leah Sharibu abducted alongside her 109 schoolmates at Government Science and Technical College,  Dapchi , Yobe State.  The aid worker made claims of the Christian schoolgirl being killed in a new video released by the insurgents on Wednesday. She said “My name is Grace, I work with Action Against Hunger, an NGO in Borno State; my base is Damasak. We went to work on Thursday, 18th July 2019. On our way going Back to Damasak by Keneri/Chamba ward, we were caught by an army called the Kaliphas and they brought us here. We don’t know where we are. “I want to beg the Christian Association of Nigeria because I am the only Christian among the six of us here. I want to beg that CAN should please do something ab

L-R, Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer, Hygeia Nigeria Limited, Mrs Lanre Sanusi; Director, Hygeia Nigeria Limited, Mrs Fola Laoye; the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Health, Dr Titilayo Goncalves; General Manager, Enterprise Directorate, Bank of Industry, Mr Leonard Kange; CMD/Chief of Surgery, Hygeia Nigeria Limited, Dr Jimi Coker; a representative of NHIS, Mrs Aisha Haruna... At the unveiling of critical care and advanced urology, neurosurgery and dialysis services at Lagoon Hospitals Nigeria Limited held on Wednesday July 17th in Lagos. The Lagoon hospital on wednesday 17th July in Lagos launched it's newly acquired state of the art equipment in advanced medical care for Lagos residents and other part of Nigeria to help reduce medical tourism. The Chief Medical Director of Lagoon Hospital Dr Jimi Coker said the hospital in its quest to utilize the latest technology has made significant investment in its critical care Urology, Neuros

 The Presidency says it disagrees with the assumption in certain quarters that there is a security collapse in Nigeria. President Buhari’s spokesperson, Garba Shehu, while speaking on a Channels Television programme, Sunday Politics, alleged that some of the security challenges being witnessed predated the Buhari administration. He also added that the Government is on top of the security situation in the country, pointing out that order has been restored in the North Central and Niger Delta region. “We are in total disagreement with the assumptions of collapse of security in the country,” Mr Shehu said. “The government is on top of the security situation in the country because we have calmed down North Central and Niger Delta.” “Security challenges have been present before the present administration came to office. We have met our own challenges and we are dealing with them as decisive as we can,” he added. This is coming after the Buhari administration suffe

Former presidential candidate in the February 2019 election,, Kingsley Moghalu, says Nigerian youths cheat themselves by deciding against voting and choosing to follow reality television shows like Big Brother Naija. The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) stated this in a tweet posted this morning. He berated Nigerian youths for choosing to ‘spend their time on the wrong things on social media’ instead of investing in knowledge. “Our youth cheat themselves when they don’t vote, spend their time on the wrong things on social media, follow the glitterati (@BBNaijafan) instead of the literati (knowledge), and vote, not for ‘ought to win’ but ‘likely to win’ (bandwagon to nowhere, i.e. one chance!),” he wrote

Protest staged by members of the Shiites movement turned bloddy this afternoon July 22nd after some members of the movement engaged the police in a fierce gun battle at the Central Business District in Abuja, the nation's capital. The police had asked the Islamic group members not to stage any protest out the designated area for protest in Abuja which is the Unity Fountain. However the Shiites who are demanding the release of their leader, Ibrahim ElZakzaky, dared the police and took their protest to the Central Business district. Efforts by the police to stop them from staging the protest turned bloody within minutes as gun shots were fired by the Shiites and the police. A bus belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, was reportedly burnt by the angry Shiite members. See photos from the bloody protest below

Despite last week’s police order restricting all protests in Abuja, the nation’s capital, to the Unity Fountain by the Nigeria Police Force, members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria have vowed to continue their daily protest until their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, is freed.   The Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), had explained in a statement that the restriction was meant to ensure free flow of traffic and safety of lives and property.   The sect however said government and the police should get ready to kill more of its members as they would continue their protests. They said the police have no constitutional rights to restrict protesters to a particular point.     Addressing reporters in Abuja, a member of IMN, Abdullahi Musa, urged the public to disregard a recent statement by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, claiming that the fate of Zakzaky lies with the courts

A 42 year old mother of four, Grace Ogochukwu Dagbo, was killed by suspected armed robbers in Ovwian, Delta state on Saturday July 20th.  A niece of the deceased, Dr Ify Nwajei, yesterday shared the sad story on Twitter, alleging that the victim was killed by trigger-happy police officers, an account of the event that has been disputed. Activist Harrison Gwamnishu who paid a visit to the Family house in Delta state yesterday July 21st, said the deceased was not killed by police officers but rather by suspected armed robbers. According to Gwamnishu, the deceased and her 9 year old daughter were driving home at about 9pm when they were flagged down by police officers carrying out a stop and search exercise. After searching her car, the officers asked for the papers of her tinted Sienna bus. She gave it to them but they however asked for the permit for her tinted glass. She responded saying she did not have it and that she has been driving the car for many years without a

Diamond Platnumz is taking a few steps back following his annoucement of quitting his cheating ways and reverting to being monogamous.  Making the announcement months after a bitter breakup with Zari Hassan, the mother of his two children and also ending his relationship with his baby mama Hamisa Mobetto over allegations of withcraft, the Tanzanian singer stated that he was quite lucky he didn't land into trouble for cheating and also get STDs from it.  "If I must be honest I played around. I played a lot but was lucky enough to escape without any consequences," he said.  Diamond while speaking to Tanzanian youths on the importance of using protection during sex, recalled escaping death by a whisker. He however added that all he wants now is to settle down with Tanasha, and be a better man than he was before. 

The police says it is not aware of any petition Busola Dakolo, wife of Timi Dakolo, filed in any of its command's against COZA pastor, Biodun Fatoyinbo. Recall that on Saturday, Timi raised an alarm on social media after he spotted gun wielding men inside a bus in front of his house. It was later discovered that the men were a team of police officers from Abuja who had come to deliver a letter to him and his wife to come forward for questionning as there is a case of criminal conspiracy, falsehood and threat to life filed against them.  Timi at a press conference he held in Lagos yesterday,  said Busola on June 27th, filed a petition against Fatoyinbo within the Lagos state police command, a day before her explosive interview was released. He wondered why the police had not acted on her petition or invited Biodun Fatoyinbo for questioning but were quick to act on the clergyman's petition and invited them for questioning. In a fresh interview with The Nation, a po

The Nigerian Community in South Africa has once again been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of a 17-year-old Nigerian boy identified as Denni Chinonso Obiaju, in Johannesburg on Saturday July 20th. Obiaju who lived with his guardian, Mr Mike Nsofor, in Rooderpt, Johannesburg, was said to have gone to a shop to buy an item with a friend when they were both chased by a yet-to-be identified person who opened fire on them. Obiaju died instantly. The President of Nigerian Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, who confirmed the incident, said the family of the deceased have agreed to bury him in South Africa since he was born there. Olubajo called on the Federal Government to urgently protect Nigerians in the Diaspora. This unfortunate incident comes few weeks after a Nigerian Insurance expert, Mrs Obianuju Ndubuisi-Chukwu, was killed by yet to be identified persons in her hotel room in South Africa.

\ President Buhari while speaking when members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group visited him at the Presidential Villa, maintained that the 1999 Constitution was fair to all parts of the country. He backed his claim with proposition of the constitution, which held that each state must have a minister representing it in the cabinet. Buhari also stated that if Bayelsa, a small state with only eight local governments would have three senators in the National Assembly just like a big state like Kano with 44 local governments, then the context of one Nigeria is fair.  “The Constitution facilitates one thing; that there must be a member of the (Federal) Executive Council from each state of the federation. “Why I praise the authors of our constitution is that Bayelsa with eight local governments has three senators and Kano with 44 (local governments) has three senators. So, you can’t be fairer than that in the context of one Nigeria. “Please, try and unders

Odion Ighalo  has confirmed his retirement from international football with Nigeria after winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Golden Boot last night. The former  Watford  attacker finished the tournament with five goals in seven appearances to win the top scorer's prize in Egypt. Taking to his Instagram page, he wrote:   This is one of the most difficult career decisions I have had to take. It’s been an amazing 5 years journey, but after due consultation and extensive discussion with my family, I have decided it’s time for me to retire from the National team.  It’s has been an eventful and most memorable opportunity to serve my country with pride, passion and to contribute my quota to the development of our football, the memories would stay with me for a long time and I’m immensely grateful. It is now time to concentrate on Club football and give the younger players chance to learn and grow.  I would love to thank the NFF, coach Gernot Rohr for believing i

The relationship between Khafi and Gedoni took another turn last night, as they were caught having sex while wrapped under the sheets.  The sex scene had some "witnesses" which were Diane and Tuoyo. Diane was having a heart-to-heart talk with Tuoyo on not knowing who she will loose her virginity to or when she plans to, and they stared in shock when the bed Khafi and Gedoni laid on gave off some squeaky sound. 

Lil Duval is snitching on short men and the extent they go to appear taller in photos. The Smile singer shared photos of men standing on the tip of their toes to appear taller than they actually are and he mocked them for it. Then singer, Monica Brown chimed in to expose even more. According to her, on set of music videos, men stand on boxes to appear taller.

Beyonce's "Homecoming" was nominated for 6 Emmys and one of them was for the iconic costumes she performed in. Bey's performance at last year's Coachella, now fondly called Beychella, was a trending topic at the time. It trended again when the Netflix Special, Homecoming aired. People were talking about, not just her performance, but the creative costumes. So, it's understandable that she stands to win awards for the documentary and costumes. The 2019 Emmy nominees were announced on Tuesday, July 16, and Beyonce was among the long list of television nominees. She was nominated in the Variety Special categories for her Homecoming documentary, which documented the behind-the-scenes work that went into her iconic Coachella 2018 performance. The Netflix special was nominated for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), Outstanding Music Direction, Outstanding Directing, Outstanding Writing, Outstanding Production Design, and Outstanding Costum

Mikel Obi has officially announced his retirement from the national team, Super Eagles. In a post he shared on his Instagram page this afternoon, the football star says at 32, he believes it is time for him to retire so the youths can take over. Read his post below Egypt is a country where I’ve started and have finished my National career. In 2006 I played my first official championship for my Country. 2019 African Cup of Nations marks my last championship for National Team with Super Eagles.  My national career started in 2003 under 17 World Cup and I’m grateful for the national team for placing me on the world arena and giving me an opportunity to show my skill and have an incredible National and International career.  At the age of 32 it’s time for me to retire from the National team and let the youth take over, who’ve done an amazing job securing a bronze medal at AFCON 2019.  Thank you to all my Nigerian supporters and to my Country for all the trust, support and lov

Nigerian gospel singer Frank Edwards is celebrating 17 years of being healed of Asthma. Edwards, who took to Instagram handle @frankrichboy to celebrate, also expressed gratitude to God for the healing. According to the gospel singer, he had never used an inhaler since those years and nothing has happened to him. The singer, with excitement, prayed for those going through same challenge. He wrote: “Today marks 17 years God healed me from asthma and I’ve never used an inhaler since then.” “My prayer tonight is to everyone with any type of health challenge even if it’s a terminal disease.” “WE SERVE A GOD WHO CAN TERMINATE TERMINAL DISEASES!! Be free from sickness IN JESUS NAME!!! Edwards is one of the most popular gospel musicians in Nigeria, one of the most appreciated Christian singer and his songs have become very popular. His debut album saw the light in 2008 and was called ‘The Definition’ which consisted of 14 tracks and he released several other albums, l

 August 2017, I was the Director-General of the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), with the daunting task of reforming Nigeria’s Federal Public Service. As part of that role, I sought to move the focus of Public Service Reforms away from the Public Service unto the public. This was a deliberate tactical approach that sought to change the approach to public service reforms from inputs to outcomes. Problems with the Public Service are often complex and intractable. There are various reasons why Public Service Reforms are difficult in most environments and are particularly difficult in developing countries, such as Nigeria. In countries such as ours, the public service reformer is often dealing with myriad systemic input problems in the organisation he is trying to reform, including lack of electricity, insufficient financial provision, lack of working tools, poor internet access, poor staff motivation and systematic corruption. The combination of these, and any one of them for

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has hosted the Leadership of the National Assembly to Dinner at the State House, Abuja. 

I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-thinking Nigerians and those resident in Nigeria. Since the issue is of momentous concern to all well-meaning and all right-thinking Nigerians, it must be of great concern to you, and collective thinking and dialoguing is the best way of finding an appropriate and adequate solution to the problem. The contents of this letter, therefore, should be available to all those who can help in proffering effective solutions for the problem of insecurity in the land. One of the spinoffs and accelerants is the misinformation and disinformation through the use of fake news. A number of articles, in recent days, have been attributed to me by some people who I believe may be seeking added credence and an attentive audience for their opinions and view-points. As you know very well, I will al

Mo Abudu shared a motivational post on her Instagram page on how to stay focused when irrelevant people stab you in the back as you journey to your success in life.  In her post, the successful media mogul revealed how some irrelevant persons and some perceived successful people have stabbed her in the back as she made her mark in the media and entertainment industry. Read her post below A good friend of mine shared this African proverb with me yesterday and it made so much sense. “it’s not every dog that barks in the market that you answer”. Just to say that as we are on this journey called life, and as we build, as we start to see and experience some level of success, all sorts of people will come after you. They will even say all sorts, do all sorts, but don’t get distracted. Some of them will even try and use your relevance to make their “irrelevant” lives relevant. It’s all a distraction. What is key is that you continue to stay focused on your end goals. In my perso

President Buhari has approved the immediate implementation of the N30,000 new national wage for Federal Public Service workers currently earning below the minimum wage. The Chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission, Richard Egbule made this known while addressing a news conference on the implementation of the new national minimum wage today Tuesday July 16th. ACcording to him, the commencement of the approved payment would be determined by the office of the Accountant-General and back dated to when the President signed the agreement. According to Egbule,the approval takes effect from April 18, 2018 and will affect the salary of government agencies under five salary structures. This include the Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) and the Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary Structure (CONRAISS). Also, the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS II) and