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Atiku Abubakar has called for the setting up of a Judicial Commission of Inquiry to investigate claims of the secret burial of soldiers in the North East made by Wall Street Journal.   The WSJ had in an article titled, “Nigeria Buries Soldiers at Night in Secret Cemetery” alleged that the military buried soldiers in unmarked graves in the North East. (Read  HERE ) Atiku in his reaction said,  'I read the report by the Wall Street Journal that scores of Nigerian soldiers have been secretly buried at night by the General Muhammadu Buhari led administration, in order to hide the true state of the war on terror, with a sense of heartbreak and shock'. Heartbreak for the families and friends of those soldiers who, if the report is true, have lost their loved ones, without being allowed to bury them or even to have any sense of closure as regards their fate. Shock, that such a thing could happen under a democracy, such as Nigeria is supposed to be. I shudder...

Premier League club,  Arsenal  has announced the record signing  Nicolas Pepe  from  Lille  for £72million on a five-year contract. According to an agreement signed between both clubs, Arsenal will pay an initial £20m with the remaining £52m spread over the next five years due to their transfer restriction. After completing his move, the 24-year-old Ivorian forward, who will wear the No 19 shirt, said: 'Being here is very emotional because it has not been easy for me. I have come a long way and struggled a lot and so signing for this great club is a big reward. It was important to make the right decision and I am convinced that Arsenal is the right choice.'   Arsenal boss Unai Emery added: 'Nicolas is a highly-rated and talented winger who was wanted by many of the top teams in Europe. 'Signing a top-class winger has been one of our key objectives in this transfer window and I'm delighted he's joining. He will add p...

The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo State Capital has nullified the election of Ikengboju Gboluga, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives member.   Gboluga is representing Okitipupa/Irele constituency in the House of Reps. The court nullified his election for swearing his allegiance to the United Kingdom (UK), having acquired the citizenship of the country. The court emphasised that he was not eligible to contest for the February 23, National Assembly election for his allegiance with UK.   The three-man panel headed by Justice Nuhu Adi also declared Albert Akintoye of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election and ordered electoral commission to issue Certificate of Return to Akintoye after withdrawing same from Gboluga.   The petitioner wanted the tribunal to declare him winner of the election on the ground that the first respondent, Gboluga Ikengboju was  not validly elected by majority of law...

Nigerians are currrently going wild on social media after Regina Daniels shared first photos with her billionaire hubby, Ned Nwoko, on her IG page.  Regina has never shared any loved up photo of herself and Ned before. They are currently on vacation in Ghana.

Toyin Lawani fired up her Instagram to go off on her critics following troll comments that trailed the completely nude photos she shared on the social media platform.  The celebrity stylist maintained that its her life and her rules because she came and will leave this world alone. Toyin Lawani further asserted that she will be remembered by the next generation over her nude photos because it took a lot of balls for it.  She wrote;  PLS WHEN PEOPLE DO SKIN ADVERT WHAT DO THEY WEAR? FLOWER  PLS WHEN PEOPLE DO LINGERIE ADVERT WHAT DO THEY WEAR ? ASO OKE ABI? ???? Awon oponu  What have you seen that you Are shouting. Do I look like I give a shit about your silly opinions ? YES IM A SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR AND A ROLE MODEL TO MANY BUT YOU ALL ALWAYS FORGET IM AN ARTIST , A MODEL AND A SKIN EXPERT, FORGET MY STATUS , FOCUS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO LEARN FROM ME ATLEAST ONE OF MY 32 various businesses will inspire you, focus on that and stop bein...

President Buhari has said that his government through its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has in three years, lifted no fewer than 5 million Nigerians out of extreme poverty. The president made this known at the opening of the Global Youth Employment Forum of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Abuja today Thursday August 1st. Represented at the occasion by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, President Buhari commended the ILO for committing itself to youth employment. He also disclosed that the Federal government has since its incception in 2015, created over 2 million direct and indirect job opportunities. “We note at this point that the issue of youth unemployment has assumed a global significant, and on the front burner of development discourse. The government of Nigeria understands the need to focus attention on youth empowerment by creating the enabling environment for job oppor...

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 do...

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....

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 comin...

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