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Update:: A Federal High Court, sitting in Jalingo Taraba State, has discharged and acquitted Sani Abubakar Danladi, former acting Governor and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, of alleged fraud. Also acquitted are Joel Ikenya, a former Minister of Labour and Productivity, and Mark Bako Useni, former Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly. The court also gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) a 72-hour ultimatum to refund the sum of N228million to the defendants. The EFCC had filed the case against the trio on alleged fraud involving N450million. Justice Stephen Pam ruled that the case by the EFCC lacked merit and ordered the anti-graft agency to refund N228million, which was earlier remitted to the commission by the defendants. The judge maintained that the EFCC could not substantiate its evidence against the defendants, and urged the commission to desist from infringing on the rights of innocent citizens...

Update:: The National Christian Elders Forum have described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen and appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as acting CJN, as an Islamic agenda and have called on all Nigerians to resist the Islamists in the country. In a statement  titled, “CJN Onnoghen: What is really at stake and the way out.” and released yesterday, the elders which include Lt.Gen. Theophilus  Danjuma,  Solomon Asemota (SAN),  Prof. Joseph Otubu, Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro (retd.), Dr  Kate Okpareke, Dr Ayo Abifarin, Gen. Zamani Lekwot (retd.), Elder Moses Ihonde, Elder Nat Okoro and Elder Matthew Owojaiye, alleged that Nigerians unwittingly elected an Islamist organization in 2015 and must do everything to ensure they do not return to power in 2019. Read part of their statement below “In 2015, Nigerians unwittingly elected an Islamist government into office, supposedly on a platform of democracy. It...

Nigerian vocal powerhouses Waje and Omawumi have teamed up to create their own company Hermanes Media.  The business partners shared that Hermanes Media was founded in order to create solutions and provide innovative and creative ideas for the industry.  According to Waje, ”We both have a considerable amount of experience working in and navigating the media industry. We believe we can put this knowledge to good use”. Both Waje and Omawumi expressed their recognition of a gap in the industry that needs to be filled. ”We need to start telling our own stories, and we need to be more expressive and innovative about it. Hermanes Media is our way of taking a step towards making this a reality”, Omawumi shared. With a team of experts on board, Hermanes Media will provide services such as Film/TV production, TV adverts, content curation, brand event activation, and creative digital marketing. Adding to the excitement surrounding the ...

Update:: In what has become a mainstay in Nigeria today, notorious operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) shot an unarmed guy in Benin, Edo State this morning, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, at the point where he was being arrested. As was seen in a video which is currently trending online, the guy which was shot died instantly. The video shows that he was not the only one being arrested as four other persons were seen lying on the floor. An Instagram user identified as Carrickdublin, who filmed the gory episode said: "This happened in Benin city some Armed police men caught some innocents boy's and they were not with any weapon,Then one was trying to Escape and he was shoot dead at the spot.....The Questions is What's is happening in Nigeria?"

Update:: The founder, Faith Revival Apostolic Church, FRAC, Apostle Paul Adenuga, has described the stealing of female pants to make quick money as very shameful. Adenuga condemned the act at the Christian Press of Nigeria (CPAN) breakfast meeting held in Lagos on Sunday. “You can imagine, some men go to steal women pants because they want to make sudden money and some of these men are caught and displayed on social media, what a shame,” he said. According to Adenuga, one of the factors that has intensified such evil acts is that many churches have deviated from preaching the true message of the gospel. The Apostle posited that many churches preached more about how to make  money and neglected the real gospel message that has moral instructions to help cultivate good virtues in Nigerian youths. He, therefore, urged parents especially mothers, to intensify prayers for their wards not to be involved in the shamefu...

Update:: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has assured supporters that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would jail more corrupt Nigerians, if re-elected. Osinbajo made the promise on Sunday during his house-to-house campaign in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that traffic was at standstill as thousands of residents, including party faithful, market persons and the Arewa Community, trooped out to receive the vice president during the Sunday visit. Osinbajo, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, also visited various markets and houses in the area. Osinbajo said grand corruption, which plagued the 16 years administration of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, contributed to the lack of infrastructure for Nigerians. Osinbajo said APC government would focus on power, jobs and resources to financially empower petty traders and business owners. “The difference between us and th...

Update:: Ogunyemi(middle) The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has told vice chancellors and council chairmen of universities to stop "behaving like vultures who roam the sky in search of carcasses to feast on." A statement issued on Sunday by Ade Adejumo, the Ibadan zonal coordinator of the union, called on top university officials to join the union in its struggle for improved tertiary education. The union also denied reports that it had received the sum of N163billion from the government for the three-month-old strike to be called off. On Saturday, Biodun Ogunyemi, the ASUU National President, had also denied the reports that it received such amount of money, noting that the N163billion was from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). The statement read: “Once again, the attention of our union has been drawn to another piece of misinformation which gives the impression that ASUU collects money from the government. “For the umpteenth time, le...

Update:: A 37-year-old woman has been left blind in one eye after she was stabbed in the face with a shard of glass  during a fight with her sister. According to a close source, the lady whose identity wasn’t revealed was rushed to Delta State University Teaching Hospital where she was given local anaesthetic before surgeons pulled out the shard which had left her unable to see, then stitched up the cuts on her eyelids. Before she was operated Doctors said she was in an ‘anxious state’ because of the gaping wound in her cheek. Dr. Mabel Okiemute Etetafia of Delta State University reported the woman’s predicament in the journal BMJ Case Reports. According to her, the woman’s right eye was producing excessive amounts of fluid and intensely red, the report said, but her eyeball was mostly intact. However, she suffered ‘irreversible’ damage to her cornea – the front of her eye – leaving it blinded and useless. The section of hair believed to have bee...

A drunk driver on Friday night crushed four Muslim worshippers to death along the Moshood Abiola way in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The four occupants of the car also sustained injuries in the crash. A witness said the drink-driver, who was in the company of three other occupants including one female, lost control of the vehicle he was driving before he ploughed into the victims. The Head of Operations Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Abeokuta Division, Olaleye Babajide, confirmed the incident. He said the accident occurred at about 10.30 pm. He said “the car swooped off the road, uprooted an electric pole and thereafter crushed the worshippers standing in front of the Rahamot Lahill Quareeb mosque located beside the road, killing them on the spot” The official said the deceased were relaxing in front of the mosque in preparation for a vigil before tragedy struck. “The impact of the crash forced the authorities of the State Traffic officials to axe t...

Update:: Chris Brown was accused of violently raping a girl earlier this week in Paris. He was arrested and detained until police came to the conclusion that there was not enough evidence to charge Brown. While the investigation is still ongoing, Parisian authorities are having a difficult timee believing the accuser's story. She claims Brown brought her into a secluded area and raped her. She then says she left that room and was raped again in a second room. Finally, the accuser claims she left that room and was assaulted a third time. Police find it odd that the young lady was sexually abused three separate times and never tried to call for help, raise an alarm, or escape.  Now, according to TMZ, the alleged victim's lawyer Frank Serfati told theAssociated Press Thursday (January 24) that his client "was not pressured physically" into having sex with Brown. She insists that "non-consensual sex" allegedly took place though, and ...

Update::                     Those who follow The Game have come to understand, even appreciate, his affinity for namedropping. That, as well as his merciless nature, have become staple elements of the American rapper. Now, it would appear that both Game tendencies have coalesced in a new song snippet, which finds him peddling kinky, pornographic fantasies with Kim Kardashian West.  "I held Kim Kardashian by her throat, nigga"  raps Game, to a packed studio.  "I made her swallow my kids,  untill  she  choke  nigga!"  It's unclear whether or not Game is drawing from a past life, or simply peddling erotic fiction, but we've already seen Kanye West go to great lengths to defend his wife's honor. For what it's worth, Game considers apologizing to Kanye in the same line, rapping  "I should apologize cause Ye my folks, nigga!"  As of now, Kanye ha...

Update:: The last four years have been the world's hottest since record-keeping began, with 2018 the fourth warmest on record, according to data published Thursday by US research group Berkeley Earth. Temperatures in 2018 were around 1.16 degrees Celsius (2.09 degrees Fahrenheit) above the average temperature of the second half of the 19th century, from 1850-1900, often used as a pre-industrial baseline for global temperature targets. The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service published its own data on January 7 that also found 2015-2018 to be the hottest years on record.

Update:: One of the main candidates in next month's Nigerian presidential election has stepped down because she says she wants to form a broader coalition to defeat the two main parties. Oby Ezekwesili is well known for leading the #BringBackOurGirls campaign to help free the 276 girls kidnapped from Chibok, northern Nigeria, in 2014. She co-founded Transparency International and has served as the education minister and vice-president of the World Bank

Update:: Parliament in Angola has abolished a law widely interpreted to be a ban on homosexuality. The government has also prohibited discrimination against people on the basis of sexual orientation; anyone refusing to employ or provide services to individuals based on their sexual orientation may face up to two years in prison. Angola is the latest former Portuguese colony to repeal laws outlawing same-sex conduct, following Sao Tome and Cape Verde There have been no known prosecutions under the now expunged law. Many other African countries enforce strict legislation against homosexuality.

Update:: A Nigerian appeals court issued an interim order stopping a tribunal from charging the chief justice with breaching asset-declaration rules. Nigeria's most senior judge is under investigation after hundreds of thousands of dollars were found in accounts the authorities say belong to him. Chief Justice Onnoghen has maintained his innocence and his lawyer argued that the tribunal investigating him had ignored rulings from other courts. He has been asked to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for trial but says the tribunal does not have the authority to try him.

Update:: Kenya's highest court has overturned a ruling that obliged schools to allow Muslim girls to wear hijabs in class. The Supreme Court now says schools should use their own discretion and determine their own rules. The legal process began when parents of three Muslim students sued a school, sponsored by the Methodist Church, over the suspension of Muslim students who went against the school's hijab ban. In an initial ruling, the High Court sided with the school, but after an appeal students were allowed to wear hijabs. The school appealed that decision, and now the Supreme Court has had the final say. Now every school has a right to determine its uniform policy.

Update:: The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, for the February 16 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, says the country’s economic misfortunes will be reversed to rapid economic growth if the party is voted in. Obi gave the assurance at an interactive session with the Edo stakeholders and members of the PDP in Benin on Thursday. According to him more than 40 per cent of young Nigerians are unemployed, leading to Nigeria being referred to as one of the poorest countries in the world. He also alleged that “Nigeria has been shut down economically, politically and socially for more than three years.” “This has resulted in hunger, insecurity, and economic instability especially in the North Eastern part of the country.” According to him, the Atiku/Obi-led government if elected will bring back foreign investors to develop the economy of the country. Obi said: “those who have closed their businesses for fear of kidnapping, banditry, insurgency as ...

Update:: Unknown gunmen on Thursday abducted the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Edo House of Assembly, Mr Michael Ohio-Ezomon, in his house at Eme-Ora, Owan West Local Government Area of the state. The Chairman of the local government, Mr Frank Illaboya who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eme-Ora on Thursday, said Ohio-Ezomon was abducted by three gunmen around 1 a.m. on Thursday. According to Illaboya, the candidate’s orderly was killed by the abductors who whisked him away through the window. “Our candidate in the forthcoming election has been abducted by three gunmen at his house at about 1 a.m. this morning. “The orderly attached to him was killed and our candidate was taken away by gunmen through the window. “As I speak to you now, there has been no contact from the abductors,” Illaboya said. Also speaking, the Edo Commissioner of Police, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, told NAN at the scene of the incident that investigation would com...

Update:: It would seem like popular Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright is now a Christian. Again. The actress who converted to Islam back in 2015 has now gone back to her roots.  A source is quoted as saying: "I have been seeing her in Winners Chapel, Houston, where she attends services and would come elegantly dressed" The actress has also taken to sharing Christian-like captions on her social media.  The Nollywood veteran is now based in Houston, Texas. 

- Togo has elected Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan as its first female head of the National Assembly - Tsegan is a member of President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic party and was chosen as the head of the National Assembly in a vote by her fellow lawmakers - Tsegan won 88 nominations from the 89 members of parliament who participated in the voting Togo has elected Yawa Djigbodi Tsegan as its first female head of the National Assembly, after the just conducted parliamentary elections that saw the ruling party retain the majority seats. Daily Mail reports that Tsegan who is a member of President Faure Gnassingbe's Union for the Republic party was chosen as the head of the National Assembly on Wednesday, January 23, in a vote by her fellow lawmakers. Tsegan won 88 nominations from the 89 members of parliament who participated in the voting. The 47-year-old lawmaker previously held the position of parliamentary administrator. She is taking over from her party collea...

Update:: A man identified as Abdullahi Yadau, has divorced his wife after they clashed over the politics of the 2019 presidential election.in central Nigeria’s Plateau state. Abdullahi, who resides in Jos Plateau state, told BBC Hausa that he had divorced his wife, Hafsat Suleiman, after she kept asserting that “President Muhammadu Buhari will be reelected in 2019.” According to him, her staunch support for President Buhari had been a source of quarrel between them. Yadua said with the consent of his parents, he decided to divorce her according to the Sharia legal system. The BBC Hausa reported that it has been trying to reach Hafsat to get her own side of the divorce story but to no avail. However, her cousin, Ibrahim Suleiman, who spoke to BBC Hausa about what had happened between the couple vowed that “she would not return to his (Yadau’s) home.” President Muhammadu Buhari’s major challenger is former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar who bears the presidential flag of...

WHILE ELECTION APPROACHES.  SECURITY TIPS FOR STAYING SAFE. 1. Do Not Argue About Politics in Public If you belong to a particular political party and there is an argument about another political party, then it is important that you do not join in. This is so that you don't dabble into the augment that may warrant a fight to ensue. 2. Always Get Back home On Time The election period in various countries of the world, may be a time for violence to develop; therefore it is appropriate that you do not stay out late. As a matter of fact you have got to get home early. 3. Do Not Criticize Any Politician Do not attempt to criticize any politician of the opposition party in your community in public. This is because if you do, you might be stepping one the toes of people who may want to be harmful. 4. Do not Support or Wear Political Campaign Uniforms to polling unit If you belong to any political party, it may be better that you do not wear political...