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       Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha yesterday unveiled a giant statue of South Africa president Jacob Zuma in Owerri Imo state. Zuma is on a two day visit to Owerri, Imo State, South East Nigeria. He was confered a traditional chieftaincy title by the state governor, a road was named after him and then, a statue of him unveiled in Owerri city. Governor Okorocha also conferred on President Zuma, the Imo Merit Award, the highest award in the State conferred on distinguished personalities who have made a difference in the development of their communities and to humanity. This has triggered fierce reactions from Imo state indigenes, Nigerians who took to social media to vent their disappointment and anger. The visit of President Zuma, according to Imo State government, is for the signing of an MoU between Rochas Foundation with the Zuma Foundation.More photos below.       

History has repeated itself here in Benin City, Nigeria during the National Marian Congress. Just like what happened 100 years ago at Fatima, Portugal reoccurred on 13th October, 2017. What a great miracle from our mother Mary, Our Lady of Fatima....{SOURCES WHO WITNESSED IT AND SENT IN THE PHOTOS}.Another source claimed during the conference all of a sudden the sky turned dark during the hot afternoon and the sudden strange light from the sky like a sun was seen. '' Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary to three Shepherd Children in Fatima, Portugal. In honor of this important centennial, The Catholic Bishops conference of Nigeria with the priests and religious men and women and the entire lay faithful of catholic faithful in Nigeria gathered together to celebrate the anniversary. 100 years ago when she appeared in Portugal,the sky was also dark and their was a bright light like a sun in the sky.Wow this is really a mystery.More

Claims on social and traditional media that $25BN worth of oil contracts were awarded by the NNPC or that $25BN in NNPC funds is missing are both false. According to Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, no contracts were procured by the NNPC based on the leaked memo of the Petroleum Resources Minister of State, even though such impressions have been maliciously created in the past few weeks. While responding to media inquiries Sunday on the matter, Akande disclosed that a closer look at each of the said projects indicate clearly that "these are not procurement contracts.” According to him, "when I tweeted on Thursday morning last week, I had indicated that the Vice President, while acting as President approved Joint Venture Financing arrangements. But for some curious reasons, a few media reports used that tweet to report that I said the then Acting President approved N640 Billion worth

     1. The Armed Forces of Nigeria has been in the global best military practice of impacting on the lives of Nigerians through medical outreaches. In this regard, quick impact medical outreaches are usually conducted during deliberate operations such as the war against insurgency and terrorism in the North East and routine training exercise like Egwu Eke II in the South East among others. 2. Particularly, th e Nigerian Army on several occasions as aforestated carried out medical outreaches in virtually all the Geo-Political zones of Nigeria without any observation in the past. The same goes for the Nigerian Navy that does same during all its exercises in Southern parts of the Country. Similarly, Nigerian Air Force is equally in the lime light of medical outreaches including victims of natural disasters all over the Country. 3. Categorically, the practice of reaching out to the general public medically is akin to the key task of securing the lives and property of Nigerians. Ther

      Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday eulogized the virtues of late Afrobeat legend and freedom fighter, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti describing him as an enigmatic artiste who used the platform of his art to agitate for social and human rights by challenging government and people to explore development through social and economic activities that are rooted in African values. Speaking while unveiling the Liberation Statue in honour of Fela erected at Allen Roundabout in Ikeja as part of activities marking his 79th posthumous birthday and the 20th anniversary of his demise, Governor Ambode said aside from challenging people to free their minds of all inhibitions and actualise their true potentials, the late music icon also voluntarily turned his back on a life of comfort and privilege, and took up his saxophone as a weapon to fight for the liberation of the people from neo-colonialism and bad governance. While insisting that the spirit of Fela was still alive as a mov

       His running mate is identified as Emeka Okonkwo and  Popular Nigerian movie actor, Yul Edochie's Governorship held homecoming campaign yesterday. (Sat, Oct. 14th 2017). The spokesman (Comrade Nnadi Goodluck) of his political party announced this on his Facebook page.I wish him all the best.One more photo below.

       Gentlemen of the press, I welcome you all to this press conference today 13th October, 2017.   The purpose of this briefing is to intimate you on our recent exploits in the Command. The Police Command has successfully clamped down on criminals hide out.  ARREST OF SUSPECTED KIDNAPPERS AND RESCUE OF VICTIM: On 11th October, 2017 at about 2000hrs one Nnamdi Ibru 'm' aged, 32yrs was kidnapped in a filling station at Obosi by four armed hoodlums. Twenty Mil lion Naira was demanded as ransom, effective intelligence gathering and cooperation from members of the public. Police detectives attached to Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Command (SARS) trailed them as they were coming to collect the ransom today 13/10/2017. As the hoodlums got wind that the Police was trailing them they attacked police. The Police shot two of kidnappers died while other members of the gang escaped with bullet wounds. The victim was rescued with bullet wounds on the shoulder and the leg. Exhibi

        ONITSHA— Activities marking this year’s annual Ofala cultural festival of the Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe (Agbogidi) kick off on friday in grand style at the revered Ime Obi Palace, Onitsha, Anambra State.   Obi of Onitsha Ofala Festival is one event in the south-east that attracts the foreigners, political and ruling class to pay homage to the Obi of Onitsha. It is usually a week long event that see people coming at their day of choice within the period. This is the greatest gathering of Igbos from far and near to show respect to one of oldest dynasties in the black Africa- the Obi of Onitsha.The Event took place on friday the 13th of October,2017.More photos below.