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      ‎The acting chairman of EFCC, Ibrahim Magu will tomorrow, Monday, December 11, 2017, lead a walk against corruption as part of activities to mark the 2017 Anti corruption Day. Take off point is EFCC head office, Wuse 2, Abuja. Time: 7.30 am. According to Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity, all stakeholders, including the media are invited.

       Uche Secondus, the Rivers State politician who emerged the chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in a process marred by controversy, has served the ruling All Progressives Congress a quit notice. He said President Muhammadu Buhari, who came into power in 2015, is a  ‘brief’ tenant in the Presidential Villa, in Abuja and that his tenancy will expire on 28 May 2019. But he was also quick to admit that the task of removing APC from power in 2019 is a ”herculean task”. “By my understanding, the mandate you have given us today is clear and unambiguous. It is to return our party to power come 2019. As Herculean as this mandate seems, I know it’s achievable. “Let me assure you great members and leaders of our party, that by the grace of God and with all hands on deck, the brief tenancy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Aso Rock Villa expires on May 28, 2019. By this, we serve them a quit notice”, Secondus said in his victory spe...

         The Federal Government of Nigeria has come across credible information on sponsored campaign of calumny against the Nigerian military leadership by some unscrupulous members of the Nigerian society. The orchestrated campaign of calumny is aimed at smearing the name and rubbishing the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria at fighting the menace of Boko Haram in our country although they intend to create the impression that they were fighting corruption and to instill good governance. However, from all indications their motive is far from noble. According to their plan, the campaign will be centered around but not limited to the following line of thoughts; that the Boko Haram terrorists still exist in numbers in several camps within Nigerian territory and that the terrorists are only being disturbed by the effort of the Nigerian Air Force who were able to disperse them, while the Nigerian Army does nothing other than telling stories. They want ...

      The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gown, Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and his colleague from Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, joined family and other dignitaries from all works of life, at a thanksgiving service to mark the 80th birthday of Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (GCON), at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos on Saturday.More photos below.

        Chief Tony Okoroji took to his social media to write yesterday '' Much of yesterday, my phone rang off the hook. I had not been appointed a minister or to any such high office. Thank God, I had not lost any close relation. Almost everyone who called was talking about what I consider a small matter, the fact that there was a press release saying that a younger colleague of mine now bears the title of COSON Chairman. I was not born COSON Chairman and I frankly did not think it was a big deal. A few years ago, there was in fact nothing like COSON. The COSON brand was built practically from the scratch. I assumed the title in the course of the work which I have dedicated my life to. My dedication to the course has never been because of a title or because of personal wealth. I have written in Saturday Breakfast before that I verily believe that the true worth of a man is not in what he takes but in what he gives. I have always asked the Almighty to give me an...

      According to Chinenye Genevieve who sent in this photos with the caption '' She ran into a rich man who asked her to get rid of her baby before he will marry her because he would want a woman without a child, that young girl buried her three months old baby last Saturday in agbavi, she just dug it up. After the intervention of the paternal family and law enforcement officials on Monday''.According to another source '' A young woman who was desirous of marrying a rich man who proposed to her has landed in deep trouble after burying her baby alive just so she can appear single. People have been left in a state of shock after a woman who wanted to marry a rich man buried her baby alive. It was gathered that the rich man proposed to her, and as a pre-condition for marriage, she was supposed to be single. Realizing that her baby would be a great impediment to her marrying the rich man, the woman buried her 3 month-old baby alive and claimed to be s...

       Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Saturday said for Nigeria to meet its growth ambitions and achieve full economic potential, concerted efforts must be made to create at least four million jobs annually and as well jettison policies that stifle development. Speaking at the opening session of the 9th Annual Bankers’ Committee Retreat of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) held at Renaissance Hotel in Ikeja, Lagos, Governor Ambode said it was time for the government to review such policies that inhibit growth, and as well come up with a well-functioning low cost financial system that will work for all Nigerians. While describing the theme of the retreat – “Improving Financial Access, Enabling Job Creation and Driving Inclusive Growth in Nigeria,” as apt, the Governor said same was at the heart of the nation’s economy and are important determinants of the country’s future prosperity, but that all hands must be on deck to create more jobs for the ...

          Members of the Imo State Rapid Response Squad Command ably led by the Imo State Commander have arrested a six man gang who specialize in the sale of human parts for rituals and transplants. The gang was busted by the Nkwerre Vigilantee Network.Though three of the guys are still at large, the other three are in police custody and they publicly confessed to being the mastermind behind the kidnap of a twelve year old girl from Umugara village for ritual purposes for a token of N500,000 and another N500,000 after delivery of human parts or victim.They also confessed being part of a gang that kidnapped, defiled and butchered one miss Chigaekwu from Umunachi village last year. Three are from Umulolo Amaegbu, one from Amorji villages all in Nkwerre LGA and they are block moulders but specialize in selling human parts.Most shocking thing is that 2 of them are pastors of Lords Chosen Church, one was even caught ministering to children yesterday at their chur...