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       Today at the State House Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari received a delegation from the Grand Khalifa of Tijjaniya Movement led by Sheikh Mahi Ibrahim Inyass.More photos below.

    One of my reporter Chinenye Genevieve is reporting today that a man committed suicide yesterday.Did he leave a written note for his family members to know why he committed suicide ? is a puzzle yet to be solved . Chinenye Genivieve sent in two photos with the caption ''Oh what a world we are into, no wonder the Bible said that the heart of a man is desperately wicked. Please can someone tell me what on Earth can make a man to take his life. This happened yesterday in ishieke Ebonyi state. May his precious soul rest in peace!!! 🙏🙏🙏''.Free advice ''Once there is life there is hope''. One more photo below.

      Senate President Bukola Saraki wrote on social media few hours ago today that '' As some of you know I spent a lot of time on the issue of fuel subsidies in the 7th Assembly. The important thing we must all understand is that the NNPC cannot continue making subsidy payments without valid appropriations. These payments must be backed by law. This is why, yesterday, the 8th Senate resolved that: 1. The NNPC should stop all the illegal payments without appropriation henceforth; 2. The NNPC, through Mr. President, should make a formal request to the National Assembly for the 2018 fuel subsidy payments; 3. The Federal Republic of Nigeria should pay all marketers their outstanding arrears of subsidy owed in 2017; 4. Our local refineries should be given maximum attention to enable them function at full capacity; 5. A full audit of the NNPC should be carried out; and 6. There must be appropriate sanctions for officers and personnel who have carried ou...

      As part of efforts to deliver the Pen Cinema Bridge on schedule and minimise traffic congestion within the corridor, the Lagos State Government has announced the restriction of vehicular movement at Agege Intersection between Railway crossing and Church Street through Agunbiade Street in Agege. A statement released today by the Ministry of Transportation said the restriction is necessitated by the construction of Precast/Prestressed Concrete for the dual carriage flyover at Pen Cinema junction. It stated further that the traffic diversion will prevent vehicles coming from Ipaja Road towards Ogba from turning left at Oke-Koto but will have to go straight towards Agege Motor Road and take a left turn to connect the alternative route beside Agege Post office to link Moshalashi Alhaja onwards. Similarly, it advised motorists coming from Old Abeokuta Motor Road, Abule Egba towards Oke-Koto/Alfa Nla Roads to turn right at Abattoir into Oko-Oba Road t...

      The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday 26 April 2018, commissioned the newly constructed 261 Nigerian Air Force Reference Hospital in Bauchi. The establishment of the medical facility became necessary to specially provide additional medical support for members of the Armed Forces involved in counter insurgency operations in the Northeast. In his welcome address, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, stated that the services of the hospital would also be extended to civilians, which had been the tradition in the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). He added that the hospital is part of the efforts of the current NAF leadership to reform the healthcare system of the Service and to support the on-going counter insurgency operations by ensuring the availability of immediate quality medical care to those injured in active service. Speaking further, the CAS stated ...

    She shared the good-news on her social media with a photo of herself rocking one of the scandalous lingerie as seen in the photo above The lingerie line is called ''Savage Fenty'' .She captioned the photo above '' Happy   #NationalLingerieDay !   Savagexfenty   drops worldwide on May 11th at   http://ri-hanna.io/sxffb . Get ready...   #savagexfenty ''.One more photo below.

    Some passengers were killed and many others injured in a fatal bus accident which occurred by 4:30 am in yesterday morning at Azigbo road heading to Amichi in Anambra state. The accident was reported to have caused a gridlock along the highway as the victims were evacuated and taken to the hospital. The cause of the accident according to eyewitnesses was not unconnected to the heavy downpour two night ago.More photos below.

       Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, April 27, 2018, granted Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta North in the National Assembly, bail on self-recognition.   Nwaoboshi, who was arraigned on April 25, 2018, is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, for an alleged criminal offence bordering on money laundering and fraud to the tune of N805million. He is charged alongside t wo companies namely : Golden Touch Construction Project Limited and Suiming Electrical Limited. The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge.  At the last sitting, the judge had deferred ruling on the bail application filed by the counsel to the defendant to today (April 27, 2018).In his ruling today, Justice Idris granted the defendant bail on self-recognizance as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The judge further ordered the defendant not to travel outside the country without obtaining ...

        The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna today, April 27, 2018, affirmed the decision of the Federal High Court Kano, which forfeited in the interim, the money found in a house in Kaduna, allegedly belonging to former Group Managing Director of NNPC, Engineer Andrew YAKUBU. It would be recalled that on the 3rd of February, 2017, operatives of the Commission stormed a house allegedly belonging to the former NNPC boss and  uncovered the sum $9,772,800 (Nine Million, Seven Hundred and Seventy Two Thousand, Eight Hundred Dollars Only) and another £74,000 (Seventy Four Thousand Pounds Sterling) stashed in a fireproof safe. The money according to Yakubu, were gifts from well wishers. However the Commission suspected that the money were proceeds of crime, a development which prompted the EFCC to secure an interim forfeiture of the money from the Federal High Court.Yakubu, through his counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, approached the Federal High Court in Kano, askin...

      Today, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over the Signing of the Ogoni Trust Fund Escrow Agreement, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. More details later and More photos below.

       The functions, duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General of Police as listed in Section 215 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria can also be carried out as mentioned in section 312 (1) of the Police Act and Regulation by a senior officer of the Force of the Rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police who if permitted by the Inspector General of Police to act on his behalf or represent him in official capacity at any function, event or programme within and outside Nigeria can do so in consonant with the provisions of the Police Act and Regulation. 2. It is on the basis of the above that while the Inspector General of Police is on an official assignment in Bauchi State that he delegated the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations to represent him and honour the invitation of the Senate, Federal Republic of Nigeria in respect of the felonious offenses for which Sen. Din...