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       The management of the Indian hospital had agreed to commence treatment of the IMN leader with doctors he had initially booked an appointment with. The management of Medanta Hospital in New Delhi, India, has yielded to the demands of the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, by allowing the doctors he initially had an a ppointment with to attend to his failing health. It was reported earlier that El-Zakzaky could soon return to Nigeria after being given a two-hour ultimatum by the Indian Government to leave the country for refusing to be treated by unknown doctors at the hospital on Wednesday. A top member of the Islamic Human Right Commission in London, who spoke with Sahara Reporters, disclosed that the management of the Indian hospital had agreed to commence treatment of the IMN leader with doctors he had initially booked an appointment with.-SAHARA REPORTERS

        President Buhari has directed the suspension from office, with immediate effect, of the Chairman of the Special Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla. The suspension shall be in effect until the conclusion of ongoing ICPC investigations into a number of cases relating to Mr. Obono-Obla.

      According to the magazine '' At the top of June, I woke up to rain on my window and two unread emails. The first message was from an older friend passing along a quote from the author Elizabeth Gilbert ( Eat Pray Love; City of Girls ) on the differences between people she called “Jackhammers” and those she called “Hummingbirds.” According to Gilbert, Jackhammer People and Hummingbird People are distinct in how they deal with the work they want or feel they are meant to do, but neither approach is more useful or more desirable than the other. She defends the poor Hummingbirds who “bring an idea from here to over there, where you learn something else and you weave it in.” They are undervalued connectors and innovators who change what we believe is possible, she says, insisting that this perspective “ends up keeping the entire culture aerated.” However, when Jackhammers like Gilbert find their meaningful goal or work, “we don’t look up, we don’t veer, and we’re just focused

       Goods worth several millions of naira have been destroyed in a midnight fire that razed the biggest motor spare parts market in Edo State located at Uwelu, in Egor Local Government Area of the state. The fire was said to have started at about 11:45pm Monday night, August 12th and lasted till about 4am after efforts from fire service men from the University of Benin and the Nigerian Army. Sections of the market affected by the fire were the lines were Mercedes Benz, Mazda, Ford and Toyota parts are sold. It was gathered that some of the affected traders just bought goods to fill their stores. Some of the traders were said to have collapsed when they visited the scene and saw the magnitude of their losses. One of them was said to have attempted running into the raging fire, but was stopped. One of the victims, Daniel Okungbowa, who deals in all types fuel and oil pumps, said he lost goods worth about N4 million to the fire. Another victim, Osaeruoname Festus, said they w

       BREAKING: Nigerian Prisons Service Changes Name To Correctional Service.... President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill into law. The Act repeals the Nigerian Prisons Service Act. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, disclosed this to State House correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday. With the signing, the Nigerian Prisons Service will now be called the Nigerian Correctional Service.One more photo below.

      Federal Govt through Mr Segun Awolowo of NEPC made a deal with the Govt of Mali, to buy vehicles from Nigeria, Mali just purchased 400 SUVs from Innoson. With ProForce Armoured Vehicles,Innoson,and truck plants in Kano, Nigeria has a great opportunity of replacing Japan in Africa. Innoson got a little empowerment from the Good luck Jonathan Era. Look how far he has gone. Imagine if the FG can seriously invest In the South East.One more photo below.

      The Nigerian Army has inducted and operationalised four newly acquired Mine Resistant Anti Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) in the North East theatre of operation to enhance fire power and protection of troops fighting Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) Terrorists. Recall that the Nigerian Army in partnership with Proforce Nigeria Limited, - an indigenous Armour Vehicle Manufacturing Company based in Ode-Remo in Ogun State had delivered the first ever Nigerian Army - Proforce locally manufactured MRAPs, four of which were inaugurated on August 1, 2019 by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja. Speaking at the event, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai represented by the Chief of Training and Operations (Army) Maj Gen EO Udoh said the induction of the MRAPs would boost the operational capability and protection of the troops to decisively prosecute the ongoing coun

      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office on Wednesday, August 14, 2019, arraigned one Abdullahi Babalele before Justice Iniekenimi Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a two-count charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of $140, 000. In a similar development, the EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, same day, arraigned one Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, a lawyer to Atiku, before Justice Oweibo on a three-count charge, bordering on money laundering to the tune of $2,000,000 (Two Million United State Dollars). Babalele, who is son-in-law to Atiku Abubakar, former vice president and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate in the 2019 election, allegedly persuaded one Bashir Mohammed to make a cash payment of $140,000 without going through any financial institution-an offence that runs contrary to Section 18(c) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2100-as amended and punishable under Section 16(2)(b) o

   According to Channels TV ''   Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, has alleged that the condition at the Indian hospital where he and his wife, Zeenat were taken to, is worse than that of Nigeria. According to him, they were only brought to another detention facility and they do not feel safe there because a new set of doctors whom he had not made any prior arrangement with, were brought to handle his case. This was confirmed by the spokesperson of the IMN, Ibrahim Musa, who said the group had received an audio message from El-Zakzaky in which he told them of the “terrible condition” they had been subjected to in India. Read the full transcript below. We are now here in New Delhi, India. As you all know there was an arrangement for us to come here to seek medical care regarding the ailments that we have, myself and Malama Zeenah. She, Malama Zeenah has a full bullet lodged in her body(that needs to be removed), also she is in need of a kn

     @jidesanwoolu today discussed the need to promote US interests in Lagos in a way that is mutually beneficial when he received Mrs. Claire Pierangelo, Consul General of the US Consulate in Lagos at Alausa, Ikeja.More details later and more photos below.

             Undoubtedly, the Nigerian entertainment industry particularly Nollywood is the biggest industry that produces stars and upcoming actors yearly in Nigeria. And Right now, the industry has brought to fore a shining star and she is no other than Popular Ajah Lagos based beautician, Opeyemi Adekoya  who has just emerged the new toast of the industry.      Opeyemi Adekoya is an actress cum enterpreneur, who hails from Ijebu Igbaga,a neighbouring village  close to Ijebu Ode, Ogun State. She is the boss of Opson Beauty Palour and My Accessories, a celebrity Unisex Salon, located at Almond Plaza, Beside Chilat Plaza Ajah, Lagos. After her secondary School education, Opeyemi got admission in 2012 at the Wolex Polytechnic,Iwo, Osun State where she did her National Diploma in Accountancy. Shortly after that, the highly intelligent babe decided to shun education for business and she is not in anyway regretting the decision. She opened her first shop where she sell wh

    President Buhari pays Sympathy Visit to IDPs in Batsari Katsina State, Commissions Road Project in Katsina State on 14th Aug 2019 Sympathy Visit 2: President Buhari with Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State and Emir of Katsina HRH Alhaji Abdulmumini Kabir Usman as he pays Sympathy Visit to IDPs in Batsari Katsina State on 14th Aug 2019 Road Project 2: President Buhari with Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State during the commissioning of Shinkafi-Yandaki-Gafia-Abdallawa-Dankara Road Project in Katsina on 14th Aug 2019.More photos below. President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Batsari Local Government Council, Katsina State, assured all victims of banditry attacks that the Federal Government will deploy security measures and strengthen operations to safeguard lives and property, warning that perpetrators will not go unpunished. Speaking to Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), drawn from seven local governments that were affected in Katsina at Basari cou

      Amadi Happiness Chigozirim was born in 18th of march,1997 in Umuahia North Abia state Nigeria. She was born into a family of four and the last of the family of Mr and Mrs Amadi Chijioke in Okaiuga Nkwoegu Umuahia north. She is a light skin young lady with 187cm height. She attended her primary education at Okiauga Nkwoegwu primary school Umuahia North abia state from 2004/2010. After which she started her secondary school education in Bright Stars international secondary ABA Abia state from 2009/2015 in 2016 she enrolled in to Aviation school to enable her achieve her dreams of becoming flight attendant . She did not stop there but also has interest in model and beauty pageant . Ever since she was a child . In 2016 she was one of the candidate for Nigerian Idol music show but unfortunately did not make it to the end she continued to chase her dreams of becoming a model which took her to lmo State 2018/2019 pageant contest and she won a crown in lmo State as miss lmo State he