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      The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has unreservedly condemned the shameful assault on former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Saturday in Nuremberg, Germany. Senator Ekweremadu was to give a keynote address at the Second Igbo Annual Cultural Festival and Convention organised by Ndi-Igbo Germany in that city when a mob, which identified itself as members of the Indigenous Peo ple of Biafra (IPOB), invaded the venue to attack an illustrious son of Ndigbo who in his political career has consistently identified with and defended the cause of his people. "It is incredibly absurd for anybody to blame the distinguished Senator for the violent criminal activities in his home base, the purported reason cited by the mob for the bewildering attack. "Senator Ekweremadu, like all his distinguished colleagues in the Ninth Assembly of the Senate, is concerned about the insecurity and other challenges in that area and other parts of Nigeria.” ...

  Yesterday actress Uche Jombo shared a bikini photo of herself,joining the trend of actresses flaunting their bikini body on social media. She captioned the photo '' Work in progress...not there yet but beach readyyyyyyyy! 🍫   ''.One more photo below.

     Gov. Sanwo-Olu ; his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu;   Dr. Hamzat, with the celebrant, Senator Anthony Adefuye; & officiating Ministers during the 75th birthday thanksgiving service of Adefuye at the St. Denis Catholic Church, Akoka, Lagos, today.More photos below.

         Lagos State Executive Council will be fully inaugurated on Tuesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said. The Governor said he would not delay the swearing-in of Commissioner- and Special Adviser-designates already cleared by the State House of Assembly. He spoke at the weekend while receiving a body of retired top civil servants under the aegis of the Association of Lagos State Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretarie s (ALARHOSPS). Sanwo-Olu said that the wheel of governance would be in full gear before the end of the coming week, in fulfillment of his campaign promise to inaugurate his cabinet within 90 days. He added that new Permanent Secretaries would also be sworn in on Monday to complement the activities of Commissioners and Special Advisers. He said: “Next week, by God’s grace, we are swearing in all other complements of cabinet and also Permanent Secretaries to have the engine of governance on full swing. At that point, we be...

        Samuel Nwankwo, a Nigerian resident in Eastfield in Peterborough, UK, who swallowed 67 wraps of cocaine before taking a flight from Brazil to London has been jailed for four years. He was sentenced at Isleworth Crown Court and the drugs were also ordered to be destroyed. He had previously pleaded guilty to one count of fraudulent evasion on the importation of a prohibited Class A drug. Nwankwo, born 25th November 1991, was stopped by Border Police at Terminal 3 London Heathrow as he alighted from a Latam Airlines flight from Sau Paulo on February 11th 2019. He had been to Brazil for five days and had no checked baggage with him. He claimed he went to visit his wife and was short on annual leave. A body scan at the airport revealed suspicious shapes inside Nwankwo. He was then taken to a hospital for a CT scan where dozens of concealed packages were identified inside him. Nwankwo was lucky to be alive after swallowing such a large quantity of cocaine...

       Ugochukwu Nwonwu, a native of Umuokwenuta Isingwu in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia State, is currently on the run after he was discovered to have raped and impregnated his 13-year-old daughter. Ugochukwu who is said to be in his thirties, was recently discovered to have put his 13-year-old daughter in the family way. What is most shocking is that the teenage girl is a product of an incestous relationship Ugochukwu had with his cousin many years ago. Ugochukwu's brother, Chukwunyere, who spoke with The Sun, said Ugochukwu had an affair with their cousin, the daughter of their father's brother 16 years ago. The secret affair led to the birth of a set of twin girls. When their affair came to light, the couple insisted they were in love and must get married. This caused a serious fight in their family as everyone insisted it was a taboo in their culture. The lovers continued their affair and had another girl who Ugochukwu has gotten pregnant. ...

       Pandemonium broke out at the Sam Mbakwe Airport, Owerri in Imo state yesterday morning after the Central Air conditioner at the airport went up in flames. Eyewitnesses say there was an electricity surge that caused the AC to catch fire. The fire affected the bookings and other flight procedures as the surge affected the electricity supply in the airpor t. The fire was immediately put out with the use of fire extinguishers. Recall that the airport also experienced a fire outbreak in April this year. Thank God no life was lost.

       Mr Obinwanne Obi is a well known philanthropist who was featured on Forbes Magazine UNDER 30 billionaires in Nigeria. He hails from Ukpor in Anambra State. Yesterday he was indicted by the FBI for hacking and stealing the password of a Top CFO in US. He used this password to send fake emails to the US Firm associates. They wired $11m (N4,000,000,000) into an account he controls thinking it was there Boss. When the scam was discovered the FBI was involved. The FBI Carried out a 1 year investigation on which they gathered enough evidence against him. He was arrested recently this week on alleged fraud charges. This guy was an Abuja Big Boy! He attended seminars and owns a foundation which he helped the youths with. He is currently in FBI net facing serious charges and might be jailed for a long time if found guilty.More photos below.

      President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Katsina, Katsina State, charged the military to be more spontaneous in restoring peace to the country, particularly states troubled by bandits, ordering them “not to spare bandits’’ that have been killing, maiming and extorting innocent citizens. Addressing 15 officers and 160 soldiers of the 17th Army Brigade and Nigerian Air Force 213 Operational Base in Katsina, under the “Operat ion Hadarin Daji’’, at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Airport, President Buhari, said: “This group was formed by the military to secure the geo-political zone from the activities of bandits. Fundamentally, it is your responsibility to secure the country. “As the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, I believe you are capable of doing it. I don’t think you should spare any bandit. Identify and eliminate them. Pursue them anywhere you can find them and eliminate them,’’ he said. “Nigeria deserves peace. The rainy season is good and we are already...

      I attended the Second Annual Cultural Festival and Convention organised by Ndi-Igbo Germany in Nurnberg today where I was billed to give a keynote address along with the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who, however could not make it eventually. I was given a resounding welcome by Ndigbo in Germany and everything went smoothly until some men, who identified themselves as IPOB members stormed the venue and began to compl ain about the killings in the South East, stressing that there would be no Igbo event at the venue. I tried to engage them, but when they became unruly, I had to leave the venue. The organisers also invited the police and I was accompanied out of the venue. Much as I am disappointed in their conduct, especially as I am one of the persons, who have spoken up on justice for Ndigbo, the Python Dance, extra-judicial killings in Igbo land and elsewhere both on the floor of the Senate and in my written and personal engageme...