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Unconfirmed report circulating on various platforms in the media has it that President Muhammadu Buhari has formally ordered the invasion of Niger Delta with a combination of air, land andsea assault.The president was allegedly reported to have declared Alhaji Asari Dokubo and Chief Ekpemupolo Tompolo wanted.It is also being rumoured that Asari Dokubo may have been killed as his whereabouts is currently not known.

The world's 7th richest man and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg quietly came into Nigeria today to see how Facebook works in Nigeria, how it can be improved and how it can supporttech development in Africa. He's presently CC Hub in Yaba and these are exclusive photos

The world's oldest man believed to be 145 years old has been uncoveredin Indonesia, meaning that he would beat the current record holder,Jeanne Calment, who lived to 122.Experts said they saw documents that show that Indonesian Mbah Gothowas born on 31 December 1870, 31 years before the death of QueenVictoria.The man has outlived four wives and all 10 of his children and now has grandchildren, great grandchildren and great-great grandchildren.Gotho claimed that he had been able to live this long because he hadbeen 'patient', but wouldn't want to live any longer.His grandchildren said Mr Gotho spends most of his days listening tothe radio because his eyesight is too poor to watch TV.For the past three months, Gotho had tobe spoon-fed and bathe.Though an official at the Indonesian records office had confirmed MrGotho's date of birth as December 31 1870, it has not been independently verified.He will join other super-senior citizens such as 171-year-old James Olofintuy

Embattled former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin,on Friday accused some senior lawmakers in the House of living large by appropriating illegal allowances to themselves at the expense of Nigeriantaxpayers.The lawmakers, who currently serve indifferent capacities as principal officers of the House, have allegedly shared more than N10 billion amongstthemselves as “office running cost,” a subhead legislators have used for years to corner illegal allowances to themselves.Nigerians have complained about these illegal allowances for years but this is the first time in Nigeria’s historythat a serving lawmaker would open up on the sharp practices.Mr. Jibrin disclosed the details in an email to Premium Times Friday night as part of the unfolding budget padding scandal he triggered more than a month ago.The 10 principal officers and the fundsthey have allegedly received so far as running costs included the Speaker ofthe House, Yakubu Dogara,

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola Governor, Stateof Osun, H.E. Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN GCON, in a handshake with Sen. Sola Adeyeye Senate Chief Whip.

     Matchup a break from the trend of gadgets all over the place and the high use of iPad by Government Officials, Many analyst  have found  a differently major observation ofx President Muhammadu Buhari. He doesn't go about with a Mac Book or an iPad. What you will see with him is a away from the dispensational trend of gadgets all over the place . What you will see with him is a"Blue Diary".I have taken time to carefully watch him and I have not stopped wondering why Baba goes about with this particular Blue Diary. What does Baba have in his Blue Diary? Could it be what I have always thought about? Probably it's more than just Presidential schedule that he has in the diary. What if in some of the pages of the diary are names of corrupt politicians that were supposed reeled out to the public sometimes in May 29, 2016? What if the entire names of principal actors in the #DasukiGate saga is part of what Baba has in his BlueDiary? Could it also be that in this same dia

Amidst lingering dispute between Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and eightbanks banned from participating in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, the local currency, Naira, has suffered further bashing,depreciating to N415/ USD1 yesterdayin the parallel market, bringing total weekly loss to N20 per dollar.But the inter-bank market registered moderate stability as mid-day trading rate hovered at N315/ USD1 after depreciating to N316.The developments were coming against the inability of eight out of the nine banks banned from the interbank market failed to resolve the issues with the apex bank and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, over the weekend.The affected banks are First Bank of Nigeria Plc, FCMB Plc, Diamond Bank Plc, Skye Bank Plc, Heritage Bank Limited, Keystone Bank Limited, Fidelity Bank Plc and Sterling Bank Plc.Chief executives of the banks have been meeting with the apex bank since Wednesday up till yesterday but no solution was reached as Vanguard learnt t

Scotland and Canada will allow police officers to wear hijabs on the job in a bidto attract more Muslim women to join their forces.Both countries announced their policy changes this week amid controversy over a French town’s ban on burkinis, which was overturned by the country’s highest administrative court on Friday.Scotland police said in a statement it hoped the policy change “will contributeto making our staff mix more diverse and adds to the life skills, experiences and personal qualities that our officers and staff bring to policing the communities of Scotland.”

A photo going round on social media has shown a fight of supremacy between a Ghanaians and a Nigerians.Over time Nigerians and Ghanaians havecome to be known to love arguing on social media about who is better.The most popular fight has been the Nigerian Jollof versus Ghanaian Jollof battle which saw people from the two nations try to argue which jollof tastes better.This time around, albeit on a smaller scale, a new argument has surfaced andit is about pronounciations.Trouble started when a Nigerian twitter user made the tweet below: After seeing the tweet, a Ghanaian twitter user who obviously wanted to reply the “ insult ” made his own tweet as seen below: Apparently the argument is about who goofs more in pronunciation between people from the two countries.As the days pass, we might be ready for some more “showdown”.

– A government official working with Governor Seriake Dickson is reported to have fled with governor’s $4.6million (equivalent of 1.84billion at N400/$1 exchange rate)The Suspect is said to be an accountantin Bayelsa Government House – Police clamps down on run-away residentMen of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Bayelsa state on Tuesday, August 23 ransacked the private home of a Bayelsa government official who happens to be the State Government House Accountant.The secret raid by the security operatives was carried out for at least two hours.The residence is situated along Brass Road was reportedly ransacked based on directives from Governor Seriake Dickson, the Bayelsa state governor, after Etonye allegedly fled with the Bayelsa state governor’s money said to be $4.6m.Governor Dickson was reported to have given the said amount to the accountantto keep in his safe keep only some days before the man’s home was descended upon on Tuesday, August 23.The alleged thief is popularly

Actress Yvonne Jegede has continued to welcome lovely wishes from fans andco-actors on every photo she shares after receiving love as a birthday gift from her boyfriend, Late Actress Bukky Ajayi's son, Olakunle.However, a loyal fan, who could not control his own, quickly gushes:"This chick wey I dey admire has been taken"He was eventually called a secret admirer but he he claimed he actually came late

AN ORGANIZATION, Open Data and DataVisualization Training in Africa, Orodata, has alleged that some federal and state government officials managing the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps across the country were selling some children for N100,000.Exposing the alleged fraudulent activities of these government officials, the organization claimed that some officials in the IDPs camps said group leaders who call themselves ‘Lords’ were involved in a massive child trafficking scam in the camps.

Chidi's exgirlfriend posted a photo of herself inside a Ferrari and he reached out to Nigeria Twitter for help.Nigerian singer and photoshop king Adekunle Gold saw Chidi's tweet and came to the rescue. See what he did after the cut.

According to this Instagram post. , he posted pictures of himself layer on the stretcher and captioned "Genuinely thought i was going to die as I fell headfirst from and bike disappeared off cliff . I'm lucky! Thanks for all your well wishes.He also shared another picture of himself sipping from a cup with an injured face obviously recovering from the accident.

Hmmmmm........Nobody should come here and preach because even Obama has been decorated like this and nothing happened.I dont like the lipstick though..not red enough!...Pretty Or Not?

The World Bank has again applauded the State of Osun for maintaining its leading position in the Youth Employment and Social Support Operation (YESSO)‎ among the participating states in Nigeria The International Financial Institution stated this through Professors Sulaiman Yusuf and Wale Oni at the third phase of the Community Based Targeting (CBT) Team Validation Exercise for Community Development Officers (CDOs) and their Assistants who willbe working in the selected communities within the new set of Local Government Areas selected.The duo maintained that, YESSO came on board to increase access of the poor to youth employment opportunities, social services and tostrengthen safety net systems in participating states.In his remarks at the event, the Coordinator, State Operation Coordinating Unit (SOCU), Osun YESSO‎, Mr. Olufemi Ifaturoti commended the World Bank team for their efforts which he said were instrumental to the coming on boardof YESSO in Osun.Mr. Ifaturoti also eulogized t

An eyewitness sent this in and wrote:I do not derive joy from castigating otherpeople's religion but a tanker driver praying on the highway and keeping us stuck on ore - benin road is way over the limit. If you respect your God, You'll understand how to be considerate .*stressful day mehn\ Lawlessness na bad thing.

US embassy in Abuja, the capital Nigeria has warn that Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) statement on the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry can cause violence linked to religious or ethnic .CAN group alleges that Mr Kerry's visitto Nigeria is an agenda to Support President Buhari victimization of Christian.Deputy spokesman for the US embassy in Abuja, Mr. Larry bhachu made it clear that CAN statement is baseless and groundless, emphasizing that JohnKerry visited Sokoto to discuss with the followers ofIslam and Christianity on how developReligious tolerance, and to overcome extremism among followers of different religions.He added that, their website contains the detailed description of John Kerry during his visit, so anyone who need more information can visit the site.According to Mr. Larry bhachu John Kerrys visit has no hidden target but to stressed the importance ofunity, so if any group does not understand the situation, the US embassy is ready to outline

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President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the composition of the governing boards of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) as follows: NIGERIAN PORTS AUTHORITY(NPA) (i) Emmanuel Olajide Adesoye​​​-​Chairman (ii) SupoShasore​​​​​-​Member (iii) Suleiman Ibrahim Halilu​​​-​Member (iiii) Constance Harry Mashal​​​-​Member (v) Umar Shu’aibu​​​​​-​Member (vi) Charles Efe EmukowhateSylvester​-​Member (vii) Hadiza BalaUsman​​​​-​Member (viii) Mohammed Bello Koko​​​-​Member (ix) Dr. Sekonte Davis​​​​-​Member (x) Professor Idris Abubakar​​​-​Member (xi) Mrs. I. J. Uche-Okoro ​​​​-​Member NIGERIAN MARITIMEADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY AGENCY (NIMASA) (i) Major General Jonathan IndiaGarba -​ Chairman (ii) Asekomhe Oaakhia Kenneth​​-​Member (iii) Mohammed Gidado Muazu​​-​Member (iiii) Hon. Barrister Ebele Obi​​​-​Member (v) S. U. Galadanchi​​​​-​Member (vi) Ms Nene Betty Dike​​​-​Member (vii) Dakuku Peterside​​​​-​Membe

A Japanese Mogul with Twitter handle @katsuyakatasu has promised to reward Nigeria Dream team Vi $30,000 each if they win Olympic gold medal,$20,000 if they win silver, and $10,000 each if they win BronzeThe account is a verified Twitter account.

Expert Cuban cigar roller Jose Castelar Cairo, known as ‘Cueto’, is attempting to break his own world record set in 2011.His new record attempt will have to beat the cigar he rolled five years which measured an impressive 81. l The 67-year-old began his record attempt on August 1 and he hopes to finally complete it by August 12 - as long as his attempt doesn’t go up in smoke.After setting his fifth world record, he said: “Cuba is the country where the best tobacco is grown, and as long as Cueto is around, Cuba will have the world's longest cigar.”He hopes to achieve the sixth Guinness Record of his career Guinness World Records say: “Thelongest cigar measured 81.80 m (268 ft 4 in) andwas made by JoseCastelar Cueto at the La Triada shopat Parque Morro-Cabaña in Havana,Cuba, on 3 May 2011.“Cueto started to make the cigar on 25 April 2011, but only finished in the evening of 2 May. The cigar was officially measured on the following day.”

President Buhari selects 30 innovative youths to advise him on ways to push Nigeria forwardThe presidency has shortlisted the names of 30 Nigerians who would submit and explain their ideas to the Federal Government on ways to boost Technology, Agriculture, Communications, Power, Fashion and Entertainment in the country.Dozens of applications were submitted to the Presidency during June's "Aso Villa Demo Day" but the names of the successful 30 were selected for a one-on-one discussion with the Nigerianpresident Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, at a scheduled date.The full list of successful candidates: 1. Chika Uwaze – Talent Base 2. Obidipe Oluwaseun – Mocapro 3. Tele Ogundipe – Egusi Soupe 4. Amaka Osita – Fuel Voucher.com.ng 5. Tolu Adeyanju – Red Bank 6. Ifedayo Oladapo – Grit Systems 7. Nkem Okocha – Mama Moni Limited 8. Ebuka Nwora – Etyres 9. Dami Olokesusi – Shuttlers NG 10. Amarachi Nwanamodo – Amagzy Global Ventures 11. Oladimeji Sofowora, Wo

The major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, on Friday set social media blazing with the tweet of their latest slogan ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has endorsed the use of barcode in Nigerian movies and music as a measure to protect intellectual properties from undue exploitation. The Minister, who was responding to a request to that effect by the Caretaker Committee of the Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Friday, advised the Association to also liaise with the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and other regulatory bodies to ensure the success of the new measure. "You asked that we make a declaration making it illegal for NTA, FRCN and other radio and television stations from using any music or movie, which is not barcoded...I think what we should do is to work through the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), NCC and other regulatory bodies," he said. Barcode is a machine-readable representation of