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The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday declared that the sovereign state of Biafra when actualised will not be a member of the Organisation of Islamic Countries, OIC, but that it will welcome the Shiite movement.  In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Nmezu and Dr Clifford Chukwuemeka Iroanya, the group also said the Biafra constitution would not make provisions for Sharia. The statement reads, “The Constitution of Biafra shall be a collective effort of Biafran citizens. Every Biafran will participate in the formulation and ratification of the constitution. No single individual will arrogate the powers to himself/herself to write the nation’s constitution. “The blessed nation of Biafra shall never be a member of any Islamic body. Biafra shall maintain its secularity both in principles and in practice unlike the British-created country called Nigeria that professes secularity in principle but a ranking member of OIC in practice. “Also, citizens will not be f...

The State Governor, Yahaya Bello has warned that those behind the assassination of the Chairman, Kogi Chapter of Wuro Miyetti-Allah Association, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar will be apprehended and made to face the wrath of the law. Bello’s warning was contained in a statement released yesterday by his Chief Press Secretary, Petra Akinti Onyegbule. The governor appealed for calm in the state following the incident, and strongly discouraged reaction from any quarters.  He said, “I received with sadness, the death of Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar today. On behalf of the good people of Kogi State, I express my condolences to the Wuro Miyetti-Allah Association over the dastardly act which claimed the life of the late Alhaji Abubakar. “As painful as this must be, I enjoin all to be calm as government is already working with security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of this heinous crime as soon as possible, and made to face the consequences of their cowardly actions. “May Almighty...

     There are strong indications that many top guns and other categories of staff of the National Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) may soon be relieved of their jobs in the agency if the demands of aviation workers' unions are accepted by the Federal Government. Tipped to be affected are three directors, the Company Secretary, general manager, assistant general managers and lower cadre staff, who are deemed to have been employed in dubious circumstances. SaharaReporters gathered that staff who may be affected by the looming purge have started reaching out to their godfathers in Abuja, including at the National Assembly, seeking their help in retaining the jobs they got through improper recruitment and placement exercise by the agency. Three weeks ago, about 25 staff were sacked by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The exercise claimed all but one director of the agency. Many general managers and deputy general managers were also sacked, with...

  Muiz Banire, the national legal adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied that he ever bribed a Nigerian judge.  Sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had told SaharaReporters that, as part of their investigation into corruption in the judiciary, they had discovered that Mr. Banire gave a questionable donation of N500,000 to a federal judge, Justice Terseer Agbadu-Fishim. In a text message to SaharaReporters, Mr. Banire tacitly agreed that he had given money to a judge, but explained that he had never appeared in a case before the judge, adding that the judge in question was a longtime friend to whom he gave some money after his mother's death. "I have no official relationship with the said judge," Mr. Banire said in a message to SaharaReporters. He added: "I have never appeared before him in any matter and in fact, in my entire professional career I have only recently a month ago appeared at the indu...

The Lagos state Ministry of Transportation in conjunction with the Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria (BCAN) plans to employ 1,000 graduates from different universities as bus conductors  Comrade Israel Ade Adeshola, the National President of BCAN said that the new policy is to give bus conducting profession a new look. According to him, “presently Lagos state government through the Lagos State Drivers Institute, LASDRI is training and accrediting conductors in the state, adding that after the training the graduands would be employed as Bus Conductors and would be on the payroll of the government with a salary worth of N50,000 per month. “The objective is to make the job of bus conducting attractive, respected and dignified as obtainable globally”, he said. Adeshola explained that there is a project in the pipeline by the state government to change the face of transportation system to enhance security and also provide employment opportunity in the state.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unknown gunmen numbering about eight, invaded the Peace Community, Road 3, Ganaja road, Lokoja residence of Abubakar at about 2:05 Saturday morning to carry out the dastardly act.  Residents of the area, who spoke with newsmen, said they were gripped with fear when they started hearing gunshots from the residence of the chairman of Fulani socio-cultural group in the operation that lasted over an hour. They said that the gunmen passed through “unfamiliar routes” to gain access to the deceased’s residence beating the ‘C’ Division Police Station route where they could have been spotted and questioned.

Arsenal increased the pressure on Sunderland manager David Moyes with a comfortable victory over a Black Cats side who remain bottom of the table and without a Premier League win this season. Alexis Sanchez put the Gunners ahead when he got in front of defender Lamine Kone to head in Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's cross. The dominant visitors had a strong penalty appeal turned down after Sanchez looked to have been brought down before Jermain Defoe equalised from the spot after keeper Petr Cech had fouled Duncan Watmore.  However, Arsenal reasserted their authority and lead with three goals in six minutes and 20 seconds. Olivier Giroud came off the bench to guide in a shot and then headed in a Mesut Ozil corner, while Sanchez's close range effort was the signal for the home fans to start streaming out of the Stadium of Light. The win moved Arsenal top of the Premier League - but whether they stay there depends on how Manchester City and Liverpool fare in their late...

After a tumultuous week in which he had suffered the torment of humiliation at his old Chelsea stamping ground and revealed the loneliness of hotel life in a new city, there was a whole new range of indignity for Jose Mourinho, sent from the dug-out as Manchester United toiled to a frustrating draw with dogged Burnley. Mourinho already faces a touchline ban after being charged by the Football Association on Thursday over remarks concerning referee Anthony Taylor before the recent 0-0 draw at Liverpool. The problems are piling up for Mourinho, whose out-of-touch side finished with 10 men after midfielder Ander Herrera received his second yellow card of the game 20 minutes from the end.  

OAP Freeze has joined the conversation on the young maid whose buttocks was allegedly burnt by her her boss, Clifford Ojugo, a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).           Report has it that Pastor Ojugo who is the resident pastor-in-charge Peace House Area of the RCCG in the Idimu area of Lagos State, and lives at No. 9, Babatope Close in Igando, reportedly brutalized the maid and asked her sit on a hot stove because she told a lie. In an Instagram post, Freeze shared a collage of the maid's burnt buttocks and the Pastor's portrait. The OAP then proceeded to write an open letter to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG. Freeze wrote: They took the first one down, I'm putting it up again please repost till everyone reads this before they take it down again... They can't shut me up... ----------------------- Dear pastor Adeboye, I have a few questions for you and the Redeemed church of God, concerni...

   President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly ordered a comprehensive investigation of the transport minister and former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi over judiciary bribe saga ravaging the ruling All Progressives Congress, an unconfirmed report according to 247Ureport suggests. According to  our reporter, the house of the presidency appears struck on a path to self-implosion and as a result, the President had ordered for a comprehensive investigation into the allegations leveled on the Transport Minister by two Justices of the Federation. Following what appeared as serialized exposure by the Justices of the federation of the involvement of Rotimi Amaechi in the attempt to subvert the judicial process, the President of the federation, General Mohammadu Buhari fell under the immense pressure from the international community to investigate the validity in the claims leveled by the Justices. To this end, the President instructed for a probe be launched into ...

    The Nigerian Senate took a bold step on Thursday by finally passing the Code of Conduct amendment bill, 2016. The amendment included altering the tenure of office of the chairman and members of the Code of Conduct Bureau. Also amended was the tenure of the chairman and members from serving until they are 70, to a term of five years. The exercise follows months of discussions in the Senate, regarding the need to amend the bill. It also comes months after the trial of Senate President Bukola for false asset declaration, commenced at the Code Of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Saraki had criticised the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), which filed the charges against him, for not inviting him for questioning, on the charges before it filed them. Although, the actual amendments to the act were done by the House Of Representatives and passed on May 31, the Senate concurred with the House and passed the bill on October 27. Early in the year, the upper legislative chambe...

     A five-man panel of the Court of Appeal in Abuja has dashed the hopes of Senate President Bukola Saraki of evading the corruption trial initiated by the Federal Government for the alleged false declaration of assets. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja today struck out the application filed by the embattled Senate President challenging the jurisdiction of the at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to entertain the charges against him. In a unanimous decision which was read by Justice Abdul Aboki who led the five-man panel ruled that the appeal is unmeritorious and was then entirely dismissed. The court resolved all the nine grounds of appeal against Saraki and affirmed the power of the tribunal to entertain and try him for the charges brought against him. With the court ruling, Justice Abdul Aboki ruling on Thursday meant that the trial of the Senate President would continue at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, where he is facing a 16-count charge of corruption a...

 A man, who confessed to newsmen that he was ‘flying’ from Benin Airport, Edo State, to attend a meeting in the United Kingdom, before watching a football match going on simultaneously in the coven, also in the United Kingdom, was, yesterday, discovered at Ajogodo River, Sapele, Delta State. Fuel finished in my ‘private jet.’ The self-confessed wizard said: “I was flying in with what is known in the physical realm as ‘Plantain Leaf,’ but it is actually my expensive private jet in the coven realm. “It crashed me into this bridge, when the fuel in it finished. My members will be here tonight to refuel it for me, so I can continue my journey to the UK. “I have to be in the UK to watch football, because there is economic recession, unemployment and inflation in Nigeria.” 

    Former Minister of State (Defence) Musiliu Obanikoro is yet to refund the N785million allegedly collected from the Office of National Security Adviser (ONSA), The Nation learnt yesterday. Of the cash, Obanikoro planned to immediately refund about N100million to regain his freedom and look for the balance. From ONSA, about N4.685billon was transferred to Sylva McNamara Limited, a company allegedly linked to the ex-minister. Obanikoro told Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives that N3.880billion was given to Governor Ayodele Fayose and Sen. Iyiola Omisore out of the said cash. He also said he handed over $5.377m (N60m then) cash to Fayose at Spotless Hotel, Ado-Ekiti in the presence of the former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary Tope Aluko and other party stalwarts. He said the balance of N785million was expended on alleged anti-Boko Haram campaign in Lagos and the Southwest by Sylvan Mcnamara. The ex-minister is said to be des...

Residents of Hanik Street, Federal Housing Estate 3-3 Onitsha, Anambra State were in mournful mood, yesterday, following the death of three men in a borehole. Eyewitnesses said the locally dug borehole developed fault and a young lady, who lived in the building, invited a man to recover the sumo for repairs. Unfortunately, the man got trapped inside the hole while every effort to rescue him failed. “They called for help and a fellow Calabar man went inside to help bring out his kinsman but got trapped as well. “Some minutes later, an Hausa man living around the area also volunteered to enter the well to rescue the trapped men, although at the cost of N100, 000 which the residents agreed to pay but the man never came out .  “It would have been four dead bodies because a fourth person entered but he was lucky to come out alive though he complained of receiving a strange slap from the spirits inside the hole. He came out with swollen face and is in critical condition, ...

The actor via his social media said his support was based on the fact that most accused judges have folded their arms and allowed injustice ,corrupt practices persist in the judicial system as a common man is unlawfully detained without being tried and accused or refused bail even when they are found guilty or not. He said: “I will support Buhari for his action against Nigeria Judiciary. when issue of Buhari’s certificate came up, No judge was serious to prosecute Buhari, when IPOB members were killed, no judge talked about it, when Nnamdi KANU was guiltless, no judge talked about it, When Dasuki was granted Bail even in ECOWAS Court, no Judge talked about it, when Shitte Muslims were killed in Kaduna, no judge talked about it, what about the killings in Nimbo and Agatu? No judge talked about it. “Margaret was killed in kano while preaching, no judge talked about it, all the arrested Boko Haram members where released by Buhari, No judge talked about it. “2015 general election?...

    President Muhammadu Buhari announced on Tuesday that his administration is determined to return Nigeria to the “good old days of accountability.” The president said this while addressing a meeting with the Director of Global Upstream of the Shell Oil Company, Andrew Brown, in Abuja on Tuesday. Specifically, Mr. Buhari said his administration would improve national infrastructure and bring peace to the Niger Delta. He lauded Shell Oil for conducting business operations in Nigeria, adding that his administration would restore security and stability to the oil-rich region of the country. The president stated that he would call for more naval protection of the oil installations in light of recent renewed attacks committed by the Niger Delta Avengers. At the same time, Mr. Buhari implored oil companies to take more responsibility in protecting their oil installations in order to complement the efforts of the navy. Mr. Brown praised the Buhari administration for its...

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday threw his weight behind the withdrawal of the forgery charges against Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. He said the move was particularly welcome at what he called this crucial time when active and innovative governance is required to “bring the progressive change the APC vowed to the people of this nation.” “New legislation will be required to help pull the nation out of the economic mire. More importantly, such visionary legislation will be even more needed to permanently reform our national economic architecture so that we may promote the type of diverse, durable economic growth and employment that will ensure a stronger future and better insulate the nation from the fragility inherent in basing the economic welfare of the nation on the global price of a single commodity,” Tinubu said in a statement in Lagos by his Media Office. He added: “with...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that his administration fought corruption in the country without making noise about it. Mr. Jonathan said this on Monday while speaking at the Oxford Union of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. The immediate past Nigerian leader spoke on the theme “Promoting Youth Entrepreneurship”. Responding to inquiries by some of the students regarding his administration’s fight against corruption, Mr. Jonathan said he would not like to “interfere with the legal processes” because “several matters are pending in court”. Mr. Jonathan however said he did enough to reform anti-corruption agencies to enable them function effectively. “We reformed the institutions and introduced various mechanisms to stop the corruption problems in our country without publicity,” he said, Mr. Jonathan lost his bid for a second term in 2015 . Using his Twitter handle, the former president paid glowing tributes to Nigerian youth and said “any Nation that...

President Muhammadu Buhari, reportedly unhappy with the work of the Department of State Services (DSS) after a team of lawyers reviewed the evidence gathered from the agency’s recent raid on judges suspected of corruption, has ordered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) take over the matter. The decision is said to have followed weeks of reviewing the evidence assembled by DSS, as well as the statements made by the judges involved. The president is said to be insisting that the investigations must be more professionally handled.      President Muhammadu Buhari, reportedly unhappy with the work of the Department of State Services (DSS) after a team of lawyers reviewed the evidence gathered from the agency’s recent raid on judges suspected of corruption, has ordered that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) take over the matter. The decision is said to have followed weeks of reviewing the evidence assembled by DSS, as well as the ...

Here are the photos of the exclusive ride of the newly installed Oba of Benin kingdom, Oba Ewuare II, – A brand new 2016 Rolls Royce phantom. The car was launched at the thanks giving ceremony which took place at holy Arousa. A quick research shows that an average Rolls Royce costs an average of $417,825 ( N131,510,418m at the official rate and about N189.2m at the black market rate).

Prophet Ade Okeowo of Word of Liberty Evangelical Ministry, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has revealed that Nigeria will soon experience a turnaround as prices on commodities will crash in no time. Prophet Okeowo stated that God did not, however, specify that the revelation would come to pass under President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime. He specifically mentioned that God told him the cost of bag of rice and fuel, will be drastically reduced. He made this revelation in a chat with Encomium, urging Nigerians to stop casting blames on President Buhari, as he needed time to fix the country. He said, “That’s what God has revealed to me. Listen to me attentively; I am not speaking my words but God’s. “Now, people buy rice N25, 000 per bag but God told me that we’re going to buy a bag of rice as cheap as N5, 000. A US dollar will exchange for as low as N150 and fuel will sell for as low as N30 or N40 per litre. That’s what God said will happen in this country.” Asked if his prophecies ...

 Genevieve Nnaji With Stephanie Linus And Son, Maxwell At His 1st Birthday Star actress Genevive Nnaji payed a visit to the Linus as their first and only son Maxwell turned a year older yesterday 23rd October. Both ladies are looking really good.

. This boy named elijah was hit by a car at adealu (lagos state) around 7/8pm. He couldn't give details of his address because he was already in coma. Pls keep sharing till it gets to his family

Igbo Union in Malaysia has announced the sudden demise of Eze Ndigbo of Malaysia, Chief Izuchukwu Nwajiaku. Chief Izuchukwu, a successful businessman, who is into exporting of goods, reportedly died in his sleep on Sunday October 23rd, just two month after his coronation, leaving behind his wife and three children.  

Dame Pauline Tallen, the former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, has turned down President Muhammadu Buhari's offer to serve as an ambassador. Tallen on her social media account over the weekend said: “I am fully committed to nation building and completely loyal to the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as its leaders. I count myself privileged to serve our dear country as an ambassador of change.However, family comes first and as such my decision is borne out of the love for my ailing husband who needs the support of his family. God bless Nigeria.” She also appreciated the president for counting her worthy to serve Nigeria in the capacity of an ambassador. “It is a hard decision I had to take, but I have to, because he is my primary responsibility”.

        Former Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has written to Bancorp Bank in Minnesota in the United States that the alleged $757 million Dollars domiciled in an account in his name; was authorized by him in error; from a Rivers State Government Account with Access Bank Plc. The Nigerian most corrupt governor according to CNN letter reveals that a similar letter was also written to a bank in Switzerland; stating that a similar authorization was made in error. The letter stated that the said transfers to both banks were for the purchase of security Helicopters, payments to a foreign company to combat malaria in Rivers state by using helicopters to spray mosquito insecticides, and for the purchase of an official residence for Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, in America. The letter further explains that, the payments for the security helicopters, and mosquito insecticides to fight malaria were made through other sources, after the funds had already been transfer...

Meet Barrister/Actor Kenneth Okonkwo and his two sisters who are also lawyers. They are currently handling a case together...

A Brazil-based Nigerian hairstylist has been arrested by Nigerian anti-drug detectives with cocaine hidden inside her bra. The suspect, Nnaji Juliet Ijeoma, 30 was arrested by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos on Friday. She was caught with the illicit drug at the airport during the inward screening of South African Airways. If the suspect had succeeded smuggling in the drug into Nigeria, she stood to reap the sum of N1 million from her sponsors.

PLEASE  DISCUSS; THIS LADY IS 15, SHE WAS CAUGHT IN BED WITH HER ELDERLY SISTER'S HUSBAND AND THE ELDERLY SISTER BURNT HER PRIVATE PARTS, WHO IS  WRONG???,...PLEASE DONT FORGET TO SHARE!!!

 The police have paraded a father, his son and two others for alleged involvement in the kidnap and murder of a Port Harcourt lawyer and activist, Mr. Ken Atsuete.  The lawyer was murdered on August 29, 2016, along Onuchiolu road, Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government area of Rivers State. Those arrested in connection with the incident are Chibiko Amuzuo, Amadi Nathaniel, Ezims Aleru and his son, Junior Aleru. Parading them on Friday in Abuja, the Force Spokesman, Don Awunah said exhibits recovered from them include, one AK 47 rifle, 124 live ammunition, and four AK 47 magazines. He identified Amuzuo,22, a native of Umuchie in Omuna Local Government Area of Rivers State as the leader of the gang. Awunah said, “Amuzuo is a self-confessed member of the Iceland Cult group, Kelga Mariner and a notorious kidnapper. He also confessed to having led his gang of armed men to murder the deceased. The AK 47 rifle with which he used to kill the deceased was recovered.  ...

 According to Ngyab.com, Former Minster Of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode, has been rearrested by men of Nigerian Police Force this Afternoon.  More Details Later…

Sierra Leone ("Lion Mountain") is possibly named for the roar of thunder in the mountains behind Freetown, or because the mountain is shaped like a lion. This is the only place in West Africa where mountains rise up from the ocean. Sierra Leone has an annual average rainfall of 3,150 mm., making it one of the wettest places along the West African Coast

An internet romance scam took an unexpected turn, When Maria Grette first discovered that the 58-year-old Danish man with whom she had fallen in love was actually a 24-year-old Nigerian 419 internet scammer, the 62-year-old Swede was distraught. But, soon, her feelings changed. "The most terrible thing was not that he had cheated me, but that he had lost his innocence," she said. She became consumed with what she describes as "a profound need to make a difference to the people of Nigeria". Ms Grette's relationship with Johnny (not his real name) began after an evening of fun and games with her girlfriends, during which they playfully created a profile for her on an online dating website. A few years before, she had gone through a traumatic divorce, and her friends teased her about finally starting a new relationship. But when the fun of creating her profile was over, Ms Grette, who works as an arts teacher, painter and arts therapist, didn't give ...

 Former governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim, claims that Nigeria's economic hardship did not begin during the Muhammadu Buhari administration.  Ohakim,said that the nation’s economy was already crippled before the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The former Governor made the claim while delivering a 52-page lecture titled: “Leadership in times of adversity. Navigating Nigeria’s turbulent economy”, at the 2016 Diocesan Synod of Ikeduru Anglican Diocese. “There is no doubt that before the Muhammadu Buhari administration, Nigeria’s economy had been diagnosed HIV positive, but it was being professionally managed with anti-retroviral drugs,” he said.

All physically challenged graduates of Anambra State origin have been offered automatic employment by Governor Willie Obiano as part of the state government’s determination to reduce their hardships.  Obiano, who spoke weekend through the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Solo Chukwulobelu during a cultural carnival for Anambra Central Senatorial District held at Agulu in Anaocha local government area in continuation of the Anambra@25 Silver Jubilee anniversary celebration, said the employment was in line with the stimulus package announced recently for the people of the state. Chukwulobelu said: “It is clear that any physically-challenged person who is a graduate of a higher institution has paid enough dues to better his lot. Such a person has passed through a lot of hardship and therefore should not be allowed to continue to suffer “The governor has announced automatic employment for all physically challenged graduates. This is not politics because we have also ...

Oil mogul Femi Otedola has fallen out of the exclusive list of Africa’s Billionaires after his net worth dropped from $1.8 billion to $550 million due largely to a massive drop in the stock price of his petroleum marketing company, Forte Oil.   According to FORBES, Forte Oil’s share price was at N145 ($o.44) per share down from an all-time high of N342 ($1.1) in March 2016. Also, the devaluation of the Naira by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was also attributed as one of the reasons for the drop. Investors are dumping Forte Oil’s shares as a result of wide-spread disappointing results of Nigerian Companies of which Forte Oil Plc is also not immune. The company’s profit after tax was down at N2.80 billion ($8.8 million) for the third quarter ended Sept 30 2016 as against N4.28 billion ($13.5 million) for the same period in 2015. Sources also attribute the results to reduced demand for energy consumption as a result of the recently increased pump price which has adverse...

Emirate Airline will suspend its operations in Nigeria from October 22nd, due to irregularities in foreign currency repatriation policy.  According to LEADERSHIP, speaking on the challenges currently facing the airline, concerned stakeholders in the aviation sector lamented the inability of the foreign airlines to get the dollar equivalent of the money. Emirates is Dubai-based airline, United Arab Emirates and a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, which is wholly owned by the government of Dubai’s Investment Corporation of Dubai.

Chairman, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that if Nigeria did not check the level of food importation before 2020, we are bound to go hungry. The Africa's richest man lamented that 98 per cent of all dairy products consumed in the country are imported. He said that the nation was at the risk of hunger in the next few years if the mass food importation was not checked. Dangote made this assertion in Lagos on Monday while addressing some students of the Executive MBA class of the Lagos Business School who visited the Dangote Petrochemical Refinery.  He said, “Ninety-eight per cent of all the milk and dairy products we consume in Nigeria are imported. “This is why Dangote Group has planned to develop dairy plants, and develop homegrown milk production, to reduce importation. “By 2020, it is estimated that the Nigerian population would have risen to between 207 million and 210 million. If we do not make efforts to grow and process our own foods, God forbid, we...

    Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State today forces Access Bank to shut down its operations in the state. Mr. Fayose's extraordinary action came after bank officials prevented the girlfriend of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, from drawing funds from the flagged account. We learned that Mr. Fani-Kayode's girlfriend arrived in Ekiti and attempted to withdraw funds from an account linked to slush provided by detained former National Security Adviser, Dasuki. The account is part of the subject of the former Aviation minister's ongoing prosecution for fraud at a Federal High Court in Lagos. We learned that security officials concluded that an account opened at Access Bank by one "Sonia Chikwendu Precious," with account number 0024425113, was linked to money laundering. The account was flagged after security and anti-corruption agents determined that it was one of the several accounts into which another former minister, Esther Usman Nenadi, paid...

Other stars listed included Andre Ayew, Islam Slimani, Mohamed Elneny, Victor Wanyama, Ahmed Musa, Yannick Bolasie, Sadio Mane and Wahbi Khazri are also up for the gong from English clubs. Borussia Dortmund striker Aubameyang won the accolade, conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), for 2015 after a scorching start to the previous season for the Bundesliga club.  The Gabon international beat off competition from Ayew and Toure, who made headlines with his bitter reaction. Toure had captained Cote d’Ivoire to victory in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations and, upon being overlooked, branded the decision to honour Aubameyang as “pathetic”. Having been frozen out at Manchester City since the arrival of Pep Guardiola, the 33-year-old has not made the 30-man shortlist for the next edition of the continental award, denying him the chance of winning for a record fifth time. Samuel Eto’o has been included and will be aiming to achieve that feat himself while other ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Abuja after a 3 - day official visit to Germany for bilateral talks, business among others.

We suppose sell this Tu Face shoe, then use the money repair our refineries.