FG Charges Senate President Bukola Saraki And Deputy Ekweremadu To Court For Forgery

The Federal Government has filed charges at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, over the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, about a year after the submission of police report to the office of the Attorney General of the Federation by the Police.

Others also charged to court in a move viewed by analysts as directly targeted at docking Saraki and Ekweremadu over the manner they emerged Senate president and deputy respectively, are the immediate past Clerk to the National Assembly, Abubakar Maikasuwa and the Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly, Benedict Efeturi.

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Buhari’s Chances Of Healing May Be Slim —Fr Mbaka Declares

• says people around Buhari has refusing his calls

Fiery cleric and the Spiritual Director, ‎Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has disclosed of his recent vision concerning President Muhammadu Buhari’s ailment.‎

Mbaka, who made the revelation in one of his Adoration programmes, stated that several efforts he made to reach people close to Buhari over the vision had remained unsuccessful as they refused picking his calls.

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Female Students Come To My Office Exposing br*asts To Tempt Me – VC Ekiti Varsity, Prof. Bamidele

Professor Bamidele, EKSU VC 

• rolls out plans for lecturers who cannot keep their libidos

Recently appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Ekiti State University, EKSU, Prof. Samuel Oye Bamidele, has opened up on how he has managed to overcome temptations from the opposite s*x and has suggested punishment for lecturers who cannot overcome those temptations.

The Prof. said in the course of his career, he has been tempted by female students, just like any other male lecturer.

In an interview with the Nation, Bamidele said, “Some students will come with the intention to tempt you, trying to make eye contacts, and I will say, what are you trying to do? For you to be able to overcome temptation, you must resist it.

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End Time? Pastor Paid Me To Fake Miracles —South African Woman Reveals

Margaret Hlatshwayo

A South African woman, Margaret Hlatshwayo, has revealed how the senior pastor of Enlightened Christian Gathering Church, ECG, in South Africa, Shepherd Bushiri, paid her to lie about miracles.

The 38-year-old woman recently narrated to Daily Sun, one of the country’s daily papers, claiming that the self-acclaimed man of God pays an equivalent of about K30 thousand a week to a team of actors to stage being healed.

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Lobatan! IGP Arase Orders Closure Of PDP Secretariat Over Lingering Crisis

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has ordered the shutdown of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat.
Arase also gave the party one week to resolve its crisis.

A statement issued by the Force Spokesperson, Olabisi Kolawole, said the IGP took the decision at a meeting with stakeholders of the party in Abuja.

“In a bid to finding a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, convened a meeting with all stakeholders in his Abuja office on Friday and called for peace among the parties, particularly Senator Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi,

“After exhaustive deliberations, in the meeting that was also attended by the Director-General of Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura, each of the factions – Sen Ali Modu Sherif’s and Sen Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi’s-led factions agreed to nominate four representatives, each, for peace talks to arrive at a harmonized position within one week.

“The PDP Secretariat at Wadata House Plaza and Legacy House should be under lock and key pending the outcome of the resolution,” the statement said.

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Hot: Get Airtel 1Gb Weekend Plan For Free (See How To)

For some months now I have been enjoying this Airtel weekend plan. It goes for #100 for a whooping 1Gb of data. 

But the goodnews is that, you can now get same for FREE!. 

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Zero Economy: Gov Ajimobi Assigns Portfolios To Newly Appointed Commissioners (See The Full List)

Having gone through screening on the floor of the house of assembly, the executive governor of Oyo State Senator Isiaq Abiola Ajimobi on Friday 17th June, 2016, sworn-in and assigned portfolio to the newly appointed commissioners in the state.

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MASSOB Reaffirms Alliance With Niger Delta Avengers

The Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB on Friday, stamped its foots on the ground, vowing to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, whose continued onslaught on crude oil pipelines and installations since last February 10, has brought production capacity below 800,000BPD.

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NEA 2016 Awards: See The Full List Of All The Nominees

The producers of the 11th Annual Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) presents the list of the 2016 NEA nominees. The NEAs is an annual award ceremony with the primary objective of recognising the contributions of Nigerian and African Entertainers.

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N1.2bn Fraud: Ex-Banker Admits Dariye Operated Account Illegally

A former staff of the defunct All States Trust Bank, Adonye Roberts,on June 17, 2016 told a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Gudu, Abuja, that a former governor of Plateau State, Joshua Dariye, illegally operated an account with the bank in the name of Ebenezer Retnan Ventures, ERV, with the aim of concealing his identity as the owner of the account. 

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Internet Fraudster Frank Emem Bags Ten-year Jail Term Over 2.5m Scam

Internet Fraudster Bags 10 Years Imprisonment. Justice H.A. Nganjiwa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Friday convicted Frank Emem and sentenced him to ten (10) years imprisonment for internet-related offenses. 

The judge found him guilty of 2-counts of obtaining money by false pretences brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment on each count, without an option of fine. 

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Boko Haram Fundamentalist Attack Leaves 18 Dead, Scores Injured In Adamawa

At least 18 people were killed and scores injured when Boko Haram militants attacked a village in Adamawa State on Thursday night, a security source said.

Sahara Reporters reports that the militants stormed the remote village of Kuda near Madagali town in Adamawa State at about 10 PM on Thursday night and opened fire on people, killing no fewer than 18 villagers and injuring scores more.

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University Of Ibadan Releases Cut-off Marks For All Courses, Uses SSCE/UTME Ratio

Shortly after the  Announcement of the Resumption date by The management of UI.

The University of Ibadan (UI) admission office has released her 2016/2017 screening Cut off using the 60:40 Waec/Jamb Ratio.

Here are the respective cut off marks for each courses

1. Anthropology – 50.00
2 Archaelogy – 50.00

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Edo 2016: 2,873 Delegates To Partake In Edo APC Gubernatorial Primary

2,873 delegates are expected to converge at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin city Saturday  to elect the governorship candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the September governorship election in the state.

National Organising Secretary of the Party, Senator Osita Izunaso told The Nation in Abuja that the list was made of 2304 ward executive from the 192 wards, 468 local government executive from 18 local government areas of the state, 35 members of the state executive council of the party and 66 statutory delegates.

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Atiku Abubakar Visits Buhari In London, Says He Is Fit As Fiddle

Barely few hours after the news had if that the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Ahmed Bola Tinubu visited President Muhammadu Buhari, the former Vice President, Turaki of Adamawa, Atiku Abubakar has followed suit.

With President @MBuhari in London last night. He is still as high energy as always! pic.twitter.com/kFFSWNh8Gu

— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) June 17, 2016

Atiku was with the President last night. His visit was made known by him using his verified Twitter handle @atiku. He posed with the recuperating President.

It will be recalled that Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo earlier announced that though Buhari is now fit but still need to rest and will return to Nigeria on Sunday  June 19 as against earlier scheduled dare for his arrival.

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US Cancels Visas Of Nigerian Lawmakers For Patronising Prostitutes

The US embassy has reportedly cancelled the visas of three members of the House of Representatives to the country.

According to Daily Post, the affected were accused of attempted rape and soliciting for sex from prostitutes while on a trip to the United States.

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Revealed: Boko Haram Insurgents Set Up Radio Station

Deadly Islamic fundamentalists, Boko Haram have set up a radio station which now broadcasts their activities.

The FM station is broadcasting on 96.8 frequency, the Hausa service of Voice of America has said.

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EgyptAir Crash: Black Box Recovered From EgyptAir Crash Site

A search team on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean last month in a major step towards establishing the cause of the tragedy.

According to Guardian, the device was found broken into pieces but the salvage experts managed to retrieve the recorder’s crucial memory unit, Egypt’s civil aviation authority said.

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N-Power Rolls Out Hotlines (Platforms To Have All Your Complaints & Enquiries Solved)

Larger percentage of Nigerians are having issues registering for the ongoing Federal Government's recruitment process tagged 'N-Power'.

You can now relate directly to the 'Admins' using the following phone numbers:

• MTN 08104000042 
• Airtel 07013000448
• Etisalat 08180000832
• Glo 08155000502

The site gives you the ample opportunity to register for any of the social security programmes of Buhari-led administration.

500,000 teachers are going to be employed among others.

To know more or register, kindly visit www.npower.gov.ng

Do you have challenges, please call our hotlines and we will be waiting to respond to your queries#NPowerNG pic.twitter.com/N4829i3740

— N-Power (@npower_ng) June 16, 2016

Make hay while the sun shines.

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Opinion: Students' Dressing: Rauf Aregbesola Fanning The Ember Of Religious Hullabaloo

I have read a lot about the ongoing conundrums surrounding the way students are dressing in Osun State.

The situation is not palatable and regrettable but it can not but be linked to the unpopular decision of the present Aregbesola-led government. 

Some couple of years ago, the governor merged all the schools in the state thereby creating avoidable problems which are tailored along religious beliefs cum affiliations. 

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Full Text Of Godwin Emefiele CBN Governor's Speech On The New Forex Framework (Everything You Need To Know About It)

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The Management of the Bank has called this Press Conference in response to one of the commitments contained in the Communiqué of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of 24th May 2016.

1. Having consulted widely and prepared carefully, the committee of Governors of the CBN is delighted to unveil to relevant stakeholders and the general public, the broad framework and guidelines of the Flexible Exchange Rate Inter-bank Market, which we alluded to at the end of that MPC Meeting. Before I proceed into the details of this new policy, please permit me to provide you with a brief context.

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Opinion: Is Bola Tinubu At Loggerheads With President Buhari?

The way Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu suddenly lost his voice in this present administration is a thing of concern to an average Nigerian and the followers of the political happenings in resent time.

Tinubu who is known as regarded as the national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has contributed and still contributing in no small measure to his party.

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Musiliu Obanikoro Dares FG To Extradite Him From United States

A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, yesterday, lashed out at the Nigerian government, a day after operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided his home and a property belonging to his son, Jide, in Lagos.

However, following the challenge thrown to the EFCC by Obanikoro to show evidence of his sons’ involvement in money laundering, the commission said last night it would notbe distracted but would do its job, Vanguard reports. 

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Rio Olympics: Dream Team VI To Leave For Olympic Games July 29

Nigeria Olympic football team, Dream Team VI, will fly out for the 2016 Olympic Games on July 29.

According to AfricanFootball, the team will set up camp in Atlanta, USA from June 29 and then fly out to Brazil a month later.

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DiezaniGate: EFCC Quizzes Ali Modu Sheriff For Seven Hours

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday quizzed the embattled Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, from 10am to about 5.30pm.

It was gathered that Sheriff was grilled at the Maiduguri office of the EFCC for his alleged role in the sharing of the $115m (N23bn) which emanated from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, Punch reports.

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Oyo Workers’ Strike: Ajimobi, Labour Leaders Hold Peace Parley

The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has finally held an extensive peace parley with the national leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Nigerian Union of Teachers, in a bid to resolve the dispute that culminated in the ongoing industrial action by the workers, Channels TV reports.

The NLC was led to the parley by the Deputy President of the NLC, Comrade Peter Adeyemi, while the Chairman of the NLC, Comrade Waheed Oloyede, led NUT to the meeting that lasted more than seven hours.

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Sack: NLC Issues 14-day Ultimatum To Banks Over Retrenchment

 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to banks who were alleged to have retrenched workers without following due process.

The Deputy General Secretary of the NLC, Chris Uyot, said in Abuja yesterday that letters have been sent to the affected banks to either reverse the decision or be prepared for picketing of their branches by Labour nationwide after the expiration of the ultimatum.

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Sack: NLC Issues 14-day Ultimatum To Banks Over Retrenchment

 The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to banks who were alleged to have retrenched workers without following due process.

The Deputy General Secretary of the NLC, Chris Uyot, said in Abuja yesterday that letters have been sent to the affected banks to either reverse the decision or be prepared for picketing of their branches by Labour nationwide after the expiration of the ultimatum.

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FG Not Serious About Dialogue With Militants - Ijaw Group Declares

Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, Warri, Delta State, Wednesday, said the Federal Government was not committed to the proposed dialogue with militants.

The group in a statement by the national president, Austin Ozobo, condemning alleged unwarranted arrest and invasion of Tebujuor community by soldiers, yesterday, said: “The government of the day is not serious about the proposed negotiation.”

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Stir In Osun School As Students Appear In Church Robes (Photos)

In a bid to provoke commotion at the Educational vicinity of Osun State, quite a few students of Baptist High School, Adeeke, Iwo appeared in the school in choir robes and other church garments.

This is coming on the heels of an approval by the Osun State High Court on June 3 that Muslim students should be allowed to wear hijab in all public schools in the state.

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Reps Mandates NFF To Pay Late Shuaibu, Keshi Entitlements

The House of Representatives on Tuesday urged the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to immediately pay entitlements due to late former Super Eagles’ coaches, Stephen Keshi and Amodu Shuaibu. 

The house mandated its Committee on Sports to liaise with the NFF to ensure that the payments were made without delay.

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Everton Appoint Ronald Koeman As Their New Coach

Everton FC have appointed Ronald Koeman, former handler of Southampton as their head coach.

I am very excited to be @Everton manager. I believe in our ability to achieve things with the Club, team and fans in the future. #everton

— Ronald Koeman (@RonaldKoeman) June 14, 2016

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N-Power Update: FG Records Over 400,000 Applications In 36 Hours Of Opening Jobs Portal

The newly launched jobs portal of the Buhari administration at “N-power.gov.ng,” has recorded over 400,000 successful registrations since it opened for submissions at on Sunday, June 12, 2016, according to the job creation unit in the presidency.

“We have been very impressed by the enthusiastic response to the call for applications. 

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Niger Delta Avengers Calls For Ceasefire, Ready For Dialogue With FG

The Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has agreed to dialoguewith the Federal Government.The group has, therefore, suspended its “Operation Red Economy,” which has crippled the oil industry since February.

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Insurgency Fight: GOC Praises Troops' Bravery And Commitment

Troops of 7 Division Nigerian Army have been urged to remain focused, disciplined and committed to duties while routing out insurgents in the North East. 

The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu stated this while on 3 days operational tour of formations and units within 7 Division Area of Responsibility (AOR).

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Seven Ministers Set To Resign (The Reason Will Shock You)

At least seven ministers may soon quit President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet, reports NewsDay.

This is because of the austere posture of the current administration.The affected ministers it was gathered are groaning because the N4 million approved by President Muhammadu Buhari as their yearly accommodation allowance have not been able to rent any meaningfulhouse in Abuja.

A number of the ministers are currently stranded. The ministers it was learnt have secretly written a protest letter presumably indicating their intention toquit.

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MEND Reveals Founding Members Of Niger Delta Avengers

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on June 12, Sunday, revealed that some of its ex commanders and fighters are amongst the founding members of the Niger Delta Avengers.

The group stated that on countless occasions in the past 10 years of theMEND’s existence, it had taken up weapons against the Nigerian state and the global oil companies with a view to bringing to national and world attention, the pathetic paradoxof the oil-rich region.

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Promotion Of Ebonyi Workers To Be Based On Farm Size Now —Gov. Umahi

Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Umahi, has warned that promotion of civil servants in the state will henceforth be based on their performance in agriculture rather than length of service.

Umahi handed down the warning while swearing-in four newly appointed special assistants at the Government House in Abakaliki, the state capital.

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#DasukiGate: Beneficiary Clerics To Be Named Soon —Ajani Bello

National Missioner of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Sheikh Muhydeen Ajani Bello, has said a list of religious clerics who benefitted from the $2.1million arms deal will soon be made public by the federal government.

He similarly regretted the alleged involvement of Muslims as major actors in the deal, saying “this is not the way of Islam”.

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Omar Mateen #Orlando Attacker Had Been Under FBI Probe Since 9/11 Attack

The gunman suspected of carrying out America's deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11 was known to law enforcement agencies, the FBI has confirmed.

Omar Mateen, 29, was armed with a device thought to be a bomb, an assault rifle and a handgun, when he opened fire inthe nightclub Pulse on Sunday morning before taking hostages.

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Ogun State Doctors Begin Indefinite Strike

Doctors in the employment of Ogun State government have declared an indefinite strike action from today, 13th of June (Monday).

The doctors made the decision to embark on an industrial action known at a press conference addressed by the chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr Oladunni Adetola, in Abeokuta.

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June 12: Give MKO Abiola Ex-President Status, Family Tells FG

The family of the late Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, has called on the Federal Government to declare him the winner and pay presidential entitlements to his family. 

The request was made on Sunday by the head of the family, Alhaji Muritala Abiola, at the commemoration of the June12, 1993 election. 

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Strike: Group Gives Fayose 72-hour Ultimatum To Pay Workers Or Face Mass Action

A Socio-economic group in Ekitistate, the Nigeria Progressive Vanguard (NPV) has concluded arrangement to embark on a mass protest against Governor Ayo Fayose led government in Ekiti State over failure to pay workers’ salaries.

The group lamented that the hardship being faced by the workers was “worrisome, embarrassing and called for” and consequently gave the state governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, a 72-hour ultimatum within which to pay the workers or face mass action.

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N-Power Update: See All The Requirements [500,000 To Be Employed By FG)

• 500,000 applicants from different fields are required to apply.

The Graduate Youth Empowerment site has been opened and is ready for all applicants. Hurry up and login to: www.npower.gov.ng

Requirements Needed: - 

1. BVN NUMBER 

2. DEGREE CERTIFICATE

3. NYSC DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE 

4. NYSC NUMBER

5. CV

6. PASSPORT

7. ACTIVE E-MAIL ADDRESS

These are the needed requirements for application. 

All the best

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Hot: How To Subscribe For 2G For N200 & 5G For N500 On Airtel (Work On All Devices)

The ongoing data competition in the telecommunication industry getting hotter as Airtel Nigeria secretly released another new cheap data bundle which is different from Night hourly unlimited plans.

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See The Full List Of AMAA 2016 Award Winners, As Nigerians Win Big

The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards event was held yesterday, Saturday June 11 at the Obi Wali International Conference Center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

With several many African celebrities around to receive their awards and cheer others on for their tremendous work over the past year in review, here is the list of Award winners for the night.

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