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Names of Prominent Nigerians With Certificate Scandals

Names of Prominent Nigerians With Certificate Scandals

Names of Prominent Nigerians With Certificate Scandals – Like sea creatures in ocean’s depth, several prominent Nigerians have been grappling not to sink in the murky waters of certificate scandals, Punch’s Bayo Akinloye writes. “I’ll never resign!” his gentle voice [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
EFCC Declares AITEO Group MD, Benedict Peters Wanted

EFCC Declares AITEO Group MD, Benedict Peters Wanted

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, has declared managing director of Aiteo Group, Benedict Peters wanted. He is declared wanted in connection with a case of alleged criminal conspiracy, diversion of funds and money laundering. He was said to [...]

April 1, 2017 Military
Corps member Okoroha kingsley

Corps member Presents A Laptop To The Best Graduating Student At His Place Of Primary Assignment, Donates Chairs

Corps  member Okoroha kingsley Instagram hjandle Phoenix23401 Presented a laptop to the best graduating student at his Place of Primary Assignment, and donated chairs to them; Meet Okoro izuchukwu gospel, the eventual winner of the laptop i had previously donated [...]

April 1, 2017 Military
kidnappers now disguise as security guards

Kidnappers, Militants Now Disguising As Security Guards – Police

The Lagos State Police Command has said militants and kidnappers now disguise as security guards to spy on their victims. Lagos State Police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni said they have infiltrated private security companies. “Criminal elements and suspected militants/kidnappers have found [...]

April 1, 2017 Military
Asari Dokubo Tells Osinbajo, Stop Visiting Ijaw Land

Asari Dokubo Tells Osinbajo, Stop Visiting Ijaw Land

Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari is the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, NDPSF, and one of the arrowheads in the struggle to redress perceived injustice in the Niger Delta. In this interview, he asserts that other ethnic nationalities in [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
Fear Of Buhari Hits Senate, As 80 Senators Abandon Saraki, Desert National Assembly Complex For Good

Army Captain Ordered Us To Steal Saraki’s Money

A 35-year-old kidnap suspect now with the police has revealed that he was part of the security men who stole N310 million from the house of Senate President, Bukola Saraki in 2015. The man, Abdulrasheed Maigari, is in police net [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
Sack Senate President Bukola Saraki Now

APC Spits Fire On Saraki As A Threat To National Security

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Friday, has disclosed that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has become a threat national security. An APC Lawmaker from Adamawa State House of Assembly, Alhassan Umar, who spoke to Newsmen in Yola, lamented that [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
President Muhamamadu Buhari

I Will Never Resign!!! Silence Is The Best Answer For Fools – Buhari Tells APC, Shocks The World

The Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina, has refused to comment on the call by Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign. Also, another top Presidential source who spoke to Post-Nigeria on Saturday [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
Petroleum tanker drivers

Petrol Tanker Drivers Threaten To Begin Indefinite Strike On Monday

Petroleum tanker drivers, a branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, (NUPENG) on Friday threatened to go on an indefinite strike starting from Monday, over poor working conditions. NUPENG President, Igwe Achese made the announcement after [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
RANN IDPS Bombing

RANN IDPS Bombing: 5 Victims Still Hospitalised

Families of victims of the Rann IDPs bombing have said they are yet to receive any compensation for their losses, Punch reports. A Nigerian Air Force fighter jet had on January 17, 2017, bombed the camp, killing 112 persons and [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
DINO MELAYE

Saraki Will Reduce Your Punishment If You Apologise, DINO MELAYE Tells NDUME

Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has said if suspended senator Ali Ndume tenders an apology to Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his punishment will be reduced. Melaye said this while speaking on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television on [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Resigns

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Resigns, As Buhari Appoints New Acting Vice President From The North

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Resigns – Emerging report, reveals that Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has on Saturday morning, tendered his resignation, as President Muhammadu, appoints a new Acting Vice President. According to the report, Osinbajo’s resignation came after much pressure [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
Buhari has approved the deployment of four ambassadorial designates

HE IS NO LONGER FIT!!! APC Tenders Buhari’s Resignation Letter, Based On Health Grounds, Shocks The World

A Member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Abdulmumini Jibrin, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign from office on health grounds. Jibrin, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said the President’s ill health, has affected [...]

April 1, 2017 Government and politics
Nigeria Will Break, If The Suffering People Know The Real Amount Buhari Spent On His UK Medical Bill – Lai Mohammed

Nigeria Will Break, If The Suffering People Know The Real Amount Buhari Spent On His UK Medical Bill – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says President Muhammadu Buhari would not disclose the amount of money he spent, while treating an undisclosed illness in London, because of its threat to national security. Recall, that well-meaning Nigerians, including [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Senator Bassey Akpan

COURT STRIKES OUT AKWA IBOM SENATOR’S STAY OF EXECUTION BID

Senator Bassey Akpan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, representing Akwa Ibom North has lost his bid for a stay of execution. The Federal High Court, Uyo, on Friday struck out the application filed by Akpan to stay the execution of its [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Buhari has approved the deployment of four ambassadorial designates

JUST IN: BUHARI DEPLOYS 4 AMBASSADORS

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of four ambassadorial designates. A statement by the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Femi Adesina sees three of the designates deployed to the United Nations and one to the [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Buhari’s Police Guards Protest

Buhari’s Police Guards Protest Over Unpaid 2-Yr Risk Caution Allowances

Police officers alleged that their bosses have been denying them more than two years Risk Caution Allowances. About 127 police officers attached to the presidency in Abuja and the South-West are unhappy and grumbling over unpaid allowances.The police officers alleged [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
President Muhamamadu Buhari

APC Cries Out: We Have Not Seen Buhari!!! Something Deadly Must Be Wrong With Him In His Aso Rock Bedroom

The Suspended House of Representatives former Committee on Appropriations Chairman, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said that the nation has not seen much of President Muhamamadu Buhari, since his return from his medical vacation in the United Kingdom, UK. He added, that [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Sack Senate President Bukola Saraki Now

Sack Senate President Bukola Saraki Now!!! Or Nigeria Will Be Burnt To Ashes In 3 Days

Stand Up for Nigeria, SUN, a group made up of over 99 Civil Society Organisations, 70 freelance Activists, and 100 Non-Governmental Organisation, NGOs, has called for the immediate removal of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The group made this known [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State

Buhari’s Men Are Behaving As If Nigeria Is A Banana Republic – Fayose

Gov. Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has called on Nigerians to stand up against the rascality of Presidency officials, who he said were bent on destroying “our hard-earned democracy and emasculating the National Assembly.” “The major difference between democracy and [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Muhammadu Buhari

What Buhari must do to save Nigeria from recession – IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said President Muhammadu Buhari must deliver stronger policies if he wants to achieve the objectives set by the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). The IMF, which just concluded its Article IV consultation with [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Dr Okezie Ikpeazu

Ikpeazu Revealed Shocking Reasons Why He Rejected Offer To Name NLC Secretariat After His Name

Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has rejected the proposed naming of the Abia State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Secretariat in Umuahia as Dr Okezie Ikpeazu Labour House. He instead, pleaded with NLC to consider naming [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Fear Of Buhari Hits Senate, As 80 Senators Abandon Saraki, Desert National Assembly Complex For Good

Fear Of Buhari Hits Senate, As 80 Senators Abandon Saraki, Desert National Assembly Complex For Good

Barely 24 hours after the Saraki-led Senators hurriedly suspended the immediate past Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, majority of the Senators have deserted the Red Chamber. Unlike Wednesday, where a good number of distinguished Senators attended plenary, the Chamber is almost [...]

March 31, 2017 Government and politics
Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu

Donald Trump Warns Buhari – Release Nnamdi Kanu Or I Will Expose Your Real Medical Report To Your People

The President of US, Donald Trump yesterday spoke with Nigerian government over the arrest of the Biafra leader Nnamdi Kanu.     He clearly stated that the right to self-determination is a very secret right express by all free people [...]

March 30, 2017 Government and politics
Melaye

For Ridiculing Saraki, Melaye, Senate Slams 6-month Suspension On Ndume

The Senate yesterday slammed a six-month suspension on former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, over what it described as his penchant for bringing the Red Chamber as an institution and his colleagues to unbearable disrepute. For the second time, the hammer [...]

March 30, 2017 Government and politics
Muhammadu Buhari

Buhari Reduces Daily Working Hours To 1hour, As His Sickness Worsens, Set To Move Back To London Hospital

President Muhammadu Buhari, has drastically reduced his working hours as Nigeria’s President, since he returned from his 50 days medical leave in the United Kingdom, over an undisclosed illness. According to Voice of America, on Tuesday, Buhari was due to [...]

March 29, 2017 Government and politics
okorocha

Rochas Okorocha Confesses, My Biological Father Is A Fulani Man

The governor of Imo state, Rochas Okorocha has been deceiving Nigerians, Igbo people and Biafrans at large that he is an Igbo Man, instead of an Hausa man. This man is parading himself as an Igbo leader, deceiving Muhammadu Buhari [...]

March 29, 2017 Government and politics
Hameed-Ali

Dogara speaks on Hameed Ali, Senate uniform controversy

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday described the face-off between the Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, and the Senate as a “mere distraction.” Mr. Dogara, who stated this when he hosted newspaper editors in [...]

March 29, 2017 Government and politics
Why Obasanjo’s Wife Asked Court To Stop Son’s Wedding

Why Obasanjo’s Wife Asked Court To Stop Son’s Wedding

One of the wives of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Taiwo, has approached the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja seeking to stop the wedding of their son, Olujonwo, fixed for May 11 and 12, 2017. Mrs. Obasanjo is seeking for [...]

March 28, 2017 Government and politics
Senator Hadi Sirika

I’ll Resign If Abuja Airport Runway Isn’t Ready In 6 Weeks — Sirika

The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika yesterday said he will resign if the Abuja Airport runway repair is not completed in six weeks. He also debunked reports that there would be another 18-week extension of the repair works. [...]

March 28, 2017 Government and politics