85 dead in Boko Haram’s deadliest attacks since Buhari took-over

 Boko Haram carried out its deadliest attacks on the key northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power, killing scores in a series of coordinated bomb blasts.

Police in the Borno state capital said at least 54 people died in Sunday’s co-ordinated strikes, with 90 injured, but residents caught up in the explosions said as many as 85 lost their lives.

Saraki refuses to be docked

The trial of the Senate President, Dr. Olubukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja,commenced on a dramatic note this morning, with the accused person, refusing to mount the dock.

What Nigerians are saying about Saraki’s trial

Nigerians on Tuesday reacted intensely to the trial of the Senate President, Olubukola Saraki and the drama at the tribunal.

Buhari reluctantly approves N70m for Independence celebrations

APPARENTLY disturbed by the dwindling revenues of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari approved only N70million for this year’s Independence celebrations.

Addressing journalists on Tuesday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OSGF made this revelation.

Stop disturbing NYSC staff for concessional posting, DG warns

The Director General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has disclosed that the scheme would no longer entertain request from people, seeking for concessional posting for their wards, relatives and friends for mobilisation during the NYSC mandatory one year national service.

Presidency under pressure to relocate Villa Chapel, Mosque

INDICATIONS emerged last night that despite denials by top officials of the administration, the Presidency had come under pressure to relocate the Villa Chapel, where Christians have been worshipping on Sundays.

Informed Presidency sources familiar with the location of the Villa Chapel, which was built and inaugurated by President Olusegun Obasanjo, is said to be too close to Buhari’s bedroom and kitchen and must give way.

Chibok girls: FG has opened negotiations with Boko Haram – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in France stated that his government has kicked off negotiations with Boko Haram to secure the release of over 200 Chibok girls.

REVEALED: Prophet TB Joshua Secretly Buys A Gulfstream G550 Jet

Pastor Temitope Joshua, the leader of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), has joined Nigeria’s big league of miracle and prosperity priests who own private jets, SaharaReporters has learned authoritatively.

Widely-known as TB Joshua, the church leader took possession of the nearly brand-new Gulfstream G550 aircraft in April 2015, a few months after a building collapse at the premises of his megachurch in the Ikotun-Egbe suburb of Lagos killed 116 people. Registered as “Synagogue Of Nations,” the jet was purchased using the Bank Of Utah trustee as the front for purchasing the jet.

Pastor TB Joshua’s jet is the most expensive of the four owned by Nigerian pastors. Pastor David Oyedepo (Bombardier Challenger 604), Pastor Enoch Adeboye (Gulfstream GIV), and Ayo Oritsejafor (Bombardier Challenger 601) are also jet owners. It would be recalled that Pastor Ortsejafor’s jet was cited in South Africa for money-laundering money last year. The new Nigerian government is said to be investigating the circumstances of that case, which involved federal funds.

Interior of a G550 jet

Fashola, Ameachi, Fayemi Fails Buhari's Anti-Corruption Test

As the Department of State Service, DSS, continues the screening of some ministerial nominees, indications emerged at the weekend that three immediate past governors, Babatunde Fashola, Rotimi Ameachi and Kayode Fayemi, have allegedly failed to pass the President’s anti-corruption test.

Enforce law on rape, Aisha Buhari tells govts

The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has urged government at all levels to enforce the law on rape, to protect women and children in the country.

Aisha stated this when she received some staff of the Ministry of Women Affairs, UNICEF and National Population Commission, led by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Dr Ezekiel Oyemomi.

INEC and Buhari’s appointments

IT has been repeated in recent times that the problem with President Muhammadu Buhari appointing his supposed sister or sister-in-law, Mrs. Amina Zakari, to head the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has nothing to do with her qualifications but rather the moral burden of having his sister or sister in-law presiding over elections in which himself or his party would be participating against other parties.

Don Jazzy confesses, I’m Cherubim & Seraphim

Mavin record boss Don Jazzy has grabbed an award from The Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim church.

Chibok girls dispersed, some married off & appointing ministers tough, says Buhari

MORE than 513 days after the abduction of the Chibok Secondary School girls in Borno State, hopes of rescuing the girls en bloc vaporized as President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, disclosed that they have been dispersed and some of them, especially Christians, married off against their faith.

I Know Where Buhari Is Hiding His Massive Wealth - Gov Ayo Fayose

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state, says he knows the location of the hidden assets of President Muhammau Buhari.

WONDERS! Woman Pronounced Dead In Edo Found Alive In Aba

For many, Mercy (not real name) from an Edo State community had long been dead and buried by her kinsmen. But miraculously she is still very much alive.

WASTED GOVERNOR! Gov. Fayose Seen Checking Drivers Licenses On Ekiti Street

When you are a Governor and you have too much time on your hands, you wonder the street buyin pop corn and poking your noses where it does not belong

19-Yrs-Old Man Accidentally Kills Himself While Taking Selfie With A Loaded Gun

A 19-year-old Houston man died Tuesday after accidentally shooting himself while taking selfies while holding a gun, police said.
Deleon Alonso Smith died of a gunshot wound to the throat about 1:30 p.m. at an apartment in southwest Houston.

67-Yrs-Old Man, Usmanu Umaru Cuts Off His Manhood in Kebbi Because of Poverty

A 67-year-old man, Usmanu Umaru, has severed his manhood with a long sharp knife in his room because he is tiired of his poverty stricken life and want to commit suicide.

UDU youths threaten to shut oil wells

ANGRY youths of Udu, Udu Local Government Area in Delta State, have given the state government a seven-day ultimatum to address alleged marginalization of the area in the reconstituted board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, or they will shut down all the oil wells in their location.

ICPC probes former govs Amaechi, Kwankwaso, Chime, Shema

The independent Corrupt Practices and other offences Commission (ICPC) has commenced investigations of four former governors following petition against them.

Many Feared Dead As Container Lorry Fell On People In Ojuelegba

Unfortunately, its not another version of Wizkid’s famous track ‘ojuelegba’ that has made the headline this time around. The sad news is that of a tanker that has fallen from a bridge at Ojuelegba in Lagos, Nigeria.. According to eyewitnesses blood can be seen on the road and by the looks of it, many people are feared dead. Below are  photographs of the the unfortunate incident caused by Nigeria’s notorious reckless drivers.

Buhari indirectly declaring total war on Ndigbo’

A pan Igbo socio- political group, South East Town Unions, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s manner of appointments which have only favoured the North, is threatening the unity of Nigeria.

PDP list achievements at 17

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s oldest political party, yesterday, marked 17 years of its existence with a low-key event at its Wadata Plaza, Abuja National Secretariat.