Showing posts with label Local News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Local News. Show all posts

Saturday, 13 August 2016

55-Year-Old British National Found Dead in Lekki Hotel Lagos

Army officials on duty 

According to a shocking report by DailyPost, a 55-year-old British national identified as Gibson Mark Damien, was discoverd dead inside Churchill Lodge, a hotel located in the Lekki area of Lagos on Thursday.

It was gathered that the deceased, until his sudden demise, was an employee of Port to Port Office in Victoria Island.

Humpback whale killed in Enu-ama beach, Ondo State (Photos)

According to the eyewitness who shared these photos, the whale pictured was killed at Enu-ama beach in Ilaje local government area of Ondo state. Another photo after the cut.

Nnamdi Kanu Finally Open to Negotiations With Federal Government to End the Agitation for Secession

Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has announced that he is open to negotiations with the federal government to end the agitation for secession of the people of Biafra from Nigeria.

Kanu made this declaration through his lawyers led by Ifeanyi Ejiofor and Amoebi Nzelu, in a press briefing in Abuja yesterday.

Friday, 12 August 2016

Femi Kayode Blast to Federal Government Will Shock You...Details

He said this while reacting to news that two new cases of Polio disease have been recorded in Borno state. More details after the cut...

IPOB Jubilates as Federal Government Releases Detained Members in Aba (Photos)

Photo of the IPOB members 

In a press statement issued to newsmen on yesterday, August 11, by Emma Powerful, IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, in Onitsha, in Anambra state, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has revealed that the Federal Government, through the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, released all their members who were arrested by various security agencies in Aba, Abia State, during their prayer rally in February this year.

We Have Paid N700 Billion for Road Projects - Fashola

Babatunde Fashola 

The current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is currently working diligently in providing improved road networks for usage as the President had earlier described them as death traps for the people.

According to a recent statement credited to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, the Federal Government has paid about N700bn out of the N2.1trn liabilities for the construction of 206 road projects across the country.

Federal Government Responds to United States Report on Insecurity in Nigerian States

The Federal Government on yesterday debunked recent negative reports by the U.S government about the safety of citizens in at least 20 of the 36 states of the federation, Premium Times reports.

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Association of Tourism Practitioners of Nigeria that contrary to recent statements by the U.S. government, every state in the country was safe.
The minister said that the advisory published by the U.S. Embassy declaring 20 Nigerian states “unsafe and complete no go area” as incorrect. Urging the media to desist from propagating negative reports about the country, Mr. Mohammed said such practice would discourage investors and counter productive to the country’s tourism growth.

Dangote Set to Saturate Nigerian Market with Local Rice (Photos)

Efforts to diversify the economy has started yielding results slowly but steadily all thanks to the ban on the important of rice in the country.

The Dangote Group owned by Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote has increased investment in rice production for the teeming populace.

Thursday, 11 August 2016

Check Out Boko Haram's New Location in Three State


Senator Isa Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi Central) has raised an alarm about the activities of suspected Boko Haram members dislodged from Sambisa forest to Ningi Emirate Council of his constituency.

According to the lawmaker who made the revelation on Monday with Daily Trust via a brief telephone interview, the insurgents are settling in the forest where they are orchestrating all forms of evil such as robbery, kidnapping etc.

Just in: Top APC Chieftain Sent to Prison Over Fraud (Photo)

Dr. Taiwo Malumi 

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on yesterday sent the senatorial leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State South Senatorial District, Dr. Taiwo Malumi to prison as he is remanded over a N40 million fraud.

Malumi, a medical doctor and Managing Director of Funtai Limited, was arraigned in a one-count criminal charge (No.FHC/L/302C/16) filed by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force. He is alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum of N40 million from one Nick Shaiyen, Managing Director of Whitehall Management Limited.

Notorious child stealing and trafficking syndicate arrested in Ebonyi State

The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a notorious syndicate who specialized in child stealing/ trafficking.
State Commissioner of Police, Peace Ibekwe Abdallah said the suspects, who were arrested on July 16, 2016 at Uburu Ohaozara LGA, came to the area with a Toyota Camry car with registration No. BEN-173-AU. Their names are; Anthonia Okeke, Chukwuka Muonye and Raphael Kanwei (pictured with other arrested suspects)

Revealed: How Niger Delta Avengers was Formed And More on Jonathan's Alleged Involvement

In a statement signed by Cynthia Whyte, the spokesperson for the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA), and made exclusively available to DailyPost, the splinter group of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), has insisted that former President Goodluck Jonathan is the grand patron of the militant group, and threatened to reveal more sordid details about his connection with the Avengers.

Obasanjo Made A Shocking Statement About Alleged budget padding

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday said the allegations of budget padding by Speaker Yakubu and thirteen other members of the House of Representatives shows that the lawmakers are thieves and have proven his comments in 2012 when he described the National Assembly as an institution filled with rogues and armed robbers. Speaking in a telephone interview with Premiumtimes, Obasanjo said President Buhari should not release funds for the constituency projects of the lawmakers.

Shocking! Nigerians have been compelled to adjust the feeding patterns of their families as Buhari's Administration Gets Tougher

A fresh public opinion poll by NOIPolls on yesterday revealed that Nigerians have been compelled to adjust the feeding patterns of their families, while others have resigned to fate, resorting to seeking divine intervention through prayers as the country’s economic situation worsens.

The poll conducted in conjunction with Business Day Media revealed that about two-thirds of the country’s 170 million population (66 percent) lamented the hardship they and members of their families were facing since the country’s economic situation worsened over the past three months.

Tuesday, 9 August 2016

EFCC Arrests Popular Nigerian Blogger Over Alleged 'Online Publication'

Multiple reports making rounds online and social media, are alleging that an Abuja-based political blogger and publisher of Abusidiqu.com, Abubakar Sidiq, has been arrested by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for a publication on his website.

What Gov. Wike Said on Claims of Being a Sponsor of N'Delta Avengers Will Shock You

Gov. Nyesom Wike Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) group that recently split from Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), a militant organization responsible for bombing numerous oil facilities, claimed in a statement that former President Goodluck Jonathan, Governors; Nyesom Wike and Seriake Dickson and others are the alleged sponsors of NDA.

OMG! 65-year-old Man Arrested Having S*x With His Goat (Photo)

Freddie Wadsworth, a 65-year-old man from Georgia has been arrested by police. He was arrested during the weekend after he was caught having s*x with a goat in broad daylight.

According to New York Daily News, Freddie Wadsworth’s neighbors were gazing out their window when they spied the 65-year-old man having indecent relations with a white female goat.

Frm Akwa Ibom State Gov. Godswill Akpabio Denies Link With Niger Delta Avengers

Senator Godswill Akpabio 

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has denied being the sponsor of the militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers or any other militant group for that matter.

A recent online publication had alleged that a splinter group, the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers, had claimed Senator Akpabio and other elite were the sponsors of the group.

Update on Ebonyi Girl Who Was Stripped Stark N*ked for Having S*x (Photos)

Uzoamaka 

Some time ago, a viral report went round the internet about how a father who caught his daughter haing s*x with her boyfriend in his house, stripped her n*ked and gave her the beating of her life.

It was said at the time that the incident reportedly happened July 28 in Uburu, Ohaozara area of Ebonyi state and that the girl's father even gave people around permission to film the humiliating scene.

Monday, 8 August 2016

I Never Attacked Buhari – Father Mbaka Says

Spiritual Director of the Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, on Saturday advised President Muhammadu Buhari against marginanisation of any part of the country in his appointments.

In the statement by his media aide, Mr. Maximus Ugwuoke, in response to media reports that the cleric attacked the President in a recent message, where he lamented the level of hunger and hardship in the country, Mbaka said that he only admonished the President against marginalising parts of the country in his appointments.