22 Fuel Stations in Abuja and environs have been sealed by the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, for
cheating and profiteering.
The Head of Human Resources of DPR, Mr Muhammad Seidu made this disclosure in a statement he released on Wednesday.
According to the statement, 19 of the fuel stations were sealed for selling above the official pump ⛽ price of N87 per litre. Two were caught diverting petroleum products while one was found to be under dispensing fuel ⛽ to customers and massively selling in jerry cans.
Here is the full text of...
Friday, 31 July 2015
16 people were killed in Kano by a female suicide bomber and gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamist terrorists on Friday, just as the commander of the new multinational force saddled with combating the terrorists vowed to end the insurgency very quickly.
Major General Iliya Abbah heads the 8700 strong multinational force recently formed to fight Boko Haram....
The Nigeria Police, Nyanya Division, Abuja have arrested members of a six man robbery gang after raiding their hideout where they were finalizing plans for a robbery operation.
Following a tip-off, the police raided the gang's hideout in Masaka where they also have an armory. The Commissioner of Police, Abuja, Mr Wilson Inalegwu disclosed this while parading the suspects to newsmen.
"The Nyanya Police Division promptly swung into action and raided the hideout of the hoodlums at Masaka, where they also have their armoury.
"Six suspects have so...
Commercial car drivers operating in Abuja have two weeks to properly identify their vehicles as taxis or face a clampdown by the authorities.
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase gave the ultimatum on Thursday in Abuja while receiving members of the executive of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW in his office.
"The National President and Secretary, I will give you a grace of two weeks after which we will start clamping...
These are gory pictures of the suicide bomb attack at Gamboru vegetables and fruits market in Borno State. The female suicide bomber who came in a trycle detonated her bomb in the midst of other tricycles as they discharged passengers who had come to the market for business.
Six people were reported killed while several others were injured.
...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan's erstwhile Information Minister, Labaran Maku is not happy. He is angry over the story making the rounds that N37b was found in his farm in Nasarawa State.
Writing on Twitter, Maku said that someone decided to blackmail him after he challenged the state governors, Tanko Almakura to account for the monies that accrued to the state over the past 4 years, including so-called security votes.
"This evil blackmail...
Thursday, 30 July 2015
See how Timaya's tryst with Sheila b is causing him endless headache, eh? When he could have kept his zip up.
Let's just hope the Dem Mama crooner learns to zip up when next he's in God's Own Country.
Timaya's defense:
"I have been talking with this girl for about one year and its funny how someone you think you know can act very hungry and low. How can I leave Nigeria and go to America where the law works to rape anyone? Am I crazy?
"This...
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
The Nigerian Army has redeployed 334 of its senior officers. The postings and appointments which affected 37 Majors General, 57 Brigs General and 128 Colonels were approved by the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Tukur Buratai.
This was disclosed by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman who said that the postings are to take effect on different dates.
Punch reports that the GOCs affected by the exercise are from the 1,2,3, 81...
“NNPC has become a monster that is too powerful. I will continue to fight NNPC till it dies for Nigeria to survive.
“It is either Nigerians kill NNPC or NNPC will kill Nigeria.
"Since, I called for the death of NNPC, the corporation has sponsored articles attacking me, but I am telling them my skin is thicker than an elephant.”
These are the words of Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State. He spoke at Government House Kaduna on Tuesday while receiving the Executive Secretary, National Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, Hajia...
Civil servants who own choice properties in Abuja and live above their legitimate income are now being watched by anti corruption agencies.
Anti graft agents have been directed to detain and interrogate suspects with a view to recovering ill-gotten wealth.
The agencies are relying on petitions from civil servants and their own operatives for information. So far, focus is said to be on civil servants who own more than three real estate properties in Abuja and fleets of choice cars beyond their income.
The ICPC in particular is said to be working...
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has submitted a list of 12 commissioners to the house of assembly for screening.
Among the 12 nominees is Muhammad Sani-Abdullahi, former Adviser to UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki Moon on Designing Sustainable Development Goals.
Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan said that a list of the indicative portfolios was attached to enable a transparent screening....
Former President Goodluck Jonathan's CSO, Gordon Obua has been admitted into a hospital in Abuja. This is coming on the heels of his recent release by the DSS following days of interrogation and 3 days of hunger strike.
A source close to the former CSO said that his condition is related to the trauma he suffered during his few days of incarceration.
Gordon Obua, himself a DSS operative was taken in to account for events that took place under his watch as CSO....
One interesting outcome of President Muhammadu Buhari's recent visit to the United States is that he came back with a comprehensive list of Nigerians who have been stealing the nation's oil.
Punch reports that President Buhari has in fact two separate lists. One list contains government officials who have been stealing the country's oil directly or have been using their offices to aid and abet the act. The second list shows the names of oil bunkerers....
No It was an irony of fate for an unidentified man last Sunday as he traveled safely over six hundred kilometers from Portharcourt, South South Nigeria to Abuja only to be robbed and murdered just a few meters to his home.
The victim who was returning from a business trip to Portharcourt arrived Lugbe, Abuja in the early hours of Sunday 27 July 2015.
Sources said that he called on his brothers to pick him up at the other side of the bus stop while he used the pedestrian bridge to cross over.
However, unknown to him, there were armed robbers...
Tuesday, 28 July 2015
Reggae artist and rain maker Majek Fashek has been admitted into a rehabilitation center in Abuja, following his worsening state of health which is widely believed to be due to years of substance abuse.
Premium Times report that sources at the unnamed rehabilitation center disclosed that the musician is presently in their intensive care unit and is responding to treatment.
The multi talented musician was not too long ago seen loitering in Lagos...
Nigerian actor, Hank Anuku was last week arrested by the police in Ghana while acting a robbery scene for a new movie.
Trouble started for the actor and the film crew when scared residents alerted the police that a robbery was going on. The cops arrived at the scene only to discover that they were only acting a movie.
They were however arrested for willfully obstructing a public road and not obtaining a permit from the lawful authority.
...
Nigerian soldiers on Monday afternoon, killed 11 Boko Haram fighters as the terrorists fled Dille community after an assault.
The terrorists had earlier attacked Dille in Borno State, northeast Nigeria and gunned down three members of the local militia helping in the fight against terrorism.
They were fleeing on motorbikes and a stolen car when they ran into the soldiers' ambush....
These are not the best of times for ex Eagles safe hands Peter Fregene. The former national team goalkeeper was suddenly went down with stroke several years ago and has been running from pillar to post for a solution.
It has been a tale of pain and despair for him and his family ever since.
Here are details of Peter Fregene's travails as rendered by Punch.
He was regarded as one of the safest hands in Nigeria’s football history and was nicknamed...
These are not the best of times for ex Eagles safe hands Peter Fregene. The former national team goalkeeper was suddenly went down with stroke several years ago and has been running from pillar to post for a solution.
It has been a tale of pain and despair for him and his family ever since.
Here are details of Peter Fregene's travails as rendered by Punch.
He was regarded as one of the safest hands in Nigeria’s football history and was nicknamed the Flying Cat by his colleagues and fans, due to his quality as a goalkeeper when he manned the...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamist terrorists on Monday, killed about 29 people and left many others with gunshot injuries in a daylight attack on Dille village in Askira Uba local government area of Borno State.
The terrorists are reported to have arrived the village at about 1 pm in 5 Toyota Hilux vans, armed with assault rifles and petrol bombs. In the absence of any military presence, they shot at everybody in sight.
A worried...
Monday, 27 July 2015
A nongovernmental organization, Gracelink Foundation has donated educational materials to Federal Government College, Kwali, Abuja.
Founder of the foundation, Chijioke Ekweghiariri, said the donation was aimed at honoring his father, late Chief Samuel Ekweghiariri, the first ever geography teacher at the school and also to encourage the study of geography.
Educational materials donated included mathematics textbooks, geography textbooks, mathematical sets and ball pens....
4 years old Ibrahim Jamiu Hassan was on Sunday murdered by his 16 years old neighbor identified as Tajudeen for ritual purpose.
Tajudeen, a furniture apprentice lived in the same compound with the victim. He was said to have lured the little boy to the back of a primary school where he killed him with a knife and removed his kidneys and intestines. The suspect had been in the habit of buying the victim biscuits and sweets.
The suspect is already in police custody at Ijanikin. He said in his confessional statement that he was contracted...
Femi Olayiwola and his wife Kemi recently had their 3 year-old marriage dissolved by an Abeokuta Customary Court because of the absence of vaginal opening.
Olayiwola told the court that his wife tricked him into marriage without disclosing her condition. He also accused her of frequent fighting and threats to his life.
“My wife had been deceiving me. Since we got married, I have never seen her pass through menstruation. My wife does not have any vagina opening.
"Anytime I ask her for sex, she would give an excuse to back up her refusal. Meanwhile,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the inability of the Nigeria Air Force to muster sufficient fire power to support the ground troops in the war against Boko Haram.
The President spoke on NTA Abuja Good Morning Nigeria show this Monday. He said ;
“Our case is lack of capacity and effective air force. The Air force is virtually non – existent. The fixed wings aircraft are not very serviceable. The helicopters are not serviceable...
President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere with the prosecution of those indicted of forgery of Senate Standing Order by Nigeria Police.
Punch reports that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday in an interview with one of her correspondents.
He said the President's clearance was not needed for those saddled with judicial processes to do their job.
, “They do not need the President’s clearance to prosecute anybody found guilty of any investigation. President Muhammadu...
Sunday, 26 July 2015
Fans of Africa's biggest reality TV show, Big Brother Africa, BBA, may be in for a rude shock as their favorite show may not hold this year.
This could be due to sponsorship issues as the organizers, Africa Magic and Endemol were unable to find sponsors for this year's show.
Peganews reports that Multichoice Ghana has confirmed receipt of a notice from MNET that Big Brother Africa will not hold this year....
Former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi is demanding a compensation of one billion naira from the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, for wrongful dismissal and defamation of character.
The NFF is said to have last Friday, received a letter containing the claims from Keshi's Kaduna-based lawyers.
The NFF sacked Keshi on July 5, following the recommendation of the disciplinary committee it set up to investigate various allegations against him....
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the chlorine gas explosion that occurred in Jos, Plateau State on Saturday.
He gave the directive on Sunday while commiserating with the government and people of Plateau State. He said the investigation should be thoroughly done to unravel whether the explosion was an accident or otherwise.
President Buhari prayed for a peaceful repose for the souls of those who died in the explosion and quick recovery for the injured.
The explosion which occurred in the early hours of Saturday 25...
A 40 year-old man has the Lagos State Fire Service to thank for snatching his life back from the jaws of a painful death after a sex performance enhancement ring enlarged his penis beyond expectation.
The Director of the Fire Service, Mr Razak Fadipe,told newsmen that the man wore a metal ring on his penis hoping to increase the size and enhance enjoyment, but the ring enlarged the organ beyond the expected limit.
Sexual enjoyment turned a nightmare when his penis became increasingly turgid, causing him severe pain and making it difficult...
A woman lost her eight months pregnancy last week after an assault by three policeman. An argument was said to have ensued between her and the policemen following traffic gridlock on a Lagos road.
In the heat of the argument, the cops sprayed tear gas into the heavily pregnant woman's car, causing her to develop complications.
Sources told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that she was rushed to Safe Hands Hospital, at Old Ojo Road, Amuwo Odofin, where she underwent an emergency surgery. The baby however died some hours later.
The spokesman of Lagos...
Abuja music lovers are in for exciting moments today as music icons Sir Victor Uwaifo, Sunny Nneji and Daniel Wilson
have teamed up with Tuface Idibia (aka Tubaba) and others to light up their weekend.
The event is tagged Eargasm Concert and will hold at This Day Dome, Abuja tonight, Sunday 26th July 2015 . The aim of the concert is to bring fans from different generations together and entertain them with a unique blend of classic African music....
Hints have emerged that President Muhammadu Buhari would compel his ministers and aides to sign a pact not to corruptly enrich themselves in office.
Buhari is said to have made the decision on the strength of overwhelming evidence of how top government officials in past administrations amassed wealth with impunity.
Speaking on the matter, Presidential spokesman on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adeshina said there was nothing wrong with Buhari laying down terms and conditions or rules of engagement for those whose services he wants to engage.
“It...
There was pandemonium in Kano yesterday as a trigger-happy corporal from the Yankaba Police Division shot dead, a taxi driver and the sick female passenger he was conveying to hospital.
Vanguard reports that an eyewitness, Isa Tanko said that the killings happened around 9.30 in the morning.
“The cab driver was flagged down at a security check point by officers of the Nigeria Police and, within two minutes, I heard gunshots that sent shivers down the spines of onlookers. We rushed to the scene and found the driver in a pool of his...
Saturday, 25 July 2015
Gunmen from the Boko Haram Islamist terrorist group over the weekend raided three villages in the madagali district of Adamawa State, leaving in their trail, 25 dead and several injured. Reports have it that the terrorists rode into the communities on motorcycles, shooting indiscriminately at the villagers.
In a similar development, Boko Haram militants also attacked Kwata Mai Kadir and adjoining villages in Askira - Uba local government area of Borno State where they killed 15 people. There, they stole foodstuff and livestock which they drove...
Just a few days after football maestro, Lionel Messi laid the foundation stone for a new stadium in Port Gentil, Gabon, the stone has been reported stolen.
An unidentified man who claims to be in possession of the foundation stone laid recently by Barcelona striker Lionel Messi is reported to be demanding a ransom of CFA3m for the object.
The new stadium at Port-Gentil is expected to host games of the African Cup of Nations in 2017.
Messi was reportedly paid $3.8 for the event. The authorities in Gabon have however denied this claim....
CBC reports that medical marijuana patients in Canada can now take the substance in any form they like including smoking, baking etc.
The report says that cannabis oil can be extracted and baked into food products like cookies.
In a case between the government and Mr Owen Smith of the Cannabis Buyers Club of Canada, a judge in British Columbia declared restricting people to dried marijuana for medical reasons "null and void". He ordered the government to change the laws around extracting marijuana.
Mr Smith had been caught baking 200 marijuana...
• Although 70% of the planet is ocean, only about 2% of the world's food supply comes from the seas.
• The World Bank estimates that by 2030, some 62% of the seafood we eat will be farm-raised.
• Globally, fish provides more than 2.9 billion people with almost 20% of their intake of animal protein.
Source: BBC...
The immediate past Director General of Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh is now the Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank.
President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment in a press release yesterday. He said :
, “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Arunma Oteh as VP and Treasurer of the World Bank. Ms. Oteh was selected for this position through an international competitive...
The immediate past Director General of Nigeria's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Ms Arunma Oteh is now the Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank.
President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim announced the appointment in a press release yesterday. He said :
, “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Arunma Oteh as VP and Treasurer of the World Bank. Ms. Oteh was selected for this position through an international competitive...
Friday, 24 July 2015
The Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Nationalities Development Association is happy with the federal government over plans to create a road map to resolve herdsmen/farmers conflicts in the middle belt region.
However, Vanguard reports that the association is not happy with the plan to carve out grazing routes for herdsmen in the area.
In a statement issued in Jos yesterday and signed by Suleman Sukukum, the Association’s Secretary-General it advocated the phasing out of cattle routes and grazing reserves but placed emphasis on ranching and...
Incompetent leadership and corruption have combined to make Nigerians poor. So says President Muhammadu Buhari.
"Nigeria is not a poor country: we have the natural resources and ingenuity to be an economic superpower. It is our people who have been made to be poor because of incompetence and corruption.
"If we can recover the stolen money, attract private sector investments, and tackle corruption, then we will be able to provide the economic growth and development; that is the long-term answer to insecurity....
These are frightful times for the corrupt, even if they are in the ruling party APC. Here is what PMB said during his recent US tour.
"You cannot cure a sick patient by only treating one half of them. There will be no political interference in the fight against corruption – and no political favours to protect the corrupt from justice. "
Hmm. If you're corrupt, these are not the best of times for you. Start running or better still, return the loot...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he needs time to put the country on the right path. He spoke while taking questions from journalists during his just concluded visit to the United States of America.
"We cannot clean up 16 years of mess in a few months of frantic activity. I know that people are impatient for change, but it is far more important to take your time and take the right steps and appoint the right people than to run around pretending to be doing something, yet achieve nothing.
"First, I will make sure that the right rules...
Wife of Dr Bukola Saraki, Senate President, Mrs Toyin Saraki has said that she is ready to cooperate with the EFCC over the invitation extended to her by the anti graft agency on suspicion of monumental fraud.
Mrs Saraki was recently invited by the EFCC where she is expected to answer questions on suspicious inflow of large funds into her companies during her husband's tenure as the governor of Kwara State.
Here is what she said in a statement released by her private secretary, Mr Akeem Olagoke. "I will be delighted to assist them with any lawful...
A pregnant woman was on Thursday delivered of a premature male child following twin bomb attacks at the Dadin Kowa Motor Park by people suspected to be Boko Haram suicide bombers.
The woman whose name was not given delivered at the Gombe Specialist Hospital through a cesarean section.
Speaking to newsmen, the hospital's Chief Medical Director, Dr Reuben Ardo said,
"We noticed that the pregnant woman's baby was going through stress, so we took her to the theater for an emergency surgery to save the lives of both baby and mother.
“The mother...
Returnee forward, Victor Moses has been assigned jersey no. 20 in the Chelsea squad. Two other Nigerian Chelsea players were also given jersey numbers. They are Dominic Solanke, No. 35 and Ola Aina, No. 34. Both players stepped up from the academy.
Moses spent the last season on loan at Stoke City, having spent the previous season at Liverpool also on loan.
...
Returnee forward, Victor Moses has been assigned jersey no. 20 in the Chelsea squad. Two other Nigerian Chelsea players were also given jersey numbers. They are Dominic Solanke, No. 35 and Ola Aina, No. 34. Both players stepped up from the academy.
Moses spent the last season on loan at Stoke City, having spent the previous season at Liverpool also on loan.
...
"For the wonderful times we've shared together, the adventure, the love, the laughter, the friendship and all, I'm thankful for your life and I look forward to making many more memories with you. Birthdays come around every year but you come once in a lifetime.
"Words can't express how much I love you, so I have decided to use numbers... 123456789. Happy birthday Elsie. "
This is how top comedian, Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth expressed his birthday...
Being the text delivered by President Muhamadu Buhari at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) on Wednesday July 22 2015
I am delighted to be here this morning, and I wish to thank the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Atlantic Council, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the International Foundation of Electoral Systems...
Thursday, 23 July 2015
Being the text delivered by President Muhamadu Buhari at the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) on Wednesday July 22 2015
I am delighted to be here this morning, and I wish to thank the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Atlantic Council, the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Republican Institute (IRI), and the International Foundation of Electoral Systems (IFES) for providing me with this platform to share with this distinguished audience of eminent...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that it would take at least 18 months to resuscitate the nation's economy. He spoke at a meeting with the Nigerians In Diaspora Organization during his just concluded official visit to the United States of America.
He asked Nigerians living overseas but searching for jobs in the civil service back home to tarry awhile as the economy was in a bad shape and would take a minimum of 18 months to revive.
President...
Six Nigerian girls who were tricked into a journey to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso by a human trafficker simply identified as Balikis are by now, thanking their lucky stars.
They were promised lucrative jobs in the Burkina be capital, only to be told on arrival that they had been brought there to practice the sex trade. However, they bluntly refused to play ball
Seeing that the girls were not ready to cooperate with her, Balikis locked them up in...
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