See pictures of Ese Oruru before and after she became Aisha Chuwas as depicted in The Herald.
The Herald reports that Ese has insisted that she came to Kano to become a Muslim and marry Yunusa and would not like to return to Bayelsa.
Ese now addresses herself as Aisha Chuwas, according to reports.
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Monday, 29 February 2016
Former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro was on Monday remanded in prison custody pending the determination of his application for bail.
However, Justice A. I. Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja granted bail to Moro's co-accused, Mrs Anastasia Nwaobia as she had just been equally released on bail by the EFCC.
Abba Moro's bail application will be heard on Wednesday.
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The abduction and forced marriage of 13 year-old Ese Oruru by a certain Yunusa from Kano State which has been trending in the social media has drawn the attention of the Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Aishat Al-Hassan.
Yunusa allegedly abducted Ese
in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, in August, 2015 and took her to Kano where he forcefully converted to his wife and renamed her Aishat.
Al-Hassan who was the governorship...
Feelers from the Glass House indicate that the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has been in talks with Uganda national team coach Sredojevic Milutin, aka Micho.
A source disclosed that the NFF opened talks with Micho in Rwanda during CHAN.
“Green met with Micho at CHAN and it is like it is already a done deal. The plan was to appoint Shuaibu Amodu for the Egypt matches and after those games, a substantive foreign coach will be named with Micho...
Sunday, 28 February 2016
A jilted lover girl said this dangerous prayer against the guy who broke her heart.
She got together with her best friend and they put his picture amid Psalms 109 and tweeted the prayer.
See the prayer and photo below.
109 Do not keep silent,
O God of my praise!
2
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful
Have opened against me;
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3
They have also surrounded me with words of hatred,
And...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has launched a manhunt for a major suspect in the 2014 Immigration Service recruitment scandal, Mahmood Ahmadu who is said to be a close associate of former Minister of Interior, Abba Moro.
The anti graft agency is set to enlist the help of the International Criminal Police Organization, INTERPOL and other agencies in the United Kingdom, UK to track down the fugitive businessman.
Meanwhile, the...
No fewer than 7000 persons were displaced in the aftermath of attacks by Fulani herdsmen on some farming communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
The displaced persons were sacked from Okokolo, Akwu, Ocholonya, Adagbo, Ugboku and Aila by rampaging Fulani herdsmen and are presently taking shelter at makeshift camps at the Ochi Idoma square in Otukpo, Ugbokpo, Adoka, Ojantele, Ikobi and other neighboring communities.
One of the...
Shocked by the latest Agatu killings, President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the clashes between herdsmen and indigenes of communities in Benue State Northcentral Nigeria.
In a statement issued on Sunday by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, President Buhari expressed his deep shock over last week's clashes, which left hundreds of people dead in four communities in Agatu Local Government Area...
Following the recent killings by Fulani herdsmen, Senator David Mark has donated relief materials to displaced persons in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State.
The relief materials which included rice, noodles, vegetable oil, mattresses, mats, blankets salt and buckets were presented on behalf of the former Senate President by Dr. Adakole Elijah.
Mark expressed sympathy for the victims over their plight, urging them to look unto God...
The Federal Government has announced the removal of 23,846 ghost workers from its payroll.
Following this development, the salary bill for February 2016 came down by N2.293 billion when compared to December 2015 when the BVN audit process was yet to commence.
A statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Finance on Sunday said that the “figure represents a percentage of the number of non-existent workers who had hitherto been receiving salary from...
To consolidate its victories in the war against Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Army has indicted the Combat Motorbike Battalion into battle.
Photos of the induction conducted by Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai were made available via Twitter and Facebook.
The induction was done at the Headquarters of 25 Task Force Brigade, Damboa, Borno State.
Buratai said that with the introduction of the combat motorbikes, “our troops will be able...
Interim Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia has expressed his readiness set to recall goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and forward Emmanuel Emenike to the national team.
Siasia is at the head of a consortium of coaches assembled by the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF after Sunday Oliseh announced his resignation on Friday.
Other members of the interim coaching team are Emmanuel Amuneke, Salisu Yusuf and Alloy Agu. They have the task of delivering...
President Muhammadu Buhari has other ideas about the N5000 monthly stipend earlier promised unemployed and vulnerable Nigerians.
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC had promised during the last general elections to pay out a monthly stipend of N5000 to the most vulnerable and unemployed Nigerians.
However, speaking in Saudi Arabia over the weekend in continuation of his tour of the Middle East, Buhari said he would now focus on funding the...
Saturday, 27 February 2016
Although officials of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF have described the resignation of Sunday Oliseh as Head Coach of the Super Eagles as a blessing in disguise, Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper is not happy about that development.
“Sad to see @SundayOOliseh resign. Would like to thank him for all his efforts and giving me the opportunity to represent the Super Eagles,” he wrote on his Twitter handle @Carl_Ikeme.
Since making his Super...
Tongues are wagging in Nasarawa State and beyond over the sacking of a female civil servant by Gov Tanko Almakura over comments she made on Facebook and Twitter.
The victim, Miss Ruqayyah Tijjani Usman of Nasarawa State Ministry of Justice got into hot water with Gov Almakura for her comments on the demonstration by a section of civil servants against the just suspended strike action and the state government's handling of the Lassa fever...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has announced the arrest of four illicit drug traffickers with narcotics worth N61m and weighing 6.822kg at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
According to the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, the suspects included a Birmingham based cleaner.
”The seized drugs consist of 4.193kgs of heroin and 2.629kg of cocaine destined for Addis-Ababa, Ethiopia, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Rome...
A High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Friday heard from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC that the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP chewed his confessional statement when he realized that it directly implicated former President Goodluck Jonathan in the unlawful diversion of arms procurement funds.
The EFCC said this at the resumed hearing of the three-count charge against Metuh bordering on destruction...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC on Friday reacted to the arrest of PDP's Prince Uche Secondus for alleged corruption. He bared his mind on the issue on Friday while speaking to journalists in Abuja.
“Well, from whom did the PDP deputy national chairman, Uche Secondus collect the gift?
“Was it from a corporate entity or from an individual? If it’s from the government coffers, it’s public funds. If a corporate entity decides...
Friday, 26 February 2016
The Millennium Plaza owned by former Kogi State Governor, the late Prince Abubakar Audu went up in flames at the Central Business District, Abuja on Friday.
The fire outbreak which started at about 2 pm was to have been ignited by a power surge.
The fire which destroyed the pent house and the third floor of the building spread to the next building where it also affected the pent house and the third floor.
It however later put out by the fire service...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has rejected the new residence being built for the nation's number two citizen, describing it as a waste of public funds.
He said that the current residence, Aguda House is enough and up to standard.
Osinbajo spoke in Lagos during the Pastors and Leaders Retreat of the Fountain of Life Church.
He described the 6 billion naira already spent on the project as a misapplication of funds, noting that government would have...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed all state commissioners of police to deploy Anti-Bomb Squad personnel of to inspect all explosives in their armouries to forestall a re-occurence of Thursday's tragedy at the Motor Traffic Department of Adamawa State Police Command, Yola.
The Force Spokesperson, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Olabisi Kolawole announced the directive in a statement she issued on Friday in Abuja.
The...
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed all state commissioners of police to deploy Anti-Bomb Squad personnel of to inspect all explosives in their armouries to forestall a re-occurence of Thursday's tragedy at the Motor Traffic Department of Adamawa State Police Command, Yola.
The Force Spokesperson, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Olabisi Kolawole announced the directive in a statement she issued on Friday in Abuja.
The...
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has declared that it has a standard practice of charging a fee for the production of data requested by individuals or organisations.
Mr Demianus Ojijeogu, Public Affairs Officer, WAEC said on Thursday that the council does grant waivers to non-profit and non-governmental organisations for altruistic purposes.
Ojijeogu however noted that a Lagos based NGO, Edubox that was charged N1.85m for the production...
The Department of State Services, DSS has arrested three suspects for allegedly plotting to blackmail the Director-General of the service, Alhaji Lawal Daura.
Parading the suspects before newsmen in Abuja on Friday, Abdullahi Garba of the DSS said that they were apprehended on Feb. 17 in Kaduna and Abuja.
According to Garba the suspects had been claiming that the Director-General had collected N4 billion from the PDP governors of Akwa Ibom, Rivers,...
The Department of State Services, DSS has arrested three suspects for allegedly plotting to blackmail the Director-General of the service, Alhaji Lawal Daura.
Parading the suspects before newsmen in Abuja on Friday, Abdullahi Garba of the DSS said that they were apprehended on Feb. 17 in Kaduna and Abuja.
According to Garba the suspects had been claiming that the Director-General had collected N4 billion from the PDP governors of Akwa Ibom, Rivers,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC will distribute Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs to eligible voters in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja from the 4th of March to 10th of March.
This Friday's issue of the commission’s daily bulletin indicated that the exercise would take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
The bulletin explained that the exercise would enable eligible voters to collect their PVCs ahead of the forthcoming FCT...
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the lower courts sentencing Pastor Chukwuemeka Ezeugo, aka Reverend King to death for grievous crimes against some members of his church.
The verdict was read by Justice Ngwuta who said that the facts of the case could have been taken from a horror movie.
The apex court resolved all the 12 issues raised by the convict against him.
“This appeal has no merit. The judgement of the court of appeal is hereby...
Sunday Oliseh has announced his resignation as Head Coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria.
The action is believed to be a fallout of his running battles with the officials of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF.
Oliseh announced his resignation on Twitter on Friday morning.
Top Tweet
Sunday Oliseh
@SundayOOliseh 7h
Due to Contract violations ,lack of Support,Unpaid wages,Benefits to my players,Asst.Coaches & myself, I resign as Super Eagles...
Abuja
The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has given March 31 as deadline for Dangote Group and other owners of abandoned vehicles across the country to evacuate them.
Speaking during an interactive session with the management of Dangote Group in Abuja on Thursday, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi said that the abandoned vehicles constituted security risks to the society.
"Dangote Group has one of the largest fleets of vehicles...
Thursday, 25 February 2016
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has directed the Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Sunday Oliseh to henceforth be reporting to its Technical Director, Amodu Shuaibu.
The Chairman, Technical and Development Committee of the football federation, Chris Green said that the directive was to allow for smoother coordination.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that Green said on Thursday in Abuja that NFF’s Technical Department was structured to...
The Disability Progressive Group, a union of people living with disabilities in Plateau State has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing one of their own a special adviser.
The group in pledging its support to President Buhari said his appointment of a disabled person Dr. Samuel Ankeli, as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters showed that he cares about the physically challenged.
The leader of DPG, Mr Bulus...
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed for the support of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, OIC to rehabilitate the country's Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs.
He said that the country needed the support of the OIC to rebuild the parts of the country destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents.
According to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari spoke in Mecca, Saudi Arabia during a meeting...
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed an offer by the Islamic Development Bank to mobilise funds for investment and development of infrastructure in Nigeria.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu said that Buhari showed his delight at the offer during a meeting with the IDB President, Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Ali reportedly assured Buhari that the IDB would work with...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has told the court that its detention of Col Ojogbane Adegbe, former Aide de Camp to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, is at the instance of the Nigerian Army.
The EFCC also told the court that it played no role in summoning Col Adegbe back from his military course in the United Kingdom.
The anti graft agency made the above submissions in a counter affidavit opposing Col Adegbe's suit in which he...
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