Jonathan, Shonekan, Abudulsami attend Council of States meeting

Former Chairman, Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan closely followed by Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar on their arrival for the National Council of States chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Chambers, State House, Abuja


ABUJA-Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday made a surprise appearance at the second meeting of the Council of States presided by president Muhammadu Buhari.
This is the first time he would be attending the meeting since exiting office on May 29,2015.

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JONATHAN SPEAKS OUT...I Didn't Hand Over A Collapsed Nation To Buhari - Dr. Goodluck Jonathan-

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has replied his
critics who accused him of handing over a nation at the
verge of collapse to his successor, President
Muhammadu Buhari.
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Jonathan recounted the achievements of his government
to include, handing over a country that produced the
richest man in Africa.

Funke Akindele, JJC: Why we had a secret wedding

Funke, JJC

Popular Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele and her new husband Abdulrasheed Bello, music artiste/producer, popularly known as JJC Skillz, said on Tuesday that they chose to have a private wedding in London because they didn’t want their union to be another society wedding.

FG to US congressman Marino: You are poorly informed about Nigeria

Tom Marino

The Federal Government has described as sadly out of tune with reality the published letter from US Congressman Tom Marino to Secretary of State John Kerry, asking the US to withhold security assistance to Nigeria on the strength of some imaginary infraction by the Buhari Administration.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Congressman Marino was poorly informed about the issues he commented on, wondering why he did not take the pains to get first hand information from the US Embassy in Nigeria or any other credible source before engaging in what is nothing but a ‘propaganda of his own imagination’.

Edo gov poll: PDP asks court to disqualify APC candidate

Four days to the governorship election in Edo state, the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has dragged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Godwin Obaseki, to court, seeking to disqualify him, for allegedly providing false claims and information on oath to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).‎

Philippines President regrets calling President Barack Obama “son of a bitch

President Duterte of Philipines

Philippines President, Rodrigo Duterte, is seriously seeking to defuse a row with the United States, voicing regret for calling President Barack Obama a “son of a bitch”.
President Duterte, on Tuesday in Manila expressed remorse and regrets that his remarks to the press had caused much controversy.

Why Facebook spent $16 million on Mark Zuckerberg’s security

Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook has spent more than $16 million protecting Mark Zuckerberg and his family in just five years after ‘specific threats’ to the 31-year-old.
The firm, according to Daily Mail report, disclosed the staggering amount spent on security for Zuckerberg – the fourth richest person in the world – in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
It reveals that, in 2015, $5 million was invested in bodyguards and other protective services to ensure the safety of its founder and CEO.

Sallah: Rams go for N250, 000, N180, 000 in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan

· 3 factors led to high cost —Ram sellers’ chairman
ABOUT eight days to Ed-El-Kabir celebration, prices of various sizes of rams have gone up astronomically in cities like Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and many other parts of the country, Sunday Tribune findings have revealed.
At the Federal Housing ram market in Kubwa, Abuja, where Sunday Tribune saw ram sellers setting up stands with their rams just arriving, potential buyers were seen trooping out to inquire about the prices of each category of rams.
Checks revealed that the prices were higher than what the rams sold for in 2015, with a small size ram now being sold for N30,000 as against N17,000 it was sold last year.

My friend begged my husband to return her pants, wife tells court •She and her lover arrested me on two occasions —Husband

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Mrs Taiwo Oluwanisola, 42, has told an Igando customary court in Lagos State how she stumbled on a message where her friend was begging her husband, Olajide Oluwanisola, to return her pant.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Taiwo said this in an application she filed before the court seeking the dissolution of her 18-year-old marriage to her clearing-agent husband over alleged infidelity.
“My husband is dating my married friend and I discovered this when I was with his cell phone.
“Then, a whatsapp message entered with my friend’s picture appearing on the screen begging my husband to return her pants.

Yoruba and Buhari’s government

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Is it that everyone has been silenced, or these times are just normal or what really is happening? One Igboman wrote a provocative piece last week challenging what he called the inexplicable silence from the South West in the face of the debilitating economic crisis in the country and, in particular, the zone’s manifest marginalization in the present power order. I read it online. He claimed that in private discussions, he found Yoruba people livid with anger at the shut-out they suffer presently but they just won’t vent their spleen in the open. Why? Are they afraid? Afraid of what and of whom?  He asked.

OPC commends Fayose over anti-grazing law

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The Oodua People’ s Congress has commended the Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose for the anti-grazing law,which was recently passed into law in the state .
The national coordinator of the group, Otunba Gani Adams described the law as  a “ right step in the right direction “

Fayose dismisses Sheriff visit to Obasanjo, says; “It’s coming together of PDP enemies”

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has reacted to today’s visit of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying it was a coming together of collaborators in the total annihilation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).The governor said it was on record that both Obasanjo and Sheriff collaborated to destroy the All Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP) and their meeting today must be to further collaborate to destroy the PDP.

APC’s lack of vision, incompetence and poor handling of Economy caused recession, not Dr. Jonathan, says the PDP

Read the press statement below...

Our attention has once again been drawn to the recent inconsiderate statement attributed to the Governor of Jigawa State, Abubakar Badaru and similar comments from people of like minds to the effect that the previous Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Administration was responsible for the current Economic Recession.

Former NNPC GMDs call for hike in fuel price

Former Group Managing Directors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, weekend, called for an upward review of the price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol, stating that the present price cap of N145 per litre is not in line with current economic realities. According to a statement by the NNPC, the Former Group Managing Directors (GMD) stated this at a one-day meeting with the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Kacalla Baru and the immediate past GMD and current Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu in Abuja. The former GMDs said the PMS price cap of N145 per litre is not congruent with the liberalization policy especially with the foreign exchange rate and other price determining c0omponents such as crude cost, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) charges, among others, remaining uncapped.

‘How Good Samaritan saved our son from the jaws of death’

This is the story a two-year old boy snatched from the jaws of death by a ‘Good Samaritan’ Obaloluwa Mark Kolade, born with hole in his heart, needed a corrective surgery available only abroad, specifically India. The father is into furniture works while the mother is a trader. In short, they were unable to raise the amount for the surgery, a little shy of N5,000,000 for the child to live. The beleaguered but prayerful parents took their plight to Sunday Vanguard which revealed their financial challenges to the reading public. family On March 23, 2016 when the paper published their cry for help,

Sheriff may be PDP’s undertaker – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, said factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, might be the party’s undertaker. Modu Sheriff Obasanjo, while emerging from a meeting with Sheriff, held behind closed doors at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, said Sheriff was nursing a party whose soul had already departed.