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Saturday, July 18

Nigeria’s future lies in children’s hands – Aisha Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha, on Saturday hosted some children to an elaborate reception as part of activities marking this year’s Eid-el-Fitri. At the party held inside the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the President’s wife told the children to be good ambassadors of their parents and the country. While saying that the future of the country is in the hands of...

Suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect on Friday evening invaded Sabon Gari, Manjakwa villages of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state killing no fewer than 10 residents with several others injured. The insurgents according to reliable sources from the area stormed the village at about 9pm with AK47 rifles and petrol bombs, which they used in setting many houses ablaze after...

D'banj on saturday won the maiden MAMA Evolution award, and he has dedicated the prestigious prize to his former business partner and producer, Don Jazzy, who is the boss of Mavin Records. The Evolution category is meant for established artistes who have made a huge impact on the African music scene, taken African music to new heights around the world and pushed the boundaries of creativity. D’Banj...

Sensational R&B duo singers, Peter and Paul Okoye have won the best group category of the 2015 MAMA awards in South Africa The talented Afropop duo were the biggest losers at last year’s edition of MTV Africa Music Awards. The duo were defeated three times. They lost out in the categories; Song of the year, Best Group and Artiste of the Year won by Davido. Congrats to the...

Arsenal won the Barclays Asia Trophy as they beat Everton 3-1 in Singapore on Saturday. Theo Walcott put the Gunners in front at the break, bef ore Santi Cazorla and Mesut Ozil put them three clear. Petr Cech was handed his debut by Arsene Wenger, but he couldn’t register a clean sheet in his first appearance as Ross Barkley pulled one back for Everton. (Reuter...

A civil rights organisation, Vanguards of Nigeria’s Democracy, on Saturday raised the alarm over clandestine moves by President Muhammadu Buhari to “investigate, malign and imprison” former President Goodluck Jonathan on trumped-up charges. The VND specifically accused the President and his All Progressives Congress-led administration of “unsavoury and patently repugnant action,” which it said,...

Boko Haram jihadists killed 16 civilians in an attack this week on a southeast Niger village, near the Nigerian border, a local official said Saturday. “On July 15, Boko Haram elements fired on locals who were praying in a village near the town of Bosso,” said Bako Mamadou, mayor of Bosso, a town in southeast Niger on the border with Nigeria, where the armed Islamist group originated. “They killed...

Four-time world player of the year Lionel Messi linked up with Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba on Saturday to lay the first stone at a future African Cup of Nations venue. The Barcelona star, who won a treble of Spanish title, Copa del Rey and Champions League last season, officially started the building process at the Port-Gentil stadium, which will host Africa Cup of Nations matches in 2017. The...

Tragedy occurred on Sallah day in Bauchi when a policeman on special duty knocked his head against a barrier meant to restrict heavy trucks from plying a road, and died. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the policeman, Corporal Solomon Paul, attached to the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit, Bauchi Police Command, became unconscious and later died at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital,...

The Sokoto State Police Command on Saturday dispelled rumours of a botched bomb attack in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police anti bomb squad were alerted at about 1.30pm on Saturday of a suspiscious box near a major hotel in the city. NAN gathered that the box was reportedly brought to the area by four boys, who attempted to open it. However, the security guards attached...

Ansar-ud-deen Society of Nigeria (ADS) has appealed to the Boko Haram insurgents to sheathe their sword and allow peace to reign in the country. The society made the call in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muibi Adebanjo, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Saturday. It congratulated the Muslims for the successful completion of Ramadan and...

Omawumi's baby Popular Nigerian singer, Omawumi welcomed her bundle of joy in the early hours of today in a hospital in the United States. According to City People magazine, she delivered a baby boy, this is the second son for Omawumi and her husband Tosin yusuf. Mother and son are said to be doing grea...

Raheem Sterling admits that he regrets the manner of his exit from Liverpool, having sealed a £49 million move to Manchester City. The England international was involved in a protracted transfer saga after turning down the club’s offer of a new £100,000-a-week contract. Sterling threatened to go on strike as he attempted to force a move and twice called in sick to training, while his agent,...

The governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, has described the invasion of the residence of a former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, by the State Security Services as a sign of the return to the days of military dictatorship in Nigeria. While condemning the action on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, Mr. Fayose said it sounded strange that the former NSA could be so maltreated through military action...

President Muhammed Buhari will go to Washington, DC 19 – 24 July, on a visit that is sure to positively reset the button of Nigeria – United States relationship. This will be President Buhari’s first visit to the U.S. as the elected leader of the world’s largest black nation and Africa’s biggest economy. In addition to several hours of engagement with President Obama and other key officials...

Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Friday abducted the Chairman, Odi Compensation Funds Disbursement Committee in Bayelsa State, Prof. Zibokere Daukiye, the police said. Police spokesman in the state, Mr Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa on Saturday. The Police Public Relations Officer said, “In the early hours of Friday, some unknown gunmen...

The Speaker, Ekiti House of Assembly, Mr Kola Oluwawole, has assured the people of the state that the legislative arm of the government would not shark its responsibilities. Oluwawole, in a statement on Saturday in Ado Ekiti, said:“Ekiti people voted for us on April 11 in expectation of new things, and by the grace of God, the current 26 lawmakers have resolved to do their jobs well. “We will...

Airline Operators Association of Nigeria has called on the Federal Government to review the charges paid by its members in order to reduce their high cost of operation. General Secretary of the association, Mr Mohammed Joji, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that high operating cost was a challenge facing the aviation industry in Nigeria. Joji stated that airline operators in the country...

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Solomon Islands on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but the threat of a Pacific tsunami in the tremor-prone region was thought to have mostly passed. The shallow tremor was centred about 78 kilometres (48 miles) west-northwest of Lata in the Solomon Islands and about 583 kilometres from the capital Honiara, it said, after revising...

US on Friday reiterated its continuous support for Nigeria’s efforts to bring those responsible for recent terrorists attacks to justice. This is contained In a statement by John Kirby, Spokesman of the States Department in New York. He said the US strongly condemned the attacks. The spokesman reiterate commitment to help Nigeria and its neighbours counter Boko Haram, both through bilateral...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said the Federal Government was committed to stamping out the activities of insurgents in the country. Osinbajo said this in Gombe when he paid a condolence visit to families that lost their loved one to the Gombe central market twin blasts on Thursday. Osinbajo, “The incident is unfortunate; we are convinced we are going to stamp out insurgency...

A factional leader of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Mr. Gani Adams, has said that picketing the offices of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation is not part of the plan to recover debts the oil company is owning OPC and some ex-Niger Delta militants. In the build up to the last general elections, the media was awash with reports that the former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, awarded surveillance...

Muslim faithful in Kano city celebrated a peaceful Eid-El-Fitr on Friday amidst tight security put in place by the Kano State Police Command. In compliance with the directives of the Police Command, worshippers went to the various prayer grounds with mainly their praying mats and avoided taking unnecessary objects along. Worshippers were also directed by the police to park their vehicles at...

Former Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has called on Nigerians and Muslim faithful to join hands in moving the country forward. Amaechi also charged them to pray for peace and unity while celebrating the end of the Ramadan fasting period. A statement issued by Amaechi’s Media Office and signed by the governor’s former aide, Mr. David Iyofor, the APC chieftain prayed for Allah’s blessings...

Scores of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State on Friday defected to the All Progressives Congress. The defection saw two-time member of House of Representatives, Chief Warman Ogoriba, and many other PDP supporters, some former aides of Governor Seriake Dickson, embracing the APC. Those who also dumped the PDP were former commissioners in the state: Charles Opuola, Nelson Belief, Sylvanus...

The National Broadcasting Commission on Friday said that it had neutralised Radio Biafra. The commission, in a statement in Abuja by its Director-General, Mr. Emeka Mba, said with the assistance of security operatives, it had confiscated the equipment of the radio station. The statement read, “The commission has worked with other agencies to remove the transmissions of the illegal station from...

Nigerians in London, United Kingdom, have expressed frustration over the compulsory payment of £30 (about N10, 000) for the registration of the Bank Verification Number, as directed by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Apparently sad over their plight, some of them during the week stormed the Nigeria High Commission in London to protest against the directive of the apex bank. Others took to the social...

Sallah: Fun seekers lament ‘deplorable’ state of National Theatre

Several fun-seekers that thronged the National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos State, on Friday to enjoy the Eid-el-fitr, expressed their dissatisfaction with the theatre’s management’s “inability to organise events there.” The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the horse-ride was the only available activity which few fun seekers engaged themselves with. In separate interviews with NAN on Friday,...

The Peoples Democracy Party has condemned the Department of State Services over the invasion and occupation of the residence of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisah Metuh, said the action of the DSS amounted to a violation of the rights of the former NSA and was contrary to the constitution of the country and the...

Two former Heads of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), on Friday urged the citizenry to support the Federal Government in its efforts to win the war against insurgents. The two former leaders made the call after joining others to perform the two Rakaah Eid-el-Fitri prayers at the Minna Eid-el ground. Babangida urged Nigerians to be patient with President...

The Parish Priest of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Umuola, Amaigbo, Nwangele local council area of Imo State, Rev. Fr. Francis Ugoo Egbebu, who was kidnapped last Monday, have been rescued by the police. Confirming the development to newsmen in Owerri, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Andrew Enwerem, a deputy superintendent of police, said that the priest has been rescued from...

A magistrate court in Alexandra, Johannesburg, has sentenced a school teacher, Philippine Rakosa, to one year imprisonment for caning a grade two pupil. The Sowetan newspaper on Friday in Pretoria said that the teacher was jailed on Wednesday for hitting an eight year pupil with a hosepipe for failing a class test. The paper said the incident occurred on Feb. 8, 2014, at Gordon`s Primary School...

"I have also said that you can help anybody to get a job but you cannot help him to do it. Let us get it clear, there is nobody who has got into any position who has not been helped by one person or more than one person" Ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo Friday said the immediate past President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan should be blamed for his actions and in-actions while in office and not those...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday stated that no level of military and police security alertness could be sufficient for his protection or any other Nigerian if God withdraws His shield from mankind. The president stated that without God’s protection, no one was save. Buhari’s religious assertion followed his encounter with a crowd of worshipper many of whom were youth who struggled to get...

Three girls carried out suicide bombings in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, killing 13 people celebrating the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, police said. “Thirteen people were killed in the… suicide blasts,” said Markus Danladi, Yobe state police commissioner. “The attacks were carried out by three underage girls. Fifteen people were also injured in the attacks.” Boko...

The Chief of Army Staff Maj. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai has said that he would not tolerate indiscipline in the Army. The COAS who was reacting to questions from journalists in Damaturu as to whether the over 4,000 soldiers that were sacked by the Army during the Boko Haram fight would be recalled responded that; “I don’t know how they would become a problem to us concerning your questions. But...

The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has called on Nigerians to support the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari at fighting insurgency to sustain peace in the country. He made the call on Friday while addressing the residents of Kano the Eid el-Fitr prayer at the Kano Central Mosque. He said that Nigerians needed peace in the country to fulfil the purpose of God in creating them together...

The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, and her three daughters on Friday observed the Eid el-Fitr prayers at the Ansar-Ud-Deen Mosque in Abuja. She was received at the mosque by Alhaja Saudat Dudayemi, the Chairperson, Ansar-ud-Deed Society of Nigeria (ADSN), FCT Chapter, the wife of the FCT Chairman of the association, Alhaja Risikat Yusuf, and other officials. Others who joined...

Tragedy was averted on Friday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2) in Lagos following a ground collision of two aircraft belonging to FirstNation Airways. A similar incident had occurred at the airport on July 6, following the collision of two aircraft belonging to Emirates and Hak Air. It was gathered that Friday’s incident which happened at about mid-day involved two Airbus 330...

Some Nigerians have expressed shock over the bomb blasts that rocked Damaturu, the Yobe capital, on Friday, leaving many casualities in its trail. The respondents, in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, described the incident as unfortunate, adding that it had ruined the celebratory mood across the land. One of the respondents, Mr Musa Salihu, while condemning...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu as the new Commandant-General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Muhammadu succeeded Dr. Ade Abolurin, who has retired from service. A statement by the Special Adviser to the president on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina on Friday confirmed the appointment. According to the statement, Muhammadu who...

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents struck at the largest market in the state while people were shopping ahead of Sallah celebration. The Vice President arrived Gombe around 3pm Today. Osinbajo visited the Federal Medical Centre in the state capital, the Specialist hospital, where those who sustained injuries from the attacks are being treated and also the scene of the incident. Osinbajo had earlier...

Against the backdrop of criticisms that he has been too slow since he assumed office on May 29, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, begged Nigerians for patience, saying he has been working meticulously to tackle the many national challenges which he identified. In his message to commemorate this year’s Eid-el-Fitr celebrations marking the end of the Ramadan Fast, President Buhari stated that...

Today's Sallah day celebration has not hindered the rate of terror attacks in Nigeria, as multiple explosions just rocked dreaded Damaturu, the Yobe State capital at Phase I near Eid Praying ground. This explosions is coming on a day when the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai declared that he will spend his Sallah celebration in Damaturu. The incident which took place on Friday...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday terminated the appointment of Mr. Patrick Ziakede Akpobolokemi as Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The termination of Mr. Akpobolokemi’s appointment takes immediate effect, Femi Adesina, spokesperson for the President said in a statement. The former NIMASA DG was directed to hand over to the management...

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