Eid-el-Fitri: Saraki urges Nigerians to embrace peace and shun violence

Senate President, Bukola Saraki has called on Nigerians to eschew violence and embrace peace as the only positive way of moving the nation forward. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu in Abuja to commemorate this year’s Eid-el-Fitri celebration, Saraki also advised the various agitating groups in the country to seek judicial solutions to their grievances instead of towing the line of violence. 

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Meet the new NNPC board members appointed by Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday named a new board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

Here are the profiles of some of members of the board.

Board Chairman – Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu

Until his appointment as Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Kachikwu was the Executive Vice Chairman and General Counsel of Exxon Mobil (Africa).

A first class graduate of law from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the Nigeria Law School, he also holds masters and doctorate degrees in law from the Harvard Law School.

He started his working career with the Nigerian/American Merchant Bank before moving on to Texaco Nigeria Limited from where he joined Exxon-Mobil.

See reasons CBN took over management of Skye Bank

On Monday the management and the entire board members of Skye Bank announced that they had “voluntarily” resigned after failing to steer the bank out of its liquidity palaver.

In an email to staff, former group managing director of the bank, Timothy Oguntayo, said that “counter forces from within and outside the bank…made it impossible to achieve steady progress.” He added that despite his best effort, he could not lead the bank into a position of strength.

In another email announcing the resignation of its management and board of directors and the appointment of a replacement by the Central Bank of Nigeria, the bank said that step was necessary due to the urgent need for “new strategic direction …given the poor performance we recorded in the 2015 financial year end, and the attendant challenges”.

Serena Williams praise coach for his Contribution to her Success

Serena Williams credited her coach, Patrick Mouratoglou, for inspiring her superb performance under Wimbledon’s Centre Court roof against Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Williams and Kuznetsova were tied at five games apiece in their last-16 tie on Monday, the latter having spurned a chance to serve out the first set, when concerns over moisture on the playing surface led to the retractable roof being utilised.

On the resumption of play, the reigning champion raised her level to win eight games in succession and complete a 7-5 6-0 victory.

Top seed Williams, who will now face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter-finals, said: “Both Svetlana and I had an opportunity to talk to our coaches. I think that really helped me out a lot.

Security Alert: U.S Mission in Nigeria Warns That Lagos Hotels May Be Attacked On July 5 And 6

Jon Gambrell, a journalist with Associated Press has tweeted warnings of an allegedly proposed attack on Lagos hotels. 

Lagos Police rescue woman, 3 children

This is a press statement  by the Nigeria Police in relations to the woman and her 3 children who were rescued from kidnappers by the police force.

The Nigeria Police Force on July 4 rescued a woman and her children who were kidnapped on July 3, 2016, at her residence in Ayobo Area of Lagos State. When the information of the Kidnap got to the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, Ag.IGP Ibrahim Idris, NPM, mni, ordered the immediate deployment of a detachment of Counter Terrorism Unit to the area for the safe rescue of the victims.

It could be recalled that when the news of the kidnap spread around the Ayobo area, some good spirited members of the community mobilized to apprehend the hoodlums until the Police were contacted.

"When He Shall Appear" - The 24-Elders Metropolitan Choir (Listen and Download)

Listen to this inspiring rendition by the 24-Elders Metropolitan Choir. The songs is gear to reawaken the consciousness of believers that we are closer Home now than ever before. This song could make you cry, put you in a mode of sober reflection and whet your appetite for Heaven. It will give you Hope that we will soon be Home!

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Nigeria has regained its rightful place - APC Leader

The All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman, John Odijie-Oyegun said that Nigeria has regained its rightful place among other nations in the world. 

In a statement obtained by NAIJ.com, he praised the present administration in their efforts to rejuvinate the country’s economy. 

He said that the social safety nets contained in the 2016 National budget will help boost the current dwindling economy in the country. 

“The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is already nursing Nigeria’s battered economy back to life. 

Njiya-Goron Community threatens to wage war with Herdsmen

The Njiya-Goron community of Adamawa state is threatening to wage war with Fulani herdsmen to check continuing attacks on its people.

The chairman of the community, Manassah Nayangom in a statement in Yola on Monday, July 4 said the incessant attacks by herdsmen on the community which had claimed several lives and destroyed properties, have left the community with no option than to fight back since authorities had failed to contain the herdsmen’s attacks. 

According to Premium Times, the chairman of the community, which comprised 13 villages, said the community had so far lost 65 people and property worth over N2 billion. 

Nasarawa State: Police deploys 2,000 Officers for Eid-el-Fitr

Nasarawa State Police Command said on Tuesday that it has deployed over 2,000 officers to various strategic places in the state in order to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr.

The State’s Commissioner of Police, Lawal Shehu, in Lafia said that appropriate measures were being taken to forestall any breakdown of law and order during the festivity.

He said officers have been placed on surveillance patrol of identified flash points of violence and criminality across the state.

Moving On! Calvin Harris parties with busty lady weeks after split from Taylor Swift

Calvin Harris seem to be moving after he was pictured yesterday partying with a busty Rita Ora look-alike (but not Rita), possibly his new girlfriend in Malibu just moments after Tom Hiddleston declared his love for Taylor with a 'I love T.S' shirt while celebrating the 4th of July in Rhodes Island. Calvin, rocked a salmon pink t-shirt, headed into the celebrity hotspot with his entourage of pals.

(PHOTOS) Woman uses pubic hair sent in by strangers to create wearable art

Mother-of-two, Sarah Louise Bryan became famous around the world after designing a dress made from 3,000 Skittles. She has now resurfaced with a more disgusting and bizarre bra/skirt mainly made-out of other people's public hair that were donated to her over the course of six months.

According to her, She appealed on social media for people to donate their pubic hair, and other bodily hair if they so wished and received thousands of responses, with people wishing her luck in her new project. She spent the last six months working on the dress which was stored in her son's bedroom and had to wear gloves for protection, along with a face and eye mask after she started gagging while working on the dress.

Bangladeshi politician dumbfounded by son's role in Dhaka terror attack

A prominent Bangladeshi politician has spoken of his shock on discovering his son was one of the suspected gunmen who murdered foreign hostages at the Holey Artisan Bakery on Friday, in Dhaka.

Imtiaz Khan Babul said he was shocked to learn of his son Rohan's involvement in the attack, and that he believed young Bangladeshi men were becoming radicalised online as many from wealthy and educated families had gone missing

His comments came after Bangladesh's home minister said the attackers who stormed the upmarket cafe on Friday night, taking dozens of diners hostage and killing 20, were highly educated and from wealthy families.

NASA spacecraft arrives Jupiter

A NASA spacecraft reached Jupiter on Monday after a five-year voyage to begin exploring the king of the planets.

Ground controllers at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in applause when the solar-powered Juno spacecraft beamed home news that it was circling Jupiter's poles.

Another Young Girl Makes "Weird" Facebook Post

Huh! "I still have your d*ck in my panties" ... Young girls this days!

Oxford Dictionary adds new words ‘ROFL’ and ‘Scooby Snacks’

The latest update to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) includes a few words you’d never think the dictionary would want to define and a few that it seems should’ve been defined long ago.

For instance, the Internet-speak additions include ROFL (‘rolling on the floor laughing’) and tl;dr (‘too long; didn’t read’). According to the OED editors, the latter term was first used in 2002 ‘when it formed the entirety of a crushing response to another Usenet user’s thoughts on the computer game Metroid Prime’.

Niger Delta Avengers respond to the suspension of their Twitter Account

In an unconfirmed post via Facebook, the Niger Delta Avengers have responded to the suspension of their twitter account. The account which was used to notify the public of their destruction of oil and gas installations owned by major oil corporations across the Niger Delta Area, was suspended on Monday. 

The supposed statement reads,

President Barack Obama sings birthday song to daughter Malia as she turns 18

President of the United States, Barack Obama would likely be remembered as one of the coolest leaders of the free world ever, after having had more than one interesting – or intriguing – moments in the White House.

Obama put on another display of affection towards his eldest daughter, Malia who turned eighteen (18) on July 4, the same day as the country’s Independence.

With star rapper Kendrick Lamar and singer Janelle Monae as guests at the White House, POTUS delivered a heartfelt birthday rendition to Malia.

See Who Bought Africa’s Most Expensive House For whooping £14.5 Million

A German millionaire has bought the most expensive house ever sold in Africa ,and it came with a Porsche Cayenne and an Aston Martin DB9.

The three-storey home – which has seven bedrooms, an infinity pool and exquisite 360-degree views of Cape Town – was bought by a German entrepreneur for (290 million rands) £14.5 million. Dirk Ströer, the boss of one of Germany’s biggest online and public advertising companies, will use the record purchase as a holiday home for him and his family, his estate agent said

Mr Ströer, from Cologne, had not planned to spend so much money, nor even buy in Cape Town, agent Adrien Feinstein said.

Jose Mourinho blasts Arsene Wenger in First Press Briefing at Manchester United

A couple of days after man City unveiled Pep Guardiola, on Tuesday it was the turn of Man United to present Jose Mourinho for the first time at Old Trafford.

Mourinho took the opportunity in front of the press to virtually confirm the signing of Henrikh Mkhitaryan (although Mourinho failed to mention the player by name), while it took the former Chelsea boss just eight minutes to attack Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

Mourinho also took a swipe at former United boss Louis van Gaal talking about “philosophies”.

The best quotes from Mourinho’s first Man United presser are below:

I never dated Timaya, he’s just a friend - Lisa Walsh

Two years ago, news of an alleged love affair between Nigerian dancehall star, Timaya and fashion entrepreneur, Lisa Walsh made rounds. At that time, Timaya declined to comment on the issue while Lisa simply went MIA.

A few days ago, our reporters ran into Lisa Walsh at an event in Lagos and quickly cornered her for a brief chat.

We gathered that Lisa Walsh had been out of the country for a couple of years and had just returned to promote her new projects.

She said:

"Twerk for your husband" - Pastor's Wife advises

Ayanda, wife of South African gospel singer Sfiso Ncwane has advised women to not only pray and cook but to also add twerking to the list of wifely duties.

Ayanda, who has been married to the gospel star for nine years, is quoted in Drum magazine as saying:

(PHOTOS) Tukur Buratai breaks fast with troops

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai is pictured breaking evening fast with troops of 103 Battalion at their trenches in Konduga on Monday, July 4th.

Actress Rita Dominic's shares lovely makeup pictures

Actress and film producer Rita Dominic stepped out looking lovely as she attended Genevieve Magazine's annual summer party, which took place over the weekend.

Lady Gaga celebrates getting her "Driver License" at age 30

30-year-old Singer, Lady Gaga passed her road test in California and was given a drivers license after "years of driving with a learner's permit" and "an adult present," 

She took to her Instagram page to post pictures, one of her sitting in the drivers license school and the other of her with her friend after getting her license.

She captioned the photos:

See what Omoyele Sowere thinks of Kachikwu's promotion as NNPC Chairman

Omoyele Sowere is a publisher with Sahara Reporters, he shares his view as regard the new appointment of Ibe Kachikwu as Chairman of NNPC and Maikanti Kacalla Baru as Group Managing Director of the oil corporation. A lot of persons argued that Kachikwu wasn't sacked rather he was promoted. 

Well, that's one serious question ...

Man whose twin boys were killed in the Army-Shitte clash celebrates their birthday (PHOTOS)

Dr. Isa Waziri yesterday held a posthumous birthday celebration for his twin boys, Hassan & Hussain, who were killed during the Nigerian Army/Shitte clash in Kaduna last year December.

Elderly Man commits suicide in Anambra (Graphic Photos)

According to a Facebook User, Comm Eze Chuma, he shared photos of an old man who committed suicide recently in Anambra state. According to Chuma who is from the state, this has become a recent trend in the state where old men who are sad and frustrated take kill themselves. 

See what he wrote after the cut:

Le Guen, 19 others apply for Super Eagles Coaching Vacancy

Nigeria caretaker coach Salisu Yusuf and front-runner Paul Le Guen are among the 20 coaches who have applied to lead the Super Eagles in the 2018 World Cup qualifying tournament, officials have disclosed.

NFF technical committee chairman Chris Green disclosed that as many as 20 coaches have applied for the Eagles post vacated by Sunday Oliseh in February.

Former Cameroon coach Le Guen was previously reported not to have applied for the position, but officials have now confirmed he has done so.

Woman Sells Her Younger Sister's Unborn Child For N100,000

Lagos State police have launched a manhunt for a woman, Amaka Ogua, for allegedly selling the unborn child of her younger sister, Nkechi, for N100,000 in the Mile 2 area of the state.

It was gathered that Amaka, who the police accused of running a baby factory, had already collected N50,000 from a client for the unborn child.

It was learnt that a balance of N50,000 was agreed to be paid when 31-year-old Nkechi was delivered of the baby.

The bubble however burst on Friday, June 24, when the police got a tip-off from a non-governmental organisation – Child Protection Network – that money had been allegedly paid to Nkechi’s sister for the unborn child.