APC warns staff to Stop begging visitors for money

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned its staff at the party’s secretariat to stop soliciting for money from visitors.

Party leaders issued the warning at a closed-door meeting yesterday with the staff working at its national headquarters at Blantyre Street, Wuse 2, Abuja.

APGA Chairman Ike Oye says if Buhari dies today, it's because Nigerians killed him

Dr. Ike Oye, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has called on Nigerians to pray for the safety of President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said Nigerians should always support their leaders and prayed that “Buhari will not die until he fulfills his destiny”.

Kashamu Buruji says no extradition case against me anywhere in the world

The Senator representing Ogun East senatorial district, Kashamu Buruji, has said that the allegations of drug trafficking against him was a case of mistaken identity.

He stated this on Thursday after a US court upheld the trafficking case against him and ordered him to be extradited.

In a statement, Kashamu said: “two British courts had adjudicated upon the case and found that it was a case of mistaken identity.

Zamfara State | Emir hands over 3 Boko Haram suspects to army

The Nigerian army says the Zurmi emirate council in Zamfara state has handed over three suspected Boko Haram members to it.

Abdullahi Adamu, commanding officer, 223 light tank battalion of tactical operation unit, Gusau, said the suspects were apprehended by a local vigilante in the area.

He said the three suspects had been moved to the 1 division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna, for interrogation.

Kanu Nwankwo: Arsenal must keep Alexis, Ozil to win the Premier League

Former Super Eagles forward, Kanu Nwankwo has said Arsenal must keep Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, if they want to win the Premier League title this season.

Kanu spent five years with the Gunners and is still a strong supporter of the North London club.

”It is important to keep your best players if you want to move forward – they are great players so why should they leave a great club?” Kanu told SunSport, referring to Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez.

10 CRAZY Things You NEED To Know About FEMALE Masturbation

1. More Women Masturbate Than You Think.

Okay, so maybe it’s not all day, every day, but this statistic is definitely not the perfect picture of modesty we tend to envision for ladyfolk: 92 percent of women masturbate regularly. And just like the infographic says, the other 8 percent are probably lying..

2. And Women Are Masturbating More Often Than You Realize.

Moreover, 60 percent of women indulge in some self-lovin’ about two to three times a week. About 10 percent of women do it every day. Different strokes for different (lady)folks.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala refutes 2019 presidential ambition reports

Nigeria's former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has distanced herself from a rumoured 2019 presidential bid.

She issued a disclaimer and denied any link with the  Facebook page dedicate to her rumoured 2019 presidential bid.

PHOTONEWS: Acting President Osinbajo visits Abia State

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo visited Abia state. He was received by the governor of the state, Okezie Ikpeazu. The Acting President also met with some traders and entrepreneurs in the state.

If I could turn back the hands of time, I would never hurt or make you cry - RMD's birthday message to his wife

Nollywood veteran actor, Richard Mofe Damijo writes this lovely birthday message to his wife, Jumoke.

He wrote:

Photos: Chicken arrested and thrown in jail sparks controversy

A chicken has been jailed in Honduras after causing chaos when he invaded a neighbour's field. The bird was caged by police after his owner got into a fierce row with another man in the city of Trujillo in the northern Honduran department of Colon.

Officers incarcerated the cockerel after it raided a plot of land, climbing trees and shattering the peace with loud cries.

Sen. Ben Bruce says Buhari is going about CHANGE the wrong way

Nigerian Senator, Ben Murray Bruce, has stated that the Muhammadu Buhari administration is trying to effect change in the wrong manner.

"To paraphrase Barack Obama Change won't come if we keep blaming other people or other administrations," he said.

"We must be the change that we promised!" he added.

We have no plan to reduce petrol to N70 per liter - FG

The federal government has announced that it will not reduce the pump price of petrol following a recommendation from the House of Reps that the commodity shouldn't cost more than N70 per litre.

The PPPRA on Thursday held a meeting to discuss the issue.

A top ranking PPPRA official said all the stakeholders came to the table to decide how much a litre of petrol should be sold.

Apostle Johnson Suleiman threatens legal action against DSS

Apostle Johnson Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries (OFM), has threatened to sue the Department of State Services (DSS) for allegedly attempting to arrest him in Ado Ekiti.

Operatives of the DSS were alleged to have stormed the hotel room of the pastor in Adebayo area of the state capital on Wednesday and attempted to force their way to his room to arrest him.

They were, however, resisted by security men of the hotel that insisted on knowing their mission. Minutes later, Governor Ayodele Fayose led a rescue mission to the hotel forcing the operatives to flee the scene.

APC’s Constitution Review Targeted At Tinubu, Others – Timi Frank reveals

Barely 24 hours after the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) inaugurated its constitution review committee, the party’s embattled Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Timi Frank, has faulted the exercise, alleging that it was aimed at easing out some powerful individuals.

In a statement yesterday in Abuja, Frank, who is on a technical suspension, claimed that the national chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was “vigorously working to ensure that he pushes out some prominent members of the party.”

He warned that the move was capable of exacerbating the seeming crisis in the party.

Sen Godswill Akpabio says over 20 lawmakers will soon join PDP

The Minority Leader of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has  said that some lawmakers would be joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once the party finally resolves its leadership crisis.

Akpabio disclosed this at the Expanded Caucus and the 73 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the PDP held on Thursday in Abuja.

He said that although some lawmakers were defecting from PDP to other parties, the PDP still had very significant number of lawmakers as it was wining more seats through conducted elections.

Senate orders probe of Fashola, BPP over alleged inflation of N2.4bn contracts

The Senate, yesterday orderd its Committees on Public Procurement and Works to probe alleged irregularities in awards and inflation of two contract sums which show excess of N2.4 billion by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP.

The Senate also directed the committee to forward the report of the probe within one week. Fashola The decision of the Senate was sequel to a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) on alleged irregularities in the award of contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of road and bridge projects in the first and second batch forwarded to it by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing through letters dated November 7 and 15, 2016 as contained in the 2016 budget implementation.

4.7 million Northeast children receive measles vaccination - UN

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says a major vaccination campaign against a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria is reaching 4.7 million children.

Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, stated this in a statement according to the Office of the UN Secretary-General.

“Security has improved in some areas so we have acted quickly to access places we could not previously reach and protect children from the spread of a very dangerous disease.

Barcelona defeat Real Sociedad to reach Cup semi-finals

Former Manchester City player Denis Suarez produced two wonderful finishes as holders FC Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 6-2 aggregate win over Real Sociedad.

Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Suarez doubled the lead with a low finish before Lionel Messi’s penalty kick made it 3-0 on aggregate on Thursday.

Juanmi pulled a goal back before Luis Suarez made it 4-1 on aggregate.

Willian Jose’s header cut the deficit again before Suarez’s second goal.

UK court dismisses Niger Delta community suit against Shell

A High Court in London has dismissed a suit by Bille and Ogale communities seeking to sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts for spill incidents in the Niger Delta.

The communities had in May 2015, through their United Kingdom solicitors, Leigh Day, brought a litigation against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited for oil spill, and also filed claims against RDS as an “anchor defendant” to bring the claims in England.

Both the RDS and SPDC challenged the jurisdiction of the English court to hear the claims.

Gunmen shoot General Overseer of Reigners’ Bible Church's counsel in Uyo

Ini Ekpo, counsel to Apostle Akan Weeks, the General Overseer of Reigners Bible Church, which collapsed on 10th December last year, killing scores of worshippers, was on Thursday morning, shot by unidentified gunmen at his residence in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

It was learnt that the gunmen gained entrance into his house through the main gate around 2:27am and advanced to his room where they shot him twice on his two legs before they made away with four laptops.

A family source, who did not want to be named, told Punch that the assailants accused Ekpo of being responsible for the lies Weeks told the commission.

Freeze reacts to reports of MMM Nigeria top guider & wife fleeing to the Philippines

Yesterday there was reports that MMM Nigeria top Guider, Chuddy Ugorji and his wife, Amaka have reportedly fled the country to the Philippines.

It was gathered that Ugorji, left Nigeria with his wife to the Philippines. He fled the country when many investors were waiting to be paid their money with the accrued interest, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.

Ogbonna Kanu and Laura Ikeji's traditional marriage to hold on Saturday

Linda Ikeji's younger sister Laura Ikeji got engaged on 17th December to her fiance, former footballer and younger brother to football legend Kanu Nwankwo, Ogbonna Kanu.

They had their court marriage on 19th January and are set for their traditional marriage on Saturday, 28th January 2017. See a photo of their customized marriage bottled water.

Checkout this throwback photo of former EFCC Boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

A throwback pic of former EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has surfaced online. The photo was taken in his early days at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

Pastor prays for recharge cards into his members phones in Zimbabwe (Photo)

As shared by Malawi news on Facebook:

HILARIOUS! LUSAKA PROPHET PRAYS FOR A RECHARGE FROM HEAVEN INTO CHURCH MEMBERS’ PHONES 

Olamide and Ice Prince throw their support for 2Face Idibia's led nationwide protest against FG

The protest is scheduled for 15th February 2017 and several celebrities are already coming out to show support.

See Olamide's post to show support for the protest ...

Actress, Funke Adesiyan to 2face: It's not enough for us to protest, get involved in governance

Nollywood actress, Funke Adesiyan who contested and lost a House of Assembly seat in Oyo State during the 2014 general elections has reacted to the planned protest of Feb. 5th that 2face Idibia and other celebs want to get involved in.

According to the actress who just shared a post on Instagram and tagged 2face Idibia himself, she says, 'It's not enough for us to protest, it's more important for us, youths of this beloved nation to get involved in governance'.

Gallant Rev. Father display his gun in church

Rev Father is so prepared for both spiritual and physical warfare ... Keep off, Lol!

E-money shares throwback photos with an inspiring caption

Five Star Music Boss, E-money shared the throwback photo and captioned it:

Where you are today does not determine where you will be tomorrow. - #It is too late to fail,we are too loaded to be empty. -💃💃💃💃💃💃 #TBT ..

2Face clarifies stand on nationwide protest against Federal Government

According to the singer, the protest, which will hold on February 5, was never his creation but a call to action to speak up for his people.

2Baba made the clarification in a short statement he shared with his 1.8 million followers on Instagram.

He wrote;

Rob Kardashian wishes Blac Chyna a Happy 1st Anniversary

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are celebrating their first anniversary.

The new dad shared a PDA packed video montage on Instagram today to celebrate the milestone, and also deactivated the comment section of the post.

Rob Kardashian, 29, first captioned the video “a year when by so fast, love you,” but later changed it to “1 year down lol woohoooooo happy anniversary babbbbbbiiiiiiieeeeee.”