Photos: Pres. Jonathan in Asaba on a two-day visit to Delta State

President Jonathan pictured above as he arrived Asaba today on a 2-day visit. See more photos after the cut..

Osinbajo planning to hand over to Tinubu - Femi Fani-Kayode

At a press briefing in Abuja today, the spokesperson of the PDP Presidential campaign organization PDPPCO, Femi Fani-Kayode alleged that a Chieftain of the APC, Bola Tinubu has compelled the Vice Presidential candidate of the APC, Prof Osinbajo to swear to an oath that he would resign as Vice President six months after inauguration (if their party wins) so that he can scheme his way into power if Gen Buhari dies in office. What he said below...

Abati's musings: In honour of the military, You'll love the Goodluck Pun. Inspirational!

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Ever Full of Surprises, Dr. Reuben Abati took to his Facebook and Instagram pages this morning and wrote something he called his Musings titled "#StumbleUpon" It is such an Inspirational piece and a delight to read from the Presidential spokesman something other than press statements or official matters. It was in honor of Nigerian Soldiers and a Pun somewhere in the rhyme beautifies the nature of Mr. President's name; Lovely! Our favorite Line would be;  Mighty Jets, Tanks and Ships; (Air, Land and Sea), Conquer not alone, God with Goodluck us Equip;  

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Revealed! Meet Jihadi John - The World's most wanted man

First picture of the face of the younger, normal, happy looking schoolboy who has now turned into the reviled, disgusting ISIS executioner, Jihadi John, who has publicly beheaded many foreign nationals and now the face of ISIS. Originally born in Kuwait before moving to UK at 6, his name is Mohammed Emwazi. He embraced British life, playing football in the affluent streets of West London while supporting Manchester United. Neighbours recalled a polite, quietly spoken boy who was studious at his Church of England school, where he was the only Muslim pupil in his class. The son of a Kuwaiti minicab driver, young Emwazi arrived in Britain speaking only a few words of English, and appeared more interested in football than in Islam. It was only after he won a place studying computing at the University of Westminster that his behaviour began to change.

He was on a UK terror watch list, but managed to flee to Syria in 2012. Now, he's known around the world as the notorious Islamic State murderer who has shocked the world with his blood lust.

Photos: Life returns to Mubi, Adamawa state

Life is gradually returning to Mubi, Adamawa state after Nigerian troops recaptured the town from Boko Haram. Economic and social activities are beginning to pick up. See more pics after the cut...

Photos: Fire in Aguda surulere, see aftermath

Fire gutted a 2-storey building at Hassan Idowu street in Aguda, Surulere this morning. Eyewitnesses said the fire started from one of the flats and spread. See the aftermath after the cut...

Children of the rich & affluent in Nigeria are being recruited into ISIS - FG

The Federal government yesterday raised an alarm over the continued radicalization and recruitment of Nigerian youths, especially children of the rich studying abroad, into international terrorist group, ISIS. Speaking at a joint media briefing at the National Information Center in Abuja, the DG of the Center, Mike Omeri said intelligence report indicates that children of the rich and affluent studying abroad are being recruited into ISIS via social media and other other sources.

"At this point, we wish to alert the nation that intelligence report indicates the continued radicalization of our youths through the social media and a variety of other sources. The reports also indicate these youths who are mostly children of the rich and affluent are being recruited into ISIS. We therefore call on parents and guidance especially those whose wards are schooling abroad to closely monitor the activities of these students who may be substitutable to the antics of the promoters of this strange catastrophic ideology" he said

i dont have a godfather, Jimi Agbaje insist

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Lagos state, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, has declared that PDP leader, Bode George is not his godfather.

Agbaje who engaged his followers on social media in a Question and Answer session, stressed that George is a leader of the party in the state but not his political godfather as insinuated by the ruling party in the state, All Progressives Congress, APC.

“Bode George is not my godfather. He is one of the leaders in the PDP. When I joined PDP he wasn’t even aware,” he boasted.

He also pointed out that his administration will focus on Security, Health, Education & youth empowerment, Governance, transportation and Housing.

Deputy Comptroller & Inspector of Prison jailed 3 years for oil theft

Find the EFCC press statement below...

Justice C. O Ogisi of Delta State High Court, Sapele, on Wednesday February 25, 2015 convicted and sentenced a former Deputy Comptroller in charge of Ogwashi-Uku Prison in Delta State, DCP Diete Wure Wisdom and a Senior Inspector of Prison, Ayamede Peter to three years imprisonment for stealing 27, 200 litres of automotive gas oil stored in exhibit trucks, left in the custody of the prison.

Duncan Mighty comes for Buhari/APC and their supporters...lol

He shared this on instagram. Wetin concern me? My own is to report what I see...lol

President Jonathan pays surprise visit to Mubi, Vintim in Adamawa

There's no photo of this yet but according to reports, President Jonathan in company of service chiefs and the National Security Adviser, Dasuki, this morning paid a surprise visit to Mubi and Vintim towns in Adamawa state, both towns recaptured from Boko Haram

Pres. Jonathan arrived the Yobe International Airport this morning at about 10.45am and proceeded to the Emir of Mubi's palace to meet with him and his people. He also met with the troops stationed in the area and had a first hand assessment of the damage done by Boko Haram in both towns.

Troops who recaptured Baga to be given special promotion

The Nigerian Army says it will be placing all the Nigerian troops involved in the mission to recapture Baga from Boko Haram on special promotion. The promotion was announced by the Chief of Army Staff, Kenneth Minimah while addressing the soldiers in Baga today February 25th. In his speech, the Army Chief celebrated the army officers and urged them to keep up the tempo & rescue more towns.

"The entire country is singing praises of Nigerian soldiers for the bravery exhibited in the fight against the insurgents. I urge you to keep the tempo by striving hard to record more successes. Never again will Nigerians suffer this kind of large scale destruction in the name of insurgency. The war is almost ended. We will liberate Dikwa, Bama, Gwoza, Marte and other places in a few days time" he said

FG approves 9 new private universities

The Federal Executive Council chaired by Vice President Namadi Sambo today approved the establishment of nine new private Universities in Nigeria. The new Universities are; The Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State; Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State; Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State; Hallmark University, Ijebu Itele, Ogun State; Kings University, Ode Omu, Osun State; Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Orode, Delta State; Mountain Top University, Ogun State, Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State and Summit University, Offa, Kwara State.

When the licenses are issued, it will bring to 60 the total number of private Universities in Nigeria.

Photo of the day: When Aminu Tambuwal met President Jonathan

These politicians can like to abuse each other on paper but when they see each other, they are very cordial. The Speaker of the House of Reps Aminu Tambuwal pictured greeting president Jonathan respectfully with a huge smile on his face at the birthday party of Shehu Shagari in Sokoto yesterday.

Chris Brown denied entrance to Canada, just hours before concerts

The Canadian government denied Chris Brown entry into the country yesterday just hours before a scheduled performance. Chris took to Twitter to announce to fans...in a dignified manner. He tweeted;

"Unfortunately I will not be able to perform in front of sold out crowds in Montreal & Toronto. The good people of the Canadian government wouldn't allow me entry. I'll be back this summer and will hopefully see all my Canadian fans!"

Chris was scheduled to perform in Montreal yesterday night and Toronto this night. And fans had already bought tickets. Not nice! Die hard Chris Brown fans are now asking the US govt to ban Justin Bieber - who is Canadian - from entry into the US. According to TMZ, Canadian law dictates a person could be "criminally inadmissible" if they have been convicted of a crime involving assault.

Faces of evil! See Boko Haram members captured in Chad

Above is a photo of members of Boko Haram captured by Chadian soldiers yesterday in Gamboru, a border town between Chad and Nigeria. 207 of the militants were killed during the gun battle...

Pedestrians asked to raise their hands & walk by soldiers following clash in Oshodi

The violence that started in Oshodi last week between two rival gangs (read here) continued this morning. Many vehicles were vandalized and razed as hoodlums clashed again in the early hours of today. According to twitter users, when soldiers came to intervene, they asked pedestrians to raise their hands as they walked past the area where the fight occurred. A part of the road was totally shut down with road barricades but sanity is gradually returning to the area.

Nigerian awarded peace prize worth $170k for campaign against Boko Haram.

Nigerian woman Esther Ibanga, a pastor and activist in who has campaigned against extremist group, Boko Haram was on Tuesday Feb. 24th awarded a Japanese peace prize worth $170,000.

For her tireless vocal protest against Boko Haram killings and kidnappings, and pressuring central and local governing officials to fight back against the extremists. the Niwano Peace Foundation said it has awarded Ibanga its 20 million yen annual prize.

"Esther has worked extensively to foster and facilitate reconciliation between conflicting religious and tribal groups, setting up an organization that has all tribal women leaders on its membership" the Buddhist group-backed foundation said.

$170k would be about N34million now. Congrats to her...

Pres. Jonathan condemns Boko Haram's reversion to suicide bombing of soft targets

Read the State House Press statement below...

Boko Haram reversion to suicide bombing of soft targets, act of desperate sect facing extinction

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan condemns the reversion by the terrorist group, Boko Haram to the callous bombing of soft targets in parts of Nigeria in the wake of the ongoing rapid recovery by gallant Nigerian troops and their multinational allies of areas formerly controlled by the sect. President Jonathan commiserates with all families who have lost loved ones in the bombings which continued today with attacks on Kano and Potiskum.

Photos: Perfectly healthy baby delivered still inside his amniotic sac

His hands and feet were clearly visible - but baby Silas Philips was in no rush to enter the world. Born still inside his amniotic sac, he has since been described as a 'medical miracle' by doctors. 

Silas was delivered three months prematurely at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in California. And doctors performing the Caesarean section on his mother, Chelsea, were astonished to see his amniotic sac was still intact. Pictures show Silas curled up inside with the placenta and umbilical cord, his tiny hands and a leg clearly visible.

Obasanjo tore an expired party card - PDP

According to the National Secretary of the PDP, Professor Adewale Oladipo, the PDP membership card torn by former President Olusegun Obasanjo on February 16th had long expired as it was signed by a former acting chairman of the party, Alhaji Abubakar Baraje who is now a chieftain in the APC.

According to Professor OLadipo, Chief Obasanjo is over 80 years old and there are certain actions people of his age take that they themselves can't explain. Prof Oladiposaid this while speaking to a group of students who came to show their solidarity for President Jonathan at the party's National secretariat in Abuja yesterday.

Photos: President Jonathan & wife attend Bayelsa women funeral

President Jonathan and First Lady Patience Jonathan were at the funeral of the 12 Bayelsa women who were killed in an auto accident on their way from a meeting with the First Lady on February 14th. See the photos from the burial after the cut..

Graphic pics from Kano blast + death toll in Potiskum blast now 22

The number of people who died after a male suicide bomber attacked Tashar Dan-Borno motorpark in Potiskum, Yobe state this morning has been put at 22 while as many as 200 others sustained serious injuries. After the cut are some graphic photos from the scene of the Kano blast today...

President Jonathan missed the point on missing N30trn - Charles Soludo

In his interview with ThisDay newspaper published last Sunday February 22nd, President Jonathan accused former CBN Governor Charles Soludo of being political with his claims that N30 trillion had gone missing under the watch of the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. What President Jonathan said about Soludo's claims below and Soludo's response after the cut...

Bash Ali arrested, charged to court for constituting public nuisance

When did they start arresting people for constituting public nuisance? Lol Nigerian boxing icon, Bash Ali was arrested last week Wednesday Feb. 11th in front of a bank in Abuja for constituting public nuisance. Not only was he arrested, he was locked up in a cell and charged to court for the offence.

According to reports, the boxer and three other boxers had gone to the Nigerian Export Import Bank, NEXIM, in Abuja last week to demand for the sponsorship the bank was asked by president Jonathan to give to the Boxers Association for a Guinness Book of Record fight. When they didn't pay him attention, Bash Ali and the men allegedly created drama in front of the bank premises The management of the bank called in the police and accused the boxer and the others of threatening to bomb their bank building

Atiku remembers the school boys slaughtered & abducted by Boko Haram

Today marks a year since the brutal murder of secondary school boys of Federal Government college, Buni Yadi, in Yobe state by Boko Haram members. Former Nigerian Vice President, Atiku Abubakar shares some words in their memory. See more tweets after the cut...

Ebonyi State House of Assembly building totally razed down

Ebonyi State House of Assembly complex was totally razed to the ground this morning Feb. 24th after a fire broke out from the Accounts department and spread to the media section of the complex. The cause of the fire has not been ascertainment but workers in the complex are suspecting it was an arson.

photos of aerial bombardment of Boko Haram hideout in the North

The Nigerian military yesterday released a video showing aerial bombardment of a community in the North East believed to be in the control of Boko Haram members. In the video, people can be seen running in different directions as the Airforce continues its airstrike. See some more photos  after the cut...

Photos: Buhari pictured with Bola Tinubu in London

Bola Tinubu pictured with General Buhari at Tinubu's home in London today. Also the APC National Chairman, John Oyegun arrived London today for a meeting with some youth leaders tomorrow. See that picture after the cut...

PDP Lagos Guber candidate Jimi Agbaje replies Gov. Fashola

Jimi Agbaje posted this on his Facebook page this morning. It's a response to Governor Fashola's comments that Agbaje's company only paid his taxes after he was publicly called out. Read below...

The Honourable Governor B.R. Fashola (SAN) has lied again and I think it's time to address his repeated blunder.

With regards to my taxes, there is no truth in this latest piece of misinformation that the Honourable Governor has been peddling. Following the repudiation of his initial allegations about Jaykay Pharmaceuticals unpaid taxes, he has lied again, giving the impression that my company has gone to pay money supposedly owed to the government.

Photos: Fayose says Buhari had his 'London' interview at Transcorp Hilton Abuja

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state yesterday took some journalists to the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja to prove that the photo of APC Presidential candidate, Gen Buhari, having an interview with Kemi Fadojutimi on 'All Eyes on Africa' TV show was actually conducted in Abuja and not in London like his media aides claimed.

Fayose took the journalists round suite 881 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel where he said the interview with Fadojutimi actually took place in. He compared the sofa, paintings, table lamp, the flower vase, the lighting points and DSTV magazine in the suite with what was published in the papers.

Skale's girlfriends defends her man, comes for Wizkid, others

She tweeted this as her man came under fire from Wizkid and others yesterday. She actually wrote 'can you afford a girl like me?" Lol..girl, are you for sale? #Justasking. Read the tweets after the cut...

IGP orders full scale investigation into death of Kano prof. who was killed after being mistaken for Boko Haram leader

The Inspector General of Police has ordered a full scale investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a leading professor of Agriculture at the Ahmadu Bello University ABU, Prof Ahmed Falaki who was killed in Kano on February 15th following suspicions he was a Boko Haram leader. 

Narrating how his father was killed, one of the sons of the late Professor said his father had set out on a journey in his official car with his younger brother and his driver to Bauchi state on Saturday Feb. 14th to see a relative. As they were returning to Kano, his car developed a flat Tyre in Fala village in Tudun Wada LGA of Kano State. He said according to his father's driver, while fixing their tyre, some armed men riding on a motorcycle accosted them and demanded for the keys to his SUV which he advised his driver to give to them. The armed men sped off with his car. Shortly after, Fala villagers saw the three men and accused them of being Boko Haram members. They said the prof. was their leader and had given the vehicle to their members.