Am Umar Oyibo..

If Our People Insist, We Will Go Back To PDP, Says Kwara Governor Kwara State governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, was one of the five governors that walked, with other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), out of the party in the buildup to the 2015 general elections to strengthen the All Progressives Congress (APC) that eventually chased their former platform out of power. READ MORE: http://bit.ly/2DRMhav

$1.3b NNPC Cash: I Acted On Jonathan's Instructions - Diezani Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke yesterday said she acted on the instructions of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in directing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to release $1.3billion to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). ormer Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke yesterday said she acted on the instructions of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in directing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to release $1.3billion to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA). She said it was not within the power or discretion of any minister to question or disregard the written directive of a president. The ex-minister made the clarifications through a statement by her Media Adviser, Mr. Clem Aguiyi, against the backdrop of the ongoing probe of the withdrawal of $1.3billion from the accounts of NNPC to fight kidnappin...

PMB SUPPORTERS REPLY OBASANJO... 1. YOU MASSACRED TIVS IN ZAKI BIAM 2. YOU OBLITRATED ODI VILLAGE 3. YOU BROUGHT TO NEAR EXTINCTION DEMOCRACY IN PLATEAU 4. YOU KILLED THE PEOPLES CHOICE IN EKITI 5. YOU WASTED 16 BILLION DOLLARS FOR GIVING US DARKNESS 6. YOU ALMOST ELIMINATED OUR FRANCHISE WITH YOU OBNOXIOUS GREEDY THIRD TERM AGENDA 7. YOU PERFORATED NIGERIA WITH YOUR UNWISE CONCESSION OF IMPORTANT BAKASI TO CAMEROON 8. YOU INTRODUCED GHANA MUST GO POLITICS TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 9. YOU ATTACKED AND DEMEANED THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NIGERIAN HALLOWED CHAMBER 10. YOU INTRODUCED DO OR DIE POLITICS WITH MASSIVE RIGGING AND SUBVERSION OF THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 11. YOU FOUGHT WITH YOUR VICE PRESIDENT, CABINET MEMBERS, LEGISLATORS, GOVERNORS AND EVERYBODY EVERYONE THAT DISAGREES WITH YOUR EGO 12. YOU JETTISONED AND BETRAYED PARTY MECHANISM TO ENTHRONE SICK LEADERS OR WEAK LEADERS ON NIGERIANS 13. YOU SOLD AND CONCESSION NIGERIA'S ECONOMY TO YOURSELF AND ASSOCI...

I wonder what could have been said if the "mysterious" plane crash that took the life of Kaduna State Governor, late Patrick Yakowa and Gen Andrew Azazi happened during Buhari's administration! I wonder what could have been said on media or street if the 47 hefty Biafran men who were brutally killed from a prison and dumped in to Ozu River in 2013 had happened during Buhari's led government! I wonder what could be said if assuming the 560 people killed in Kano Central Mosque during Friday prayers in 2014 were to be a Church, and it happened during Buhari's led administration! I wonder what could have been said if Ayo Orisejafor were Sultan of Sokoto whose private Jet was apprehended and grounded in South Africa for arms smuggling happened during Buhari's administration! I wonder what could have been said if a plane stashed with thousand weapons and heavy explosive devices that was found in Kano airport in 2014 happened during Buhari's led government! ...

2019: Why Tinubu must dump APC, Buhari now – Sule Lamido By Seun Opejobi  Sule Lamido, former Jigawa State Governor, has called on a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, to dump the ruling party. Lamido, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential hopeful, hinged his call on the claims in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari was only integrating Tinubu due to the upcoming 2019 presidential election. Speaking at a function in Abuja, th e former governor stressed that Buhari had since after the 2015 elections sidelined and fought Tinubu through governors and ministers from the South-West. He sent the message through former Lagos Commissioner for Finance, Wale Edun, who represented Tinubu at the event. Lamido told Edun, “Tell Asiwaju that his brother and friend says he is in a wrong party. He will only recover and reintegrate himself as a democrat if he leaves the APC. ‘’Asiwaju was only integrated six months ago. They were using his gove...

Israel offers to pay African migrants to leave or get jailed by Rebecca Akinremi The Israeli government has issued a notice for thousands of African migrants to leave the country or face imprisonment. Israel said on Wednesday that it would pay thousands of Africa migrants living illegally in the country to leave, threatening them with jail if they are caught after the end of March. Each migrant will be given up to $3,500 (about N1.2 million) to leave within the next 90 days. They will also be given the option of going to their home countries or third countries. If they do not leave, the Israeli authorities have threatened that they will start jailing them from April. A spokesperson for Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority told the BBC that there were currently 38,000 “infiltrators” in Israel, of whom just 1,420 were being held in detention facilities. “Beyond the end of March, those who leave voluntarily will receive a significantly smaller paymen...

I drink blood of people I kill, kidnap kingpin says By Segun Olaniyi, Abuja 03 January 2018 | THE GUARDIAN Ibrahim Umar, a 25-year-old kidnap-for-ransom kingpin, said he had not only killed over ten of his victims in recent times but also drank their blood raw. Umar made this chilling revelation yesterday when the police paraded him along with 15 others. He added that he hunts and kills soldiers to get their arms and uniforms for operations whenever he was in need of the items. The suspect, a vicious and notorious kidnap/armed robbery kingpin, who said he has been in the business for over two years, was arrested alongside his three gang members in the forest and towns along Abuja-Kaduna, and Abuja-Suleja-Minna highway by men of the F-SARS Special Tactical Squad attached to Operation Absolute Sanity. The husband of two wives and father of two, who gave his nickname as “Oro”, told journalists at Sabon Wuse Divisional Office, venue of the parade, that he had made fortunes worth...

The Rivers State government has placed a reward of N200 million to track killers of 16 persons, including women and children, who were returning from New Year cross-over in Om Wike said this on Tuesday during a visit to the community, alongside heads of security agencies in the state. He assured the victims of government’s support and also vowed to ensure that the perpetrators are brought to book. One of the victims of the attack, who lost her husband and child in the attack told the Governor that the hoodlums stormed her home on the day of the attack and suddenly started shooting anyone in sight. A combined team of the army, the Police, Department of State Services (DSS) and men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corp (NSCDC) have since swung into action to ensure arrest the suspects behind the attack. The senator representing Rivers South-East, Sen. Magnus Abe, has described the killing in the early hours of the New Year day as barbaric and senseless. A statement b...

Human Rights Group Files Suit To Release Investigation Report On Panama Papers HEDA Resources Center, a non-governmental organization concerned with human rights and good governance related issues, has filed a suit to compel the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), to release its investigation report on those indicted in the Panama Papers scandal. READ MORE: http://bit.ly/2CH0zb9

The Lagos State Police Command, on Tuesday, uncovered a shrine at Ayegbami quarters, Imosan in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, where suspected badoo cult members take oath before going on operations. The shrine was discovered in an operation carried out by the command, SARS and the Lagos State task force officers, following an arrest of some suspected badoo cult members. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, who led the operation, said the kingpin of the notorious cult group was arrested while trying to escape through the waterways. “All other suspects are in custody and in a confessional statement, one of the suspects described this shrine as the place where the suspects come before going on operation. “This is the piece of stone which they use and according to the suspect, there is no operation which they go for without first coming here to take oath. “The owner of the shrine will immediately be placed on arrest and the shrine will be destroyed,” he said. The owner...

Properties worth several millions of naira were destroyed on Monday morning in a New Year fire blaze in Port Hardouer, River state. The fire, which started at about 5am, was reportedly caused by some recalcitrant persons who set a heap of condemned motor tyres afire around Njemanze Street, Mile 1 in Diobu area of the city. At least one petroleum tanker was burnt to ashes in the resulting blaze, which caused panic around the area. Workers at Vintage Press Limited, publishers of the The Nation titles, and other residents were caught in the panic, because of fear that the fire could spread to the company’s premises opposite the scene. The fire spread for several blocks reach as far as Nsuka and Okoroma streets. Residents of nearby parts of the suburb were seen fleeing the area with their valuables documents and property. “Our fear was due to the heavy presence of petroleum tankers awaiting their turn to load at nearby jetties. Njemanze is usually filled with those t...

Baby allegedly stolen at RCCG camp reunited with mom, suspect caught by Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 28-year-old woman, Anuoluwapo Joshua, for allegedly stealing a three-year-old baby, Patience Francis, at Redemption Camp, along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Police report indicated that the suspect had stolen the child since July 2017 during the monthly Holy Ghost congress, but she was apprehended on 29th December, 2017 at the Youth Ce ntre in the camp after a programme. Patience was discovered missing after her mother returned from the new auditorium where she had gone to pack her children’s clothes. Since then, police report further indicated, all efforts to know the whereabouts of the child had proved abortive. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said, “The suspect ran out of luck on the 29th December when the child was sighted inside the Youth Centre at Redemption Camp during the children’s end of the year party...

EFCC: Ex-First Lady’s $15.5m stolen from govt, agencies Posted By: Joseph Jibueze  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has told the Federal High Court in Lagos that former First Lady Patience Jonathan could not have genuinely earned the $15.5million which she claims ownership of. In its defence to her suit challenging the freezing of her accounts, the commission argued that Mrs Jon athan does not run any business from which she could have earned such huge sums. EFCC said its investigations showed that the money was allegedly stolen from the Federal Government and its agencies, and that it does not belong to the former First Lady. “There is no way the plaintiff (Mrs Jonathan) could have genuinely earned the monies. She is the wife of the former president, a civil servant and a retired permanent secretary in Bayelsa State. “She does not run any profit and interest yielding business venture to generate such money. “Investigation conducted by the first defendant (EFCC...