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A thief burst into tears, on Saturday, after he was nabbed alongside two others, while stealing solar panels belonging to MTN in Atan-Otta, Ogun State.                            The thieves Operatives attached to the Ogun police command have arrested three young men in Atan-Otta area of the state, for allegedly carting away a veritable source of power to MTN mast. As it is a known fact that the mast needs to be on for the entire 24 hours of the day, to service subscribers, a condition the MTN management felt was a task that must be done and decided to install 12 solar power panels for the installation. Against this well designed arrangement, a gang thieves besieged the site at Atan-Otta with the intent to cart away the entire solar power panels valued at N14 million. However, having succeeded in dismantling the source of power on Saturday, August 18, 2018, they ran out of luck when a group of vigilante ...

Twitter user, @fashoo_ is proud of her natural body and she took to her page to show off her stretch marks while rocking a blue bikini. She captioned the post: ‘Real Bodies ? stretch marks and tummy ain’t never hurt nobody ??‍??’ See photos below…

Enyimba players trained for the first time at their home ground in Aba in almost three years on Friday morning, Completesportsnigeria. com reports. The Peoples Elephant have played home games in the Nigeria Professional Football League and on the continent at neutral venues since renovation works started at the Enyimba International Stadium at the end of the 2014/2015 season. With works at the stadium completed and ready to host games again, the players had a feel of the newly laid artificial surface on Friday. “First training session inside our revamped stadium. Couldn’t have felt any better. 18 days until we play our first competitive game on this incredible surface. #WeCantWait #WeAreEnyimba #ForVictory,” reads a tweet on the club’s official Twitter handle on Friday. The Aba giants will host their next home game in the CAF Confederation Cup against CARA Brazzaville of Congo on August 29 at the Stadium. The two-time African champions sit in third place in Group C with...

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, for the second time, failed to show up in court on Wednesday to answer the charges bothering on gunrunning levied against him and two others. According to PUNCH Metro, the two suspects charged alongside the Senator,  Kabir Seidu, aka Osama, and Nuhu Salihu aka Smally, were in court. Sulyman Abdalah, who is the trial Magistrate, had at the last hearing fixed Wednesday, August 9 to commence trial following the complaints from Melaye that he was attacked on his way to Lokoja to honour an invitation from the police. When the case was called on Wednesday, his lawyer, Barrister Yemi Mohammed, who stood in for Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), told the court that his client could not be present in court on health grounds. He presented a medical report to that effect, a move that was not opposed to by the legal representative of the Kogi State Police Command, Theophilus Oteme. The two alleged accomplices, however, applied for bail cla...

All is not well with the Christ Church Cathedral [Anglican Communion] Akwete, Ukwa Diocese, Ukwa East Council of Abia State. The church is presently engrossed in serious crisis which pitched members against the Bishop of the Diocese, Rt. Rev. Samuel Kelechi Eze. The crisis is rocking the very foundation of the church as the parishioners are up in arms against the Bishop. In fact, they have banned him from conducting church services or even administering the church. They are also pushing for him to vacate the Bishop’s House, his official residence. Bone of contention The problem is that members of the church are accusing Bishop Eze of some wrong doings; particularly, they accused him of being a polygamist; that he has two wives who live with him in the Bishop’s Court. Other wrong doings border on maladministration of the church as well as not taking proper care of the priests working under him in the church. The matter has degenerated to the extent that the attention of the hea...

                               Daura and Saraki The sacking of Lawan Daura, Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo was done with the approval of President Muhammadu Buhari, SaharaReporters has been told. SaharaReporters understands that the decision to sack Daura was taken at about 4am on Tuesday, and Osinbajo secured Buhari’s approval before making the decision public. Sources confirmed to SaharaReporters that Daura ordered Tuesday’s DSS siege to the National Assembly in order to whip up public sentiments for Bukola Saraki, President of the Senate. It was gathered that Osinbajo was infuriated that he, as the Acting President and Chief Security Officer of the country, was not consulted before the deployment of DSS operatives to the National Assembly. The Police had also been told to deploy its men, but the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) ...

Timi Frank, the immediate past Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the party’s National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomohle, deceived President Muhammadu Buhari to depart for London after promising him (Buhari) that he (Oshiomhole) will remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, within 10 days. Frank was reacting to yesterday’s  invasion of the National Assembly  by men of the Department for State Service, DSS. The former APC chieftain berated Oshiomhole for denying allegedly having anything to do with blockage of the National Assembly and the attempt to impeach Saraki. Part of Frank’s statement said, “Why is Oshiomhole lying when every Nigerian knows that he is the one out to foist a new leadership on the Senate at all cost even when he knows that the APC lawmakers lack the two-third constitutionally stipulated number of Senators to legally remove Saraki and Ekweremadu? “Nigerians must not be deceived, Oshiomhole...

Falconets Nigeria open their FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup campaign against Germany today in France, with coach  Chris Danjuma charging the Falconets to fight to scoop all three points at stake. “It is a good thing we are meeting Germany in our first match. If you want to be a champion, you have to overcome strong forces on the way. We are starting the tournament knowing that there is no easy route to the top, and that we have to give our best in every minute of the competition,” said  Danjuma. Effervescent forward Gift Monday must play carefully in order to avoid a yellow card that could knock her out of Thursday’s clash with Haiti, having been cautioned in the Nigeria team’s final qualifying match against South Africa in Benin City early in the year. However, the Falconets are loaded to the hilt with proven performers. Captain Oluwakemi Famuditi and Glory Ogbonna would be expected to keep things tight at the back, while Christy Ucheibe and Peace Efih would be sa...

Abubakar tendered his resignation in a letter dated August 5th 2018 and addressed to the state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Sunday, Daily Independent reports. The deputy governor said he had desired to remain in office until the end of their tenure, but chose to resign due to irreconcilable differences with the governor. The letter reads, “I regret to write and notify you of my decision to resign my position as deputy governor of Kano State with effect from Saturday 4th August, 2018. “Your Excellency, I would have desired to remain up to the end of our tenure in order to fulfill the aspirations and expectations of the good people of Kano State as expressed in their mandate given to our joint ticket in 2015, but with the current and persistent irreconcilable differences on matters relating to governance and government operations, personal opinions, and the concept of, and respect for, democratic ideals and values, it would be unfair to my conscience, to the good people of K...

The report reaching Vitality's Concept from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital has it that the state deputy governor, Pa Moses Ekpo has resigned from the government of the State. Ekpo is a strong ally of the Senate minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio who is expected to join the All Progressives Congress in Wednesday. Ekpo’s name is on the list of those expected to join Akpabio to the APC in Wednesday. The official communication from the state government has not been released but an insider from the inner caucus of the PDP confirmed the development to InsightMedia. Details later…

A pastor has revealed what he saw inside a bush in Imo state. The pastor, Bishop Nelson revealed how the deity was tied to a tree in the bush which was close to shrine and decided to take action. According to the pastor, he fought the fetish item both spiritually and physical before he defeated it and destroyed it. This happened some days ago at Arondizuogu in Ideato area of Imo state. Source: https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/08/pastor-destroys-fetish-item-tied-to-a-tree-in-imo-state.html

Alia Ghanem, the mother of deceased al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden has said that her son was ‘brainwashed’ into extremist ideology. Speaking at her family’s home in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Ghanem told the Guardian newspaper, that bin Laden was a shy, academically capable boy, who turned into a strong, pious figure while an economics student in Jeddah in his early 20s. “The people at university changed him. “He became a different man,’’ she told the newspaper, which said bin Laden had met Abdullah Azzam, a Muslim Brotherhood member, who became his spiritual adviser, at the university. “He was a very good child until he met some people, who pretty much brainwashed him in his early 20s. “You can call it a cult; they got money for their cause. “I would always tell him to stay away from them and he would never admit to me what he was doing because he loved me so much,’’ she said.

The late legendary Nigerian Reggae artist, Ras Kimono, who passed on at the age of 60, will be buried in his home town, Onitsha Olona, Delta State, on August 25, Premium Times reports. Ras Kimono died in a Lagos hospital on June 10, after a brief illness. The family of the late reggae legend revealed this at a briefing in Surulere, Lagos. Theophilus Ehizibue, who spoke on behalf of the family at the briefing said, “Kimono’s journey to eternity will commence on August 17, with a social wake keep at his residence in Magodo, Lagos on August 22. Thereafter, his former record label, Premier Music, will hold a night of tributes in his honour at Freedom Park on Monday, August 20, while a reggae dancehall party comes up at his Magodo residence.” Mr. Ehizubue also added that the Association of Music Band Organisation of Nigeria would equally hold a night of tributes at Freedom Park on August 21. “The Copyright Society of Nigeria’s night of tributes holding at COSON House, Ike...

Godswill Akpabio with President Buhari: Reports say Akpabio will cross from PDP to APC next week Now a reverse switch is about to happen, with one of the main pillars of the PDP in the South South crossing to APC. APC Newspaper on its Twitter handle announced Saturday night: “We can confirm that, HE, Sen (Dr)  Godswill Akpabio is a card carrying member of       @OfficialAPCNg effective August 4, 2018. @OfficialPDPNig has lost him. Official Reception in days”. And APC United Kingdom in another tweet set the date for the defection: “Acting President, @ProfOsinbajo accompanied by Senator (Dr ) Ita Enang, and leaders of the APC in Akwa Ibom to formally receive Senator (Dr.) Godswill Akpabio into APC at Ikot Ekpene Stadium on Thursday 9 August, 2018. All lovers of Democracy are cordially invited”. Akpabio’s political movement appears irreversible as he also visited former the National Leader of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his Lagos home, t...

Gombe state Governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo has declared his intention to run for the office of the president come 2019. Governor Dankwambo who made his intention known on Saturday also said that he would be running for the office of the president under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.                                Hassan Dankwambo The Governor who took to his twitter handle to announce his ambition also said that he decided to run for the presidency after wide consultations with party members and with Nigerians of diverse backgrounds. The Governor announced his intention with a massive banner showing himself being mounted in the state. According to him, “After wide consultations with party members & Nigerians of diverse backgrounds! I, Dr Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo will be running for office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the platform of our great party,...

A former Vice President and a candidate in the upcoming Presidential election who is hoping to fly the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has taken to his twitter page to reassure Nigerian Youths that His government will do commit 21% of fund to education... I pledge that if I am chosen by the @OfficialPDPNig, to be its Presidential candidate, & if subsequently elected President by Nigerians, I will go above & beyond @UN recommendations & ensure a minimum of 21% of the Federal budget is devoted to education. https://t.co/jZYbDlDlKY Here are some reactions from Nigerian  youths...

Sex workers in Anambra State have threatened to starve policemen who patronise them over alleged harassment and arrest of their colleagues in major cities of the state. One of the sex workers, simply identified as Kaamsi, who claimed to be a leader of the group in Umunze in the Orumba South Local Government Area of the state, told Saturday PUNCH on Friday that her members in the state had decided to starve policemen. Kamsi, a leader of the group of prostitutes, said they would commence the decision as from Monday next week. She said, “These policemen constitute over 50 per cent of our customers, yet they come here at the garden to harass and intimidate us on daily basis. “About two days ago, no fewer than 10 of our members here were arrested and taken to SARS office. They were maltreated and so dehumanised before they were granted bail and asked to pay through their noses before they regained freedom. “This happens on daily basis here in Umunze, Onitsha, Awka, Nnewi, Ekwulob...

JALINGO- Ahead of the 2019 general election, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. File: NYSC members Director General of NYSC, Brig. Gen. Suleiman Kazaure spoke in Jalingo on Friday, when he paid a working visit to 2018 Batch B corps members posted to Taraba state for the three weeks orientation course. He said” since corps members would be used as ad-hoc staff during the 2019 general elections, we have signed an MOU with INEC guaranteeing their safety among other things. “We are also in constant talks with all security agencies and they have assured us of the safety of our corps members.” Kazaure expressed optimism that the monthly allowance of corps members would be reviewed up ward soon, to enhance their well being during service year. Earlier, Taraba state Coordinator of the scheme, Florence Yaakugh, said a total of 1,807 corps members were in camp fo...

The agreement is for the next three seasons and is pending the medical examination FC Barcelona  and  FC Bayern Munich  have reached an agreement for the transfer of player  Arturo Vidal . The agreement is for the next three seasons and is pending the medical examination that the player will undertake over the course of the next few days. FC Barcelona will shortly inform everyone about the arrival of the player and the agenda of the presentation ceremony.

Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Professor Kolapo Olusola, has challenged the victory of Dr Kayode Fayemi in the Ekiti State governorship election. Olusola, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll, filed a petition against the results of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Election Petition Tribunal in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. READ ALSO :  INEC Declares Kayode Fayemi Winner Of Ekiti Governorship Election He alleged that the election was marred by intimidation and use of force, while there were discrepancies in results announced by the electoral umpire. The deputy governor, among other claims, asked the tribunal to declare him the validly elected candidate in the election which held on July 14. On July 15,  INEC declared Fayemi who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  as the winner of the governorship poll. He  polled 197,459 votes to beat Olusola who scored 178,121  votes, as well ...

Mariam Uwais, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on social protection, says the federal government has spent N49 billion on the national home-grown school feeding programme. The programme is meant for feeding primary school pupils across the country. The programme, a component of the government’s social investment, has been ongoing in the last two years. Uwais said 8, 596,340 pupils were currently being fed in 46,247 public primary schools in 24 states. She listed the as Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Niger, Ogun, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba, and Zamfara. She added that through the programme, 90,670 Nigerians had been engaged and empowered as cooks while over 100,000 local farmers had also been linked with the programme to supply locally sourced farm produce. Uwais said the government had achieved 30 percent improvement in school enrollment in the country since the com...

Embattled Imo Deputy Governor, Prince Eze Madumere, yesterday raised the alarm that his life is in danger. He said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Dasuki Galandanchi, has withdrawn his security details, thereby, making him susceptible to attacks. Recall that the Imo House of Assembly had last week reportedly  impeached Madumere , an action voided by the Court. Madumere is Governor Rochas Okorocha’s deputy. A statement signed by his Special Assistant, Uche Onwuchekwa, condemned the Commissioner of Police for what he called “yielding to being an instrument of oppression in the hand of the Governor and ready to do his bidding, too.” Madumere also said “strange looking policemen without any recourse have sealed-off the entrance gate to his office with chain and padlock without any reason advanced for their action, claiming they were sent from Governor’s office,” even as his staff were humiliated and chased out of the Office. He said the action of the Imo police...

The Nation reports that a 25-year old woman has been allegedly shot dead by her boy friend, Chika Modili in Oranto village, Ukpo in Dunukofia local government area of Anambra state. The deceased, Uchenna Onyeama, a native of Orofia village, Abagana, was reportedly shot dead with a pistol inside the room of a friend to the suspect, identified as Nonso Nwabueze. The Nation gathered that the suspect and his accomplice quickly locked the room and fled at about 6.30pm before the arrival of the police. A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity, said the police gained entrance to the room after breaking the door before they could retrieve the body of the deceased. The reason behind the act could not be ascertained as at press time. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, said the suspects escaped to an unknown destination after committing the murder. He said,  “Police detectives attached to Dunokofia division led by t...