Ijaw youths urge Buhari to act on appeals to end crisis in the Niger Delta

The umbrella body for Ijaw youths, Ijaw Youth Council, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act on his appeals to Niger Delta militants to halt hostilities by personally kick-starting the dialogue process with stakeholders in the region.

EFCC ordered to pay N12.5 million for unlawful freezing of Senator Nyarko's account

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yester­day ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to pay the sum of N12.5 mil­lion being damages to the son of former Governor Murtala Nyako, Senator Abdulaziz Nyako for un­lawful freezing of his ac­count and illegal detention.

APC Senators divided over FG/Senate War.

The cold war among senators on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) resurfaced on Thursday, when the two factions of APC caucus in the Senate disagreed on the recent actions taken by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, especially the decision to prosecute Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu over allegations of forgery of the Senate rules.

'APC has failed Nigerians' -CDHR

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, (CDHR) has asserted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, government has failed Nigerians who voted for them.

PDP Senators pass vote of no confidence on Buhari

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the Senate on Wednesday passed a vote of no confidence on the government of President Muhammadu Buhari over what they perceived as his high-handedness and unfair treatment of perceived political foes.

Buhari's aide arrested with $1.5 million cash

A top appointee of President Muhammadu Buhari has been arrested by the Department of State Service (DSS).

The individual arrested is a member of the Presidential Investigative Committee on Arms Procurement.

'Orlando club shooting, an act of revenge' -'Alleged gay lover

A man claiming to be the Orlando shooter's lover says Omar Mateen was livid after discovering he'd had sex with an HIV-positive man. The Hispanic gay man, identified only as Miguel, told Univision he met Omar Mateen on Grindr before they became 'friends with benefits', meeting up 20 times at a hotel in Orlando, Florida.

Miguel described Mateen as a confused gay man and a heavy drinker who was attracted to - but felt rejected by - Latinos.

'We don't believe in violence' -IPOB tells Avengers

The Custom­ary Government of the Indig­enous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) has told the Niger Delta Aveng­ers (NDA) that it does not be­lieve in the use of violence to realise the Biafra State.

Aisha Buhari allegedly blasts Fayose on Twitter, calls him an unchained mad dog

Mrs. Aisha Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, has deleted the controversial tweet, labeling one of the state governors as an unchained mad dog. “Enough is Enough Fayose. A mad dog that isn’t chained.  
I refuse to keep quiet,” the First Lady posted on her verified Twitter handle on Tuesday’s evening.

Islamic Extremist kills twenty, injures many in Florida gay club

A gunman has stormed a gay nightclub in Florida and killed about twenty people.
The suspected Islamic extremist  has been identified as US citizen Omar Mateen, from Port St. Lucie in Florida.

The gunman, who was born to Afghan parents, was carrying a suspicious device, possibly a suicide vest, when he opened fire on the dance floor inside Pulse in the early hours of this morning.Mailonline reports.

Orlando Police Chief John Mina said authorities have not determined the exact number of people killed, but that 'approximately 20' have died. Another 42 people 
were taken to hospital.According to witnesses,the lone gunmen began firing inside the Pulse Club in Orlando shortly after 2am.

Nimbo Community gripped by fear as Fulani herdsmen threaten to attack again

Nimbo community has, again, become a ghost town following the return of Fulani herdsmen who allegedly raped no fewer than six women.
Traditional ruler of the community, Igwe John Ikemefuna Akoh revealed this to Nsukka General Assembly when the group paid a visit to his palace before making a donation of over N1.4 million to the victims of the April 25 massacre in the community.

GEJ slams This Day over malicious exile story

Read the press statement below...

Former President Jonathan has repudiated a newspaper publication indicating that he returned last Wednesday from Cote d’Ivoire, a country the paper claimed, he allegedly considered going into exile. A story in This Day of Saturday 04 June, 2016 entitled ‘Buhari Holds Secret Meeting with Jonathan, Niger Delta Tops Agenda’, had insisted that President Jonathan had gone on self-exile for fear of being arrested.

However, dismissing the allegation as false, insensitive and tendentious, the former President warned newspapers to desist from reckless sensationalism. Dr. Jonathan who stressed that he returned from the United Kingdom and not Cote d’Ivoire as erroneously claimed in the This Day story however reiterated that he “has no intention of turning his back on Nigeria, a homeland he served diligently as President, to the best of his abilities.”

Below are the full details of the statement signed by Ikechukwu Eze, media aide to the former President: FORMER PRESIDENT JONATHAN NEVER CONSIDERED GOING ON EXILE Our attention has been drawn to a spurious publication in This Day of Saturday 04 June, 2016 entitled ‘Buhari Holds Secret Meeting with Jonathan, Niger Delta Tops Agenda’.

We had thought that the newspaper only set out to report a routine meeting between the former President and President Muhammadu Buhari, while speculating
on the agenda just as newspapers are wont to freely do, especially as no statement was issued by either of the parties.

Linda Ikeji sued for N50 million

Popular blogger, Linda Ikeji has been dragged to the Lagos High court by a Lagos-based lawyer identified as Olumide Babalola over illegal, unauthorized and offensive use of picture.

'APC will apologise to Nigerians, PDP in 2019' -PDP Chieftain

Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has foreseen that come 2019 when PDP must have taken over leadership of the Presidency of the country and All Progressive Congress (APC) would have realize the harm they did to Nigerians, the party would come crawling on it kneels apologizing to Nigerians and PDP as a party for their deceptive promises and the hardship they have created for Nigerians.

Story of a a First Class graduate that had to beg for Transport fare

Haruspice' Musings shared this touching story of a first class graduate whom he found being beaten up by two men at Area 1 park, Abuja. Read below...

"I have been feeling sore since yesterday following a heart-breaking scene I witnessed at the popular Area 1 Park. Struggling to stop rains of punches on his face was a young guy in his 30s. He was being mercilessly mobbed by two other guys who were cursing, using all sorts of obscenities.

I don't want moved me sha, but I had to alight from my car in rescue of this guy. I managed to stop the guys from their vicious dexterities on this guy but not without getting a slight scratch on my left ear. In between shoving, I managed to push this guy into my car as I drove away to a distant into safety. I could hear the guys shouting after us, threatening to end his life if he dares return to join them. Distant away to 
safety, I asked the visibly shaken guy what the 
problem was and thus went into a heart shattering narrative that left me perpetually sore.

Ohaneze faults Army, demands probe over Biafra Day killings

The apex Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday faulted the claim by the Nigerian Army that security operatives, including the army were provoked into killing protesting members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign the State of Biafra (MASSOB) and their indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) counterpart on Monday in Onitsha and Asaba.