Stop criticizing Buhari, He can't solve blunders of 16 years within 1 year - Emir of Katsina

The Emir of Katsina, Dr. Abdul-Mummuni Kabir, has urged people to stop castigating President Muhammad Buhari over the economic challenges facing the country.

Kabir made the call during the inauguration of a book on family lineage of late chief Imam of Kano residing in Katsina, Muhammad Zaharaddeen, on Saturday in Katsina.

“It has come to our knowledge that some disgruntled people are castigating President Buhari and blaming the economic problems of the country on him.

Liverpool thrashes Barcelona 4-0 in Preseason Competition

Liverpool dealt Barcelona a crushing 4-0 defeat in the first International Champions Cup match played at Wembley.

Jurgen Klopp's men were at their irresistible best against the floundering Liga champions, taking the lead through the brilliant Sadio Mane.

In the second half, a Javier Mascherano own goal against his former club, a Divock Origi strike and a looping stoppage-time Marko Grujic header added to a deserved scoreline that threatened to embarrass Lionel Messi and his team-mates. 

Oh Dear! Scammers hijack funds donated for leukaemia girl's dream trip to Disneyland

The dream of a sick little girl to see Disneyland might just be cut short after some group of scammers hijacked her fundraising platform.

According to report by UK Mirror, Kimberley Newton-Robinson, 6, is fighting the blood cancer but her family's hopes of taking her to the Paris park have been hit by fraudsters

Vile scammers hijacked an internet fund-raising campaign to ­send a little girl with leukaemia on a dream trip to Disneyland.

Brave six-year-old Kimberley Newton-Robinson is a fanatic for the family films so her mum Lauren wanted to take her to the Paris theme park.

Muslim Groups says they must defend Christians over new Boko Haram Leaders threat

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has condemned calls by the newly appointed leader of Boko Haram, Abu Mus’ab Al-Barnawi, for Christians to be killed and their churches attacked by the terrorist sect.

In a statement on Saturday by its Director, Prof. Isiaq Akintola, MURIC said that it is totally despicable and criminal to target fellow human being for annihilation, adding that the call by Al-Barnawi could only come from a twisted mind.

PDP will be victorious in 2019 with Bode George as Chairman – Associates

The emergence of Chief Bode George as National Chairman in the August 17 National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will signal victory for the party in the 2019 general elections, his associates have said.

George is aspiring to become national chairman of the party and he only just paid the mandatory sum of N1million for the expression of interest form at the headquarters of the PDP in Abuja on Friday.

His aspiration received a boost this weekend as stakeholders of Lagos Mainland, who endorsed his candidature, expressed confidence that victory for the former deputy national chairman of the party at the convention slated to hold in Port Harcourt, Rivers State would translate to victory for PDP in the 2019 polls.

#Rio2016 | Banned Russian wrestler can compete in Olympics

Russia’s two-time world champion Viktor Lebedev has been cleared to wrestle in Rio in the wake of the Russian doping scandal, the head of Russia’s Olympic delegation said Saturday.

“For Viktor Lebedev, all is well,” delegation chief Igor Kazikov told Russian sports agency R-Sport.

Abia State Governor's wife builds houses for widows

The wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu, said she would not relent in her passion for the welfare indigent women in the state.

Mrs Ikpeazu stated this while presenting keys of a furnished two-bedroom bungalows to two indigent widows in Ohuhu and Amuzukwu communities both in Umuahia North LGAs of Abia State.

The two bungalows bring the number of houses built by Mrs Ikpeazu for indigent women across the state to 12.

Obasanjo attended Zero Hunger in Africa Meeting in same venue where PDP was holding their Meeting

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was at the Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Friday to attend a meeting of Zero Hunger in Africa-Nigeria chapter and not a meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a photograph of the former president was wrongly captioned as having been seen arriving at the venue of the PDP meeting. 

Democratic Alliance defeat South Africa’s ruling ANC in capital Pretoria

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) suffered a historic defeat in the nation’s capital to the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in local elections, the electoral commission said Saturday.

In Tshwane, the metropolitan area that includes Pretoria, DA won 43 percent of the vote over the ANC’s 41 percent, according to final results in the elections that have underlined the declining popularity of the party that led the anti-apartheid struggle.

Checkout Exclusive Red Carpet PHOTOS from Adekunle Gold’s album listening party

On Thursday, August 4, 2016, YBNL singer Adekunle Gold held an album listening party at Oriental Hotels, Lagos.

The ‘Orente’ singer for the first time performed all the new songs form his newly released Gold album to a packed crowd at the 5star Hotel located in Victoria Island.

Kerosene now sells for N150 per litre from NNPC depots - NUPENG

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) says the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has fixed N150 per litre as the official depot price of kerosene.

Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, the South-West Chairman of the union, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday. 

According to him, the price will encourage more importation of the product by the marketers. He said that most of the filling stations selling kerosene between N200 and N220 as the pump price was as a result of additional money on transportation of the product and some other levies paid by marketers. 

We are not aware of plan to retrench in NPA - Senior Staff, Adegbeyemi

The Senior Staff Association of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) says it is not aware of any plan by the authority to retrench workers.

The president of the association, Mr Benson Adegbeyeni said this on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

He said the management of NPA had not briefed the association on matters in involving retrenchment of workers.

CAN President says Nigerian Christians under siege

National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Rev. Supo Ayokunle says Nigerian Christians are under siege.

Ayokunle, who spoke last night at the Reedemed Christian Church of God’s (RCCG’s) Convention at the Redemption Ground, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, said incessant attack on Christians in the country by terrorists and others had made them to be under siege.

He said there had never been a time Nigerian Christians were under siege than now and called on Christians to pray for the survival of Christianity in the country.

19-year-old United States teenager wins first gold in #Rio2016

America’s Ginny Thrasher won the first gold medal of the Rio Olympic Games with a surprise victory in the women’s 10m air rifle.

The 19-year-old secured her first major international victory, scoring 208.0 to leave China’s 2006 world champion Du Li with silver.

Unbelievable! 6-year-old Girl Forced to Marry A 55-year-old Muslim Cleric in Exchange for A Goat

Seyed Abdolkarim, a 55-year-old man, has been arrested after he allegedly got married a girl who was just six years old, in return for a goat.

Abdolkarim was taken in by officers after police were told he had married the child, Gharibgol, in a religious ceremony.

The child was reportedly sold by her father, was beaten and slapped by local women when police came to arrest him and also claimed he exchanged her for the goat, along with rice, tea, sugar, and cooking oil.

Pls Help! A Spiritualist told my fiance of 5 years we can't get married

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NFF hands Gernot Rohr Super Eagles Coaching Job

The Nigeria Football Federation has selected a German, Gernot Rohr, to manage the Super Eagles.

The NFF President Amaju Pinnick confirmed the development on Friday.

The NFF boss confirmed that the German, who is currently working on development programmes for the German Football Federation, is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday (today).

He is also expected to be in Lagos on Sunday where he would be at the stands to watch the league match between Ikorodu United and Sunshine Stars.

World’s Second richest man, Carlos Slim introduces three-day workweek

The second richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, chairman emeritus, América Móvil, wants his employees to work for just three days a week.

Slim thinks by introducing the three-day workweek, it would spur on economies with more tourism, entertainment, and culture, and encouraged other companies to follow his lead.

Slim explained why everyone should work less and take more time to relax in an interview he granted Bloomberg Businessweek.

Nigeria Customs intercept 16 containers of tyres for false declaration

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Retired Col. Hameed Ali, said on Friday that the Apapa Customs Command had intercepted 16 containers of tyres with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N116.2 million.

Ali made the disclosure at a news conference at the Apapa Customs Command in Lagos. He said that the seizures were made as a result of false declaration by the agents.

Actor Nate Parker and wife, Sarah DiSanto welcomes Fourth Child

Hollywood Actor and Director Nate Parker and his wife Sarah DiSanto have welcomed a 4th child with his wife. 

According to E! News the Birth of a Nation star, who is already a father to three young ladies, reveal that he and wife Sarah DiSanto have welcomed another baby girl recently. 

Horrible! Hundreds of stray dogs poisoned in Pakistan

Officials have poisoned hundreds of dogs in Karachi, Pakistan in the latest effort to curb a population of strays that attack thousands of people each day. Bodies of dead dogs are seen littered around the city as municipal workers gathered them for disposal.

Officials estimated the operation had culled thousands of strays but did not have a full accounting for all six city districts.

Kelly Osbourne Sued By Dad's Mistress, says Kelly's tweets caused her emotional damage

Kelly Osbourne is learning at long last that her actions have consequences, and should be properly thought through.

The former Fashion Police host has been sued by her father, Ozzy Osbourne's mistress, Michelle Pugh, over her since deleted slut-shaming tweets.

SHOCKING | Woman hacked by husband for refusing to share her salary (VIDEO)

Zipporah Wanjugu (Left) & Vivian Moraa (Right)

Two Kenyan women are currently receiving treatment at the Nyahururu County Referral hospital after they were attacked by their husbands in separate incidents.

32-year-old Zipporah Wanjugu is nursing serious injuries on both hands and head, which she sustained after her husband attacked her with a panga (large knife) on Wednesday night, August 3rd at their home in Wiyumiririe village in Laikipia County.

Vivian Moraa, 23 a labourer at Suera Flowers Company, claims her husband picked a panga and told her that he would chop off her hands ‘just like the other lady who was on TV'.

Full truck of Relief materials sent to IDPs in Taraba declared missing

A full truck of relief materials sent to Taraba state for distribution to the Internal Displaced Persons IDPs by President Muhamadu Buhari have been declared missing by the permanent secretary Taraba state Emergency Management Agency (SEMA).

The permanent secretary Mr Nuvalga Dan-Habu disclosed this while conducting journalists round the venue where the  relief materials were stored for self keeping in Jalingo Taraba state capital.

The Presidential relief materials sent to Taraba state for IDPs have recently generated controversy and war of wards between the minister for women and social development Sen. Aisha Arhasan and Taraba state government when the permanent secretary refused to release the materials to the minister for distribution.

“How A 15-Year-Old Girl Humbled Me On Facebook” (Very Interesting Piece)

Came across this article from yabaleft and I could help but share. It is actually a lesson for guys who want to run after anything under the skirt ... Just because she is hot doesn't mean you have to sleep with her ... 

Read below:

#Rio2016 | USA Basketball Players spotted at a Brothel but claimed they mistook it for a Spa

Some Teammates from the USA basketball team, ended up in a brothel in Rio, Brazil – claiming that they mistook it for a spa.

TMZ reports that the basketball players numbering about 6, went out on the town Wednesday night in Rio and strolled into Termas Monte Carlo … which Rolling Stone called “one of the high end brothels in Rio.“.

MTO is saying Kim and Kanye West are Heading for a Divorce (See Report)

The story of Kim and Kanye West heading for divorce is one that will never end. But this time MTO is saying it is almost certain as both of them are currently meeting a marriage counsellor. Read below:

via MTO

August 6, 2016: Kim Kardashian and Kanye’s marriage was NOT EXPECTED to last as long as it did.Well not it appears to finally be coming to an end. Accordign to the website Radar Onlin, Kim and Kanye are going to MARRIAGE COUNSELING in a last ditch effort to sav etheir crumbling marriage.

Given Kim’s history, it’s not likely to work:

Kim Kardashian looks phenomenal as she attend a conference in Los Angeles

Kim Kardashian was onstage at the #BlogHer16 Experts Among Us conference in Los Angeles on Friday at J.W. Marriot Hotel. Where she talked about motherhood, weight loss and her journey so far. Her short new hairstyle made some wonder whether she'd cut off a few inches of her long hair, but Kim admitted before the event that she was wearing a wig. More photos after the cut...

Political Drama | Obasanjo spotted at PDP Event Venue (photo)

There was a mild drama on Friday at the Shehu Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, the venue of the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party national convention committee, as former President Olusegun Obasanjo was sighted on the premises.

According to Punch, the former President was at centre to attend a programme on Agriculture while the PDP leaders were also at the same premises to attend their party’s event.

... When Transgender and Gay Activist take a Cute Snap

Nigerian gay right activist Bisi Alimi and transgender Miss Sahhara were together at the launch of Bisi Alimi Foundation on Thursday August 4th in London.