Ogun State | Community gets electricity after ’10 years of darkness’

Magboro community on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, popularly referred to as “Second Lagos’’, unexpectedly had electricity restored to the area Monday as “Christmas present’’ after a decade.

Magboro, including Ibafo and Asese on the axis had been without power supply for many years.

The communities had at various times protested the protracted power outage in their communities.

The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, responsible for the power supply to the affected communities, however, blamed the protracted darkness on the contractors engaged by the Federal Government to build its power project.

EFCC to spend N6.13bn on new head office in 2017 after N7.912bn was budgeted for it in 2016

The Federal Government will spend additional N6.129bn on a new head office for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2017.

According to Today NG reports, this was apart from a total of N7.912bn budgeted for the same project in the 2016 Budget.

The commission’s current head office is located on Fomella Street, off Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja.

According to a copy of the details of the 2017 Appropriation Bill currently before the National Assembly, N4.584bn would be spent on the completion of the ongoing construction of the new head office.

Suspended Rep Member, Jibrin says Buhari playing into enemies’ hands

Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that he has allowed himself to be taken hostage.

The former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, did not say who took the President hostage, but in a series of tweets on his twitter handle, @AbdulAbmJ, on Monday, the lawmaker asked Buhari to either fight those blackmailing him or give up the Presidency.

In one of the tweets, he wrote, “A President must repel blackmail with all his arsenals or give up the Presidency. You cannot be an effective president while in hostage!”

Leicester Coach demand improvement from Riyad Mahrez

Claudio Ranieri has told Algeria winger Riyad Mahrez he needs to provide more graft and guile as Leicester try to pull away from the relegation fight.

Ranieri’s struggling champions slumped to a 2-0 defeat against Everton on Monday which kept them just three points above the Premier League’s bottom three.

And although Ranieri was without suspended striker Jamie Vardy, Mahrez, last season’s PFA Player of the Year, didn’t even make the starting line-up at the King Power Stadium.

It was a far cry from last term when everything Mahrez touched turned to gold during Leicester’s fairytale title triumph.

PDP faults Buhari’s success claims over defeat of Boko Haram

The Peoples Democratic Party has called on President Muhammadu Buhari not to rejoice over the alleged defeat of the Boko Haram sect.

The party also enjoined the President to do more in order to stop the killings in Southern Kaduna and intensify the war against the Boko Haram foot soldiers.

Recall that the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, on Monday disclosed that Sambisa forest would now serve as training ground for officers of the Nigerian Army as from next year.

Doctors will soon be able to transplant Pig's kidney to human

If you need a kidney transplant tomorrow, chances are you will wait around three years. Even before you get transplanted, assuming you live, you will most likely spend years on dialysis. Right now there are more than 100,000 people in the US waiting for kidney transplants. Every year nearly 5,000 people will die just waiting for one. On the horizon though, is a potential source of donors that may revolutionize kidney transplantation as we know it. Best of all, it may be that we only have to go to a local farm to get one.

In 1984 at Loma Linda University Medical Center an infant girl known as "Baby Fae" received the first xenotransplant, also known as non-human to human transplant. In this case, Baby Fae received a baboon heart in a last ditch effort to save her life. Sadly, Baby Fae died 21 days later. 

Actress Funke Akindele Will Be Childless Unless... – Nigerian Prophets Predicts

A popular Nigerian prophet has claimed that the only way fans favorite, Funke Akindele can bare a child is if she starts engaging in special prayers and that can be possible if she re-marries a pastor that can help her with it. This story is coming in few months after her marriage.

This same prophet revealed earlier in the year that 5 elderly and 5 young show biz stars will die this year and once again has come with a lot of revelations for the coming 2017 and they are all prophesies of doom.

He had revelations for different people and sectors including for Funke Akindele, President Buhari, Governor Ayo Fayose, TB Joshua and for all Nigerians.

JRC accuses Buhari of not wanting peace in Niger Delta

The Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not genuinely interested in bringing about peace in the Niger Delta.

According to the JRC, which used to be an amalgam of major militant groups in the Niger Delta, it alleged that Buhari’s preference for dialogue with fake groups in the region has made attainment of genuine peace cumbersome.

Muslim Northern governors spend Christmas in Akwa Ibom, call for unity

The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to double efforts at bridging gaps in the country, saying what unites the people is more important than things that divide them.

Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, when he joined two other Muslim northern governors to take part in festivities to commemorate this year’s Christmas, Mr. Tambuwal said Nigeria’s diversity is a source of strength which should be cherished and nurtured for the benefit of the people.

The other governors in the entourage were Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara and Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi.

Delta State | Unknown gunmen kidnap wife of PDP’s chieftain

Gunmen on Saturday kidnapped the wife of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s chieftain in Asaba, Mrs. Mercy Ugboma.

The woman was abducted on her way to a Church vigil when the six-man gang intercepted her at Okwe area in the state capital.

According to the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim, the woman was taken away in her Prado Jeep, which the kidnappers later abandoned for another vehicle.

Emeka Ezeugo: Federal Government must stop funding NFF

Former international, Emeka Ezeugo, has urged the Federal Government to allow the Nigeria Football Federation run as an independent body sourcing its own funds for its programmes.

The NFF relies on allocation from the Federal Government to take care of the national teams.

Ezeugo also said a lack of legislation is killing football in the country.

Economist says Buhari’s 2017 budget can’t end recession

An economist has questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s optimism that his 2017 federal ‘Budget of Recovery & Growth’ would bring an end to the current economic recession in the country.

The president said at the opening of the induction course for Nigerian career ambassadors-designate in Abuja that he was optimistic the current economic recession would end in 2017.

He based his confidence on his administration’s reform policies and measures outlined in his 2017 budget speech to the National Assembly to turn around the country’s macroeconomic environment.

"This year’s Christmas is the worse in the history of Nigeria" - Gov Fayose slam Buhari's Government

Governor Ayodele Fayose has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to repent and accept that he's the reason Nigerians are suffering.

In a statement released on Monday, Fayose said Buhari should stop diverting the attention of Nigerians with victorious news about Boko Haram or the antigraft war so as to cover up the bad situation of things.

APC chieftain, Senator Francis Okpozo is dead

A Second Republic Senator and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in the South-South from Delta State, Chief Spanner Francis Okpozo is dead.

The octogenarian politician died Monday after a brief illness, close family relatives told our correspondent on Tuesday.

Nigeria's external reserves rise further to $25.4bn

The nation’s foreign exchange reserves have risen further to $25.4bn, according to the latest data obtained from the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria.

In less than one week, the reserves rose by almost $300m from $25.084bn recorded on December 16, 2016 to $25.361 on December 22, 2016, the CBN data showed

This indicated that the foreign exchange reserves had risen to almost four-month high.

The last time the reserves recorded something close to this figure was on September 2 when it had the balance of $24.361bn.

Daddy Freeze Reacts To Negative Prophecy Over Funke Akindele On Bearing Children

Following the controversial prediction on actress Funke Akindele, on her needing serious prayers to bear children, OAP Freeze took to his page to say an open prayer for her to reverse the negative prophecy.

He wrote:

Mercy Aigbe & daughter step out in style

Mercy Aigbe and her daughter can like to give someone “Mummy-Daughter Goals”. They both stepped out looking all shades of smashing for Olamide’s OLIC Concert which was held at the Eko Convention Centre.

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Muma Gee Shares Family Christmas Photos, Without Her “Single Husband”, Prince Eke

Singer, Muma Gee, in light of yuletide, shared these lovely photos of her children with other family members. Her actor husband, Prince Eke, is clearly missing in the photos but this comes as no surprise.

The actor, whose bio now reads ‘single father of three’ recently accused her of adultery and abandoning their children

“You Will Never Escape Hell Fire” – Twitter User Comes For Ladies Using Hair Extensions, Eyelashes, Fingernails...

Twitter user, Gift of Yahweh (@iam_west_) is causing a serious stir on the platform after he sent out a series of tweets concerning all forms of “attachments” on the body.

According to him, “Anything that God didn’t create in you… hair, nails etc…. Hell is yours.”

Some of his Tweets below:

Wow! Lady donates one of her kidneys to her dying mother as a Christmas Gift

What a blessing! A lady has given out one of her kidneys to her mum as a Christmas. She took to social media to share the news and wrote:

‘For Christmas I gave my mom a kidney and in return I got many more years’.

Amazing! Aircraft Spotted Parked Along Oshodi-Anthony Expressway In Lagos (Photos)

Things we see in Nigeria!!!

Read via yabaleftonline:

How is an expressway the next thing to an hanger? – this just might be the question on the tongues drivers along the Oshodi-Anthony expressway after spotting an aircraft that was parked on the service lane of the road.

Photos: 80-year-old alleged witch trapped on Electric Pole on her way back from mission

According to a social media user who shared the photos, the 80-year-old alleged witch pictured above was trapped on an electric pole while she was on her way back from her witchcraft mission.

She was assisted down the pole by people around. More photos below:

Davido And Wizkid Team Up To Celebrate Christmas (PHOTOS)

Nigeria two Afropop stars, Davido and Wizkid was spotted together celebrating the Christmas together. Both of them seem to be in a happy mood as they are pictured smiling and sharing some cozy hug.

More photos below:

Read Jim Iyke's Open Letter To God Asking For a Daughter In 2017

Stylish Nollywood actor, Jim Iyke who already has a son, wrote an open prayer to God on his Instagram page, asking Him to bless him with a daughter in the next year, 2017.

Read what the ace Actor wrote below:

Who Rock It Better Between Mimi Onalaja VS Tiwa Savage

Media personality Omanwumi Mimi Onalaja and singer Tiwa Savage in Lanre Da Silva Ajayi's Shoshana dress. Who would you say slay better in the outfit?

Abuja | Photo of unidentified accident victim lying unconscious at a hospital

This young man who is yet to be identified was involved in a tragic accident in Abuja on Christmas day. According to a Facebook user, the accident victim who is unconscious -has been admitted at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital UATH, Gwagwalada, Abuja. 

Photos: US Based Nigerian Lady Shares Her Joy After Escaping From Kidnappers In Lagos

A Nigerian lady based in he United States is filled with thanks after escaping from the clutches of kidnappers on her arrival to Lagos about 2 weeks ago. According to her, she got whisked away by the hoodlums at about 2:50am on her way from the Airport. She managed to escape by jumping off a moving Vehicle.

Photo: FRSC Officials Returns N100K And Other Items To Accident Victim In Bauchi

An accident victim in Bauchi state was handed over his properties -cash of N109, 000 with mobile phones worth of N300,000 after his discharge from hospital ATBUTH. The items were given to him by officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

Borno State | Soldiers And Villagers Celebrate After Victory Over Boko Haram

Top military officers and villagers in a celebratory mood during a Camp fire in Pulka, Borno state. This was done to celebrate the military's victory over Boko Haram insurgents which the army said has been crushed. 

Body of crashed Russian plane found in Black Sea

Russian divers on Monday found the main body of the military plane that crashed in the Black Sea with 92 people onboard, an official told Russian news agencies.

"Divers... have found the fuselage of the plane that crashed yesterday in the Black Sea," agencies quoted a member of the emergency ministry's Sochi-based search and rescue team as saying.

[AFP]