Sen Godswill Akpabio says over 20 lawmakers will soon join PDP

The Minority Leader of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio has  said that some lawmakers would be joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) once the party finally resolves its leadership crisis.

Akpabio disclosed this at the Expanded Caucus and the 73 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the PDP held on Thursday in Abuja.

He said that although some lawmakers were defecting from PDP to other parties, the PDP still had very significant number of lawmakers as it was wining more seats through conducted elections.

Senate orders probe of Fashola, BPP over alleged inflation of N2.4bn contracts

The Senate, yesterday orderd its Committees on Public Procurement and Works to probe alleged irregularities in awards and inflation of two contract sums which show excess of N2.4 billion by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing and Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP.

The Senate also directed the committee to forward the report of the probe within one week. Fashola The decision of the Senate was sequel to a motion moved by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West) on alleged irregularities in the award of contracts for the construction and rehabilitation of road and bridge projects in the first and second batch forwarded to it by the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing through letters dated November 7 and 15, 2016 as contained in the 2016 budget implementation.

4.7 million Northeast children receive measles vaccination - UN

The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says a major vaccination campaign against a measles outbreak in northeast Nigeria is reaching 4.7 million children.

Mohamed Fall, UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, stated this in a statement according to the Office of the UN Secretary-General.

“Security has improved in some areas so we have acted quickly to access places we could not previously reach and protect children from the spread of a very dangerous disease.

Barcelona defeat Real Sociedad to reach Cup semi-finals

Former Manchester City player Denis Suarez produced two wonderful finishes as holders FC Barcelona reached the Copa del Rey semi-finals with a 6-2 aggregate win over Real Sociedad.

Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Suarez doubled the lead with a low finish before Lionel Messi’s penalty kick made it 3-0 on aggregate on Thursday.

Juanmi pulled a goal back before Luis Suarez made it 4-1 on aggregate.

Willian Jose’s header cut the deficit again before Suarez’s second goal.

UK court dismisses Niger Delta community suit against Shell

A High Court in London has dismissed a suit by Bille and Ogale communities seeking to sue Royal Dutch Shell in English courts for spill incidents in the Niger Delta.

The communities had in May 2015, through their United Kingdom solicitors, Leigh Day, brought a litigation against Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited for oil spill, and also filed claims against RDS as an “anchor defendant” to bring the claims in England.

Both the RDS and SPDC challenged the jurisdiction of the English court to hear the claims.

Gunmen shoot General Overseer of Reigners’ Bible Church's counsel in Uyo

Ini Ekpo, counsel to Apostle Akan Weeks, the General Overseer of Reigners Bible Church, which collapsed on 10th December last year, killing scores of worshippers, was on Thursday morning, shot by unidentified gunmen at his residence in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

It was learnt that the gunmen gained entrance into his house through the main gate around 2:27am and advanced to his room where they shot him twice on his two legs before they made away with four laptops.

A family source, who did not want to be named, told Punch that the assailants accused Ekpo of being responsible for the lies Weeks told the commission.

Freeze reacts to reports of MMM Nigeria top guider & wife fleeing to the Philippines

Yesterday there was reports that MMM Nigeria top Guider, Chuddy Ugorji and his wife, Amaka have reportedly fled the country to the Philippines.

It was gathered that Ugorji, left Nigeria with his wife to the Philippines. He fled the country when many investors were waiting to be paid their money with the accrued interest, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.

Ogbonna Kanu and Laura Ikeji's traditional marriage to hold on Saturday

Linda Ikeji's younger sister Laura Ikeji got engaged on 17th December to her fiance, former footballer and younger brother to football legend Kanu Nwankwo, Ogbonna Kanu.

They had their court marriage on 19th January and are set for their traditional marriage on Saturday, 28th January 2017. See a photo of their customized marriage bottled water.

Checkout this throwback photo of former EFCC Boss, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu

A throwback pic of former EFCC Chairman, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has surfaced online. The photo was taken in his early days at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria.

Pastor prays for recharge cards into his members phones in Zimbabwe (Photo)

As shared by Malawi news on Facebook:

HILARIOUS! LUSAKA PROPHET PRAYS FOR A RECHARGE FROM HEAVEN INTO CHURCH MEMBERS’ PHONES 

Olamide and Ice Prince throw their support for 2Face Idibia's led nationwide protest against FG

The protest is scheduled for 15th February 2017 and several celebrities are already coming out to show support.

See Olamide's post to show support for the protest ...

Actress, Funke Adesiyan to 2face: It's not enough for us to protest, get involved in governance

Nollywood actress, Funke Adesiyan who contested and lost a House of Assembly seat in Oyo State during the 2014 general elections has reacted to the planned protest of Feb. 5th that 2face Idibia and other celebs want to get involved in.

According to the actress who just shared a post on Instagram and tagged 2face Idibia himself, she says, 'It's not enough for us to protest, it's more important for us, youths of this beloved nation to get involved in governance'.

Gallant Rev. Father display his gun in church

Rev Father is so prepared for both spiritual and physical warfare ... Keep off, Lol!

E-money shares throwback photos with an inspiring caption

Five Star Music Boss, E-money shared the throwback photo and captioned it:

Where you are today does not determine where you will be tomorrow. - #It is too late to fail,we are too loaded to be empty. -💃💃💃💃💃💃 #TBT ..

2Face clarifies stand on nationwide protest against Federal Government

According to the singer, the protest, which will hold on February 5, was never his creation but a call to action to speak up for his people.

2Baba made the clarification in a short statement he shared with his 1.8 million followers on Instagram.

He wrote;

Rob Kardashian wishes Blac Chyna a Happy 1st Anniversary

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are celebrating their first anniversary.

The new dad shared a PDA packed video montage on Instagram today to celebrate the milestone, and also deactivated the comment section of the post.

Rob Kardashian, 29, first captioned the video “a year when by so fast, love you,” but later changed it to “1 year down lol woohoooooo happy anniversary babbbbbbiiiiiiieeeeee.”

Singer Kcee shares epic throwback photo

Award-winning Singer, Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo popularly know as Kcee, shared this throwback photo of when he started out in the industry.

Scarlett Johansson splits from Romain Dauriac after 2 years of marriage

Hollywood actress, Scarlett Johansson, 32, was pictured in New York City on Wednesday morning without her wedding ring. The pair have a two-year-old daughter Rose Dorothy.

They were last pictured together in October at the opening of their gourmet popcorn store, Yummy Pop, in Paris. However, insiders tell People magazine that 'they've been separated since the summer.'

The actress began dating Romain in 2012 and they got engaged in 2013.

Felix Obuah: Rotimi Amaechi has entered the Guinness book of records for his many lies

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says the problem with the All Progressives Congress, APC especially those of them from Rivers State who rushed into the alleged visionless party midway is that they lack the courage to claim ignorance of what they don’t understand and consequently, they suffer the calamity of not knowing anything.

The State chairman of the party, Bro Felix Obuah in a statement signed by his special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam made the assertion in response to the defense of the Transportation Minister, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi by his surrogates over his empty boasting that the Oil wells he claimed were wrongly ceded to the neighbouring States to Rivers would be returned to the State government within six months of Buhari administration.

APC Chieftain, Ahmed Tinubu calls for split of Fashola’s ministry over insufficient power supply

Against the backdrop of the crisis rocking the sector power in Nigeria, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu has subtly called for the split of the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing currently under the leadership of Babatunde Fashola.

The APC Chieftain made the remark while delivering a lecture at the National Defence College, Course 25, titled: “ Strategic Leadership: My Political Experiences.”

The event held in Lagos on Wednesday.

Minister warns senators against forcing MTN out of Nigeria

Nigeria's Communications Minister, Mr Adebayo Shittu, on Wednessday warned the Senate not to send MTN out of Nigeria.

According to him, MTN Nigeria needed more protection than actions that could scare it away from investing in the country.

Antoine Griezmann to voice Superman in Lego Batman Movie

Antoine Griezmann is to take his first foray into movie stardom by voicing Superman in The Lego Batman Movie.

The Atletico Madrid forward announced via his Facebook page that he will provide the overdubs for the French release of the new film - a spin-off of the highly successful The Lego Movie of 2014 - which is due out in February.

Mexico will not pay for Trump's wall - President Enrique Pena Nieto replies Trump

President Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico is insisting that his country will not pay for the wall US President Trump is planning to build.

Pena Nieto said, "I've said time and again; Mexico won't pay for any wall.

MASSOB condemn Obasanjo' support for Igbo presidency

The Leadership of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for rooting for an Igbo Presidency in 2019.

The group said Obasanjo’s comment was “jittery.”

Recall that the former President had on Tuesday called for the next President of Nigeria to come from the South East.

Obasanjo had said, “Irrespective of the thinking of the people ahead of 2019, I personally think that South East should have a go at the Presidency too.”

ASUP announces one-week nationwide strike

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Wednesday, announced that it would embark on a nationwide one-week warning strike.

The union says it had already directed its members in all public polytechnics across the federation to fully comply.

Usman Dutse, ASUP president, made this known during a press conference in Abuja.

Dutse noted that all academic and administrative activities in Nigeria’s public polytechnics are to be suspended from 12 noon on January 30, to February 6, 2017.

There are 1.1bn smokers in the world – 226m of them live in poverty

The world has 1.1 billion smokers aged 15 and above – and approximately 226 million of them live in poverty – a new report by the World Health Organisation has shown.

The research, which was published in ‘The economics of tobacco and tobacco control’, was carried out in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute of the United States of America.

“The tobacco industry and the deadly impact of its products cost the world’s economies more than US$ 1 trillion annually in healthcare expenditures and lost productivity,” said the report.

President Trump defends restricted entry for Muslims

US President Donald Trump said late Wednesday that his plan to limit the entry of people from several Muslim countries was necessary because the world is “a total mess”.

Interviewed on ABC News, Trump denied that it was a ban on Muslims.

“No it’s not the Muslim ban, but it’s countries that have tremendous terror,” Trump said.

“And it’s countries that people are going to come in and cause us tremendous problems. Our country has enough problems without allowing people to come in, who in many cases or in some cases, are looking to do tremendous destruction.”

Chinese Restaurant Exposed For Serving Human Feet To Diners

A Chinese restaurant has been accused of serving human feet after a waiter posted a gruesome picture – allegedly taken in its kitchen – on social media. The grim photo shows what looks like two severed and partially decomposed human feet in a blue bowl.

It surfaced after a diner went into the restaurant and asked for the Chinese delicacy of bear paws.

The waiter, who was not named in reports, claims his picture of human feet were the ‘bear paws’ that were later served to the diner and his friends.

WhatsApp coming new feature will let you know when someone screenshots your chat

Jan Koum, the CEO of WhatsApp, the biggest and cheapest messaging application has announced that the next upgrade of the application is going to include the option of being notified if someone screenshots your conversation.

This upgrade comes after the majority of users requested the option, especially married couples and the elderly age according to him.“After all these years, we’ve reached the conclusion to add it”, he was quoted

PHOTONEWS: Fuel subsidy scam convict, Ada Ugo-Ngadi weeps profusely after being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment

Mrs Ada Ugo-Ngadi, one of those convicted in the fuel subsidy scam, wept uncontrollably after she was sentenced 10 years imprisonment.

She was led by some female prison wardens into the waiting vehicle at the court premises.

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