Senate President Appoints New Chief Of Staff

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has appointed a new Chief of Staff.

The newly appointed Chief of Staff, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed was the former secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

US Senators clash over President Trump attorney general pick

Tensions over confirming President Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees erupted late Tuesday in the US Senate, where a lawmaker’s criticism of attorney general pick Jeff Sessions led to the very rare reprimand of a senator.

Senate Democrat Elizabeth Warren was told to sit down for reading a 1986 letter critical of Sessions written by Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

The chamber’s Republican leader Mitch McConnell interrupted Warren to accuse her of having “impugned” Sessions, a fellow senator.

Boko Haram is broke – United Nations

The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, has said.

Feltman stated this while briefing the Security Council on the UN Secretary-General’s Fourth Report on the threat the group poses to international peace and security efforts to “check and roll it back” on Tuesday

The UN envoy also noted that Boko Haram was under intense military pressure, but warned against undermining its capacity to launch fatal attacks.

Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia breaks women’s 2000m record

Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba ran the fastest ever women’s 2000 metres at the indoor Miting Internacional de Catalunya meeting in Sabadell, Spain on Tuesday.

Her time of five minutes 23.75 seconds sliced almost seven seconds off the previous indoor world record of 5:30.53 set by Romania’s Gabriela Szabo in 1998.

Buhari’s health and the demand for good governance

Article was written by Jide Ojo

This is an interesting time in Nigeria. The most trending news in the country since January 19, 2017 has been that of the purported medical vacation of President Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom which his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said would also entail routine medical checkup for the President. The 10-day vacation was to be from Monday, January 23 to February 5.  It will be recalled that President Buhari, in June 2016, had similarly gone to the UK to see an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist for a nagging ear infection. No sooner had the President left for the current holiday than the rumour mill agog with the news of his alleged death while some unconfirmed news sources said he was terminally ill and on admission in a London hospital. Expectedly, his media team rose in stout defence, debunking the news of his death or ill-health. Pictures of his meeting with Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, as well as another one in which he and his wife were relaxing were leaked to and published in the media.

Kylie Jenner loses trademark battle to Australian singer, Kylie Minogue

Australian pop star, Kylie Minogue has officially won her legal battle against Kylie Jenner! The reality star attempted to trademark “Kylie” in the U.S. for “advertising services” and “endorsement services,” however, she’s super late to the party. Minogue, who has sold 65 million records throughout her 30-year career, has beat Jenner to the punch!

Seven Tornadoes cause havoc in Louisiana

Seven tornadoes touched down in Southeast Louisiana, Tuesday. According to CNN, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency. He said at a news conference that two tornadoes touched down in Livingston Parish, and one in six other parishes.

‘I Was Told I Would Go To Heaven After Being Paid N200 To Detonate Bomb’ – Apprehended Suicide Bomber Says

An 18-year-old Boko Haram suicide bomber, Amina, who was intercepted by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Tuesday in Maiduguri, said she was given N200 for the mission.

She said that she was abducted two years ago by the sect in Madagali, Adamawa, and taken to Sambisa forest.

She said, “They gave us N200 each which they said we should use to buy food for ourselves.

8-year-old boy uses his mother's boyfriend's gun to accidentally shoots sister dead

An eight-year-old boy has shot his five-year-old sister to death after they were left home alone with their mother's boyfriend's gun. The mother left them to go to the store when the little boy picked up the gun and fired a single shot at his sister, Serenity Allen, who died instantly.

"Target drug traffickers. Even if my wife is involved, arrest her" - Tanzanian President tells security forces

Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday told security forces in the country to crack down on the drug trade and said no one should be spared, even if the are top politicians, their relatives or even his wife.

His new drive against drugs follows growing concerns tat East Africa is being used by traffickers. While most Europe-bound Afghan heroin still goes through Iran and the Balkans, a spate of record-size hauls near Kenya and Tanzania has raised fears East Africa is seen as an easier route because of porous borders and weak maritime surveillance.

Drama! Woman recognises her former abductor in bank, describes scar near his penis

It was drama yesterday in a banking hall in Port Harcourt when a woman spotted and recognize a man who she said kidnapped her about a year ago.

According to the report posted on Facebook by Chioma Peters, she wrote:

There was a lot more than banking today at a bank branch in Port Harcourt (name of bank witheld) when a woman (name undisclosed) who was standing on the queue patiently, suddenly began to scream at another bank customer that he was a kidnapper.

Comedian Gordons says 2face is an Illiterate, Shakar El replies him, calls him a 'Madman' (VIDOE)

Haba! Gordons didn't have to spill that out of his month to Nigeria legendary musician! 

So here is how the gist played down, In a recent interview with Goldmyne Tv, comedian Gordons spoke on the recent protest and 2face Idibia's role in it.

In his response, he described 2face Idibia as 'the only Illiterate that makes sense with his music'. He also said, 'How on earth will 2face fight with an instrument he's not used to, he should lead the protest with his music'.

Oh No! Man shares photo of a man in bed with his male cousin claiming it's rapper Wale

C'mon, we aren't ready to deal with issues like this! A Washington DC man posted this photo online, claiming it shows his cousin in bed with a man he claims is rapper Wale. Is there any resemblance here?

So Sweet! 88-year-old Oluban and his wives in some serious PDA (Photo)

88-year old Olubadan of Ibadanland, HRH, Saliu Ambali Adetunji and his two oloris display PDA all the way in London! This is shakitibobo love, Lol!

This obviously is our photo of the day!

Kogi woman tortures little niece with very hot stone (Photos)

A woman tortured her little niece for allegedly sneaking out to attend school. According to Kerry Haruna, who published the photos on Facebook, the woman put a stone in fire and placed it on the child's legs, leaving her with severe burns. 

Read the post below:

Singer Madonna Adopts Orphaned Twin Sisters from Malawi

America award-winning singer, Madonna has increased the number of children she has by adopting orphaned twin sisters.

Via People Magazine:

Malawi’s judiciary spokesperson Mlenga Mvula tells PEOPLE the High Court in Malawi confirmed the adoption order for the pop icon to adopt 4½-year-old twin girls from the country.

Nigerian migrant arrested for alleged attempted rape of 62-year-old worker in Italy (Photo)

Photo credit:  Altervista.org

A 25-year-old Nigerian national was arrested on Wednesday, February 1, for allegedly attempting to rape a worker at the migrant reception center in Giugliano, near Naples, Italy, where he was living.

'It is my first time' - Man caught stealing laptop from an office says (Photo)

A man caught was caught today after he stole a laptop through the window of an office in Abuja. 

See the post shared by an Event Planner on Instagram below:

Twitter introduces new features to deal with hateful and abusive content

Twitter announced a new set of features to combat hateful and abusive content today. The changes include preventing serial abusers from creating new accounts, a new "safe search" function and blocking potentially abusive and "low-quality" tweets from appearing in conversations.

Twitter's engineering chief Ed Ho,  in a new blog post said;

"Started from a tweet now we here." - Couple who met on Twitter weds

A tale of a love story that started with a tweet.

Dani with the Twitter handle @thatspizzaslut got married to Mestizo, @WMB8396, on the 1st of February 2017 and she happily shared their marriage certificate on Twitter with the tweet; "Started from a tweet now we here." 

See their tweets story below:

Photos of the female corp member who died in Bayelsa State Orientation camp

A female Corp member, Olajumoke Deborah Abetesola, died after an asthma attack on Friday, February 3rd, at the orientation camp in Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokoma, Bayelsa State.

It was gathered that the deceased, who graduated from Lead City University in 2016, passed away at the Clinic Department of the camp after efforts by health workers to save her life failed.

A source, who spoke to THISDAY said the victim suffered her first attack a week after she arrived the camp, but was assisted by her colleagues.

I don't know Putin, have no deals in Russian, and the haters are going crazy - Donald Trump tweets

As shared by US President:

"I don't know Putin, have no deals in Russia, and the haters are going crazy - yet Obama can make a deal with Iran, #1 in terror, no problem!"

'I'm tired of the church using the Bible to be homophobic' - SA choreographer, Somizi Mhlongo

Popular South African choreographer and radio personality, Somizi Mhlongo has come out speak on the Grace Bible Church controversy. Two weeks ago, he stormed out of a service in Grace Bible Church, Soweto, after a Ghanaian Bishop, Dag Heward-Mills said being homosexual was 'unnatural'. (READ HERE)

The incident saw an angry Somizi took to his IG page to rant over the homophobic statement in series of videos.

In an exclusive interview with Carte Blanche, he revealed details of what exactly went down in his church.

We sold DISCOS to people with no idea to run power distribution business – Bukola Saraki

The President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, has attributed the perennial power outage in the country to faulty privatization of the sector.

Speaking at a workshop on power sector organised by the National Assembly on Tuesday, in Abuja, Saraki faulted relevant authorities for privatising the sector to people who had no idea on how to run it.

The Senate President lamented that in spite of the huge resources committed to the sector in last 14 years, no much improvement has been witness.

Why Nigeria is a hell-hole for Christians - Femi Fani-Kayode

“We will defeat radical Islamic terrorism and we will not allow it to take root in our country…….we will wipe it off the face of the earth”- President Donald J. Trump.

Now that is a real President talking! Sadly our ailing Head of State does not possess such a mindset and neither does he share such a disposition. Unlike Trump he does not have an aversion to such evil.

Consequently he has refused to apprehend, caution, arrest or prosecute even one member of the radical Islamist Fulani supremacists and terrorists since he came to power just under two years ago even though they have butchered thousands of inncocent Christians, burnt their homes and occupied their land.

James Ibori inspired David Cameron’s statement of Nigeria being ‘fantastically corrupt’ – Anti-corruption Group says

A group known as the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, on Tuesday, claimed that the former governor of Delta State, James Ibori was one of those who allegedly inspired the comment of ex-British Prime Minister, David Cameron, when he said “Nigeria is fantastically corrupt.”

CACOL made the remark while reacting to the celebration that greeted Ibori’s return to the country last weekend.

The Oghara-born politician, who was recently released after completing his jail term in the UK, arrived the country on Saturday amid celebrations from people of Delta State.

VP Osinbajo says recession will soon be history

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, assured Nigerians that the Federal Government was determined to improve the economy in order to end the ongoing recession.

Osinbajo made the remark while commending the Inspector General of Police over the handling of yesterday’s nationwide anti-government protest.

Recall that some cross section of Nigerians on Monday took to the street to protest the policies of Buhari-led Federal Government.

My husband sleeps with his 12-year-old daughter – Wife tells court

A civil servant, Blessing Ilo, on Tuesday, told a Nyanya Customary Court, Abuja, that her husband has been having canal knowledge of his biological daughter.

Ilo testified in a divorce petition she filled against the husband, James Akpan.

“All the while I was living with my husband and that little girl of 12 years, I don’t know that my husband was always having sex with her when am out of the house.

Closure of Abuja airport won’t exceed 6 weeks – Rotimi Amaechi

Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, says the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport for repair will not exceed the planned six weeks.

He said the Federal Government will ensure the total rehabilitation of the Abuja Airport runway for smooth operations.

Amaechi, a former governor of Rivers State, acknowledged the hardship closure of the Airport would cause travelers, but maintained that his Ministry will ensure the reopening after due rehabilitation is concluded in six weeks.

Many people want my enemy to die ... Ayodele Fayose is one of them - Sen Kashamu

Senator Buruji Kashamu, representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has alleged that Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose wants him dead.

Kashamu who made the allegation in an interview with New Telegraph, he said it was unfortunate that certain persons do not like others who have genuine interest towards the plight of the poor.

“Some politicians believe I am too powerful, popular and influential. There is no way you will be in politics, especially at my level and not step on toes,” he said.