Resign Or Be Sacked From INEC – Ozekhome Warns Amina Zakari

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has again called for the resignation of Amina Zakari as the acting Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

His call followed speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari may make her substantive head of the commission.

Zakari, who was National Commissioner at INEC, replaced Prof. Attahiru Jega, whose five-year tenure as the INEC chairman ended on June 30.

EFCC reacts to alleged diversion of N1trn by its chairman...

EFCC has released a statement reacting to the reported diversion of N1 trillion by the commission's chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde which was published yesterday August 24th. The agency in a statement published on its website this morning, refuted the claims, adding that the commission is not afraid of probe. The statement below..

Unconscious body on Oba Akran road, Ikeja this morning (graphic)

The man was on the floor, bleeding and unconscious and according to the reader who sent in the photo, everyone was just standing there. Full pic after the cut...

'I beat my wife for refusing to have sex with me' 40 year old man tells court

A man named Salau Kehinde who was accused of beating his wife told a Customary Court in Ikorodu, Lagos that he indeed physically abuses his wife whenever she refuses to have sex with him.


His wife, Shakirat approached the court seeking for dissolution of their 10-year old marriage that has produced two children. This was because of his continuous assault anytime she returned from work and refused to have sex because she was either too tired or for other reasons.

Woman runs over her husband after arguement, kills him (Graphic)

A woman intentionally ran over her husband in Lanham, MD, Maryland, USA with her SUV on Sunday afternoon after they argued over something. The man, who you can see under the tyre (right pic) was pronounced dead on the scene.

 The suspect, Araceli Alvarez-Mendoza, 37, and her husband, Fernando Fragoso-Duana, 36, got into an argument at their home on the 9400 block of Worrell Avenue, according to Prince George's County police. Fragoso-Duana then left the home and began walking in the neighborhood.
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Ikorodu robbery suspects sue IGP; say they were forced to make false statements

The four armed robbery suspects arrested in July in connection with the Ikorodu Bank robbery which occurred on June 24th, have dragged the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase before a Federal High Court in Lagos over claims that they were forced to confess to being part of an 18-man armed robbery gang that attacked the banks.

The four men were paraded before newsmen on July 6th where they confessed to being involved in the robbery attack. The court paper which has been filed before Justice Mohammed Yunusa through their lawyer, A Akanbi, states that they made confessional statement to newsmen under duress.
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Photos: Saouth Africa pastor prays snake spirit into his members, then 'sends' them to Nigeria

Below is how the church of the controversial SA pastor is reporting his latest wonder deliverance
"The man of God commanded the sheep to come to the front & he started demonstrating power through them. He first commanded the spirit of a snake to enter into them and commanded the spirit to show its character in them. They started moving like snakes and behaving like snakes. He then sent them to go to Nigeria and they started to speak like Nigerians. He further demonstrated by sending them into the water and commanded them to swim.
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Pregnant woman, baby, among those killed in Damaturu bomb blast

A pregnant woman and a baby were among those who died in a twin suicide bomb attack at a bus terminal in Damaturu in Yobe state this morning. The state police commands spokesperson, DSP Toyin Gbadegeshin said this to news men after the incident


“The suicide bomb girl detonated the explosive at the screening centre of the motor park gate, killing herself and four others, including a pregnant woman and a baby. The other explosive went off at about the same time with the first one at Pompomari, when a suspected male suicide bomber, sensing he will be apprehended, ran into a nearby bush and the explosive went off, killing him alone,” he said.

Cultists Shoot APC Chieftain's Only Son To Death

A BLOODY clash between two rival cult groups at the University of Jos (UNIJOS) over the weekend has left a student dead. Sources claimed that the incident occurred at Gondola, near Angwan Rukuba in Jos North local council, as members of a group went to the room of a member of a rival cult simply identified as Nanfwan, a diploma student at the institution’s Centre for Continuing Education.

LASG Removes Fashola’s Budget Spending From Website

The Lagos State Government has removed the list of contracts awarded under the administration of former Governor Babatunde Fashola.

The list which was published on the website of the state’s Public Procurement Agency, www.lagosppa.gov.ng, stated that Fashola’s administration spent N78.3m on his personal website, www.tundefashola.com, in 2014.

University Status: Alvan Ikoku "University" Of Education Is Boiling (photo)

For two weeks now, the rumor that the federal government is planning to strip the newly converted colleges of education to universities of education their university status has been on air. Here in alvan, the news has not gone down well with the school community.

Ban Ki-moon Teaches Secondary School Students In Garki, Abuja (Photo)

As part of his visit to Nigeria,United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visited a Junior Secondary School in Garki area of Abuja where he taught the students the beneficial effects of all classes of food.

Osun State Judge In Husband Snatching Drama

The National Judicial Council has issued a query over allegation of amorous scandal against a judge in the Osun State judiciary, Justice Olamide Oloyede, who initiated a petition calling for the removal of the state Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola.

The NJC issued the query dated July 28, 2015 and with reference number, NJC/S.29 HC.OS/16/1/55,
against Justice Oloyede upon a petition by a mother of four, Mrs. Emily Richard-Obire, who accused the judge of cohabiting with her (Richard-Obire’s) husband.

Oloyede came to prominence recently after she submitted a petition to the Osun State House of
Assembly calling for the removal of Aregbesola on the grounds of his alleged financial
misappropriation.

Dear Job Seeker, Is Your Computer Literacy Enough?

I hear people often say, ‘I am computer literate’ and I am wondering what they meant by that. The statement does not answer any question. For God sake, there are over a hundred thing you can do with a computer, so telling me that you are computer literate is very ambiguous. Bypass the computer literacy cliché and just tell me what exactly it is you can do with the computer.

Almost every CV on my table has that cliché ‘Computer Literate with Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications’ or Proficient with Word, Excel, Power Point and Internet Appreciation and I am like , and so? Is that all?

Thugs Beat Mother, Smash Baby Against The Floor

Some thugs have allegedly beaten up a woman, who was identified simply as Beatrice, and smashed her two-year-old baby against the floor, killing the toddler.

It was gathered that the incident occurred at the Bajare Camp in the Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Witnesses told our correspondent that the thugs attacked Beatrice on the instruction of a middle-aged woman, identified simply as Toyin, following a disagreement between the women.

Buhari's Lack Of Economic Team Could Delay 2016 Budget Presentation-senate

The Senate is becoming uncomfortable with the perceived unpreparedness of the Muhammadu Buhari administration to submit to the National Assembly the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Policy (FSP) ahead of the presentation of the 2016 budget.

The concerns arose after a recent directive by Buhari asking the Ministries of Finance, Trade, Investments and Industries, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other relevant agencies to come up with new economic policies aimed at boosting manufacturing in the 2016 budget.

Protesting Lawyers Disrupt NBA Session Over Amaechi!

Members of the Port-Harcourt branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Monday disrupted a session of the law body’s annual conference over an invitation extended to former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Ameachi to address them.
The placard-carrying protesters opposed Ameachi’s presence on the ground that Amaechi’s government shut courts in the state for one year during his tenure.

The protest degenerated into brawl when Ameachi, who was the co-chairman of the session, wanted to speak and another group of lawyers challenged the protesters.

Toddler Dies After Eating Poisoned Rice (pictures Of Suspects)

There was confusion in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State when a two-year-old boy, Ibrahim, died after eating a plate of rice suspected to have been poisoned.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the food was prepared by his mother, Fatimoh Azeez.

Fatimoh, however, said the food was eaten by other members of her family who were not hurt, adding that she suspected that one of her sisters-in-law, Fatimoh Rasaki, who had visited her on the day of the incident, had a hand in the death of the child.

Panel To Probe Amaechi Begins Sitting In Port Harcourt

The probe panel set-up to investigate the immediate past administration of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has said it is not out to witch-hunt anyone.

Chairman of the committee, Justice George Omereji said this during his inaugural address to declare the sitting open.

Justice Omereji said the commission would give room for fair hearing to all parties, adding that all parties had the liberty to contract the services of any legal representative of their choice.

MTN Scraps Early Debt Payment Amid Currency Shortage

MTN Group Limited has abandoned plans to repay early, about $500 million of debt held in Nigeria, saying it can’t get hold of dollars in the African wireless carrier’s biggest market.

“We had looked to do the early resettlement but currently we are not able to,” Nik Kershaw, Head of Investor Relations, told Bloomberg on phone monday.

Suicide Bomber Hits Damaturu, Five Killed

Reports reaching DAILY POST has it that a suicide bomber struck at a busy area in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital this morning. At least five people were killed from the explosion with more than 20 others injured. Director of Media and Publicity to Yobe State Governor, Abdullahi Bego, confirmed that the dead have been evacuated to the mortuary while the injured victims are currently being attended to by health and emergency workers. Security personnel have cordoned the area. Details later…

Go and make peace with Tinubu - FFK advices Fashola

The former Minister thinks Fashola should make peace with Tinubu in the wake of the corruption allegations being leveled against him...

Lagos Police Command smashes notorious cult gang, 14 members arrested

The Lagos State Police Command has recorded yet another success in its fight against Cultism and Armed Robbery in the State. In a bid to make good its promise to chase out armed robbers and cultists from the State, the Command has smashed a notorious robbery/cultist group that has continually unleashed a reign of terror on the residents of Mushin and Idi-Oro Areas of Lagos. Acting on diligently sourced and managed intelligence, the Command swooped in on the gang and a total of fourteen of the gang members have so far been arrested. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Fatai Owoseni while appealing to Lagosians to remain calm and to continue to furnish the Command with vibrant and actionable intelligence, hereby warns all cultists and armed robbers that the Command will employ all legal means within his disposal to decisively deal with them and their sponsors cum benefactors, adding that unless and until they desist from such nefarious activities, there shall be no hiding place for them.

Acid attack victim weds. "It was a day I thought I'd never have" she writes

Sonali Mukherjee-Tewary's world came crashing on April 22, 2003 after three men poured acid on her face. The horrific attack left her disfigured and blind. Then one day, a stranger contacted her and offered to pay for her surgery. What began as a phone call turned into a love story. Here is Sonali's story of pain, courage, healing, and finding love...
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Boy 'born with 3 penises' undergoes pioneering surgery to leave him with just one

A little boy born with three penises in an incredibly rare occurrence has undergone pioneering surgery to correct the abnormality. According to reports, the two-year-old pictured above with his mum suffers from diphallia, a rare condition where a male is born with two penises.

He also had a third penis considered rudimentary, or undeveloped. In addition, the unnamed boy was born without an anus.
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