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The Former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, his wife and son have been able to recover three properties worth about N500m from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to a report by Sunday Punch, the properties include four terrace houses located at 44 Mamman Kotangora Crescent in the highbrow Katamkpe Extension area of Abuja; a parcel of land in Guzape District and a duplex at Olori Mojisola Onikoyi Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos. Upon visit to the location of the properties on Thursday, the erstwhile red paint inscription, ‘EFCC, Keep Off!’ had been wiped off on the walls of the buildings. Obanikoro, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party about a year ago, was under investigation along with his two sons for alleged money laundering. The ex-minister was accused of receiving N4.7bn from the Office of the National Security Adviser under the leadership of Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) in 2014. ...

 PortHarcourt’s first son, Duncan Mighty, has just gifted an elder woman a Camry car. The Nigeria Musician put a wonderful smile of the poor widow. The music star shared a video where he presented the car to the old woman on his Instagram page on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. According to him, she caught his attention after he saw a video of her dancing to his song on Instagram. "Brand new Camry for our new Mama we met on IG she was dancing to my new single #miekeraso few days back, got her registered at the clinic .. GOD be praised forever amen #MieKeRaSoTouchingLives #GODSMERCYBROUGHTMET HISFAR #MieKeRaSo #duncanmighty,"  he captioned the video.

No matter how hard he tries to make it look as if it is no big deal and no matter how much he ignores it and tries to brush it under the carpet, the 5.8 billion naira scandal in which the House of Representatives have indicted Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for theft, larceny, diversion, misapplication and misappropiation will not go away. No matter how much he tries to wash himself with his self-righteous soap and brush, the filthy stench of corruption and abuse of office will never leave him. No matter how many open markets he visits in a blaze of publicity and in a desperate attempt to prove that he is a man of the people, the bloated flies that customarily trail filth, garbage, open sewers and rejected goods will continue to follow him and raise fundamental questions about his infantile claim to holiness, infallibility and sainthood. Some have erroneously argued that Osinbajo could not have stolen the 5.8 billion or indulged in any form of wrongdoing because he is a Pa...

Brazilian legend, Cafu, has has tipped his countryman, Vinicius Junior to replace Cristiano Ronaldo at Real Madrid. Ronaldo left Real Madrid for Juventus in the summer after helping the LaLiga giants win third Champions League in a role. Real Madrid have already sacked one manager since Ronaldo’s exit, with Julen Lopetegui loosing his job to make way for Santiago Solari. Real Madrid’s attacking players have failed to fill the void left by Ronaldo. Los Blancos bought Vinicius from Flamengo earlier this year for £38million. He recently scored his first Real Madrid goal against Real Valladolid in a 2-0 victory. And Cafu has noted that he has the potential to replace Ronaldo. “Vinicius will certainly do well in Real Madrid,” Cafu, a former Real Madrid left-back, told Express Sports. “But it still cannot be considered a crack, and it certainly cannot be compared to Cristiano Ronaldo. “Cristiano is Cristiano, with all the history in Real Madrid that the Portuguese ...

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Wednesday resolved to re-strategize and dialogue with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issues associated with the proposed N30, 000 minimum wage Chairman of the forum and Governor of Zamfara, Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, told newsmen at the end of an emergency meeting of the governors on Wednesday in Abuja that payment of N30, 000 wage was impracticable. Yari, however, said the proposed wage would be paid if labour would agree to downsizing of the workforce across the country “or Federal Government itself accedes to the review of the national revenue allocation formula”. The forum constituted a committee to meet the president to work out a formula to quickly resolve the issues. He listed members of the committee to interface with the Presidency as governors of Lagos, Kebbi, Plateau, Bauchi, Akwa |bom, Ebonyi, Enugu and Kaduna. Yari said: “Situation where our report was not taken or considered by the tripartite committee in the presentation...

President Muhammadu Buhari has told the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to be cautious of scammers around him. Buhari said that the former Vice President has surrounded himself with same people that failed with former President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015. Speaking through, Festus Keyamo, SAN, the spokesman of the Buhari Campaign, the President also told Atiku to come to him for advice. He was reacting to an earlier claim by the former VP through his campaign organization, where he mocked Buhari over corruption allegation on Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. He said, “Atiku has surrounded himself with all those who failed with Jonathan. His spokespersons and those speaking for him on social media were the ones who sank Jonathan. “Our advice to him is that he should be careful of these scammers around him. They were the ones who scammed Jonathan and made him believe that he was making headway in the campaign, but at the end of the day,...

Nigerian Media Personality, Toke Makinwa , via Instagram made a bold statement warning Annie Idibia on her 34th birthday saying    'If I no find husband in one year, I’m coming to share yours'. See the post that Toke shared below: “Happy birthday most beautiful, such a stunner 😍 my fellow comrade  #Scorpiogang  💥💥💥💥 It’s so beautiful to watch you blossom and become so much more my love, my senior wife  #forreal  as you know say I don give am one more year, if I no find husband , I’m coming to share yours after all God shared his only son with us all, don’t he stingy, shareeeeeeeeeeeee 😂😂😂😂😂😂 love you Annie boo  @annieidibia1   #Chapter34 “

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission on Wednesday said it would probe the allegation of corruption leveled against the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, during the recently concluded party primaries. The ICPC’s decision to investigate Oshiomhole came barely one week after he was quizzed by the Department of State Services over alleged anomalies in the APC primaries. The spokesperson of the ICPC, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said this during a protest by some members of the APC under the aegis of Coalition 4 New Nigeria. According to reports gathered by PUNCH, the anti-Oshiomhole protesters, led by a legal practitioner and civil rights activist, Stanley Onukwufor, carried placards with various inscriptions such as ‘With Oshiomhole APC is nowhere;’ ‘ICPC, probe Oshiomhole now;’ ‘Buhari, remove Oshiomhole;’ ‘Oshiomhole is corrupt;’ and ‘Oshiomhole must go.” Okoduwa said, “First of all, we will verify whether, inde...

A pregnant woman and one passenger in a commercial tricycle on Tuesday in Aba, Abia State, reportedly lost their lives after being involved in an accident. Reports where gathered that the accident happened after a haulage truck being chased by Revenue agents said to be working for Aba South Local Area Council collided with the tricycle otherwise known as ‘Keke Napep’ along East off Ikot Ekpene road in the commercial city. According to reports, the pregnant woman and a passenger in the tricycle died on the spot. It was learnt that several other passengers who were injured in the accident are battling for survival in a government hospital after being rejected by a private hospital because of the degree of injury that they sustained. The revenue agents in a move to escape the wrath of the people dived into the Waterside River, luck however was said to have ran out on one of them who was apprehended by some of the onlookers that chased after them. It was gathered that the ...

Juventus forward, Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona captain, Lionel Messi, will both miss out on this year’s Ballon d’Or award. This claim was made by respected journalist, Eric Macruth, who works for French radio station, RFI. Recall that Ronaldo and Messi were shortlisted for the Europe topflight individual prize last month. Ronaldo and Messi have dominated the award for ten years now. The pair had won an incredible five awards each, with Ronaldo equalling Messi’s tally last year. According to Express UK, Macruth disclosed that Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric will win the 2018 Ballon d’ Or, while Real Madrid defender, Raphael Varane and Paris Saint-Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe will be among the three-man final shortlist ahead of Ronaldo and Messi. “Exclusive #BallondOr: After counting half the votes, the head trio is as follows: 1) Modric 2) @raphaelvarane 3 @KMbappe. @xbarretfoot @RFIRadioFoot Info @RFIsports,” Macruth tweeted. The 2018 Ballon d’ Or awar...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has been warned by  The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against bandying debt figures in an attempt to cover the failures of the All Progressives Cobgress, APC, and President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the PDP, instead of dishing out figures about the nation’s debt profile, the Vice President should present to Nigerians the scorecard of the present administration. In a statement by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, the PDP said it was already a settled fact that the nation’s debt profile escalated under “the Buhari administration, which crippled our once robust economy, pushed it into recession, turned our nation from a growing economy to a debtor country and world’s poverty capital.” The statement said, “Osinbajo is challenged to present to Nigerians, the scorecard of APC administration, for which President Muhammadu Buhari has now lost his carriage as a leader. ”Despite being busted, Osinbajo is labouring to ...

Akwa Ibom State, Gov. Udom Emmanuel has donated N48 million as transport allowance to the 2018 Batch C Stream 1 Corps members from camp to their areas of primary assignment. Emmanuel announced the donation during the closing ceremony of the stream in Ikot Itie Udung in Nsit Atai Local Government Area on Monday. He also extended the magnanimity to the camp officials, who facilitated the corps members training at the orientation camp. He said that the State Government would continue to place a premium on the welfare of corps members posted to the state. Emmanuel also commended the Corps members for their contribution towards the enhancement of education, health and infrastructure development of the state. He said that the camp needed a facelift to enhance the welfare of corps members and camp officials, adding that the state government had directed NYSC Governing Board to sustain the initiative of the scheme. The governor urged the corps members to take their security ...

The legendary writer, editor and publisher of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, has been reported dead. Stan Lee died at age 95. His cause of death is not yet known, although he had suffered several illnesses over the last year, including a bout of pneumonia. The news was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, following up on earlier confirmation, via Lee’s daughter, from TMZ. Lee, who began in the business in 1939 and created or co-created Black Panther, Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Mighty Thor, Iron Man, the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Daredevil and Ant-Man, among countless other characters, died early Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, a family representative told The Hollywood Reporter. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige,speaking on his death said: “No one has had more of an impact on my career and everything we do at Marvel Studios than Stan Lee “Stan leaves an extraordinary legacy that will outlive us all. Our thoughts are with...

The Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has accused Governors of routinely stealing the money meant for the Local Governments. Obasanjo also said this has rendered the LGs incapable of performing even the basic functions for their people. Making more revelation, Obasanjo said that the governors pilfer Local Governments’ funds through the nebulous “joint account.” He said that this was why the governors have remained antagonistic to the agitation for Local Government (LG) autonomy. Obasanjo stated this when members of a Non-Governmental Organisation, Friends of Democracy, FoD, visited him at his new residence within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, the state capital. The group were at the home of the ex-President to seek his support for the Local Government Autonomy Bill which had been passed by the National Assembly. The bill still requires the approval of not less than 24 State Houses of Assembly to sail through successfull...