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Popular gospel artiste, Don Moen, pastor Uma Ukpai among a host of other men of God were pictured at the December edition of Akwa Ibom State Government House Monthly Prayer Meeting with the theme “Thanksgiving; The Project Of The Living”. The meeting held at the Government House Banquet Hall, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, December 17th, 2016.

A bill seeking to alter the constitution to allow public officers own and operate foreign bank accounts is currently being considered by the Senate. The Senate Bill number 347 sponsored by Senator Solomon Olamilekan was obtained by THE PUNCH, in Abuja, on Wednesday. Entitled, "An Act to Alter The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 To Permit Public Officers to Maintain or Operate a Bank Account In Any Country Outside Nigeria; And For Related Matters," the bill seeks to alter a part of the fifth schedule of the constitution. In an explanatory memorandum attached to it, the sponsor of the bill said, "This bill seeks to alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, in order to delete the provision in the Code of Conduct for public officers which forbids them from operating a bank account in a bank outside Nigeria. "This is owing to the fact that the prohibition does no accord with the current realities where the world has bec

Alan Ruschel, a survivor of the Chapcoense air disaster, has been discharged from hospital 18 days after the tragic crash which killed 19 of his team-mates. The Brazilian left back was seen leaving the Unimed hospital in Chapeco on Friday to cheers and applause from a waiting crowd, stepping out of his wheelchair before jumping into a car to depart in a clip uploaded by Alexandre Lozetti. Ruschel is one of just six survivors of the plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia last month – including most of the Chapecoense squad and staff. Having been transferred back to Brazil earlier in the week, Ruschel has now been deemed well enough to leave the hospital after recovering from a spinal cord injury. He is expected to continue to require physiotherapy treatment at home

Laura Ikeji, younger sister of millionaire blogger, Linda Ikeji is officially to Ogbonna Kanu, former footballer and younger brother to football legend Kanu Nwankwo. Announcing the engagement, Linda Ikeji wrote, ''So my amazing little sister Laura Ikeji got engaged tonight. Her man of about a year, former footballer and younger brother to football legend Kanu Nwankwo, Ogbonna Kanu, asked her to marry him and she said yes! So so happy for them. Big congrats to Laura & Ogbonna. ''Meanwhile, to my matter, dear future husband, biko show up nah! Me sef want to wear wedding dress..lol. I tap into Laura's blessings! 2017 loading. *wink*

The wedding between Zahra Buhari and billionaire Muhammadu Indimi’s son Ahmed was the event to attend on Friday. The guest list for the event included some big names in the Nigerian entertainment industry. See list of some entertainers who attended #zahmed2016 : 1. Darey Art Alade : official anchor of the Zahra and Ahmed’s wedding ball. 2. Ayo Makun aka AY : co-host of the wedding 3. Adekunle Gold : He performed at the wedding. 5. Kiss Daniel : He also performed at the wedding ball. 6. Seyi Shay : The singer also performed at the wedding. 7. Di’Ja : The MAVIN Princess performed at the event 8. DJ Jimmy Jatt : official DJ of the event. 9. Comedian Senator : He performed at the wedding.

Less than two weeks to Christmas, a man and at least five of his children all of school age were a few hours ago crushed by an overspeeding Toyota Picnic bus, reports an eye-witness. According to reports, the accident which occurred near Taraku, Benue State, has sparked a reprisal with a mob blocking the Makurdi-Otukpo road at the accident spot. The man was said to be taking his wards home from school when the vehicle knocked them down.

This incredibly friendly lion loves cuddling up to humans… and even giving them a KISS. The stunning images show tame lions interacting with their human best friends. The typically-ferocious beasts have instead become gentle giants after they were raised by humans at Taigan Lion Park, in Crimea. Heartwarming images have captured the lions cuddling up to fearless humans as they pose for selfies, go for a swim, and even offer their human friends a kiss. Russian photographer, Nikita Korzun, 43, visited the park and was surprised to see the humans and lions sitting on top of each other in a field.

Barely three days after the alleged crashed of the Mavrodi Mundial Moneybox popularly known as MMM, another Ponzi scheme has surfaced in Nigeria. Members of the famous money-doubling scheme, MMM were thrown into panic and great confusion on Tuesday, following the message from the ponzi scheme freezing all confirmed Mavros, otherwise known as money due for withdrawal for one month. NNN is a community of ordinary people, selflessly helping each other, a kind of mutual aid. This is the first sprout of something new in modern soulless and ruthless world of greed and hard cash. The goal here is not the money. The goal is to ACQUIRE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, a statement on the NNN website reads. The website is modeled after MMM Nigeria but while MMM promised 30% on investment, NNN promises 35%. According to the website, NNN is owned by the participants, its a community by the people and for the people. A team of freedom lovers in America headed by an influential Yoruba man came up with a l

Women football is set for a meltdown as Saturday Telegraph uncovers a grand plot by a Nigerian outfit to facilitate mass movement of the country’s budding and established stars to represent another African nations. Our correspondent learnt that the organisation’s proposals to about four African countries had been endorsed and had already been collating names of Nigerian players that would be part of the first phase of the movement. A top member of the ‘ring’ told our correspondent that they related with many Nigerian players especially those who had represented the country at major junior international competitions who showed enthusiasm to dump the country and feature for other nations at the senior level. The official, who also represented the country at the highest level, said many younger generations of women footballers had lost interest in representing the country following the shabby treatment of female footballers. “I am sorry to inform you about what we are planning

Hillary Clinton blamed Vladimir Putin for the hacking of Democratic organizations during the  2016 election , telling donors that the Russian President's involvement stemmed from a "personal beef against me." During a short speech pegged as a "thank you party" at the The Plaza Hotel, Clinton said the 2016 election hacking was enough to tip the balance in Donald Trump's favor. The comments were her first since the news of Putin's involvement. Clinton,  based on audio obtained by the New York Times  and sources in the room, did not mention President-elect Donald Trump in regards to the hacking, but her comments reacting to news that the United States intelligence assessment of the 2016 hacking suggests Putin was involved was seen in the room as an implicit knock against the President-elect. "Vladimir Putin himself directed the covert cyber attacks against our electoral system, against our democracy, apparently because he has a personal be

President Buhari's daughter Zahra is officially off the market. She wedded her Prince Charming billionaire son Ahmed Indimi this afternoon in an exquisite wedding in Abuja.

Gov Wike and other PDP members recently had a street protest against the brutality of the Nigerian Police Force during the last legislative election. In a swift response the APC have also held their protest accusing the Governor of the killings during the Dec. 10 election and protesting is attack on the police.

The National Association of Government Approved Freight Forwarders (NAGAFF) on Friday lauded the Federal Government’s plans to lift foreign exchange restriction on 41 imported items. Mr Stanley Ezenga, the National Publicity Secretary of the association, gave the commendation in an interview with newsmen in Lagos. The Federal Government had indicated its readiness to lift the forex ban it placed on some 41 items in 2015. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun, had in the 2017 Fiscal Policy Roadmap, said Federal Government “will replace administrative measures on list of 41 items with fiscal measures to reduce demand pressure in the parallel market. Ezenga said that the plan would boost importation activities at the nation’s ports. He said that lifting of ban on the items would not solve the declining value of the naira, urging government to come up with a more result-oriented forex policy. “The plan by the government to lift foreign exchange restriction on some 41 imported items is goo

President Barack Obama on Thursday vowed retaliatory action against Russia for its meddling in the U.S. presidential election, pointing to the probable that President Vladimir Putin personally authorised it. “I think there is no doubt that when any foreign government tries to impact the integrity of our elections that we need to take action and we will at a time and place of our own choosing,” Obama said in an interview scheduled to air on Friday on National Public Radio, according to CNN. Describing potential countermeasures by the U.S., the President said “some of it may be explicit and publicised; some of it may not be,” He said he directly confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about a potential U.S. response, and said his counterpart acknowledged his stance. “Mr. Putin is well aware of my feelings about this, because I spoke to him directly about it,” Obama said. Earlier on Thursday, Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters during the daily White House briefing tha

The Federal Government on Thursday said the present administration was not responsible for the hardship currently being experienced by Nigerians. The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udo Udoma, said this while answering reporters’ questions after the last meeting of the National Economic Council for the year at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Udoma said rather than being responsible for the country’s problems, the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was on a rescue mission. He said the present administration was determined to change things in the country.

The revenue available for sharing by Nigeria’s federal, states and local governments in November declined by N33.1 billion. Thus, N386.9 billion was distributed to all tiers of government compared to the N420 billion shared in October. The minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, represented by the Accountant-General of the Federation,Mr Idris Ahmed on Thursday in Abuja, attributed the decline to the decrease in crude oil export by 0.34 million barrels per day even though the average price of crude oil increased from 46.54 dollars to 47.08 dollars per barrel in November. Giving a breakdown of how the N386.9 billion revenue for the month was generated, Adeosun said N206.44 was from the distributable Statutory Revenue of the month. The sum of N6.33 billion was refunded by the NNPC to the Federation, N66 billion from the Excess Petroleum Profit Tax account, exchange gain of N38.85 billion and Value Added Tax, N75.6 billion. See how much federal and state received below: Federal

The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has reacted to an audio yesterday released by Sahara Reporters where he purportedly threatened to kill an INEC official. In a statement signed Dr Tam-George, Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rivers State Wike said he was impersonated and blamed APC for the act. The statement reads: “The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to a publication by SaharaReporters, alleging that Governor Nyesom Wike had illicit contacts with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the run up to the rerun elections, on the 10th of December 2016 in Rivers State. “We categorically deny these latest allegations as a sick fabrication, and an outright lie. Governor Wike never made any contact with INEC officials, in person or by telephone. Saharareporters.com is the online propaganda bullhorn of the All Progressives Congress, APC. “Their publications are typically false, and the writers are professional

The federal government yesterday confirmed the discovery of crude oil in Borno State, North East Nigeria, thus raising the hope of the region joining the league of oil producing areas in the not-too-distant time. The disclosure was made by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Dr. Jamila Shua’ra, when she presented her welcome address at the presentation of the 2016 petroleum sector scorecard held at the auditorium of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PDF) in Abuja yesterday. She brandished the discovery of crude oil in Borno State as one of the achievements of the ministry during the year, saying, “Our doggedness culminated in the discovery of oil in new frontiers – Lagos and Borno.” Shua’ra listed other achievements of the ministry: “Today, as a team, we have recorded commendable achievements in our sector: the introduction of the PMS Price Modulation Matrix; the availability of PMS in all outlets; eradication of payment on fuel subsidies; located f

The Senate yesterday refused to confirm Ibrahim Magu as substantive chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, upon a security report by the Department of State Services, DSS. In a 14 paragraph DSS report the Acting EFCC Chair was nailed with several allegations. Below are some of them: 1. In August 2008, following a search at his residence during the tenure of Farida Waziri, AIG, retd, as a Commissioner, some sensitive EFCC documents which were not supposed to be at his disposal were with him. 2. In December 2010, the Police Service Commission found Magu guilty of action prejudicial to State Security, withholding of EFCC files, sabotage, unauthorized removal of EFCC files, and acts unbecoming of a Police officer and awarded him severe reprimand as punishment. 3. Magu is currently occupying a residence rented for N40 million at N20 million per annum. This accommodation was not paid for from the Commission’s finances. 4. Investigations show that Magu regula

2016 has been an interesting year in politics due to the hangover of the 2015 elections and the delight of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the struggles of the Muhammadu Buhari administration among other things. The economic crisis and other problems facing the country have given many opposition politicians ammunition against Buhari and caused them to mock his promise for change. The PDP’s loss of the ruling party status and the internal crisis threatening to wreck it has also made for an interesting year in politics. All of this and more have provided Nigeria’s politicians with content for conversation and commentary. Despite the amazement and amusement that has been provided this year however, these are 10 politicians that we don’t want to hear from in 2017: 1. Femi Fani-Kayode: The former aviation minister has taken us to two extremes of sanity this year with his lengthy pieces accusing the Muhammadu Buhari administration of everything from wickedness to witchcraft. H

President Muhammadu Buhari And Governor Akinwumin Ambode, At the commissioning of newly acquired Nigerian Navy Ships -Karaduwa, Unity, Tugboat Commander Ugwu and other patrol boats, in Lagos.

The protest staged by members of the female football national team, the Super Falcons in Abuja on Wednesday over the non-payment of their allowances has continued to spark up controversy across the country. This is just as Nigerian songsters, Paul Okoye of the Psquare fame and Timi Dakolo have reacted to the development. Recall that the Super Falcons Wednesday stormed the National Assembly protesting the refusal of the Nigerian Football Federation to pay their entitlements. Although President Muhammadu Buhari had promised to pay all outstanding bonuses and allowances to the Super Falcons within 48 hours,  Paul Okoye says it’s a shame. On his Instagram page @rudeboypsquare, the ‘Bizzy Body’ crooner wrote: “From champions to the street.. what a big shame!!! A Public international disgrace. “Don’t even have a word to call this. And one big ewu mmeehhh is still in the office!! “Wish all Nigerians could join hands and put this to an end. “How can one be proud of this coun

Ponzi scheme, MMM Nigeria is set to bounce earlier than its projected one-month suspension, Naij reports. MMM Nigeria operators revealed to Naij that “some Mavro will be released before the 30 days release date probably in batches.” Also, participants cannot provide and get help for now as the administrators “will use this period to tackle other issues we have with support,” the operators said. The good news is coming after an emergency meeting was held on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at by MMM Nigeria Global which said the ban was to ‘restructure’ the scheme. At the end of the meeting, MMM Nigeria issued a communiqué that; within the 1 month Mavro ban, it will continue growing. “The freeze periods may even be less than 1month but it all depends on programmers and how fast they can finish. “This year we will have a new model to help make this community sustainable in Nigeria. “We will post clarification with more details about the Frozen Mavro on everyone’s PO. Some Mavro wil

Forty-five year old Mark Friday, has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife to a coma because she allegedly using the money meant for their children’s school fees to invest in the MMM Ponzi scheme. Reports say the man gave his wife, Ekamma, N280,000 to pay their three children’s fees she decided to play a fast one and invested all the money into the scheme without telling her husband. The bubble eventually burst with the freezing of the accounts of the scheme some days ago. It also coincided with the school sending a letter to Friday that his children would not be allowed to write their examinations if he failed to pay their fees which were to balance up the part payment he had earlier paid. Surprised, Friday asked his wife why she had not paid the money he gave her some weeks earlier, she opened up and confessed that she had invested the money in MMM. Reports say Friday was so enraged that he locked the door to their apartment and descended on his wife, beating her to a p

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Thursday stormed the Ado-Ekiti branch of the Zenith Bank to make withdrawal from his hitherto frozen account following a federal high court order asking the bank to de-freeze the governor’s account. Governor Fayose who made a withdrawal of #5m in cash thanked Nigerians for standing with him and against the recklessness of the EFCC.