PRESIDENT BUHARI VOWS TO DEAL WITH PIPELINE VANDALS 'SAME WAY AS BOKO HARAM'

President Muhammadu Buhari remains firm in his promise to Nigerians to win the war against corruption and impunity while reaffirming his position that anyone caught looting the Nation's treasury will not go unpunished.

IPMAN PROMISES TO MAKE PETROL AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has promised to make petrol available nationwide immediately its members begin to receive the imported product currently berthed at the nation’s sea ports.

The Vice President of IPMAN, Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

WITNESS SAYS ORONSAYE FIXED GOVT FUND IN PERSONAL ACCOUNT

Former Head of Service and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, PCFATF, Steven Oronsaye Photo Credit: EFCC

The trial of the former Head of Service and Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Financial Action Task Force, PCFATF, Steven Oronsaye, continued on Wednesday April 13, 2016 before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja.

Oronsaye is being prosecuted on a 2-count charge of abuse of office and obtaining by false pretence preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

SARAKI MOVES TO REPEAL THE FEDERAL LAWS UNDER WHICH HE IS BEING TRIED BY MOBILIZING NIGERIAN SENATORS

Senate President Bukola Saraki

Saharareporters reports that in another desperate attempt to evade justice, Senate President Bukola Saraki convened a meeting last night in his home with "likeminded" Senators during which they agreed to go after two of the major laws that have ensnared him.

SUSPECTED HERDSMEN RAID TARABA VILLAGES, KILL 44

Taraba State map Photo Credit: Cable NG

At least 44 people were killed in a series of attacks by suspected herdsmen on villages in Gassaka and Bali local government areas of Taraba state.

Sylvanus Giwa, senior special assistant to the governor on media and publicity, confirmed this in a statement he issued on Tuesday.

The statement said 20 persons were killed in Angai village, nine in Maisuma, eight in Dorei and seven in Fali.

THE LEGAL VALIDITY OF PROFESSOR WOLE SOYINKA'S APPOINTMENT - FEMI FALANA

Wole Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka's parents were from Ogun state. His father hailed from Isara, an Ijebu community while his mother was an Egba woman. Even though ours is a patriarchal society, the Nobel Laureate has always described himself as "Ijegba", a word coined by him from his Ijebu and Egba roots. But the Ijegba man has lived in Lagos and made it a home like many Nigerians and foreigners alike. As a young lecturer, he began his teaching career at the University of Lagos. On account of his involvement in the struggle for social justice he has read poems and delivered speeches in Lagos to arouse the Nigerian people to fight tyranny and oppression. He has also led protests on the streets of Lagos against the dictatorial tendencies and excesses of the civilian and military wings of the ruling class.

WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR A POLITICALLY EXPOSED NIGERIAN TO RESIGN? - OGAGA IFOWODO

Ogaga Ifowodo

What would it take for a politically exposed Nigerian to resign from office in protest of his or her averred honour? If ten trillion naira looted from the treasury was found stashed in his private vault? To stem the tide of public outrage following her purchase of five bullet-proof Bentleys purportedly for the comfort and safety of very important visitors to her ministry? 

Would he resign if caught with a dripping human head on his way to Okija forest for a ritual the witchdoctor promised would guarantee him power and peaceful pillaging of public funds? 

REAL MADRID'S SEXIEST SUPER FAN CELEBRATES CRISTIANO RONALDO'S HAT-TICK IN GRAND STYLE (PHOTOS)

A die-hard female fan of Real Madrid dubbed the sexiest super fan has celebrated Cristiano Ronaldo's hat-trick in grand style by sharing some really hot photos on the internet. 

'BUHARI IS MISUSING BRITISH'S FOREIGN AID TO PERSECUTE POLITICAL OPPONENTS' - UK TELEGRAPH

UK Telegraph according to report claims that Nigeria has diverted hundreds of millions of pounds of the British foreign aid which was meant to help the country fight Boko Haram insurgents into witch-hunting against opposition politicians. 

 
The UK Telegraph defence editor, Con Coughlin, in a publication on Tuesday said Britain committed to spending £860 million in foreign aid to Nigeria in order to help support its fight against Boko Haram Insurgents who have been responsible for catastrophic happenings in the country leading to massive loss of lives and properties.

PORT HARCOURT REFINERY OFFICIALLY RESUME OPERATIONS, TARGETS 5 MILLION LITRES PER DAY

The spokesman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Garba Deen Muhammad, has disclosed that the the Port Harcourt refinery of the NNPC, has resumed operations three months after it was shut as a result of sabotage to crude pipelines.

THIS IS HOW OFTEN COUPLES REALLY NEED TO HAVE SEX [MUST READ]

Many relationship experts seem to suggest we should be having sex daily - or more, if possible.

But scientists say that in terms of being happy, you don’t actually need to do it that often.
In terms of being happy, you only need to manage once a week - any more than that makes little difference.

JUDGE ASKS POLICEMAN TO 'SHOW HOW A GRENADE WORKS' - SO HE PULLED THE PIN

A very keen policeman demonstrated his knowledge of weaponry - by pulling the pin on a live hand grenade in court after a judge asked him if he ‘knew how grenades work’.

The policeman, the judge and a court clerk were all injured in the blast in Karachi - and are now recovering in hospital.

FUEL SCARCITY: CHAUFFEUR REVEALS HIS BEMUSING DREAM FOR NIGERIA [MUST READ]

An obviously weary taxi driver has expressed what appears to be his only wish for Nigeria in a video making the rounds on social media.

AKA IKENGA REACTS TO DSS' CLAIMS OF IPOB ORCHESTRATING THE DEATH AND BURIAL OF FIVE FULANI MEN

DSS-Acting-DG-Lawal-Daura

Elite Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Aka Ikenga, has reacted to the allegation made by the Department of State Services – that the Indigenous People of Biafra were behind the killings of five Fulani men in Abia state.

DANGOTE GETS CHINESE BANK LOAN FOR TWO CEMENT PLANTS

Aliko Dangote

Dangote Group, the company owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, signed a deal on Tuesday for a $2 billion loan from the Industrial Commercial Bank of China Ltd for two cement plants.

NEW DEAL ALERT! DAVIDO BAGS ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH PEPSI

 

Popular Nigerian artiste Davido is officially a Pepsi ambassador.

The HKN singer, on Tuesday, inked a 2-year contract with the soda drink giant.

'BUHARI IS TOO OLD TO GOVERN NIGERIA... HE IS CHALLENGED BY AGE, EXPOSURE AND ABILITY' - FAYOSE

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, Monday, stated that the controversy surrounding the 2016 budget was a confirmation of his earlier assertions that President Muhammadu Buhari lacks the ability to lead Nigeria.

8 WAYS TO SPOT GREAT LEADERSHIP [MUST READ]

(By Mike Myatt)

“The best leaders are tuned in to the emotional needs of those whom they serve.  They engage, they listen, they empathize, and they acknowledge. They treat you as a colleague not a subordinate. They seek to understand not direct. They are the not tone deaf – they are relevant because they show they care.“ 

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE QUEENS COLLEGE SEXUAL HARASSMENT SAGA

Last month we were all shocked to read an agonizing letter from a mother who claimed her daughter had been sexually harassed by a Biology teacher at Queens College, Lagos. We will really like to see the end of this case but so far this is what we know:

SENATE - 'WE DEMAND A PUBLICLY TENDERED APOLOGY FROM AMAECHI... OTHERWISE HE SHOULD RESIGN FORTHWITH'

The Senate has asked Nigeria’s Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi to apologize or resign if he fails to prove that the Lagos-Calabar road project was included in the 2016 budget.

The 2016 budget has been delayed for months, as President Buhari had to withdraw the N6 trillion budget due to an unrealistic oil price assumption and flaws in the draft.