Monday, 31 October 2016

Hit or miss? Guy recreates Tupac's half naked bathtub pose

This guy recreated the late 2pac's iconic shoot for Halloween ..Did he nail it?
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WOW! Parents trust the world's biggest pit bull to 'babysit' their newborn son

Marlon and Lisa Grennan trust the world's biggest pit bull terrier to 'babysit' their newborn son.They even let 12 stone Hulk - a dog which is a banned breed in the UK - to lick their tiny baby boy Jackson.

It's the same way he got to know their eldest son, Jordan, who grew up with Hulk and other American pit bull terriers at their home in New Hampshire, USA.

Lisa, 25 said:
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Men paraded for cable theft at Eko Atlantic

The police have arraigned four men at an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly stealing diesel and cable wire belonging to Eko Atlantic Company, Lagos.
Samuel Enoch, 32, Taye Ajayi, 28, Kayode Baba, 32 and Segun Adeojo, 35, were accused of committing the offences alongside their accomplices who are at large.
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Bishop Kukah visits EFCC,prays for Obanikoro, Abati, Fani-Kayode

Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, today, Monday paid an unscheduled visit to the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, where some top-ranking Peoples Democratic Party officials, are being detained over graft-related issues. 
According to Vanguard, he prayed for Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, Femi Fani-Kayode and Reuben Abati, who have been in detention for the second week running.
The priest said ,
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Thursday, 13 October 2016

Patience Jonathan Begs 'Ondo Rented Women' To Vote PDP In Saturday Election.





A woman who confided in a SaharaReporters revealed how they were paid N10, 000 each and lodged in a hotel in Alagbaka and Ijapo area of Akure.
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Wole Soyinka Completes Scholar Residency At New York University .





Renowned Nigerian playwright and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka finished a Scholar-in-Residence at New York University in the United States this week. NYU’s Institute of African American Affairs hosted Mr. Soyinka as for a series of discussions between October 3rd and October 7th on Negritudism and Afropolitianism. Awam Amkpa, Professor of Drama and Africana Studies at NYU, and a former student of Mr. Soyinka in Nigeria, introduced and guided the scholar throughout the week and moderated some sessions.
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Chief Judge Of Nigeria’s Federal High Court Implicated In $1.3 Million Bribery Arrest .



Investigators said Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court in Abuja, in whose home over $550,000 was allegedly found during the raid, has confessed to a deal between him and Chief Judge Auta by which $300,000 of the physical cash found in his bedroom was to have been shared between the two men.
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Nigerian Government Sacks 22 Top Management Staff Of Federal Airports Authority , Demotes Others.



There were indications on Wednesday that the Nigerian government may have carried out a massive retrenchment exercise at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). A strong source close to the agency confided in our correspondent that all of the agency’s directors but one, Managing Director Saleh Dunoma, lost their jobs. Gone in the exercise are at least 22 management staff, including General Managers and Deputy General Managers.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2016

President Buhari Off To Germany On Wednesday.

President Muhammad Buhari will leave for Germany on Wednesday night, SaharaReporters has learnt. Our sources said he will return to Nigeria on Saturday. While the Presidency is yet to announce the event, SaharaReporters was told that barring a last-minute change of plans, he will jet out of Abuja late on Wednesday, to arrive in Berlin in the early hours of Thursday.
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Friday, 7 October 2016

Hurricane Matthew Thrashes Haiti, Bahamas, Heads For US .



Hurricane Matthew crashed through major island nations of the Caribbean this week and is now heading toward the US, creating flood situations in Florida and soon Georgia according to US officials. Haiti, still struggling since the devastating earthquake in 2010, lost at least 271 to Hurricane Matthew according to US media sources. That number is expected to rise as Haitian officials sift through the rubble left in the wake of the storm.
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Sea Robbers Takeover Bayelsa Community Waterways, Residents Live In Fear .



Residents in the Koluama Community in the Southern Ijaw area of Bayelsa State have called for an intensification of security in the area due to frequent attacks by sea pirates. Amongst those affected is former militant leader, Reuben Wilson, also known as General Pastor Reuben, who has raised concern over the incessant cases of sea pirates along the Southern Ijaw communities, particularly affecting the Koluama clan.
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Judge Awards N10M To Dino Melaye, Mocks Him As Self-Professed Anti-Corruption Crusader .




Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday granted N10 million in damages to controversial Nigerian senator, Dino Melaye, over a lawsuit filed by the senator against the Inspector General of Police. Mr. Melaye had filed the lawsuit in 2014 after the police stopped him from protesting against former Aviation minister, Stella Oduah, who had just been exposed by SaharaReporters for a scam in which she authorized the purchase of two overpriced bulletproof BMW cars for her personal use.
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EFCC Arraigns Minister Of Environment Official, 3 Others For Fraud .



The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday October 7, 2016 arraigned Fred Otonba Tariah, Education S. Zighadina, Omedu Enwuviko Livinust and Bekearedbo Warrens before Justice K.
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Money Laundering: Banker Gets 12-Year Jail Term, Forfeits N43m .




The Federal High Court in Ibadan has sentenced a former employee of Wema Bank, Ademola Oni, to 12-year imprisonment for conspiracy and money laundering. The court, which was presided over by Justice Joyce Abudmalik on Thursday, also ordered that the convict forfeit all his properties and cash in various banks as proceeds of crime. The properties to be forfeited by the convict are an empty plot of land fenced with black gate located along the road beside Secam Church, Providence Estate, Sango Eleyele Expressway, Ibadan.
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No Vendetta Against Jonathan, Other Past Leaders—Buhari .



President Muhammadu Buhari has denied that his administration had ceased paying the allowances of former President Goodluck Jonathan and frozen the ex-president’s accounts.  In a statement issued today and signed by Garba Shehu, Mr. Buhari’s senior aide on media and publicity, the Presidency refuted claims that Mr. Buhari was pursuing vendetta against Mr. Jonathan and other past leaders in the country.
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Don Jazzy throws Jab at Linda Ikeji on her being single.



Mavin Record Label boss Don Jazzy throws jabs at celebrity blogger, Linda Ikeji – Few days back Linda Ikeji got into a public fight with Wizkid,
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We did not freeze Jonathan’s accounts – Presidency .



The presidency has debunked the claims by some protesters in Bayelsa state that the allowances due to the former President Goodluck Jonathan have been stopped and his accounts frozen. The Senior Special Assistant, media, Garba Shehu said this in a statement on Friday.
 “We have confirmed with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) that the former President and the other past leaders were paid their allowances up to the second quarter. The past leaders have not been paid third quarter allowances but will get their dues when remittances are received by the SGF from the Ministry of Finance.”
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Toyin Lawani shares lovely pre-birthday photos of her son Tenor .








Toyin Lawani shares lovely pre-birthday photos of her son Tenor
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Koga Entertainment CEO, Chris Jeyibo dies in ghastly car crash(Photos) .




 The CEO  of Koga entertainment,Chris Koga Jeyibo died early this morning in a ghastly accident on Lagos/Ibadan expressway.
His Range Rover SUV ran into a parked trailer around 1am killing him instantly..The married father of two kids was the only casualty .
May his soul rest in peace..
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Temitope Adebamiro, Who Slayed Husband, Pleads Guilty In US .

 Temitope Adebamiro.:
 SaharaReporters has learned that Temitope Adebamiro, a US-based Nigerian who was living in Red Lion, Delaware accused of murdering her husband last year, has plead guilty to manslaughter and a weapons offense. The news was broke by The News Journal of Delaware earlier today.
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Nigerian Government Withdraws Forgery Charges Against Saraki, Ekweremadu.



Messrs. Saraki and Ekweremadu, as well as a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and a former Deputy clerk, Ben Efeturi, were first arraigned before Justice Yusuf Halilu on June 10, 2016 via charge No. CR/219/16.
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Reps Revisit Controversial $1.1 Billion Malabu Oil Deal .



Lawmakers said Nigeria could not afford to lose an equivalent of “N500bn,” the local value of the money using the current Naira to 1USD exchange rate.
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Thursday, 6 October 2016

Nnamani And The Abuja Racket By Louis Odion .

With the inauguration of the Ken Nnamani committee on Tuesday, the Buhari administration is following closely the footsteps of his predecessors in what seems to have become a perennial national racket. But coming soon after the president had openly dismissed the report of the 2014 National Conference as only fit for the archives, this sudden U-turn is bound to arouse suspicion.
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Court Dismisses Oduah’s Bid To Stop Corruption Trial .



A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed an application filed by a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, seeking to stop the Federal Government from investigating her for alleged corruption. Justice Adamu Kafarati held that the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Oduah was without merit and bereft of any cause of action. The judge upheld the objection raised by the respondents, arguing that the court lacks the requisite jurisdiction to hear the case.
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MD Of “Lets Partner With You Ltd” Arrested Over N4bn Fraud .



Petitions from Nigerians across religious, gender, ethnic, economic and social strata indicate that the company had over the past five years solicited and obtained deposits of more than N4,000,000,000 (Four Billion Naira Only) from the general public with promises of mouth-watering interest in return.
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Peter Obi’s Viral Speech: A Case Of Hypocrisy And Political Pandering By Churchill Okonkwo .

Political hypocrisy in Nigeria is so pervasive that it calls to mind the 1664 classic play Tartuffe which is centered on a hypocritical priest who, after giving great speeches of piety and self-sacrifice, is found to be stealing his benefactor’s fortune and trying to seduce his benefactor’s  wife.
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Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye Buys N180 million Rolls Royce In The Midst Of Recession .



Mr. Melaye, a first-time senator who represents Kogi Central, owns a fleet of luxury and antiquated cars worth billions of Naira. He has at least 28 of the expensive cars parked at his upmarket residence in Maitama Abuja, according to the news website, Sahara Reporters. In February, Mr. Melaye, who once led a nongovernmental organisation campaigning against corruption, posed in a 2015 Slingshot estimated to cost about N4.78 Million.
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Worst Economic Crisis In 25 Years: What Nigeria Can Do To Get Out Of Recession By Tony Ishiekwene .



It is important we ascertain the reason(s) for this Economic crisis currently facing our country in order to devolve and deploy appropriate remedies and solutions to the problem. Why is Nigeria in Economic recession? We are in a recession because of the crash in oil prices and as well as low oil production, caused by the activities of Niger Delta avengers and similar economic saboteurs. Nigeria has always lived on "borrowed" times, and it exposes its underbelly anytime there is a sustained oil price drop.
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President Buhari receives Leadership 2015 Man of the Year Award

 
 


President Buhari received the Leadership 2015 Man of the Year Award at Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja,today, 6th Oct 2016.
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(Photos )2face and Annie Idibia in Sokoto




 2face Idibia and his wife,Annie visited Sokoto yesterday for his 'Campaign for Peace in Sokoto Show.He met Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah and the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa'ad Abubakar III. He was also accoupanied by Sound Sultan.More below.
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Wednesday, 5 October 2016

Buhari And Niger Delta Issue: Futility Of Turnaround Motion? By Ifeanyi Izeze



The continued insanity of the people of Niger Delta (my people) has to be radically addressed quickly and in-house too because they are becoming irreparably disfigured in their mindsets as expressed in some of the imprudent ways they keep portraying themselves.Is it not laughable that we are falling on each other scrambling for whether or not to participate at the federal government’s proposed regional summit, dialogue or whatever to discuss the issues at the crux of the agitation in the region? Who did this to my people that they can no longer think straight?
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Public Schools In Bayelsa Remain Shut Over 7 Months' Salary Arrears As Govt Factionalizes Teachers



The development has kept pupils in government primary and secondary schools at home more than three weeks into the new academic year.
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Gov. Ambode Appoints US Fugitive As Lagos New DG Of Safety Commission



The soon-to-be public servant, however, was found guilty of committing credit card and bank fraud in 1992.
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Impunity Escalates In Enugu Judiciary As Retired Chief Judge Signs And Backdates Orders; Summons Meetings Of Judges



While the general consensus is that Mr. Innocent Umezulike, the not-so-innocent disgraced soon to be retired Chief Judge of Enugu State, got off lightly with compulsory retirement on proven charges of fraud, that fact seems oblivious to him as credible sources within the headquarters of the Enugu State judiciary reveal that he has spent the entire weekend after his forcible retirement by the National Judicial Commission, cocooned in the Chief Judges chambers with key staff carrying on the official functions of Chief Judge nonetheless. The illegal activities include:
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Court Adjourns Fraud Trial of Former NAF Chief Amosu And 10 Others, Suspects To Continue Plea Bargain



Rtd. Chief of Air Staff Adesola Amosu and 10 others, who are under trial for a N22.8bn fraud, say they are still in plea bargain talks with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Defence counsel Norrison Quakers said this on Tuesday before Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos. At the resumed proceedings on Tuesday, EFCC lawyer Rotimi Oyedepo told the court that he was ready to open his case against the defendants and had already brought two witnesses to court for trial to commence.
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Man apologizes on Facebook 'before killing ex-girlfriend in front of their daughter'



A US man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend with a shotgun in front of their seven-month-old daughter wrote an apology on Facebook hours before she was murdered.

Ethan Reid, 23, is charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Kaylah Hodges, who was fatally shot at his mother's home in Scottsville, Kentucky.

A few before Monday's killing Reid posted a Facebook message expressing sorrow and hinting at some kind of personal struggle.
He wrote:
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Arrested Students: Turkey On A Vendetta Mission, Says FG



The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaye, has said that the Nigerian students who were arrested in Turkey may have been paying for the refusal of the Nigerian government to shut down some Turkish schools and institutions in Nigeria.
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Insensitive? Kylie Jenner flaunts butt on Instagram in wake of sister Kim's robbery ordeal

 
 
Barely a day after her dad, Caitlyn was slammed for posting a photo of them in the wake of Kim Kardashian's robbery incident, Kylie Jenner has also posted a photo of her ''Kim Kardashian inspired butt'. She shared this throwback from her 19th birthday celebration in Turks, writing
Looking back at Turks
As expected, most fans fell it's insensitive..
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Waking up next to Nicki Minaj feels like a dream-Says Meek Mill

Meek Mill has opened up on Nicki Minaj . Speaking in the newest episode of Noisey Raps according to Complex, Meek Mill opened up about what it's really like waking up next to Nicki Minaj.He said it feels like a dream
"I always seen it like this. I always seen it like me having one of the top hustling, prettiest girls in the game,"I wake up in my bed and I just look at Nicki like, 'Man, this shit has gotta be a dream because we used to dream all this shit and it's just going on right now."
On what he was looking out for in  woman before meeting her, he said,
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Senator Alasoaduro Begs APC National Leader Tinubu Over Ondo Governorship Poll



Senator Tayo Alasoadura, the embattled Nigerian senator representing Ondo Central in the National Assembly has pleaded with the National Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to work for the victory of the party in the November 26th, 2016 governorship election in Ondo state. Alasoadura, known for his foul-mouthed utterances made the plea on Monday while speaking with journalists in Akure, over the dust raised by the emergence of Rotimi Akeredolu as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state.
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Former Deputy Speaker Nwuche Received N1b For Tambuwal To Help Pad Amnesty Budget

 

The lawsuit reveals that, in 2012 and 2013, Mr. Nwuche’s company, Foundation for Youth Development (FYD), received a N4 billion contract from the Amnesty office run by Kingsley Kuku.
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Nigeria's Asset Sale 'Choice' And Dangote's $15 Billion Magic Number By Perry Brimah



The country you and I think we know appears to be quite different from what we are made to see.
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Fresh $40M Found In Bank Accounts Linked To Former Nigerian First Lady Patience Jonathan



Officials of Skye Bank Plc have informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of newly discovered accounts owned by Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan. The accounts are said to have an aggregate  balance of $40million.
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Graphic images show rotting body of 'dead mermaid' washed up on beach




Gruesome images of what looks like the carcass of a mermaid has been shared on social media.While its mid section appears to be rotting while the tail and head have stayed relatively intact.

Many have marveled over the photos taken by Paul Jones,who shared the images on Facebook wrote

"Today at Great Yarmouth we found what looks like a dead Mermaid washed up on the beach."
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Kidnappers Release Wife Of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor Emefiele




Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele who was kidnapped by heavily armed abductors on Thursday, has been released.  A source close to Mr. Emefiele told our Saharareporters that Mrs. Emefiele who was kidnapped along the Benin-Agbor Road on Thursday alongside four others was released exactly 1 am Nigeria time.
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'Maybe it's karma': Kim Kardashian's ex-bodyguard who was fired by Kanye laughs off robbery ordeal

 
 
Kim Kardashian's ex-bodyguard who was fired in May this year after Kanye West reportedly accused him of flirting with his wife,has called her recent,robbery attack,karma . 
When quizzed about whether he felt that he could have prevented Kim from being robbed at gunpoint if he were still employed by Kanye and the Kardashians at the time,Steve Stanulis, 42 said during an interview on an Australian radio breakfast show  ..
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