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President Buhari Appoints CEOs, EDs of Federal Agencies                                       President Muhammadu Buhari (NAN) According to Punch, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of five Chief Executive officers and two Executive Directors of some Federal Agencies. This was disclosed in a statement issued by Mr Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary (General Services) Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation on Friday in Abuja. According to him, Mr Okechukwu Ukwuoma, Director-General, National Centre for Technology Management is re-appointed for a final term of four years with effect from July 22. Also, Prof. Victor Adetiloye, Chief Medical Director, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, was re-appointed for the final term of four years with effect from September 22. Buhari also approved the appointment of Amb. Abdul-Jalil Suleiman as the Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa

Just In: Court, Kachikwu’s Appointment Absolves Buhari of Blame As President/Oil Minister                                                                                                  Buhari and Kachikwu according to reports from Punch, the Federal High Court in Abuja has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari cannot legally double as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. The court made the declaration on Thursday while giving judgment in a suit filed last year by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN). Agbakoba had, in the suit, urged the court to restrain Buhari from continuing to hold the office of the Minister of Petroleum Resources. The SAN had contended that Section 138 of the 1999 Constitution forbids the President from “holding any other executive office or paid employment.” In a statement on Friday by his office, Agbakoba said the court in deciding the case held that Buhari had not violated Section 138, since he

Just In: Ex Gov. Nyame’s 14-year Jail Term Reduces To 12, Adds N525m Fine by Appeal Court                                                  Former Taraba State Governor Jolly Nyame at his conviction in May. Web image The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday reduce the 14-year  imprisonment imposed by the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Gudu, Abuja on a former Governor of Taraba State, Jolly Nyame, earlier this year, to 12 years. Justice Abdul Aboki-led three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, in addition to the 12-year sentence, also imposed a fine of total sum of N525m on the convict, a fine that the lower court had omitted while dispensing the earlier sentence.

Nigeria Army Constructs Holding Facility For Insurgents                                                              Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai According to  reports , the Nigerian Army says it has embarked on the construction of a holding facility in Borno State to improve management of detained insurgents during investigations. Brig.-Gen. Texas Chukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, said this in a statement on Friday in Maiduguri. Chukwu said that the project had become imperative to enhance the management of detained insurgents, in accordance with international best practices. The statement said that Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, was represented at the foundation-laying ceremony of the project by Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh, the Chief of Logistics, Army Headquarters. Buratai said that the ongoing counter-insurgency operations in the North-East had necessitated the arrest and detention of suspected insurgents, w

Corpses Of Two Naked Ladies Found Dumped By The Roadside With Organs Cut-off (Graphic Photos)   Corpses of the two ladies   The naked body of the corpses of two ladies with their organs missing was found by, the residents of Loum village in Umunze, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State, along Umunze-Abia expressway.   According to a shocking report by Orient Weekend, the corpses were discovered by farmers on their way to farm before alerting Umunze vigilante group who subsequently invited police operatives that later evacuated them.    One of the vigilantes who saw the bodies and spoke to a correspondent, said, “the corpses were lying by the expressway way after Federal Government College of Education, Technical, Umunze, just at the entrance of the path­way to Loum villagers’ farms. “We were alerted by the farmers that made the discovery in the morning. When we got there, we found two female naked bodies.  "We also discovered that th

Nigerian Veteran Actors, Joke Silva And Olu Jacobs Celebrates 33rd Wedding Anniversary(Photos) Olu Jacob and family   Nigerian Veteran Actors, Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs are celebrating their 33rd wedding anniversary today, November 16th. Both of them are among the most respected actors in Nollywood Industry and couple veteran actors.   Joke Silva took to her Instagram page to share a family photo and follow it up with some loving words, to celebrates their anniversary.  Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva   She wrote: "33 years and counting...for all we are and all we have achieved.. so far...thank you Lord. It's all by Your Grace.   "Happy Wedding anniversary Oludotun Baiyewun...King of my Heart"  

EFCC Arrests 23 OOU Students, 12 Others For Internet Fraud The suspected yahoo boys The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  has arrested 34 suspected Internet fraudsters at 21, Sawmill Road Awa-Ijebu, Ogun State. The suspects who are between 19 and 37 years include  23 students at Olabisi Onabanjo University,  out of which nine were ladies who allegedly claimed to be girlfriends or neighbours of some of the suspects; one was said to be a student of the National Open University of Nigeria, while 12 others are non-students. The  EFCC operatives recovered over 300 hundred SIM cards from them.  Other items recovered from the suspects include: different models  cars, 18 laptops (nine being of Apple brand), 50 telephones (21 iPhones) and two bags of fetish objects (juju). Below are the photos of the items recovered:

VON DG, APC Dismiss Igbo Leaders  Endorsing  Atiku’s                                                                          PDP Presidential Candidate Atiku According to reports, the All Progressives Congress and the Director-General of  Voice of Nigeria , Mr Osita Okechukwu, have said the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, by some Igbo leaders as an affront to the people. The APC,  in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu,  on Thursday said the Igbo had fared better under the Muhammadu Buhari government compared with the PDP’s 16 years in power. “It is an affront to the good people of the South-East who were frontline victims of the 16 years of the PDP ’s misrule. It will be interesting to know what the PDP will be telling the Igbo during the campaign. “The South-East people have three and half years of visible progress in terms of massive infrastructure and the thousands o

A 100-Level-Student Surprises 16-year-old Girlfriend With A Benz, iWatch & iPhone X Max In Abuja (Video)   The man leading his girlfriend to the surprise gifts he got for her A  100 -level and 19-year-old student identified as Zubairu, based in Abuja, has surprised his 16-year-old secondary school girlfriend with a Mercedes Benz, iwatch and iPhone X for her 16th birthday.  it has been trailed with mixed reactions after a video of his shocking surprise gesture, made to his girlfriend emerged on social media. His girlfriend is said to be an SS3 secondary school student in the federal capital territory, Abuja. identified as Nihat.  below is the video with the surprise car: A teenage University student in his 100 level has just surprised his 16-year-old girlfriend with a Mercedes Benz, an iPhone X Max and an iWatch in Abuja. Eyewitnesses say the girl is just an SS3 student. 1 8:32 AM - Nov 16, 2018 See 

President Buhari Inaugurates  Unity Wristbands Ahead of Campaigns                                                                                   President Muhammadu Buhari  Ahead of the upcoming campaign, for 2019 general  election that is kicking off on the 18th of Novermber 2018, the ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate and also the current president Buhari, has inaugurated a unity wristband. According to reports by Punch, President President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday inaugurated the Buhari Unity Band, an idea he said was meant to keep Nigeria united as it inched toward the 2019 general elections. The inauguration came three days before November 18 set by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the formal opening of campaigns for next year’s elections. BUB, a collection of the President’s wristbands, was initiated by the Good Governance Ambassadors of Nigeria, a Buhari support group. The President, during the i