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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra,  on Tuesday  declared that an Igbo man would never become Nigeria’s President. In a statement signed by MASSOB leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu, entitled ‘We insist on Biafra through non-violence, not Igbo presidency’, the secessionist group berated Igbo leaders, describing them as ‘political slaves’ who have no chance of ruling the country. Leading Igbo politicians are nursing strong hopes that the presidency would be zoned to the South-East in 2023, and a former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, recently suggested that that the Igbos should run for the office in 2019. But MASSOB described expectations that an Igbo man would become the country’s President in 2019 or 2023 as mere wishful thinking. “The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra has declared that an Igbo man may not be President of Nigeria again because Igbo leaders are political slaves in Nigeria. “Even

Some French Citizens, faced between the choice of electing scandal-hit politicians, are opting to hire Barack Obama as the president of France. A campaign spreading across France has garnered support with over 40,000 people putting their signature on a petition to have Obama run for the French presidency. Organizers of the unofficial Obama17 campaign have spread posters across Paris with the slogan "Oui on peut" which translates in English to mean "Yes we can ". The organizers of the campaign revealed that they are aiming to get a million signatures by  May 15th . Though aware that it will be impossible for a foreign national to contest for the seat of the president, the organizers revealed that the current election campaign in France is a failure and that the current situation of their country called for radical choices. They revealed that Obama has the best resumé in the world to do the job. “The French are ready to make radical choices - that is g

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday asked Nigerian youths what would their generation do to make Nigeria a better place. According to him, although his generation had failed Nigerians in some area, it cannot be denied that his generation brought about the Unity of the country. He said this when he spoke at the one day symposium organized by the Kaduna Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mines and Agriculture (KADCCIMA). "My own generation fought for the unity of Nigeria. You cannot deny that. There are many things we must have done wrong but we fought for the unity of this country.  I still have sharp nails from grenades that entered my body that our brothers shot at me during the civil war. But, at the end of it we reconciled. In addition, my generation laid the foundation of democracy in the country. Our democracy is not perfect, our democracy is a journey and not a destination, and we must continue to improve on it. My sons and daughters, what will your generation d

Unknown gunmen  have shot dead four vigilante boys in broad daylight at MCC Junction, Aba, Abia state. According to the reports, the vigilante group disrupted the gunmen's plan to kidnap a wealthy businessman along Tominas, Bicoz Filling Station located along Enugu/Port Hacourt express way. Pissed off by the foiled kidnap plans, the gunmen traced the vigilante men who were in a hilux to MCC junction where they opened fire on them. Three members of the vigilance group died on the spot while the remaining two were taken to the hospital.   According to a facebook user, Michael Onyebuchi, one of the men who was rushed to the hospital has also lost his life. See the graphic photos below...    

Minister of Information and culture, Lai Mohammed, says there is no cause for alarm on President Buhari's health. Speaking at the second town hall meeting for the South East and the launch of national reorientation campaign, “Change Begins With Me’’ in Abia state yesterday, Lai Mohammed said if Preisdent Buhari was indeed critically ill and in a hospital, as a Minister of Information, he would have given Nigerians a daily update. “I can say here very boldly and confidently that there is absolutely no cause for alarm. Mr president called me at 2.43 p.m. on Saturday and we spoke. If Mr president is in the hospital or is critically ill, as minister of information, I will give daily bulletin on his health. Mr president is neither critically ill nor in the hospital and there is nothing life threatening about the checks he is going through’’ he said

An Abuja High Court has ordered the wife of former Minister of state for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, Moroophat Obanikoro, to forfeit her property in Abuja to the Federal government pending the outcome of investigations being carried out by EFCC on the financial transactions of her husband and children. Obanikoro is currently being investigated for allegedly receiving some of the loots from the $2.1 billion arms deal fraud. According to Sahara Reporters, as part of investigations into the $2.1bn arms scam, involving the Office of the National Security Adviser, the EFCC had traced the transfer of about N4.7bn to the Diamond Bank account of Sylvan McNamara, a company allegedly owned by Obanikoro’s two sons – Gbolahan and Babajide. Out of the N4.7bn, Obanikoro allegedly gave N3.880bn to Ayodele Fayose and Senator Iyiola Omisore in July 2014, when they were PDP governorship candidates in Ekiti and Osun states respectively. Part of the money allegedly given to Fayose was said t

Two police officers for the police force in Rosario, Argentina, are facing disciplinary action after a sextape they made inside their patrol car while on duty was leaked online. In the video, the female officer is seen giving a blow job to the male police officer and at a point, she paused as they heard the call to head to a crime scene, but continued.                             Click here to WATCH the VIDEO  Source: LIB

The Senate will tomorrow screen acting Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, sent Justice Onnoghen's name to the senate for confirmation as Chief Justice Of Nigeria on February 8th.

Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido II, has warned Imams and traditional rulers in Kano state to desist from beating their wives otherwise they would lose their titles. The monarch who is a strong advocate against domestic violence, said this at a mass wedding organized in the state over the weekend. "You should all come back to your senses and stop these barbaric [acts] because we will not allow this to continue in Kano. I have warned all district heads, village heads, ward heads and imams to also desist from the bad habit of beating their wives and whoever among them is reported to me to have beaten up his wife, would outrightly lose his title.” he said The monarch added that his team is working on a bill that will stop poor men from marrying more than one wife. “We are going meet on Wednesday this week to review the over 80 pages of the law and make the necessary adjustment before presenting it to the State House of Assembly for passage into law. Our people are facing serio

The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  has seized about 9,000 bags of smuggled imported rice located in a warehouse in a market in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Controller, Temitope Ogunkua, who has vowed to stop illegal importation of rice, said one suspect was arrested during the night raid of the warehouse. The seizure of the 9,000 bags of smuggled imported rice had a duty paid value of N88,776,000.00 on it. He said the seizure of the smuggled imported rice was in line with Section 147 of Customs and Excise Management Act, 1990 as amended. He said: “A total of 9000 (50kg) bags of smuggled imported rice with a duty paid value of N88,776,000.00 was seized and evacuated from a warehouse by the Command’s anti-smuggling team in conjunction with the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A few weeks ago”.

ISIS have now moved on from strapping children with suicide belts to strapping animals and sending them into the midst of people to get exploded. This new tactic was uncovered by Iraqi rebel groups involved in the fight against ISIS after they discovered a puppy with the weapon strapped to it and helped to diffuse the bomb thereby freeing the animal. The plan had been for the dog to cross to the rival forces where it will then be detonated with a remote device, but the rebel group was able to foil the plan and shared a video online. The explosive was made from several bottles connected by some electrical wires, designed to kill or injure up to four people. Find more photos of the explosive suicide belt and a video below.

The Delta state Police command have paraded three armed robbery suspects for attacking one Rolland Osangbagumi along CAC, off Orhwomhwon road, Warri, Delta state on February 19th. A statement by the command says the victim was driving in his Black Toyota Prado Jeep when the suspected armed men blocked him and dispossessed him of his vehicle. The bandits also robbed him of One Hundred thousand naira, one Nokia phone, his wedding ring valued Two Hundred and Fifty thousand naira, ATM Cards and other valuable properties in the car. Immediately after the incident, the police was contacted and just a day after the incident, an Army joint patrol team stationed at Jamata Bridge Lokoja, Kogi state, intercepted the above men with the said robbed vehicle. The suspects Abamba Festu (m) 48years of Edobor street, Abbi, Ossai Lucky (m) 38years of Umuaji quarters, Kwale and Okafor Kingsley (m) 43years of Angwua Garidima, Kaduna are currently under-going further investigation.

Here is a statement from EFCC declaring former banker, Aisha Shettima Nur wanted, over allegations of money laundering. The public is hereby notified that Aisha Shettima Nur whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for money laundering. On November 14, 2016, Nur, a former banker, was convicted (in absentia) on a ten count charge of money laundering. Investigations had revealed that the convict laundered monies which were the proceeds of crime through the accounts of her siblings and daughter, as well as through the purchase of vehicles and stocking of a provision shop. While the cases were ongoing at both the Federal and State High Courts, the convict had jumped bail, consequent upon which judges of both courts issued bench warrants for her arrest. Unfortunately, all efforts to arrest her by the Commission proved abortive, resulting in suspended sentencing until the convict is apprehended. The fair-skinned fugitive is 37 ye

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has urged the general public to be good and patriotic citizens by reporting any money deposited mistakenly into their various accounts. The Commission stated this when Dr. Aliyu Usman Tilde, an academician, columnist and writer returned a draft of N900, 000.00, (Nine Hundred Thousand Naira Only), to the Gombe Zonal office of the EFCC. The amount was mistakenly paid into his account.  Thr ee months after his account officer could not trace the origin of the strange alert, Dr. Tilde reported the case to the EFCC. Investigation by the EFCC however revealed that the amount belongs to a law firm that was counsel to Federal Ministry of Justice in a case that involved a former staff of Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Investigation further revealed that the Clerk of the firm made a mistake in writing Dr. Tilde’s firm account number when submitting bank details to the client’s Ministry. Dr. Tilde raised a draft of the said amount i

A Federal High court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, has nullified the election of the senator representing Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial district, Bassey Akpan. The court nullified his election following a petition by one Bassey Etim who argued that he was the authentic PDP Senatorial candidate in the 2015 election. Witnesses testified in court that Akpan who vied for the state's PDP governorship ticket, was fraudulently substituted as the party's senatorial candidate, few days to the state senatorial election. The court ordered that INEC should immediately issue a certificate of return to Etim who is a former member of the Federal House of Representatives, and that the senate should swear him in immediately. The court also ordered Akpan to within 90 days, refund all the money he has received as emoluments so far from the national assembly.

Immediate past First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, is really fit for a 53-year-old woman and the reason for that is not far-fetched; the mother of two takes exercising seriously. She was seen on Sunday, leaving SoulCycle, a New York City-based fitness company and it happens to be the second time in one week that she visited the place. Dressed in a black top, black spandex, black boots, a black hat and dark sunglasses, the former First Lady was able to go unnoticed but not for long. She was soon approached by a reporter but her Secret Service agent escort stepped in right on time. Michelle's visit to the SoulCycle on Thursday was the first time she was spotted in public in DC since she left the White House with her husband and headed for the British Virgin Islands. Sunday was the second time. More photos below.

As a kid, did you entertain thoughts of becoming an actress? Growing up, I remember that I represented Ondo State at many sporting events. I was also fortunate to have a brother-in-law, Tunji Oyelana, aka  Sura the Tailor,  who was a lecturer at the University of Ibadan. He was also a singer and an actor who made me love the arts. It was with his help that I became an actress. What was the reaction of your parents when you made it known to them that you wanted to become an actress? I was the apple of their eyes, but they weren’t in support. My father was a retired principal, while my mother was a former headmistress. My dad actually wanted me to become a teacher, while my mum wanted me to become a nurse. In a way, I’m still doing those things they wanted, albeit in a different way. When you watch my movies and smile, that’s a form of therapy because you’re relaxed watching me. I also teach through my movies, highlighting the difference between right and wrong. I

President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, extolled the “noble virtues” of Alhaji Shehu Shagari as the former President celebrates his 92nd birthday anniversary. Saraki, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, lauded the contributions of the nonagenarian to the sustenance of democracy, national peace and development. He said, “I am delighted to join millions of Nigerians to wish you a happy birthday as you clock 92, while looking forward to partaking in many more joyous moments to celebrate your eventful and most successful life. I am happy that you have not relented in making those salient contributions that have kept our ship of the state sailing smoothly and surely. “Permit me to say that your presence continue to inspire and spur myself and many Nigerians to give our best in all our undertakings. It is my prayers that Allah will continue to prolong your life and endue you with excellent he