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Video: Here's the moment Mr Eazi fell off stage in Manchester last night Last night, Mr Eazi joined a long list of Nigerian celebs who have all fallen off stage at one point during a stage performance. Mr Eazi was performing his latest song 'Pour me Water' when he slipped and fell off stage in Manchester, England last night. He however picked himself up and got back on his feet in no time. See the videos below...   Last night was detty!! What a wow! Peep the Fall tho! Epic!!!! For a moment i thought i was gone o! My head was close to that barricade!! Thank God for my fans!! We then had a 1hr 30mins Litness!!! Up next Sango Ota 2nd December! Ild be live with my PP/Helment lol Come with your water Bottles #dettyrave A post shared by Mr Eazi (@mreazi) on Nov 30, 2017 at 3:42am PST

Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun says the Federal Government has recruited and trained 2,190 Community Tax Liaison Officers (CTLOs) under the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS).  Adeosun, in a statement by her Special Adviser, Media and Communications, Mr Oluyinka Akintunde, said that 1,710 CTLOs had already been deployed to 33 states, out of the number recruited and trained.  She said that their task was to raise awareness about the scheme and taxation in general.She said that the CTLOs were currently operating in Adamawa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Kaduna, Kwara, Lagos, Nassarawa, Niger, Ogun and Oyo states among others.   The minister said there was no hiding place for tax evaders residing in Nigeria or abroad, noting that the Federal Government had put in place a data mining mechanism to fish out evaders.“The unique cooperation between the various arms of Federal Government, state governments and foreign governments has provided an

Zimbabwean Archbishop, John Sentamu has worn his collar for the first time in 10 years, now that President Robert Mugabe has resigned.   The Archbishop of York cut his old collar on live TV back in 2007 in protest at abuses in Zimbabwe, saying he would not wear one again until Mugabe stepped down. Dr. Sentamu said a South African-style truth and reconciliation process was needed to heal Zimbabwe’s divisions following the end of Mr. Mugabe’s 37-year rule. He said Zimbabwe’s new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, a former ally of Mugabe, should not attempt to ‘bury the past’ and his role in it.   “He needs similar to what South Africa did a truth, justice and reconciliation commission to look into it so that this doesn’t hang over him like a big cloud. I’m a man of faith, a strong believer in hope and a strong believer that people can change; so it’s quite possible that Emmerson Mnangagwa could actually be a very good president. But he can’t simply bury the past,

As tweeted by the Kaduna State Governor.

On Frday, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom  presented the 2018 budget of N651.50 billion to the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly for consideration. The budget is higher than the 2017 figure 0f N485.79 billion with N165.71 billion.  The Appropriation Bill comprised N92.69 billion recurrent expenditure and N437.67 billion for capital expenditure while consolidated revenue stood at N120.86 billion.  Emmanuel said that the total projected recurrent revenue for the year was N289 billion as against N188.50 billion estimated in 2017. He said that the Bill named “Budget of Consolidation on Industrialisation” , was expected to drive the state government’s industrialisation policy to logical conclusion.  The governor said that the preparation of the budget was guided by the International Public Sector Accounting Standard (IPSAS).  According to him, the policy framework of 2018 budget is also predicated on developmental objectives.  He assured that catalysts outlined in the

Stakeholders at the launch of Heroes for Change initiative, by Unilever Nigeria Plc. have commended the organisation for creating such a unique platform for Nigerian youths to contribute their quota to community development. Heroes for Change is a social mission volunteer programme anchored on the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (USLP). The programme recruits, teaches and empowers university undergraduates and National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) members to contribute to society by volunteering their time to teach in Unilever social mission programmes with focus on Health and Well-being in their communities. Speaking at the launch, Chairman of First Bank Nigeria, Ibukun Awosika, commended Unilever for the Heroes for Change initiative and charged the youth to use the platform to rise to make a difference in their communities and beyond. Also, speaking at the launch, The Executive Vice President, Unilever Ghana - Nigeria, Yaw Nsarkoh, said, “the Heroes for

Football legend, Diego Maradona, has accused his two daughters of stealing £3.4million from him and has called for one of them to be jailed. He also accused his ex-wife of being involved in the alleged theft, alleging they stashed some of the money in Uruguay. He is suing ex-wife Claudia Villafane and daughters Dalma and Giannina. . The former Barcelona player says his family transferred stolen cash to a bank account in Uruguay and also used his money to buy up property in the USA,Daily Mail reports. Now Maradona's lawyer claims 28-year-old Giannina was in Uruguay for a 'few hours' in August, according to Spanish sports news outlet Marca. The lawyer said: 'I say to you that she has an account in Uruguay, her child takes the money and puts it into another. . 'If that is the case, if there is money there like we think, then there is no option other than to be put in custody.' Giannina responded to the allegation on Twitter, saying: &#

A Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God mission, Fingers of God Parish, Victor Kanayo, was murdered in Offin, Igbogbo area of Ikorodu in Lagos state today Sunday, November 26th. In a statement released this afternoon, the Lagos state police command spokesperson, Chike Oti, says the command has made a couple of arrests and suspects are being questioned with a view to discover the author of the heinous crime. Oti in the statement said the state Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has  dispatched a team of crack detectives to unravel those behind the murder; dig into the past of the victim and see if there is a correlation between his past and his fate. The issue of his past before he became a born again christian is of interest to the police because of a human skull tattoo  drawn on his left arm which gives the victim away as one who may have belonged to any of the dreaded cult groups. Meanwhile investigation into  case is ongoing, findings will be made pu

A middle-aged woman was seriously beaten and paraded topless in public, after she was caught with bunch of keys she allegedly uses to burgle homes in Edo State. According to online reports, the unidentified woman met her Waterloo after residents caught her carrying out an operation at someone's home. They also found in her possession, other stealing tools. When she was interrogated by the angry residents, the woman reportedly confessed to stealing from different people with the keys. See more photos below...

A "bright" university student in China reportedly threw her newborn baby out of the window of her dorm room after giving birth in secret during a break. The 19-year-old mother is reportedly studying at the Xi'an Engineering College in north-west China, and she is trained to be a kindergarten teacher. She was studying early childhood education. School authorities described her as a "bright" student who never missed a class. No one knew she was pregnant because it was winter and she was always covered up. Her parents didn't know she was pregnant either. The student was reportedly seen at a morning self-study session after she gave birth. The baby, whose gender has not been identified, was found dead in an alley next to a student accommodation hall of her school. Students living in the hall claimed to have seen the baby being thrown from an upper floor window. According to Kan Kan News, the incident was found out by a student as large amount of b

   Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Muhammad, said the Peoples Democratic Party PDP has gone forever and will never return to power at the Federal and most of the state government. Mohammed said this while speaking to newsmen in Dutse, Jigawa state yesterday November 23rd.  “The opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) has gone forever and will never come back to rule Nigeria talk less of 2019. Nigerians have been convinced with the tremendous achievements recorded in the period of two years of APC administration under president Muhammad Buhari. Believe me, nobody will give his vote to PDP again” he said

EFCC has denied claims made by the Chairman of the Senate Committee investigating Abdulrasheed Maina's reinstatement that some of its officials have shared the 222 houses Maina collected from pension thieves while he was chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms. The agency denied the allegation in a statement released by its media team. Read below... There Are No 222 Pension Properties to Share! – EFCC The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been drawn to comments attributed to the Chairman of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee investigating the controversial reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Miana, Senator Emmanuel Paulker, alleging that officials of the Commission shared 222 properties which Maina’s Panel seized from pension fund thieves. This sweeping allegation, coming from a Senate Committee is disturbing more so as no attempt was made to verify the information from the Commission. The EFCC was never invite

Nigerians have dug out an interview Atiku Abubakar granted in September 2014 in which he said that the APC is his last bus stop. According to him, having defected from PDP to APC, he would not be leaving the party for any other one. This morning he announced his resignation from the APC and Nigerians have gone to the archives to pull out his interview. See below

Emmerson Mnangagwa has been sworn in as Zimbabwe's president in a ceremony this morning at a packed stadium in the country's capital, Harare. His swearing in ceremony follows the dramatic resignation of Robert Mugabe after 37 years. The former vice-president's dismissal earlier this month led the ruling Zanu-PF party and the army to intervene and force Mr Mugabe to quit. Below is the oath of office he recited a few minutes ago I Emmmerson Dambudzo Mnangagawa swear that as president of the Republic of Zimbabwe - I will be faithful to Zimbabwe and obey uphold and defend the constitution and all other laws of Zimbabwe and I will promote whatever that will advance and will oppose whatever will harm Zimbabwe that I will protect and promote the rights and people of Zimbabwe that I will discharge my duties will all my strength to the best of my strength and ability and to the dictates of my conscience and I will devote myself to the well being of

This is a very disturbing accident that occurred on Thursday outside the projects in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. A woman was run over by a giant Mack truck while crossing a busy intersection. As seen in the video, the helpless woman lost one of her legs in the tragic accident. Soon after, passersby rushed to the scene with some of them recording the woman, who appeared to be in shock. It's yet unknown if the woman survived the disturbing accident. Watch the extremely graphic video here.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, Head of Service Winifred Oyo-Ita and Minister of Interior Affairs, Abdulrahman Dambazzau, have all denied ordering the reinstatement of fugitive former chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina. At a public hearing at the House of Representatives yesterday, Malami told the lawmakers investigating Maina's controversial reinstatement that the letter for Maina's reinstatement was not issued by him as the reinstatement of Maina was still in progress before the letter was released to him. Malami who told the Senate last week that he met with Maina in Dubai sometime last year, told the House panel that Maina gave useful information on pension fraud to his office which was shared with security agencies and this has led to the discovery of billions of looted pension funds and physical assets. Giving her own statement the Head of Service said that she decide

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Gombe zonal office has secured the conviction of Muhammad Abubakar Mubi (MD of A.M. Global Energy) to six months imprisonment before Justice M. J.  Umar of the Federal High Court, Gombe on one count charge bordering on Obtaining Money by False Pretence.   Mubi, the managing director of A. M. Global Energy Limited with offices in Lagos and Kaduna was arrested sometime in 2012 following a complaint by one Bello Muhammad Malala of Ashaka Cement Gombe, alleging that in 2009, one Hassan Zankan introduced him to the convict who offered to supply him with  20 trailer load of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) at the rate of N62 per litre, totaling  N23.5m. #Fraud : MD of A.M. Global Energy Limited, Abubakar Mubi, arrested in 2012 for N23.5m fraud today pleaded guilty & was sentenced to 6months in prison by Justice Umar of Fed High Court, Gombe. He deceived his client that he could supply 20 trailer-load of LPFO at N62/lit. —

The Kwara stare command has paraded a man identified as Olayinka Abbas Akeem, who was recently apprehended with seven human heads along the Ilorin-Ajase Ipo road in the state. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Lawan Ado, the suspect confessed that himself and his friend, Tunde aka Bante, exhumed the human parts from a cemetery located at Igbo Owu community in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday, November 21st. Akeem told the police that his friend lured him into exhuming the body with the belief that using human parts for ritual is the surest way to make money. While Akeem was apprehended, Tunde took to his heels and he is currently on the run. The police boss said the suspect will soon be charged to court as soon as the investigation was concluded on the matter.

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the people of Anambra State, the governorship candidates, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), election observers as well as security agencies and other stakeholders, on the peaceful conduct of the November 18 gubernatorial election in the state. According to the President, “the processes leading to the election and its peaceful conduct and outcome, have shown that our electoral reform is bearing positive fruits. This is very encouraging and I am determined to give Nigeria free and fair elections, no matter which way the results swing.” He particularly expressed delight at the conduct of the candidates post-election results, describing it as “heart-warming and a renewal of confidence in the sanctity of the ballot which deepens our nation’s democracy.” President Buhari urged INEC to improve on areas of logistics as the nation braces for coming governorship elections and the main general elections in 2019. Th

The death toll in the suicide bomb attack that took place inside a mosque in Mubi community in Adamawa state this morning has risen to 50. A teenage boy strapped with explosives, attacked the Madina mosque in the Unguwar Shuwa area of Mubi, Adamawa state, killing the worshippers. The state police command spokesperson, Othman Abubakar, told AFP that 50 persons have been confirmed dead. “So far we have at least 50 dead from an attack at a mosque in Mubi,” he said See graphic photos from the incident below