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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has described the killing of innocent Nigerians by suspected Fulani herdsmen as senseless.

The former president expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of Benue people in their homes by the herdsmen, saying it was shocking.

He was received at the Makurdi Airport by Governor Samuel Ortom and members of his cabinet on Saturday morning.

The Governor led him straight to the graveside of the Benue 73 who were massacred by herdsmen on New Year Day in Logo and Guma local government areas of the state located at Genabe village.

The former President said he was in the state to pay a condolence visit and to express his sorrow over the killings.

Obasanjo said, “It is sad beyond description and that is why I have taken it upon myself, having been to Maiduguri where we had a meeting of Zero Hunger Forum. If circumstances were normal, the Benue governor would have been with us.

“So, I am here to pay a condolence visit and share the sadness of Benue people with them.

“I felt coming to the graveside and laying a wreath will express my sorrow and my sympathy and empathy with the family, the Governor, all the people of the state and indeed, all Nigerians without any exception. A Nigerian life lost is loss to all of us.

“Hearing that aside the 73 buried here, more than 80 others have been killed in different parts of Benue is even more shocking to I believe it will be more shocking to all Nigerians who will be hearing that. There is no doubt that we haven’t got it right. We haven’t got it right because whatever is behind this, normally in any civilized society we must get to the root of it.

“And until we get to the root of this we will be burying victims. We will be assuming what is not assumable, because we must know why is this happening and who we must put and end to it. And somebody must accept the responsibility to put an end to this. If it has to be a collective responsibility, then so be it. But there must be an end to it.”

“We cannot talk of a free country, a secure country, a country where we will want development to take place, where we will want to invite investors from outside and from inside and we are suffering this type of senselessness.

“I do hope that there would be an end to this. Gorvernor, please accept my condolence and do not give up trying to work with men and women that have the interest of this state and the interest of Nigeria at heart to find a permanent solution.

“This to me goes beyond what is on the surface. And we need to find out what is at the bottom of it. And that is the responsibilities of leaders and of course, they must leave no stone unturned to find what the root cause of this and put a stop to it.

“We must know why it is happening and we must put an end to it, someone must take responsibility to put an end to it. We cannot talk of a free, secure country where we will want development to take place and investors to come to be suffering this type of senselessness.

“Nothing can be worse than what we have seen here; graveside of innocent people who should not have died that have died. The living still have hope, but those who have died are gone forever. Those who lost their loved ones, what do we say to them? Since I have taken time to come here, I will try to see anything that is worth seeing but finding solution is paramount,” Obasanjo said.

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Prince Emmanuel Kanu, the younger brother of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has alleged that leader of the Biafra Movement, BIM, Ralph Uwazuruike kidnapped the IPOB founder and also sold him to the military.

In an interview with Daily Sun, Prince Kanu said that Uwazuruike’s evil intentions for Nnamdi Kanu led him to kidnap him [Nnamdi] in 2009.

According to him, this time around, Uwazuruike has succeeded in selling the pro-Biafra leader to the Nigerian Government and its security forces, adding that there will be no reconciliation between the two if Nnamdi Kanu finally comes out.

He said, “Well, if the Nigerian army will release Nnamdi Kanu from where they kept him, I don’t see any reconciliation coming because Uwazuruike is a saboteur; he sold my brother to the Federal Government.

“He had a hand in the military raid of our country home because he collected huge sum of money by the Federal Government for that purpose.

“Uwazuruike always has evil intention; that was why he kidnapped my brother in 2009 and I gave him 24 hours to release him and after releasing him, he invited the DSS to arrest my brother at the Ojukwu Bunker which they did, all in an effort to ensure he was eliminated.

“Uwazuruike must go into exile whether he likes it or not for betraying his people and at the same time insulting them. Nobody in his right senses will insult his people the way he did, that tells you how far he has gone to rubbish his own people for the sake of money.

“He is the man that will tell few of his followers to use Biafran international passport and Biafra vehicle number plates while himself will be using those of Nigeria, have you seen this type of human being before? Like I said, at the appointed time, he must go into exile because he is not worthy to live in Biafra land.”

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Ghanaian Actress, Yvonne Nelson, who welcomed her baby girl, Ryn Roberts in October last year, has spoken on giving birth out of wedlock.

The actress in an interview with BBC revealed that no matter what the society thought about her having a baby out of wedlock, she was happy as long as her family was happy with her.

The actress said: “I believe it’s the right thing to do. To get married, have kids, raise a family is ideal but I believe society puts a lot of pressure on women, young women in Africa especially.”

Recall that the actress sometime ago came under criticism for having a baby out of wedlock.

Yvonne speaking further on how she felt when criticized added “I am a very positive person. I don’t let all the negativity and all the bad talks get to me.

“I was staying positive. I had loved ones around me plus I had this beautiful blessing in my arms. It was all joy for me. I wasn’t listening to all the negativity outside at all. It didn’t really affect me at all.

“At the end of the day if my mum, my family is happy with me, I am happy with myself, that’s it.”

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Following the emergence of Big Brother Naija 2018 House mate, Teddy A’s alleged manhood image online, Nigerians’ divergent opinions have equally emerged online.

The picture was taken while he was in the luxury suite with Bambam, his romantic partner.

Recall that Bambam and Teddy A were caught sometime last week having sex in the toilet which raised a lot of criticisms.

Nigerians have, however, criticised the individual that captured the latest image posted online, adding that the picture is an act of body shaming.

While some linked it to the reason Bambam is sexually involved with him, others have condemned the publicity outrightly.

Here are some comments:

@Kayore No wonder bambam want to die there

@Big_finisher “When you are endowed just as Teddy A you have to be confident. Now I know why every lady in that house wants a piece of Teddy A,man is loaded

@babyenhle “That pic of Teddy A’s private part is body shaming why would someone pause their DSTV to take such aii

@Michael “Pictures are not right for his personality outside the house

@Emma “TEDDY A is a blessed child, the hand of God is upon u TEDDY A and bambam

@BigBrotherF “I need a man like Teddy A bikinu, only bambam can’t be enjoying what I saw in between his legs

@Mbalen “Not a Teddy A fan but I personally don’t like the pub that’s going around SM why would someone pause their TV to take such

@Chichi “Teddy A keep entertaining us, we are solidly behind you till the end.

@Ahamefule “TEDDY A BABA, who God has blessed, No one can CURSE, you are blessed indeed.

@BigBNaija3 “Teddy A is the face of BBN 2018, Even his third leg trends all over Nigeria,that is phenomenal baba

@minnie :”My poor in law. This happens to every man in the morning. The muscle stretches and clearly those pants won’t making it easy…so when adjusting the pants…the Cameraman was wide awake

@Fatunbu “Pls someone tell me that’s not the carrots bambam ate and likes because if that is it..I rest my case

@rofhi “Lmao Big brother… atleast give warning onscreen

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The Ex-boyfriend of Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh the billionaire luxury designer known as Michael Awolaja aka Malivelihood is known for always spending big to acquire flashy and exotic gifts for people he likes.

Well this time around he is on the receiving end as his girlfriend surprised him with a gift of the latest SUV Range Rover Sport.

The billionaire could not hold his joy as he took to his social media platform to share the good news.

He wrote “baby you are the best I love it.”

This union between Michael Awolaja aka Malivelihood and billionaire’s daughter, Deola Smart is like it is all about showing love through the buying of expensive gifts.

The two will be said to be trying to show the other whose financial muscles is stronger and thicker than.

In the last valentine Malivelihood had given her a new house and a Mercedes Benz SUV car with also adorning her nails with 10 carats of diamond. In the previous Valentine’s Day he bought a house worth 1.5 million dollars for her and the house had her names inscribed on the walls.

Malivelihood was dating Tonto Dikeh which he later dumped to marry her ex-husband Churchill which only resulted in a divorce after producing a male child.


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A 62-year-old Nigerian, Tony Iwobi, has been elected the first black senator in the history of Italy. The emergence of the Nigerian, who belongs to the Anti-Immigration League, was announced on Tuesday.

Iwobi, of Spirano in Lombardy, announced “with great emotion” on his Facebook page that he had been elected to the Senate in Italy’s general elections.

“After more than 25 years of fighting as part of the League’s big family, I’m about to start another great adventure,” Iwobi wrote, going on to thank leader Matteo Salvini and his other fellow party members.

“I’m ready, friends,” Iwobi said

Iwobi was born in Nigeria.

He went to Italy on a student visa some 40 years ago.

He married and Italian and started his own IT company.

Before running for the Senate, he represented the League as a municipal councillor in Spirano back in the 1990s, and more recently headed Salvini’s national committee on immigration.


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Report from Muna Garage general area in Maiduguri says two suicide bombers have detonated improvised explosive devises strapped to their bodies at Muna Dalti.

There is no detail of the incident yet.

However, a resident said the suicide bombers might have died alone.

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The Adamawa State government has ordered principals of girls’ secondary schools not to allow visitors into their school premises.

The Adamawa State Commissioner of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aliyu Tola made the disclosure in Yola yesterday while briefing newsmen on activities outlined by the ministry to commemorate the International Women’s day in the state.

According to Tola, the state government took the preventive measures apart from the security strategies already put in place to avert the abduction of any school girl in the state.

He said following the abduction of the Dapchi school girls the state government summoned all principals of secondary schools and took statistics of all girls only secondary schools in the state and where they were located, before ordering the principals to control the entry of visitors into such schools.

“The state government has already taken a decisive action since the Dapchi school girls abduction and part of the measures taken apart from the security measures put in place is to know where all the girls schools are located and to ensure that visitors are not allowed entry into those schools,” he said.

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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burutai, has said the Army, under President Muhammadu Buhari’s instruction, is spreading its might in order to have a strong hold in all parts of the country and enable it deal with rising security challenges in the country.

The COAS, who spoke at the groundbreaking of the Nigerian Army Barracks, Camp Buratai at Elebele in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, said this was in synergy with other security agencies.

Buratai explained that following the various challenges facing the country, President Muhammadu Buhari, wanted a balanced and widespread footprints of the Nigerian Army to confront the security threats in the country.

He said the 6th Division and 6th Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Rivers State were part of the expansionist project.

He said the 16th Brigade in Yenagoa, was also made operational on February 28, 2018 adding that he was in Katsina 10 days ago to operationalise the 17th Brigade under the new 8th Division with headquarters of Operation Lafia Dole in Monguno.

The COAS said the headquarters in Monguno would be relocated to Sokoto as soon as the menace of insurgency had been fully contained.

Buratai said: “The establishment of 6th Brigade in Port Harcourt, 6th Division in Port Harcourt and the 16th Brigade in Yenagoa forms an important part of Mr. President’s desire to have a balanced and widespread footprints of the Nigerian Army to deal with the myriads of security challenges facing the country in conjunction with other security agencies.

“As you may be aware, I was in Katsina about 10 days ago to operationalise the 17th Brigade under the new 8 Division whose headquarters is currently in Operation Lafia Dole, the theatre of operation specifically in Monguno but will soon relocate to Sokoto after the menace of the insurgency has been fully contained

He said: “The Army has acquired the property and today Dickson has kept his promise. From what we have observed, of the preparation of this new site, so much efforts and resources have been efficiently deployed. Today’s ceremony is a testimony that with determination and sincerity of officers and soldiers, we can build institutions and regenerate society.

“The brigade has demonstrated and achieved so much in infrastructural development and enhancement of troops’ wellbeing within one year of its establishment as well as meeting its trainings, operational and regimental responsibility.

“I commend the commander, officers and men of the 16th Brigade for their innovation, determination and professionalism as well as the clear interpretation of my vision for the Nigerian Army which is to have a professionally responsive Nigerian Army in the discharge of its constitutional roles.”

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/03/how-buhari-plans-to-tackle-nigerias.html

Nigerian entertainment singer David Adeleke aka Davido is cooking up something big for the music industry.

The boss of DMW has issued that he will be compiling a list of those artiste that are not making wave again when it come to their musical career.

He made this announcement on his snap chat post, but the reason behind this is yet to be known.

It is yet to be known if he wants to bring their career back on track or it is just a means to laugh at them for a failed career.

This is what he wrote;

“List of Nigeria lost artiste coming soon”.

He recently ended his long time beef with wizkid and the two have performed together in three occasions so far.

I hope he will not be starting another controversy that will result in a beef with another artiste.

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has said that he will formally declare his 2019 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) platform in two weeks.

Atiku said the event will take place in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The Waziri of Adamawa disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at the formal launch of the Street to Street Support Initiative (SSSI) for Atiku 2019 and the inauguration of national, zonal and states officers of the organisation led by National President and Head of Administration Wabara Emeka Gerald.

He was represented at the event by the National Chairman of Atiku Cares Foundation and Director Youth of Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation (AACO) Aliyu Bin Abbas.

According to him, the former vice president was overwhelmed by the support and love shown him across the country, especially in his bid for the presidency.

“He nearly shed tears when he (Atiku) asked me to reschedule another engagement to represent him here as he was overwhelmed by the massive support given to him by Nigerians especially the youths in his 35-year experience of being a politician.

“He has suffered a lot from the hand of politicians but is consoled by the increasing support by Nigerians. In two weeks’ time by Gods’ Grace he will formally open his campaign office in Abuja on the platform of the PDP.

“His message is that it is high time for Nigerians to vote out those in government due to their failure of helping the country out of its predicament and only resort to propaganda; and use and dump tactics,” he said.

On his part the Chairman of the Intellectual Think Tank for Atiku, Theophilus Ohoba lamented the failed promises of change by APC administration

Some of the inaugurated national leaders were National President and Head of Administration Wabara Emeka Gerald, national director contact and mobilization John Dunu, national secretary Lilian Uju Dizo, national women leader Hajia Zainab Mohammed and national publicity secretary Rev Emmanuel Oyelowo among others.

Gerald after the inauguration said Atiku is known for his non-tribalism move to lead Nigerians to the promise land in his administration if he emerged President.

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A member of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, Okere Uzochukwu, on Friday, approached a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging the extension of the tenure of members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party by one year.

The tenure of the leadership of the ruling party at the state, local government and ward levels was also extended by one year by the National Executive Committee, NEC, of the party on February 27, 2018.

The plaintiff, who said he was an aspirant to the state chairmanship position of the party in Imo State, contended in the suit marked, FHC /ABJ/ CS/219/ 2018, that the tenure extension was undemocratic and violated the provisions of the constitution, the Electoral Act and the constitution of the APC.

The APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission are the first and second respondents in the case.

He argued through Nnamdi Okere, his lawyer, that the extension of the tenure of the officials of the party at various levels was “ the primary function and responsibility of the national convention ” by virtue of the provisions of Article 13 and 13 (3 ) (ii) of the constitution of the APC 2014 (as amended).

He stressed that the tenure extension was unconstitutional and undemocratic since the national convention did not hold.

The plaintiff urged the court to hold that the tenure extension for the NWC, the state working committees as well as the local government and ward executive committees of the party commencing from June 2018 to June 2019 “is illegal, unconstitutional , null and void and of no effect.”

He urged the court to compel the incumbent John Odigie – Oyegun- led NWC and others to vacate their respective offices with effect from June 1, 2018 , when they would have completed their four-year tenure.

Meanwhile, the plaintiff also sought an order compelling INEC “reject, cease to recognise and stop dealing with or having official communications with the Odigie -Oyegun- led National Working Committee” and others effective from effective from June 1 , 2018, “for having spent the constitutionally allowed tenure of office.”

He sought an order declaring that he, as a registered and card-carrying member of the party, “has been denied the right to aspire and contest the Imo State Chairmanship of the All Progressives Congress, a position he is aspiring and canvassing for and has spent enormous resources, to warrant and justify the extant action.”

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Just when it seemed respite was coming the way of Benue farming communities from the incursions of marauding herdsmen after the flag off of Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma, or Cat Race, a military spike operation to end herdsmen killings in the state, armed herdsmen early in the week stormed Mbatoho, an Island community at Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi local government, sacking over 5,000 inhabitants of the vast Island.

The invaders who were reported to have quietly ordered the locals to vacate their ancestral homes without putting up any resistance warned that their intent was not to shed blood.

Scared stiff of the threat, the locals immediately fled their homes to the mainland after which the well armed herdsmen razed several homes on the island and occupied the territory which is less than five kilometer on sea from the Wadata area of Makurdi town.

Majority of the victims caught refuge in homes of relatives and friends on the other side of River Benue while a handfull of others staged a peaceful protest to Benue Government House, seeking the intervention of the state government to save them from being homeless.

It was gathered from some of the displaced persons that the armed herdsmen started the action of attacking and taking over the island some days ago.

According to the Community Leader of the Island and tax collector of the inner segment of the Island, Chief Peter Tachie, “the armed herdsmen who are usually dressed in black started their action four days ago in our community.

“They came in their numbers with their cattle into island from Guma local government area and other places on foot some weeks ago because the water level of River Benue has dropped significantly so they could easily assess the island on foot.

“Four days ago they started destroying our houses, farmland and food barns and also taking over the LGEA Primary school in the island and converting same for personal use.

“As we speak no Tiv person is on that island at the moment, they have taken our farms and also uprooted our cassava from our plantation to feed their cattle which are also grazing freely on our farmland.

“They have destroyed all that we spent years to acquire, so we have all moved into Makurdi main town with our families to seek government’s attention.

“You know that we do a lot of dry season farming on the Island and as we speak all that we planted in this dry season have all been destroyed by the herdsmen and their cattle.”

On his part, the tax collector of the outer segment of the island, Chief Stephen Guntu, said the invaders had warned that it was in the best interest of the locals to vacate the island in order to avert a major crisis.

“They warned that we should leave the island quietly in our own interest. And since we know that they could be ruthless we all fled with our families.

“Some of us are currently taking refuge in the houses of friends and relatives while John Kyuka who is a politician that comes regularly to campaign in the island also offered to accommodate very few of us.

“We need urgent intervention of the government because they have taken over our farmlands and all the food we harvested during the last farming season.

“Moreover, we do a lot of dry season farming and as I speak all the crops we planted this season are now food for the cattle.”

Head Teacher of the only Primary School on the Island, the LGEA Primary School, Daudu, Mr. Ephram Otave told Saturday Vanguard that close to 400 pupil of the school had been chased out of school by the invaders.

“All my pupils who are close to 400 have been chased out of school and displaced due to the activities of the herdsmen who have occupied the entire island and chased out our people.”

Confirming the development, the Benue state Information Commission, Lawrence Onoja Jnr. said the invaders had completely taken over the Island adding that the government had also directed security personnel to push them out of the community before the crisis would escalate.

According to the Commissioner “our findings when the Security Adviser to the Governor, Lt. Col. Paul Hemba(Rtd.) led a team to Island indicated that for sometime in the last few days there has been serious influx of herdsmen into Benue especially along Agatu, Guma, Logo, Katsina/Ala local government areas and communities bordering Nasarawa state especially.

“It was in the course of this influx that groups of herdsmen some days ago went to Mbatoho Island, at Mbalagh council ward of Makurdi local government area and sacked the locals from their homes.

“The people fled from Island and the herdsmen took over the community. When the team got there it was discovered that the herdsmen were feeding their cattle on the farm produce of the people and all they had in their barns.

“Governor Samuel Ortom has been in constant touch with security personnel who have mobilized to the Island and have been directed to to push back the herdsmen.

“Unfortunately the Exercise Ayem A’ Akpatuma recently launched by the military in the state to end the herdsmen incursion in the state does not cover that area because it is an Island completely surrounded by water.

“However, security personal have been mobilized to the island to move the herdsmen out so that the people can move back to their community.”

When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent, ASP, Moses Yamu confirmed that the Special Forces of the Police had moved into the Island to restore order.

“Just today, the Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni held meetings with some Ardos (Fulani Chiefs) and Chiefs from Agatu, Gwer West and others, after which they went on a visit to the Island. As we speak they are yet to return to Makurdi mainland.”

http://www.mcebisco.com.ng/2018/03/we-are-here-to-take-over-your-land.html

There is always this teary feeling that comes with being a new mother especially when the baby is about to go through some certain process of life.

Popular gospel singer, Benita Okojie, has just had that part of the feeling and she could not hide how she felt when her boy was being circumcised at the hospital.

She disclosed that she was feeled with tears and could not stay at some point on hearing how her boy was crying.

In her words, “Hey mothers!! I’m back. So no matter how much a mother loves her child she can’t wish away certain things. One is CIRCUMCISION. There should be a class to prepare mothers on how to deal with circumcision. I’m not joking! The day we went for ours, I heard baby A’s cry where I was seated at the corridor. I couldn’t take it. ‘Ara n ta mi’ I had to take a walk cause if I’d stayed a second longer, I would’ve gone in and carried him . I was emosh ehen.. maybe because i ate a meal that had too much onions earlier. That too must have contributed to it abi?

“The whole day was a quiet one. I fed him, sang, prayed, patted him, tried everything I could but I knew it was painful. I had to get reinforcement from my mothers. So imagine my joy when he finally slept… Thank God for the grace that comes with motherhood! I heard that for the girl child, ear piercing is close to male circumcision. Is that true? So, dear mother’s what was your circumcision or ear piercing experience like?.”

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Nigerian beautiful young actress Regina Daniels is not just a freak when it comes to interpreting all those movie roles; she is also a freak of the local African salad called ‘Abacha’.

The actress considers Abacha as her favorite’s delicacy and as such she couldn’t close her eyes past an Abacha vendor on the road side, she geared on and had to take a plate for herself, she eventually did justice to the Abacha at the spot.

Abacha is a delicacy famous in the south and eastern part of Nigeria. It is mainly consumed by the Igbo speaking tribe in Nigeria. Abacha is gotten from cassava, it is produced by cooking the cassava till it is very ready, then it is sliced with a special crater to get it unique size and shape and after then it is soaked in water for a period of one day which is later sun dried.

The Igbo’s do have it that the more ingredient you use in preparing it the more tastier and delicious the meal will be.

Well she may be a celebrity but when it comes to things she love, she drops the celebrity hype and go ahead as it was seen in the street of Asaba Delta State.

She shared the photos on her IG and captioned it hence;

“Abacha can turn me to something else eeeh”

Regina is considered to be the richest young actress in the country with her earning for a movie role at the region of six hundred thousand (600,000) naira.

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Well in Nigeria now the main thieves that are getting away with huge sum of money now are animals.

It was reported that a snake had swallowed a huge sum of money in millions in JAMB office.

A senator also accused a monkey of running away with millions of naira, and no trail of the where about of these animals has been found.

A man on his Facebook page identified as Egeonu Ogbonna shared a photo of him giving his dog some 1000 naira currency, trying to force the dog to swallow the money.

He wrote

“My dog is undergoing 6months training on how to swallow millions.”

The information minister has earlier said that dragon has stolen the money that was allocated by the World Bank to Nigeria to help reduce the rate of children not attending school.

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Nigerian music big name Ayo Balogun, aka Wizkid, will make his debut at the popular Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival commonly known as Coachella in Indio, California.

Coachella is one of the biggest, most celebrated and money-making music festivals in the United States and all over the world.

in 2017, the Coachella festival was attended by 250,000 people and earned $114.6 million.

Wizkid who is one of Nigeria’s major music exports, confirmed his participation via his tweet on Tuesday.

“We taking the African culture to Coachella BTW and am bringing out everybody”. He wrote.

The “daddy yo” crooner will be performing alongside international acts such as The Weekend, Beyoncé, and Eminem.

Others are Black Coffee, Jorja Smith, Migos, Cardi B, Jidenna, Tyler the Creator.

Meanwhile, wizkid is gaining more international recognition as `Daddy Yo’ Wizkid’s 2017 hit song is part of the soundtrack for British-Nigerian actor John Boyega’s new film, ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’. ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’, is an upcoming American science fiction and action film set for release on March 23.

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Nigerian singer Alexander Abolore Adegbola Adigun Alapomeji Ajifolajifaola shortly known as 9ice is working on something new for his fans.

The singer’s new album will consist of many songs, and he titles the album G.O.A.T which is simply the abbreviation for ‘Greatest Of All Times’.

The singer shared this information via his instagram handle and accompanied it with “are you ready”.

The tracks in the new album are produced by various numbers of music-makers, which include: Olumix, ID Cabasa, Young One, DJ Coublon, Tony Why, Team Salut, Young John, ABL, Shocker and STG.

“G.O.A.T (Greatest Of All Time)” album will be released under his record label, Temple Music.

In 2017, 9ice dropped a single he titled living things. The music made waves and he featured Davido in the remix which received a lot of critics, as they were praising rich people with unknown source of income.

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Nigerian Superstar singer and DMW bossc, David Adeleke AKA Davido, AKA OBO, gave his fans a glimpse of his well-documented affluence with his latest luxury picture shared.

Posting via his official @ iam_Davido instagram account, the singer shared a photo of himself puffing smoke in the air on the balcony of his Atlanta home, with his N130m 2018 Bentley Bentayga parked just infront of the beautiful house and simply wrote “Life na jeje”.

See below.

The singer’s tweets have been making the news regularly, and recently he tweeted a scary albeit scary one where he wrote ; Heaven go too sweet, I can’t wait , and it left fans wondering if he was talking about a new single or something else.

Also, Fresh, who is the brain behind Davido’s smash hit FIA and latest single Flora My Flawa as well as the DMW collaboration Mind, spoke to Vanguard recently about his relationship with Davido.

Fresh praised Davido for his personality when he said ;

David is the sweetest and most caring person I have come to know. He has an amazing heart. People who don’t know him can hardly see it. He treats everyone as an equal regardless of your social status; he never looks down on you.

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Nigerian singer Oluwaseun Omolara Oni, a.k.a Saeon may not be well known by many but she is sure popular. Remember Wizkid threatening to beat up a lady on social media when they had a heat up exchange of words, well that was Saeon.

In 2017 she lost her father who according to her was her no 1 fan and also her source of inspiration. After the burst up with Wizkid she disappeared then came back with a track she titled ‘rebirth’.

The multipurpose singer has said she doesn’t do music to compete; rather she does it to fulfill her purpose.

In her own words she said

“I had a tough but interesting 2017. I lost my dad midway through the year and I kept a low profile afterwards because he was dear to me. He inspired my love for songwriting and music generally. He was my number one supporter; so, losing him felt like I had lost a huge part of me. I had to take time to process it and to be with my family. I’m happy to be back to work and I know he would want me to forge ahead and keep following my dreams. I don’t do what I do to compete; I make music to fulfill my purpose. I make music to inspire reform and connect people. I make music for arts and culture. I make music for the people.”

Oluwaseun Omolara Oni (born September 2) popularly known as “The #BoyChick SAEON MORUDA with the #87Swags”, is a Nigerian Singer, Rapper, Songwriter and all round entertainer originally from Oyo State, Ibadan but born and bred in Lagos.

She has a background in International Studies and History from the University of Babcock, Nigeria and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

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Balarabe Musa, former Kaduna State Governor, has observed that President Muhammadu Buhari remains the best option for Nigeria despite failing to live up to his campaign promises.

The former Kaduna State governor said there is currently no “qualitative and relevant alternative” to President Buhari and that this could lead to his victory, if he opts to seek re-election in 2019.

Speaking with Punch, Musa said, “The performance of President Muhammadu Buhari since he came on board in 2015 has fallen short of the expectations of Nigerians.

“In other words, he has been unable to fulfil promises he made before he got the votes of Nigerians. I can reasonably say without fear that his government has failed.

“Nothing stops him (Buhari) from contesting. After all, every elected public office holder in Nigeria has the right to seek a second term.

“I won’t bother myself too much thinking about that because if today Buhari decides he won’t run for a second term, do you have a better person now in Nigeria who can perform better than Buhari?

“Up to the end of the Second Republic, when (the late Chief Obafemi) Awolowo, Zik (the late Nnamdi Azikiwe), Aminu Kano and so on were there, you could say ‘if not Awolowo, Zik is competent’ and so on. There was, at that time, a clear alternative available for Nigerians; whether you liked it or not, it was a distinctive alternative.

“But today, where is the alternative? We are now in a situation where there is no alternative or it is difficult for the alternative to emerge because this is politics and election in which ‘money power’ plays a leading role.

“So, it is not possible to find a qualitative and relevant alternative to Buhari at the moment.”

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Popular Nigerian singer,Tiwatope Savage-Balogun, otherwise known as Tiwa Savage, has reacted to report that she is dead.

The Mavin singer reported death of the ‘Mavin’ had yesterday surface on social media with so many Nigerians writing RIP on her pictures.

According to the report which went viral, Tiwa died of heart failure on Saturday.

However, the ‘Kele Kele’ love crooner and mother of one, while sharing a screen shot of the fake news on her Instagram refuted the report.

The false news quickly spread across social media, and eventually got to the singer herself who reacted immediately.

She said she is alive.

Tiwa wrote,” Mama J never die yet ooo”

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The reason Nigerian politicians do not patronize the hospitals they craved for us is very obvious, they do not want to lose their ambitions for the incompetence of the hospitals in Nigeria.

Nigerian celebrities have also tasted the ignorance of many Nigerian hospitals have they have been forced to watch love one slip away from their very presence.

These are the list of the celebrities below Report By Punch:

Eucharia anunobi:

This veteran Nollywood actress lost her dearest son to the cold hands of her in a Nigerian hospital. The actress blamed the doctor for the death saying the doctor’s mistake led to the son’s death.

“God has said that I should not walk by sight but by faith. So I am not looking at the event that has surrounded me. If I begin to look at the event, like Peter in the bible, I would sink instead of walking on water. My son died in my hands because it was a mistake by the doctors. My son is gone physically but not spiritually, so casting blames would not mean anything. People have told me to sue but my faith in God and his spirit and his word that is in me say that nothing happens without God’s consent. So I would prefer that we let sleeping dogs lie.”

John Okafor aka Mr. Ibu

Nigerian comic actor Mr. Ibu also is one of the celebrities to lose a two year old because of the hospital management system.

According to him on January 18 2011, he lost his two year old son that was diagnosed of inflammation of liver. The hospital had suggested they scan the boy and he agree but they told him to do it in a different hospital. Latter on he was advised to carry on the scan in the hospital because he got only a little time left, then he agreed. Moments later the was no electricity he asked for the hospital generator set and they told him that the is no fuel in it, he gave in to buy the fuel but the came up with another excuse that the operator was not in, and that is how he was delayed till is son passed away. A doctor came around and asked for his son’s death body so that it can be used as a specimen to teach their student doctors.

Yomi Gold

In November 2007 Nigerian popular actor Yomi Gold lost his dear friend due to medical negligence. Yomi because of this grieve took out time to address Nigerians saying if anyone has the financial muscle to fly out for medical reasons such person should not hesitate as it is the best way. He said Nigerian doctors are so unprofessional both in skills and handling patients. The actor lost his friend who opted to undergo his operation in Nigeria rather than travel abroad.

They are also many other stars that have lost some one dear to them because of the hospitals in Nigeria.

Recently Nigerian veteran actor shared his experience has a hospital refused to grant an accident patient access into the hospital, and the patient later lost his life.

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The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has said a dragon has made away with $486 million, a loan given to Nigeria by World Bank. This was revealed to newsmen by Mohammed minutes after the money was received from World Bank. He said on landing the Nigerian soil, the money was made away by unknown dragon.

Briefing Newsmen after Plenary, Lai Mohammed said that since the money could not be accounted for, or on his bank account the money was transfer into, maybe this time Dragon have made away with the money.

“I think, this country is becoming a huge joke. First of all, it was the rodents that drove away the president and then we now have snakes consuming about N36 million and now we have monkeys raiding farmhouse. So, they don’t want this to be said but I believe that we should be very clear.”

This is coming after a shocking confession of an official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, which claimed that a mysterious snake allegedly swallowed N36 million naira, from the Board’s vault, which she made from the sale of scratch cards, another that of a monkey which swallowed 70 million naira.

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The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay, has revealed what government ought to do to stop herdsmen/farmers’ clash.

According to him, the Federal Government should first brand killer-herdsmen a terrorist group then increase its fire-power in Benue State as a way of stalling further attack on innocent citizens by armed herdsmen.

In an interview with Vanguard, Prof. Sagay said: “My take on the herdsmen-farmer clash is that the Federal Government should now increase its fire power in Benue state and other trouble spots, because these armed terrorists are people who have no fear of any form of government, government’s reaction or position; they have no respect for the sanctity of life. These are just animals, wild animals. They are not better than jackals and animals in the forest. They don’t have any human emotion at all.

“The only thing they fear is if you come with fire power, you kill a few of them and the rest will run away.

“I think, with the military being brought into it and their moving into those forests, we are going to see a very sharp drop in their criminal actions.

“I absolutely agree that armed-herdsmen are a terrorist group, as far as I am concerned. What their objective is, if they have any, is to terrify the population, to kill innocent people, frighten them and make them submissive and totally broken. Yes, they are a terrorist group.”

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The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has appealed to Nigerians to desist from tagging members of ethnic groups different from their own as criminals.

The traditional ruler, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, made the appeal on Wednesday in Abuja at a book launch in honour of the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede.

Mr. Abubakar’s remarks were in reference to the currently raging deadly conflicts of farmers and herders in Nigeria for which Fulani herdsmen are routinely portrayed as the aggressors in the Nigerian media.

According to the Sultan, whose stool was founded by Fulani Islamic jihadists in the 18th Century, there are lots of Fulani in Nigeria who are not herdsmen. To therefore stereotype a particular ethnic group as criminal is totally wrong, he said.

“Herdsmen crisis is simply economic survival which needs to be tackled and resolved. We need to take the negative thoughts away from us; our moral level in this country has gone so low,” he said.

“It is so sad that tens of thousands of people are dying everyday while our governors, politicians are well-guarded by security men.

“We do not have statesmen, we have men of the state. We have governors who only see their immediate environment as their own. It is no longer a state for all. We need to sit together and proffer solution on how to move this nation forward,” he admonished.

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The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that it has lost nine of its men since the beginning of its operation to end the herdsmen/farmers’ clashes in Benue and Nasarawa states.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Joshak Habila, who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday at the Benue State Police Command headquarters, disclosed further that 17 suspects were arrested in connection with the January 31, 2018, Gboko mayhem and the murder of policemen in the two states.

Meanwhile, the Yobe State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three men by Boko Haram after an attack on a public school in Yobe on Monday night.

Habila stated that no policeman was missing any longer as everyone deployed to the troubled areas returned, either dead or alive, adding that with the coming of the military into the state, it was expected that those who were internally displaced by the crises would soon return to their homes.

He noted that, following the security challenges in the state, the IGP, who was asked to relocate to Benue to ensure security threats were put under check, had been doing everything in his power to ensure that security of life and property was restored in the state.

“As we speak, the IGP deployed 15 units of police mobile force, special forces, who were trained in special ways outside the country, the intelligence platform and monitoring units of the IGP were deployed in the state.

“You are aware that people resorted to setting houses ablaze and destroying communities and foodstuff. Police deployed its men in communities under threat. We decided to plant men in communities and to respond to distress calls. Some mobile police officers ran into ambush and counter-ambush but, rather than discourage us, we summoned courage and those who have been linked with the gruesome murder of these policemen have been rounded up,” he said.

Habila, who noted that the list of suspects arrested was swelling by the day, revealed further that those who perpetrated the crimes had confessed, adding that, in no distant time, those who were yet to be caught would be brought to book.

The Yobe State Commissioner of Police, Sumonu Abdulmaliki, told journalists that the insurgents abducted three men in Geidam Local Government Area after fleeing from a secondary school at Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area, in the state.

“They ran out of food and carted way foodstuff from the school,” the CP said. He denied the kidnap of any student at the school.

He said the insurgents carted away foodstuff and gallons of petrol belonging to fuel hawkers (black marketers) as they drove away from Dapchi on Monday night.

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President Muhammadu Buhari, has told Nigerians to get prepared to make sacrifice as a foundation for national growth and development.

The President, who made the appeal in his country home in Daura, Katsina, State, when he met with senior citizens of the state, led by Governor Aminu Masari, said in the life of a country, there were occasions when citizens must forgo personal pleasures or pay the ultimate price for the progress and unity of the nation.

President Buhari in a statement signed by his Senior Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, said: “The Nigeria of our time is in need of sacrifices by all citizens to free it from corruption, poverty, crime and underdevelopment.”

While commending members of the forum for complementing his administration’s efforts at national development, Buhari assured them that the security of lives, property and prosperity of all Nigerians would continue to receive priority attention.

In his remarks, Governor Masari said the delegation was in the President’s country home to condole with him on the death of two members of his extended family.

Masari also extended the forum’s commiseration with the President over the recent auto-accident involving his son, Yusuf, and thanked God Almighty for his survival and subsequent discharge from the hospital.

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Kbrule, Big Brother housemate, who was disqualified from the Reality show on Sunday has spoken out.

He thanked those who supported him while also declaring that he had no hard feelings towards Khloe or any of the housemates.

K. Brule and Khloe were disqualified after Khloe got three strikes and as per Big Brother rules, her partner was also immediately sent packing.

Speaking via his Twitter account, K. Brule who is an upcoming singer has revealed he has no hard feelings towards anyone in the house, most especially Khloe.

He also thanked those that supported him while he was in the house.

“New day, fresh start. Thank you so so much for all your love and support. Never said I was perfect, never said I was a saint.

“One day, hopefully soon, I know I will be able to stand tall and look at all that i have overcome. Have nothing but love for everyone. Including Koko,” he said.

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has said there would be no campaigns for the 2019 elections in the state, if there was no solution to the clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state.

Speaking in an interview on an online TV programme, The Osasu Show, in Makurdi, Benue State, the governor said he invited President Buhari to console the people of the state over the killings and destruction of their property but lamented that the President did not honour the invitation.

He said, as President, Buhari was supposed to provide citizens of the country with security but had failed to take the required action to curb the killings.

He said: “For now, my primary concern is to stop these killings; to ensure that the IDPs go back to their homes and live peacefully. Once that is done, we can talk about other things.

“I don’t care about what happens tomorrow. Even if I am not governor, I can stay back and fight for the right of my people.

“When we visited, we even invited the President to come to Benue State and pay his condolences to his people. We are members of the party (All Progressives Congress, APC,), he is our President. If these people are attacking us, we expect him to give us security.

“He has done a number of things. He directed NEMA to provide relief materials; he also asked for security to be beefed up, but I am not satisfied with what the Presidency is doing on this matter. There is no doubt about that. I ask for justice for Benue people because we have not been treated fairly.”

Ortom said the attacks on Benue was an act of vengeance by herders for losing the 1804 Jihad, stressing that Benue people stopped them from penetrating the state through Sokoto.

He said though he did not know the level of “support the herders get from the Presidency”, he was sure that the press statements by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association were issued by people living in Abuja.

“These people have gone beyond grazing, it is about invading the land and taking over. All the places they have attacked, they have chased the people away and they are using their farmlands’ produce as feed for their cattle.

“They are conducting international conferences, issuing press releases and writing on social media and they have come out to say look, in 1804 Jihad, it was Benue people that stopped them from penetrating from Sokoto to the sea.

“This time around, they are not going to stop. They will make sure that they mobilise all Fulani men across the globe, especially from the West African sub-region to ensure that they acquire arms and come and invade and take over the land.

“Because they also said Nigeria is the only land that God has given them, so no other person will supervene on this land except them; that it is their own land, they got this land by conquest and we have no business staying on this land. It is unbelievable. The statement is coming from Miyetti Allah.

“Well, I wouldn’t know about their patrons or the extent of their involvement. But one thing I know is that the people that have been issuing these press statements are known. They are living in Abuja, they are living with the powers-that-be,” Governor Ortom said.

Asked why he has not met with the Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III, and Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, to call the herders to order, Ortom said it was the responsibility of the Federal Government to enforce the law.

“Why will I sit down with them? We have constituted authority over this country. And it is the responsibility of the Federal Government to enforce the law. We expected them to have acted,” the governor said.

Governor Ortom had been at daggers-drawn with the Federal Government since herdsmen killed no fewer than 73 indigenes of the state on new year day.

The relationship between both governments was further soured by the remarks of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who, without any investigation, had concluded that the killing was a result of communal clash, though he recanted later, and the Defence Minister, Mansur Dan Ali, who blamed the killings in Benue State on the anti-open grazing law enacted by the state government.

Since the new year day killings in the state, there had been several others, including those of policemen and operatives of the civil defence corps.

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Nigerian Nollywood actress an icon Eucharia Anunobi has spoken about the death of her son and who was responsible for his death.

Her son was eventually lost to the cold hands of death in august 2017. The actress said she is not yet done with mourning her son as he was a very good child to her.

She also disclosed that if not for the mistake of the doctor that her child would have been alive today. She said

“I have not removed my mourning clothes, neither have I opened my hair since the death of my son. I have only been wearing white since his demise and the reason I have maintained this is because my son was a good boy to me. But he was mistakenly killed by the doctor. My son was not supposed to die. He was a very wonderful child.”

She has also gone on to celebrate her late son’s birthday; she celebrated with the orphans in a motherless baby’s home.

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Big brother housemates, Cee-c and Tobi were on Friday night caught making love in the house.

Recall that Cee-c on Valentine’s day finally professed her love for Tobi who she has been ignoring for a long time.

This happened while she was paired with Lolu and asked not to interact with other housemates.

She confessed of being jealous of how Tobi plays with his new partner, Bambam, while appreciating his care for her and love since the beginning of the reality show.

Cee-C who has also been trending on social media after viewers blasted her for inflicting injury on Lolu was on Thursday issued a two-strike warning for breaking the house rules.

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