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Former President George H.W. Bush dead at 94. George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, has died at age 94. His death was announced by his family Friday night on Twitter. The president's health had been in decline in recent months. "George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, Texas oil pioneer, and 41st President of the United States of America, died on November 30, 2018. He was 94 and is survived by his five children and their spouses, 17 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and two siblings," the former president's office said in a statement. "He was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years, Barbara; his second child Pauline "Robin" Bush; and his brothers Prescott and William or "Bucky" Bush." His son George W. Bush, who served as the country's 43rd president, released a statement of his own from the family. "Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 9...

Here is the moment angry Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state sounded a serious warning to Adams Oshiomhole, the APC national Chairman. Yari says: "I'm saying that the committee sent by Oshiomhole to come and do their dirty job should never dare come to Zamfara state. And we are ready, including myself to be taken to the grave yard tomorrow. If he knows that his mother and father born him, he should send those people to see and it's fight to finish."

The struggle by factions of the Anambra State House of Assembly to take possession of the seat of the Speaker is currently causing a fight in the hallowed chambers. Both factions of the House, led by their separate Speakers had arrived the State Assembly complex at about 10am in the morning, but could not sit for plenary because of the tussle over which of the two Speakers should preside over the meeting. About 22 out of the 30 members of the House had three weeks ago impeached Speaker Rita Maduagwu, replacing her with Hon. Ikem Uzoezie. But Maduagwu had quickly denied being impeached, while the Uzoezie faction insisted she remained impeached. This had led to the sealing of the House by police authorities to forestall any breach of peace. But at about 10:30pm on Wednesday, police unsealed the complex ahead of Thursday sitting, but, both factions iwent nside to administer the House. Maduagwu had first entered the hallowed chambers and sat on the Speaker’s seat, but later left ...

A man is currently battling for survival at a hospital in Agbara, Lagos, after his mother-in-law attacked him with a machete. The incident occurred, this afternoon, while the man was fast asleep. The lady had accused him of trying to use her for money ritual. . She then proceeded to chop off his fingers and chopped of his neck. Thinking she had accomplished her aim, she locked the door, but the man’s cries alerted neighbors, who rescued him through the window and rushed him to the hospital. The suspect was subsequently arrested and tied up, while they await the arrival of the police. Meanwhile, the severed fingers of the man are, currently, nowhere to be found.

Any genuine prince from the day he is born has an ultimate aim to ascend the throne. Any prince that does not aspire to become a king may be impure. The Bible says many are called but few are chosen. The person who God chooses should operate with the fear of God, absolute discipline and honesty. The welfare of his subjects and all should be paramount to him. He should also be a no-nonsense person. He should not fear anybody, no matter how highly placed the person may be, he should be able to say the truth at all times. That is the way I operate. The same respect I give to labourers, I also give to billionaires. With all that is going on in this country today, I am not God but I pray and will work towards President Buhari doing his second term. This country should not go back to corrupt people. Buhari does not have 100% wisdom and knowledge; he has to be assisted. If God brings him back, God will help him to choose those that will work with him to make things better. Nigeria is bless...

An Ecobank customer, Saheed Abayomi, 46, has been arraigned Lagos Magistrate Court for alleged conniving with the fleeing former female Branch Manager of the Apapa branch of the bank, identified simply as Theresa, to fraudulently withdraw the sum of N482 million from the account of the bank and allegedly shared it. Police alleged that the female manager allegedly perpetrated the fraud with the accused by issuing fake certificates to customers of the bank who deposited huge sum of money in their fixed deposit accounts to assure them that their savings was safe and using the account of the accused to transfer customer‘s funds from their accounts to her own. Police alleged that the fraud was uncovered by the management of the bank audited the account books of the Apapa branch of the bank and reported the incident to the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Ikoyi Prison, Ikoyi, Lagos, Tijani Mustaphe N’Abba, who directed his man to fish out the suspects involved in the ...

Boko Haram jihadists abducted around 50 loggers near the northeastern Nigerian town of Gamboru close to the border with Cameroon, civilian militia and residents told AFP Thursday. The hostages who are mostly from a camp for people displaced by jihadist violence were on Saturday rounded up by fighters loyal to factional leader Abubakar Shekau while collecting wood at Bulakesa village, 25 kilometres (15 miles) from Gamboru in Borno state. “The men were rounded up and taken away by Boko Haram insurgents and nothing has been heard from them,” militia leader Umar Kachalla said. “Two of the loggers escaped and returned home and broke the news. “We don’t have a precise number of those taken but usually the loggers move in a group of more than 50 men,” Kachalla said. The loggers were encouraged to venture deep into the bush to collect firewood by a recent military operation that pushed the jihadists out of the area, another militia Shehu Mada said. Last...

Information reaching us at Wazobia Infos has it that a 7 Storey building under construction opposite the D PLANET night club GRA port harcourt has collapsed. At the time of filing this report, over 30 workers has been confirmed dead while the Rescue officials are still trying to save others.

There is allegedly a new form of robbery that has left students of Delta State University, Abraka - popularly known as DELSU, frightened.  According to multiple reports, unknown hoodlums are now stopping girls and snatching their panties at gunpoint for reasons best known to them.  It was also claimed in one of the online reports that some girls are also being forced by the gunmen to urinate in cellophane bags. The students and residents of Abraka are now calling on the vice-chancellor, state government and security agents to do something about the negative growing trend.  A student of the institution, Maradeam Osuji, took to Facebook earlier today to write;   Please if you have any female in Delsu(Abraka) drop a prayer for her. A girl was forced to pull off her pant at gun point in Abraka. It's no longer stealing of pants, it's now "Your pant or Your life"... PS: Elozino even in death you are still loved and forever will be. You h...

There was a drama at the ongoing book launch and 61st birthday anniversary of the former President Goodluck Jonathan as former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC ), Adams Oshiomole, made a surprise appearance at the event. The event is taking place at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel Abuja. Obasanjo arrived at the hall at about 2:00pm, with the crowd hailing in deafening shouts of “Baba, Baba, Baba”. Oshiomole, who also walked in few minutes after Obasanjo, went straight to the celebrant, Goodluck Jonathan, and exchanged greetings with him while people were shouting “Osho Baba, Osho Baba, Osho Baba”.  While the drama was ongoing, former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who defected from Jonathan’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All progressives Congress (APC), also entered. The event was temporarily put on hold for few minutes while the drama was going on.

A Bloodbath was averted on Friday, November 16, 2018, at Old Bakana as gunmen alleged to be sponsored by a PDP serving Commissioner in Nyesom Wike’s government from the area opened heavy gunfire on Pastor Tonye Cole and his team as they were carrying out ward-to-ward consultation in the community. News gathered that in a statement signed and made available to journalists by Chief Chidi Lloyd, DG, Tonye Cole Campaign Organisation explained that, “On arrival at the community and as is usual with the team, Tonye Cole and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on the delegation had gone to pay a courtesy call on the traditional head of the community prior to commencement of the exercise when heavy gunfire erupted from all directions of the community.” According to the statement, “Pastor Tonye Cole immediately showed courage and leadership by ordering his team members to remain calm indoors while the security detachment attached to the team were ...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Thursday, at the Municipal Council grounds in Calabar, suffered a serious political tsunami as a former senator and two-time Special Adviser to two Nigeria presidents, Princess Florence Ita- Giwa, returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Others who also washed their hands off the APC in the state with about 5000 supporters were the former Ambassador to Mali, Amb. Soni Abang, former APC Board of Trustee member, Barr Tony Odey, as well as the duo of 1992 legislators, Senator Patrick Ani and Hon. Ernest Irek among others. Ita Giwa, speaking at the event said: “I am back to ensure that the turn by turn policy is followed, as only zoning can sustain democracy without fight while creating opportunities for all to raise their heads.” Waxing philosophical, Ita-Giwa disclosed: “In over one year I went on that trip to APC, it wasn’t good for my body because a white goat loves no stain or dirt,” adding that “I feel g...

According to reports, a 19-Year old man was apprehended with a bottle of blood and some severed genitals and fingers of a four-year-old boy in Awka, Anambra state capital. The suspect, Mr. Sunday Onwebenyi, from Emeziaka, Mgbo, in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State who confessed to have abducted and killed the child, in connivance with some other suspects from the said location. This happened after a female friend from the same area, Miss Blessing Eze, had recommended him to a place in Awka, where they alleged to have been told to get the body parts of a child to quicken their money-making ambition. He has since been handed over to the police authorities for possible prosecution. 

Armed men allegedly attacked and killed several members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ipo Omademe in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers state. According to reports, the publicity secretary of PDP Rivers State Chapter; Hon Darlington Orji JP, Hon Barr B S Emerengwa, Hon Samuel Nwanosike and the leadership of PDP in Ikwerre LGA were in Ipo on a sensitisation tour before the heavily armed men came out from the bushes and started shooting at the crowd. It was gathered that one Mr. Uche Nnana, and a lady from Ipo were killed in the attack while several others are injured. Hon Nwanosike had previously raised an alarm over the alleged plot purportedly sponsored by some political thugs which was perfected in a meeting at Afrik hotel Igwuruta on the 7th of November, according to reports.. Here are pictures from the attack as police investigation is reportedly underway. 

The most populous nation on the African continent also recorded 735,000 unsafe abortion in the year under review. Nigeria has recorded over 1.3 million unwanted pregnancies in 2018 alone, the 2018 global family planning report has revealed. According to the reports  unveiled at the ongoing International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, only 13.8 percent of Nigerian women use contraceptives in 2018. The report defines unintended pregnancies as “the number of pregnancies that occurred at a time when women (and their partners) either did not want additional children or wanted to delay the next birth”. This is “usually measured with regard to last or recent pregnancies, including current pregnancies”.

The Hon. Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. (Mrs) Rita Maduagwu, has been impeached. The House affected the impeachment on Tuesday during plenary, held at the Assembly Complex in Awka, the state capital. Member representing Aguata II State Constituency in the House of Assembly, Hon. Ikemefuna Uzoezie, has emerged as new Speaker of the House.

A loyalist of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and a senatorial aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Dr Tunji Abayomi, has indicated his intention to defect and contest the coming election on the platform of another party. He is said to be eyeing the Action Alliance Party, AAP. Abayomi had been shut out by the party’s NWC following the automatic ticket given to Senator Ajayi Boroffice to vie for the 2019 election in Ondo North. At a press conference in Akure, Abayomi said in the event that the party failed to field him for the election he would opt for one of three options open to him. “ The first option is to run for election on a different political platform because the party in the North for now doesn’t have a candidate. What we have now is Adams Oshiomhole’s candidate and not the people’s candidate”, he said.  “ The second option is to run on the platform of another party while the third option is to t...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday turned down the request by the Federal Government to issue an arrest warrant against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu . The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property had, on behalf of the Federal Government , urged the court to order the arrest of Ekweremadu following the absence of the senator , who was scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday on charges of non - declaration of assets . The prosecuting counsel , Mr. Celcus Ukpong, informed the judge, Justice Binta Nyako, that two counts of failure to declare assets were filed against the senator on May 11, 2018 . Ukpong said the summons for the arraignment scheduled for Wednesday had been served on the Deputy Senate President , but he chose to ignore it . He said , “ He decided not to obey the summons . We , therefore , apply for a bench warrant to be issued against him . ” But responding, Ekweremadu ’ s lawyer , Chief Adegboy...

Information reaching the Politics newsdesk reveals that the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole was briefly detained by the Department of state Security Services, DSS on Sunday. According to Cable , Oshiomhole was grilled by DSS operatives for nine hours after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during the party’s primary elections across the country. He was also pressured to resign during interrogation by the DSS. Oshiomhole refused highlighting that he would only do so if he loses the confidence of President Muhammadu Buhari. The APC chairman told the DSS that the president was in the loop of every action he took during the party’s primaries. “Adams Oshiomhole was arrested by the DSS, they didn’t show him any petition. It was alleged by some governors that he collected bribe during the primaries,” a source said. “He was told to resign and he told DSS operatives that he will resign if...

Twenty thousand members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Essien Udim, the home of Godswil Akpabio, former Governor of the state, on Tuesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the ruling party has said. But the occasion was marred by an attack by hired thugs, with Moses Ekpo, Deputy Governor of the state, among party stakeholders and government officials to escape by the skin of their teeth. The highlight of the reception for the new members, held at the Unity Hall of Essien Udim Local Government Council headquarters, was a massive declaration of support for Governor Udom Emmanuel by former and serving chapter and ward executive council members of the APC. Prince Ukpong Akpabio, younger brother and former aide of the immediate past Senate Minority Leader, as well as Chief Michael Afangideh, regarded as Akpabio’s political godfather, also declared for Udom. The Deputy Governor was receiving the APC defectors on behalf of the Governor when thugs suspected ...

A mysterious cigar-shaped object spotted tumbling through our solar system last year may have been an alien spacecraft sent to investigate Earth, astronomers from Harvard University have suggested. The object, nicknamed 'Oumuamua, meaning "a messenger that reaches out from the distant past" in Hawaiian, was first discovered in October 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii. Since its discovery, scientists have been at odds to explain its unusual features and precise origins, with researchers first calling it a comet and then an asteroid, before finally deeming it the first of its kind: a new class of "interstellar objects." The theory is based on the object's "excess acceleration," or its unexpected boost in speed as it traveled through and ultimately out of our solar system in January 2018. "Considering an artificial origin, one possibility is that 'Oumuamua is a light sail, floating in interstellar space as a debris from a...

Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has said that the federal government must perish the idea of increasing the pump price of petrol from N145 per litre to N185 in March next year. He said that “Nigerians have suffered enough in the hands of the APC government and won’t accept any further upward review of petrol pump price.” The former governor, who described the planned increment as a way of taking back of whatever that is added to workers salary as minimum wage increment. He said; “They are delaying the increment till March because of its effects on the February 2019 elections.” Media Aide to the former governor, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement on Monday that the NNPC presentation to the Senate last week that N145 fuel pump price was unrealistic and that the pump price of petrol was supposed to be N185 per litre as against the official price of N145 per litre was a way to prepare the minds of Nigerians for the planned increm...

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is currently keeping tabs of political activities of no fewer than four of its governors and some of its chieftains, including members of the National Assembly over their alleged support for the presidential bid of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku is one of the 77 candidates expected to be on the ballot in the February 16 election against the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC. The former Vice President was a member of the APC until he defected to the PDP and eventually emerged as the leading opposition party’s presidential flagbearer last month. According to highly placed sources within the party, the decision to place a political surveillance on some of the party’s leaders is to nip any form of anti-party activities in the bud ahead of the 2019 general elections. While stating that its not as if the party is sniffing or suspecting the leaders, he said some of those being mo...

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said tardiness in passage of budgets by the National Assembly, sometimes lasting seven months, delay completion of projects across the country, urging more effort to speed up the process. The President, who received a delegation of Eminent and Respected citizens of Niger State led by Lt. Gen. Garba Duba (Rtd) at the Presidential Villa, said the government’s achievements in ensuring better roads, rails, power and repositioning of the airports was in spite of the delays, praying for more understanding and commitment to infrastructural development. “If the National Assembly takes seven months to pass a budget, then we should be commended for the much that we have achieved, and can still achieve. “I personally feel very disappointed. I spoke with the leaders of the National Assembly on the issue that seven months is a long time to work on a budget,’’ he said. The President said ongoing efforts to improve road, and ...

The West African Examination Council has presented attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to President Muhammadu Buhari. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this on his Twitter handle, @FemAdesina, on Friday. Adesina wrote, “WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school cert result to President Buhari. Details later…

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state, on Thursday, said that the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, will lose five million voters as a result of the lingering crises rocking the party. Mr Okorocha stated this to State House correspondents immediately after his meeting with the President Muhammadu Buhari over the governorship crisis in his state. According to him, that the National Chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, had no right to substitute Uche Nwosu with Hope Uzodinma as the gubernatorial candidate of the party in Imo state He also said the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu was ill-informed over the crisis following his reported support for Oshiomhole.

'Dozens Killed' As Boko Haram Attacks Villages, IDP Camp In Maiduguri According to a source, who spoke to news men, several villagers lost their lives during the attack which occurred on Wednesday night. Boko Haram terrorists have attacked four villages and a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. According to a source, who spoke to SaharaReporters, several villagers lost their lives during the attack which occurred on Wednesday night. Many people were killed in Kofa, Mallumti, Ngomari, Gozari, just as many villagers fled to the Dalori IDP camp for safety. A statement by the Nigerian Army confirmed the attack, but noted that Kofa Village and the Dalori IDP camp were affected. The Army also claimed that one civilian was "found dead". According to the statement, the terrorists gained access to the area through a bush path behind the village and came in four vehicles and some motorcycles. The statement read: "Troop...

The Chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Kogi State chapter, Dr. Kabiru Zubair, has revealed that 79 medical doctors employed by the state government have resigned their appointments. Zubair said they resigned in reaction to irregular payment of salaries. Zubair noted that doctors, who were at the forefront of the struggle for better welfare for health workers, had lost the zeal to fight due to the non-chalant attitude of the government. He said the only available option left was to leave the state civil service. He said: “As at today, a total of 79 doctors have left Kogi State civil service. “In the last nine months alone, 27 doctors have resigned from the Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, including two consultants. “Forty four have resigned from the state’s Hospitals Management Board (HMB) and eight from the Kogi State University Teaching Hospital, Anyigba. “More doctors are just waiting for the next available opportunity ...