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The main coordinator of attacks on NNPC and Chevron oil and gas installations in Niger Delta was paraded in Warri, yesterday by the Navy.

Former Super Eagles coach and one time Super Eagles defender Stephen Okechukwu Keshi is dead. Stephen Okechukwu Keshi, former Super Eagles Coach and one time defender of the Super Eagles is dead. Keshi who was 54-years-old died at the wee hours of today, Wednesday, in Benin He was confirmed dead by Ben Olaiya. Olaiya speaking to Vanguard Sport Editor Tony Ubani said ‘Tony yes the Big Boss is dead the Big boss is dead’ Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/breaking-news-former-super-eagles-coach-stephen-keshi-dead/

Apparently moved by the threat from the Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) to bomb major government buildings in Abuja starting midnight today, the federal government yesterday called for an emergency security meeting.

JUNGLE JUSTICE: WHY LYNCH THE POOR THIEF AND EULOGISE THE BIG THIEF? By Paul onu 08102624634 Onuwizzy88@gmail.com Jungle justice as the term implies, is a situation when people take laws into their hands and punish offenders of an alleged crime. This practice has become a norm in the Nigerian society, and has risen to an unprecedented height. According to a recent research conducted, it takes just 30 to 50 seconds for the mob to decide whether or not to administer its brand of justice, and only ...

BOKO HARAM CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THURSDAY'S ATTACK IN MAIDUGURI Boko Haram on Thursday claimed a suicide bomb attack that killed two police officers in northeast Nigeria, just days before a regional security summit on efforts to eradicate the Islamists. The group, using the name Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), said in a statement posted on social media that the bomber “was able to detonate his explosive vest in the area of Maiduguri”. The group said the attack was carried out by Abu Anas al-Ansari. It claimed “at least 15 apostates (non-believers)” were killed in the attack, which happened at about 12:00 pm (1100 GMT) at the Borno State Secretariat in the city. But Nigerian Army spokesman Sani Usman said only two died and said the attacker blew up as security personnel stopped him from trying to get into the government offices. “Unfortunately in the process of stopping him, he detonated the improvised explosive device on his body, instant...

SOUTH AFRICA'S ECONOMY DROPS BEHIND NIGERIA AND EGYPT Once the largest economy on the continent, South Africa’s domestic and political issues have seen it fall to third place behind Nigeria and Egypt, KPMG has warned, using data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Even though South Africa remains the “continent’s most developed economy, and has a more diversified economic base than the Egyptian economy… its fall from first and now second place amongst the continent’s giants is of great concern,” KPMG Financial Risk Manager Christie Viljoen said, adding “especially as this development is largely attributed to weakness in the rand that, in turn, has largely been as a result of domestic issues”. “South Africa has been known as the continent’s second-largest economy since Nigeria rebased its gross domestic product (GDP) data in early 2014. However, the IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) released in mid-April provided more sobering GDP statistics for South Af...

OGUN STATE UNIVERSITY LAW STUDENT MISSING Abiola Okanlawon has been missing for over a month now, according to a family member. He is a diploma student at Ogun State university, studying Law. His brother said. According to friends, he left school on the 2nd of April 2016 and till now we’ve not heard from him. Thinking he was at his friends place we felt he’ll go back to school when school resumes on the 3rd of May but he hasn’t and nobody knows his whereabouts. Anyone with info should call 0705 3722609 or 08166183764 or the nearest police station

           LAGOS BASED FEMALE BANKER MISSING A Lagos based banker identified as Bukola Olowookere, has been declared missing by her family. Family sources say she was last seen on May 5th 2016, after leaving Eco bank where she works. Anybody with information on her whereabouts should please call either of the following lines, or report to the nearest police station. Her husband:09083961518 Her brother:08093911756 Remi:08064546119 Mrs Bukola Olowookere BCO:09099999223. source:9JA DAILYNEWS

HEARTY CHEERS TO AN OUTSTANDING PERSONALITY! Ladies and Gentlemen, help us celebrate an exemplary and outstanding personality in person of Onu Debora Omada, es q. As you clock another Year today, we wish You a Fulfilled career, success in all your endeavours, Good health and above all, Longevity of Life. We pray you continue to impact on your generation in a definitive manner! Cheers!

 The punch newspaper reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has obtained a remand order to keep a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, in custody for the next two weeks. The remand order is, however, renewable after 14 days depending on the outcome of investigations. Fani kayode Fani-Kayode is being investigated by the EFCC for allegedly receiving N840m when he was the Director of Publicity for the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in 2015. The money, which Fani-Kayode confessed to receiving, was said to have emanated from the account of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The commission had recently frozen the ex-minister’s Zenith Bank account with number 1004735721 domiciled at Maitama, Abuja. Fani-Kayode had told our correspondent that the PDP leadership gave him the impression that the money was sourced from private individuals. He said, “I served as the director of publicity of the Jonathan campaign organisation and...

ORTOM ORDERS REVERSAL OF BSU CONDITIONAL CHARGES Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has directed immediate withdrawal of conditional charges introduced by the management of the Benue State University and urged the institution to revert to the old regime of charges. The directive was contained in a statement signed by his special assistant on media and ICT, Tahav Agerzua. He directed the management to sort out those who already paid the new charges amicably. Governor Ortom stated that he took the action following concerted appeals from major stakeholders in the university including prominent citizens, parents, students as well as the general populace. He said as a democratically elected Governor he has a responsibility to be sensitive to the views of the people and their plight, hence the decision. The Governor assured that the state government would explore other avenues to raise internally generated revenue to address the concerns that led the university to int...

500,000 households displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency will benefit N17,000 each from the World Food Programme in 2016. The World Food Programme is a project of the United Nations that addresses hunger and promotes food security. The Chairman of Borno State Emergency Agency, Ahmed Satomi, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, yesterday in Maiduguri said 35,000 households had benefitted already. He said that the agency planned to reach out to 1.4 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) taking refuge in other communities.

According to Sahara Reporters, 41 years old son of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mohammed Uwais, Ibrahim Uwais who reportedly left Nigeria with his two wives and children in February last year to join the Islamic terror group, ISIS, was killed yesterday May 9th near Aleppo, Syria during an airstrike by the United States targeted at members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). A source told the Sahara Reporters that Ibrahim was one of numerous Islamist terrorists who perished as US military aircraft bombarded known ISIS camps near the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.‎ News of Ibrahim joining the terror group broke last year. His father served as the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1995 to 2006. justice uwais

OGBADIBO 2016: WHY OLAOCHAGBAHA SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PRODUCE THE NEXT CHAIRMAN.    Let me begin with the words of James Madison,''The accumulations of all powers o f the executve in the same hands, whether of a one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed may justly be pronouncement of the definition of tyranny. Ogbadibo was created in1991, with its headquarters in otukpa. It comprises of three districts namely otukpa, orokam owukpa respectively. The chairmanship positions had been consistently zoned between these three districts. The otukpa district is made up of three clans. The Ai-Ameh-Ochagbaha, Ai-Owuno and Ai-Oodo respectively. It is on record that since the inception of the local government, the Olaochagbaha clan had never occupied the office of the executive chairman. Whenever the said position is zoned to Otukpa, the office is either occupied by the Ai-Owuno or the Ai-Oodo. For over two decades now, the Olaochagbaha clan had b...

UPDATED: UNKNOWN GUNMEN KIDNAP VICAR GENERAL OF CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF OTUKPO    Very Rev John Adeyi, Vicar general of the catholic diocese of otukpo was kidnapped yesterday on the otukpa-ogwungaga express way by unknown gunmen.   However, a family source who spoke on the condition of annoymity, say the kidnappers have asked for a ransom of #25 million naira, and negotiations have progressed to ensure his release. Efforts to reach the spokesman of the Benue state police command proved abortive as at the time of filing this report.

          BOKO HARAM RESORTS TO STRAPPING BOMBS TO BIRDS      The Commander of a multinational force fighting the Islamist insurgents, Maj.-Gen. Lamidi Adeosun, has said that Boko Haram is strapping bombs to birds as it continues to develop more deadly weapons for its bloody attacks. Adeosun, according to The Independent, a United Kingdom newspaper,  revealed the discovery at a meeting with American diplomats and security officials. boko haram insurgents The report added that Adeosun showed gruesome photos of the victims of Boko Haram’s attacks and their latest weapons during the briefing at the Multinational Joint Task Force’s headquarters in Chad on Wednesday. One picture showed a bird with an explosive strapped on its back, demonstrating “a lot of ingenuity,” he said. Adeosun said his force had received intelligence that Isis members were being imbedded with Boko Haram but that the Nigerian terrorist...

                   THREE FOREIGN COACHES JOSTLING FOR EAGLES JOB         Following Sunday Oliseh's resignation as Super Eagles coach, the NFF technical committee is set to appoint a foreign coach. and coaches who are considered for the post include former Nigerian coach, Clemens westerhoff. He won the 1994 nations cup and also qualified the country to the 2nd round of USA 94''. He posses the needed experience about the Nigerian football and was responsible for the grooming of many of our successful football players.      Also on the list is former QPR coach, Harry Redknapp. Having coached several clubs in England including Tottenham hotspur, has a lot of expertise in the game. Last on the list is former coach of Olympic Lyonaise, Paul Le Guen. He guided the french outfit to a 3 consecutive Lique 1 titles. 

INSPECTOR'S DAUGHTER ABDUCTED AND CONVERTED TO ISLAM IN SOKOTO   Reports reaching us from sokoto state indicates that a 14 year old Halita Dominic Jato has been abducted and converted to islam. In an exclusive chat with us, the father of the girl, Mr Dominic Jato, a serving inspector in the Nigerian police force said on 8th july, 2014, he returned from work and discovered that his daughter was not at home. When he asked his children and neighbours, nobody knew whe re she was. This prompted him to conduct a search within the entire neighbourhood. At the end, he found out that his daughter was abducted by one ismail mohammed in Gidan igwai area of sokoto metropolis. He immediately reported the case at the divisional police headquarters in kwanni, and the said ismail was invited for questioning. In his confessional statement, he confessed to abducting the girl. He also added that he had moved the girl to the house of mallam Adamu kasarawa to be converted to...