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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Friday said he had been vindicated by the recent outburst of President Muhammadu Buhari’ wife, Aisha, about her husband’s leadership. Mr. Saraki said the fact that Mrs. Buhari could come out to openly express reservations about her husband’s appointees showed that his earlier argument that the government had been hijacked, was in good faith. Mr. Saraki on June 27 said some individuals within Mr. Buhari’s government were running a “government within the government”. “It has become clear that there is a government within the government of President Buhari who have seized apparatus of executive powers to pursue their nefarious agenda,” Mr. Saraki said at the time. Mr. Buhari pushed back against the comments, describing them as a figment of Mr. Saraki’s imagination. But in an interview with the BBC, Mrs. Buhari appeared to agree with Mr. Saraki’s position. She criticised her husband’s choices of cabinet members and heads of agencies. The first lady...

A Human Skeleton, believed to be that of a woman, was found today in a Pastor's house in Peace land estate, Akute, Ogun state. According to a eyewitness, the shocking discovery was made when the owner of the pastor's house tried to evict him out of his flat over late payment of rent. "The Pastor did not pay his rent for a year. The Land lady who was angry with the situation of things stormed his home with some people in-order to evict him but were shocked when they discovered a human skeleton inside," thesource revealed. People in the neighbourhood were quickly alerted and the Police notified. However the supposed pastor, who owns a Church, made some revelations about the skeleton. He alleged that it belonged to his sister. His parents had just three children - himself and two sisters. He lived with them in the flat but after a while, one of his sisters named Funmi wasn't seen again. When people asked about her, "he would say she went to the mountain."...

The man who trek from Lagos to Abuja to celebrate the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 general elections, Mr. Suleiman Hashimu, has concluded plans to embark on another trek for the president. Hashimu, however, said on Friday that this time, he would not use his legs but vehicles in touring the 36 states and FCT. He said he wants to showcase the achievement of the president so far. He said, “I will be embarking on another trek for President Muhammadu Buhari. This time, my trip is with a vehicle, not my usual trekking. I would tour the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. “This is to showcase achievement recorded by this administration so that they will appreciate the achievements recorded so far. “President Buhari has achieved a lot in security and anti-corruption crusade. People that are untouchable in this country are answerable to the law of the land. “Another big achievement recorded on Thursday was the rescue of the 21 of the over 200 kidnapped Chibok sc...

The Katsina Emirate Council on Thursday declared that the marriage between 14-year-old girl, Habiba Isa, and the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Usman, was irreversible. The council said the marriage and Isa’s conversion to Islam were voluntarily and willingly entered into by the girl. The council told officials of the Katsina State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, who visited Usman in his palace over the issue, that there was no evidence that the 14-year-old girl was forced to act against her wish. The family of Isiyaku Tanko of Warkaza community in the Kudun Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State on Wednesday alleged that Usman forcefully abducted their 14-year-old daughter and forced her into marrying him. She was said to have been abducted on August 16, 2016, by one Jamilu Lawal, an aide of the emir, who worked in the palace. She was converted to Islam and held incommunicado. Isa is expected to clock 15 years on Saturday, October 15, 2016, and...

As 16-year-old Maria strained under the anguish of labor in eastern Nigeria, a midwife repeatedly slapped her across the face – but the real ordeal began minutes after the birth of her baby. Baby sells for same price as 50kg of rice in eastern Nigeria. Reuters Photo “The nurse took my baby away to be washed. She never brought her back,” the teenager said, gazing down at her feet. Maria said she learned her newborn daughter had been given up for adoption for which she received 20,000 naira ($65.79) – the same price as a 50 kilogram bag of rice. And Maria is far from alone.  A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigative team spoke to more than 10 Nigerian women duped into giving up their newborns to strangers in houses known as “baby factories” in the past two years or offered babies whose origins were unknown. Five women did not want to be interviewed, despite the guarantee of anonymity, fearing for their own safety with criminal gangs involved in the baby trade, while two men spok...

Mr Abayomi Oluwole, a cleaner at Murtala Mohammed Airport (MMA2), in Lagos, has been promoted to the position of Supervisor because of his honesty. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), recalls that Oluwole had on July 30, returned a passenger’s items to the security desk. Oluwole found a bag containing cash, two cheque books, one international passport, two iPhone 5 handsets and car’s papers, among others and handed them over to security officials at the terminal. They handed them over to the owner, who was full of praises for his honest conduct. On Thursday, the management of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal 2 (MMA2), honoured Oluwole. Capt. Jari Williams, the Chief Executive Officer of BASL, presented Oluwole with a Certificate of Commendation, a table fridge and money. Williams said the gesture was aimed at promoting the culture of truthfulness and uprightness in the work place. “What the young man has done, without being p...

Popular Nollywood comic pair known as Aki and Pawpaw,. Both men have since moved up the creative ladder, from being just comic actors to making their own movies. Osita Iheme released his fourth movie last April. It is titled Ada my Love. Although most Nigerian filmmakers often shy away from seeing their own works, he is not one of them. Out of the four movies that he has shot so far, the one that appeals most to him is Mr. Limpopo. He is likely to be caught seeing the movie for as many times as possible. “I simply love that movie. The story is good and the casting is fantastic. I’d love to work on the storyline again and do it in a better way,” he says. Unlike his alter ego, Aki (Chinedu Ikedieze), whose wife put to bed a couple of weeks ago, Osita is still a bachelor. Asked why he has not followed Aki’s example, the comic actor looks confused and he is speechless for awhile. Then he says, “Marriage is not something that anybody should rush into. I will get marri...

The Lagos State Police Command uesterday said it has arrested a foreign national, whose stock in trade was to deliberately sleep with and infect girls with HIV, ThisDay reports. The suspect, whose identity is still shrouded in secrecy, was said to have known about his health status, yet deliberately set to infect as many girls as he could with the dreaded virus. His victims were said to be unaware of his health status until recently. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, while confirming his arrest, said he would be charged to court, adding that: “A foreign national deliberately infected some girls with HIV. He’s under detention.”

He made the declaration while speaking in a programme on Metro fm. He said: “The same people who would pressurize you to get married are the people who would criticize you when you fail. Oprah Wilson changed the world but she never got married. It is not the destiny of every single person to get married.”

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's wife has warned him that she may not back him at the next election unless he shakes up his government. In a BBC interview, Aisha Buhari said the president "does not know" most of the top officials he has appointed. She suggested the government had been hijacked, saying a "few people" were behind presidential appointments. Mr Buhari was elected last year with a promise to tackle corruption and nepotism in government. His wife's decision to go public with her concerns will shock many people, but it shows the level of discontent with the president's leadership, says the BBC's Naziru Mikailu in the capital, Abuja. The president famously remarked at his inauguration that he "belongs to nobody and belongs to everybody". In the interview with Naziru Mikailu, Mrs Buhari said: "The president does not know 45 out of 50, for example, of the people he appointed and I don't know them either, ...

Obiageli Ezekwesili, leader of the BringBackOurGirls, says she can only “cry” and “weep” after learning of the freedom of 21 of the hundreds of Chibok girls abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.Below is what she Tweeted..

                      The Department of State Security DSS has released copies of search warrants it obtained from the Magistrate Court of Abuja on October 5th for the search of the homes of the various judges that were arrested over the weekend. Many Nigerians thought the DSS went to search the homes of the judges without obtaining a warrant. Continue to see copies of the search warrant obtained.   Photo credit: Sahara Reporters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former chairman of Ikeja Hotels wanted. Goodie Ibru, a former president of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, is facing allegations of illegal diversion of up to N2 billion shareholders’ funds and stock markets fraud, EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday. The announcement may also be placed in newspapers as advertorial on Thursday morning, Mr. Uwujaren said. The EFCC commenced investigation into Mr. Ibru’s leadership of the hospitality firm following a petition from shareholders that chronicled alleged acts of financial crimes against him. PREMIUM TIMES  reported in August 2015  that the Civil Society Network against Corruption had been pressing the EFCC to take action against Mr. Ibru for his alleged mismanagement of about N10 billion. Mr. Ibru could not be reached for comments for this story.

No fewer than eight members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Nigeria’s foremost Shi’ite group, were killed on Wednesday as violence against the group spread to other northern states. While one member of the group was killed in Sokoto State, three other members were killed and two policemen injured in Katsina State while commemorating its religious rite called “Ashura.” There were unconfirmed reports that nine Shiites were killed in Katsina during the Ashura procession. The group said in a statement late Wednesday that at least 13 of its members were killed in multiple clashes with the police and some hoodlums in Funtua, Sokoto and Kaduna. Kaduna, Katsina, Kano and Kebbi earlier had banned the group’s annual procession. Four members of the Shi’a sect were earlier in the morning killed in the Tudun Wada area of the Kaduna South Local Government Area when some irate youth attacked the sect, and torched the residence of its leader. The mob also dem...

South African president Jacob Zuma visited Kenya this week where he signed the visitor's register at the State House in Nairobi while flanked by the country's president, Uhuru Kenyatta. His signature at the state house somehow made its way to the internet and many Kenyans mocked his handwriting, saying that his message and signatures were incomprehensible. Check out their tweets after the cut….