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The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that he would review the Appeal Court judgement concerning his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), and take “appropriate action”. The Appeal Court had on Tuesday ordered that Saraki return to face trial on three of the 18 count charges preferred against him at the CCT. In his reaction to the ruling, the Senate President said the “Appellate Court only gave a summary of its decision today promising to provide the parties with Certified True Copies of the Judgment soon. “As soon as it makes the details of the judgement available, our lawyers will review the grounds of the decision and take appropriate action”. He said in a statement by Yusuph Olaniyonu his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) that the ruling if the Appellate Court however vindicates his no case submission earlier made. “We noted the verdict of the Court of Appeal Court today in which it agreed with the decision of the Code of Conduct Tribunal that Senate ...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made a surprise stop at Ikenne market in Ogun state after attending the 75th birthday event of Reverend Adebajo in the state. The vice president, who was warmly received at the market, interacted freely with the traders and even took time out for a selfie. Prof. Osinbajo was accompanied by Mr. Babatunde Irukera, Executive Secretary, Consumer Protection Council, CPC and Ikenne LGA Chairman, Mr Akinsanya Rotimi Fatai. More pictures below

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose on Wednesday described President Muhammadu Buhari as ‘father of corruption’ over his refusal to petition Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kayode Fayemi and other corrupt officials in his camp. In a statement issued by by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor accused Buhari of leading a government of corrupt people and shielding his cohorts from prosecution. The statement reads “President Muhammadu Buhari must stop deceiving himself with his fight against corruption, Ibrahim Magu was challenged at a function in Abuja on the commission’s refusal to investigate Fayemi, despite the loads of petitions against him and the EFCC boss could not offer any explanation. “The reality is that President Buhari is leading a government of scandalously corrupt people and one of them is Dr Kayode Fayemi.“It is even safe to say that President Buhari is the father of corruption and that has been further est...

NIGERIAN Singer, and MTN Project Fame winner, Chidinma Ekile, AKA Ms Kedike, has revealed she was born blind. The star singer in an Interview with Guardian said according to her parents, she just could not see for some months. Chidinma said she would love to be seen more as someone who does a lot for visually-impaired kids and young people as she can relate with their situation. She said, “I was born blind. I just couldn’t see for some months. Since I sang about it, I felt the need to help kids that find themselves in such situations or even worse. So every time I travel to these places, I try to extend a hand of love to these children. “For some years now, I think like two years or thereabout. I’ve been using my foundation to do quite a lot of things. I’ve been able to take it to some places in Africa. The last time, I think I was in Togo and I was able to do a few things with the SOS village, I hope to do more of that.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has branded Pep Guardiola ‘immature’ in a renewed attack on the Manchester City coach. The Manchester United striker first criticised the Catalan coach in his book I Am Zlatan after the pair fell out during their time together at Barcelona. The Swede endured a turbulent year under Guardiola at the Nou Camp, leaving for Inter Milan after questioning Barca’s perceived reliance on Lionel Messi. He later called the coach a ‘spineless coward’ and admitted he is still driven by proving a point to the now Blues boss after joining United last year. Now Ibrahimovic – a second-half substitute in United’s derby defeat to City on Sunday – has reasserted his view of his former boss in an interview with Sky Italia . “And I told Guardiola that he’d sacrificed the other players for Messi,” he said. “He told me he understood me. “After that, he put me on the bench for the next game, the one after that and the one after that. “And I thought, ‘he’s solved the problem ve...

It’s obvious that the Cows owned by President Buhari have experienced the Change he promised, a thing the humans in Nigeria that it was promised to haven’t experienced Check the pictures below to see how well the Cows have changed.

Arsenal are making one last attempt to keep Mesut Ozil at the club. The Germany midfielder is in the final year of his current contract, but the Gunners are trying to persuade him to sign a new onw. Ozil has impressed in recent weeks and Arsenal have already offered him a deal north of £235,000-per-week. The new offer will be closer to the £300,000-per-week Ozil is looking for, but it remains to be seen whether the 29-year-old will put pen to paper. If he does sign, it would make the former Real Madrid man the highest earner in the club’s history. Manchester United and Barcelona are both monitoring the player’s situation at the Emirates. watching developments closely with a view to taking Ozil on a free transfer when his current deal expires.

A leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has cautioned that the party must be careful in order not to commit the mistake of promoting an automatic ticket as the Peoples Democratic Party. Tinubu stated this in reaction to a statement credited to Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha statement that the former Lagos State governor was crying more than the bereaved. Okorocha had made the statement in response to media report that Tinubu, had during an interview in Akure, the Ondo State capital, frowned at APC governors’ endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari as the party sole candidate in 2019, allegedly describing the governors as being irrelevant an insignificant to the party’s nomination process. But in his reaction to Okorocha’s attack, Tinubu clarified in a statement on Monday in Lagos, released by his Media Adviser, Mr. Tunde Rahman that he never during the interview said what he was quoted as saying. He said, “We note Imo State Governor Rochas ...

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode presenting the 2018 budget to the state House of Assembly at Alausa, Ikeja… yesterday Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday presented N1.046 trillion 2018 budget estimates to the House of Assembly, saying the state hopes to generate on the average N60 billion monthly to finance it. The proposed budget, the governor said, represents an increase of 28.67 per cent over 2017 budget with recurrent expenditure of N347.039 billion and capital expenditure of N699 billion. Ambode, who stated that the estimate of total revenue for year 2018 is N897.423 billion of which N720.123 billion will be generated internally, said the state intends to improve on its Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) in the face of the dwindling accruable revenue allocation from the Federal Government, as well as sustain its vision on wealth creation and poverty alleviation. He said: “A total of N148.699 billion will be sourced through deficit financing within our m...

Wife of the Vice President, Dolapo Osinbajo has urged Corps Members to be good Ambassadors of Nigeria. Mrs Osinbajo gave the advice while addressing the 2017 batch B stream 1 Corp Members yesterday in Abuja. She admonished the Corp members to always stand for their rights and speak up against evil. She added that they will become employers of labour and all their dreams will come to pass as soon as they are done serving their fatherland. She added, “Nigeria belongs to you all. Speak up when anyone in the professional field goes the wrong way because the bad may eventually get to you or your family members. You are lucky because some of your mates are out there on drugs and wasting away but I am exited you are here today, a proof that the future is bright for the Nigerian youth”. “You are princes and princesses, your parents made great sacrifices to send you to school, make them proud of you by being good Ambassadors,” she said. The NYSC FCT Coordinator, Ballama  Birmiwa ...