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How Abacha sold out Nelson Mandela

Past South African President, Thabo Mbeki, who served as president after Nelson Mandela, has portrayed how past Nigerian Head of State and Dictator, General Sani Abacha, tricked him, his country and Mandela. Mbeki, while exploring the part South Africa played when all is said in done events and in ensuring general human rights, passed on that "we limited the undermining general diktat of the overall public who, to their most obvious motivation behind slant, see themselves and go about as the broad thoughtful hegemon." Mbeki said this on his Facebook page update which he titled: "Purposeful thought AND THE PURSUIT OF HEGEMONIC GOALS – THE MYANMAR AND ZIMBABWE EXPERIENCE." It inspects: "Much has been formed about how much the charged general party expected the new South Africa imagined in 1994 to lead the fight for valuation for human rights especially in Africa. The fundamental true blue test which went up against our late President Mandela in such way...

UK Prime Minister calls Nigeria 'fantastically corrupt'

The PM was talking about the forthcoming anti-corruption summit when he made the comments. It was not clear whether he knew the comments were being recorded. Click to watch  Video

House of Reps summon Prison Controller-General after his aide beat up Female Lawmaker at National Assembly

The Leadership of the House of Representatives have summoned the Controller-General of Nigeria Prison, Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu, over allegations that one of his aides slapped a female lawmaker, Onyemeachi Mrakpor aka ADA ANIOMA, for overtaking his convoy within the premises of the National Assembly on Wednesday April 20th. Briefing his colleagues and presenting a petition by the assaulted lawmaker at yesterday's plenary, the House of Representatives Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, said Mrakpor who represents Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency of Delta State, was on her way out of the complex and attempted to overtake the 20-car convoy of the prison boss when she was stopped and assaulted by one of his aides “They blocked her car, and started bashing her car. When she wound down the windows, an aide slapped her in the face. The CG sat in the comfort of his car while this happened,” Ogor narrated. Also speaking, the Majority Leader of the house, Femi Gbajabiamila, said Mra...

See why Amaechi wants Boko Haram to be paid

Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi has aired his view on the Niger Delta amnesty programme. Speaking during an interview session which aired on CHANNELS TV the minister said because Niger Delta militants were paid to drop their arms, boko haram terrorists should also be paid.  ''Those supporting and sponsoring violence must stop. If you don’t encourage these criminals, they won’t be doing what they are doing. That was why I did not support the Amnesty Programme because I believe that, if you break the law, you must be punished.  ''You don’t pay a lawbreaker because, if you do, you embolden him or her. I predicted that if you pay militants in the South, you must pay to militants in the North too. So, if Boko Haram members come out now to demand that they want to be paid to lay down their arms, why shouldn’t we pay them? Or if MASSOB members say they will stop their protests but they want amnesty, what do we do?''.

Wike & Amaechi Clash at Police Station - River's Rerun

There is great commotion in Rivers state as INEC collates results of the National Assembly election rerun in the state.. Interestingly, for the first time in many years, Amaechi and Wike met ‘eye-to-eye’ at Mile One Police Division, Diobu, Port Harcourt. Reports said a certain Electoral Officer in-charge of a Ward in Port Harcourt Constituency who is working for a certain political party had taken refuge at the Police station for fear of being lynched by the already anxious mob. Minutes after the INEC ad-hoc staff surfaced at the police station, Amaechi, the DG of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside and acting Managing Director of NDDC, Ibim Semenitari arrived the political station. Wike few minutes after Amaechi’s arrival stormed the station and confronted the minister, wanting to know what he and his team were doing at the station. He also asked Peterside and Semenitari why they chose to be in Port Harcourt and at the police station when they were supposed t...

President Buhari's Reaction to Borno Bomb Blast

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned Wednesday’s suicide bomb attack at a mosque in Maiduguri, which claimed 22 lives.  The attack at Umarari village, near Maiduguri, Borno State, was carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian Army said. Read More:  Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri Mosque A statement by the President's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted Mr. Buhari as saying with the renewed determination of the Nigerian security agencies, coupled with the regional and international attention constantly focused on the eradication of terrorism, the activities of Boko Haram would soon become history. Read More:  Photos From Borno Bomb Blast He said the “condemnable and reprehensible” attack on a place of worship by the perpetrators, who pretended to be worshippers, had once again exposed them as mere criminals who had no place among civilised people. Mr. Buhari expressed his deepest sympathy and condolence to the f...

SEE Photos From the Borno Bomb Blast Earler today

In the early hours of this morning a female suicide bomber attacked a prayer ground in Umurari village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, Borno State capital Read More:  Boko Haram Attacks Maiduguri Mosque See Photos after the cut

See PHOTOS of Buhari's Shoes Which Cost $8,000

PDP Director of New Media, Deji Adeyanju, claims these shoes which President Muhammadu Buhari wore on (Monday) to board a flight to Equatorial Guinea cost $8,000.  He said this sarcastically:    His claim is yet to be verified. Click Here to see pic

CBN Deputy Governor and Others Suspended! Guess why???

In a hard-line decision, a deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and four deputy directors have been suspended by the apex bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, for failing to follow financial regulations and due process, leading to the scamming of the bank by fraudsters. Information gathered last night that the suspended Deputy Governor, Financial System Surveillance, Joseph Nnanna, responded to some spam emails without first cross-checking the authenticity of the mails and following CBN stringent payment process before authorising the release of funds when the governor and several senior officials of the bank were on a flight to China last month. The names of the affected deputy directors could not be ascertained but they include the deputy director in charge of payment, the deputy director trade and exchange department, and the deputy director in the office of the governor, who heeded Nnanna’s directive to pay when they themselves ought to know CBN’s payment due proc...

Switzerland gives condition for returning Abacha's $321m loot

The Swiss foreign minister, Didier Burkhalter, on Tuesday, March 8, 2016, told newsmen that his nation and Nigeria has consented to an arrangement that will clear a path for the arrival of the $321m Abacha plunder.  Burkhalter said part of the assention was that the assets will be utilized to actualize ventures that will advantage Nigerians.  He said "It is $321m that we are taking a gander at repatriating to Nigeria and the modalities are essentially lawful structure for that, shared legitimate help system that we are attempting to put set up and there are pre-conditions that are likewise set up as of now and this requires observing instrument.  "Along these lines, we need to concur previously as a pre-condition on what the cash would be utilized for and the World Bank would be a piece of the checking procedure to guarantee that the cash is utilized for the advantage of Nigerian individuals."  The Swiss ambassador additionally said his nation wil...

PRESIDENT BUHARI ARRIVES ABUJA FROM QATAR

PRESIDENT BUHARI ARRIVES ABUJA FROM QATAR TODAY. SEE MORE PHOTOS BELOW

Why I bought a new car - Saraki

The senate president, Bukola Saraki, on Saturday communicated why he expected to increase new cars notwithstanding individuals as a rule protest and reverse discharge. He said the automobiles he gained were "old and separating". Saraki who insisted that he had taken movement of his new power automobiles through a declaration issued by his media advocate, Yusuf Olaniyonu, declined to express the truly cost of the auto. Saraki illuminated that on a couple of occasions the old vehicles had baffled him, observing that, sometimes they isolated and hampered him from successfully finishing both on easygoing and on formal limits. "The official cars that the Senate President obtained and has been using are old and have been falling flat," the declaration said. Concentrating on that, "There are illustrations like the day Dr. Saraki went to Keffi for the marriage of the young lady of Senator Abdullahi Adamu and one more day at the Presidential wing in the Nnamd...