PDP paid pastors N6bn to campaign for Jonathan - Gov. Amaechi

 

Rivers State governor, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) bribed some Christian leaders with N6 billion to campaign against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari.

Amaechi, who doubles as the Director-General of Buhari Presidential Campaign Organisation, made the allegation while speaking at the APC governorship rally held at Emohua, in Emohua Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday.

Etisalat deal tears family apart

The property

 

The construction of a telecommunication mast at house 45A Olorunsogo Street, Mushin, Lagos, has torn the Olorunsogo family apart.

The property in question is said to belong to the Olorunsogo family, which was bequeathed to Ganiyu and Agbaje Olorunsogo. However, Agbaje said the property belonged to him alone. 

Findings revealed that the duo was formerly managing the house before the Etisalat deal.

Cairo airport on high alert after bombs were found in arrival hall

 

Cairo airport authorities tightened security after finding two bombs near the arrivals hall and a homemade explosive device exploded in the centre of the capital on Tuesday, security officials said.

State news agency MENA quoted Cairo security chief Khaled Youssef as saying the device planted in central Cairo was a sound bomb and that there were no casualties.

The bombs at the airport were detected with electronic devices early on Tuesday and security officials were reviewing video footage to try and determine who planted them, security sources said.

Chadian soldiers retake border town from Boko Haram

 

Chadian forces scored a key victory over Boko Haram on Tuesday, wresting control of the border town of Gamboru within hours of launching a ground offensive against the jihadist group.

Around 2,000 Chadian troops backed by armoured vehicles crossed the border into Gamboru from the Cameroonian town of Fotokol after days of clashes with the insurgents.

By Tuesday evening, the troops had taken control of the town, according to an AFP journalist in Gamboru, leaving scenes of desolation, with houses destroyed, shops gutted and trucks charred.

A TransAsia GE234 passenger jet with 58 people crashes into a river, at least 15 people dead

 

At least 15 people are believed to have been killed and another 13 injured including two infants after a TransAsia passenger plane clipped a road bridge and crashed into a river in Taiwan yesterday. 

The other 30 passengers remain unaccounted for as at the time of blogging this story, as rescue mission is on going.

Jordan executes ISIS jihadists, female suicide bomber among two put to death

The cage being lit up by flames

 

It was revealed this morning that Jordan had carried out its threats by killing two ISIS jihadists.  Among the two killed is the would-be female suicide bomber, Sijada al-Rishawi.

The execution happened around 4am local time and came just hours after ISIS released a sickening video showing captured Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive in a cage.

Coscharis Motors attempted to bribe Pastor Bakare with Rolls Royce Phantom

 

Cosmas Maduka, whose auto dealership, Coscharis Motors, was involved in a shady car purchase deal by former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, apparently tried to offer Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly a Rolls Royce Phantom during the pastor’s 60th birthday celebration.

Mr. Bakare, a fiery pastor who was a former vice presidential running mate of Muhammadu Buhari, told his congregation in Lagos that he woke up early one day during the commissioning of a new branch of his church to find the expensive luxury car at his doorsteps.

Nigeria listed as no. 1 country in Africa with highest illicit financial transactions - AU Panel

 

Worried by the high rate at which resource-rich African countries lose huge revenues through corruption, illegal transfers of profits and money laundering abroad, the African Union, AU, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan and other African leaders to openly declare their assets and subject their wealth to public scrutiny, according to Premium Times.

 

Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi donate 20 motorcycles to APC in Oyo State for effective campaign (photo)

Muna Obiekwe laid to rest

Nollywood Actor, Muna Obiekwe was buried this morning in his hometown Umudioka, Anambra State.  He left behind two children.



 

 

 

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APC Vice Presidential candidate, Yemi Osibanjo pledges not to steal public funds

Yemi Osibanjo, APC Presidential Candidate took to his twitter handle to share the pledge he made before God not to steal public funds.

 

 

I will vote again for President Jonathan - Rita Dominic

 

Nollywood actress Rita Dominic has thrown her weight behind the re-election campaign for President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a 2 minutes, 48 seconds video her team released yesterday.

 

Rita says she is voting for Pres. Jonathan again because he has a long list of achievement not recognized by the media. Jonathan signed Freedom of information bill into law and allowed women into power. Rita also believes President GEJ will tackle the issue of security in the next four years without any assistance.

 

To underline the purpose of the short video, she explained that every Nigerian cannot afford to remain silent at this crucial time.

 

 

 

Finally Nigerian troops bombard Sambisa forest

 

According to reports from British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), as part of measures to quell the Boko Haram insurgency, the Nigerian military stormed the Sambisa forest, their notorious hideout.

 

The Director of Defence Information, Maj-Gen Chris Olukolade, said the military had been bombarding and raiding the forest for the past few days.

Uche Ogbodo, shares photos of her lovely baby Chinagorom

 

 

Uche shared these photos on her instagram of baby Chinagorom from her christening.  She also said  she gives thanks to God for all that happened and for giving her the strength to face the struggles.

OMG! Amber Rose has really changed! See her before and after photo

She look so different in the two photos!

 

One-day old baby dumped by road side

 

A woman, who is believed to be mentally unstable, has dumped a new-born baby by the roadside in the Abule Egba area of Lagos.

 

The woman, who was said to be dark in complexion, was always reportedly roaming the area which is near a filling station.

 

It was gathered that the baby was wrapped in a black sack, neatly clothed and covered with a plaster on the mouth.

Political thugs kill three, injures others in Lagos

Ahmed Igbagbo

 

Hoodlums, suspected to be political thugs, have killed three persons in separate clashes in the Ajegunle and Lagos Island areas of Lagos.

Our correspondent learnt that while one of the two victims in the Amukoko, Ajegunle area was identified simply as Raimi, the deceased in the Lagos Island incident was identified as Ahmed Igbagbo. The third person had yet to be identified.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the thugs, who reportedly belonged to a cult gang known as Campos boys, caused mayhem at Akindele and Apata streets in Amukoko on Sunday.

Hoodlums strangle, cut off woman's private parts

 

A woman has been strangled to death by yet-to-be identified persons, who also cut off her private parts.

Her corpse was abandoned on Oniyanrin Street in the Mile 12, Ketu area of Lagos State.

People living in the area discovered that there was no gunshot wound or stab injury on the body, except that she was dead and her body part cut off.

The corpse was laid in front of a shop and was covered with clothes.

Four Nigerian banks among top 500 in the world - TBBFL

A new report has listed First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Zenith Bank Plc, Guaranty Trust Bank and Access Bank Plc among the top 500 banks in the world.

The United Kingdom-based magazine owned by the Financial Times, The Banker, and Brand Finance in London, in their annual 2015 top 500 banking brands, also ranked First Bank of Nigeria as the number one banking brand in the country for the fourth consecutive time.

VP's office under APC will not be a spare tyre - Osinbajo

 

 

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has said the office of the vice president, under the APC government, will not be a spare tyre.

 

A statement issued by the APC Presidential Campaign Organisation, signed by the media director, Alhaji Garba Shehu quoted Osinbajo as saying this at a parley with healthcare professionals under the auspices of the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, on Sunday, in Lagos.