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Presidency releases new twitter handle for Zahra Buhari after controversial tweet from her former handle

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 11:03 AM PDT

The presidency has released a new twitter handle for Zahra Buhari, daughter of President Buhari following a controversial tweet from her former handle, @Zahra_Buhari. Some days ago, Zahra's former twitter handle called out Gambian President, President Yahya Jammeh over his remarks against gay people (screen munch of the tweet above). The Presidency this evening released a statement saying that her account was hacked and that she had abandoned the said account a long time ago. The statement after the cut..



The attention of the Presidency has been drawn to unauthorized and unexpected Tweets by an account falsely linked to Zahra Buhari, one of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Following enquiries by a few foreign missions on the raging online controversy about unsavory comments against some foreign leaders purportedly made by her, we wish to state categorically that Zahra is indeed on Twitter but the offending handle @Zahra_Buhari has stopped being her own for a long time since it was compromised by hackers.

Tweets by this handle are therefore not her own and should be disregarded and considered as the work of hackers seeking to cause mischief between this country and other friendly states.
Zahra's authentic handle is @ZmBuhari and any handle other than this on Twitter should be considered as fake and therefore fraudulent.

It also pertinent to state at this point that neither the wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari nor the other children are presently on Twitter, Facebook or the various other platforms.

As they the explore the possibilities on this new territory, we request the general public to ignore the many accounts on various platforms in their names that currently exist. Such accounts, beside the authentic one cited above in the name of Zahra are unauthorized and therefore fake.

Photos: Yomi Black and wife welcome son

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 10:58 AM PDT

 Popular photographer, Yomi Black and his wife, Liz have welcomed their son. The lil man was born on July 1st at a hospital in the US. Congrats to them. More photos after the cut..

PDP alleges threat to life of some of its leaders following NASS elections

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 11:01 AM PDT

PDP has alleged threat to life of some of its leaders following the National Assembly elections which they say didn't go the way of APC. At a press conference in the party headquarters in Abuja today July 5th, the National Publicity secretary of PDP, Olisa Metuh said some of the party leaders are being threatened, particularly because of the emergence of its member, Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate President. Mr Metuh said the present government and APC should be held responsible if anything happens to Senator Ekweremadu. Full text of his speech after the cut...




Gentlemen of the press,
We have called you up this Sunday afternoon to address you and through you alert all Nigerians and indeed the international community of a grievous development that constitutes a major threat to our democracy and lives as individuals.
As we address you today, our democracy is facing a serious danger. We are at the verge of a quick slide into dictatorship and the personal freedom entrenched in the polity in the last 16 years by the PDP is about to be obliterated.
We wish to alert all Nigerians and the international community that there is indeed a clear and present danger of threat to the lives of key opposition leaders in Nigeria.
In the last few weeks, key PDP members have become an endangered group for playing their opposition role in providing constructive criticisms to the ruling party in their apparent lack of capacity to get organized and form a government; their interference in the activities of the National Assembly and the demand for the implementation of their campaign promises to Nigerians.
As we address you today, some key leaders of our party have been under threat since the emergence of the leadership of the National Assembly which did not go the way of the leadership of the APC, particularly, the election of PDP's Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate President.
The leadership of the PDP has been made aware of various threats to life and other forms of intimidation and blackmail against Senator Ekweremadu from the APC.
As you may know, the APC leaders have not hidden their bitterness and resentment towards Senator Ekweremadu whose offense is the privilege of being elected by his colleagues (APC and PDP senators alike) as Deputy Senate President in line with the Standing Rules of the Senate and the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Since President Muhammadu Buhari's statement that Senator Ekweremadu's election was 'unacceptable' to his party, the Deputy Senate President, who can only be removed by the Senate has come under threats and intense pressure from APC leaders to resign and allow a senator from the ruling party to take his position.
However, having failed to get him to resign, the APC has now engaged in heinous plots to force him out of office, a design, which totally negates the independence of the legislature and the spirit and letters of the constitution of Nigeria.
Apparently to ensure that the agenda is given an official stamp, the Inspector General of Police, acting on instructions has invited the Deputy Senate President with a view to arresting him over phantom charges as a build up to incarcerate him, create a vacuum in the Senate and pave way for the imposition of APC preferred senator to take over his position.
"We are aware that some APC senators opposed to the emerge of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively met last week and concocted a petition accusing the Deputy Senate President of altering the Senate Rules on the process of election of the Presiding Officers, upon which the police via a letter dated July 1, 2015 and signed by the Deputy Inspector General in charge of criminal investigation at the Force Headquarters has invited him to appeartomorrow, Monday, July 6, 2015where he will be detained and put under pressure.
Apart from the fact that the Nigerian Constitution clearly guarantees the two chambers of the National Assembly the powers to regulate their proceedings without external interferences, we note that the petition by this group of senators who enjoy the sympathy of some APC leaders lacks merit as Senator Ekweremadu or any other senator-elect prior to the inauguration of the Senate and the election of presiding officers, could not have been involved in the process of producing the 2015 Standing Rules of the Senate which was strictly done by the bureaucracy under the Clerk to the National Assembly.
Furthermore, Senator Ekweremadu was not in any way involved in the process other than being nominated for the position of the Deputy Senate President and could not have been privy to the secret ballot procedure adopted by the National Assembly bureaucracy, which has been widely adjudged as transparent and credible.
Also, apart from plans to use security apparatus against the Deputy Senate President, we have information that there are instructions to certain officials at the now National Electoral Commission to alter some electoral documents and records in order to create the impression that Senator Ekweremadu did not file proper documents for the general elections to eventually pave way for his removal.
In line with the above plot, the APC has been having secret meetings with some judges and lawyers to procure injunctions to prevent Senator Ekweremadu from playing his role as the Deputy Senate President.
We are also aware that part of the plot is a conspiracy to tarnish Senator Ekweremadu's image and open him to public ridicule. Last Monday, some APC leaders met in Abuja to perfect a plot to blackmail the Deputy Senate President by planting outlandish publications against him in the media.
The PDP hereby states and in very clear terms too that the government and APC leaders should be held responsible should any harm come upon the Deputy Senate President or any of our party leaders for that matter. We state this because information available to us indicates that there are also plans to compromise security around the Deputy Senate President to make him vulnerable and open for sponsored violent attacks.
We do hope that the era of political assassination is not about to return to Nigeria and that our nation will not descent into a draconian regime where a strike force is created to hunt key opposition figures. In this wise, we call on our citizens to note that the PDP will not consider it a mere coincidence if our key leaders suddenly become victims of terror attacks or are suddenly killed by armed robbers. This is especially as we are aware that the APC has even gone to the ridiculous extent of trailing key PDP leaders and bugging their telephone lines.


This is in addition to hiring some disgruntled PDP members, to use the guise of an ethnic solidarity to create some disturbances, distractions and disruption of the smooth operations of our party. The APC is indeed in the process of elevating violence, ethnic and sectional interests once more in our democracy and we call on patriotic Nigerians across the country to resist this dangerous design.
We are aware that President Buhari, who had earlier restated his willingness to work with anybody elected by the legislature, has been put under intense pressure resulting in his statement on the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, which is now being misconstrued by some of his overzealous party members and security officials. We therefore urge the President to bear in mind that the onus therefore lies on him to moderate the political temperature of the country by calling his overbearing party members and security officials to order.
In Nigeria, the constitution empowers each chamber of the National Assembly to choose its leadership without external interferences. Senators in their wisdom and in exercise of that power, in line with the provisions of their Standing Rules chose Senators Saraki and Ekweremadu to lead them and the constitution is clear on the process for their removal from office.
The APC should not in any way take our civility, decency and commitment to national peace and stability for granted. They should rather be thankful to PDP senators, who in their maturity and discipline stuck to the decision of our party to support Senator Saraki and restrained themselves from using their majority status on the day of Senate inauguration to take over the positions of the Senate President and that of Deputy Senate President, while APC senators were busy attending their party meeting at the International Conference Center (ICC).
APC leaders must understand that no amount of threats, intimidation and blackmail will make the Deputy Senate President to abandon the mandate freely given to him by the Senate, or compel the PDP to abdicate its responsibility as an opposition party, a role we will continue to play with every sense of restrain, civility, maturity and patriotism.
On this note, we urge all our citizens, the civil society and indeed the international community to note the development in Nigeria; the onslaught against the opposition; the eroding of personal freedom, threats to lives, disruption of the legislative activities of the National Assembly, undermining of the independence of our electoral body and other dangerous signal that the nation may be on a slide to totalitarianism.

As a party that sustained and nurtured democracy in the last 16 years, the PDP cannot fold its hands and watch but will stand with all patriots in resisting this attempt to transform our country from a democratic state where the freedom of citizens to hold personal opinions and aspirations are guaranteed, to a nation where despotism, fear, clamp down on opposition and of course the media will be the order of the day.
Thank you
Chief Olisa Metuh

Early marriage, influence of social media & internet fueling Boko Haram activities in Nigeria says Emir Sanusi

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 10:48 AM PDT

The Emir of Kano Sanusi II says forceful marriage of young girls as well as the exposure of youths to social media and the internet is to a large extent responsible for the increased rate of youths joining the insurgency group, Boko Haram. The Emir said this while delivering his lecture at the 10th Annual Ramadan Lecture organized by Voice of Nigeria (VON), NTA and FRCN in Kaduna yesterday July 4
"Are we still living in the era which father can force their daughters into marriage without their permission? Yes we are. Early marriage, yes we are in Nigeria. And it is hurting and destroying our society. We are the ones to address these social issues because they are problems. And you know from taking her out of school and forcing her into marriage without education result to having a child from her who does not have a mother that can give the child proper training. That is a child that gets on drugs, Indian hemp or joins Boko Haram. All these things are connected. We have to face these challenges. Information technology and emergence of internet and social media, today youth go on the computer and they learn Islam from Facebook and twitter.
They learn Islam from videos, they watch on Facebook and after 14 to 15 hours watching new things, they need to become jihadists. They get up and go to Iraq or Syria or somewhere and join the group. And there are no controls. Right inside your house, your son can be sitting upstairs in the bedroom getting indoctrinated into becoming an extremist without your knowledge. We need to watch what our children watch. And we need to talk to them. If we do not give them the correct Islamic education, they will find the wrong education on the internet" he said

Man asks his friend to approach his GF so see if she'd fall for him! She did! They now have 2 kids

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 10:45 AM PDT

Lol. Choi!

Graphic pics: Two SS 2 students in Plateau state killed by herdsmen

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 10:42 AM PDT

According to Langs Bulus, two senior secondary students of Dalo Memorial School, Foron in BLadi, Plateau state named Roy and Jeremiah were killed by  Fulani herdsmen at the stream near their school. The school has been shut down temporary. He said that they have evidence in videos and more pictures. See the photos he shared after the cut... *warning - graphic photos*

More photos from Adanma Ohakim's wedding yesterday

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 06:58 AM PDT

Adanma Ohakim, one of the daughters of former Imo state governor, Ikedi Ohakim, married her beau Dr Amaha in Abuja yesterday July 4th. Congrats to them. Continue to see more photos...

Who wore it better? Laura Ikeji vs Victoria Egbuchere

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 07:04 AM PDT

Laura vs actress Victoria - who wore it better?

Pastor, 4 others killed after suicide bomber attack RCCG church in Potiskum, Yobe state

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 06:53 AM PDT

A pastor, a woman and her 2 children were killed after a male suicide bomber attacked a Redeemed Christian Church of God parish in the Jigawa area of Potiskum, Yobe state this morning June 5th. Eyewitnesses say the suicide bomber forced his way into the church at about 10am while the church service was ongoing.

Confirming the incident, the Yobe state Police Public Relations Officer ASP Toyin Gbadegesin said 
"A male suicide bomber at about 10 o'clock this morning detonated a bomb at the Redeemed Church Jigawa area in Potiskum killing five persons including the suicide bomber" - he said
An eyewitness, Garba Manu while giving an account of what happened said
"I saw when the bomber alighting from a motorised rickshaw and entering the church and as soon as he entered a loud explosion ripped through the church which is under construction. I saw him walked into the church and he didn't raise any suspicion. Five worshippers, including three females and two males were in the church when the bomber entered and they were all killed. The dismembered body of the bomber was also recovered,"

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Posted: 05 Jul 2015 06:49 AM PDT

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The state of Ibadan airport (photos)

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 06:43 AM PDT

A LIB reader who passed through the airport recently sent in the photos and wrote;
The state of this airport is indubitably appalling, disgusting, terrifying and depressing. Seems like a ghost village driving through the gates of the airport with the presence of dogs serving siesta on the other side of the road. Getting to the arrival/departure vicinity, merely a paucity of airport staff are visible. Can't believe I had to write my name on a sheet of paper as a form of roll call to the airline officials on arrival before checking in with no trace of electricity in the open room referred to as "lounge", the 2hrs 30mins delay by Arik air was already anticipated so it wasn't abnormal to get deferred without any apology, a consequence of a failed system which we've found ourselves. 
This is 2015 for goodness sake, the airport restaurant can only be compared to a lousy 18th century mushroom cubicle, which can only boast of eba/semo and ogbonna soup ready for consumption.
"This is the best we've ever had"‎ said one of the personnel I chatted with. And unfortunately, Oyo state Gov Ajimobi is also one of the passengers that transit through this shoddy bungalow called "airport" and obviously he's proud of this substandard facility. This is a mahoosively shameful in my opinion, something needs to be done.." By Tlong.

Hilarious! See the cake that was ordered and the one that arrived

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 04:49 AM PDT

Well, you can't knock the baker for trying...lol

DSS Director demotes Marilyn Ogar & others promoted by GEJ govt

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 04:45 AM PDT

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, the newly appointed DG of the Department of State Security, DSS, Lawal Musa Daura, has demoted Marilyn Ogar, the agency's former spokesperson, via a memo. Read report below...
Apart from demoting Ms. Ogar, the acting DSS director general also directed the demotion of numerous other officers of the agency who were just promoted in March in what was seen as a politically motivated exercise.
Ms. Ogar was seen as a controversial official of the DSS who often made statements that were deemed partisan. Her promotion was viewed as a reward for doing dirty political jobs for former President Goodluck Jonathan and members of the PDP.
Promotions of officers in the DSS are usually done at the end of each year, but Ms. Ogar and 44 others were promoted last March. Even so, their promotion was not made public until May.

SaharaReporters learned that Ms. Ogar is currently on vacation, and is reportedly visiting her children resident in the US. In addition to her premature promotion, Ms. Ogar was was also offered a generous scholarship to do a PhD in the UK, according to one source at the agency.

Mr. Daura also fired Abdulrahman Mani, the chief security officer to President Muhammadu Buhari and immediately replaced him with Bashir Abubakar, an assistant director in the Bayelsa State command of the DSS.

Mr. Mani was then posted to Ebonyi State.
 
Source: SaharaReporters

Photo: A cake designed in the shape of a baby being born

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 04:28 AM PDT

Would you eat this?

Cecilia Ibru's son Rode Ibru dies at 34 (photos)

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 04:24 AM PDT

Former Oceanic Bank MD Cecilia Ibru lost her son Rode Ibru recently. Rode, a filmmaker, died in June and was buried two days ago. His brother Obaro Ibru & friends announced his passing on social media, eulogizing the man they called an amazing individual but they didn't say how he died. His father is billionaire businessman Olorogun Michael Ibru. He's survived by his parents and siblings. May his soul rest in peace, amen. More photos after the cut...


Rode was Obaro Ibru's younger brother

Photos: Toby Grey unveils #Omolope campaign as her new single

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 03:48 AM PDT

Nigerian singer, song writer and performing artiste, Toby Grey, who is known for hit singles like Gboju, Gbalowo E and Gbona comes through again with another lovely song titled #Omolope which was produced by Young D.

#Omolope which means 'A thankful Child' in 'Yoruba' language has been trending on social media with people posting pic holding a placard with the Hashtag #Omolope written on it. See pics after cut



The tune is amazing and groovy, a party jam that will make you shake your body. Anticipation reaching its climax and Toby Grey sets to enthral her adorable fans with this fine tune entitled OMOLOPE . Listen below...


CONNECT WITH TOBY GREY
Twitter: @iamtobygrey
 Instagram: @iamtobygrey
 Facebook: TobyGrey

Photo: Families & friends celebrate Keem Belo-Osagie at 60 in London

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 03:43 AM PDT

Billionaire businessman and chairman of Etisalat Nigeria Hakeem Belo-Osagie turned 60 recently and his family and friends gathered in London to celebrate him. The Harvard Business School-trained petroleum economist is pictured above with his wife ,lawyer Myma Belo-Osagie and their 4 children. More photos after the cut...


Photo credit: Dele Momodu/Ovation magazine

Funny new photos of Rotimi Amaechi...what is he wearing? Lol

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 04:48 AM PDT

The former River state governor pictured at the farewell party of former US Consul General in Lagos last week. Seems like hats and hankies was the theme of the party. But look at Amaechi's facial expression... his eyes are glazed. Lol. Another pic after the cut...

Biko, do you see any ghostly face in this cloud photo?

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 03:08 AM PDT

Photo taken on July 3rd at Castlefields, Runcorn in the UK during a thunderstorm. The photographer said she spotted a ghostly face in the clouds. Please point out the face to the rest of us if you see it...

Nollywood actress poses completely nude for sexy pregnancy shoot (photos)

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 02:48 AM PDT

Nollywood actress and video vixen Dior Chidera Adiele showed off her beautiful baby bump by posing completely nude in a new photo shoot. Quite bold. See more photos after the cut...

Introducing Good Parenting magazine

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 02:27 AM PDT

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Photos: Twins give birth to their first babies on the same day

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 02:20 AM PDT

Twin sisters Katie Bowden and Amy Meredith-Davies have done everything together their whole lives but never imagined that they would give birth same day, just hours before their 30th birthday
"We've done everything in our lives at similar times," said Amy, a health, social care and wellbeing facilitator who lives in Neath. "Our family are used to it. We got married within a year of each other too. Katie got married in June 2012 and I was married in August 2013.I just can't get over the fact that we fell pregnant at the same time."
The twins welcomed their children on June 10th. See more photos after the cut...



"It was bizarre because I was in labour and had a message from my mother saying Amy was being induced," said Katie. "But still I thought that would be the next day. It was really funny because when my mum came to visit she would tell the midwife that she now had to leave to see my twin who was also having a baby. Everyone thought it was amazing."
Amy and Katie as little girls
Source: UK Mirror

9yr old boy pictured killing a dog in Calabar...for dog meat (photos)

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 02:05 AM PDT

If you like dogs, then don't look at these photos. They're disheartening. This little boy named Samuel Peter actually beat the dog almost to death with, before slitting its throat ... he killed the dog for a dog meat joint in Calabar. See the photos after the cut...




You try o, Samuel. You try...

Wedding photos of our favourite election couple

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 01:40 AM PDT

We have to follow this to the sweet end. He proposed at a pooling unit on Nigeria's 2015 presidential election day and the photos went viral. Yesterday 4th of July, they got married. Happy married life to Dolapo and Kunle. More photos after the cut...

Nick Cannon shares funny memes about his single status

Posted: 05 Jul 2015 01:14 AM PDT

Nick Cannon, 34, who has been rumoured to be dating some girl when he was seen with her at Disneyland stated she was just a friend and that he was single. He took to his Instagram account to share multiple hilarious memes describing his single status.

'I'm dating me,' the business entrepreneur captioned one of his posts, seemingly finding it funny to spend the 4th of July holiday alone.

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