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Customers of WEMA Bank woke up to a new charges on the card maintenance fee which was formally N100 annually, but WEMA Bank said CBN has review the charges and customers will now cough out N50 monthly despite the fact that ATM charges of N1000 still apply.  This is a reap-off on Nigerians by CBN and WEMA Bank. 

The Federal Government has assured that President Muhammadu Buhari is in competent hands in London, United Kingdom, where he is undergoing treatment. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, gave the assurance yesterday while briefing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said that the Federal Government through its agriculture empowerment programme had created new set of millionaires in farming. The minister stated this when he featured on a special edition of Channels TV programme, “Sunrise Daily” on the mid-term report of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Lai Mohammed Mohammed said that many young farmers were empowered through the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrower Programme and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture’s Soil Map initiative. He said that the programme, which recorded huge success in rice and grain productions, particularly in Kebbi, Kano, Jigawa, Ebonyi and Sokoto states, had made farming attractive to young people. Mohammed said the initiative had also helped in boosting the local production of rice, increasing yields per hectares in grains production and reducing importation of rice. He said that in 2015, the country imported 580,000 metric

The Coroner Inquest setup by the Osun State Government to investigate the cause of the sudden death of Senator Isiaka Adeleke in its verdict yesterday said the first civilian governor of the State died of drug overdose and not poison. Chief Magistrate Olusegun Ayilara, the coroner, said all evidence and accounts of witnesses before him indicated that Adeleke died of drug overdose, contrary to wide spread insinuation that the Senator was poisoned. Ayilara upheld the autopsy reports carried out on the late Adeleke at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Osogbo and the toxicology report on the late politician. Late Isiaka AdelekeAdeleke He said; “I have critically gone through all the evidence before me. From the totality of evidence, the possibility of poisoning of the deceased is not sustainable.

A House of Representatives panel yesterday grilled Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, and that of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over allegations of breaches in the pre-shipment contracts for Nigerian crude oil. The committee had invited Adeosun on several occasions over the matter, but she could not appear, while Fashola’s invitation came during the committee’s sitting last week. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola

Lai Muhammed    What has changed in the two years of the Buhari administration?  Well, I think what has really changed in Nigeria is that there has been a change from impunity to accountability, from a mindset of corruption that was glamourised to an era where today people appreciate and see the evil of corruption. The change that has taken place is such that we have been able to secure Nigeria. The change that has taken place is that we have been able to restructure the economy of Nigeria in a manner that we can no longer be held hostage by just one product. The change that has taken place is that we have made agriculture attractive, viable and creating several millionaires in several parts of the country today. We have been able to through the sterling and incorruptible leadership and the integrity of Mr. President, Nigeria is now ranked among comity of serious nations.

The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has advised Nigerians not to engage in disagreement over politicians, saying politicians always have a way of reconciling their differences behind closed doors. A statement on Tuesday said Akiolu spoke during the 60th birthday of Mrs. Folashade Ashafa, the wife of the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Gbenga Ashafa.

The police have arraigned a businessman, Ahmed Echodo, for allegedly giving false information that a guesthouse belonging to the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu was being used to store arms and ammunition. Echodo appeared in handcuff before Upper Area Court, Gudu, Abuja on Tuesday and was charged with “criminal conspiracy and giving false information to mislead public servants contrary to Sections 97(1) and 140 of the Penal Code.”

The sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to mark the 50th anniversary of the declaration of the defunct Republic of Biafra and honour heroes and heroines of the struggle, was complied with in the five states of the South East, yesterday. Outside the S-East, the directive was partly complied with in Port Harcourt, Asaba and Bayelsa but ignored in Uyo. Most markets, banks and schools in Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo states, including those in the rural areas, were closed and the roads were totally deserted in the early hours of the morning.

Arsena fans, make we know hear noise later ooooo, as your boss Arsene Wenger has agreed a new two-year contract, extending his 21-year reign at the club. Wenger and club owner Stan Kroenke met on Monday to determine the Frenchman’s future, with the decision relayed to directors at yesterday board meeting.

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has asked the Federal Government to obey court orders regarding the detention of embattled former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.); and the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Sagay said this during an interview with our correspondent while reacting to calls by the Nigerian Bar Association for the release of Dasuki and El-Zakzaky. The senior advocate advised the Federal Government to either obey the court order by immediately releasing them or to appeal the orders.

The Lagos State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria has endorsed the sacking of the Presiding Chaplain of the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Ikeja, Venerable Femi Taiwo. The Chairman of CAN in the state, Apostle Alexander Bamgbola, said the sacking of Taiwo was done by the Governing Council of the chapel which hired him, adding that the council had the power to fire him.

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to resign if he truly loves the country, as ill-heath is not allowing the President to effectively discharge his constitutional duties.  Fayose, who ad ‎ dressed newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday, said being an avowed corruption fighter, Buhari is now under moral burden to save Nigeria from needless stagnation arising from his heath challenges that have impacted negatively on his performance.

For allegedly locking up her 14-year-old housemaid in a toilet for 20 days, a 34-year-old woman, Onyinye Chuks, was yesterday taken before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s court in Lagos State. Chuks, a trader, who resides at 19, Ojo Street, Shasha, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a four-count charge bordering on assault. The prosecutor, Sergeant Raphael Donny, told the court  the offences were committed between May 2 and 22 at the residence of the accused. Donny said that the accused alleged that the housemaid stole her money, beat her and “locked the girl inside her toilet, fed her once and didn’t allow her to take a bath or change her clothes for those weeks in bondage.

Nothing prepared Priscilla for the tragedy that befell her on Saturday, May 13, 2017 after her husband; Pascal Chukwuemeka Nnorom was killed in the most horrendous way ever. 28-year-old Pascal, a staff of Union Bank of Nigeria, and his wife of 2 years, Priscilla, were on their way to attend the wedding ceremony of Pascal’s colleague in Elelewon area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Saturday, May 13, 2017, when the sad incident occurred.

Members of the Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa, Ikeja, failed to show up on Sunday, May 28, following the firing of its presiding Chaplain, Venerable Femi Taiwo. The church was a shadow of itself. It was observed that the chapel was sparsely filled as the service, which usually ended around 1pm, was brought to a close at 11.30am.

  The General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, has warned that Nigeria is on the verge of another Civil War following the yet-to-be addressed incessant killings of other Nigerians by herdsmen. Pastor Tunde Bakare, said this on Sunday during his sermon declaring that the “country is moving towards another collapse” with the division among different groups and violence in the country.

Staff of Diamond Bank dressed in School uniform to commemorate the Children's day celebration. After all, we are all someone's children. lol. Nice concept.

Nothing is as soothing as seeing your own copy, that you bring forth a child. Same can be said of actress Tonto Dikeh as she gushes on Instagram and shares this new photos of herself and Baby Andre Omodayo Churchill on Children's day.

Professor of Political Science, Abubakar Momoh, the Director-General of the National Electoral Institute is dead.  Momoh was with the Lagos State University, Ojo before he was appointed the CEO of the Institute of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).  He hails from  Auchi, Estako West in Edo state. Late Prof. Abubakar Momoh of National Electoral Institute

The police in Osun on Sunday said unknown assailants strangled to death an elderly couple in Gbongan area of the state. The spokeswoman of the police in the state, Mrs Folashade Odoro, said in a statement on Sunday that their bodies was found at about 11 am at their residence in Gbongan. Odoro said the son of the couple, Caleb Akanbi, reported the death of his parents to the police after he found them strangled.

A major police probe was launched this morning after a man's headless body was found floating just yards from a popular British pier.  Lifeboat crews and coastguards are desperately searching for the head of the person after the grim discovery was made near the pier in Deal, Kent. A large area has been sealed off and families who were enjoying the Bank Holiday break were ushered away from the scene.

Many are feared dead and dozens trapped after a three-storey building collapsed on Monday in Lagos. The residential building is located at No.24, Daddy Alaja Street, off Issa Williams Street, in Apongbon area of Lagos. As at 1:00pm today, the cause(s) of the collapse could not be ascertained as rescue operation is currently ongoing.

The world’s most expensive footballer Paul Pogba has posted pictures of himself at the holiest site of Islam, days after helping Manchester United to victory in the Europa League final. The world’s most expensive footballer Paul Pogba has posted pictures of himself at the holiest site of Islam, days after helping Manchester United to victory in the Europa League final. He also issued greetings for the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, which began on Saturday.

One of Nollywood’s dynamic actor, Odunlade Adekola is considered quite famous and popular in Nigeria. He has acted in more than 100 movies and his roles are always convincing and professional. Odunlade who is married to Ruth, and bless with three lovely children built a porch hotel in Abeokuta, according to report, the hotel is estimated to have gulp close to N40 million.

Many residential buildings and shops were submerged in Ilorin, Kwara State, following a heavy downpour in the early hours of Saturday. The heavy rain, which began around 10:00p.m., lasted about three hours and was accompanied by flood. While most of the houses flooded were built some metres away from the river bank, others affected were as a result of man-made situations. Many cars were either flooded or got stuck on the road owing to the large volume of water on roads. The asphalt on the road was also washed away by the flood.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday called on all Nigerians to be ready to make the sacrifice to make the country great.  The acting president made the call spoke during the 2017 Democracy Day Interdenominational church service held at the National Christian Centre. He prayed for President Muhammadu Buhari's quick recovery and safe return from London where he is currently undergoing a medical treatment.

It was said that ‘The Holy Prophet Muhammad’ (S.A.W) was on a journey with sum of his followers, they got to a dark tunnel and Holy Prophet (S.A.W) said to them: 'This stone we are walking on, you can pick from it, if you decided to Pick from it, you'll regret it and if you don’t, you'll still regret it because you wouldn’t be able to come back. Some pack the stone in every available sack, inside their pockets etc. while some pick few in their pocket and some didn’t take at all because they don’t want any regret. After what seems like an unending journey, they were out of the tunnel and behold the stone were valuable Diamonds, those who pick few wish they had picked more, those who picked a lot also wish they had more, while dose that didn’t pick at all had the worse regrets. If only they had risk the said regrets.

As part of activities to mark the two years anniversary of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday visited Garki Model Market, Abuja to feel the pulse of Nigerians. Osinbajo who arrived the market at about 3:10 p.m., was accompanied by the Minister of State for Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar and some senior presidential aides. In an unusual manner, the acting president spent time discussing with the traders in the market who maximised the opportunity to pour out their complaints, especially about high cost of market stalls and prices of food items such as fish, onions and rice in the primary market.

Ramadan Kareem to all our Muslim brothers and sisters around the world. Its Ramadan 1438. May Allah count us worthy and accept all our supplications as an act of Ibadah. As we all know, every Muslim adult are eligible to Fast during Ramadan but certain people are excluded because Islam is a religion of peace and want us to be comfortable. *THE OLD ONES The old ones are excluded to Fast during Ramadan, because of their age.

An eight years old girl has been raped by her 18-year-old brother at Janbago Quarters, Katsina, Katsina State. Katsina Senior Magistrate Hajiya Falile Dikko, while passing a ruling on the case, directed that the teenager be remanded in prison custody for committing incest, till June 29 when his case will be mentioned before the court. The Police First Information Report, FIR, read in the court yesterday, revealed that the accused, early this month, lured his younger sister to a toilet inside one of the houses at the Steel Rolling Mills Estate, along Dutsin-ma Road, Katsina, and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her. The offence is said to be contrary to Section 390 of Penal Code.

A 38-year-old man, Yusuf Oriyomi, and his friend, Idowu Ayigoro, 42, were yesterday brought before an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court, for allegedly sexually assaulting Oriyomi’s 15- year-old daughter. The father is being tried for sexually assaulting his own daughter, while his friend was arraigned for alleged sexual assault on the same girl. The father, a baker, resides at 24, Ferry Close, and his friend, a carpenter, resides at Arabamo Street, both in Oworoshoki, a suburb of Lagos.

A Lagos-based businesswoman, Obiageli Emenike, who allegedly beat her eight-year-old maid, Miracle Edogwu, to death, was yesterday arraigned before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s court, Lagos. She was, however, released on a N500,000 bail with two responsible sureties in like sum. The accused, 31, is facing a charge of beating her maid to death. She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

A divorce-seeking housewife, Mojisola Ajiboye, yesterday, told an Agege customary court that her husband is not the biological father of her son. She gave the testimony in the divorce suit she filed against her estranged husband.  The petitioner, a 30-year-old nurse, who resides at Shiaba Street, Agege, a Lagos suburb, said she regretted her seven-year marriage to Samson Nkanang, 33. She claimed that the husband usually abandons her at home and travels on official trips without any form of care. 

  Scriptural assertions of wolves in sheep clothing resurfaced yesterday, following a startling revelation by a 16-year-old Senior Secondary School, SSS, I student, on how she has been subjected to sexual violations since she was 10 years by a pastor at the Egbe branch of a popular new generation pentecostal church. The victim, who spoke from the hospital bed around Ikotun area of the state, alleged that the suspect, with the connivance of a medical doctor, had carried out four abortions on her without her consent.

Local government workers yesterday, vowed to ground government activities in Delta State if at the end of its ongoing statewide protest, government fails to settle over 12 months of unpaid salaries. The workers, under the state chapter of Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, issued the threat after the council’s protest train marched through major streets of Warri, in Warri South Local Government Area, which hosted the protest. Activities at the usually busy Warri South Council secretariat were grounded as the council boss, Mofe Edema and other political officeholders of the council disappeared at the sight of the angry protesters, who stormed the secretariat. Delta NULGE Treasurer, Ogberetine Obatare, who spoke on the occasion said, “We are protesting from council to council to draw public and relevant authorities’ attention to the untold hardship our members are passing through over mounting salaries arrears.  

An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi has granted an exparte motion filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) to extend the detention of the Chairman of Capital Oil, Ifeanyi Ubah for a further period of 14 days. Justice Yusuf Halilu in his ruling today held that it is only fair in the interest of justice that the DSS be allowed further time to conclude it's investigation. The judge also earlier dismissed a motion on notice brought by Ubah asking for the court to vacate it's earlier exparte order granted on May 10 that allowed DSS to detain Ubah for 14 days.

The beleaguered power sector cannot improve under the current privatisation arrangement, senators said yesterday. After painting a glooming picture of the sector during yesterday’s session many senators concluded the only solution was to reverse the privatisation sale. They spoke during a debate on overbilling of electricity consumers by Distribution Companies (DISCOs). Senator Dino Melaye, who sponsored the motion, called for the overhauling of the sector. Chairman Committee on Privatisation, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce (PDP, Bayelsa) said those who invested in the business thought it was like a company where they will make a lot of money.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governorship aspirant in Ekiti state, Hon. Bamidele Faparusi, on Wednesday, warned Governor Ayodele Fayose that any attempt to ridicule former Governor Kayode Fayemi through probe panel would be resisted by the party. Fayose had on Monday constituted a judicial panel, led by a former acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Silas Oyewole, to probe Fayemi's administration between October 2010 to October 2014 over alleged financial misappropriation.

A motorcycle and generator mechanic, Mr Fatai Ganiyu, 35,on Tuesday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti to dissolve his 16-year-old marriage to his wife, Modupe. The petitioner is seeking the dissolution of the marriage blessed with three children on the grounds of adultery, lack of care for him and the children, threat to life and lack of respect for him. Ganiyu cited instances where he caught the respondent in hotels and beer parlours with men. The father of three told the court that he contacted gonorrhoea from the respondent as a result of her wayward lifestyle.

A National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, on Monday bankrolled the freight fare of late Nollywood actress, Moji Olaiya from Canada, where she died. Tinubu stepped in after the Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, who initially reportedly promised to help bring back Moji’s remains failed. Secretary of Theatre Arts and Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria, TAMPAN, Yomi Fabiyi, secretary, in a statement confirmed Tinubu’s assistance.

A 56-year-old man, Sunday Adimagwu, and his son, Kenneth, 21, were yesterday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s court and charged with defiling a 12-year-old girl. The father is being tried for defiling his own daughter, while the son was arraigned for allegedly defiling the same girl— his step-sister. Both the father, a driver, and the son, a trader, live at Ajangbadi, Okokomaiko, a suburb of Lagos, on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

Minister of State Petroleum Resource/NNPC GMD, Ibe Kachikwu said he will quit the government if he fails to deliver on the promise to end fuel importation in Nigeria by 2019. Speaking in an interview on BBC World Service programme, HardTalk, on Monday, Kachikwu vowed he would deliver on the refineries and that he was committed to also deliver a future for oil that makes sense for Nigeria. Minister of state for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu

A taxi driver seeking charms to boost patronage has allegedly lost N4 million to a herbalist, David Abiodun. The victim, Adebayo Omoniyi, 38, lost the money to the herbalist, who promised to prepare a charm that would attract rich and famous clients to him. Abiodun was arrested by operatives of the Zonal Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (ZCIID), Onikan, Lagos State. It was gathered that the operatives apprehended him in his shrine at Atan, Sango, Ogun State, last Thursday. The tortoise and candles recovered from the herbalist

Dr Ibe Kachikwu The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, says that President Muhammadu Buhari is still working from London where he is currently receiving medical treatment.  Kachikwu, who put up a strong defence for Nigeria’s sick President during a BBC Hard Talk interview in London on Monday, also stated that Buhari had mandated his ministers to stop flying private jets. The minister said that executive members had been mandated by the President to fly business class in commercial airlines.

Former Vice President and a chieftain of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, has suggested the use of the nation’s six geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36-state structure, many of which he declared unviable. Atiku Abubakar “We must be open to changing the nature of the federating units, such as using the existing geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36 states, of which only a few are financially viable,” he said. Abubakar spoke in Lagos, Sunday, while accepting the Hero of Nigeria Democracy Award conferred on him by Hall of Grace Magazine.

Chief Akande Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and elder statesman, Chief Bisi Akande, has said that the current economic recession rocking the country should not be blamed on President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress, APC, government but on the 1999 constitution. Akande, a former Governor of Osun state, lamented that the 1999 constitution was riddled with inequalities as it allowed for the recognition of some states with more local government areas than others despite the fact that those with few LGAs could have more population than the others.

National Leader of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has strongly warned against any coup attempt to usurp the present administration of President Buhari Muhammadu, saying Nigerians will resist such attempt by the military. Tinubu made the remarks today, while addressing gathering at the Parliamentary Session at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Alausa, Ikeja, being orgainsed as part of activities in commemoration of Lagos@50 and second anniversary of the 8th Assembly of the Assembly. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu

Mercy Aigbe's marriage drama took a new twist with her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry flaunts a new woman named Temi as his new love. He posted an image of himself with the unknown woman on Instagram and added the caption, "Temi my new love". Lanre and Mercy Aigbe