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President Muhammadu Buhari has departs Abuja for Glasgow today to attend the 26th conference of Parties (COP26) in Scotland.

The authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI) have raised the alarm over a fake Facebook account for the newly appointed Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kayode Oyebode Adebowale. In a statement, the management of the university said: “The attention of the management has been drawn to the dubious impersonation of Prof Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, the 13th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. “Information has reached the Vice-Chancellor designate of the premier University that a dubious person has created a Facebook page with Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, being used to soliciting favours in his name. “The dubious person also created an Instagram account in which several people were added. “These are in addition to the use of a particular telephone number identified as +2347065664894 attached to his name by the questionable individual. “The person has been calling and inviting people, masquerading as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan with the photograph of Professor ...

The Lagos State Government has reacted to a video that went viral over the weekend wherein pupils were seen in a flooded school assembly ground. In the video, the pupils of primary school age were seen singing the national anthem, knee-deep in murky floodwaters and floating rubber shoes. However, in reaction to the video, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on its Facebook page stated that: “The school assembly viral on social media is a low cost private school in Makoko, Lagos State. “The video was taken some months ago by a church that wanted to use the video to raise funds for the school. “The building has been demolished and is being built. “Lagos State authorities are sending officials there on Monday to ascertain level of progress.

Marrying older women in African country is not a new thing as long as the two persons love one another. According to a Facebook post by Innocent tagusulwa, the gentleman in picture has found love with this beautiful old white woman. It was after a longtime dating and they decided to take it to the next level by getting married. However after their wedding photos went viral on social media platforms, many people are criticizing their relationship. Some Said She will die and leave him with her wealth then the 30years old man will marry a young lady in peace after securing his account. But the best we can offer to this new couple is to pray for them to have a peaceful home with many adorable children.

Press Release Sunday, October, 31, 2021. Yinka Odumakin returns ...As Joe Okei-Odumakin gives birth to twins Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, widow of the late spokesperson of Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, was delivered of bouncing twins - a boy and a girl - at a United States of America hospital on Wednesday, October 27, 2021. The mother and the babies are in excellent health condition. The "miracle" birth fulfilled the wishes of the late Odumakin towards the end of his sojourn on earth to have another baby to be named after him. The couple got married in 1997, had their first baby girl in 2000 and the second, a boy, in 2003. While the girl was named after Joe, the boy was named Abraham after the late Afenifere leader, Pa Abraham Adesanya. The twins are coming 18 years after the last childbirth. After he survived a three-day coma in 2020 and a few months before he succumbed to the illness that eventually but unexpectedly claimed his life, YO, as he is fondly called, develope...

A 33-year-old student of the Nasarawa State University, Emmanuel Akiko, has been killed by hoodlums who invaded the Nasarawa Housing Estate on the Makurdi-Jos Road, Lafia, Nasarawa State. Our correspondent, who visited the area on Wednesday, gathered that the assailants, who came in their numbers around 10pm on Saturday, gained access into the estate through the main gate. A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the diseased, who was not living on the estate, was asked by his elder sister to go to her house to do some chores. He said, “We heard that his elder sister, who travelled to Abuja, called him to go to her flat and help her start the generator so that the items in the freezer would be preserved, as there was no electricity. “So, after starting the generator, he left it for about three hours and noticed that the items in the freezer were already frozen. Then, he decided to go out and put off the generator so he could go to bed. That was when he was attacked by ...

Nigeria’ former President Goodluck Jonathan who campaigned for a second term under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was conspicuously absent at its national convention on Saturday. The event which took place at the Eagles square in Abuja had powerful PDP bigwigs in attendance. The likes of governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Douye Diri of Bayelsa, and Senate Minority Leader Enyinnaya Abaribe, among other top party officials and members. Prior to the convention, the former President’s media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, released his itinerary, disclosing that Mr Jonathan would be in Nairobi, Kenya, for a three-day peace and security event organised by the African Union. “Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will depart Abuja, on Saturday, for Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, to attend the 12th African Union (AU) High-Level Retreat on the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa,” the statement said. However, Mr Jonathan’s noticeable absence has heightened specula...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has disputed the Zamfara police command claim that a joint security team overpowered some bandits. Spokesperson for the police command, Muhammad Shehu, had said that on October 28, joint Police/Civil Defence operatives deployed along Kaura Namoda–Shinkafi Road were ambushed by suspected bandits who came in a large number. According to the police, which had sought to downplay the bandits attack, after several hours of engaging the heavily armed bandits in a gun duel, “Some of the assailants were neutralised while others escaped with possible gunshot wounds.” However, narrating what happened, the NSCDC said the bandits, numbering about 150 and with “heavy weaponry”, had “engaged operatives in exchange of fire.” NSCDC spokesperson, Ikhor Oche, noted in the statement that the team of the joint security forces were overpowered even after it got reinforcement. “All the same, one of the NSCDC personnel, a driver, was killed while other...

Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s threat, and subsequent implementation, of a divisive allocation of position and federal resources on the basis of 2015 election results was politically expedient. “It is natural in politics,” Mr Adesina told Vanguard when asked about the controversial approach in an interview published on Sunday. Mr Buhari faced criticism in July 2015 when he said he would be more attuned to favouring regions that gave him electoral victory during the March 28, 2015, presidential poll than those who voted for his opponent. “The constituents, for example, that gave me 97 per cent [of the vote] cannot, in all honesty, be treated on some issues with constituencies that gave me five per cent,” Mr Buhari said at a town hall organised by the United States Institute of Peace in Washington on July 22. “I think these are a political reality.” The statement immediately elicited fireworks across Nigeria and has continued to define th...

Northern states’ are indebted to the National Examinations Council (NECO) to the tune of N 2.8 billion, according to Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO. “State governments offer to pay examination fees for candidates from their states but when it comes to the actual payment, they don’t do it, and that has strapped NECO. “Zamfara, Adamawa, Kano, Gombe, Borno and Niger state governments are owing the examination body N1.8 billion debt for the students they registered in 2019,” Mr Wushishi told journalists in Minna, Niger on Saturday. He lamented that most of the states owing the council so much money were yet to remit to it, even when the examination body had not withheld the results of the defaulting states. According to him, the Council had engaged the affected states in dialogue towards the amicable resolution of the matter. Mr Wushishi reminded the defaulting states that NECO needed the money to pay its staff, organise examinations and purchase materials t...

Insha Allahu Asset Management and Investment Ltd., a company owned by Abdulhakeem Arafat Moradeyo, started in 2018 as an exporter of wood charcoal, cashew nut and coconut shell charcoal. In the same year, the company corporately headquartered at ABM Plaza, Opposite Utako Market, Abuja, advertised investment opportunities to prospective investors, with a promise of a bi-monthly 20 percent return on investment (ROIs). The investment offer attracted many investors, mostly Abuja residents, and with time, Insha Allah Ltd. was enjoying referrals from investors who had come to trust its scheme. In September 2020, Moradeyo founded the asset management arm of the company by launching Inshaallahu Kunfayakun Transport Services. Investors were excited about the company’s expansion and many were present at the commissioning. However, trouble started in November when the company reportedly received a directive from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to stop its operations owing to inad...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled the desperate efforts by drug cartels to export cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and cannabis to London, United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos. A statement by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media and Advocacy said narcotic officers of the Agency on Thursday, October28, during outward routine clearance of cargo at NAHCO export shed of the airport intercepted the drugs. They were 20 parcels of cocaine weighing 1.2kg; 23 parcels of heroin weighing 1.4kg and 39 parcels of 2.35kg Methamphetamine all concealed in black soap packets.

Political strategist and former political adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun, has faulted the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), style of governance, stating that he has broken all the records in Nigeria in a negative way since he assumed office in 2015. According to him, no political leader in Nigeria’s history has divided Nigeria along ethnic lines as much as Buhari has done in the last six years, claiming that he is not a good example of who a Nigerian should be. Osuntokun stated this during an interview with Arise Tv on Saturday monitored by our correspondent. He faulted Buhari’s appointment style as being lopsided, saying under no other President had the heads of the three arms of government come from the same political constituency. “That is a bad example. He is not my own good example. He has done more than any other political leader in Nigeria to the course of division. Divisiveness! Look at his appointments. Look at what he does ...

A 17-year-old deaf and dumb, Godwin Ogbeifu and his 35-year-old mother, Mary Ogbeifu, have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command over the murder of their 60-year-old neighbour, Iyabo Olasheinde. The teenager was reported to have stabbed the neighbour in the neck with a broken bottle while his mother held the victim during a fight. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. Oyeyemi said that the suspects had been arrested following a distress call received by the police at Ojodu Abiodun Divisional Headquarters. He said the police were told that while Godwin who resides at Akoko Crescent, Yakoyo area of Ojodu went to the compound of the deceased at Omolara Street Yakoyo, he was sent away from the compound having been warned not to enter there. Oyeyemi said, “On getting home, he informed his mother who followed him to the said compound where the deceased was met in the compound. While the mother wa...

A mass communication student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, identified simply as Chidinma, has reportedly stabbed her boyfriend, Daniel Johnson, over WhatsApp chats with another female friend. The PUNCH gathered that the victim was stabbed by the lady on Wednesday, October 27. He however survived the attack. Narrating his ordeal to journalists after his recuperation, the victim stated that his girlfriend went through his WhatsApp messages while he was asleep before stabbing him with a knife. He said, “I was sleeping when she went through my phone. She opened my WhatsApp and read my chat with another girl. Then she proceeded to use a knife to stab me on my right hand. “I woke up with the stab and called for help before it could get worse. My neighbours came and rescued me. The police were invited and she was whisked away to ‘B’ Division in Asaba. I’m lucky to be alive”. When contacted for confirmation, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, tol...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has filed a lawsuit against The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) over his failure to probe allegations that over ₦880bn of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies. SERAP in the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1281/2021 filed last week at the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeks, “an order of mandamus to direct and compel President Buhari to promptly investigate the alleged missing N881bn of public funds and to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be responsible, and the full recovery of any missing, mismanaged or diverted public funds.” In a statement signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the suit follows the allegations contained in part 2 of the 2018 annual audited report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation that ₦880,894,733,084.811 was spent by 367 MDAs without any appropriation. According to SERAP, “It is in the interest of justice to grant this...

The Peoples Democratic Party has elected new members into its National Working Committee to lead the party ahead of the 2023 general elections. Despite the uncertainties surrounding the convention, the PDP held its convention with many favourites and known names denied positions in the NWC. Of the 21 vacant positions, 17 members contested unopposed. The 21 newly elected members are drawn from different parts of the country at the party’s national convention, which began on Saturday and lasted till Sunday at Eagle Square in Abuja. See the full list of the PDP’s newly-elected NWC members: National Chairman – Iyorchia Ayu Deputy National Chairman (North) – Umar Damagum (Contested) Deputy National Chairman (South) – Taofeek Arapaja (Contested) National Secretary – Samuel Anyanwu (Unopposed) National Treasurer – Ahmed Mohammed (Unopposed) National Organising Secretary – Umar Bature (Unopposed) National Financial Secretary – Daniel Woyegikuro (Unopposed) National Women’s Leader –...

The Presidency as well as Ministries, Departments and Agencies have earmarked the sum of N13.2bn for refreshments, meals, food and catering materials and sitting allowance in the 2022 budget proposal, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. Amid rising food inflation in the country, the sum of N5.8bn had been budgeted for refreshments and meals, N1.76bn for food and catering materials while N5.7bn was budgeted for sitting allowance. The figure, it was learnt, could be higher as the budget of the Central Bank of Nigeria, the Nigeria Customs Service, the Independent National Electoral Commission and a few other major agencies were not disclosed. The sum also does not include the N260m earmarked for foodstuff by the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Correctional Service which feed detainees. About 38 revenue generating agencies are to share N2.2bn on meals and refreshments, while the Presidency has the largest budget for food and refreshments. The State House headquarters earmarked N135.6m for me...

Newly elected national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorcha Ayu, says the party if elected in 2023 will develop Nigeria as it did when it was in power for 16 years. “We will move ahead to develop this country. We did it before. We are going to do it again. I want to thank the governors,” Mr Ayu said during his thank-you speech. Mr Ayu, who was the consensus candidate at the party’s 2021 national convention in Abuja, got 3,426 affirmative votes out of the total 3,511 accredited voters. He told Nigerians PDP was back to take over and “develop” the country, adding “PDP will come back to unite our people, put them together, north and south, east and west.” The chairman-elect said “Many people imagine that this convention will lead to the break up of PDP. Those people who are dreaming like that, their dreams were misplaced.” Referring to Nigerians “who have lost hope” in the country, Mr Ayu said, Nigeria is not a divided country. A small group of people decided to di...

Reality tv star, Omashola has reacted to a troubling video of him looking unkempt and sitting at the roadside on the street of Lagos. Recall that an ex-Big Brother Naija housemate, Ike Onyema recently shared a video of Omashola in an unkempt state. Ike pleaded with fans and followers to reach out to him. A few days after the video was, Omashola has now reacted to the video. He noted that he was dealing with some issues at the time the video was released but the issues are being resolved. He also thanked his fans, and followers who checked on him, for their love and support. “I want to use this medium to thank everybody who checked up on me one way or the other. I’m overwhelmed by your love and support and I sincerely appreciate it. I was dealing with some deep issues but I am making headways and better now by God’s Grace. Thank You”, he wrote.

A 9-year-old boy obtained a firearm in a home and unintentionally shot himself, Milwaukee police say. That boy is nine-year-old Justin Edwards. Police said it happened around 5:38 p.m. Tuesday in the 4500 block of North 21st Street. His mother, Shalonda Pinnix, said she was not home at the time of the incident, but wants people to know it was nothing more than an accident. She said her son is in stable condition and alert after his surgery. "They just had to repair one of his intestines because he was shot in the stomach," Pinnix said. "He is still in critical condition, but the condition is improving every minute."

The Kidney is one of the most important organs in the body. It is essential at playing most of the important roles in the movement of body and nutrients from the body. Because it is an internal organ of the body, most of its signs take time before fully showcasing when there are certain infection or disease they are suffering from. But studies have still found out some early signs of kidney problems and in this article, I am going to be talking about them. 1. You may started feeling more tired, less energy and trouble concentrating Severe decrease in kidney functions in the body could lead to buildups of toxins and impurities in the blood. This could eventually lead to the individual feeling really tired and weak as his or her kidney are no longer able to perform it's functions properly. 2. You will have troubles sleeping When the toxins in the blood build up as a result of the kidney not being able to remove some of its toxins and waste through urine, the person involved wil...

A 22-year-old man identified as Idris Shuaib on Thursday hanged himself on a tree on his father’s farm at Gwanara in the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State. According to Shuaib’s uncle, the victim who was from Ankara Wooro compound, Gwanara, allegedly took his life because he was impotent. The Public Relations Officer of the stare Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Babawale Afolabi, who confirmed the incident, said that the deceased who was a graduate of Muideen College of Education, Ilorin “reportedly hanged himself over his inability to copulate with women.” Afolabi said, “The lifeless body of a 22 years old NCE graduate, Idris Shuaib, was discovered dangling on a cashew tree. He reportedly hanged himself over his inability to copulate or sleep with women. According to the uncle of the deceased, Idris left home early on Thursday telling his father that he wanted to go to the farm as his usual routine not knowing that he had another motive this time round. “The de...

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan is under fire for suggesting that women footballers would not be attractive candidates for marriage. Social media users speak of her remarks being humiliating for women. Tanzania's president has been criticized for describing the country's female footballers as having "flat chests" and being unattractive for marriage. Samia Suluhu Hassan made the remarks while hosting Tanzania's under-23 men's football team at State House in the coastal city of Dar es Salaam. The president said that while female footballers were making the East African country proud by winning trophies, some did not stand a chance of getting married because of the way they looked: "If we bring them here and line them up, for those with flat chests, you might think they are men — not women." She said that while some sportswomen were married, most of them were not, "and for the way they are, a life of marriage is a just a dream....

Mrs. Julia Donson Wachira the 73 years old American woman who made headlines after marrying 34 years old Kenyan doctor is no more. Dr. John Wachira, a Kenyan-born neurosurgeon based in the State of Florida United States broke the sad news on social media. " The love of my life is no more. She passed away this evening. I would give everything to bring her back 😭😭😭" He posted. Julia owns a multi-billion business including real estate, a media company with branches in five states.

A student of the Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu, Kaitlin Gee- Akwada took over the affairs of the university for one day after hitting the perfect 5.0 CGPA. Celebrating her feat, Gee-Akwada said, "This is not only an answered prayer but proof that the power to attract what you desire lies in your hands."

Cristiano Ronaldo shares a sonogram as he announces Georgina Rodriguez’s pregnancy on Instagram. It’s going to be double the trouble for Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese soccer star — who is already a dad of four — revealed Thursday that he is expecting another set of twins with partner Georgina Rodriguez. “Delighted to announce we are expecting twins👶🏻👶🏻..” the athlete, 36, and Rodriguez shared with fans via Instagram. “Our hearts are full of love – we can’t wait to meet you ❤️🏠 #blessed.” He also shared a second snap of himself in a hot tub with his kids, 11-year-old son Cristiano Jr., 4-year-old twins Eva Maria and Mateo and 3-year-old daughter Alana Martina. The mom of his elder son, Cristiano Jr., remains anonymous by her request, according to the star.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced the parent company’s name is being changed to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network. The new handle comes as the social media giant tries to fend off one its worst crises yet and pivot to its ambitions for the “metaverse” virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will keep their names under the rebranding. “We’ve learned a lot from struggling with social issues and living under closed platforms, and now it is time to take everything that we’ve learned and help build the next chapter,” Zuckerberg said during an annual developers conference. “I am proud to announce that starting today, our company is now Meta. Our mission remains the same, still about bringing people together, our apps and their brands, they’re not changing,” he added. Facebook critics pounced last week on a report that leaked the rebranding plans, arguing the com...

This afternoon, wife of the President, Hajia Aisha Buhari received Dr. Teresa Isichei Pounds, President of the Nigerian Association of Pharmacists and Pharmaceutical Scientists in America. Hajia Buhari said she's happy that Nigerian professionals are connecting back home to contribute to national development. The group plan to intervene in the area of girl-child education in Nigeria.