Chaos in Oshodi As Thugs/Cultists Go On Rampage.

There was chaos at Bolade area in Oshodi, Lagos this morning after two local cult groups went on rampage, destroying properties in the area. The cultists are reportedly fighting over the chairmanship of the Oshodi motorpark. The police are working to restore normalcy in the area. There's another version of the story that claims thugs are fighting for supremacy...

Festus Keyamo Says Ese Oruru Should Be Allowed To Marry Yinusa If She Is Indeed 17 And Insists On Being With Him

See the tweets Festus Keyanmo posted On his Twitter Handle.

Arsenal Signs Nigerian Player Kelechi Nwakali for £2million

Kelechi Nwakakli has been in London for over a month trying to sort out a deal with Arsene Wenger's team. He has now put pen to paper after passing a club organized trial, with his academy Diamond Football Academy, set to receive over £2m as training and development fee.

His representative has confirmed the transfer of the 17 year old Under 17 World Cup star is a done deal and that the London club has agreed a 5-year contract with the Nigerian boy who was nominated for the 2015 CAF Youth player of the year.
‘Kelechi has signed a five-year deal with Arsenal,’ his agent Klay Ekeocha told Sports Day. ‘I won’t be able to mention the exact transfer fee but it is above £2m.’

Atiku Abubakar Visit His Driver Who Was Involved In A Car Accident

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar paid a visit to the hospital where his senior driver was receiving treatment after he had a car accident on his way to Lagos on official duty.

We have paid Sunday Oliseh,So We Are Ready To Meet Him In Court - NFF

The Nigeria Football Federation says they are ready to meet Sunday Oliseh in court after the ex-Super Eagles coach said he is meeting with his lawyers to discuss a legal move after claiming he is being owed salaries by the football body.

Sunday Oliseh resigned from his post on Social media on Friday and the NFF said they had paid him backlog of salaries totaling N20m on the 23rd of February through a Sterling Bank account before he resigned.
But Oliseh's lawyers gave the NFF 48 hours beginning from Monday to retract their comments or they would take them to court.

'The NFF is not bothered by such threats. He can go to court. Oliseh is not the only one who has lawyers. The NFF has a legal department and it is ready.'' Ademola Olajire, Head of Comunication  Department of the NFF said.

As Obasanjo, Ben Bruce, Others Attend 80th Birthday Celebration Of FMR PDP Chairman, Ahmadu Ali

Former PDP Chairman, Ahmadu Ali, celebrated his 80th Birthday yesterday March 1st. Ali was the party's chairman from 2005-2007. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, Senator Andy Uba and others were at his birthday celebration. View more pictures below.

Seyi Sodimu Celebrates Daughter's Birthday By Feeding The Homeless

The Love Me Jeje crooner shared the pictures and wrote;
"I asked my daughter Tomi Simisola who is at school in George Washington University, what she wanted for her birthday because, this time it is special. It only comes once in four years, and I wanted to do something special for her. But she told me instead of a party, she wanted to feed the homeless and less priviledged. So we did. It was a humbling experience to say the least. and I am very glad we did. I will surely do this again and more often I love you kid stay blessed." See the pictures after the cut...

Police Hand Over Ese To Parents; Dad Says She’s Hypnotised,Taking HerTo TB Joshua

Police authorities in Abuja yesterday night said Ese Oruru, freed Monday, will now be officially handed over to her mother, Mrs. Oruru, today.

14 years old Ese Rita Oruru was brought to Police headquarters at Louis Edet House at about 12. 55pm amid tight police protection.Her dad, Mr Charles Oruru, however disclosed that he has concluded plans to seek spiritual assistance from Lagos cleric, Pastor T.B. Joshua, founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).

Ese would have been handed over to her mother yesterday, but for inability of the woman to arrive Abuja by 8.00p.m. last night as she travelled from Yenagoa, Bayelsa State by road.

She was immediately ushered into the office of the Force Public Relations Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Olabisi Kolawole, for what sources said was a debriefing exercise.

Also arrested and brought to Abuja by a Special Police team from Zone 1 headquarters, Kano, led by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was the abductor of Ese, Yunusa, alias Yellow.

Both the abductor and the abductee were escorted by three representatives of the Emir of Kano to brief the police authorities about the roles the Emir and Kano Emirate Council played in getting Ese released.

At exactly 1 25pm, the Force Public Relations Officer was seen leading the freed Ese Oruru to the office of the Inspector General of Police for further briefing.

Attempts by newsmen to talk with Ese were rebuffed as the FPRO assured that as soon as Ese’s mother, who was being expected from Bayelsa arrived, the Police will brief the media on the matter by 4 pm.

Recall that Ese was abducted by one Yinusa, from her mother’s shop in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on August 12, 2015, and whisked away to Kano State without the consent of her parents. She was as rescued  Monday night, following a directive by the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, to the Commissioner of Police, Kano State, Mohammed Katsina, to liaise with the state’s Emirate Council and relevant persons in the state.

Micho Emerges Hot Favourite For Super Eagles Job

It appears the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), have decided on Sredojevic Milutin alias Micho, to become the new permanent coach of the Super Eagles.The NFF, have already opened talks with the Serbian, who is currently working as coach of Uganda’s national team since the African Nations Championship in January this year.

Technical Committee chairman, Chris Green, met with Micho in Rwanda and it is believed that the former Rwanda and Orlando Pirates manager, will be heading to Nigeria, when the two-match mandate given to Samson Siasia and his assistants expires.

“Green met with Micho at CHAN and it is like it is already a done deal. The plan was to appoint Shuaibu Amodu for the Egypt matches and after those games, a substantive foreign coach will be named with Micho in pole position,” a top official disclosed to MTNFootball.

“But Amodu declined the post because he is hypertensive and so the temporary arrangement of Siasia and co, who have been told they will revert to their previous posts after the matches against Egypt.”
Another source added: “Micho’s representatives have told me they have established a link with the NFF for quite some time now.

Popular Nollywood Actress Responds Back To Fans Asking Her To Get Married

Pretty actress Daniella Okeke replied fans who have telling to go and get married, see her reply on her istagram page. 

FIFA Honours Lille Metropole’s Nigerian Goalkeeper Enyeama

World football governing body FIFA has honoured Lille Metropole’s Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama for his heroics with the French club in Ligue 1.

Enyeama, who recently made his 100th Ligue 1 appearance for ‎Lille Metropole received his award from FIFA on Tuesday and took to Instagram to express his delight. In his words, he said: “This is how goodness and mercy will follow you all this month of March. First day of the month, FIFA got me a trophy for hardwork, dedication, success.”

“Thank you @fifa. I want to wish everyone reading this message a wonderful month of March. God did it for me. God will do it for us,” he wrote under a photograph of himself with a plaque.

Enyeama has been influential for Lille Metropole this season conceding just 20 goals in 25 games in addition to 49 saves.

Aggrieved PDP, APGA Members Form A New Party

The disagreement within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came to a head yesterday as some members of the party teamed up with others in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and other parties to form a new party.
The group, which held its maiden meeting in Abuja yesterday, unanimously adopted Chief Perry Opara as the protem chairman of the proposed party, named Peoples Mega Party, PMP.

Chief Opara was an aide to former political adviser to Goodluck Jonathan, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, who recently filed a suit against the PDP and the then acting national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, and secured a judgement ordering Secondus to vacate office as acting chairman on ground that his acting role had elapsed.

Addressing the meeting, Opara said the leadership crisis within the PDP which had impacted negatively on its chances, had necessitated the need for the Peoples Mega Party, PMP.
He explained: “The major people who are in the party are former members of the PDP who are disenchanted by the high level of corruption, high level of impunity and high-handedness in the PDP.

‘’They have decided to form something very new and they are of the opinion that they should hand over the party to younger elements who are less corrupt and who can fight for the interest of the people.
“It does not mean that it is only people from the PDP, we have APGA chairmen from many states of Nigeria identifying with the new party, people from Labour Party, LP, and the Accord Party, AP.

‘’There are also disenchanted people from the APC that feel that they want a new place and that is what it is. Today marks the birth of this new party.”

The proposed party adopted the picture of a human being as its logo, while its slogan is: “Forward Nigeria.”

Chief Opara said the new organization would take the next step to approach the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for registration, adding that when registered, the party would focus more of its attention on recruiting the youths who constitute about 54% of the country’s population into it’s fold.

Bayelsa State Governor Dickson Condemns The Abduction Of Ese Oruru, He Calls On Parents To Be Extremely Vigilant

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has condemned the abduction and forceful conversion of 14-year-old Ese Oruru.This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iwosoriso-Markson today.

"I call on parents and guardians to be extremely vigilant, especially in the monitoring of the activities of their children, with a view to ensuring that, they do not fall victim to the antics of mischief makers," the statement reads.
"I condemn the entire action, but also expressed satisfaction with the various individuals, non-governmental and civil society groups for bringing the matter to national and international focus.
"I pledge the government’s preparedness to support every effort at not only re-uniting Ese Oruru with her family back in Yenagoa, but also ensure her proper rehabilitation and reintegration into the society to resume her normal life.
"I equally commend the Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, for the role he played in ensuring the release of the victim. I also applaud security agencies for the professionalism with which the matter was handled.
"I thank the Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi II, for ensuring the safety of Ese and her eventual handover to the Police in Kano.
"The government and people of Bayelsa State will remain eternally grateful to all those, who contributed in one way or the other in giving the issue the desired attention"

Starving Akwa Ibom Child Branded A Witch Is Discharged From The Hospital

Hope, the little baby who was left to die in Uyo, Akwa Ibom after being branded a witch was discharged from the hospital today. Danish aid worker, Anja Ringgren Loven shared pictures of Hope smiling while playing with other children in the orphanage and wrote;


“Finally finally finally !!!! Today Hope was discharged from the hospital !! The children have been so excited all day ! My son David Jr. and I are now back in Denmark because tomorrow I will start my tour around the country. And oh how I wish I was there today. Looking at these pictures of the children playing with Hope makes me totally speechless. Our dream came true! Can you imagine! This is what humanity is all about! Children see magic because they look for it and now Hope has finally found his magic.

Court Orders Obasanjo, Yar'Adua, Jonathan's Government To Account For All Stolen Funds Recovered DuringTheir Administration

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former president Goodluck Jonathan and late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's government to account for all the loots they recovered during their administrations, Vanguard reports.

Delivering judgement in a Freedom of Information suit filed by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) today March 1st, the presiding judge, Justice M.B. Idris, ruled that successive governments since the return of democracy in 1999 “breached the fundamental principles of transparency and accountability for failing to disclose details about the spending of recovered stolen public funds, including on a dedicated website.”

He thereafter ordered that President Buhari “ensures that his government, and the governments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and former President Goodluck Jonathan account fully for all recovered loot.”.

Details ordered by the court to be made public include: information on the total amount of recovered stolen public assets by each government; the amount of recovered stolen public assets spent by each government as well as the objects of such spending and the projects on which such funds were spent.