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EKITI STATE GOVERNOR, FAYOSE REVEALS HE WAS ONCE A DANFO DRIVER

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has appealed to members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria against allowing themselves to be used by kidnappers to perpetrate evil.

Speaking on Thursday during the swearing-in of the new State Executive of the union in Ado Ekiti, the governor, who said he was once a ‘danfo driver’ appealed to the drivers to be orderly and not to be desperate.

Microsoft on Thursday sacked 34 (85 per cent) of the 40 employees in the Nigerian office of its phone division.

The sacking came 24 hours after the company’s latest Windows 10 was made available in Nigeria and 189 other countries.

OONI OF IFE, OBA SIJUADE IS DEAD

The Ooni of Ife, Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade is dead. He died today in London at the age of 85.
Oba Sijuwade was the fifth Ooni of Ife. He climbed unto the throne on December 6, 1980. As the Ooni of Ife, he presided over the Ife territory, in the South West Nigeria but his influence went far and beyond.

Man, identified as Jacob Nwachukwu from Abala in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, has cut off his wife’s left hand over allegation of infidelity.

The man’s wife, Mrs Nwadiokeonu Nwachukwu, is now at a hospital in Aba, while her severed hand had been taken to her husband’s village at Abala for burial.

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a Coordinator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), which provides payments and scholarships to Niger Delta ex-militants.

The new Coordinator, retired Brigadier General P.T. Boroh, will double as the Special Advisor on the Niger Delta. He enters the position after it lay vacant for some months.

A 41-day-old baby, Zainab Olajide, has died after she was allegedly poisoned by her father, Kazeem Olajide, in a desperate attempt to divorce his wife.

The incident happened at about 7am on Friday at Toluwalase Estate, Ijoko-Abule, in the Lemode area of Ogun State.

The convoy carrying the wife of the former President, Dame Patience Jonathan, was stopped from taking her to the foot of the aircraft on the tarmac of the Port Harcourt International Airport, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has said.

Parents of final year students of tertiary institutions abroad under the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, RSSDA, Special Scholarship initiated by the Rotimi Amaechi’s administration can now heave a sigh of relief, as Governor Nyesom Wike has approved N712million for the stranded students.

A middle-aged man, identified as Chucks from Imo State, has died after consuming 20 sachets of gin in a N500 bet with a woman.

The deceased, said to be a barber, is married with a child and lived along Ngwa Road area of Aba, Abia State.

The United States of America has handed over the names of Nigerian oil thieves to President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the President’s entourage during last week’s visit to the US confided in The PUNCH on Tuesday.

“I can tell you that the President already has the list of names of the people engaging in the stealing of Nigeria’s oil. The list, when released by the President, will shock Nigerians.

EL-RUFAI SUES NEWSPAPER OVER REPORT ON ALLEGED N90 BILLION ASSETS

The Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday sued The Union newspaper, based in Lagos, for reporting that he declared assets worth N90billion before the Code of Conduct Bureau.

The governor, who personally filed the case at the state High Court, was accompanied by his deputy, Bala Bantex, his lawyers and top government officials.

The presidency has revealed a faction of Boko Haram has approached the federal government for negotiations ..According to presidential spokesman Garba Shehu,the government are trying to verify their claims and determine if they have such authority ..He said

Mr Kayode Oguntuase, a 75-year-old man, on Monday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 26-year-old marriage on allegation of being starved of s*x.
Oguntuase told the court that his 53-year-old wife, Felicia, was also sleeping with other men. He also accused the wife of stubbornness, theft, threats to his life and lack of care for him, adding that she was also adamant to corrections.

An initial autopsy into the death of Bobbi Kristina Brown has proved inconclusive as coroners continue to investigate her cause of death.
The only child of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown died on Sunday, aged 22, after her family decided to take her off life support, almost six months after she was found face down and unresponsive in a bath tub at her Roswell, Georgia home.

Boxer-turned-actor Victor Ortiz was reportedly arrested for an alleged assault with a deadly weapon during a Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean show in California on Saturday night.
The Expendables 3 star and his brother were at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl for the country stars’ massive gig, where they became embroiled in a verbal altercation with another concertgoer, according to TMZ.com.

Twenty-two footballers to be selected from the Governor Dickson’s Football Tournament will embark on a playing tour of Europe.

Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson made this known in Yenagoa on Friday at the unveiling of the mascot and presentation of jerseys for the tournament, which will take place across the state for two months.

Eight pupils, who were returning from a primary school in Ikot Abia-Enyie in the Nsit Atai Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, have perished in the Atang River.

The river is said to have divided Ikot Abia-Enyie village into two; with all the facilities in the area ─ a health centre, a primary and a secondary schools ─ located on one side of the river.

One Kehinde Paul has been arraigned before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja for allegedly raping a two-year-old daughter of his neighbour, Mrs. Mercy Ofaghae, two years ago.

Kehinde, who lives in Igando, a suburb of Lagos State, however, pleaded not guilty to one count of rape and defilement preferred against him on Monday before Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye.

Tragedy struck on Monday at the Iganmu office of the Golden Penny Flour Mills Plc. in Lagos State after an explosion erupted from a boiler at the production section of the company and killed a worker, Folorunso Odunayo.

There was confusion at Akorede Estate, Mile 2, in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday as a 20-month-old baby, Opeyemi Ogundele, was abducted at his cousin’s naming ceremony.

The light-complexioned boy had accompanied her mother, Elizabeth Ogundele, to the naming ceremony before his sudden disappearance.

CHINA SENTENCES 14 CULT MEMBERS WHO SAY JESUS HAS BEEN REINCARNATED

A total of 14 members of a Chinese religious cult have been jailed for up to three years, state media said Sunday, the latest sentences after two members were executed this year for killing a woman.

15 people were killed with 47 others severely injured when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Devices at Damaturu Sunday market on Sunday morning.

The incident took place at about 9:30am Sunday when the market was about to reach its peak.

The President of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, says the body is determined to protect the interest and welfare of Nigerians in that country.

Anyene said in Pretoria, South Africa, that the union had implemented some key programmes aimed at uniting and protecting Nigerians in South Africa.

Reports have it that these alleged Boko Haram members reportedly disguised as women and fortunately they had an accident in Borno State.

Port Harcourt base singer, Duncan Mighty has finally said goodbye to bachelorhood.

The popular singer now a married man, walked down the aisle with his long time girlfriend now wife, Vivien, in a wedding that was strictly by invitation.

Singers Sammie Okposo, Patoranking and Phyno were in attendance to grace the occasion as their own enjoy his day. more PHOTOS below...>>

Again, former Leader of Actors Guild, Ibinabo fiberisima and Emeka Ike are at each others throat again.

This time its over the fresh divorce mess that Actor, Emeka Ike seems to be wallowing in.

The actor repeatedly insisted in an interview that rumours and unpalatable tales currently trailing his marriage and place of habitat are ‘distractions’ from Fiberesima, who is currently in the United Kingdom on vacation.

Singers Katy Perry and John Mayer have reportedly parted ways again after another brief romantic reunion.
The stars, who have been dating on and off since 2012, rekindled their relationship earlier this year, when Mayer was spotted at Perry’s Super Bowl afterparty in February, but editors at Eonline.com report the two have since called it quits once more.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan is asking for forgiveness after he was caught on tape using racist insults.
Hogan, real name Terry Bollea, was fired by bosses at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on Friday after the audio tape, in which he was commenting on his daughter Brooke’s love life, was made public.

Paul Obazele has revealed that he wanted to date and dump the banker who later became his wife when he first saw her. In an interview The Sun Newspaper, Obazele said;

My wife is a banker. I met her on one of the days I was hard up; I went to the bank with a cheque given to me by Chico Ejiro. I got to the bank with a post-dated cheque that I didn’t know it was post-dated but I thought I could swing it with my star status

Nigeria’s wartime leader, Gen Yakubu Gowon, says “Nigeria is better off with Igbos.” He spoke while delivering an oration at the burial service for Chief (Mrs.) Chinyere Asika, wife of the former Sole Administrator of East Central State;

A police corporal, attached to Yankaba Division, Kano, yesterday, shot and killed a taxi driver who was transporting a sick female passenger to the hospital.

The passenger, unfortunately also died in the incident.According to an eyewitness, Isa Tanko, the killings occurred around 9.30am between Hadejia Road roundabout and Haye quarters of Nassarawa local government area.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said his administration will be splitting the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into two successor entities.
The President, stated this in an interview with journalists in Washington DC during his recently concluded four-day visit to the United States, Saturday Punch reports.
The President explained that the decision would form one of the key steps of his reform of the country’s oil and gas sector.

Medical Students of the Benue State University, Makurdi, have deposited the coffin of their dead colleague at the office of the Vice-Chancellor in protest.

SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the deceased, Idoko Nicholas Inalegwu, died in controversial circumstances after receiving the news of his withdrawal after spending 10 years in medical school.

All Progressives Grand Allaince (APGA) Governorship candidate in the April election in Abia State, Dr Alex Otti has revealed to journalists in Umuahia, the state capital yesterday that unknown gunmen suspected to be hired assassins invaded and attacked his Abuja guest house in Maitama at about 2a.m and ransacked it in search of him.

A US–based lady on Instagram has accused popular musician and self-styled Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa, Enetimi Odon otherwise called Timaya, of rape.

The allegation was made on Thursday in a series of posts on Instagram.

The posts sent under the identity, ‘ExposingtherealTimaya,’ consisted of screenshots and audio recordings from previous conversations between the duo, and continued till Saturday.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday delivered a firm message on gay rights during his landmark visit to Kenya, Africa, where homosexuality is outlawed, triggering strong criticism for apparently imposing his values on the continent.

EX-SECRETARY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SALEH DEAD

Former secretary to the federal government of Nigeria Alhaji Aminu Saleh found dead today. Alhaji Saleh deceased this morning, according to some reports.

Aminu Saleh was born in 1933. He is an indigene of Bauchi state and has embraced various posts at both the state and the federal level.

R&B star Chris Brown has reportedly employed a 24-hour security team after armed robbers targeted his home earlier this month.
The Kiss Kiss hitmaker’s house in California’s San Fernando Valley was raided by thieves who made off with money and other belongings after forcing the star’s aunt into a closet.

Court officials in Argentina have reportedly ordered the withdrawal of an outstanding arrest warrant against Justin Bieber stemming from an alleged attack on a local paparazzo in 2013.
The Baby hitmaker become a wanted man in the Latin American country after failing to return to Buenos Aires for police questioning over an incident with photographer Diego Pesoa in November 2013.

Suspected Boko Haram militants on Tuesday burned down houses, including the family home of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Baratai, in a village in the North-east of the country, a policeman, military source and witnesses told Reuters.

Singer Tiwa Savage just welcomed her first child - a son. She gave birth today at St Mary's Hospital in London. Big congrats to them

PRESIDENT BUHARI REJECTS OBAMA’S GAY MARRIAGE

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the gay marriage offer by the United States of America, stating that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and abhorrent to our culture.

At least ten people are reported to have been killed and several others wounded in a suicide attack in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, officials have said.

Dr Naqibullah Fayeq, a prominent member of parliament, said the blast happened in Alamar district’s main market.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his government will not spare any member of the All Progressives Congress as well as associates found culpable of corruption.

The President, who is currently on a four-day visit to the United States President, Barack Obama, said this during an interview with the CNN anchor, Christiane Amanpour.

A 23-year-old woman, who was arrested by men of the Rivers State Police Command, has confessed how he stole a five-year-old boy from his parents.

The suspect, Chisa Ejionwu, said she decided to steal the boy after she was told that her chances of having a baby were slim.

A graduate of the University of Lagos, Imonitie Ilen-Otuma, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman in the Lekki area of Lagos.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Imonitie, who studied Estate Management, had earlier been arrested in May for raping a colleague, and had been freed when the victim’s family agreed to withdraw the case.

A 35-year-old gospel musician, Olalekan Opaleye, has been arrested by policemen attached to the X-Squad of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly obtaining the sum of N40m from a pensioner, Mr. Michael Shote, under false pretences.

Shote, who retired from a telecommunication company in London, and the suspect were said to have known each other two years ago, when the former reportedly told him to quit driving and promised to sponsor his musical career.

A 31-year-old man, Obinna Ezechukwu, who allegedly raped his customer was on Wednesday arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court.

The accused, a tricycle operator, who lives at 1, Olusegun Close, Mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos, is facing three counts of obtaining by false pretences, stealing and rape.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday confirmed that he had started receiving some documents which indicted some former ministers and other top government officials of massive fraud, including oil theft.

INDIAN MAN CONFESSES TO MULTIPLE CHILD MURDERS

Indian police said Monday they are investigating whether a man arrested for the murder and sexual assault of a six-year-old girl may have been a serial child killer after he confessed to 14 more crimes.