PRESIDENCY: BUHARI SUBMITS 28 NAMES FOR SENATE CONFIRMATION

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent names of 28 nominees for Senate’s confirmation as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

WHY BIAFRA SHOULD BE GIVEN FREEDOM

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that Biafra will be the freest nation on planet earth when restored.
In a statement by its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, the group noted that Biafra when restored will be a nation where “natural justice is embedded in the principles of live.”

1,000 BENEFICIARIES FOR 2017 ENTREPRENEUR SCHEMES UNVIELD

Chairman, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), Mr Tony Elumelu, late on Wednesday, unveiled 1,000 beneficiaries of the Tony Elumelu’s Entrepreneurs  for 2017 from various African countries.
Elumelu said at the event that the fastest way to develop the African continent was by empowering  the youths to become entrepreneurs.

WIFE POURS HOT WATER ON HUSBANDS MANHOOD

Adeyinka Adelakun, a middle aged public school teacher in Ibadan, on Thursday narrated how his wife, kafayat, poured boiling water on his manhood which seriously injured him.
Adelakun had approached an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi in Ibadan seeking the dissolution of his three-year-old marriage to his wife on grounds of threat to life and constant fighting.
He also prayed the court to allow him have in his custody the two-year –old child of the marriage so that he could effectively take care of the child.

HADIZA USMAN: READY FOR PROBE FROM PRESIDENCY

Hadiza Bala Usman, Managing Director,
Nigerian Ports Authority, on Thursday reacted to reports that the presidency has ordered investigation into the financial books of the agency.
A statement she personally signed and made available to DAILY POST, she said her attention was drawn to “malicious lies being bandied around by one Prince Henry Nwazuruahu on my person”.

NIGERIANS REACT TO DINO MELAYE'S CERTIFICATE SCANDAL

Photograph of Senator Dino Melaye’s NYSC days has attracted various reactions from Nigerians.
Melaye had uploaded an image while carrying out his mandatory service with other ABU graduates. He was spotted on blue shorts. This is to further justify that he graduated from the ABU.

Reports have emerged during the week that the outspoken Senator did not graduate from the department of Geography of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria. 

I DID MY NYSC IN KADUNA SEN. DINO MELAYE CRIES OUT

Senator Dino Melaye has reaffirmed the authenticity of his Bachelor’s degree in Geography, stating that he did his mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program in Kaduna State.
Amid the raging controversy over his graduate status, Melaye took to his Twitter handle to share a photo of himself at the NYSC gold camp in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.

ILE IFE MAYHEM

The police got more knocks yesterday for their “lopsided” arrests over  the March 8 mayhem that rocked Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The police, on Monday, paraded 20 suspects who allegedly participated in the mayhem, which involved Yoruba indigenes and Hausa settlers.

The suspects are mainly Yoruba, fueling the notion that the police might have taken sides in the fracas.