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Bode George, a former national deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to spread his anti-graft campaign to his close associates two former governors of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu and Babatunde Fashola. Former PDP chairman said in a statement that it would be incorrect of Buhari to claim to be fronting an anti-corruption war and at the same time be considering Fashola for ministerial appointment in the light of the N78.3m of taxpayers’ money spending on his personal website. George said Fashola’s excuse for spending N78.3m on a website was filthy and should be rejected. He said: “ We are living in a very interesting time. There is an air of repugnancy everywhere most especifically in my state where the immoral stench and the dark odium of Mr. Babatunde Fashola’s administration is daily being unearthed. “What is most disgusting and annoying in all these is the arrogant and the befuddled attempt of Mr. Fashola to justi...

A 65-year-old cleric, Olowolade David Laizer, is seeking divorce from his fourth wife, Esther Anuoluwapo Laizer, after 31 years of marriage. Laizer, who has six wives, told a customary court sitting in Ikorodu on Wednesday that the 55-year-old woman lacks respect for the house of God. The cleric alleged that his wife rains curses on his church at the slightest provocation and had denied him conjugal rights for over a year. Laizer gave his church’s address as 8/4 Laizer Estate, Graceland, Bayeku, Ikorodu and said the couple’s problems started when they lost their first son in 2013. The deceased was a university student outside the state, but died after a brief illness on his way to Lagos, he told the court. ‘There was a parental dispute between her family and mine when we wanted to get married, so, we had to do two separate introductions,’ the cleric added. “She even said I would die within three years if I divorce her,” he added. The wife, a teacher, had a diff...

The request put forward to the Rivers state governorship election petitions tribunal by the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, Dakuku Peterside, to transfer all the materials that were used for the conduct of the April 11 governorship election in the state to Abuja for inspection has been declined today, August 19. Election materials According to Vanguard, the Justice Muazu Pindiga-led tribunal sitting in Abuja dismissed the application filed by the opposition party and its flag bearer. The duo had filed against the election victory of Governor Nyesom Wike of the ‎Peoples Democratic Party asking the tribunal to direct INEC to relocate all the polling materials to Abuja for inspection by its legal team and forensic experts. The application requested that all electoral materials include all ballot papers, the ‎voters register that was used for the election, as well as the biometric data as captured by the Card Re...

Barrister Aisha Kalil Wakkil, a human rights activist with the National Human Rights Commission, who claims to be a very close confidant of Boko Haram foot soldiers, has said she knew some of the insurgents right from when they were circumcised. In a recent interview with Daily Trust, on Sunday, August 16, Wakkil, who has been peacemaking between the Jama’atu Ahlil Sunnah (Boko Haram) and the federal government for over five years spoke on a number of issues. According to her, the insurgents were very wonderful children and most of them lived in her house as it was open to all the children in that area. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Barrister Aisha Kalil Wakkil She said: “ That was how I got to know most of them. Then they were not Boko Haram and Jama’atu ah-lil Sunnah members. It is surprising how these children turned out to be what they are now. I keep on saying there is certainly no smoke without fire. Something must have triggered those innocent-

President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of the   Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs, Abdullahi Dikko. Dikko had tendered his resignation as the head of Nigerian Customs. He expressed his willingness to leave office on August 18, 2015, less than two years to the end of his tenure.

Against the backdrop of checkmating crime, and criminal tendencies among youths arising from the problems of massive unemployment in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the federal government is emplacing appropriate framework that will facilitate the employment of an extra 100, 000 Police officers.