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FCMB Bank Manager Olisa Nwakoby Kills Himself In front Of His Pastor In Lekki Lagos Over N350Million Debt. Mr. Olisa Nwakoby, a manager at a second generation bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB) Plc on Friday evening shot himself dead in the presence of his Priest at the Lekki area of Lagos Island, Lagos State.

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) on Sunday said that electricity supply to the National Arts Theatre in Lagos was disconnected because its management failed to pay over N9 million debt.

A coalition of media and civil society organisations has dragged the immediate past Chairman of the House of Reps appropriation Committee, Hon Abdulmumunu Jibrin, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the controversy surrounding the alleged padding of the 2016 budget.

The Federal Government got a total of N2,203,573,573,563.25 (Two trillion, two hundred and three billion, five hundred and seventy-three million, five hundred and seventy-three thousand, five hundred and sixty-three naira and twenty-five kobo) from the Federation Account as allocation between June 2015 and May 2016.

Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday stated that the Department of State Service, DSS, lacked both the moral and legal rights to probe federal lawmakers.

Leicester City striker, Jamie Vardy, has said it was an ‘easy’ decision for him to reject a move to Arsenal.

The spokesperson for the Ijaw Youth Council, Eric Omare, has exonerated Niger Delta militants from the recent attacks in Lagos and Ogun States.

Rangers at the Yankari National Park - a large wildlife park located in Bauchi State, have arrested two notorious elephant poachers; Danladi Garba and Umaru Buba (Both pictured). During the arrest, one of the poachers engaged the rangers in a gun battle but it was resisted. 

Owner of DAAR Communications, Raymond Dokpesi, has vowed not to step down for any other candidate jostling for the chairmanship position of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Read his article below... I was shocked by the trenchant reaction to my piece on the July 15 attempted coup in Turkey from at least two persons. The piece titled “Nigerians and the Failed Coup in Turkey” (The Guardian, Sunday, July 17) had fetched a mail and direct messages from a concerned Nigerian who objected to my description of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as a bad guy- an intolerant, arrogant, temperamental dictator who after July 15 could become even more authoritarian.

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Sen. Aisha Alhassan, on Sunday said the Federal Government had released N150 billion for women entrepreneurship development in Nigeria.

Four beautiful daughters of one Alhaji Bade,  who are all medical doctors got married on the same day.  Drs Hauwa, Hajir, Fatima, and Sadiya tied the knots in Jigawa  state. Congrats to all of them. More amazing photos after the cut...

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has explained why he is advocating that Nigeria should be restructured.

In continuation of the on-going cost-cutting and efficiency drive in the utilization of public funds by President Muhammadu Buhari administration, the Federal Government has banned the procurement and distribution of conference bags, T-shirts and other souvenirs at events and activities such as Conferences, Workshops and Seminars organised and funded by Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs).

The Rivers State Government says over forty nine thousand civil servants were captured in the just concluded biometric verification exercise.

She shared on her Instagram page.

omotolaPopular Nollywood actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, has stated that no one has an excuse to see marriage as a challenge except for where there are cases of domestic violence and abuse.

The leaders of Thoughts of Ijaw ethnic nationality in the Niger Delta region at a meeting in Warri, Delta State, hosted by Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark over the weekend, warned Ijaw militants against their vow to declare a Republic of Niger-Delta.

Residents of the Hayin Magina area of Ikara, in Kaduna State has blamed the recent mini-earthquake they witnessed, on the "activities of prostitutes and homosexuals." The earth tremor manifested largely on a massive rock and affected nearby houses. It caused cracks on the rock and visible cracks on walls of houses. Some witnesses described it as having been a thunderous noise which sounded like a bomb blast. It woke sleeping residents at about 10:43pm.

John DumeloRenowned Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has disclosed that most marriages fail because people go into marriage with a wrong mindset.

Following the crisis rocking the House of Representatives over the 2016 budget padding scandal, Second Republic politician, who was once the Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, has accused the former Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriation, Hon Abdulmumin Jibrin, of blackmailing and taking advantage of his colleagues.

President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has claimed that he missed the burial of former Super Eagles captain and coach, Stephen Keshi, because he was unwell.

He shared this on his facebook timeline..

Sacked Chairman of House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has released another statement. Read below... "Yesterday we recorded huge success in our mission to get the Corrupt Speaker of the House Yakubu Dogara and his cohorts to face prosecution. On the request of my lawyers, the security agencies have promptly protected the appropriation secretariat, my office and house. Our petition to the EFCC and ICPC against Speaker Dogara, Lasun, Doguwa, Ogor and eight other members have been dispatched yesterday.

On 29th July 2016 CNN reported that "the Nigerian government is preparing troops for a crackdown in the Niger Delta if peace talks fail". This is sad and ominous. As United States Senator Ted Cruz once said "the light of truth is stronger than the terror of darkness".

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has warned that any government that attempts to go against him will fall.

According to Mediatakeout.com, There’s a huge scandal growing in the Dominican Republic. A top executive from the company Bextro Consultora is coming under fire. He was caught on camera having sex with one of his employees.

On July 3, 292 Iraqis were killed during ISIS' deadliest attack thus far. In a crowded street in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) detonated after midnight, causing nearby dwellings to be engulfed in flames.

The Central Naval Command, (CNC) Yenagoa, on Saturday said it seized a vessel laden with 600,000 litres of suspected illegally refined automotive gas oil also known as diesel.

Troops on blocking position in Pulka on Friday ambushed and killed two fleeing Boko Haram terrorists.  Army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, in a statement, said others is escaped with gun shot wounds.

The Delta State Government has revealed plans to immortalize the late former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, who died in June.

The former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, yesterday accused the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, of bribing members of the committee with $20,000 to blackmail him.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a 13-member Governing Council and 10-member Board of Trustees for the cleanup of Ogoniland in Rivers.

Dangote Sugar Refinery (DSR) has announced a profit before tax (PBT) of N11.1 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2016.  This is contained in a statement issued by the company on Friday in Lagos.

A Brazilian drug lord serving an eight-year prison sentence, spent his time behind bars in a 'VIP cell' - complete with a plasma television, a kitchen, wardrobes, conference room, air conditioning, tiled walls, furniture, and library - complete with a DVD collection that included all episodes of a television show about Pablo Escobar. 

The faction of the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff, has reached out to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, in a bid to end the crisis currently rocking the party.

The Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclosed that some of his colleagues in the federal cabinet are currently squatting in Abuja.

Former Manchester United boss, Sir Alex Ferguson, has given the green light for Paul Pogba’s £100million transfer, after meeting with Jose Mourinho at the club’s training ground.

Lionel Messi 29,  who announced his retirement from international football, after they lost the Copa America Centenario final against Chile is not ready to reconsider his retirement from the Argentina national team.

Former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Friday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, to arrest the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara and three other principal officers of the Green Chambers for attempting to pad the 2016 Budget.

BlackBerry on Tuesday introduced the DTEK50, which it claims to be “the world’s most secure Android smartphone.” It’s the Canadian company’s first follow-up to last year’s BlackBerry Priv, and further solidifies its shift toward embracing Google’s mobile OS.

Former Nigeria skipper and coach Stephen Keshi has been laid to rest in his village of Ilah, southern Nigeria, Friday afternoon, but without the fanfare promised by the country's government.

After a video of a couple engaged in oral sex on a Phi Phi street in Thailand, went viral on the internet, they were arrested by the Thai authorities and was charged with indecent exposure and presented them to the press

No fewer than five members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, CJTF, in Kundav council ward of Ukum local Government Area of Benue State have been killed by unknown gunmen in the state.

Human rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has revealed how he rejected a N405 million from a former governor to help him launder funds abroad.

The Borno Government says it plans to mobilise additional security for aid workers in the state following Thursday’s suspected terrorists attack on a convoy of a UN Humanitarian mission near Maiduguri.

The House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, said on Friday that the former Chairman of the Committee, Rep. Abdulmumin Jibrin, solely worked on the 2016 budget.

The remains of former Super Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi, has been finally laid to rest at his hometown Ilah in Delta state. His children, family members, well wishers and friends where there to pay their last rspect. May his soul rest in peace Amen. Continue to see more photos.

Football star Luis Suarez  has been honored with a statue in his hometown in  Uruguay , but his fans have blasted the sculptor Alberto Morales Saravia, calling the statue a very ugly' version of the footballer.