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Falz the Bad Guy has stirred some controversy after his advice to fellow singers, to stop praising Yahoo Boys, a parlance for internet fraudsters . Falz spoke in an interview on Oak TV, that hailing the Yahoo Boys amounts to glorification of what is wrong in society and urged artists to desist from doing so for the sake of the future. In his interview, Falz made mention of no one, but he was soon pitted against 9 Ice , an older musician, with commentators...

Nigerian woman cured of rare skin cancer in India

Thirty - seven- year -old Nigerian woman, Amina Abubakar was not sure that she will survive after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 by a Nigerian hospital . But it was a wrong diagnosis for Amina, who was a final year medical student . As it turned out, she was actually suffering from skin cancer. After struggling for more than three years , Amina can now breathe easy . Thanks to the treatment that cured her at a city hospital in Bengaluru,...

We have not taken over Etisalat- Banks cry out.

The consortium of 13 banks involved in Etisalat Nigeria loan on Thursday refuted reports that they have taken over the operations of the company. A management source close to the banks who pleaded anonymity said in Lagos that there was no truth in the report making the round. The source said that the banks ’ major interest was the loan repayment borrowed by the company and not takeover . “We are not telecommunication companies , all we want is our...

Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, condemns recent ethnic attacks in Taraba

Vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, condemns recent ethnic attacks in Taraba, orders deployment of extra military officers to the state Acting president Yemi Osinbajo, has condemned the outbreak of crisis in some communities in Taraba state that has led to the death of over 100 people and destruction of property worth millions. The renewed crisis started in in Mambilla Plateau on Monday and spread to some other neighboring communities. According to reports, Fulani herdsmen in the affected communities recorded the most casualties. In a statement released...

Ex-militants assure oil firms of peace, security, in Niger-Delta

Multi-national oil companies operating in the Niger Delta, have been assured of an enabling environment to carry on their business activities when they comply with the Federal Government’s directive to relocate their administrative headquarters to their various operational bases in the region. Giving the assurance in Bomadi, Delta State, ex-militant leader and Delta State Chairman, Phase 3 ex-militants, Mr Preye Ekpebide (ambassador of peace), said...

42-yr-old caught caught by his wife having sex with goat- Kastina.

A 42-year-old father of six children, Babangida Garba, who alleged that his wife usually starved him of sex, has been arrested in Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State for having sex with a goat. Garba, who was paraded alongside other suspects for various criminal offences by the state Commissioner of Police, CP Usman Abdullahi, yesterday, admitted that he committed the offence. The incident was said to have occurred in Ungwar Mata, Funtua council, where Garba was said to have had intercourse with his neighbour’s goat. The Police Commissioner,...

Two storey building collapses in Lagos.

A two-storey building under construction collapsed, yesterday, in the densely-populated Ogbowankwo, Ajegunle area of Lagos, leaving several persons injured. A witness, Fatai Balogun, who claimed to be sleeping in the building as he was recently ejected from his one-room apartment at Layinka Street, said he woke up to observe the early morning prayer before preparing what to eat for the Muslim fast, when he saw part of the building collapsing. He...

12-yr-old boy kills landlady

A 12-year-old boy, who allegedly robbed and killed his landlady at Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area, Delta State, yesterday, was among those paraded for various offences by the state Police Command, yesterday. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Zanna Mohammed, who briefed reporters on the arrest of over 60 kidnappers, robbers, murderers, cultists and ritualists in the last three weeks, said the teenager confessed that he committed the act because a cult group told him that one of the conditions for initiation was that he must have...

Man, 57, lures 8-yr-old girl with Viju milk, rapes her

A 57-year-old man, Aminu Ibrahim, who allegedly raped a minor after luring her with N50 and milk, was, yesterday, granted bail by a Jos Upper Area Court sitting in Kasuwa Nama. Ibrahim, of Agada Sogai, Jos, was first arraigned on May 6, on charges bordering on rape and criminal intimidation. Ibrahim denied committing the offences, but the court ordered his remand and adjourned the case until yesterday. The offences contravened Sections 282 and 396...

SERG commends FG, DSS for freeing Ifeanyi Ubah

The South-East Revival Group, SERG, has commended the Department of State Services, DSS, and the Federal Government for listening to the voice of reason and freeing the Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah. The group also commended coalition of civil society and human rights activists who played one role or the other during the oil magnet’s incarceration. This was contained in a statement signed by its Convener and...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t want a poor person incharged of economy....

U.S. President Donald Trump said he wouldn’t want a poor person in charge of the economy, as he defended his cabinet, which is thought to be the wealthiest in the country’s history. “Somebody said, ‘Why did you appoint a rich person to be in charge of the economy?’” he told supporters at rally in Iowa. “So I said …. because that’s the kind of thinking we want… because they’re representing the country.” Making a particular reference to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, a billionaire former investor, Trump said:, “They don’t want the money. And they...

Ebonyi APC repositions ahead of 2019- Chairman

The Ebonyi chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says the party has been repositioned to achieve landslide victory in the 2019 general elections. The Acting Chairman, Mr Eze Nwachukwu, who spoke in an interview with the newsmen in ebonyi on Thursday, said the party structures are being strengthened. According to him, all the party structures in the state are being repositioned ahead of the 2019 general elections. “The party structure and all its organs from the ward, local and state levels are undergoing internal reforms in line with...

Herdsmen kill one in Delta community

SUSPECTED herdsmen, Tuesday night, attacked a farm settlement at Umueze near Oloa-Ossissa community, Ndokwa East Local Government Area, Delta State, killing a 15-year-old boy, Nnamdi Okonkwo, and inflicting bullet wounds on his father. According to Vanguard the deceased was with his father, Anarobi Okonkwo, at their camp along Abalam-Ossissa Road when the herdsmen invaded. A source in the Ossissa said the herdsmen earlier “chased farmers with guns...

How police averted blockade of Enugu-Makurdi highway by irate drivers

The police in Enugu said on Thursday that they prevented a blockade of traffic on the Enugu-Makurdi highway by aggrieved truck drivers protesting ill-treatment of a colleague. The Police Public Relations Officer in Enugu, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made this known in a statement in Enugu. Amarizu said that it took the intervention of police operatives of Udenu Division and other nearby divisions to appease the truck drivers. He said that the incident, which started about 11 a.m. on Wednesday, took place at Ohulor community in Udenu Local Government Area...

Why Nigerian students pay more in private universities

From our findings, the fees vary depending on course, year (whether first year or returning student), federal, state or private university. In most cases, science courses cost more than non-science courses while professional courses like medicine and law cost even more. Again, the higher you go in class, the lower the fees. First year students pay a lot higher than returning students because there are some fees paid in the first year that are not...

Woman, 26 year old charged for abducting teenage lover

A 26-year-old woman, Oluchi Paul, was, yesterday, brought before an Ikeja chief magistrate’s court over the alleged abduction of a teenage boy. The accused, a trader, who resides at 6, Yanusa Lane, Water Works, Iju, a suburb of Lagos, is facing a three-count charge bordering on abduction. The prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu, told the court that the offences were committed between March and May at the residence of the accused. According to Ogu, “the accused abducted a 17-year-old boy for the purpose of having sex with her, while his parents were...

Nigeria Alleged N3.1bn fraud: Court defers Suswam’s trial till Sept 28

The Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, fixed September 28 to resume hearing on the nine-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, entered against former governor of Benue State, Mr. Gabriel Suswam. Suswam, who piloted the affairs of Benue State from 2007 to 2015, is facing trial alongside his erstwhile Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Omodachi Okolobia. The duo were alleged to have looted about N3.1 billion, being proceeds of shares owned by Benue State government and Benue Investment and Property Company...

Nigeria is free to restructure, but… —Makarfi

June 22, 2017IPOBNo comments

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Caretaker Committee, NCC, has lent its voice to calls for the restructuring of the country by some eminent Nigerians and groups. Chairman of the committee and former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, who spoke at a briefing in Abuja, yesterday, urged Nigerians to work assiduously towards making the federation a more perfect union, adding there was nothing wrong in looking at the structure...

Herdsmen menace, prophesy foretold by Nnamdi Kanu —IPOB

THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, said, yesterday, that some of prophesies of its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, three years ago, were already manifesting in the form of the activities of herdsmen in the southern part of the country and the recent quit notice on Igbo residing in the north by some northern groups. In a statement made available to Vanguard, IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful, recalled that Kanu had also predicted on October 14, 2015 before his arrest, that there were plans to encourage the migration of Fulani...

Nigeria It is not only the Biafrans who are disgusted with this country – Onaiyekan

ABUJA – The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, yesterday, said anger and dissatisfaction expressed by people would continue in the country, when federal character principle leads to injustice and marginalization. Cardinal-Onaiyekan To address the ongoing agitation in Nigeria, the Cardinal charged the Federal Government to change the rules of governance in addition to yielding to call by Nigerians to restructure the country. Onaiyekan,...

Scientists find a final cure for HIV/ AIDs

British man with HIV undergoing a pioneering treatment to cure him of the disease has shown “remarkable” progress, doctors have told a newspaper. Scientists treating the 44-year-old patient are now hopeful of a breakthrough in what has been described as “one of the first serious attempts at a full cure for HIV”. Results showed the man’s most recent blood test showed no detectable HIV was present. Results showed the man’s most recent blood test showed no detectable HIV was present. The man, who has remained anonymous, is the first of 50 people to...

Welcome To M-poolz News Blog: President of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has warned President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he cannot Islamise Nigeria.

June 19, 2017No comments

Welcome To M-poolz News Blog: President of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has warned President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he cannot Islamise Niger...

Nigeria’s two leading artistes, Wizkid and Davido have locked horns in a supremacy battle to prove who is better in the music industry.

The battle which was fought and may still be continued in the ring of social media sees the two musical gurus take swipes at each other, sparking comments from their fans. It all began with the “If” artiste, Davido, throwing the first verbal punch shortly after the release of Wizkid’s single, “Sounds from the other side,” when he took to his Snapchat to say, “Nah ‘pon pon’ sounds dey reign now oooo! No Jonze, all other sounds na the least for now....

Nigerian hackers steal $3b worldwide: Reports

June 18, 2017Apostle Suleman, President BuhariNo comments

Nigerian hackers and cyber criminals are being accused of masterminding a grand theft of information and money running into billions of dollars, worldwide. According to experts, the Nigerians are able to carry out the heist by sending phishing emails to commercial organizations and industrial enterprises, which they later steal dry. The FBI estimates that these phishing attacks have cost companies over $3 billion. The number of affected companies...

President of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleman has warned President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he cannot Islamise Nigeria.

The Apostle who expressed outrage at the removal of Christian Religious Knowledge (CRK) as a subject of study from the secondary school curriculum described it as a move to Islamise Nigeria, which he said can never happen. In a statement issued by Phrank Shaibu, spokesman of the church, Apostle Suleman also said that President Muhammadu Buhari, by this new policy, has confirmed that he set out to Islamise the country soon after being sworn in on...

Photos: Houses where Evans, the kidnapper keeps his victims

Notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, AKA Evans, who was arrested recently by the police for coordinating several high profile kidnappings and armed robberies within Lagos, Anambara and Enugu State, receiving millions of dollars as ransom, Sunday took police operative to two houses (Dens) in Ejigbo and Igando areas in Lagos state, where he kept some of his victim for months. ...

South East rulers, Osinbajo during consultative meeting

Traditional Rulers from the South East during the consultative meeting with the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa Abuja on Sunday. The meeting was aimed at promoting peace, as well as protecting lives and properties of all Nigerians. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo Chairman, South East Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze Eberechi Dick Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu with other Traditional Rulers from South East during...

Apapa road to be closed for one-year as FG begins reconstruction

June 17, 2017No comments

A section of the Apapa Wharf road will be shut down for a year to allow engineers carry out reconstruction of the road that has been in a deplorable state for many years. Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, disclosed this at the signing of a N4.34 Billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dangote Group and other stakeholders for the reconstruction of the road in Lagos today June 17th. The reconstruction according to Fashola,...

Woman accused of setting foster child ablaze over N1,000 in Lagos

A 34-year-old woman has got on the wrong side of the law for allegedly setting her 12-year-old foster daughter ablaze. The accused, Uzoma Austin, who lives at 5, Adesoji Street, Agiliti, Mile 12, Lagos was brought before an Ogudu magistrate’s court in Lagos Wednesday. According to the prosecutor, Sergeant Lucky Ihiehie, the woman set the little girl ablaze on June 8, at her residence, for stealing N1,000. The case was taken up by the Lagos State...

Photo: 2 Nigerians arrested in Ghana for daylight robbery

The Cantonment Divisional Police Command in Ghana, have arrested two Nigerian nationals for daylight robbery near the presidential palace in Accra. 3News reports that the two suspects, Ndubueze Odoemenam and Chiokoko Amadie were arrested Wednesday afternoon after they had gone to carry out their operation. The two suspected robbers reportedly deflated the tyres of their victim at the Flagstaff House traffic light and snatched GH¢6,000 he had withdrawn...

Jamie Foxx has a grown up daughter who's very hot! Check out her photos

Actor and rapper Jamie Foxx was at the Jimmy Kimmel studio on Wednesday night for an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, but he didn’t go alone. He brought his 22-year-old daughter, Corinne Foxx with him and it’s safe to say she stole his shine. Attention has now been drawn to the young lady, who happens to be his oldest child, and lots of her photos are getting serious attention, including bikini photos that’s causing people to drool. ...

"I am tired of the physical and mental abuse" Woman cries out after she was brutally beaten by husband in Port Harcourt

In another case of domestic violence shared by lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, a Port Harcourt woman is nursing wounds sustained from the brutal beating she got from her husband. According to him, after beating his wife, the man feigned ...

Photo: Tonto Dikeh excited to meet Lai Mohammed

Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh recently met information minister, Lai Mohammed and she excitedly shared a photo on her Instagram page with the caption, 'What a great feeling to have the Hon Lai Mohammed speak about my foundation in such a passionate way. When you focus diligently on your work God will always make a way. Excited about the new plans'. ...

Twitter story! Lady orders three bottles of Moet for a guy who tried to get her number with a bottle of Moet