Nigeria News Forum

In his reaction to how the Nigerian economy has been managed by past governments, Professor Pat Utomi has stated that the likes of Obasanjo, IBB and co are still the ones running Nigeria with President Muhammadu Buhari. Utomi lamented that there was too much of politics in Nigeria, adding that the country needed to get rid of more politicians and get more statesmen, people who can think outside party politics. “The central thing driving us should be Nigeria, the future, the children, productivity and growth. These are realities and should happen, but they are not happening. “What happened in Nigeria is that the culture of the class of 1966 was primarily anti-intellectual. Maybe, they did not think through it as a policy, but they forced Nigeria’s brightest minds to live the town”, the professor of political economy and management expert told Guardian. “Buhari is part of the class of 1966. Is Obasanjo still around? Yes. What about TY Danjuma, Ibrahim Babang...

The Police in Borno on Wednesday confirmed the killing of three suspected female suicide bombers after a failed attack near Maiduguri. He said that a team from the Police Explosive Ordinance Department was promptly drafted to the scene to sanitise the area and restore normalcy, adding there was no civilian casualty. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the police had confirmed the killing of three suspected suicide bombers after a foiled attack at the University of Maiduguri on May 19. NAN also reports that  police on May 20 confirmed the killing of a suspected  suicide bomber after a failed attempt to carry out an attack at the University of Maiduguri on Saturday.

The Sultan of Sokoto  Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III has  on Sunday declared street begging by children, popularly known as Almajiri, unIslamic and a representation of hunger and poverty. Recall that 20 months of Former President Goodluck Jonathan assumption of office, he built 9 universities and 20 Almajiri schools across the country as a way of taking them out of the streets. But instead, President Muhammadu Buhari used them to vote out  Jonathan in 2015 as revealed by a All Progressives Congress, APC, Chieftain and serving Senator, Rabiu Kwankwaso.  The Sultan who is also the President-General of Jama’atu Nasril Islam stated these in Kaduna while presiding over the pre-Ramadan meeting of JNI’s Central Committee, held at the JNI headquarters. Delivering his opening remarks, the Sultan said, the meeting would be discussing issues that affect Muslims and Islam in Nigeria and other parts of the world. While disclosing that, the issue of Almajiri...

10 Habits that makes you age faster – You will look young forever if you eradicate #2, #4 and #9 theinfong.com Saturday, May 20, 2017 09:36 Although aging is inevitable, it is also accompanied with several types of health problems like obesity. Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In addition, as you age your skin becomes thinner and dry. This leads to wrinkles formation, increased pigmentation (hyperpigmentation), loss of elasticity and dull skin. If you look in the mirror and discover that your body is showing aging signs sooner than you might expect. Several factors like environment, lifestyle and dietary factors may likely be the cause. More.. Checkout Nigerian police ranks and salaries – You wont believe the amount they take home monthly (With Pics) 5 places girls want you to touch in their body that’ll blow their mind – (These are her weak points) Checkout Billionaire Femi Otedola’s house, Private jet, Yacht and fleet of expensive cars (With Pi...

Nigerians react as Aisha Yesufu asks Buhari to resign. While some Nigerians condemned Aisha Yesufu for asking President Buhari to resign, many have hailed her as a brave woman – Aisha had called on the president to resign for the sake of the common good of the country – Aisha is the co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group Nigerians have gone on social media to react to the resignation call of the co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) group, Aisha Yesufu to President Muhammadu Buhari. Aisha, on Friday May 19, called on the president to resign for the sake of the common good of the country. She said in a video clip that the president should resign in other to take care of his health since he has already achieved his heart desire of ruling the country. While some Nigerians condemned Aisha Yesufu for asking President Buhari to resign, many have hailed her as a brave woman “For crying out loud, the president is sick, the president is not capable of dis...

Barely 48 hours after three suicide bombers attacked the University of Maiduguri, another bomber on Saturday detonated his explosive outside the perimeter fencing of the school. The Borno State police commissioner, Damian Chukwu, said the incident happened at about 10 a.m. He said the bomber hid near the the university’s Children Secondary School, and detonated the bomb, killing himself, when he sighted a security man coming in his direction. There was no other casualty in the incident, he said. The incident, the third in less than two weeks, has however heightened tension in the campus, as students and staffers alike expressed worries over the frequent attacks there. The university lies on the outskirts of Maiduguri, on the route to Bama. Aside from the brick perimeter fence on the front side of the university, there is no major barrier at the back of the University, which seems to allow insurgents easy access into the campus. Last week, one of the five Boko Haram commanders swa...

Drama As 2 Families Claim Ownership Of Missing Child Found In Plateau 2 families – one in Chip, near Pankshin, and the other from Doka, in Shendam, both of Plateau, are locked in a battle over the ownership of a boy whose age is not certain. NAN reports that the struggle began on Friday, May 12, when the boy, who gave his name as Longji, was found wandering around Chip, by some good Samaritans. A security personnel, craving anonymity, told NAN in Pankshin on Thursday that when the child was found, Mr and Mrs. Augustine, from Dyes village in Chip, claimed ownership. “Augustine then reported the matter to the Pankshin Police Division the next day, May 13, claiming that his boy, who got missing sometimes in October 2010, had been found. “But when the Police began their investigation to ascertain where the boy had been in the last seven years, he led them to the second family in Lamese quarters of Doka District of Shendam Local Government of Plateau. “This secon...

The General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God , Pastor Enoch Adeboye while on a courtesy visit to the palace last week was offered the seat by the Ooni of Ife himself which is against the tradition. According to the Ooni, there is none greater than God. Despite the protest and refusal of Pastor Adeboye, Oba Ogunwusi insisted, pointing out that Pastor Adeboye was representing God in his palace, hence deserved the greatest seat!!! The great Monarch then took the lower seat..

Two soldiers have been killed in a suicide attack at a military checkpoint in Konduga, Borno State, the police said today. The female suicide bomber, according to a statement by the spokesman of the police in Borno state, Victor Isuku, detonated the explosive strapped on her at a military checkpoint just in front of an Internally Displaced Persons camp. Isuku said that the information received from Police in Konduga has it that on Wednesday, 17/5/17, at about 7:30 pm, a female suicide bomber detonated explosive strapped to her body at Mashimari by military checkpoint behind internally displaced persons camp at Konduga. The police spokesman said the woman was lost in the attack which claimed two soldiers. He said the scene of the crime was visited by team of EOD of the police. Isuku said normalcy has been restored even as the situation continued to be monitored.

President Muhamamdu Buhari, has on Thursday, overruled the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo’s decision to sign the 2017 budget, despite being on medical vacation. Buhari made his position known through his Special Assistant On National Assembly Matters (Senate), Itang Enang. Recall, that Osinbajo’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, ha​d ​​​stated that his principal (Osinbajo), will sign the budget. “Just so we are clear: when the time comes, everything is set, & he is satisfied, Ag. President Yemi Osinbajo will assent to the 2017 Budget,” he tweeted on Wednesday night. The confusion came as the  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said after last Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, that there is no decision yet on who will assent to the 2017 budget. However, in an interview with Channels TV, Enang stated that the budget would be transmitted to Buhari, who will sign...

Moji Olaiya Last Photos Alive: The Moment Popular Nigerian Actress Died Of Cardiac Arrest At Toronto Hospital naijagists.com Friday, M The Heartbreaking Moment Popular Nollywood Actress Died Of Cardiac Arrest At Toronto Hospital  It is sad that the death angel fighting Nollywood has taken another innocent soul. Few minutes after 11 last night, Popular Yoruba actress Moji Olaiya lost her battle to Pneumonia at Toronto General Hospital. NaijaGists.com sources revealed how Paramedics worked tirelessly to keep up her heart beat while she was being rushed to the hospital but sadly she was pronounced dead at the hospital. On reaching the hospital, the staff did everything possible to return her pulse but all  their efforts failed to bring the popular actress back to life. She was said to have been battling Pneumonia without her knowledge since she left the hospital sadly, when the complication resulted in breathing difficulty around 8pm last night, she was said to have use...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been asked to own up on what he knows about the alleged ongoing plans by some persons to overthrow President Muhammadu Buhari through military upsurge. Wike, had while reacting to a comment by Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai, that some people were approaching soldiers for political reasons; asked him to stop allocating soldiers to politicians. According to him, “Who are those approving battalions of soldiers to politicians? If they don’t want soldiers to follow politicians, they should stop giving soldiers to politicians.” Reacting to Wike’s comment, ‎Barrister Charles Timothy, ‎the National Coordinator of Coalition for Truth and Justice, a human right group said the statement is heavily pregnant with meaning. Timothy in a statement said Wike’s reaction was not necessary as it does not portray an understanding of the essence of what Buratai meant. According to him, “What Buratai is saying...

Beautiful Upcoming Female Rapper Dies In Car Crash. Stunning up-and-coming hip hop artist London Dior died over the weekend in a fatal car accident. She was just in her early 20s. One of London’s mentors, rapper Rick Ross, shared a picture of himself with the talented rapper and a heartfelt message for her friends, fans and family. Ross said: We took this pic less than a month ago.Dam. All you talked about was becoming MMG and showing the game your talent which you had so much of. My deepest condolences go to family and friends for such a huge Loss. May Lundy rest in paradise MMG forever”

  An online news portal Premium times published on the 28th of April 2017 a report detailing a strange recruitment exercise by the Department of State Security Services. The agency had commissioned 479 cadet officers after their passing-out parade in Lagos on March 5, 2017, after  a nine-month training programme under the agency’s Basic Course 29/2016/17. The listing of those recruited into the service has now become a subject of concern to Nigerians who are confused as to what the DSS aims to achieve by the oddly disproportionate nature of its recruitment. The exercise was expected to award five slots to each state of the federation but the final listing shows a huge disparity in allotment cadet officers from each state. For example, Katsina which is the home state of the President produced fifty-one cadets while Lagos had just seven; ditto for Kano which had twenty-five while Abia got seven slots. In aggregate, the North had more slots than the South.This is a clear v...

Man Utd loss to Ajax in Europa League final ‘would cost £50m’ today.ng Tuesday, May 16, 2017 16:35 Manchester United will miss out on £50m if they fail to beat Ajax in the Europa League final on 24 May. The game in Stockholm is their only remaining chance of reaching next season’s Champions League. Failure to qualify for Europe’s flagship club competition for a second successive season would trigger a £21m penalty clause in their 10-year, £750m sponsorship deal with Adidas. United also expect to earn up to £30m more by being in the Champions League. The Old Trafford club’s financial officer Cliff Baty said: “For us the bigger prize is Adidas and Champions League.” The potential £21m loss of income from Adidas represents 30% of this season’s anticipated £70m annual payment. It would be spread across the 10-year length of the contract, with £4.2m deducted immediately to cover the first two years of the deal, and £2.1m knocked off the payments for each remaining year. Baty said th...

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has written to the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, advising him not to assent to the 2017 Appropriation bill, recently passed by the Senate. In an open letter on Monday, the CACOL Chairman, Debo Adeniran, warned that the content of the budget must be scrutinised, to avoid padding. Read the full letter below, as seen by Post-Nigeria… Your Excellency, OPEN CALL ON THE ACTING PRESIDENT NOT TO ASSENT TO THE 2017 APPROPRIATION BILL AS PASSED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNTIL PROPER SCRUTINY AND THE EXPUNGING OF WASTEFUL SPENDINGS AND ‘PADDINGS’ IS DONE Our organization, the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, was up till December 28, 2016, known as Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders. CACOL is an aggregate of human rights, community based, and civil society organisations and individuals with anti-corruption and openness in governance agenda across Nigeria. It is a non-political, non-religious, non-se...

BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE!!! Tragic End!!! Acting President Osinbajo In The Dark.                       President Muhamamdu Buhari’s emergency medical vacation to the United Kingdom, UK, on penultimate Sunday, has been turned into a suspense-packed story, Post-Nigeria gathered. The suspense got to a feverish pitch on Monday night, as there was not yet an official report, or communication on how far Buhari is recuperating, since he left the shores of Nigeria, through a hurriedly arranged night flight to London, a source authoritatively told Post-Nigeria. This heightened calls by Nigerians on the Presidency, to declare the health status of Buhari, in order to dowse the tension created by his absence, has been dismissed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the wave of the hand. Recall, that penultimate Sunday, Buhari had jetted out of the country behind cameras, to attend to h...

BREAKING: Osinbajo In Political Bondage As Buhari’s Cabals Change ALL His Security, Now Guarded By Only Northern Armies post-nigeria.com Thursday, May 11, 2017 08:27 The former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has raised an alarm, over the recent Wednesday military shakeup across the Federation, as it affects the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo. Fani-Kayode took to his Facebook page on Wednesday evening, to express to his concerns about how the affairs of the nation is being handled, and the treatment meted out to Osinbajo. “Finally, all of Osinbajo’s security team have been changed, except for his ADC. Most of the Yorubas have been withdrawn, and he is now being guarded by only Northerners. “He would have lost his ADC too, but he objected strongly to that one, and they left him. The man needs our support and prayers. Every Yorubaman and Southerner, regardless of party affiliation, owes him and the South that much”, Fani-Kayode said. He added: “Tr...

BREAKING: Barely 24-Hours After Buhari’s Departure, NASS Commences Impeachment Process, As 250 Lawmakers Invoke Section 144 post-nigeria.com Monday, May 08, 2017 11:01 There are alleged reports making rounds, that the National Assembly is making attempts to invoke section 144 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, aimed at ascertaining the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari, for his immediate impeachment. This came to bear, as Buhari on Sunday night, left for the United Kingdom, UK, for a follow up medical examination, despite spending 50 days on an earlier medical vacation, between January and March. As at last week, there was an attempt by the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts, Kingsley Chinda, to present the issue under matters of urgent importance, on the floor of the House of Representatives. However, it was learnt that the initiative failed to see the light of the day, because the Speaker of the House, Yakubu Dogara, was not favourably disposed to having suc...