Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alfa Belgore, says President Buhari’s award of GCFR on MKO Abiola is illegal

Former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Alfa Belgore, has described as illegal, the award of the highest title in Nigeria, GCFR, to winner of the June 12th 1993 election, MKO Abiola, posthumously.

Last night, President Buhari announced the change in the date of democracy day from May 29th to June 12th in honor of Abiola who is said to have one the freest and fairest election in Nigeria.

Belgore who was Chief Judge between 2006 and 2007 and also the chairman of the National Honors Committee in 2016, spoke to Premiumtimes where he stated that the National honors are only conferred on living people and that it is only soldiers or service men that are awarded posthumously for their bravery.

“It is not done… it is for people living. The only thing they could do is to name a place after him, but national honours award, no.” he said

MKO Abiola's daughter, Hafsat, reacts to President Buhari declaring June 12th democracy day

Yesterday, President Buhari declared June 12th as the new democarcy day for Nigeria. In  a statement he personally signed,the president said May 29th will no longer be regarded as democracy day. He also announced that the title of GCFR will be awarded posthumously to the inner of the June 12th 1993 election, MKO Abiola.

Hafsat who is the daughter of MKO Abiola has  reacted to this development. Read her statement below

''Dear friends, words cannot truly express how happy I feel. Here is President Buhari's executive order declaring that June 12, the day of the election that my father won, would henceforth be Nigeria's Democracy Day and conferring on my dad the title of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, a title reserved for presidents. Twenty five years after June 12...

I tried to capture my feelings in the (sort of) poem below.

Photos: Fire guts Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central London

Twenty fire engines and 120 firefighters and officers were called to a blaze on the roof of the five-star Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge, central London last night.

The cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained but the thick black smoke was visible coming from roof

Police said the hotel was being evacuated and it was not yet known whether there had been any injuries. It was gathered that the raging inferno has swept through 12 floors at the hotel.

National honors on Abiola: ''President Buhari's action smacks of desperation, hypocrisy'' PDP

PDP in a statement released by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, says President Buhari's declaration of June 12th as the new democracy day in memory of late MKO Abiola and conferring him with the GCFR title posthumously, smacks of desperation and hypocrisy. Read their statement below

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the national honour proposed to be conferred on the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993, Chief MKO Abiola, by President Muhammadu Buhari, smacks of hypocrisy and political desperation ahead of 2019 presidential election.

PDP declares that President Buhari's action merely sought to use the name and person of Chief Abiola to gain a political capital and not out of genuine reverence and recognition for him.

Festus Keyamo replies Nigerians saying Buhari has an ulterior motive in declaring June 12th democracy day

As he shared on his twitter handle.

Nigeria Trending video of youths in Anambra community chasing out herdsmen and their cattle

Youths in Amichi community, in Nnewi South local government in Anambra state chased out herdsmen and their cattle on Monday June 4th. The youths asked the herdmen to leave following the repeated destruction of their farmlands by the herdsmen. Watch the video below...

Trump frees the drug offender grandmother who Kim Kardashian begged him to pardon and commute her life sentence

U.S President Donald Trump has pardoned the drug offender grandmother sentenced to life in prison, whose case has been championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian.

Alice Johnson, 63, a first-time drug offender, was sentenced to life in prison and had already spent 21 years in jail. But after Kim Kardashian went to the Oval Office to meet with Trump on her behalf, Trump commuted Alice's life sentence.

An excited Kim Kardashian posted a picture of Johnson with the caption: "BEST NEWS EVER!!!!"

BBOG's Aisha Yesufu, shares video of Nigeria policemen playing game of cards at the Unity fountain in Abuja

Co-Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Aisha Yesufu, shared a video of police officers stationed at the Unity fountain playing game of cards. The officers were drafted to the fountain to check the activities of the advocacy group.

Aisha Yesufu says despite the killings happening in many parts of the country, some police officers can be drafted to the fountain to laze around. Watch the video below..

Video: Elderly man caught watching sexually explicit video during church service

An elderly man was caught watching a sexually explicit video on his mobile phone while the pastor was preaching during a church service in the US.

The shameful video has gone viral online. Watch below...

19-year-old girl nearly gets jumped on by a group of two while on hospital bed rest (Disturbing Video)

A new video has emerged showing the disturbing moment a 19-year-old girl nearly got jumped on by a group of two inside Chicago's South Shore Hospital.

According to reports, the poor girl was in the hospital recovering from a minor surgical procedure and was ordered to strict bed until her stitches healed.

The incident which was all captured on Livestream occurred this past weekend.

In the video, the two ladies were seen going to attack the poor girl in her hospital bed. At one point, one of the girls attempted to pull her IV but the lady held tight onto the IV in other to prevent it from being ripped out of her veins.

Dino Melaye shares photo with Bukola Saraki, captions it ''God is with us my man. Nothing to fear''

Dino Melaye and his mentor, Bukola Saraki, have been accused of running a criminal gang. He shared the photo above on IG and wrote;

''God is with us my man. Nothing to FEAR''.

‘Transmission’ in Buhari’s letter elicits laughter among senators

Senators bursted out laughing during plenary today when a letter from President Buhari was read on the floor of the house by senate president Bukola Saraki. In the course of  reading the title of the letter, Saraki mentioned the word transmission.

This elicited laughter amongst the senators.  The senate president also burst into laughter, forcing him to start reading the letter afresh.”Let me start again,” he said.

The title of the letter read, “Transmission of the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contracts Amendment Bill 2018.”

Recall that last month, a video of the Inspector General of PoliceIbrahim Idris, reading a speech at a function and struggling with the word ''Transmission;;, Commission and ''Transfusion'' went viral.

Fans react to rapper Jadakiss' new look as he starts growing his hair after being bald for years

Jadakiss has shocked his fans with his new look after being bald for many years and now surfacing with a head full of hair.

Mobile phone allegedly explodes in man's pocket setting him on fire in Morocco (video)

A video shared online shows a man in flames running around a mall and online reports claimed the fire was caused by a mobile phone which exploded in his pocket.

There are conflicting reports, however. Some say it happened in Dubai Mall on June 4, others say it took place in the city of Agadir in Morocco on June 3.

On its official Twitter account, the Dubai Civil Defence explained that the fire was caused due to a faulty mobile phone that exploded in the victim's pocket. However, they stated that the incident did not take place anywhere in the UAE.

''We won’t be party to any attempt to disgrace Bukola Saraki'' Offa monarch tells Police

The Olofa of Offa, Mufutau Gbadamosi, has asked the Nigeria Police force to be careful in their investigation as himself and his subjects will not be party to any attempt to tarnish the image of senate president, Bukola Saraki.

The monarch's comment comes few days after the suspected criminals that carried out the April 5th Offa bank robberies, implicated the senate president, accusing him of employing them as his political thugs.

In a statement released by his principal private secretary, Tajudeen Olyede, the monarch appealed to the police to avoid unnecessary sensationalism of the robbery incident.

Buruji Kashamu hugs Gbenga Daniel after their peacemaking in Abuja (photos)

Ex-Ogun State Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel and Senator Buruji Kashamu have settled their differences and they hugged to seal their reconciliation.

At a closed-door meeting which took place yesterday in Abuja, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, Senator Buruji Kashamu, and Senator Ben Bruce, who are chieftains and national leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), came together with the aim of resolving the issues that have rocked the Ogun State chapter of the party over the years.

The meeting lasted over three hours during which the two major figures in the face-off,

30-year-old man who allegedly raped 10-year-old girl in Benin granted bail because of family influence

A 30-year-old man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl in Benin, Edo state, has reportedly been granted bail.

Mr. Nwachukwu Benjamin was granted bail today by a magistrate court in Benin city and this has angered citizens, including civil rights groups. 

Israel Joe, a civil rights activist, shared the news on social media and claimed that the alleged rapist's family vowed to use their wealth to secure his freedom before he was released today.

It was reported that the case was transferred to State CID Benin and was allegedly compromised by the investigating police officer IPO.

Lagos Police arrests 7 people for importing physically challenged kids into the state to beg

The Decoy Team of the Rapid Response Squad has arrested seven barons for importing 8 physically challenged children into Lagos for begging on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos.

The seven Barons along with 6 of their 8 beggars were arrested mid - day on Monday, after almost a week of monitoring.

Amongst the Barons arrested were: Sanni Isiaku (40), Abubakar Gahu (50), Abdullahi Mohammed (45), Nasiru Yusman (21), Mato Abdullahi (20), Nura Idris (17) and Sagiru Ibrahim (26).

The physically challenged children found in their possession are: Aminu Kabiru (12), Yusuph Nasiru (9), Amina Kabir (12), Ayuba Idris (12). According to Mato Abdullahi, “I borrowed Amina Kabir from her mother who happened to be my sister. I bring her early in the morning to ‘Underbridge’ to beg. She begged while I wait around.

Trya Banks shares make-up free photo

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Lol. Omojuwa exposes the ignorance of some Nigerians with a single Twitter poll

This is just hilarious! Political commentator, Omojuwa took to Twitter to ask Nigerians a question and the replies will leave you laughing in shame.

He started out by saying we have a drug problem in Nigeria, then asked Twitter users  what they will do if they caught a friend consuming "Oryza Sativa". The replies clearly show that the people have no idea what Oryza Sativa means.

Man United signs Diogo Dalot for £17.4m from Porto

Manchester United have announced the signing of full-back Diogo Dalot from Porto on a five-year deal.

The Portugal Under 21 international was bought for £17.4million and has the option to stay an extra year in his contract. 

The 19-year-old who can also play left back helped Portugal win the 2016 UEFA European Under 17 Championship, scoring twice in five games in Azerbaijan including once in the final against Spain. 

''All the offa bank robbery gang leaders attended Saraki's daughter's wedding in October last year'' Police claim, as two more Offa bank robbers implicate Saraki

The Nigeria Police Force today gave an update into the investigation of the April 5th Offa Bank Robbery, whose gang leaders the police are now linking to senate President Bukola Saraki.

One of the gang leaders, Ayoade Akinnibosun on Sunday June 3rd, confessed to being a political thug of senate president Bukola Saraki. He mentioned that three other political thugs of the senate president who participated in the Offa bank robbery were at large and have arms and ammunition in their possession. 

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, Jimoh Moshood, today announced that two out of the three political thugs have been arrested.

The suspects, Alhaji Kehinde Gobiri aka Captain ‘47yrs’ and a native of Ilorin East LGA Kwara State and Alhaji Oba Shuaib Olododo aka Jawando ‘53yrs’ Native of Ilorin South, Kwara State are now in Police custody and have admitted to various crimes and criminalities they have committed in Kwara Central Senatorial District under the guise of political thuggery for Senate President, Sen. Bukola Saraki. They are currently under investigation and will be charged to court on completion of investigation.

Rihanna dazzles in shimmering purple couture to the premiere of Ocean's 8 in New York (Photos)

Pop singer, Rihanna commanded attention as she attended the premiere of Ocean's 8 in New York City on Tuesday night.

The 30-year-old who's regarded as one of the most beautiful women in the world rocked a dazzling purple couture and turned heads at the venue.

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Efe of Big Brother Naija donates desks to two primary schools in Jos (photos)

Big Brother Naija season 2 winner, Efe donated desks to two primary schools in Jos.

The entertainer, who grew up in Jos, Plateau state, gave back to his community by donating newly constructed wooden classroom desks to RCM Kabong Primary School and ECWA Primary School.

Drama as Senate confirms four INEC commissioners

Moments ago, the Senate confirmed four Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commissioner nominees.  

They are Monday Udo Tom (Akwa-Ibom), Attahiru Madami (Niger), Ahmed Mahmud (Zamfara) as Resident Electoral Commissioners and Festus Okoye (South-east Geo Political Zone) as National Electoral Commissioner.  

The confirmation process, however, went rowdy when some lawmakers challenged the report of the Senate Committee on INEC when it attempted to reject Ahmed Mahmud for the third time. The lawmakers had twice earlier rejected Mr Mahmud in November 2017 on the grounds that he is not an indigene of Zamfara but of Sokoto State.  

According to a Premium Times report, It all started when the Chairman of the committee, Suleiman Nazif (Bauchi North), read out the recommendations of the committee. Nazif explained that members of the committee were satisfied with the nominees’ level of education and work experience except of Mr Mahmud. He said they demonstrated high level of competence in response to questions put to them.  

Stella Oduah dumps PDP for APGA

Former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah representing Anambra North, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). 

She was led to the APGA National secretariat by Senator Victor Umeh and received by the APGA National Chairman, Dr. Victor Oye today June 6th.

K Mitchelle gets drunk and exposes her boobs on Instagram live 18+ (video)

R&B singer K Michelle got drunk and exposed her boobs as she went live on Instagram.

In the video, the 34-year-old singer was seen drinking some type of vodka concoction from a bottle while she was unclothed in bed. She then accidentally exposed her boobs as she continued to film herself laying helplessly underneath the covers.

FG scraps award of HND certificates by Polytechnics in the country

The Nigerian Government has scrapped award of HND certificates by Polytechnics. The decision was reached at the Federal Executive Council, FEC today where the approval of a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system was made.

In effect, the award of HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes.

Also, all the programmes currently being run by polytechnics, which are not technology-based, and which are about 70 per cent, will be scrapped. Under the new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities Councils.  

The polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) by the proximate university.

To kick-start the new policy, the nation’s two most prominent polytechnics Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic will henceforth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology, Kaduna.  And to give legal teeth to these approvals, the FEC approved the submission of two Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment.  

The first bill will concretise the setting up of the two city universities while the second will approve the preparation and consolidation of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education as campuses of proximate universities. The Ministry of Justice will do the preparation and submission of the two bills to the National Assembly.  

Photo: Biafra flags spotted at the Super Eagles friendly game against Czech Republic in Austria (photo)

This afternoon, the Super Eagles of Nigerian played a World Cup friendly game against Czech Republic in Austria where they lost by a lone goal.

At the stadium, several  Biafra flags were spotted chanting support for the Super Eagles and Nigerians on social media are reacting....

Johnny Depp reportedly lost weight to play a terminal cancer patient in new film 'Richard Says Goodbye' (Photos)

Days ago photos of Johnny Depp, 54, looking dramatically different surfaced online with many speculating that 'Pirates of the Caribbean' actor may be 'sick'.

Now, it has been claimed online that his notable weight loss could be the result of his recent role as a terminal cancer patient in forthcoming film 'Richard Says Goodbye.'

Taking to Twitter, one wrote: 'He’s in post-production for #richardsaysgoodbye which is about a terminally ill man. He’s fine.' 

''Expect war if you try to impeach Buhari'' House of Reps member, Muhammadu Kazaure, warns colleagues

A House of Representatives member, Muhammadu Kazaure (Jigawa-APC), has disassociated himself from National Assembly’s alleged plan to impeach President Buhari saying any day the lawmakers attempt to carry out impeachment proceedings, they should expect war.

At a joint executive session of the both chambers of the Assembly earlier today, members of the National Assembly passed a 12-point condition for the president to address urgently or face the invocation of the powers of the legislature to impeach him.

Kazaure at a news conference shortly after the ultimatum to the president by the lawmakers said;

Issa Rae slams Kanye West in front of Kim Kardashian

Last night at the CFDA Fashion Awards, actress Issa Rae slammed Kanye West for his statement that slavery was a choice for Black people, and she did this in front of Kim Kardashian.

The "Insecure" actress served as the host for the prestigious fashion awards show and she made some bold, but not unheard of, statements about Kanye West.

She said: 

''National Assembly resolution on Buhari has vindicated us'' PDP says

Read the press statement from PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the resolutions of the joint session of the National Assembly against President Muhammadu Buhari’s Presidency is a vindication of its stance on the Buhari administration.

The PDP commends the members of the National Assembly for their patriotism and courage in unanimously standing up for democracy, rule of law, national stability and cohesion at this trying time.

Nigerians would recall that the PDP had consistently pointed to the misrule of the Buhari presidency, as well as the unrelenting violations of our constitution, unprecedented executive highhandedness, abuse of the rights of citizens and the erosion of all known democratic norms under this administration.