Update: Governor Obaseki's female aide who was battered by council officials, remains in critical condition

Special Assistant to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Political Matters, Mrs. Maris Igbons, who was reportedly beaten by officials of Esan West local government area is currently in critical condition at a private hospital and unable to talk.

A former Vice Chairman of Esan West, Mrs. Esther Eghaghe, who confirmed the incident said that Igbons was beaten by the council officials who were out to collect revenue. Igbons had also complied with a directive from the council officials that she should shift her shop away from the road.

'We must always arrest people coming into our country illegally' - President Trump

President Trump on twitter today is charging US lawmakers to change the country's law on immigration saying, 'If you don’t have Borders, you don’t have a country'.

According to the president, 'we must always arrest people coming into our Country illegally. Of the 12,000 children, 10,000 are being sent by their parents on a very dangerous trip, and only 2000 are with their parents, many of whom have tried to enter our Country illegally on numerous occasions'.

See the rest of hiw tweets below...

Supreme Council of Bishops seek presidential pardon for 5 young men sentenced to death in Adamawa State for killing a herdsman

The Supreme Council of Bishops, also known as World Council of Bishops, has written President Buhari, pleading for pardon for five young men sentenced to death by a court in Adamawa for the killing of a herdsman.

A Yola High Court had on June 11, 2018 sentenced the five men from Kodomun in Demsa council area of the state to death by hanging for murdering a herder in retaliation to the several killings in the area.In the letter, the bishops noted that Nigeria “has suffered untold bloodshed from killings, maiming, traumatisation of innocent citizens around the north eastern, north central and Middle Belt states, as a result of the frequent attacks by the militia herdsmen times without number.”  

The correspondence, titled, “Special request for presidential pardon: Killing by hanging of five young men,” was signed by founding Primate, Abuja, Nigeria, Archbishop (Dr.) P.  Sunday; Ecclesiastical Prelate Administrator, Houston, Texas, United State, Archbishop (Dr.) H. Parker; Apostolic Nuncio and Prelate to Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, Bishop (Dr.) J. Onyegbulem; and Ecclesiastical Prelate to West Africa, Niamey, Niger Republic, Bishop (Dr.) J. Hussein.  

The clerics regretted that “till date no adequate justice had been meted out on them commensurate to the lives and property lost.” It therefore “totally condemns and disapproves vehemently the death sentence passed on the five young men on Monday, June 11, 2018 by a court of competent jurisdiction in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria accused and charged for killing a herdsman.

Photos: 28-year-old man stabbed to death at his friend’s apartment in Lagos

Detectives from the homicide section of the Lagos State Command have launched investigation into the murder of one Taofeek Sosanya at his friend’s home at 1 Modupe street in Alapere area of Lagos.

The deceased Sosanya, 28, had gone to celebrate the Eid el-Fitr with his friend, Femi Idowu, with a plan to return to his base in Ogun State on Monday.

Photo: A Volkswagen car is currently on fire along the Ojota bridge in Lagos

A Volkswagen car is currently on fire along the Ojota bridge in Lagos. According to the Rapid Response Squad who is at the scene already, other emergency response teams have been mobilized and motorists are advised to drive carefully around the area.

(2:17 p.m) Volkswagen Passat car on fire in Ojota Bridge, Ojota, Lagos. @rrslagos767 on ground. Other emergency response teams mobilized. Please drive carefully around the area. @Gidi_Traffic @TrafficChiefNG@followlasg @TunjiDisu1 pic.twitter.com/o87Cja4Mbl

— Rapid Response Squad (@rrslagos767) June 19, 2018

Nigerian man arrested in Cambodia for scamming Vietnamese businesswoman out of $356,000

A 43-year-old Nigerian man, Remigius Duru Okonkwo was brought before Phnom Penh court, Cambodia on June 17, for defrauding a Vietnamese businesswoman of $356,000 USD.

According to the victim identified as Darg Mai Nga, on January 2018, she met the suspect via social media. On January 10, the suspect went to Hanoi to meet the victim, and convinced her to invest in a brick-making factory in Cambodia.

Abuja housewife seeks divorce from her husband of 30 years over his refusal to pray

Hassana Angyan, a housewife on Tuesday begged a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court to dissolve her marriage with Shuaibu Abdullahi, over his drunkenness, refusal to pray and battery.  

Angyan told the court that she got married to Abdullahi 30 years ago, under Islamic Law, the marriage produced six children. She then said Abdullahi formed the habit of drinking beer and refuses to perform the five times obligatory Islamic prayers.  

World Health Organization says video game addiction is a mental disorder

The World Health Organization on Monday classified "gaming disorder" as a mental health condition. 

The condition described as ‘gaming disorder’ will be added to the 11th edition of WHO’s International Classification of Diseases.

The U.N. health agency said classifying "gaming disorder" as a separate addiction will help governments, families and healthcare workers be more vigilant and prepared to identify the risks.  But the agency and other experts were quick to note that cases of the condition are still very rare, with no more than up to 3 percent of all gamers believed to be affected.

Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe Acquires A New Mansion In Lagos

Nollywood Actress ,Mercy Aigbe and mother of two is now a proud owner of a mansion in a choice area in Lagos .

Mercy who left her husband Lanre Gentry over allegations of domestic abuse last year,revealed she got the property a few months ago.

Fashion Talk: you are what you wear, checkout my style tips of the day.

Let's keep the hues feminine and neutral this summer with the light and dark pink injecting a bit of colour

Photo of President Buhari speaking with the Super Eagles before their opening World Cup match against Croatia which they lost 2-0

Sadly the National team lost the game 2 - 0 to Croatia.

Jada Pinkett Smith explains why she and Will Smith can never divorce no matter what happens in their marriage

Over the years, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith's marriage has been plagued with divorce rumors. There have also been rumors that they have an open marriage. But Jada has now revealed that only death will separate her and Will.

Jada told Sway & The Morning's Shade 45 show that she will not divorce Will Smith no matter what.

She said: “Here’s the thing about Will and I, it’s like, we are family, that’s never going down! It’s just not! Ever! Yeah, because we are family—take out all that whole marriage, relationship, crap—at the end of the day, Will and I are family, I’m going to hold him down.”

She also revealed that Will Smith still goes on vacations alone with his ex-wife Sheree Fletcher and she's 100% comfortable with it.

Photo: Armed robber rehabilitated by Port Harcourt church rearrested for armed robbery

An armed robbery suspect and former militant who was rehabilitated by members of the Omega Power Ministries, Port Harcourt in Rivers state, has been rearrested for Armed robbery.

According to a post on the church's Facebook page, after his rehabilitation, Gracious was able to secure a job with Federal University of Technology Owerri FUTO with the help of the church. However, he still went to the school and stole from the students. He has been arrested and charged to court for stealing. Read the statement from the church below

Mr Gracious David west ?

'Cabals and godfathers are to be blamed for deliberately keeping Nigerians poor' - Fela Durotoye

Motivational speaker and 2019 presidential hopeful, Fela Durotoye has accused godfathers and cabals in politics of keeping Nigerians impoverished on purpose so that they can keep winning elections.

He said poverty is a deliberate strategy by the so-called cabals to influence the electoral system in the country by giving people the least bit of inducements to stay dependent on their generosity.  

Durotoye spoke during an interview with Starr Radio UK yesterday when he was asked what he thinks is Nigeria's greatest problem. According to him, if Nigeria is able to break the power grip of godfathers in Nigerian politics, all of the country's problems will be solved as they keep an unhealthy hold on power to the detriment of everyone else.  

Jay-Z and Beyonce drop new album titled Everything Is Love in middle of OTRII tour

Power couple, Jay-Z and Beyonce have taken their fans by surprise by dropping a new album out of the blues, right in the middle of their On The Road II tour.

Going under the name The Carter, Beyonce and Jay-z teamed up for a collaboration album titled Everything Is Love. They dropped the new LP without any announcement or hype and it is only available to stream on Tidal.

The new album is a nine-track LP which features duets by the husband and wife duo, with a powerful image of a couple taken in front of the Mona Lisa inside Paris’ Louvre art gallery.

'It is not in the mind set of God for Buhari to rule beyond May 2019' - Ibadan based prophet, Wale Olagunju

Prophet Wale Olagunju, the presiding Bishop, Divine Seed of God Chapel Ministries has spoken on the state of the nation saying 'It is not in the mind set of God for Buhari to rule beyond May 2019'.

In a recent interview with City People, the man of God said, 'let me give you my own Biblical view, whenever there is injustice there will be no peace. Forget about those Bishops who are saying it shall be well with Nigeria. I am a die-hard supporter of Buhari in those days. One, to me his war against corruption is too selective. Buhari should know that corruption is a sin against God and mankind, so war against it should be total'.

According to him, 'I expect him to restructure Nigeria to balance the equation, He should conduct transparent censors to address the injustice that is going on in this country, create job opportunity for the youths who are roaming the street and address the problem of tribalism in the nation, correct the lopsided appointment that is going on in the Armed Forces; Custom; Immigration; Nigerian Police; Federal Ministries! Parastatals. It is not in the mind set of God for Buhari to rule beyond May 29,2019. Look at the just concluded bye-election in Oyo State, yes, PDP floored APC hands down. This is just the beginning of what awaits Buhari and his APC come 2019; as earlier predicted by me in my prophesy of 2017 and 2018'.

In two years, 24 LASTMA officials have been dismissed over misconduct allegations

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has dismissed 24 of its personnel in the past two years over misconduct. The authority has also lost about 10 personnel, while some others suffered injuries with some resulting in amputation in the course of carrying out their duties.  

Chief Executive Officer of the authority, Christian Olakpe made the disclosure saying LASTMA also punished erring officers and men in some other ways including suspension, rank reduction and isolation.

“There are various avenues we use to checkmate the misconducts of officials on duty,” Olakpe said.  He said that LASTMA had received numerous complaints against its officers.

Young man stabs himself to death after mistakenly thinking his vest was stab proof

A popular young man mistakenly stabbed himself in his chest after wrongfully believing he was wearing a stab proof vest, an inquest heard.

Jordan Easton died on August 23rd last year, just five days after his 22nd birthday. He was in his friend's kitchen when he turned the knife on himself.

An inquest heard at Teeside Coroner’s Court that Jordan had been out with friends when the tragedy occurred. After going to the house of one of his friend’s parents, Jordan told them he was wearing a "stab-proof vest."

Teesside assistant coroner Karin Welsh said: "While in the kitchen, he took hold a knife to demonstrate it was stab-proof and sadly realised it wasn’t the case."

Taxi ploughs into crowd of "World Cup fans" in Moscow leaving eight injured

A taxi ploughed into a crowd made up of World Cup fans in Central Moscow, leaving eight of them injured.

According to Russian media, the crowd was made up of Mexican fans waiting to watch their team play Germany tomorrow. They were standing on a pavement near Red Square, when the taxi crashed into their midst. The incident happened on Ilinka Street, about 650ft from the Red Square and Moscow’s famous GUM shopping arcade.

Reno Omokri in Kenya tending to orphans his ministry is supporting (video)

Author and pastor, Reno Omokri, was in Kenya at the invitation of Bishop Wycliffe Khaemba, to minister to orphans his ministry is supporting. He shot this video in Kenya with the orphans, whose education and feeding is now more secured.

https://www.facebook.com/omokri/videos/10215851776624635/

Watch the video below...

''Many Nigerians that fled the country for greener pastures are now trying to come back'' President Buhari says

President Buhari says that many of the Nigerians that have left the country for greener pastures in other countries are now trying to return home.

President Buhari  said this while speaking with guests who came to celebrate the end of Ramadan with him at the state house in Abuja. He said every Nigerian should preach the message of peace and that we as a people must work together to ensure we salvage our country.

“Please, in your constituencies emphasize what I said about 30 years ago; we don’t have another country except Nigeria. We may as well remain here and salvage it together; there is nothing else we can do. Even those that had gone out are now trying to come back because they are not wanted out there. I wish all the resources they had been deployed here. It would have been much better. So thank you very much and please try to persuade your constituencies to work much harder away from individualism and sectionalism'' President Buhari said

Sam Smith and his boyfriend Brandon Flynn hold hands during shopping trip in LA (Photos)

Sam Smith and his boyfriend Brandon Flynn are definitely going stronger since they started dating in October 2016.

The 26-year-old 'Stay With Me' singer and the '13 Reasons Why ' actor were pictured holding hands as while out on a shopping trip in LA on Thursday. The pair were casually dressed for the outing.

See full photos below.

''Leave chivalry and worry about female genital mutilation in Nigeria'' - US political commentator, Dana Loesch tells Chimamanda Adichie(video)

Award-winning author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie made news early this month when she appeared on Trevor Noah's show and said that she has a problem with men holding the doors for women just because they are women and consider them weaker beings. According to Chimamanda, men and women should open doors for each other.

''I thing gestures like holding the door shouldn't be gender-based. I think it's a lovely thing to hold the door but we should hold the door for everyone. Like, I hold the door for men and for women. And so I think the idea of someone holding the door for a woman because she's a woman... I have trouble with it.  I'm quite happy for people to hold the door for me. But I'm like, hope they're not doing it because of this sort of idea of chivalry. Because chivalry is really about the idea that women are somehow weak and need protecting. But we know that really, there are many women who are stronger than men'' she said

''President Buhari will sign 2018 budget on Tuesday June 19th'' Lai Mohammed says

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says President Buhari will sign into law the 2018 budget on Tuesday June 19th. He disclosed this in an interview with Reuters on the sideline of his visit to London. 

“We will sign it off on Tuesday,” Lai Mohammed said

The National Assembly on May 16 passed the N9.12 trillion ($28.95 billion)  2018 budget.

Photos/Videos: Video director rescues man from suspected kidnappers who posed as SARS officers

A film director, Dayo Davies, has shared the story of how he helped to save a man from being kidnapped by suspected kidnappers who posed as SARS Officers. Dayo shared a video showing the faces of the suspected kidnappers/SARS impersonators and wrote

''I Dayo O. Davies being a young Video Director, yesterday for the first time in my life I saved a guy from KIDNAPPERS that claimed to be SARS/IMMIGRATION officers. Arriving at Lekki Phase one, I saw a young guy being dragged by two men which I confidently stopped, introduced myself as a Media Press and asked them what the young guy has done for him to deserve this kind of treatment because this guy was being slapped, kicked and dragged seriously wanting to force him into a commercial bus (DANFO).

Nigerian man calls for medical tests to be carried out on prospective domestic workers after the 5 he almost employed were diagnosed with serious ailments

Wow!

#WorldCup2018: Lionel Messi fails to inspire Argentina to their first win, misses a penalty as they settle for 1 - 1 draw against Iceland

Superstar footballer, Lionel Messi fell below expectations as he failed to inspire Argentina to their first win against Iceland at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow today.

The Argentine captain and five-time Ballon d'Or winner could not convert a spot kick to give his nation a 2- 1 lead as Iceland goalkeeper, Hannes Halldorsson guessed correctly and dived to his right for the ball.

'I killed my boss & his girlfriend because he refused to pay me my salary but gave his girlfriend N300k to rent an apartment'' suspect says

In May 2018, the body of 22-year-old Lorraine Onye, a 300 level student of the Rivers state University of Science and Technology, was found in her Naval officer boyfriend's official quarters in Borikiri, Port Harcourt, Rivers state, and the boyfriend LT.Abubakar Yahaya Yusuf was no where to be found.

It was alleged at the time that the Naval officer killed her and fled the scene

However, investigation by the police showed that the houseboy of the Naval officer actually killed Lorraine and also the Naval officer. The houseboy, Thaddaeus Jaja after killing the officer, burnt his remain. 

How Nigeria can win the World Cup by Atiku Abubakar

Read the piece by former vice president Atiku Abubakar below...

It is now almost nine decades that the world cup tournament started, yet no African has lifted the trophy. I believe that the Mikel Obi led team can do it in Russia.

I have no doubt that our team will play their breath out, but despite this, only a united team lifts the world cup. Our real opponent is division not Croatia, Iceland or Lionel Messi

We are only seven games away from achieving what no other African nation has done.

Remember, when you find unity, you arrive at the door of victory.

''Stop ‘glorifying thieves’' President Buhari appeals to Nigerians

President Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to stop glorifying thieves in the society. In his Sallah message to mark the end of the Ramadan fast, President Buhari said thieves in the society must be treated with disdain for bringing hardships to others.

''Selfishness and greed have overcome people’s conscience so much that they don’t have moral inhibitions in the pursuit of their greed. I always wonder why any true believer, be they politicians, civil servants or businessmen, would seek to make profits from the misfortunes of others''he said

Judge revokes bail for ex-Trump campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and orders he be remanded in jail pending trial

Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort has had his bail revoked by a Washington DC judge.  

Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged Russian election interference, accused Manafort of trying to tamper with potential witnesses before the trial. Manafort was accused of contacting people related to his case in breach of his bail terms.

Fashion Magazine, GQ ranks Super Eagles’ Jersey Best World Cup 2018 Kit

International monthly men’s magazine based in New York City, GQ ranked all the kits of the national teams competing in the 2018 World Cup, worst to best.  

According to the magazine, Nigeria’s offering for the 2018 Cup is eccentric and off-the-wall in the best possible way. The heady mixture of cool green, white, and black evoke sensations of spearmint gum, while the blurred chevrons ooze cool.