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The identities of two Nigerian governors reportedly placed on security watch by the Federal Government have been revealed. News Punch had few days ago reported that the Federal Government has reportedly declared two serving governors, one from South-south and the other Southwest, 'threat to national security' thereby placing on them travel ban unless well scrutinized by security agencies.

The duo of President Muhammadu Buhari and Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Wike had a closed door meeting at Aso Rock Presidential Villa over two weeks ago, precisely on the May 16th, 2016, wich the subject of their tete-a-tete remained secret until yesterday.

President Muhammadu Buhari last night hosted the national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC; Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki and other party chieftains at the Presidential Villa, as part of activities to mark his administration's one year in office, News Punch privy to know.

Read his press statement below... Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has dared the Federal Government to carry out the alleged plot of preventing him from travelling out of the country , saying; “under the federal system of government, State governors are not appendages of the President and as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria, he cannot be cowed by President Mohammadu Buhari and his agents.”

A staff verification exercise in Plateau State has traced 1,832 ghost teachers to a single individual who is not even a teacher. According to Daily Trust , the state‎ governor, Simon Lalong disclosed this at a media parley at the Government House in Jos to mark his one year in office over the weekend.

This woman was seen driving her dog around in a radio-controlled BMW in Upper East Side, New York. #Bigdog! Photo credit: Neil Paine/Twitter

No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead following protest by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Asaba on Monday.

Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic stepped out looking flawless in this Elvira Jude top & a pair of white trousers, to a movie premiere in Lagos last night. See another photo below....

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has debunked claims that he has signed in favour of creating grazing reserves in his state.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has announced the completion of electronic voting system for members of the lower chamber. Mr. Dogara said the adoption of the system was in tandem with the legislative goals of the 8th National Assembly.

The Federal Government has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari reneged on his earlier promise to name looters of the nation's treasury on May 29th, 2016 to mark his first year as democratically elected President of Nigeria.

Even as at when the economy biting hard on the common citizenries and 2019 as far as three years, campaign posters of Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima and Imo State counterpart, Owelle Rochas Okorocha's All Progressives Congress, APC reportedly flooded some major streets in the nation's Capital, FCT, Abuja.

THE ARRESTED ALLEGED NIGER DELTA AVENGERS News Punch yesterday reported that the Nigerian troops claimed it apprehended 10 of the notorious NNPC pipelines vandals called the Niger Delta Avengers. The Commander, 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin City, Farouk Yahaya, while addressing journalists said the suspects were arrested during a cordon and search exercise conducted in Oporozoa community and its environs in Delta State. Niger Delta Avengers, NDA had claimed responsibility for the destruction of oil and gas installations in the region in recent times. The suspects were arrested in Oporaza, the headquarters of Gbaramatu kingdom  in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, following a cordon and search operation conducted in the community. THE ARRESTED ALLEGED NIGER DELTA AVENGERS Mr. Yahaya, a Brigadier General, said the arrested suspects may have links with the Niger Delta Avengers. He said guns, ammunition and other equipment wer...

Former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (now Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi II) raised the alarm that there was an estimated $20bn shortfall in oil revenues due to the treasury from the state oil company which might have been spent illegally.

Nigerian Pilot - President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government has met with ex-militants in the Niger-Delta region and has reached a resolution to end conflicts resulting to pipelines bombing in the country.

MaDailyGist -A federal high court in Lagos has given a Mareva injunction permitting the Nigerian government to freeze the multimillion assets illegally acquired and owned by two Nigerian businessmen Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore(Diezani’s allies) and their company Atlantic Energy. The court ordered a global freeze of $1.8 billion assets stolen by Atlantic Energy executives Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore The duo are linked to ex-Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke in a several numbers of business dealings that illegally transferred Nigerian oil assets to them and their companies. See more photos below:-

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has always maintained in all his interviews that there was no land in Benue to be used as grazing reserve for Fulani Herdsmen. But this interview by the Plateau state Governor seem to contradict his statement.  Read below what Benue.com.ng is reporting: 

SECURITY · Introduction and prosecution of Amnesty Programme which led to the recovery of over 600 arms and light weapons, thousands of ammunition while over 700 youths embraced the program which enhanced peace in various parts of the state. · Sustained efforts for the promotion of peace between farmers and herdsmen as well as deepening inter-state peace building efforts.

Contrary to speculations that Benue State government has dumped the Justice Elizabeth Kpojime Judicial Commission of Enquiry report, which indicted former Governor, Gabriel Suswam, and 51 others for graft, Governor Samuel Ortom has said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigation on the findings.

The Tinsel couples are expecting their first child together ....Congrats to them!

Johny Depp's long-term ex partner and the mother of his two children, Vanessa Paradis has dismissed Amber Heard's domestic violence claims as "outrageous" and has said the actor is a sensitive and loving person.

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has invited the people to the dedication of the state to God tomorrow at the IBB Square in Makurdi.  

The 27-year-old model and actress stepped out in LA for work in a risqué playsuit. More photos below..

President Barack Obama showed off his fatherly side while en route to Hiroshima Peace Memorial made a stop at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan for his historic visit on Friday. The President was handed a crying baby in diaper. He held the baby and cooed and when he handed the baby back to his mother, he was no longer crying. More photos below...

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The 34-year-old singer owned the stage as she set pulses racing on her Formation world tour. Definitely not one to shy away from a bold fashion statement, Queen Bey rocked a number of racy outfits including a latex dress as she performed to a packed house in Chicago.

In celebration of Memorial Day Weekend, US based Nollywood Actress, Georgina Onuoha released new photos of herself and her cute daughters, striking fun poses in matching outfits while out and about. See more photos below.

It is one year today since our administration came into office. It has been a year of triumph, consolidation, pains and achievements. By age, instinct and experience, my preference is to look forward, to prepare for the challenges that lie ahead and rededicate the administration to the task of fixing Nigeria.

Premium Times -The Nigerian Army on Sunday said it arrested 10 suspected militants and pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region.

The Federal Government has reportedly declared two serving governor, one from South-south and the other Southwest, 'threat to national security' thereby placing on them travel ban unless well scrutinized by security agencies, News Punch has learnt

SignalNG - The Honorable Justice Ademola Adeniyi sitting at the Federal High Court 7, Abuja on Thursday 26th, May 2016 dismissed the Preliminary Objections filed by President Muhammadu Buhari in the case instituted against him, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/110/2015 by an Abuja based Legal Practitioner, Barr. Nnamdi Nwokocha-Ahaaiwe challenging his competence to stand election into the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when he lacks the basic educational qualifications set out in the Constitution

Many militants, suspected to be the notorious Niger Delta Avengers who has been blowing up NNPC pipelines, and a personnel of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the Nigerian troop sustained gunshot wounds as the troops and the militants engaged each other in gun duel at the general area of Gulobokri and Eweleso, around Brass area in Bayelsa State.

The presidency has released President Muhammadu Buhari’s “achievements” in the last 12 months, ahead of tomorrow’s (Sunday) marking of the administration’s first year in office. The list as published by the News Agency of Nigeria contains the following:

The first of it kind again former President Goodluck Jonathan since the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari began his fight against corruption, a renown Igbo lawmaker, a former member of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Ikenna Ejezie, has written a petition to the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC to probe the ex-President on the alleged mismanagement of $2.1billion released to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) for arms purchase.

At The Scene of the alleged adulterous act A certain Ghanaian pastor named Apostle Douglas Akwesi Amanor was caught n*ked with Mrs Mina Adjei, a married woman and a member of his church on her matrimonial bed in Accra, Ghana. According to one  Nana Effei, from Tema, Ghana who narrated what actually happened and published by LIB gave her account thus;

The embattled ousted Chairman of the Opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the Chairman of the newly-constituted caretaker committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi were both sent out of an ongoing truce meeting by the party leaders and BoT in Abuja, Daily Post jus reported

Engaged couple Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna took to their Snapchat accounts to flaunt 'his and hers' Rolex watches both worth $275k. More photos below...

Apparently not linked to the just concluded nationwide strike of the Labour union led by Ayuba Wabba over hike in Petrol pump price , the Nigeria Labour Congress Chairman in Kogi State, Mr. Onuh Edoka has been sacked by the Kogi State Government after 27 years in service, claiming he is a 'ghost worker', News Punch understands

Punch Newspaper - The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index on Wednesday posted the biggest return since the beginning of this year, as investors reacted positively to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to allow a flexible foreign exchange regime.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, an unconfirmed report says is leading a pack of top politicians including his former Vice President.

Revenue allocation to federal, states and local governments dropped by 6.09 per cent as the three tiers of government shared a total of N281.5 billion for the April.

On Sunday May 22, 2016, T.B. Joshua of the Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), made some shocking revelations on his Emmanuel TV station concerning Nigeria and the world at large.  The ‘prophet’ spoke on many issues including the recent EgyptAir crash, African politics and agriculture, even warning of a terrorist attack in the United Kingdom.

Following President Buhari's approval of his appointment as the new acting Comptroller General of Immigration, ‎Mohammed Babandede was decorated today May 25th by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau. 

The Federal Government has declared Monday, May 30 as public holiday to celebrate the 2016 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja.

Former Minister of Communications, and former military governor Maj. Gen Tanko Ayuba passed on today at the age of 70. Tanko who served as a Senator representing Kebbi South constituency in the Senate in 2007, died of an undisclosed ailment this afternoon, Wednesday May 25th, at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba, Lagos. May his soul rest in peace Amen.  Source:LIB

The Nigerian police have arrested five suspects namely Mohammed Zurai, Ciroma Musa, Sale Adamu, Suleiman Laute and Haruna Laute, allegedly involved in the midnight attack that left at least 20 people dead in Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area, Enugu State.

The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the retrieval of the corpse of a Second Republic Senator, Offia Nwali, from a pond behind his house.