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POST.NG - President Muhammadu Buhari seems to be fed up with members of his Economic Team, as he has promised to appoint successful local Manufacturers into his cabinet, in order to rally round private sector initiatives, to move the nation’s economy forward.

Few people in the history of money have made more than a billion dollars in a single day. It’s an elite club whose sparse ranks–which you probably don’t need more than two hands to tally–are held by the biggest of the boldface hedge-funders and tech-titans, including George Soros, Jeff Bezos and, well, you guessed it, Mark Zuckerberg.

Nigeria’s regulatory body for the judiciary, the National Judicial Council, has recommended the compulsory retirement of three judges following allegations of fraud and other judicial misconduct.

This nollywood bad girl is no new to sending eye watering photos of her massive watermelons online for her followers.

Suspended lawmaker, Abdulmumin Jibrin, on Friday called on Nigerians to intervene in his ordeal and prevent the leadership of the House of Representatives from further humiliating him. Mr. Jibrin, who was suspended on Wednesday after accusing the House leadership of

The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, said N200 million would be disbursed to eight pilot states each through the National Women Empowerment Fund, NAWEF, to empower women at the grassroots.

The rumoured death of a former Nigeria international, Taribo West, has led to much panic in the country’s sports fraternity. Several ex-footballers, particularly former teammates of the versatile defender confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES that they have since gotten across to Taribo who is hale and hearty and equally shocked about the said rumours.

A group under the aegis of Okela Kach’Idoma has threatened to invoke the gods of the land, ‘Alekwu’ on anyone behind the prosecution of their son and former minister of Interior, Abba Moro.

 Prospective corp members should check their names and make necessary corrections if need be. According to Ke ver Donald Gk , the names are pasted at the back of large hall, first camp.

SaharaReporters has reported that a group of heavily armed kidnappers yesterday abducted Margaret Emefiele, the wife of Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele.  

The victims, believed to be in their 20s, were killed around 8pm opposite the entrance to the Benue State Polytechnic.

As most institutions have announced and conducted the 2016/2017 admission screening exercise, the next thing to expect from such institutions is the announcement of admission lists.

The 23 year old  talented British singer shared this clean-shaven snap of himself with his 14.9million Instagram followers. What do think? Hit or miss?

The acting Director of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board, AEPB, Mrs Omolola Olanipekun, on Friday, disclosed that the body has arrested nine herdsmen and confiscated 25 cows and 51 sheep over illegal grazing in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Speaking during a press briefing in Abuja, Olanipekun also disclosed that the affected herdsmen were penalised by the mobile court which imposed fines ranging from N3,000 to N7,000 on them. Olanipekun further disclosed that 589 street hawkers were arrested and fined by the mobile court. According to her, “We don’t want a repeat of what is happening in other states, we don’t want loss of lives because of cattle. “We have met with the cattle rearers and they promised that they would try and get their people off the streets, but unfortunately, they did not fully comply. We have been arresting them and we discovered that there is another group that we have not met. “We are preparing to meet with them and let them know that we...

The Lagos State University (LASU) said on Friday that 24, 734 certificates of graduates who left the institution over the last 10 years were lying uncollected at its registry. Mr Adekoya Martins, Acting Head, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relation, LASU, told newsmen that the certificates were for students who graduated with diplomas and degrees. Martins said that the university, following the backlog of uncollected certificates, had decided that affected graduates who fail to collect theirs before Oct. 21 would have to pay ‎N 15,000 before doing so. “Before you know it, some the graduates of the university ‎will be clamouring that LASU is withholding their certificates. “Now that the certificates have been signed and released for collection, only a few are coming for it. “Collection of certificates commenced on Sept. 26 and it will end on Oct.21. “Payment for late collection after the stipulated period of four weeks, after Friday Oct. 21, is N15, 000 only,’’ ...

GOOD NEWS FOR BURUKU STUDENTS The committee of Hon.Barr.Orker Jev scholarship scheme for Buruku indigenes in tertiary institutions wishes to inform,Buruku students that,the forms for 2015/2016 scholarship year are now available for collection. In a press statement signed by the chairman and secretary of Hon Barr Orker Jev scholarship scheme for Buruku indigenes in tertiary institutions Sir Terkaa Agba,and Mr Simon Durah respectively says,the forms which are free of charge and only for first and final year students in tertiary institutions can be obtained in the following centers 1.University of Agriculture,Makurdi 2.Benue State university Makurdi 3.Akperan Orshi College of Agric Yandev. 4.College of Education Katsina Ala and 5.Hon Orker Jev constituency office in Buruku. According to the statement,the forms can also be obtained through committee members as follow:Sir Terkaa Agba Chairman,Hon Andrew Orhena member, Hon Adzor Chamegh member,Hon Benjamin Agber member, Mr Simon D...

By Henry Kwaghkule Marriage is a union between a man and woman who come together and form a family. Under Tiv culture, the man looks for the woman and brings her to his house if he is capable. The man is not allowed to pack into the woman’s house otherwise he would be looked down upon in the society. According to Vershima Terzungwe and Aondona Solomon, kwase u Nyoron, marriage by self-imposition is regarded as shameful and abominable in Tiv land. Where it occurred during pre- colonial times it was looked upon as a ‘marriage’ engaged in by people lacking in morals. However, in contemporary times in Tiv land you find persons of whatever age are moving into the woman they intend to spend the rest of their lives with and abandoning their immediate families in spite of the odium with which it is viewed. According to Terry Mbajoor, a traditional poet in his song, he cries bitterly that ” A man who did not pack into woman’s house is better than a man who abandoned his families and...

The 35-year-old singer took to Instagram to share images of her latest athletic gear with her 85 million followers. Queen Bey struck a number of poses showing her amazing show of flexibility. More photos below...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently reform the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) if he is serious about taking the country out of recession.

Nigeria’s foreign exchange market was tension-soaked yesterday, as the Naira raced towards N500/USD1.

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Wednesday, spoke about racial issues in America and the continual reports of black people killed by police.

A 33 year-old engineer who murdered his girlfriend on Valentine's Day three years ago has been sentenced to death.

After Blac Chyna shared her fiancée's phone number on twitter, fans bombarded his phone with messages and shared screenshots of the messages on twitter. Read some of the messages below:

There are strong indications that the former Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, his Rivers State counterpart Rotimi Amaechi and 30 other serving minister of President Muhammadu Buhari have incurred the wrath of the Code of Conduct Bureau over non-verification of the assets declared as a public officer to the bureau, News Punch understands.

No fewer than 21 persons from Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State were on Wednesday docked at a Makurdi Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burning 80 houses in Tarka Local Government Area.  The accused include Jimeshio Kur, Ioryue Aondufa, Ugi Terseer, Iorhem Akande, Mchia Azungu, Tyowase Aba, Apar Terhember and Mzungwe Ieren.

In a generation where most young women would rather depend on men for their daily needs than soil their well-painted fingers making their own money, it is heart-warming to discover that there are still girls whose senses are still correct enough to know that there’s dignity in honest labour no matter how ‘dirty’ the job may seem. One of these girls is Ebiminor Preye.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that he and President Muhammadu Buhari are not in government to make money, saying that it was sheer madness for anybody in their position to be looking for money. He said this when he received a delegation of Christian Ministers Welfare Initiative, also known as the Pastors’ Forum, Taraba State, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.

The Senate on Thursday deliberated on President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for six commissioners to be confirmed for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and five commissioners for the National Population Commission (NPC).

A former permanent secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Anastasia Nwaobia, was not “actively involved” in the 2014 deadly recruitment by the Nigeria Immigration Service that claimed more than a dozen lives, a former head of the service told a court on Thursday.

Gone are the days when Nigerian artistes were confirmed to West Africa alone, now most of the good wines have international record deals, which aid the growth of their music career.

Facts have emerged that the former Governor of Benue State, Rt. Hon. Dr. Gabriel Torwua Suswam, reconstructed the Atom Kpera lodge at N185 milllion and later sold the property to himself at N4 million. Information reliably gathered indicated that the Benue state executive council meeting held on Thursday October 2, 2008 approved the award of the contract for the designs, reconstruction and furnishing to M/S METROPOLE DEVELOPMENT LTD at N185,500,502.80

INEC has finally ,declared APC governorship candidate, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the Edo state governorship election. According to the electoral body, Obaseki polled a total of 319,483 votes while his main rival and PDP candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, polled 253,173 votes. Congrats to him.

A 73-year-old lady named Joan Broaddrick accuses Clinton of raping her in 1978. The lady posted the allegation on twitter on Wednesday in response to the Clinton family’s attempts to downplay the ex-president’s many sex scandals.

Disputed National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, said he did not support Thursday’s rejection of the yet-to-be-declared result of Wednesday’s governorship election in Edo.

A Warri pastor has landed himself in police net for allegedly having sexual relations with a woman under the pretense of praying for her. The incident which happened in Warri, Delta State, at about 5am on September, 26, resulted to the death of the unidentified woman who is said to be cohabiting with a another man.

According to sources online, the PDP protesters alleged that the results currently being released by INEC “were manipulated over the night”, saying that they want their mandate. Also, the PDP Returning Officer for Oredo LGA disputed the results released for the local government area by INEC and called for cancellation of poll results which he termed as ‘fake.’ The hall at the INEC collation centre in Benin is currently rowdy.

The electoral commission, INEC, has announced the results of nine of the 18 local governments in Edo State.

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, yesterday said Nigeria was already coming of the economic recession. Speaking at the end of a two-day National Council of Finance and Economic Development conference held in Abeokuta, Ogun state yesterday September 28th, Adeosun said the measures being taken by the Federal government is an indication that the economy is on its way out of recession.

As Nigerian await the official result from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC; fresh report according to Sahara Reporters suggests that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC may have won the election as is said the party have currently won in 13 Local Governments while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party won in 3 local governments. Below is a tweet by SH : FLASH: @APCNigeria leading in 13 local governments, @OfficialPDPNig has won 3 LGAs. APC candidate leading with at least 50,000 #EdoDecides — Sahara Reporters (@SaharaReporters) September 29, 2016     As at press time, the collation that will precede the declaration of final result is ongoing in Edo. Meanwhile, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of denying journalists access to the collation centres for the Edo governorship election. Prince Dayo Adeyeye, PDP National Publicity Secretary, in a statement ...

Doctors are worried, and rightly so, as more of such births are being recorded. A baby boy who looks like an 80yrs old man actually has a rare condition which causes him to age quickly. Born in Magura, Bangladesh, he has wrinkles, hollow eyes, a shrunken body and a thick layer of hair on his back. Local doctors were left stunned as to what the cause of his ageing is.

By Linus Hagher When the seat of the number one citizen of Benue state was zoned to the MINDA axis, the arrangement was that any man/woman of Iharev, Masev or Nongov extraction could take the position.

#EdoDecides: Oredo LGA final result APC 37,612, PDP 30,492. Vote cast 73,712. Valid votes – 67401. Rejected votes – 4311.

The Nation - Collation of votes was still on this morning  – as of 1a.m. – in the Edo State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which said the state collation would begin today, was yet to announce the results, but from unofficial but credible sources at the local governments collation centres, The Nation learnt that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading. Its candidate is Godwin Obaseki. The party was said to be leading in four out of Edo North’s six local governments – Akoko Edo, Owan East, Owan West and Etsako West, home of Governor Adams Oshiomhole. There were no hints about Etsako Northeast and Etsako North Central. In Edo South, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was leading in Orhionwon where its candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu hails from. It is also the home of Deputy Governor Pius Odubu. Also in Edo South, APC was leading in Oredo, Egor, Ilepoba/Okha and Uhunmode. ...

Last week, this businessman pictured above took his debt recovery measure to another level by stripping naked in front of his debtor’s house and raining curses on him, has had his reward as the borrower, Nicholas Ukachukwu, said to be a top politician in Abuja, has paid back the money, a whopping N34 million to avoid more embarrassment.

A 20 year old Russian student simply known as Ariana has revealed she has decided to auction her virginity online with bids starting at  £130,500 so she can be able to pursue her medical studies abroad. According to Ariana, she'll rather lose her virginity to gain the best of education than lose it to someone who will later break her heart.

Some Catholic priests were attacked by Fulani Herdsmen in Enugu State on Sept 26th. According to reports, the priests Rev Fr Chetanna Jude Chukwuneke, Fr Emmanuel Dim and Fr Prof Ezeokana were in a car passing along Obimo in Uzo-Uwani when the suspected herdsmen emerged from a bush in a bad spot of the road, and attacked. While Fr Chukwuenke and Fr Prof Ezeokana escaped, Fr Emmaniuel Dim was abducted. A 2.5 million Naira ransom has now been demanded before he is released.

This is the moment a man ran up to Kim Kardashian on the streets of Paris on Wednesday and planted a kiss on her famous derriere.