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Standard-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the August 9, 2014 governorship poll, Senator Iyiola Omisore, on Thursday, finally filed 815-page petition at the Election Petition Tribunal, to challenge the declaration of Governor Rauf Aregbesola as the winner of the poll. Accompanied by the chairman of the PDP in the state, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa, Omisore, who arrived at the premises of the State High Court around 4.05 pm, headed for the office behind one of the court’s buildings, where the secretary of the Election Petition Tribunal, Mr Mohammed Alli received his entourage. Nigerian Tribune sighted him alongside the state’s PDP chairman, signing the petition which were in three bundles of 815 pages booklets, before they were handed over to the tribunal’s secretary. Speaking during a chat with journalists after submission of the petition, Omisore contended that, “with the submission of this petition, I would soon be declared the original winner of the August 9, 2014 governor...

Former Chief of Army Staff, General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika on Thursday opened a can of worms by declaring that the former minister of the Federal Capital Territory and APC Chieftain, Mallam Nasir El-Rufia is one of the frontline Commanders of the Boko Haram terrorist group. The former Army Chief called El-Rufai's allegations a "diversion" to take attention from his own involvement. Speaking to Vanguard Thursday, Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Ihejirika shot back at former minister of the FCT, Nasir El-Rufai, who earlier today accused Ihejirika of being a sponsor of terror sect Boko Haram. The former Army Chief called El-Rufai's allegations a "diversion" to take attention from his own involvement. Lt-General Onyeabor Azubuike Ihejirika The Herald Nigeria “The (commanders), including El-Rufai, know where the problem is," Ihejirika told Vanguard. "He should stop deceiving Nigerians by trying to divert attention”. He continued, pointi...

When faced with a lioness clawing at its flimsy cage, most of us would do a runner. But Valentin Gruener calmly approaches the cage – and lets the beast run wild. As he begins to unlock the door, Sirga starts pacing up and down and as soon as he opens the enclosure, the big cat springs out and pounces on him. Fortunately, she’s just after a big hug and Mr Gruener greets the lioness with a pleasant ‘good morning’ before rubbing noses with it. Traveller John Hawkins shot the video at Modisa Wildlife Project near Maun, Botswana. He said: ‘Val is a wildlife conservationist that raised Sirga the lioness almost from birth. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqtLjTbW-ic&feature=player_embedded

Yesterday in Abuja, the seven petitioners urged the party to disqualify Mr. Ribadu as well as former executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Ahmed Modibbo, a former military administrator, Buba Marwa, Marcus Gundiri and another retired army officer, Aliyu Kama. The Gang of 7 aspirants declared that the four men, who recently defected to the PDP, do not deserve the needed waivers to enable them to take part in the party’s primaries to select the governorship candidate. Nuhu Ribadu, a former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, faces more hurdles in his desire to be the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State as seven other aspirants are urging the national headquarters of the party to disqualify him along with three other aspirants. Yesterday in Abuja, the seven petitioners urged the party to disqualify Mr. Ribadu as well as former executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Ahmed M...

Nigeria’s health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu has today confirmed the first recorded death from Ebola in Port Harcourt. It would be recalled that yesterday it was unofficially reported that the doctor whose name is yet to be provided died August 22 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from the deadly tropical virus. The top Nigerian health official confirmed August 28 the information: “This primary contact of Mr. Sawyer’s evaded our surveillance team in the last week of July 2014 and travelled out of Lagos to Port Harcourt where, as we now understand, he consulted with a doctor and was apparently treated for some symptoms.” “Following the report of this death by the doctor’s widow the next day, the case had been thoroughly investigated and laboratory analysis showed that this doctor died from EVD (Ebola Virus Disease).” The deceased secretly treated a diplomat who had contacted the first Ebola victim in Nigeria, Patrick Sawyer (the index case). It was also confirmed that the man’s wife an...

The pair finally walked down the aisle over the weekend. And they didn’t even bother to let us know? Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have tied the knot. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie snuck off and got hitched on Saturday it’s been confirmed by a spokesperson. Yep, after about a 2871 year engagement the pair finally walked down the aisle in their beloved France on the weekend. Brangelina are 100% official, people. Kudos to keeping that a secret, guys! The wedding took place in a small chapel at Chateau Miraval, in the village of Correns, which the couple has rented since 2008. It's believed that the couple's eldest sons Maddox and Pax walked Angelina down the aisle. while daughters Zahara and Vivienne threw petals. Shiloh and Knox served as ring bearers. Which means that THIS picture taken of Brad TODAY is the picture of a MARRIED MAN: There are currently no further details available on the top secret bash however, we think it’s safe to say both looked stunning and it was pr...

As against news that went round during the weekend about President Goodluck Jonathan’s ill health that needed serious attention, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, has declared that the reports are just “the figments of the writers’ imagination.” Punch reports that Reuben Abati made it known through a phone call that the President is just on a private visit to Germany and that all the reports about the president being sick is just one of the plots of the opposing party to mislead people concerning what is happening to the President. In Germany, President Jonathan watching the U20 Women’s Football World Cup final match between Nigeria and Germany. Reuben Abati went further to say that the video and audio that was released on Saturday showing Jonathan speaking on the telephone with members of the national Under-20 women’s football team, the Falconets, asking them to go all out for victory in Sunday’s final of the 2014 FIFA Under-20 Women’s ...

Charming teengirls age 14 & 15 proudly presented their brilliant innovation at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, USA. Nigerian teens present their project. Photo: ynaija.com Eveshorhema Samuel-Alli and Ibukunoluwa Oladeinde, two teens from Nigeria, greatly represented the country with their research about the overcoming of Halistosia a.k.a. bad breath. Mouth odor is considered to be a rather embarrassing problem for anyone. There are many reasons that can cause it, for example – bad dental hygiene, smoking, infections, health problems, some specific medications etc. Halitosis can be as occasional as chronic problem as well. Except being very unpleasant itself, bad breath can also cause a lot of social problems, even such as troubles with communication. In their report, girls from Doregos Private Academy in Lagos found a solution of this issue with a help of African walnut (Coula Edulis). They discovered, that this product can be quite useful in cu...

Mrs. Decontee Sawyer, widow of the Liberian who brought the deadly Ebola Virus Disease to Nigeria has expressed sadness over the death of Dr Ameyo Stella Adedavoh. While responding to an email sent to her by the Leadership Newspaper, Mrs. Sawyer said she shared in the pains the late doctor’s family members were passing through. She said: “I share the pains that the family members of the Nigerian doctor are going through. It is just a pity that Patrick had to cause this damage both in Liberia and Nigeria.” She also used the occasion to plead with Nigerians not to be angry with her for the open letter she wrote the other time; appealing to everyone not to curse her children even if they chose to curse Patrick Sawyer. “I want to reach out to them and express how deeply saddened and sorry I am for their loss and their pain. I do apologise if my words have cost anyone who is grieving more pain. I fall on my knees and ask God for his healing power for all of those who are still infected...

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Ondo State Command, have re-arrested a woman, who had been parading herself as an army officer in order to gain favors from the public and border officials. At the press briefing Suleiman also informed journalists, “I [had] to go back to [this] again because that is where I see the money to taking care of my family. I travelled around with the uniform to get favor and goods in the country.”

As at the time of filing this report, it could not be ascertained what caused the fire outbreak with some observer labelling the incident “arson” considering the top echelon of the body is being investigated for corruption. Nigeria Football Federation office located at Wuse Zone 7, behind the Federal Road Safety Corps Headquarters (FRSC) in Abuja is on fire. The mysterious fire reportedly started from the office of the General Secretary, Musa Amadu on the top floor. The office of the President which is also on the same floor is also affected. As at the time of filing this report, it could not be ascertained what caused the fire outbreak with some observer labelling the incident “arson” considering the top echelon of the body is being investigated for corruption. NFF has been in crisis for months now, leading to the suspension of President Aminu Maigari. However, after weeks of horse- trading, Maigari, returned to office on Monday in line with the directive of FIFA to reinstate hi...

HEVY CHASE, MD - DECEMBER 3: A car sits in a sinkhole caused by a broken water main, which collapsed part of Friendship Blvd. on December 3, 2010 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. No one was reported injured in the accident. Powerful thunderstorms and widespread flooding caused this sinkhole to open up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A homeowner looks at a sinkhole that appeared outside his Hawaii home after a 6.7 tremblor struck the island in 2006. A bird's-eye view of the giant sinkhole which swallowed a 3-storey building after it opened up in Guatemela City last year. A structure is swallowed up after a sinkhole opened up in Guatemala City. A sinkhole opens up in Nixa, Missouri. Workers inspect a sink hole caused by flooding at the Pacific Cove Mobile Home Park in Capitola, Calif., Friday, March 25, 2011. A powerful storm swept across California flooding part of Capitola, in Santa Cruz County, and forcing dozens of mobile homes residents to evacuate. The storm soaked hillsides along the coast ...

Alex, 23, received a phone call months before her wedding revealing love of her life Tucker Blandford had died in a car crash. Bride-to-be Alex Lanchester was left devastated when her fiancé used desperate measures when he got cold feet - by faking his own death. Alex, 23, was heartbroken when she received a phone call months before her wedding revealing love of her life Tucker Blandford had died in a car accident. She absorbed the news and phoned his partner’s parents to offer her condolences, only to discover the shocking truth when they revealed he was alive and well. Soon after Mr Blandford’s parents broke the news, Alex quickly learned her fiancé had faked a fatal car crash after getting scared about the prospect of marriage. Alex, from Sutton Coldfield, West Mids, said: ‘'He has shattered my trust and I'm not sure I'll ever be in a relationship again. 'All I ever did was love him. I'm so sick of being messed around and I'm glad to be rid of him. ...

An Abuja based legal practitioner, Chidinma Hilary Udebuani, has sued President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Chief Judge, Ibrahim Bukar, as well as three others, over the appointment of five new judges for the FCT. Daily Independent reports that the plaintiff who approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, who seeks to halt the appointment of the new appointees also included the Chairman, FCT Judicial Service Commission, the FCT Judicial Committee, the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Chairman of the NJC in the suit as defendants. The plaintiff in a letter attached to the suit and addressed to President Jonathan through her Counsel, Dim-Udebuani Marcel, accused Justice Bukar, the Chief Judge of the FCT of breaching the law setting up the FCT Judiciary which stipulates 37 judges excluding the Chief Judge for the FCT Judiciary, stating that there shall be a judge from each state of the Federation and the FCT. According to the letter, Dim-Udebuani sai...

The federal government has announced that not less than 21 people have been quarantined in Enugu State, out of the 198 persons who made secondary contact with the 10 primary contacts that were infected with Ebola virus. According to ThisDay, this was made known on Wednesday by the Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. The minister also revealed that Nigerian medical experts and researchers are working in conjunction with their colleagues in the US to produce a vaccine for the Ebola virus. He said the National Health Research Ethics Committee, Nigeria, which has been approved to use an experimental Ebola drug ZMapp for the treatment of infected patients. Maku assured that of those who had primary contact with Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian man who brought Ebola to Nigeria had been quarantined, while secondary contacts had been traced and were under surveillance. According to him, 198 people have so far been traced o...

The Canadian government has said it will donate a small quantity of an experimental Ebola vaccine developed in its lab to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for use in Africa. According to Reuters, this was made known on Wednesday by the country’s Health Minister Rona Ambrose. The minister explained that the decision to donate the vaccine was propelled by WHO approval to offer untested drugs to people infected by the virus. She said Canadian government will donate between 800 and 1,000 doses of the vaccine, with the final number given dependent on how much Canada holds back for research and clinical trials, adding they will also keep a small amount in case it is needed domestically. Ambrose further revealed that she has offered the vaccine to Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of WHO. Explaining further, Dr. Greg Taylor, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer of the Public Health Agency of Canada said the country only has about 1,500 animal doses of the vaccine. According to him, t...

The widow of late Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian who brought Ebola into Nigeria, has defended her husband’s decision to travel to Africa’s most populous country, saying he did so in desperate search for a country with better healthcare system than his own country. In an article published earlier today, TMZ Liberia Magazine quoted Decontee Sawyer, who is a radio host in New York, as explaining that Mr. Sawyer had no trust in the healthcare system in Liberia and had possibly headed to Nigeria with the hope of receiving better treatment for his ailment. Mrs. Sawyer shared her thoughts on her Facebook profile from which TMZ Liberia sourced it for publication. “I’ve read other reports in other papers (not the New York Times) about Patrick’s “recklessness.” I get where they’re coming from, and they certainly have the right to feel the way they do. However, as Patrick’s widow, I would like to shed some light on this from another perspective. One that only I, his wife, would know,” she wrote. “...

The first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan was photographed on her arrival at Sopoto, Northern Poland to commission a training ship built for the Nigerian Oceanographic Institute for Marine and Research purposes, greeting officials and aides in the new vogue of Ebola greeting. She was received on arrival yesterday at the Gdansk Walesa International Airport by Ambassador Ibrahim Jimba, the Nigerian Envoy to Poland, some ministers and other Nigerian dignitaries and she greeted them at respectable distance with ”palm-rubbing acknowledgement.

Late Nigerian singer, Kefee ‘s husband, Teddy Don Momoh has spoken out for the first time after the untimely death of his wife. Late kefee’s husband Teddy speaks on her death Teddy in an interview with Encomium magazine talks about their last moments together and her uncompleted project. He said: “I can’t say I am going to miss her because there are uncountable things to miss. She was a complete, Godly, highly intelligent and strong woman. All these I will miss and also not having her by my side forever. She was a woman that knew what to say to me to keep me fired up. The last memories we had together were shared between Nigeria and America. We shot our first video together here in Nigeria as certified video producers and directors. It was fun to see her contribute highly and creatively in the camera positioning and I told her ” You are what the industry has been waiting for”. This happened a day before she traveled back to America”.

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court has ordered a 32-year-old Islamic Cleric, Alfa Abdulganiyu Bamidele be remanded at the Federal Prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin. Islamic Cleric, Alfa Abdulganiyu Bamidele and his burnt house Alfa Abdulganiyu, the Islamic Cleric of Iyana Ojere Ogidi, Laluba Area, Ilorin was remanded along with two others, Ahmed Bamidele, 20, of the same address and Lukeman Obalowu Issa, 32, of Ile Olunle, Oloje Area, Ilorin, for allegedly conspiring to use the baby’s placenta for ritual purposes. The accused persons had appeared before the court on a three-count charge of conspiracy, trespass and criminal charms, contrary to Sections 97, 342 and 217 of the Penal Code Law. Police from ‘G’ Division, Oloje, Ilorin, on July 29, arrested the Islamic Cleric, alleging that they conspired to exhume the placenta of the baby of one Ismaila Saadu of Ojere Street, Ogidi Area, Ilorin at about 6 a.m. where it was buried at the back of his house. According to the police, during a search for...

Many wives of Nigerian soldiers belonging to the 21 Armored Brigade stationed at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno State, protested in the early hours of Monday by locking in their husbands at home. Three of the women told a correspondent of SaharaReporters that they were upset at the rising casualty rates among soldiers sent to fight Boko Haram insurgents. The protests by the soldiers’ wives brought activities at the Giwa Barrack to a halt for several hours. “They made it impossible for vehicles to come in or go out of the barrack,” a source at the location said.

Troubling reports today claim that a passenger due to fly out to Accra from Murtala Muhammed International Airport today collapsed and died at the arrival hall. With fear surrounding the recent Ebola outbreak, passengers and staff panicked at the development, many even fleeing the scene. However, the deceased was tested for the Ebola virus, and was negative. Source: SR

Nigeria on Monday confirmed a new case of Ebola in Lagos, bringing the total number of people in the country with the virus to 10. Health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu said the latest confirmed case was a female nurse who came into contact with a Liberian-American man, Patrick Sawyer, who died of Ebola in a Lagos hospital on July 25. In addition to Sawyer, another nurse who had contact with him died last week, while seven other people have been confirmed to have the virus in the city, he added. “The 10th case actually was one of the nurses who also had primary contact with the index case. When he (Sawyer) got ill, we then brought her into isolation,” the minister told a news conference in Abuja. “We just tested her over the weekend. So, that’s what made it 10. So, between Friday and today we had one additional case. That brings it to 10 and the 10 includes the index case.” Chukwu said the nurse was currently undergoing treatment while her husband was under surveillance. The health m...

Police are searching for a missing 15-year-old girl who has disappeared with a man twice her age. Schoolgirl Rebecca McLean, was last seen on Saturday morning in Ryde on the Isle of Wight with 33-year-old Michael Britten, Hampshire police said. The pair, who are both from Southampton, are believed to have travelled to the island off the south coast together. Police said they "are growing concerned for their welfare". They are urging anyone with information about Rebecca or Mr Britten to contact Southampton police on 101.

National Coordinator of the Goodluck Initiative For Transformation (GIFT 2015), Mr. Chinedu Okpalanma, has reacted to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu’s comment that President Goodluck Jonathan is incompetent and unfit to rule the country. Bola Tinubu It was reported on August 6, that Tinubu during an APC rally in Osogbo to support re-election of Governor Aregbesola had said the President Jonathan is incompetent and confused thereby not fit to rule the nation. He said: “President Goodluck Jonathan does not understand what it means to govern. He knows nothing about good governance. He’s confused. “How can he bring soldiers to Osun because of election and claimed to be protecting youth corps members, when he should have used that force to stop the killing of our people in the North?” National Coordinator of the Goodluck Initiative For Transformation (GIFT 2015), Mr. Chinedu Okpalanma, reacting to Tinubu’s statement in a media briefing, yesterday, said such utterances from past leaders, who are pa...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has confirmed two fresh cases of the Ebola virus in two individuals in Lagos state. This fresh discovery brings the number of infected to seven in the nation and with two dead. Also The Federal Government has warned people who are spreading false rumours and deceiving the mass public. They especially talked about the recent rumour concerning the bathing with salt water being circulated via SMS and the social media as a cure for Ebola, saying that anyone caught spreading such rumors would be prosecuted. According to Vanguard, The FG is now monitoring 139 people. The virus was brought to the country by the Liberian man Patrick Sawyer, who was rushed to the hospital from the Lagos Airport with Ebola symptoms and died two days following the admission. The second patient to die in Nigeria from Ebola was a nurse who attended Sawyer. With the rapid spread of the virus in the country, the Federal Government requested the experimental drug from the US, wh...

Wiz Khalifa is a wanted man! A warrant was issued for the rapper’s arrest Wednesday after he failed to appear at a scheduled hearing in Texas regarding his misdemeanor arrest, court records obtained by E! News show. Instead of being in an El Paso courtroom, Wiz (real name: Cameron Thomaz) was in New York appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

With the rapid switch of Nigerian entertainers into politics, one can only wonder and wait for the fruits that the 2015 elections will bring forth. At first, it was Desmond Elliot that gave us surprise when he recently made it known that he was running for a seat in the Lagos State House of Reps in order to help common men, and before we could blink our eyes, Kate Henshaw got us shocked with her aspiration to contest for the Federal House of Representatives for Calabar Munical/Odukpani Federal Constituency under the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party in the primaries coming up in October. And now….Comedian Julius Agwu has officially declared his intentions to run for governor of Rivers State in 2015. Yes, you read right and it is no joke as Linda Ikeji reports that Julius said he decided to join the governorship race after pressure from his people to lead them. The Comedian, who recently celebrated his 41st birthday made it known that the party he will contest under will be unveile...

Liberian Patrick Sawyer, the first man to have died in Nigeria from Ebola, possibly knew he had been infected with the virus before travelling to Lagos. Photo: Patrick Sawyer with daughter Images made by Close Circuit Television (CCTV) showed that Sawyer looked terribly ill and avoided bodily contacts with people before boarding the flight, Liberian media The New Dawn reports. He was allegedly exhibiting unusual behaviour trying to stay away from other passengers coming close to him at the James Sprigg Payne’s Airport. The extract from the report reads: “His strange behaviour and frequent movement up and down as he eagerly awaits his Asky flight had prompted the security camera operator to focus on him. In the video, Patrick could be seen avoiding physical contacts with airport employees and other passengers during the check in process.” Sawyer arrived Lagos on July 23 for an ECOWAS convention in Calabar. He reportedly fell ill while on board and was rushed to the hospital where h...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Osun state, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has called out former Governor of the state, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, lambasting him over his defection from PDP to the APC. The Senator, who obviously was shocked at the defection of the former governor to the opposition party says he is a serial betrayer. Vanguard reports that the governorship candidate in a statement made by his media aide, Mr Diran Odeyemi said that Oyinlola is an inconsistent and unreliable politician who has lost everything politically with his new move of defection. Revealing that the PDP former national secretary’s defection to APC will not affect the outcome of Saturday’s election results, the governorship candidate taunted the estranged politician, saying all his followers are still with the PDP notwithstanding his defection. He claimed that it was the double dealings of the politician that heralded his exit from being the PDP National Secretary. He furthe...

Former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode has yet taken a swipe at the All Progressive Party (APC). Femi Fani-Kayode The Controversial former Minister took to twitter to accuse the APC of being the Political wing of Boko Haram. See tweet below - The APC is the political wing of Boko Haram and Boko Haram is the military wing of the APC.Say NO to the Haramite murderers and barbarians. — Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) August 6, 2014 Femi Fani-Kayode who doesn’t hesitate to speak his mind on controversial subjects while maintaining his stand on APC’s involvement with the dreaded Boko Haram sect on July 29, said he has no regrets dumping APC for the ruling party. In his words: “I am back in the PDP for good, the APC is a party being managed by two individuals”. It would be recalled on June 2, 2014 that Fani-Kayode dumped APC for the ruling party, Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). On June 9, Femi Fani-Kayode had threatened to expose APC’s atrocities. On June 30, Femi Fani-Kayode had ac...