Governor Fayose's son Nigba Fayose shows off his wealth

Expensive vehicles, mansion, etc. are the trade mark of Nigba Fayose, Ayo Fayose's son. More pics...

Photos showing how local gin 'Ogogoro' is brewed in Nigeria

These photos shared by CNN's Christian Purefoy show how local gin popularly known as Ogogoro is brewed in Nigeria. Ogogoro has been banned in Nigeria following the death of 66 people in Rivers state and over 20 in Ondo state due to contamination. More photos from the brewing point after the cut...

Hospital worker takes Snapchat photo of a 'ghost' outside children's ward

A hospital worker says he took this spooky picture of what appears to be a ghostly figure near a children's ward.

Andrew Milburn was texting his girlfriend at Leeds General Infirmary on Friday night just before starting his night shift. To prove he was at work, he sent her a Snapchat image of a corridor on the hospital's Clarendon Wing.

He said: 

"Unbeknown at the time it appears that I captured a ghost figure in the corridors.

"I have since put this picture on Facebook, it has received thousands of likes and comments and has been shared as far as America.

"It has also been shared on to paranormal investigator groups, many of which believe the picture is real."

Andrew, who has recently returned to work after a career break, says the room the ghostly figure appears to be walking into is where the switchboard works.
He said a number of colleagues at the hospital have heard footsteps at the spot when no-one is there.
"There have been a few odd things," he said. "Now people are a bit scared, and apprehensive about going to the loo."

He said not everyone believes him though, he said some people think the picture was photoshopped but he said he didn't make it up.

Photos of Pres. Buhari at the opening of the AU Summit...

Here are some photos of President Buhari at the opening of the African Union Summit currently going on in South Africa. More photos after the cut...

South Africa bans Sudan president from leaving the country after arrest call

A South African judge yesterday Sunday June 14th barred Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from leaving the country after the International Criminal Court called for him to be arrested at the AU summit in Johannesburg.

Bashir, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in the Darfur conflict, mostly travels to countries that have not joined the ICC, but South Africa is a signatory of the court's statutes.

The ruling was the first time any court has prevented a head of state from leaving a country following a request by the ICC, but Sudanese officials remained defiant, insisting Bashir would return home on schedule.

The Southern African Litigation Centre, a legal rights group, had launched an urgent application in the Pretoria High Court to force authorities to arrest Bashir on the opening day of the African Union summit.

"President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan is prohibited from leaving the Republic of South Africa until the final order is made in this application," Judge Hans Fabricius said in his ruling.

"The respondents are directed to take all necessary steps to prevent him from doing so."

Despite the arrest calls, Bashir joined a group photograph of leaders at the summit.

Wearing a blue suit, he stood in the front row for the photograph along with South African host President Jacob Zuma and Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who is the chair of the 54-member group.

"We will leave on time as scheduled," Sudan Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour told reporters. "We are not abiding with any... decision of any court. We are here as guests of the government of South Africa. Assurances have been made by that government."

Ghandour joined other critics of the ICC, saying it was a court that targets African leaders.

"President Bashir is a leading president, a member of the summit of the African Union and will continue attending the summits wherever they are being held inside Africa," he said.

The ICC called on South Africa "to spare no effort in ensuring the execution of the arrest warrants" against Bashir.

It added that South Africa diplomats had been pressed last month to arrest Bashir if he attended the summit, but that they had replied they faced "competing obligations" over the issue.
Bashir, 71, seized power in Sudan in an Islamist-backed coup in 1989.

The ICC indictments relate to the western Sudanese region of Darfur, which erupted into conflict in 2003 when ethnic insurgents launched a campaign against Bashir's Arab-dominated government, complaining of marginalisation.

Khartoum unleashed a bloody counter-insurgency using the armed forces and allied militia.

The United Nations says 300,000 people have been killed in the conflict and another 2.5 million forced to flee their homes.

Khartoum, however, disputes the figures, estimating the death toll at no more than 10,000.
"South Africa has an obligation to arrest him," Johannesburg-based rights lawyer Gabriel Shumba said.
"Failure to do so puts them in the same bracket as other African regimes who have no respect for human rights. It's actually a test for South Africa."

As Judge Fabricius gave his ruling and said the court would meet again on Monday, the summit opened five hours late with Zuma not mentioning the issue in his opening remarks.

"As a member of the International Criminal Court, (South Africa) has committed to cooperate with that court," Elise Keppler of Human Rights Watch told the ENCA news channel.

"This is an incredible moment for South Africa to do the right thing and to render al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court.

"It's quite possible that al-Bashir could in fact be taken into custody before he leaves the country."

The South African government and African Union officials made no comment on the court ruling.

The summit is meeting for two days in the upmarket business and retail district of Sandton under the official theme of the "Year of Women's Empowerment and Development".

TB Joshua’s Word Saved My Life, says Actress Tonto Dikeh

As many celebrate their birthdays on June 12, being the remembrance day of Nigeria’s most freest election in 1993 which saw late Moshood Abiola emerging as the winner, many do not recall that today is also the birthday of one of Nigeria’s most renowned prophet, Temitope Joshua.

The General overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nation, who is recently had some crisis following the collapse of his church building, has given thanks to God for another opportunity to celebrate life and to continually spread the Gospel around the world.

In the spirit of the celebration, popular Nollywood Actress Tonto Dikeh, who was once rumoured to have been delivered by the prophet, has also joined many to celebrate the Man of God.

Tonto who now sees the Man of God as her spiritual father, wants you all to know that it was TB Joshua's words, through God, that saved her life and made her a changed person.

APC Senators Demand Ekweremadu’s Resignation as DSP

The crisis set off by the recent election of the principal officers of the National Assembly may be far from over despite the All Progressives Congress’ recent assurance that it is putting its house in order.

Aggrieved APC senators has demanded for the immediate resignation of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is member of the PDP and has no business in the Senate leadership.

“We demand that Senator Ike Ekweremadu must resign his position because he needed at least 55 senators to emerge as deputy senate president. Ekweremadu is a lawyer and an experienced lawmaker. He knows he is not qualified to win the election with 54 votes.”

The senators, who are loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan, the party’s candidate for the Senate presidency, insisted that Ekweremadu’s resignation was one of the conditions that would make the faction to recognise Senator Bukola Saraki as President of the Senate.

The aggrieved lawmakers, under the auspices of the Senate Unity Forum, however, stated that they had nothing personal against Saraki and Ekweremadu.

APC senators had been divided since the controversial elections. Saraki and Yakubu Dogara had defied the ruling party, allied with PDP and emerged as the heads of the upper and lower chambers.

The alliance led to the return of Ekweremadu, a member of the PDP, as the Deputy Senate President.

Initially, the APC had rejected the result of the election, insisting that Saraki, Dogara and their supporters would be sanctioned for defying the position of the party. But a few days later, the National Chairman of the the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said the party had accepted Saraki as the President of the Senate. “Of course, he (Sakari) has been duly elected by his colleagues. We have a reality and we must live with it,” he said.

However, the spokesperson of the SUF, Senator Kabir Marafa, who spoke to PUNCH, said the pro-Saraki senators must explain why they disregarded all the arrangements put in place by the leaders of the APC to produce consensus candidates for post of Senate President and Deputy Senate President.

The senator called for thorough investigations into why the Clerk of the National Assembly was in a hurry to conduct the election of the senate president and the deputy without following the normal procedure as contained in the Senate Standing Order.

Marafa further said the pro-Saraki lawmakers should tell the party leadership why they rushed to the chamber on June 9 and hurriedly conducted the election, while the rest of the APC lawmakers were at the ICC, expecting the arrival of President Mohammadu Buhari.

Another APD man said, “The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, was not properly elected. He requires a simple majority vote of 55 to win the election but he got 54, so he did not win and we cannot recognise him. We refuse to. Our party has asked us not to talk to the press but we will not keep quiet internally.

“Apart from Ekeweremadu resigning, we are also demanding thorough investigations into the decision of the Clerk of the National Assembly to conduct the election when he was aware that the President had summoned us to a meeting.”

See Names Of Those Who Will Emerge As Buhari's Ministers

June 15, 2015

All is finally set for President Muhammadu Buhari to release the names of his ministers. The immediate past governors of Lagos and Rivers, Babatunde Fashola and Rotimi Amaechi; a former governor of Ekiti, Segun Oni and Education minister in the Obasanjo government, Oby Ezekwesili, are among those you will be seeing in the government of Buhari in the days to come.

Also believed to be on the list expected to be forwarded to the Senate this week are a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdurahman Danbazzau; Economic Adviser to late President Yar’Adua, Dr. Tanimu Yakubu Kirfi and respected economist, Professor Pat Utomi.

Ex-Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi or ex-Osun Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola may also be picked.

Presidency sources said that while Buhari is keen on having a lean cabinet, the Constitution is an impediment as it stipulates that every state must be represented in the Federal Executive Council.

Buhari and his think-tank are said to have realised that the size of the incoming cabinet cannot be less than 36.

Although the President is keeping the list to his chest, it was learnt that he is disposed to accepting nomination of capable, tested and what one source called “ethical” candidates from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Chief of Army Staff, Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, APC national leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, etc.

Ex-Minister Bolaji Abdullahi and ex-PDP Chairman Kawu Baraje may slug it out for Kwara State slot.

Buhari is also said to favour consulting Tinubu on some slots, regardless of pressure from some elements in the Presidency.

A source said: “The President has been consulting widely on the list of his ministers. All things being equal, some candidates from ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Chief of Army Staff, Gen. T.Y. Danjuma, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and the newly-elected Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki may make the list.

“Some of these heavyweights have submitted advisory names but it is left for the President to reject or accept them.

“Governors will have less input into the cabinet. The President is actually fine-tuning the list of ministers which he will soon send to the National Assembly.

“As I am talking to you, the President is keeping the list to his chest. I am aware that some ex-governors may make the team on merit.”

Why Are Naija Celebrities Impregnating Ladies Anyhow?

The latest to join the bandwagon trend of baby-mama and baby-daddy is Don Jazzy's younger brother, D'Prince. The Cameroonian girl he got pregnant last year just delivered a baby boy for him and his family, who couldn't make him get married to the lady, where there to celebrate with him. Smh!

Why do we think this is cool just because many are doing it? Can civilization change God's standard?

Photos: VP Osinbajo visits H.I.D Awolowo, his grand mother-inlaw

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo recently visited his grand mother-in law, Chief Mrs H.I.D Awolowo, the wife of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Vice President Osinbajo is married to Dolapo Osinbajo who is the grand daughter of Chief H.I.D Awolowo. Mrs Osinbajo is the daughter of late Otunba Ayodele Olubusola Soyode (nee Awolowo), one of the Awolowo daughters. More photos after the cut