Tiwa Savage, Tonto Dike, Toke Makinwa, Elohor Aisien, Debola Williams and many other celebs marched the streets of Lagos this morning from Falomo Roundabout to the State house Onikan where they met with Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola. See more photos after the cut...

 

Fred Ajudua has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defrauding former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.), of about $8.395m (about N1.3 billion).

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye ordered on Wednesday that he should be remanded in prisons custody following a fresh 13-count charge of fraud brought against him by EFCC.

The Family Court 1 in Yaba Magistracy has jailed two women for trafficking and using children to beg for alms in Victoria Island area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
The women, Amarachi Eke from Imo State and Chioma Eze from Awka in Anambra State, sourtheast Nigeria, were arraigned at the court on Wednesday on a two-count charge
of using underaged children to beg for alms. And they pleaded guilty to the charges.

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Bolaji Abdullahi

Nigerian sports minister Bolaji Abdullahi has said he is against setting coach Stephen Keshi a World Cup target as it would put him under “unnecessary” pressure.
Nigeria have been drawn against familiar foes Argentina, debutants Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iran in Group F of the World Cup with pundits tipping Nigeria and Argentina to qualify from the group.

GOVERNOR Martin Elechi of Ebonyi State yesterday called for the disbandment of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU in the country, following its alleged antecedent of sabotaging the effort of governments in the area of education and provision of infrastructural facilities to institution of higher learning.

The governor made the call during an interactive session with members and executives of the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ.

 

The Governor of the Central Bank, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, says the apex bank will partner some satellite system companies to boost international telecommunication services in the country by creating hot spots.

 
There’s a protest presently going on at Akpajo junction on east west road by the people of ogoni, blocking everybody heading towards onne, eleme, akwa Ibom and beyond.

The protest is against the Federal Government.
They are requesting the immediate implementation of the UNEP report on Ogoniland.

A teacher who was found half-unclad in a layby and caught having s*x with one of her teenage pupils has been banned from the classroom for two years. 

 
The Plateau State Police command, yesterday, paraded the  woman who, last week, stole a seven-day old baby in Bokkos Local Government Area and her accomplice who had faked a pregnancy to con her husband for seven months.

Parading the two alongside other suspects, state Commissioner of Police Mr. Chris Olakpe, said the housewife, Chundung Lagi Jugu, allegedly colluded with Elizabeth Zakari to steal the baby boy whose mother was on admission to justify the fake pregnancy.

Effective from January 1, 2014, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, and Head of Delegation, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, becomes the Alternate President for the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, for the next one year.

 

The federal government may have made good its plan to ban importation of fish and other food products into the country.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the federal government has stopped importation of fish into the country since October 31 this year.

A concessionaire of a leading fish terminal in Apapa Port told our correspondent in an exclusive interview that the terminal and other terminals have stopped receiving fish product cargoes, which Bill of Laden were dated later than October 31, as they have been directed to do so by the federal government.

Nigeria should count themselves lucky to be in the group they are! Hope they qulify to the next round.

South African Government has announced the death of Nelson Mandela. South African president Jacob Zuma announced that the former president and anti-apartheid revolutionary passed away peacefully in the company of his family in his home in Johannesburg around 8:50 this evening Dec. 5th. He was 95 years old.

The Conoil filling station opposite NNPC Towers along Herbert Macaulay Way, Abuja, went into flames on Thursday as a tanker discharged the 33,000 litres of petrol it delivered.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fire started at about 3 p.m., forcing offices around the petrol station to close.

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The Senate, on Thursday, suspended indefinitely its decision to question the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, at its general session, after repeatedly deferring the minister’s appearance.

Ms. Oduah will now appear before the Senate Committee on Aviation on an unnamed date, a new resolution approved by the lawmakers on Thursday said. The hearing is expected to be reported back to the senate plenary.

“The Senate accordingly resolves to rescind its earlier resolution that the minister of aviation and chief executives of the aviation parastatals to brief the senate plenary,” the motion read.

Senate president, David Mark did not give reasons for the senate's decision. Read more - Telegraphng

ROME (RNS) The Vatican said it would display for the first time bones believed to be the mortal remains of St. Peter, the leader of Jesus' 12 apostles, to mark the end of the Year of Faith, Nov. 24.

Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, wrote in Monday's editions of L'Osservatore Romano, that the Catholic faithful making a pilgrimage to St. Peter's tomb to mark the end of the Year of Faith will enjoy "the exposition … of the relics traditionally recognized as those of the apostle who gave his life for the Lord on this spot."