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The Governor of Osun Sate, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has ascribed the irregular payment of workers’ salaries by his administration and other states in Nigeria to “economic downturn induced by the brazen corruption, wanton theft of crude oil and mismanagement of the country’s resources by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led Federal Government”. Aregbesola, who was playing host to Federal Government Advocacy Team on the Digital Switch Over, over the weekend explained that he was not happy with the payment of modulated salary in the state, in which some cadres of the workers get 50 per cent and 75 per cent of their monthly earnings. According to the governor “no reasonable person or government would be happy for being incapacitated to perform his/its required responsibility”. “We are not happy paying modulated salary to our workers in the civil service and political appointees, we are compelled by the financial reality; we are constrained. “Contrary to the lies you are being fed, it is no...

The embattled former Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, has finally broken his silence. Maina in a video already trending on social media, said he has not left Nigeria. The former pension boss said there’s no money missing anywhere, adding that he went into hiding because some people were trying to assassinate him. Maina said he was not a thief and has not stolen anything rather, he has documents that would expose the real thieves. According to him, “We know where these monies are.” See video… Attached Files:

Here are some selected newspaper headlines in today's newspaper October 30, 2017. Punch Politics not opportunity to amass wealth, says Buhari IMF wants Nigeria to stop tax holidays NNPC, First E&P begin marine oil search INTERPOL yet to get fresh request for Maina’s arrest –Source Reps’ N6.1bn exotic cars malfunction We arrested Boko Haram terrorists in Taraba, Kaduna –Military Dasuki resists appearing in court for Metuh’s trial Cassava glut: Farmers, processors squabble over prices Takam protests Joshua defeat, seeks rematch Nigerian basketballer killed in US NMRC, LASG, developers sign 20,000 housing units’ agreement 300 golfers set for Kwara Open Policeman attacks immigration officer, breaks jaw, tooth Lagos : Married lovers found dead in vehicle Kano confirms suspected monkeypox case Ondo okays tuition for secondary school pupils, parents kick 38-year-old dies after birth of quadruplets Police gun down suspected cattle rustler Drug abuse: Police want CCTV in Lagos hotels, ...

A 65-year old woman from Nkayi in Zimbabwe has narrated to a court how a 20-year old man, who is her neighbor, fell asleep after raping her twice. She told the court that she tried to fight back and bit him on his lower lip, but he overpowered her. The man, she said, raped her while putting on a condom but later tossed it away saying that it disturbed him. “After he fell asleep in my blankets, I picked up my two-year-old grandchild and fled to my neighbour’s homestead. He woke up and fled before we returned,” she said. “I am even afraid to sleep in my home or to make eye contact with him because of what he did to me”. The man pleaded not guilty to rape when he appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Trynose Utahwashe who remanded him in custody to November 2 for continuation of trial. The man said there was no way he could have raped the woman as she was the same age as his mother. He said: “There was no way I could have had an erection for you at your age.” Prosecuting, Mr Ro...

Minister of Sports and Youth Development Solomon Dalung and the Deputy Governor of Ogun State pictured with heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua after the fight in Cardiff, UK. The current unified world heavyweight champion, having held the IBF title since 2016, and the WBA (Super) and IBO titles since April 2017 boasts a flawless professional record of 19 fights, 20 victories

Against the backdrop of the recent invitation of former President Goodluck Jonathan by a Federal High Court and sundry statements made against his person, a Niger Delta Commentator and Ijaw leader, Hon. Kennedy Orubebe, has said that Nigeria will burn if the former President is arrested. Speaking to Sunday Telegraph in Warri, Delta State, Orubebe, a founding member of the Federated Niger Delta Izon Communities (FNDIC) and PANDEF, said any effort to probe the ex-President should commence with thorough investigation into all sleaze practices carried out under previous Presidents and Heads of state. Orubebe said: “I vehemently say that for them to make any mistake of arresting Jonathan will not augur well for the present government. But we know that past Presidents and Heads of State in the country have committed a lot of atrocities against this country and nobody raised an eyebrow. I repeat if Buhari’s government makes any attempt to arrest President Jonathan, it will not be taken kindl...

A woman, reportedly married with kids, and a man (believed to be her lover) were found dead in their car in Ogba, Lagos this morning. According to eyewitnesses, their unclad bodies indicated they were allegedly having sex before their deaths. See photo and tweets and photos below

An Ugandan pastor, Pastor Busoga recently claimed that God ordered ordered him not to walk on ”ordinary” floor in order not to get contaminated, as he is too holy.  Based on this divine order, his congregants had no choice but to submit their backs.

Roger Federer claimed an eighth Swiss Indoor title when he beat Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in Basel on Sunday The 36-year-old local favourite, beaten by Del Potro in consecutive Basel finals in 2012 and 2013, was ragged at times and looked in danger of an unwanted hat-trick, but showed all his battling qualities to turn the match around.  Fourth seed Del Potro, making a late run to try and qualify for next month’s ATP World Tour Finals in London, broke serve in the first game of the decider but wilted as Federer stormed back to the delight of a raucous crowd inside the St Jakobshalle.

Spokesperson to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has called Vice President Yemi Osinbajo an habitual liar in a new post. Omokri alleged that Osinbajo had been lying to divert attention from the ongoing ex-pension boss Maina's scandal. See post below “My attention has been drawn to claims in the media by the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, against former President Jonathan. Speaking on Friday the 27th of October 2017 in Lagos at a ‘Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference’, the Vice President said: “Weeks before the 2015 elections, the government then, gave out N100billion in cash and $295million in cash ostensibly for security within two weeks”. “I make bold to say that the Vice President has once again taken to his characteristic habit of lying. “Nigerians may recall that only last week, Vice President Osinbajo was in Anambra state where he lied that the present administration had paid $2 billion for the second Niger Bridge. “I had cause to expose that lie and ...

Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the immediate past government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan attempted to interfere with the 2015 elections. Jega claimed that Jonathan’s government tried to “interfere with the decision of INEC to use electronic card readers”. In an interview with Jamie Hitchen, a policy researcher at Africa Research Institute, Jega said the attempt was resisted by the body. Jega, however, commended the former President, saying he meant well for “our democracy”. According to the former INEC boss, Jonathan granted all the financial requests of INEC. He said, “The administration of Goodluck Jonathan, president from 2010 to 2015, never gave any reason to suspect that there was a deliberate and wilful attempt to emasculate the funding of INEC. “For this they should be applauded. No situation arose where we had to go cap-in-hand to the executive looking for funding and I must add that when suppleme...

Senator Iyiola Omisore, the former Deputy Governor of Osun State has been invited by the police over allegations of an alleged attack carried out on Senator Isiaka Adeleke in 2014 over the governorship primaries of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The late Senator Adeleke who passed away on April 23, 2017, had accused the former Deputy Governor, as well as a former Minister of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan and one Sogo Agboola of assault and battery in 2014 while at a hotel to meet with the officials of PDP who had been sent to conduct the elections. Senator Omisore has been invited to report to the Police Headquarters in Osogbo to answer some questions the police still has over the incident of assault made against the deceased Senator in a letter dated October 20, 2017 and signed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Mr. Umega Uzochukwu. Courtesy: Punch News

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for immediate suspension of those suspected of complicity in reinstating Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of Pension Task Team, into civil service. NANS’s President, Chinonso Obasi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said this would ensure credible probe of the scandal. Maina was in 2012 accused of misappropriating N100 billion pension funds while he headed the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, an assignment given to him by former President Goodluck Jonathan. While investigation was being conducted on the allegation, he deserted his job as a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Interior, and disappeared from the country. “Just recently, a mind-boggling revelation was made of how Maina was smuggled back to the civil service after almost five years of absconding", Obasi said. “The elevation of Maina from Deputy Director to Director with evidence of official exchange of correspondence amongst government of...

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has again reiterated the damage done by corruption to developing countries and to the children and future of Africa. According to Channels TV, Obasanjo made the statement at a public lecture to mark the 14th anniversary of the Dorcas Oke Hope Alive Foundation, had the theme ‘Corruption and the challenges of the African child’. The former president stated that "Corruption remains our greatest socio-economic challenge and it is destroying us" and then quoted Proverbs Chapter 20 vs 4: ‘A just king gives stability to his nation. But one who demands bribes destroys it’. He warned that if the security agencies are not strengthened and aligned with anti-graft policies through active collaboration of the judiciary, the effort to fight corruption would not lead to significant results. Attached Files:

Danish star Caroline Wozniacki played top notch tennis on Sunday to beat Venus Williams in two straight sets 6-4 6-4 in the BNP Paribas WTAFinals in Singapore, to clinch the last trophy of the season. It was her first victory over Venus for the 27 year-old in her career. She had been beaten by Venus in seven previous matches. The victory was also her first WTA Finals win. She was a runner-up in 2010. Attached Files:

A fresh budget crisis between the presidency and the National Assembly is on the horizon. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to present the budget to lawmakers this week. According to a principal officer in the Red Chamber the late submission of MTEF to the National Assembly as well as refusal to comply with relevant laws guiding budget preparations had always been the causes of challenges dogging Nigeria’s budgeting process. The senator recalled how in 2016, the Senate returned the MTEF to the executive arm of government due to lack of supporting documentation and details. He explained that the December 31-target cannot be realised due to the poor implementation of the 2017 budget. He regretted that government said they have released funds, but most of the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) said they have not seen cash. He blamed the executive for the problem associated with the 2017 budget implementation. “Lack of money is not the main problem, government is slow in tak...

The management of Integrated Logistics Services Limited, Intels, is withholding a substantial amount of money belonging to the Nigerian government,  a report from PREMIUM TIMES says.  Intels, which is largely owned by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has withheld more than N40 billion it earned between January and September 2017 —including billions that should have gone into the federation account as Nigeria’s cut. Documents showed that Intels earned $132,957,286.18 (or N40.55 billion at N305/per dollar) within the first nine months of the year, but failed to remit percentage due to the federal government. This percentage, it calculates at its own discretion due to a lack of formal sharing arrangement with FG. The only boat services revenue received by NPA was a paltry $26,502.52 charge which was deposited directly by a customer into NPA’s TSA account at Central Bank, documents show. The amount represented 0.07 percent of the $132,957,286.18 that Intels has paid so far t...

On Sunday, a massive rally calling for Spanish unity began in Barcelona. This is 24 hours after Catalonia was stripped of its autonomy for declaring independence. The crowd at the rally were over 300,000. Many protesters chanted that sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, who was dismissed as Spain's central government took control of Catalan institutions, should be jailed. A Belgian minister said he could get political asylum in Belgium. Spain has been gripped by a constitutional crisis since a referendum, organised by Mr Puigdemont's separatist government, was held earlier this month in defiance of a ruling by the Constitutional Court which had declared it illegal. The Catalan government said that of the 43% of potential voters who took part, 90% were in favour of independence. Attached Files: