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President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to his main office inside the Presidential Villa 81 days after he returned from a medical trip in the United Kingdom.  He had been operating from an office located inside his official residence and another one located inside the Presidential Banquet Hall. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, had said the President’s office needed renovation because of its devastation by rodents during his long period of absence. Attached Files:

A Lagos state Federal High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture to the Federal Government, Flat 7b No 16, Osborn Road Ikoyi, Lagos, the apartment where operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered the sums of $43,449,947.00, €27,800 and N23,218,000.00 in April. The property linked to the dismissed Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke. Attached Files:

An unidentified man has been electrocuted to death while vandalizing a 100KVA power substation at Emene Industrial Layout. It's believed that the vandal probably arrived at the substation when there was no supply and in the process of loosening the HV fuse, supply was restored and he was electrocuted. Items recovered from him include a spanner, torch and a plyer. Attached Files:

Several prominent lawyers and experts have stated that the addition of Morocco to the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) will break Nigeria up.  According to the former Director General at Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Prof. Bola Akinterinwa , “any attempt to allow Morocco to join the Regional body will disintegrate Nigeria. This is because Morocco is "one of the most corrupt nations in the world going by the recent corruption index account", he said. Speaking almost in the same vein, representative of the Director General, NIIA, Prof Fred Agwu said “he who pays the piper dictates the tunes; Nigeria can block Morocco from ECOWAS. Activist lawyer, Femi Falana in his submission, told the stakeholders that “any attempt to allow the North African country to join ECOWAS will subvert Nigeria’s Economic prosperity. They spoke at the House of Representatives' “Public hearing on the Review of Nigeria’s Membership of ECOWAS In View of Morocco’s B...

The Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students’ Matters to senate president Bukola Saraki, Ikenga Ugochinyere has tendered his resignation letter.  In a letter dated October 3, he said he resigned because he just emerged as the national chairman of a newly formed political party. “Sequel to the issuance of certificate of registration by INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) to my newly formed political party and my emergence as National Chairman, I wish to tender my resignation as your Senior Special Assistant on Youths and Students’ Matters. This is because of the legal and political implications of my new status as a result of which I cannot be able to discharge my functions to you. Attached Files:

The Ebonyi state chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, is confident President Muhammadu Buhari will get the majority of votes in the state come 2019.  Acting chairman of the party, Eze Nwachukwu, said the party has vowed to support Buhari's re-election in 2019. “We have assessed the achievements of the present administration and have come to an undeniable truth that Mr President has done so much in areas of physical infrastructure, war against financial graft, job creation, economic repositioning among others”, he said. “We are only praying that Mr President will listen to the popular voices calling on him to throw himself in for re-election in order complete the good work that his administration has started”. Attached Files:

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja inaugurated the Armed Forces Council. According to a statement by Tukur Gusau, the Public Relations Officer to the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, the last Armed Forces Council meeting was held on July 17, 2014. They talked about the: 1. Ratifications of the new National Defence Policy, 2.The revised terms and conditions of service officers, 3. Ratings airmen. Defence minister Mansur Dan-Ali said the ratifications will enable the Armed Forces cope with changing security challenges. The council, established by CAP A20 of Laws of the Federation of Nigeria and Section 4 of the Armed Forces Act is to be responsible, under the general authority of the president, for command, discipline and administration of and for all other matters related to the Armed Forces.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja inaugurated the Armed Forces Council. The inauguration was done at the president's main office which reports said Buhari had avoided since his return from his London medical trip on August 19. See photos:

As earlier reported today,  the P-Square Squareville mansion located in Omole Estate  has been put on sale for N320m Upon further inquries, Linda Ikeji has confirmed that the Sqaureville mansion belongs to just Paul and Jude Okoye, not Peter. This has been in effect since 2014. "That house belonged to Paul and Jude after they shared all their properties in 2014. Peter doesn't know anything about it anymore ," a source stated.

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammmed, has said that it will be a tragedy for Nigeria to fall back into the hands of People's Democratic Party. PDP in 2019. Alhaji Lai stated this in an interviewo n efforts being made by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to revamp the economy and other issues. with New Telegraph on Thursday. He also believed that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government has laid the foundation for a better Nigeria. When asked if the APC led government will go beyond 2019, he said: “We are not afraid of the PDP staging a comeback “I can confidently tell you that we are not even contemplating it. It will be a tragedy for Nigeria to fall back into the hands of PDP. “They dropped us in hell and we are taking people out of hell. How can Nigeria now go back to Egypt? It is not about APC or President Buhari . With the kind of revelation that is coming out, the kind of rot, you want those people to come back and preside...

A former Acting Governor of Taraba State, Sani Abubakar Danladi has told the Gombe State Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) how he and others shared N450 million meant to influence victory for former President Goodluck Jonathan during the 2015 general elections. According to a release signed and made available to newsmen in Gombe by the EFCC zonal office, Danladi, who was arrested last week in Abuja but later released on bail, told EFCC investigators that he collected the money through Senator Joel Danlami Ikenya and Hon. Mark Bako Useni. He said the amount was part of the N23 billion allegedly doled out by former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election. The former Acting Governor, according to the statement, also told the EFCC interrogators that he chaired the eight-man committee that disbursed the money in Taraba State. He stated that he and the other members of the committee shared N36...

Wife of Bauchi State governor, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar, has awarded scholarships to 115 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and vulnerable children. The scholarship was provided to the beneficiaries through her ‎Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Bauchi Sustainable Women Economic Empowerment and Peace Initiative (BSWEEP). Speaking during the occasion, Mrs Abubakar stated that the scholarship was given to the beneficiaries to help them acquire education which she said is the bedrock of national development.  She added that the beneficiaries were drawn from IDPs in the state, vulnerable children as well as 15 selected female pupils with special needs from Special Education Centre, Yelwa, Bauchi. Mrs Abubakar further informed that 50 of the beneficiaries are in junior secondary schools, while 50 others are in senior secondary school. In his remarks at the event, Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar commended the gesture of his wife towards the less privileged.

Nigerian singer and music executive Banky W recently took to Instagram to share the progress he is making while being treated for a rare strain of skin cancer He wrote A wise man once said this: "Scars. A sign that you had been hurt. A sign that you had been healed." Scroll through the pictures to see mine. I'm sharing these because they're proof of what God has brought me through. And because somewhere out there, I know there's someone who needs to hear this. For those who've been wondering why I've been away so long..I had my 3rd surgery on a rare strain of skin cancer tumours in my shoulder last month. The first 2 times were over 10 yrs ago, then it recently resurfaced. But this isn't a sad story as much as it is a reminder, and a testimony. A reminder that you should never take life for granted. You only get 1 shot. Some people went to sleep and never woke up. Many others have lost the battle to cancer and other illnesses. Many are still fighting...

The Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN) on Thursday won its N2bn Human Rights Suit instituted against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, the Nigerian Police Force and 4 others. According to Dailypost, the presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Gabriel Kolawole also gave a 7-day ultimatum that the National Headquarters of the Corps located at No 57 Iya Abubakar Crescent, off Alex Ekwueme way, opposite Jabi Lake, Jabi, Abuja, be unsealed. The National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Amb ( Dr. ) Dickson Akoh and 49 other officers of the Corps who were arrested on February 28th, 2017, had approached the court, through their Lawyer, Chief Kanu Agabi ( SAN ), seeking redress over their unlawful arrest, detention and brutality.

A 25-year old truck driver, Mr. Philip Eshogaya got into trouble after he publicly told his co-tenant Chizoba that his wife, Rita, was a prostitute and that he should not boast about her because he knew her too well. He further revealed in public that he and some police officers had slept with her before she moved into his house with her four children. The incident happened at Shobowale Street, Modina Road, Egan in the outskirts of Lagos where they reside. The woman’s husband simply known as Chizoba, became angry and asked the wife to prove her innocence but she rather went to the police at Igando Division and reported the matter. Eshogaya was arrested and charged before Ejigbo Magistrates court for conduct likely to cause breach of public peace and threat to life. P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the suspect had been having constant quarrels with Chizoba who was a bus driver plying Lagos Island. It was gathered that Eshogaya and Chizoba started having problems when his wife moved into the c...

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over Armed Forces Council meeting inside the Aso Rock office, almost 81 days after he returned from the medical trip in the United Kingdom. It was believed that Buhari’s absence from his office is connected to his tortuous health challenges. But Bashir Ahmad, the Presidential aide on new media faulted the claim, saying "President Buhari is currently presiding over an Armed Forces Council Meeting in this particular office you’re talking about". Details later.... Attached Files:

Nigerian Senate on Wednesday approved a report largely exonerating MTN Nigeria of foreign exchange infractions after being accused of illegally repatriating $14 billion to its parent. But the Senate report also asked Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to sanction Stanbic IBTC Bank “for improper documentations in respect of capital repatriation and loan repayments” on behalf of MTN. The upper legislative chamber had agreed in September last year to investigate if Africa’s biggest telecoms firm unlawfully repatriated $13.92 billion from Nigeria – its most lucrative market which generates a third of its revenue – between 2006 and 2016. A spokesman for MTN said, “we welcome the report. We will study it in more detail. As we’ve placed on record previously, we have always insisted that our actions have been compliant with the law in this regard.”

President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has adopted certain strict measures to check against smuggling of rice into the country. Minister of Agriculture Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, dropped tye hint on Wednesday. He said the federal government is seeking ways to ensure that the Memorandum of Understanding (M0U) Nigeria signed with its neighbouring countries to check smuggling is implemented. Speaking shortly after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, Ogbeh said the federal government has read the riot act to smugglers, saying it will no longer tolerate their activities. He said, “The other issue was the question of smuggling. In Mr. President’s speech to the National Assembly yesterday, he gave very strong warning about smugglers who bring in unauthorised commodities through the unauthorised borders into the country. Asked on specific actions the government is taking to tackle smuggling, the minister recalled that there was MoU between Nigeria and Republic o...

Paul and Peter Okoye, formerly known as P'Square are putting up their mansion for sale in Lagos. The Mansion which cost over a billionaire, was one of the most talked about even with Aliko Dangote's presence at the Opening. According to reports, they have put it up for sale, so they can go their separate ways: Attached Files:

Tension is brewing up at Iyana-Iba, around the main gate to the Lagos State University, as hundreds of commercial motorcycle riders, otherwise called Okada have barricaded the entire road leading from Lagos to Badagry area of the state. According to Daily Sun, the Okada riders, who made several bonfires along the expressway, were protesting the seizure of the motorcycles allegedly by men of the state task force. Details later... Attached Files: