The Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has died at the age of 85. Family
sources say he died at about 5pm yesterday after a brief illness. He was
reportedly flown to UK in an air ambulance after he became unconscious
following his illness. The late Oba is survived by wives and children. May
his soul rest in peace Amen.
President Buhari has sacked all Service Chiefs. Their sack was made known
by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina
while he spoke to state house correspondents this afternoon.
The fired service chiefs include the Chief of Defence staff, and the heads
of Army, Navy and the Air Force. More details later.
Nigerian Prison sources say ex Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido and his
two sons Aminu and Mustapha, have been flown to Abuja this morning ahead of
the court hearing for their bail application holding tomorrow July 14th.
The former Governor and sons who are standing trial for allegedly
collecting bribe totaling N1.35 billion from government contractors when he
was governor, were on July 9th ordered to be remanded in Kano Prisons by
Justice Evelyn Anyadike.
Actress Kate Henshaw, whose Lekki home was gutted by a fire last week (see
here) took to her Instagram page today to thank all who have reached out to
her. She wrote;
'With a heart full of immense gratitude, I want to thank all my fans,
friends on social media, who sent messages and words of encouragement for
the incident that happened last week. I appreciate the love, care and
concern. The good Lord bless you all and cause His face to shine on you,
may He be gracious unto you and give you peace!! Have an absolutely blessed
weekend. Huge hugs all round.'
9 year old girl Splendour Joe Abisoye has written a book on terrorism which
she titled 'Effects of Terrorism on Children'. Little Miss Splendour
presented her book to the Director, Defence Information, Major General
Chris Olukolade in Abuja yesterday July 2nd.
In the book, Splendour shared her experience when she visited an IDP camp
in the North and what some of the children there told her. Splendour was
accompanied to the Army Headquarters by her parents Rev. and Mrs Joe King
Abisoye. Receiving the book, Gen Olukolade applauded her for writing it
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank on
Friday after he threw stones at their patrol, Palestinian medical and
security sources said. Mohammad Kosba, 17, was killed by two bullets after
launching the stones at an Israeli military vehicle close to the Qalandia
checkpoint, south of Ramallah, the sources said.
Boko Haram members this morning reportedly slit the throat of 11 of its own
members for fleeing one of their camps located near Miringa village in Biu
local government area of Borno state. The fleeing members were on their way
to surrender to government forces when the sect members pursued them,
caught up with them in Miringa village, tried them there and slit their
throat in the full glare of the villagers, according to Sahara Reporters
Former Miss Nigeria and sister to famous actor Hank Anuku, Rita Anuku, has
died. Rita, who won the Miss Nigeria pageant in 1986, died yesterday July
2nd in a hospital in Abuja after a battle with cancer. The mother of four
was just 47 years old. May her soul rest in peace, amen.
Following the legalization of gay marriage across America by the Supreme
Court last week, Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, who is known for his
extreme anti-gay views has been making headlines. Earlier this week was a
marriage proposal to president Obama and yesterday, he allegedly said what
you see below during another interview;
"Even satan wasn't Gay, he chose to approach naked Eve instead of naked
Adam." - President, Mugabe on homo sexuality.
It has been a serious war in most of the banks in the country as CBN set today as deadline for the BVN registration but now, the Good News! Central Bank of Nigeria has extended the deadline for the
Bank Verification Number, BVN, registration to October 31st. .
Hopefully people will be more serious this time to get registered before the new deadline.
The Buhari's Led government appointment saga took another turning. Sahara Reporters reports today the appointment of ex-military
administrator of Kaduna state, Hamidu Ali as Pres. Buhari new Chief of Staff. Many people hoped Fasola may be the candidate but now a new twist.
President Buhari has dissolved the board of the Nigeria National Petroleum
Corporation, NNPC. The directive to dissolve the board was conveyed in a
letter signed by the Head of Civil Service, Danladi Kifasi dated today June
26th.
Former Special Assistant on New Media to Pres. Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has
landed a US TV deal. He will be hosting a Christian program titled
‘Transformations With Reno Omokri: The Measure of Faith'. Contracts for the
weekly show which is being shot in California was finalized yesterday June
25th. The show is being produced by the Mind of Christ Christian Center,
which was founded by Omokri. A few weeks ago, Reno announced that he's
retiring from politics to focus on evangelism
Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko has emerged the new Chairman of the
PDP governors forum He was elected new chairman at the PDP governors
meeting in Abuja today June 17th. He takes over from Akwa-Ibom state
governor, Godswill Akpabio, who is now a Senator.
