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President Buhari on Monday hosted lawmakers to a presidential dinner to mark the nation's democracy day. The dinner was also attended by APC leaders. 

If you are able to discipline yourself to live right, you will be saving yourself from a lot of mess... Some suspected hired assassins have killed Michael Ogunnusi, the owner of the Allonze Hotel on Ishawo Road in the Agric area of Ikorodu, Lagos.

Ex-minister’s accounts frozen As part of the ongoing move to arraign a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, some investigators from the United Kingdom have visited Nigeria to gather evidence. The ex-minister is under investigation over the missing $20billion oil cash, phoney crude oil lifting contracts to fake big boys, $115million poll bribery money, the $1.092b Malabu oil deal and the N5.2billion ($25m) oil cash paid by an Indian oil firm for an oil block.

Respected nobel laureate Prof Wole Soyinka has said it would take time for President Muhammadu Buhari to clear the rot he inherited from his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, whose administration, he believed, left a “heavy baggage” and “burden” that may take a while to tackle.

According to reports, the Nigerian stock market crashed by N1.732trillion within one year of the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government. The Nigerian Stock Exchange data showed that the NSE market capitalisation on May 28, 2015 was N11.658tn, while that of May 27, 2016, was N9.926tn. Market capitalisation is the total market value of the shares outstanding of a publicly traded company. The NSE All-Share Index also crashed to 28,902.25 basis points from 34,310.37 basis points.

Just few weeks gone after his infamous Instagram outburst on top blogger Linda Ikeji, Wizkid is allegedly in another fresh mess. Apparently, the pop star was paid to perform at an event -Safari night 3- organised by a certain Humble Entertainment in Leicester, UK on Thursday, May 26 2015 but according to the organisers, he didn’t show up. A statement issued by the company, said, “despite going through all the necessary requirements to book Wizkid which included signing a contract and paying the required fee, we have been let down by the booking/management parties.”

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) Atiku Abubakar being received by Sen. Ita Enang (R) and Hon Kawu Sulaiman (L) SSA to the President on National Assembly at a Presidential Diner by President Buhari for members of the National Assembly at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday. 

It is a known fact that Bukola Saraki is still trying to make peace with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu after he allowed his desperation to become senate president make him conspire with the PDP and this made it possible for the opposition to get the office of deputy senate president in an APC-led government. Sources said that Saraki tried having a private chat with Tinubu after the presidential dinner in Aso Rock on Monday and the APC leader just played along with him...

A Lagos-based hotel manager, Ms Omolara Koleoso, has accused some soldiers at the Ikeja Cantonment of unlawfully detaining her for arguing with their colleague. She said she was detained for over 24 hours without food, adding that family members who came were not even  allowed to see her. It was learnt that it took the intervention of a senior officer in the barracks before the woman was released around 8pm on Saturday.

*Untold Story Of The War In PDP Opening up for the first time since his war with PDP Governor’s started, embattled National Chairman of the opposition PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has said that all the excuses being given by the Governors as reason for their plot to remove him were laughable and lack any common sense.

Topic: A Glass of Water? [Tuesday 31, May 2016] Memorise: For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. – Mark 9:41 Read: James 2:14-18 (KJV) 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.

B read-seller turned celebrity model, Olajumoke Orisaguna in this interview with  Kemi Ashefon , talked about her new found world of glitz and glamour.   Read excerpts below: Do you have any advice for girls who are in need of the kind of help you got? Inasmuch as God brought help my way, I believe that every woman must have something doing—you must not be idle. Acquire a skill, or get a job. If I was at home, expecting someone to come and help me, God would not have visited me the way He did. That day I photo-bumped Mummy TY’s photo shoot, I was desperate to exhaust whatever was on my tray. Help does not come to you when you don’t move.

President Buhari yesterday revealed that the call from former President Jonathan conceding defeat before INEC announced the results of the 2015 Presidential election, left him in shock. Buhari disclosed this while speaking at the luncheon he organized for state house correspondents at the presidential villa yesterday May 30th.

This is barbaric. Read the statement sent out by friends of the battered husband and wife: "The Igbo residents of Magbo, Obada Zone 5 Community of Fortune Estate in Agbara, Lagos has cried out and sent a save our soul [SOS] message to the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase in a matter of urgency to set up a panel of inquiry into the recent Brutalization of a Member of their community, Mr. Chukwuka Paul by the Men of the Nigeria Police force Area K.

According to statistics shared by the World Economic Forum this morning, these are the countries with the world's most powerful passports. Sadly, Nigeria's passport is not included.

Teenagers today are not exempted from lesbianism and gay and so many parents are not aware or looking into it. Some parents look out for opposite sex and some just believe their kids are saints and cannot just be involved in such things.  Dear parent , no teenager is a saint if they are not well looked after and made to know their God  very well, they will fall into temptation easily. Lots of teenagers our there are corrupt and if u don’t watch over yours well they will be corrupted because those corrupt ones out there are their friends and remember bad friends corrupt good manners.

Earlier this month, reports went viral that Nollywood actress, Funke ‘Jenifa’ Akindele had a  secret wedding  with her new lover boy, Abdul Rasheed Bello, popularly known as JJC Skillz. The rumours was actually started by Wazobia FM OAP, Lolo by posting a picture of the supposed wedding on her Instagram page.

*Open letter to Senator Buruji Kashamu (a.k.a. Esho Jinadu): Enough is enough!!! Dear Senator Buruji Kashamu, Originally known as Esho Jinadu, What else do you want that you have not achieved in life? We defended loads about you over time as you gave us the impression that you meant well for the PDP. We were against our leaders in the SW just because we felt they were against all about you. Sir, we are making a detour because you have let us down!

NFF President Amaju Pinnick attended a breakfast meeting with new FIFA Secretary General, Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura in Abuja  on Thursday .

The Chairman and the Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, Ishola Balogun Fulani and Chief Bode Adekanye respectively have been kidnapped at gun point along Lokoja Okene road in Kogi state today May 20th. According to the publicity secretary of the party in the state, Sulyman Buhari, the politicians were kidnapped at about 10am.

Serah Luka, the second “Chibok girl” rescued by the military yesterday, Thursday, May 19, 2016 was kidnapped from her home village and is not among 218 students abducted from the school by Boko Haram two years ago. The girl is one of three daughters of a pastor of the Nigerian branch of the U.S.-based Church of the Brethren, kidnapped by Boko Haram in two separate attacks, community leader Pogu Bitrus told The Associated Press.

When you are in the same business with your dad and the working chemistry is good. Good for them!

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, lived up to expectations as he met face-to-face with the Ayuba Wabba-led faction of the NLC at the Labour House in Abuja on Friday afternoon. He told them clearly that the strike is counter productive and urged them to end it.

Former NBA player/Khloe Kardashian's ex husband, Lamar, looked in great shape as he stepped out in a Nike tracksuit and black hat to run some errands near his home in Calabasas, California. He paired the tracksuit with a black t-shirt and gold chain. 

Topic: No Partiality [Saturday 21, May 2016] Memorise: Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. – 1 Timothy 5:20 Read: 1 Timothy 5:17-21 (KJV) 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.

President Buhari who is the Minister of Petroleum met with Shell Global Upstream Director, Andrew Brown and Shell Nigeria's MD, Osagie Okunbor at the State House, Abuja Friday  May 20th. 

The Federal government has constituted a 15-man technical panel to consider suggestions and contribution from all relevant parties on the N500bn social investment in the 2016 budget as palliatives to cushion the effect of the petrol price increase. The committee headed by Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is part of the agreement reached between the government, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the Joe Ajaero-led faction of the Nigeria Labour Congress.

A Closed Circuit Television Camera at a supermarket in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State has shown that a woman, identified only as Mama Oyin, who disguised as a customer, strapped a  one-year-old girl, Fehintola Lawal, to her back before allegedly escaping with the girl. The footage, obtained by the police and Fehintola’s family members on Thursday, captured how Mama Oyin walked around the supermarket, as she searched for items, a few minutes before the alleged abduction.

According to the presidency, the man who followed Amina Nkeki to the state house is her elder brother and not the Boko Haram predator who got her pregnant. Also, Amina is the only surviving female in a family of 13. She is not the only child of her family as was earlier speculated. 

The dapper screen washer; Abdulahi Olatoyan finally met the Style Doctor, Uche Nnaji who is Founder & Creative Director of OUCH Fashion & Lifestyle brand. He has promised to train him for free as a Style Doctor.   The recent internet sensation: Abudulahi whose story has been described by Yahoo! News As “Social Media’s Latest Success Story” met with his new mentor at an OUCHlets in Lekki,   on Wednesday.

PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh, yesterday filed an application before a Federal High Court, Abuja asking for permission to travel to the United Kingdom for five weeks to seek medical treatment. In the application, Metuh said his decision to seek treatment abroad was informed by the advice of a neurosurgeon at the National Hospital, Abuja, following the injury he sustained after falling from a chair at the national secretariat of the party on April 26th. Metuh who is standing trial for obtaining N400 million from the arms deal fraud, could not enter into the court room yesterday as he started vomit inside the car that brought him to the court. After being informed of his medical status, the presiding judge adjourned his trial to May 23rd.

The second Chibok girl the Nigerian Army claims it rescued last night, Serah Luka, has left many Nigerians confused as her emergence has raised more questions than answers. Serah’s purported rescue comes barely 24 hours after Amina Ali, one of the abducted girls from Government Secondary School, Chibok was rescued and reunited with her family.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC on Thursday, May 19, 2016, arraigned one Emmanuel Emelife on a 16 count charge bothering on conspiracy, diversion of funds and obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N56,000,000.00, before Honourable Justice D. A. Onyefunu of Anambra State High Court, Awka.

The spokesperson for Egypt's military said  on Friday  morning that passengers belongings and wreckage from crashed EgyptAir flight MS804 had been found north of Alexandria. The plane was en route to Cairo from Charle de Gaulle Airport in Paris  on Wednesday  when it disappeared from radar over the Mediterranean Sea, shortly after entering Egyptian airspace.   The military said in a statement that it detected parts of debris and some of the passengers’ belongings while searching for the aircraft's black box, according to Reuters.

The apex maritime regulator, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has announced a three-year Maritime Business Growth Plan (MBGP) for the development of the industry. The agency in a statement made available to NF-Reports disclosed that it would embark on its core statutory mandate for the development of the maritime industry. Director General of the agency, Dr Dakuku Peterside, dropped the hint at a maritime industry stakeholders meeting held in Lagos. He said that the agency was determined to reposition the maritime industry for greater heights.

Men, know when to move on for good. Trying to forgive an adulterous wife is just extending the evil day; it must come... it's either she destroy you or she destroy herself, that's the end of an adulterous wife. Simple! After studying the comprehensive autopsy report, the Lagos State Police Command has insisted that Lekan Shonde, has a case to answer over the death of his wife, late Ronke Shonde.

The Senior Special Assistant on Security to Benue state governor Samuel Ortom, Mr Denen Igbana has been assassinated. Gunmen in the early hours of today around 2am, stormed his home and shot him at close range. He was rushed to the Benue State University Teaching Hospital where he was confirmed dead. No word on why he was killed. May his soul rest in peace Amen.

Fuel price hike: NLC faction, CSOs berated over failed protests Air-sea search intensifies for crashed EgyptAir plane Brent back above $49 as oil prices resume uptick We’re not pressurising Jonathan’s cousin — EFCC Ladipo market mayhem: Police reconcile warring factions We’ve reclaimed Ekiti PDP from Fayose, says BoT member Metuh vomits in court, trial stalled

Topic: Being Unmovable [Friday 20, May 2016] Memorise: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. – Ephesians 6:11 Read: 1 Corinthians 15:58 (KJV) 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 7-9, Proverbs 27:1-14

The detained Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Samuel Johnson Okpoko has told the EFCC that he collected N700m cash from Fidelity Bank on the instruction of Governor Nyesom Wike. While Okpoko will soon be charged to court, the anti-graft agency might put the invitation of the governor on hold because of constitutional immunity.

Nigerians have taken to social media to lambaste the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) over accusations it received N2 billion ‘loan’ from the Federal Government during the 2012 protest against subsidy removal.

An Egypt Air flight that was heading to Cairo from Paris crashed into the Mediterranean Sea halfway between Egypt and Greece yesterday night. The plane which was declared missing was later discovered to have crashed. 56 passengers were on board.

Femi Fani-Kayode’s  aide,  Jude Ndukwe  said the continued detention of the former minister by the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  is a sign that the government wants to silence the opposition.

It looks like the challenge of militancy in the  Niger Delta  region might take a while before it is resolved. Vanguard  reports that a new militant group,   Egbesu Mightier Fraternity (EMF),  has emerged with an ultimatum for the unconditional release the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader,  Nnamdi Kanu   and the former National Security Adviser   (NSA),   Sambo Dasuki. Kanu is standing trial for treason, while Dasuki is being tried for allegedly diverting funds meant for the purchase of arms for the military.

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew on board crashed in the Mediterranean Sea early Thursday morning, Egyptian aviation officials said. EgyptAir Flight 804 was lost from radar at 2:45 a.m. local time when it was flying at 37,000 feet, the airline said. It said the Airbus A320 had vanished 10 miles (16 kilometers) after it entered Egyptian airspace, around 280km (175 miles) off the country’s coastline north of the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria.

The Edo State Government has said that striking workers in the state civil service stand the risk of losing their salaries if they continue in the strike with NLC. This is contained in a statement by the Head of Service, Gladys Idahor. The statement in part reads;

Two officers were reportedly killed in an attack carried out by 12 gunmen in Osara police station in Adavi Local government area of Kogi state today May 19th. According to  The Nation , the gunmen stormed the police station at about 2am this morning with the purpose of stealing from the station's armory and also set free one of their colleagues who was in jail.

A federal high court in Lagos has authorized Attorney General of Federation to commence the prosecution of a business man Innocent Chukwuma, his company Innoson Nigeria Limited and four others for alleged forgery offences. The ruling by the judge, Saliu Saidu was based on an application filed before the court by Federal Ministry of Justice that the Attorney General of the Federation has taken over the prosecution of the accused persons which the prosecutor from the office of the Inspector General of Police objected.