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A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, in Kadunaon Fridaysaid the withdrawal of the security details of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, was a plot by the Federal Government to eliminate him(Speaker). The former Minister, who accused President Goodluck Jonathan of masterminding the withdrawal of Tambuwal security aides, alleged that the Speaker was one of the targets of snipers being purportedly groomed by agents of the government. Ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo had in his open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan last year alleged that agents of the Federal Government was grooming snipers that would target some prominent Nigerians. Speaking to newsmen after picking his expression of interest and nomination forms as an All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Kadunaon Friday, the former minister claimed that the Speaker was one of the tar...

For the enthusiast of speed, driving at higher speed is their religion. And the machines are their gods. The increasing number of car lovers is forcing most of the car manufacturers to come up with their latest versions with amazing features. In today's market, the customers are not worried about the cost. Everything they want is a classy sport look and the top most speed. Here is a list of the 5 most expensive cars in the world: 1. Maybach Exelero Cost: $8,000,000 This car of the cars, Maybach Exelero holds the number one position as the most expensive car in the World. The Elelero came into existence because of a competition among the students of the Pforzheim Polytechnic Department of Transport Design. This two-seater speed monster weighs around 2.6 tonnes and during the tests, it reached a top-speed of 218.38 miles per hour. It can reach upto 60 miles per hour in just 4.4 seconds. It will come with a V12 twin turbo engine. This engine was prepared for 5.9 litre...

More troubles await the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, over his recent defection to the All Progressives Congress, investigation has revealed. The PUNCHlearnt on Thursday that apart from his security details that were withdrawn by the Nigeria Police Force on Thursday, Tambuwal might be barred from entering either his office or the National Assembly when the House resumes on December 3. This was one of the decisions reached during a meeting held by top officials of the Peoples Democratic Party which had in attendance President Goodluck Jonathan. Tambuwal had on Tuesday adjourned the House till December 3 after he stunned his colleagues by announcing his defection from the PDP to the opposition All Peoples Congress. But on Thursday, the Police authorities withdrew his security aides, citing section Section 68 (1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended as reason. The section reads, "A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives s...

Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said he patronises drinking joints every Friday in order to get close to the 'common man' in the state. The governor said this in Abuja on Thursday while defending the concept of "stomach infrastructure" introduced by his government. He told journalists that it would be wrong to assume that stomach infrastructure meant only sharing of food and money to the people. Fayose said, "I also go to beer parlour on Fridays to stay with the common men there. Governance is not church; it is about diverse characters and you must relate with them as such. "Christmas is coming, why do people go out of their ways to be shopping or doing other things if it is not just to make people merry? "So, I'm grooming chicken, buying rice, yams, plantain, and the rest of them. I am sure if I give them to families during the festive period, they will be happy. So, stomach infrastructure is a way of life." Th...

The Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to President Goodluck Jonathan. The erstwhile governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria met behind closed doors with the President. He did not speak with journalists at the end of the parley.

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It appears the condition of four-year-old Omonigho Abraham, who was attacked by two dogs in the Igando area of Lagos State about a month ago, has worsened in the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja where he is currently receiving treatment. PUNCH Metrolearnt from his father, Odia, that Omonigho's scalp which was torn off by the German shepherd dogs during the gruesome attack, had not healed and had been giving off an offensive odour. He said this had given the family serious concern. Odia told our correspondent on Wednesday that attempts to get the medical report of his condition had also been frustrated by some medical officers in the hospital. He said, "My boy still complains of pains in different parts of his body. Also, when they open the bandage on his head, you will see that there is no much difference. It's still like the first time the incident happened. "In fact, for up to two weeks no consultant or doctor attended to him, and his ...

President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday engaged some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in a meeting aimed at taking a common position on the Tuesday defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal. The meeting took place hours after the House said the PDP, individuals and groups condemning the defection of the speaker to the All Progressives Congress should not dictate to it on how to conduct its affairs. Tambuwal had announced his defection from the PDP before he adjourned sitting till December 3. The situation made the President to summon the National Chairman of the PDP, Adamu Mu'azu, to the meeting which had the Deputy Speaker of the House, Emeka Ihedioha; the Deputy Leader of the House, Mr. Leo Ogor; and a member from Delta State, Ndudi Elumelu, in attendance. Some PDP governors such as Gabriel Suswam (Benue); Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa): Ibrahim Dankwabo (Gombe) and Sullivan Chime (Enugu) were also ...

Nigeria on Thursday escaped the wrath of FIFA as Justice Ambrose Allagoa of the Federal High court sitting in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday withdrew the suit filed against the Nigeria Football Federation by the Chris Giwa-led board. FIFA had given Nigeria Thursday to put its football house in order or be banned, which may not be reviewed until the board meeting in May next year. Messrs. Obinna Ogba and Yahaya Adamu of the Giwa-led faction had dragged the immediate past President of NFF, Alhaji Aminu Maigari and the NFF General Secretary, Musa Amadu, to court seeking for orders to restrain Maigari (first defendant), the NFF (second defendant) and the 36 Football associations (third defendants) from conducting another election after the faction claimed that their principal was the duly elected president of the association The judge had fixed Thursday for the ruling on whether he has jurisdiction to hear the case following the preliminary objection raised by the NFF defen...

World's Richest Footballers Also known as soccer, football is an immensely popular sport all over the world and the most lucrative. A soccer player requires strength and skills. Successful football players enjoy huge fan following all over the world. They also make plenty of money. Based on Wealth-X and Goal 2014 lists of the Top 10 Richest Footballers in the World. =9) Gianluigi Buffon (Italy) – Net Worth: $70 Million Gianluigi Buffon is the captain and goal keeper of Italy. He is also the captain of Turin. He has made plenty of money by endorsing the popular brand Puma. =9) Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) – Net Worth: $70 Million Toure has received African Player of the Year three consecutive times since 2011 and is recognised as one of the Côte d'Ivoire's 'Golden Generation'. He was an important player in the Barcelona team that won the Champions League in 2009 and is currently the engine room of Manchester City's team. He earns a reported $15 mi...

Largest Football Stadiums in the World: Football is one of the globe's biggest and most popular sports. The demand for tickets to high profile games in every continent is huge. This has led to stadiums becoming increasingly sophisticated and bigger. This article appreciates the biggest stadiums to host football matches in the world, with some of them mind-bogglingly huge! Top 10 Largest Football Stadiums as of 2014: 10) Borg El Arab Stadium – Capacity: 86,000 The Borg El Arab Stadium is located in Alexandria, Egypt, and is the biggest stadium in the country as well as the second biggest on the continent. The stadium was opened in 2007 and had been commissioned in an unsuccessful bid to host the 2010 World Cup by the Egyptian FA. Whilst the stadium was primarily built to host football it also has an Olympic running track to ensure the stadium isn't just an expensive white elephant for the country. While it is the largest stadium in Egypt it is not home to the nati...

When you talk of Ini Edo, what crosses your mind? Of course: beautiful, talented, confident and one of the best actresses from Nollywood. We all know her for her first movie "thick madam," but there's a lot behind this glamorous face that you still don't know. Some of things you are about to discover about this actress are inspirational, but others are plainly human. And like we all know, it is human to err; so don't judge. Just learn something from her story. With that in mind, we can now roll the curtain: 10 Lesser Known Facts About Ini Edo 01. She's the second born… She is the second born in a family of four—one elder cousin whom she considers her elder sister, a younger brother and a younger sister. Her sister works at a brewery in Ogun State, Ota. According to her, she was the most stubborn child in her family, even though her parents positioned a close eye on her just to ensure that she didn't lose direction. 02. She was raised in...

The world football governing body has extended until Friday the deadline given to the Nigeria Football Federation to set its house in order or face a lengthy ban from international football. FIFA's latest position was made known via a letter sent to the NFF President Amaju Pinnick on Tuesday. The letter signed by FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke read, "Dear President we acknowledge your correspondence dated October 27, 2014 with regards of the developments in the situation of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). "We take note of the order granted by the Federal High Court nullifying the NFF elections of 30 September 2014 and the fact that some persons claiming to have been legitimately elected previously went to occupy the offices of the NFF causing great confusion among the administrative staff… "As stated in our previous letters dated 9 September 2014 and 2 October 2014, FIFA stressed that should the electoral process and instalment of the newly e...

The Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Tuesday formally declared his interest in vying for the Presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. At a rally held at the Old Parade Ground, in Abuja, the Presidential aspirant during the occasion, cast aspersions on the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Peoples Democratic Party administration, describing it as incompetent. He observed that Nigerians were today exposed to unimaginable hardship which, he said, was due to the failure of leadership at the highest levels. Kwankwaso noted that the looting of public funds had gone on unabated because those saddled with the responsibility of watching over the nation's wealth were busy stealing it. He also expressed sadness that the welfare of women and children as well as the most vulnerable in society had not been given its pride of place in the scheme of things. The aspirant commended Nigerian youths for being angry. He said anger in today's Nigeria was a virtue ...

A popular American professor has exposed the real reason behind Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. Francis Boyle recently answers questions for TVXS.GR and revealed that the United States of American has been using West Africa as an offshore to circumvent the Convention on Biological Weapons and do bio-warfare work. professor francis boyleProfessor Boyle Boyle is a leading American professor, practitioner and advocate of international law. He was responsible for drafting the Biological Weapons Anti-Terrorism Act of 1989, the American implementing legislation for the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention. He served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International (1988-1992), and represented Bosnia – Herzegovina at the World Court. Professor Boyle teaches international law at the University of Illinois, Champaign. He holds a Doctor of Law Magna Cum Laude as well as a Ph.D. in Political Science, both from Harvard University. He is also the author of "Biowarfare and...

This horrific scene happened around 5.30pm today at the railway crossing area in Bodija Ojurin in Ibadan. A man was found dead cut in two on the railway tracks. No one saw what happened, but they suspect he was crushed by a train. The pics are really graphic...will share one...but be warned, it's really graphic. See it after the cut if you have the heart...

Angry Mob Cut Off Man's Pen!s for Raping a Teenager (See Photo) attempted rap main Angry Mob Cut Off Man's Pen!s for Raping a Teenager (See Photo) Looks like some people don't joke when it comes to r**e issues, as an Indian man got justice from an angry mob, after he attempted to r**e a little girl. The man identified as Suresh Kumar, 40, arose the anger of locals in the Indian city of Ganganagar, when they heard a teenage girl's screams from down an alley, as he attempted to r**e her pinning her to a wall. The man's genitals was hacked off with a meat cleaver, by the angry mob as they took the law into its own hands, dragging him, into a butcher's shop. Following a community meeting, the vigilantes decided to drag him to a local butcher's shop where they beat him with sticks for an hour, before chopping off his penis with a meat cleaver and dumped the remais in the middle of the road with Kumar's bleeding body nearby. I have never been ...

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The Yoruba Solidary Coalition has warned the ruling Peoples Democratic Party that it stood the risk of losing the entire South West if it does not address the marginalisation of the area. Coordinator of the group, Prof. Olawale Akintunde, said this in a statement sent to our correspondent via e-mail, on Tuesday. He said members of the group were of the unanimous opinion that the zonal congress of the party held in Ibadan, was a sham as such should be cancelled and a fresh one conducted. Akintunde said the congress which took place on Saturday, October 11, was at best, an attempt to insult the intelligence of the Yoruba people who are the largest ethnic group in Nigeria and the bedrock of Nigeria's intelligentsia. The group observed that the marginalisation of the South-West and its people was giving it great source for concern. It cautioned the PDP against taking the region for granted in the march towards 2015. The statement partly read, "How can a controversi...

The Lagos State Police Command has said only a court of law could decide whether the two dogs which ate the skull of a four-year-old boy in Igando area of Lagos State, Omonigho Abraham, be killed or not. The command, which paraded the two dogs at its headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos State on Tuesday, added that the dogs had been examined and been found to be disease-free. The Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, said it was important to parade the dogs so that the public would rest assured that the dogs were still in police custody, and had not been released as being rumoured. He said, "We have brought the dogs out so that the public would know that they are still in police custody. They have been examined and show no negative trait. It is only the court that will decide what happens to them. The police cannot decide to kill the dogs." PUNCH Metro had reported on Tuesday, October 21, that the victim, Omonigho, had asked the police to kill the two dogs which ...

The senior special assistant (media and publicity) to the acting governor of Taraba State Mr. Aaron Astimans speaks on the political log-jam in the state that followed the plane crash of the substantive governor, Mr. Danbaba Suntai. Whatis the truth about an impeachment plot against the acting governor? In the first place let me tell you the truth that there has been no reason for the acting governor to be impeached as the House of Assembly and the acting governor are on the same page in the so called Taraba state political crisis. Taraba Governor Danbaba Danfulani Suntai yesterday in Abuja. They have been working together, they have been following the truth in the Taraba political problem and there has been no disagreement whatsoever on the steps and process they have been taking in resolving the crisis. Relations between the acting governor and the members of the state executive on one side and the House of Assembly on the other side are very cordial and that is why w...

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Disengaged Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi's reported move to Ethiopia may have hit the rocks as the Ethiopian Football Association has denied ever getting any application from him. Top Ethiopian journalist Taddeshp Mandefro with the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation said yesterday that the Ethiopian Football Association had not received any application from Keshi. Keshi was reported to have opened talks with the EFA to take over the country's team. Stephen Keshi "I spoke with the EFA president Juneidin Basha yesterday (Sunday) on the report of Keshi taking over and he said the EFA have not received any application from Keshi for the EFA job," Mandefro explained. "Mariano Barreto remains the coach of the Ethiopian national team. Even though he is not doing too well right now, the EFA have not mentioned anything about sack." Meanwhile, Coach Stephen Keshi has said he would rather take a break than take up a new coaching job immediately afte...

A presidential aspirant and son of a former Prime Minister, Dr. Abdul Jhalil Tafawa Balewa has described the recent adoption of President Goodluck Jonathan as consensus candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2015 election as shameful. He also said that the issue of consensus was unconstitutional as it was unknown to PDP's constitution as amended. According to him, those behind the decision acted against the general interest of party men and women. Balewa spoke in Abuja when the National Association of Niger Delta Students, NANDS visited to endorse him as their candidate for the poll. The aspirant who observed that the country was moving at snail speed stressed that he was in the race for the presidency because the country was not being properly managed adding that there was the need to turn the ship of the state towards the right direction He maintained that the fact that the country currently generates less than 4,000 Megawatts of electricity was en...

The immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has defended his performance in office, saying he made life better for the people of the state. The ex-governor said he could not indulge in the distribution of rice and money to woo voters, an act which is now commonly referred to as "stomach infrastructure." He described the act as an insult to the people and a mockery of governance. Fayemi spoke during a programme on Channels Television titled, "Politics Today" which was monitored by our correspondent, on Monday. He said during his tenure, teachers in the state became the highest paid in the country, adding that he ensured that civil servants' salaries were increased thrice during his administration. He, therefore, wondered why the new Governor, Ayodele Fayose, and his supporters had been criticising him. He said, "What they mean by stomach infrastructure abhors me and many people know that I am not going to partake in it. I am...

The Ekiti Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Monday branded the N3.3bn worth Governor's Lodge built by the ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi as an ill-conceived project too costly for the state to maintain. The governor said the building was too expensive for the state to maintain considering the level of poverty in the state. He spoke while administering the oath of office on the newly appointed Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Modupe Alade, and other special assistants in Ado Ekiti. Fayose berated Fayemi for spending such an amount of money on a building when the masses were facing serious challenges of abject poverty. He said, "My heart nearly failed me when I got to the new Government Lodge on Thursday. The mansion cost N3.3bn. It was initially awarded for N2.3bn and later increased to N2.7bn, while a sum of N640m was used to procure fittings and furniture. "And this building will cost a sum of N150m for maintenance annually. Ekiti cannot sustain this and we h...

The Nigerian troops seem to have abandoned the ceasefire between the Federal Government and Boko Haram as they killed 25 insurgents in Damboa, Borno State on Sunday. Boko Haram was the first to abandon the ceasefire when it attacked two communities in Borno and Adamawa states. Damboa was for several days in July under the control of the insurgents who killed some soldiers, including a Lieutenant Colonel. They had also hoisted their flag in the community which is only about 85 kilometres away from Maiduguri. The military however succeeded in chasing them but on Sunday night, the terrorists staged a comeback but were overpowered by the "military during an exchange of gunfire." Boko Haram had on Friday, the day the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Alex Badeh, announced the ceasefire, attacked Shafa and Sina in Borno and Adamawa states. Just as the attacks were viewed as a breach of the ceasefire, the insurgents struck again in Borno State ...

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The former coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi has said that he was not sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation. Breaking his silence in Ilorin on Saturday over his sacking by the NFF, he argued that his contract with the NFF ended with the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, saying it would be inappropriate for anybody to say he was sacked. He spoke at the Kwara State stadium during the final of the 28th edition of the All Financial Institutions Football competition. The NFF announced Keshi's sacking on Thursday with Shaibu Amodu as his replacement. Keshi also said that the Eagles can still qualify for the African Cup of Nations, adding that the team only needed to work hard. He urged Nigerians to encourage the team. "I was never sacked by the NFF. It's if you have an existing contract that you would be sacked. Super Eagles can still qualify for the 2015 AFCON. They have the chance, because the group is still open. They only need to work harder. "We nee...

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has not defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress, his Special Adviser, Imam Imam, said in a statement on Monday. He however confirmed that the Speaker attended a political meeting with Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, on Monday, adding that Tambuwal's consultation on his political future continued. The statement came on the heels of widespread reports in the social media that the Speaker had dumped the ruling party for the APC. Imam statement read, "Due to various media inquiries about the purported defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Tambuwal, we wish to state the following: "That today, Monday, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, led other members of the party on a reconciliation meeting to Sokoto but the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a member of ...