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A human rights activist and lawyer, Morakinyo Ogele, has brought the Ondo State government to the High Court sitting in Akure over mandate that all State citizens have a Residency Card, known as Card Igbeayo. Ogele made the charge through case file number: Ak/44M/2015 exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters. The case file revealed that the beleaguered Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, and his Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Eyitayo Jegede, were joint defendants in the suit. Already the High Court has fixed Tuesday, September 22, 2015, for the case hearing. The Government of Ondo State, under the embattled Governor Mimiko, made the Residency Card compulsory for people in the State, especially the workforce in its civil service. The government said without the card no resident would be able to enjoy or access the dividends of democracy, especially healthcare service and basic infrastructures. However, in his suit, Ogele argued that it is unlawful for the ...

The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso over Thursday's military coup. The AU said sanctions would be imposed if members of the presidential guard, who staged the coup do not release members of the interim government which includes the interim president, Michel Kafondo. The presidents of Benin and Senegal are in the city for talks with the coup leader. Meanwhile Pres. Buhari has condemned the coup in Burkina Faso. Below is a press statement from the presidency.. President Muhammadu Buhari and the Federal Government of Nigeria unreservedly condemn Wednesday's detention of the Interim President, the Prime Minister and other ministers of the transitional government of Burkina Faso in an apparent coup d'etat. Click Here To Register and Get Paid For Clicking Links And Answering Questions!! President Buhari and Nigeria align with ECOWAS, the African Union and the United Nations in rejecting the brazen contravention of the constitution and transitional charter o...

Former Lagos state Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget under Babatunde Fashola's government, Ben Akabueze has come out to defend his former boss in the N78 million website scandal which broke weeks ago. In an interview with Kadaira Ahmed of Straight Talk With Kaidaia, Ben Akabueze says they ran a very detailed government that checked against fraud and that if the formergovernor wanted to steal, it wouldn't be N78 million "I think it would be useful for people to look at the full scope of the project and then make a determination about whether or not it did not represent value for money. For me, we ran an annual budget of over N400bn. Click Here To Register and Get Paid For Clicking Links And Answering Questions!! I think that if he (Fashola) really wanted to steal money, it wouldn't be N78m out of over N400bn that he had access to. Of course, every kobo of public funds must be accounted for and I hope in the future, we can get the full facts and it w...

Zambian power authorities have planned to triple power output to 6,000 megawatts (MW) in 2 years through expansion of solar energy by foreign investors, the head of its investment agency said. The continent's second biggest copper producer where the bulk of its generation capacity of 2,200 MW of power is water-powered has been battling with erratic power supply. The power problems and copper price slide have driven the kwacha currency to record lows amid a selloff in commodity-linked currencies as top copper consumer China's economy has slowed. Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) Director General Patrick Chisanga said he had held "very positive" talks with an unnamed German company aiming to invest $500 million in a solar power plant but did not disclose its planned location. [Register] Click Here To Buy Goods, Sell Goods And Also Make Money Referring People To Buy And Sell "It is planned that they could produce about 400 megawatts of power in two steps,...

Nigeria's Code of Conduct Tribunal has issued a bench warrant against Senate President, Bukola Saraki. The tribunal also ordered the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to arrest and produce Saraki in court on Monday. [Register] Click Here To Buy Goods, Sell Goods And Also Make Money Referring People To Buy And Sell Click Here To Register and Get Paid For Clicking Links And Answering Questions!!

The Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, on Thursday said Nigeria’s Excess Crude Account as at 15th of September stands at $2.257 billion. Briefing State House correspondents after the National Economic Council (NEC), Governor Ajimobi said states of the federation have started benefiting from the Special Intervention Fund approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. The NEC meeting, which was presided over by the Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo, was briefed on the bail out by the Central Bank Governor (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Mr Emefiele said 18 states had been able to draw from the fund, while a number of other states are being processed for the soft loan facility. The soft loan facility is part of President Buhari’s relief package designed to help states pay backlog of salaries and also ease their financial challenges caused by the drop in federal allocation. NEC also received an ongoing report from its ad-hoc committee of five governors on the management of ECA and federat...

Four people were killed in Port Harcourt as a result of powerful explosion on Thursday evening. The most likely cause of the explosion was the gas leakage. According to the reports from the scene, a gas cylinder used for welding exploded around 5 pm in a workshop situated near the ABC Bus park at the crossing of Eliozu road and the East-West road. Hearing the explosion residents, motorists and passers-by ran for cover. Two people were killed at the spot, with their legs severed in the blast. Another person injured in the explosion died on the way to the nearest hospital, where the fourth victim died having not received the necessary assistance, while medical staff on duty demanded to pay N35,000 to start his treatment. Rivers police spokesman, Muhammad Kidaya Ahmad, confirmed the incident, but couldn’t provide any additional details to the information gathered by the press. Meanwhile, Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El- Rufai, has sympathised with the direct victims o...

Families of the six Nigerian pilgrims who lost their lives in the Friday September 11th crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca are to receive N70m each as compensation from the Saudi Custodian of the two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. The king had ordered that families of each of the 111 people who lost their lives in the accident be paid compensation of (SR1,000,000) one million Saudi Riyals which is N70 million in Naira equivalent. Six Nigerian pilgrims including one pilgrim from Kaduna and five others from Gombe state died in the unfortunate incident.

President Buhari has returned from his 3-day official visit to France. He was received by VP Prof. Osinbajo, today Sept 16 at Nnamdi Azikwe Int'l Airport. Abuja. More photos after the cut...

An association of Imams and Alfas in Ekiti today held a meeting at the Ansar-u-deen Society Central Mosque Odo–Otu, Ado Ekiti where they gave an order to Muslims in the state not to accept food items and rams for the Sallah celebration from Governor Fayose or any official of the state govt. The Muslim religious leaders gave the order to protest the alleged non inclusion of Muslims in political appointments in the state by Governor Fayose. In a statement released and signed by the state’s Assistant Secretary, League of Imams and Alfas, Alhaji Quadri Oguntuase, the clerics said, “Based on the above, the League, Ekiti State Council hereby resolve that: No Muslim in the State should collect rams and other food items if presented to them in any form by the government"

According to President Buhari, Boko Haram leaders are asking for the freedom of one of its arrested. leaders in exchange for the release of the over 200 kidnapped Chibok girls. Buhari said this while speaking to Nigerians living in Paris yesterday September 15th. "They wanted us to release one of their leaders who is a strategic person in developing and making Improvised IEDs that is causing a lot of havoc in the country by blowing people in Churches, Mosque, market places, motor parks and other places. But it's very important that if we are going to talk to any body, we have to know how much he is worth. Let them bring all the girls and then, we will be prepared to negotiate, I will allow them to come back to Nigeria or to be absolved in the community. We have to be very careful, the concern we have for the Chibok girls, one only imagine if they got a daughter there between 14 and 18 and for more than one and a half year, a lot of the parents who have died would rather s...

Nigeria's Vanguard Newspaper's columnist, Dornu Kogbara, who was kidnapped by gunmen on August 30, 2015, in Port Harcourt has been released by her abductors. Rivers State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmad Mohammad, confirmed Kogbara’s release on Saturday morning.

At least seven Persons have been killed by flood in Adamawa State, North Eastern Nigeria with farm produce worth millions of Naira destroyed. According to officials of the Adamawa State Emergency Management Agency (ADSEMA), flood as at the last count, submerged 13 Local Government Areas of the state. The Head of Service, Majo- Belwa Local Government Area of the State, Iliyasu Baba told our source that the recent flood witnessed in the area claimed Three lives. Baba said residents of the affected communities need urgent assistance from the state Government, stressing that the local council on its part had put machinery in motion to bring succour to the victims. He explained that five communities had earlier been submerged by flood following the recent opening of Kiri Dam in Shelleng Local Government Area of the State. In his own view, Phineas .P. Elisha, the immediate past Director of Public Affairs to former governor Bala James Nggilari, farmers in Girei Local Government Area of ...

Picture above shows the moment a Nigerian soldier removed the flag of Boko Haram sect from a recaptured territory. ←

7 students are feared dead after a building at Abu Naima Primary and Secondary School, a private Islamic school, situated in the Bukuru area of Jos, the Plateau state collapsed today at about 6pm. The affected building is being used to teach Islamic students every Sunday. They were reportedly inside the building learning when it collapsed.

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has warned the nation’s armed forces to desist from human rights abuses or risk being sanctioned. Buhari gave the warning in Kaduna state,northwest of the country, during the passing out parade of cadets from the nation’s defence academy. President Buhari commended the military for their zest towards ending insurgency in the country. Tesem Akende reports that in accordance with the norm, President Muhammadu Buhari upon arrival at the Nigerian Defence Academy headed for the saluting dais for the national anthem. President Buhari was the reviewing officer on the occasion and he described the day’s graduation as special to him, as it was the first since he was sworn-into office a few months ago. A joyful day it was, not for the graduating cadets alone, but their friends and members of their families. Although under the scorching sun, their spirits went high when the president extended greetings to them while inspecting the guard of honou...

Davido last weekend visited his hometown - Ede,Osun State to attend the maiden convocation of Adeleke university which is owned by his family. He performed at the University's convocation dinner hosted by the Pro Chancellor - Dr Adedeji Adeleke and went ahead to inspect the ongoing Adeleke University (Permanent Site) worth many billions of naira (project nearing completion) See more photos after the cut...

Sometimes, they may mean nothing, but other times, the following should be checked out with a doctor 1.RECURRENT HEADACHES Headaches can be innocent e.g after a stressful day at work, or could indicate something sinister e.g severe hypertension. 2.EXCESS URINATION Definitely, when one has taken in a lot of liquid, one is expected to urinate more, but on the flip side it could be an indication of diabetes. 3.SWOLLEN FEET This could occur as a result of standing for too long, in more serious cases it could be a symptom of cardiac or kidney problems. 4. REDUCED URINE OUTPUT If this is marked and significant , it could be a pointer towards an acute renal failure especially if the person has an adequate fluid intake. 5.EASY FATIGUE This could be a symptom of low blood levels, if accompanied with breathlessness, it could signify heart failure. 6.DELAYED URINE Especially in an elderly male, could signify an enlargement of the prostate gland, a condition known as Benign Prostatic Hyper...