BUHARI MAY BE AFRICA'S LEAST CORRUPT LEADER - WASHINGTON POST.

By the standards of sub-Saharan African leaders, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is dirt-poor.

According to a statement released by his government, he has $150,000 in his savings account. He owns five homes and two mud houses, an orchard and ranch with 270 head of cattle, 25 sheep, five horses and a variety of birds. He has bought two cars from his savings

"President Buhari had no foreign account, no factory and no enterprises. He also had no registered company and no oil wells," reads the statement released by the spokesman, Garba Shehu, describing the president's assets as "Spartan."

10 PERSONS ELECTROCUTED WHILE VANDALISING POWER SUPPLY INSTALLATIONS.

No fewer than 10 persons were electrocuted while vandalising the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company installations last year even as 10 more were arrested.

This was disclosed by the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer of the company, Mr. Collins Chabuka, during a public safety sensitisation campaign in Lafia, Nasarawa State.

Chabuka said most of those that who were killed were either vandals or quack electricians who tampered with the installations at night.

THE IMMINENT CONFRONTATION BETWEEN BUHARI AND JONATHAN.

Barely 100 days after President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office, some ministers under the previous administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, last Sunday, declared war against the incumbent over a perceived lack of “due respect.”

The ministers, who were said to be acting at the behest of Jonathan, accused Buhari and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress of condemning, ridiculing and undermining the achievements of the ex-President. According to them, the vilification amounted to rubbishing the integrity of the individual members of the past administration.

Jonathan’s ministers, in a statement by a former Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, said the efforts of the Buhari government was to portray all members of the previous administration “as corrupt and irresponsible, in an orchestrated and vicious trial by the media,” which they said had created “a lynch mentality that discredits our honest contributions to the growth and development of our beloved nation.”

NIGERIAN CONMAN WHO CHEATED PENSIONERS OUT OF £5M LIFE SAVINGS WEEPS AS HE IS JAILED.

 A conman funded a playboy lifestyle by cheating pensioners out of their life savings.

Godwin Nwaofor, 36, kept a 'suckers list' of potential victims to send bogus letters saying they had won the Australian Lottery.

The Nigerian national received around £1million from the scam and blew the money on luxury cars, gold jewellery and expensive champagne at top nightclubs in London.

CURSE OF WOLF FAMILY - HOW THEY HAVE SURVIVED BULLYING, PERSECUTION AND POISONING.

Jesus 'Chuy' Aceves woke up one morning to discover another one of his family's cats has been murdered.

Then on his way to work at a Mexican building site, he was howled at by strangers who jeered at him, calling him names like 'satanic beast', before whipping out their cameras to take pictures of him.

This is a normal day in the life of the 'Wolf Man' who became a world-famous circus performer whose entire face is covered in thick, black hair.

His entire family of 30 are all covered in the same dark fur as him - and cruelly shunned in their home town of Loreto, north-west Mexico, because of it.

FAMILY PETITIONS IG OF POLICE OVER SHADY CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE DEATH OF SCHOOL PROPRIETRESS AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER.

The Amungo Family of Adubabiri compound in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, has appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase,  to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Ebiegberi Ejor (nee Amungo).   In a petition signed by Dr. Ebimo Amungo,  on behalf of the family, they stated that they have lost faith in the ability of officers at the Rivers State Police Command to find the true killers and determine probable cause of the death of Mrs. Ejor, who, the family believes, was murdered with her business partner.

CHRIS OKOTIE DENIES BEING BEHIND EMEKA IKE'S MARRIAGE PROBLEMS.

OKOTIE & EMEKA IKE

Pastor of the Household of God Church, Lagos, Chris Okotie, has described an allegation levelled against him by Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike, that he is responsible for the crisis rocking his marriage, as rubbish.

Ike had, in a statement on Thursday, accused Okotie of stalling efforts he is making to save his marriage with Suzanne.

Trouble started in Ike’s home recently, when the wife accused him of assaulting her.

While the actor has repeatedly denied this, the woman is said to have filed for a divorce in a Lagos court.

FASHOLA SNUBS QUESTIONS RELATED TO CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS.

The immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday refused to answer questions on the allegations of corruption levelled against him.

Fashola was alleged to have spent N139m on two boreholes at the Lagos House, Ikeja, and another N78.3m for the upgrade of a personal website.

The former governor, who was the guest speaker at the 16th Bishop Mike Okonkwo Annual Lecture, urged Nigerians to ensure that they hold their leaders accountable always.

ASSETS DECLARATION - PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES, 270 CATTLES, MUD HOUSES WHILE VP OSIBANJO IS WORTH SEVERAL MILLIONS.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday made public details of their assets, which had been declared to the Code of Conduct Bureau.

According a statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President has about N30m in his only bank account with the Union Bank Plc, while the Vice President has a balance of N94m, $900,000 and 19,000 pounds in his bank accounts.

Shehu’s statement said the President had shares in Berger Paints, Skye Bank and Union Bank and a total of seven houses, comprising two mud and a standard house in Daura, his hometown; two homes in Kaduna, one in Kano and one in Abuja.

DSS SACKS MARILYN OGAR & 44 OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS OVER ALLEGED PARTISANSHIP.

The Department of State Services (DSS) has sacked its former spokesperson, Ms Marilyn Ogar and 44 other top directors in the security agency.

Marilyn Ogar who was the former deputy director of agency was removed two months ago and equally lost her promotion following President Muhammadu Buhari’s nullification of the exercise upon assumption in office.

The secret service former spokesperson’s fate may not be unconnected with her alleged role in the last administration and the run-up to the 2015 election.

It will be recalled that Ogar had been accused of alleged partisanship in the build-up to the general elections.

COURT BARS EFCC FROM PROSECUTING SEN. STELLA ODUAH OVER PURCHASE OF 2 ARMOURED CARS FOR N160M.

Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from inviting a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, for questioning.

The judge ordered the EFCC to stay action on Oduah as regards the purchase of two armoured BMW cars at a cost of N160m in 2013 by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority under her watch.

The order, made on August 26, 2015, is also binding on the ICPC, the Attorney General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police.

THREE DIE IN OJUELEGBA AS 40FT TRAILER CARRYING A CONTAINER FELL OF THE BRIDGE & CRUSHED TWO VEHICLES.

No fewer than three people were killed on Wednesday after a container on a 40-feet trailer fell off the Ojuelegba Bridge onto the road below.

It was learnt that the container, which was not latched to the trailer, crushed two private vehicles which were in motion.

The vehicles, a white Toyota and a black jeep, were reportedly mangled under the weight of the container.

I ONLY RAPED MY 14-YR-OLD SIX TIMES - RAPE SUSPECT CONFESSES - #SAYNOTORAPE.

A 34-year-old factory worker, Mohammed Ahmed, on Wednesday said he raped his daughter six times.

Ahmed, who was paraded by officials of the Osun State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said he started having sex with his 14-year-old daughter ( name withheld) in April, 2015.

The distraught primary five girl was not allowed to speak with reporters .

FIVE WITNESSES TO TESTIFY AGAINST EX NSA SAMBO DASUKI.

The Federal Government has proposed five witnesses to prove its case of illegal possession of firearms against a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd).

The ex-NSA was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday.

The five government witnesses, according to the prosecution’s list of witnesses, are operatives of the Department of State Services, who were part of the search operation conducted at Dasuki’s residence at 13, John Khadiya Street, Asokoro, Abuja, on July 16, 2015.

BODIES OF THREE POLICEMEN KILLED BY PIPELINE VANDALS/MILITANTS IN OWUTU-IKORODU STILL MISSING.

The attack on a team of policemen in Owutu area of Ikorodu, Lagos, in the early hours of Monday, during which three policemen were shot dead and others injured, was said to have been carried out by militants-turned vandals. 

This is just as the policeman, who managed to escape from the scene of the shooting, attributed his survival to his name.

The surviving policeman, a Sergeant identified as Fortunate Endurance Imasuen, according to a family friend who spoke on condition, said: “My name, Fortunate, saved me. For the first time in my life, I knew the meaning of my name.

40-YR-OLD MAN RAPES 4-YR-OLD GIRL TO DEATH IN BAYELSA. #SAYNOTORAPE.

Officials of United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and other stakeholders in the protection of the rights of the child were shocked, yesterday, to hear of the case of a 40-year-old man that raped a four-year-old girl to death in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The revelation was made by the State Coordinator of Child Protection Network, CPN, Mrs. Mariam Kombo-Ezeh.

She also revealed two other cases of child abuse, which occurred in the state, including the death of a seven-year-old girl of complications from HIV/AIDS after being raped and infected by a man, and another 13-year-old girl gang-raped in Yenagoa, the state capital.

28-YR-OLD GRADUATE & 4 OTHERS NABBED WITH N57M WORTH OF COCAINE.

A 28-year-old university graduate of Economics, Nonso Akubueze, has been arrested along with four other suspects by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged drug trafficking.

It was learnt that Akubueze and the other suspects – Simon Omoluonye, Obidike Onodyer, Friday Onyeabor and Emma Ifoh – were apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with 11.5 kilogrammes of cocaine substances valued at N57m.

It was gathered that the suspects had smuggled the drug into the country from Brazil.

NIGERIA RISK ECONOMIC DECLINE - PRESIDENT BUHARI.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned that with the fall in oil prices, Nigeria risked economic decline, if it failed to manage its resources prudently.

Buhari gave the warning during a meeting with members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, Buhari urged accountants to take their audit reports seriously.

45-YR-OLD CHARGED FOR RAPING & IMPREGNATING 16-YR-OLD. #SAYNOTORAPE.

A 45-year-old driver, Ganiyu Afolabi, was yesterday charged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 16-year-old girl.

This came as 22-year-old Oluwatudimi Folajimi has been charged before a Yaba Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly forging an identity card of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, to enable him write exams for a 400-level student of medicine.

On the rape case, the accused, who lives at Meiran area of Lagos State, was said to have called the victim to his room under the pretext of sending her on an errand and defiled her.

PRESIDENT BUHARI DID NOT MAKE 100-DAYS PROMISES - PRESIDENCY INSIST.

The Presidency insisted on Tuesday that President Muhammadu Buhari did not promise Nigerians that he would achieve specific things within his first 100 days in office.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, stated this while responding to questions about reports on documents titled, “One Hundred Things Buhari Will Do in 100 Days” and “My Covenant with Nigerians.”

Shehu said the documents did not emanate from the official channel of Buhari’s campaign media department.