HOW NIGERIAN ARMY ALMOST BUNGLED RELEASE OF 21 CHIBOK GIRLS.

Inter-agency squabbles and a jostling for superiority by the Nigerian army nearly marred the release of 21 Chibok schoolgirls on Thursday, according to tips provided by sources knowledgeable about the complex operation.

Sources said that agents of the Department of State Security (DSS) had concluded the negotiation with Boko Haram fighters to release the first batch of Chibok girl kidnapped by the insurgent Islamist sect in April 2014 and were invited to pick the girls inside Sambisa Forest when the Nigerian Army was contacted to provide cover. Only a few military generals were aware of the entire operation because they coordinated with the DSS to visit Sambisa Forest in the middle of the night. Boko Haram had stipulated that no soldiers could accompany the DSS team that would recover the 21 abducted girls.

THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF ASO VILLA - REUBEN ABATI.

People tend to be alarmed when the Nigerian Presidency takes certain decisions. They don’t think the decision makes sense. Sometimes, they wonder if something has not gone wrong with the thinking process at that highest level of the country. I have heard people insist that there is some form of witchcraft at work in the country’s seat of government. I am ordinarily not a superstitious person, but working in the Villa, I eventually became convinced that there must be something supernatural about power and closeness to it. I’ll start with a personal testimony. I was given an apartment to live in inside the Villa. It was furnished and equipped. But when my son, Michael arrived, one of my brothers came with a pastor who was supposed to stay in the apartment. But the man refused claiming that the Villa was full of evil spirits and that there would soon be a fire accident in the apartment. He complained about too much human sacrifice around the Villa and advised that my family must never sleep overnight inside the Villa.

SANDRA WEDS TONY...... (@Steamantonio x @sandyekky22 ).

We turned up at Ekpoma in Edo State as my buddie Tony married his pretty bride Sandra. It was nice spending few days outside this noisy Lasgidi. I had a lot of fun.

Wishing the couple all the best things marriage offers.  Squad is becoming more responsible. Three more vows. Catch the sub.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL EXPOSES THE BRUTAL ACTIVITIES OF THE SARS UNIT OF NIGERIA POLICE FORCE. (CC: @MBUHARI @PROFOSINBAJO).

A Nigerian police unit set up to combat violent crime has instead been systematically torturing detainees in its custody as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes, Amnesty International said in a report published today.

In Nigeria: You have signed your death warrant, former detainees told Amnesty International they had been subjected to horrific torture methods, including hanging, starvation, beatings, shootings and mock executions, at the hands of corrupt officers from the feared Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

“A police unit created to protect the people has instead become a danger to society, torturing its victims with complete impunity while fomenting a toxic climate of fear and corruption,” said Damian Ugwu, Amnesty International’s Nigeria researcher.

ARIK AIR RESUMES FLIGHT OPERATIONS.

Arik Air will resume normal flights  Wednesday morning, 24 hours after it suspended operations over problems with insurance.

In a statement on its website,  Arik Air, Nigeria’s  biggest airline, said it will resume flights at 11am on Wednesday, having resolved its insurance issues.

The company also said it is in the process of changing its ‘airline Liability Insurance providers’.

“Arik Air, West and Central Africa’s largest airline, is pleased to announce that scheduled flights will resume from 11am tomorrow, Wednesday September 14, 2016.

HOW $22.3M HIT THE ACCOUNT OF FORMER FIRST LADY PATIENCE JONATHAN.

Former First Lady Patience Jonathan’s bank accounts containing $19,871.307.96 have been frozen, The Nation learnt yesterday.

The cash is part of the $22.3 million found in the accounts.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has also established a prima facie case of money laundering against the ex-First Lady and 10 others.

SECOND YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF MY LATE FATHER, BARRISTER FELIX ODUSANYA DINA.

Two years ago, God called my Father to his side. It has been extremely difficult for me to comprehend that he is gone forever, the sad reality. 

Several people have lost their beloved ones after September 9, 2014, and moved on quickly but my case is quite different. I really don't need anyone preaching to me about "God gives and takes", I know this and much more. I miss my Father, this fact CANNOT change.

How time flies, yes it does. The year 2016 is racing towards the end already, it is yet another day to remember my Father and give glory to God for his LIFE and DEMISE.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2016 NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS. #NEA2016.

List of Winners at the 2016 Nigerian Entertainment Awards.

Arsenal Legends 4 2 AC Milan Legends (VIDEO)

ARSENAL 4 AC MILAN 2

Kanu Nwankwo scored a hat-trick as Arsenal Legends defeated AC Milan legends at the Emirates.

Click here to watch the video.

A PEEP AT THE HUSTLE & ARREST OF BOBRISKY BEFORE (S)HE BECAME THE QUEEN OF LAGOS.

Very little was known about Idris Okuneye aka BOBRISKY on Nigeria's Social Media space until recently when he started trending on TwitterNG.

The beauty entrepreneur who specializes in selling skin whitening creams both nationally and internationally had a very rough start as he was arrested in 2011 for posing as a female and duping men in a bid to further his education at the University of Lagos.

DOWNLOAD HOT SINGLE "NO" BY WALE TURNER (@WALETURNER) PRODUCED BY PHEELZ (@PHEELZONTHEBEAT)

Wale Turner , the rapper whose videos have been trending recently on Twitter and Instagram presents his first official single titled NO. The track was produced by YBNL's award winning producer Pheelz.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD.

THROUGH THE HAWKER'S EYES - PLIGHT OF HAWKERS IN LAGOS STATE.

THROUGH THE HAWKER'S EYES

The Lagos state government announced the implementation of the Street trading/hawking ban effective from July 1, 2016. This short documentary film by "The Optimists" about the ban of hawking and road side selling in Lagos aims beyond mere rhetoric and debates; and beyond the wordings of the law and the high price of dissent, to take a deeper look at the social-economic causation of hawking and the broader effect of the ban on those affected the most, highlighting their struggles and hope. 

"JHENE AIKO" SET TO DIVORCE HUSBAND "DOT DA GENIUS" AFTER KISSING "BIG SEAN".

Jhene Aiko and Dot Da Genius are getting a divorce. The couple’s marriage is coming to an end after 11 months. Aiko has listed irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split in the divorce papers. She’s also seeking to deny Dot any spousal support.

The divorce comes just a few months after Jhene Aiko and Big Sean sparked rumors of a relationship by kissing onstage at Power 106’s Powerhouse event. The two have been seen acting pretty affectionate toward each other on social media which only added fuel to fire of dating rumors.

DISCRIMINATORY APPOINTMENTS AGAINST NON-MUSLIMS IN NIGERIA BY SOLOMON ASEMOTA (SAN).

Islamist Jihadists of the Hausa, Fulani and Kanuri Ethnic Nationalities, who are Negroid immigrants to Nigeria, are pushing the nation to an implosion. It is therefore imperative that the remaining 386 Ethnic Nationalities of Nigeria should, as a matter of priority, convene a Conference to demonstrate to the few Islamist Jihadists of the three Ethnic Nationalities the grave danger of Islamism as a system of governance. Nigerians are reminded that the present distress in the nation is not an act of God but man-made. The brazen and audacious imposition of Islamist Jihadists into key positions in the country is not an expression of religious piety but a deliberate manipulation of religion for cultural and political domination by three Ethnic Groups. This Agenda commenced in 1975 after the overthrow of General Gowon. The Islamist Jihadists are a violent and domineering strain of Islam rejected by mainstream Muslims.

UNICEF TEMPORARILY STOPS AIDS DELIVERIES AFTER ATTACK ON ITS CONVOY IN BORNO - NIGERIA.

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was ambushed by Boko Haram jihadists Thursday in Nigeria's restive northeast, leaving several people wounded, the UN children's agency and the Nigerian army said.

It was the first such attack on aid workers in the volatile region, the epicentre of the seven-year Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north.

"The convoy was travelling from Bama to Maiduguri in Borno State, Nigeria, returning from delivering desperately needed assistance," when it was ambushed, UNICEF said in a statement Friday.

WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE - A MUST READ PIECE BY SIMON KOLAWOLE.

If you were a lover of reggae music in the 1970s, you would certainly know “Time Hard”, a hit song by The Pioneers, the Jamaican three-man band. “Every day,” they sang, sonorously, “things are getting worse.” That song was released in 1972. At the time, Nigeria was producing two million barrels of crude oil per day and selling at an average price of $1.8 per barrel.

We were not yet oil-dependent, so the revenue was basically a bonus. By 1974, oil was selling for $11, six times the 1972 price, and our stomach ballooned. We became helplessly hooked on petrodollars. The only song Nigerians could be singing was: “Things are getting better.” The Pioneers would not sell.

DOCTOR RAPES PATIENT DURING ABORTION.

A doctor allegedly raped a woman during an abortion procedure two weeks after he masturbated in front of her during a physical examination, a court has heard.

According to Tribune 242, after Dr. Gerald Mark Forbes informed the 20-year-old she would need a medical examination to work at his clinic in Freeport, the Bahamas, last February, he was alleged to have rubbed her vagina and masturbated before her.

The report added that two week’s later, after the victim asked him to terminate a pregnancy, he was accused of raping her during the procedure.

SENATOR DINO MELAYE DARES BOLA TINUBU AS HE IS PICTURED ON THE STREET OF BOURDILLON - LAGOS WHERE TINUBU RESIDES.

Following reports of the messy confrontation between Senator Dino Melaye & Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of APC National Leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu during a closed senate session last week, where Dino allegedly threatened to beat and Impregnate her, the Agba Akin was pictured on the streets of Bourdillon in Ikoyi-Lagos where Tinubu resides in response to threats by certain groups asking him not to visit Lagos or face the consequence.

This Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria representing Kogi West Senatorial District is definitely a trouble maker.

HOW DSS ARRESTED OBANIKORO'S WIFE IN CONNECTION WITH N4.7BN #DASUKIALERT.

Operatives of the Department of State Service DSS, yesterday, arrested the wife of the former Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, over ongoing investigations into how her husband and two sons collected and laundered over N4.7 billion from the national treasury in 2014. 

The DSS had been working in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to track the movement of Obanikoro and his associates linked with the transfer of the huge sum from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, to firms linked to them. 

BUHARI'S DAUGHTER CALLED TO BAR AS 80 YEAR OLD PA ENEBELI MAKES HISTORY.

Octogenarian Pius Chuka Enebeli made history yesterday as the oldest person to be called to Bar in Nigeria.

Pa Enebeli was called to the Bar with the daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, Halima and 2,217 others.

The ceremony was witnessed by the First Lady, Aisha Buhari, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.