SULE LAMIDO & HIS 2 SONS CHARGED FOR MONEY LAUNDERING GET BAIL.

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail, on self-recognition, to former ‎Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa‎ and his two sons charged with money laundering.

Lamido, his sons, Mustapha and Aminu, and one Abubakar Wada, were arraigned on a 24-count charge of laundering N1.35billion belonging to the State when he was governor.

They were initially arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Kano, who remanded them in prison without hearing their application for bail.

FG SHUTS DOWN FREQUENCY OF RADIO BIAFRA.

The federal government on Tuesday hinted that it had successfully shut the signals from Radio Biafra because it had not been licensed to operate in Nigeria.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Dr. Sade Yemi-Esan gave the hint after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on the state of affairs in the ministry at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Yemi-Esan said, at the moment, the Nigerian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) and security forces in the country were hunting those behind the radio to arrest them.

JAMB ANNOUNCES CUT-OFF MARKS FOR ADMISSION INTO TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the cut-off mark for admission into all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

According to the JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the cut-off for this year  for degree programmes is 180, and 150 for national certificate in education, national diploma and national innovation diplomas.

ASTONISHING DETAILS OF MEXICAN DRUG LORD "EL CHAPO'S" PRISON BREAK.

The full extent of notorious gang leader El Chapo's astonishing escape has been revealed by satellite images of the area surrounding the top security Mexican jail. 

Aerial images of the jail and the surrounding countryside reveal just how complex the escape operation was, as a construction site sprang up over the course of a year just a mile from the Altiplano jail.

Given the sheer size of the operation, questions are being asked as to how no one at the jail reported noticing anything out of the ordinary.

Billionaire cartel leader Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman began his escape at 8.52pm on Saturday.

I AM NOT BROKE - 50 CENT SPEAKS.

50 Cent left everyone gasping earlier today when news broke that he filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Following losing a lawsuit to Rick Ross’ baby mother, the Power rapper was ordered to pay $5 million to her for damages, and was also ordered by a judge in 2014 to pay $17.2 million for stealing a headphone company’s design.

Fifty filed for bankruptcy, and while the internet went nuts with speculation of him being broke, it turns out it was all part of a smart business move to protect himself.

DIVIDED OPINIONS OVER NEW SERVICE CHIEFS & NSA.

In a sweeping shakeup of the nation’s security sector, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointment of new service chiefs and a National Security Adviser.

The appointments of the new service chiefs were contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.

Adesina later told one of our correspondents that the appointment of new service chiefs was part of the government’s strategies to crush the Boko Haram insurgency.

IF WE DON'T KILL NNPC, NNPC WILL KILL US. - GOV EL-RUFAI.

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, yesterday, called for the scrapping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, saying the corporation has over the years constituted itself as a parallel government.

Speaking at this year’s Wole Soyinka Media Lecture series to mark the 81st birthday of Professor Wole Soyinka, in Abuja, yesterday, el-Rufai also advocated privatisation of the nation’s four refineries  and the removal of fuel subsidy by the Buhari administration.

According to el-Rufai, with the ‘death’ of NNPC, it would allow for the coming on board of a brand new company that would be commercialised and capitalized, adding that the action has become imperative against the back drop that NNPC has over the years constituted itself as a parallel government, a country on its own, with Nigeria another country different from the corporation.

OKONJO IWEALA RELEASED $1BN FG FUNDS FOR JONATHAN'S RE-ELECTION - GOV ADAMS OSHIOMOLE.

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, of tampering with $1bn from the Federation Account, which he claimed was used “for election purposes.”

Oshiomhole, who disclosed this on Monday at a seminar organised by the state government for permanent secretaries, directors and deputy directors on enhancing internally generated revenue in the state, challenged the former minister to tell Nigerians how the Excess Crude Account was drawn down to $4.1bn from the peak of $10bn, when no approval was given by the National Economic Council for any withdrawals.

He also called for a forensic audit to determine the true amount which he said was illegally spent from the Federation Account under her watch as a minister.

PRESIDENT BUHARI APPOINTS NEW SERVICE CHIEFS, MONGUNO IS THE NEW NSA.

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday appointed Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd) as National Security Adviser. Monguno replaced Col. Sambo Dakusi (rtd).

Buhari also appointed new service chiefs, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina.

The new service chiefs are Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General T.Y. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff; Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff and Air Vice Marshal Monday Riku Morgan, Chief of Defence Intelligence.

PRESIDENT BUHARI SACKS SERVICE CHIEFS & NSA.

President Muhammadu Buhari  has sacked  the National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, (retd) and other service chiefs.

They are;  Alex Badeh, Chief of Defence staff; Usman Jibrin, Chief of Naval Staff, Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Army Staff and Adesola Amosu, Chief of Air Staff.

New service chiefs are set to be announced soon.

WICKED FATHER BATTERS 12-YR-OLD GIRL WITH BARBED WIRE WHILE TRYING TO SAVE HER MUM FROM HIS WRATH.

Operatives of Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Ebutte Metta chapter, have rescued a 12-year-old girl (names withheld), who was battered by her father in Lagos.

It was gathered that the victim was found in critical condition at Oyingbo market, Ebute- Metta, following beatings she allegedly received from her father.

A close family source said: “The victim, a Junior Secondary School, JSS, 1 student with the Canal Secondary School, Orile, Lagos State, would have died from the wound she sustained after her father flogged her with barbed wire, but for the intervention of vigilante members, who found her writhing in pains in the dead of the night.”

I AM NOT CAGED - PRESIDENT BUHARI REPLIES COL. NYIAM.

President Muhammadu Buhari declared, yesterday, that he was not caged by any group or individuals and that he was in firm control of the presidency and the country.

The President was reacting to assertion by Col. Tony Nyiam (rtd), who in an exclusive interview with a national daily yesterday stated that President Buhari was caged by some powerful forces around him who now dictate and determine most decisions of the President, especially in the areas of political appointments.

Nyiam was quoted as saying that some of the appointments of the president were lopsided.

BETWEEN TAMBUWAL & GBAJABIAMILA.

It does not take a genius to know why the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in crisis. From the look of things, the situation may not change within the foreseeable future. If care is not taken, APC may not rule for more than one term of office, at least not in the current format. It may have to undergo drastic metamorphoses before it can become a political party with the capacity to whip its adherents into line and keep them obedient.

The APC may thus end up being the ruling party with the shortest stint, compared to the Northern People’s Congress (NPC), which ruled from October 1960 to January 1966; the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) which ruled from October 1979 to December 1983 and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) which reigned from May 1999 to May 2015. The reason for the new ruling party’s woes is that, unlike the defunct NPC, NPN and the defeated PDP, it does not REALLY have a leadership.

WOMAN CUTS NEIGHBOUR'S THROAT DURING ARGUEMENT.

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a woman, Helen Okeke, who allegedly killed her neighbour, identified only as Rose, in the Ikota, Ajah area of the state.

It was learnt that Okeke slit Rose’s throat after the duo reportedly had an argument over who poured urine on the latter’s clothes that were spread on the entrance door to her room.

The incident occurred at about 5pm last Wednesday in the Ikota Housing Estate, Ikota Second Gate area.

MURDER OF EX VC OF FUTA - TRAGIC DRAMA OF HOW NOT TO BE A MILLIONAIRE.

‘We are pained that those our father employed to protect and take care of him…later ganged-up to kill him just because of his car which they could have taken and spared the old man.

These were the words of Adeseni, the third child of the former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA,  Prof. Albert Ilemobade, uttered in anguish while reacting to the gruesome murder of his 78-year-old father by his two domestic staff- the security guard, Daniel Ita, a security guard and Olayemi Bamitale, his former driver.

Adeseni who interrogated the killers of his father at the police station, wondered at the motive of their dastardly action despite all that the family had done for them.

HOW SEVERAL WORSHIPERS MISSED DEATH BY WHISKERS IN JOS.

But for the alertness of a private security guard, hundreds of people would have been killed in the Sunday morning multiple blasts that rocked the Evangelical Church Winning All in Angwan Yanshi of Tudun Wada area of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The incident came as multiple acts of terror were also recorded around Maiduguri Saturday night.

A bomber detonated his explosives in a bus at a Maiduguri motor park, killing four people including himself. Other blasts targeted the Maiduguri office of the Department of State Security Service. The insurgents were also said to have mounted roadblocks around Damagum and set many vehicles ablaze.

SERENA WILLIAMS WINS 2015 WIMBLEDON OPEN.

Last year at Wimbledon after exiting to Alize Cornet, Serena Williams declared: "I know I can do better." On Saturday at the All England Club came the exclamation point to her turnaround.

Williams defeated promising Spaniard Garbine Muguruza 6-4 6-4 in southwest London to complete the "Serena Slam" -- winning four straight majors -- for the second time in her career and is now well on the way to making more history at the season's final grand slam.

"I can't believe I'm standing here with another Serena Slam," Williams, emulating her feat of 2002-2003, told the crowd.

BEFORE APC FALLS APART - DELE MOMODU.

Fellow Nigerians, it is not a hidden fact that I’ve been a great admirer and ubiquitous supporter of the current governing Party in Nigeria, the ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC), from its inception though I belong bodily and spiritually elsewhere in the National Conscience Party. My love for APC was not because I expected its members to be extra-terrestrial beings without foibles and idiosyncrasies but due to the fact that I saw in them the opportunity for possible re-alignment and a veritable platform for an incorruptible leader like General Muhammadu Buhari even if the rest of us are not as perfect. I was also looking forward to the possibility of establishing a new tradition of sacking an underperforming government and banishing the idea that an incumbent leader can never be defeated in Africa. I was under no illusion that any stand-alone Party would achieve this extraordinary feat of terminating the PDP behemoth without the collaboration of other mainstream/mushroom Parties.

50 CENT ORDERED TO PAY $5M TO WOMAN WHOSE LEAKED SEX TAPE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.

Someone else's sex tape is proving to be costly for 50 Cent: A jury ordered the rapper-actor Friday to pay $5 million to a woman who said he acquired a video she made with her boyfriend, added himself as a crude commentator and posted it online without her permission.

And the Manhattan jurors are set to continue deliberating next week on possible further, punitive damages in Lastonia Leviston's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the multiplatinum-selling "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" artist.

Attorney William A. Brewer III says 50 Cent and his legal team are "disappointed in the verdict but very appreciative of the service of the jury and the court." Leviston's lawyer, Philip Freidin, declined to comment on the award, first reported by the Daily News of New York.

BOLA TINUBU MAY EMERGE APC BOT CHAIRMAN.

To further placate the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, most forces in the party may have decided to influence his emergence as the chairman, Board of Trustees, BoT of the party, Saturday Vanguard gathered yesterday.

The party is due for the constitution of its BoT on June 20, 2015 following the rectification of the process by the party’s National Working Committee, NWC, last week.

Tinubu who is a big brain behind the formation of APC by the four defunct political parties- Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, All Nigerian People’s Party, ANPP, and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA- now known as legacy parties, apparently lost out in the power game when his candidates for the Senate Presidency and the Speakership of the House of Representatives were defeated at the National Assembly leadership election.