WRECKAGE OF CRASHED EGYPTAIR PLANE FOUND NEAR GREEK ISLAND.

Wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804 has been found south of the Greek island of Karpathos, Egyptian aviation officials say. The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 passengers and crew when it went down overnight.

Egyptian Vice-President Ahmed Adel told CNN the rescue operation was "turning into a search and recovery". Officials say the plane is more likely to have been brought down by a terrorist act than a technical fault.

It made two sharp turns and dropped more than 25,000ft (7,620m) before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greek Defence Minister Panos Kammenos told reporters.

WHY WE CANNOT RELEASE SAMBO DASUKI - FG TELLS ECOWAS COURT.

The Federal Government on Thursday told the Economic Community of West African States that it would be dangerous to release the immediate National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), from custody because he constituted a threat to national security.

Dasuki was re-arrested on December 29, 2015 by the operatives of the Department of State Service shortly after he was released on bail from ‎Kuje Prisons, Abuja, with respect to his ongoing trial on three separate sets of charges.

The Federal Government on Thursday called two witnesses ‎to oppose a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed before the ECOWAS Court by Dasuki seeking his release from the custody of the DSS.

RONKE SHONDE MAY HAVE DIED FROM RESPIRATORY SEIZURE & HEAD INJURIES.

Autopsy report reveals that late Ronke Shonde, who was  allegedly killed by her husband, Lekan, died from respiratory seizure. The report which was signed by Dr. Shoyemi, a pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital LASUTH, attributed Ronke's death to head injuries and she also had water clustered in her head.

The final autopsy report, which just got to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, revealed that the victim did not die from domestic violence.

A very reliable source said, “The final autopsy result has been released. In fact, it is just getting to the SDCI. The summary of the report is that she did not die from the bruises on her body. She died from respiratory seizure.”

ICE PRINCE CONFIRMS EXIT FROM CHOCOLATE CITY.

Rapper Ice Prince confirmed he has parted ways with Chocolate for over two years but decided not to make the news public. He made the announcement on a radio station during an interview earlier today.

He stated that he will float his record label "Super Cool Cat" soon.

NIGERIAN ARMY RELEASES STATEMENT & PICTURES OFTHE RESCUED CHIBOK GIRL, HER BABY & SUPPOSED TERRORIST HUSBAND.

MISS AMINA ALI

Please recall that we informed you that one of the abducted Chibok school girls has been rescued earlier today and promised to give further details.

Further to that, in continuation of Operation CRACKDOWN, troops of 25 Brigade Damboa in conjunction with Civilian JTF deployed in one of the blocking positions at Baale, near Damboa rescued one Miss Amina Ali and a suspected Boko Haram terrorist, Mohammed Hayatu, who claimed to be her husband.

CHIBOK GIRL, AMINA ALI FOUND IN SAMBISA WITH A CHILD SHE HAD IN CAPTIVITY.

The first of 219 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok in northeast Nigeria more than two years ago has been found. 

Amina Ali was discovered in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno state by civilian vigilantes assisting the military on Tuesday.

Ms Ali, who was 17 when she was abducted, has reportedly had a child while in captivity.

According to a local spokesperson, she is now with her family in her home town of Mbalala, near Chibok.

FAMILY OF LATE RONKE SHONDE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND RELEASE PROOF OF BATTERY AS ALLEGED LOVER DENIES ALLEGATIONS.

The man accused of dating late Ronke Shonde, Kayode, has denied the allegation, saying he only had a professional relationship with the deceased.

This is just as the family of the victim released Whatsapp snapshots which showed Ronke’s husband, Lekan, admitting to brutalising her, asking for God’s forgiveness and promising to stop beating her.

Our correspondent had reported that 51-year-old Lekan allegedly killed his wife at their home in the Egbeda-Idimu area of Lagos State last Thursday.

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REMOVES PETROLEUM SUBSIDY, RAISES PUMPPRICE TO N145/L.

The federal government has deregulated the downstream sector of the petroleum industry, which will raise the price of fuel to N145 a liter.

According to the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, who made the announcement after meeting with top government officials in Abuja on Wednesday, the policy aims to increase the supply of fuel in Nigeria.

Stakeholders present at the meeting agreed that the primary cause of fuel scarcity in Nigeria is “the inability of importers of petroleum products to source foreign exchange at the official rate due to the massive decline of foreign exchange earnings of the federal government.” This has prevented private oil marketers from meeting their 50 percent portion of the total national supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).

EFCC TRACES 15BN OF DIEZANI'S N23BN TO EX-MINISTERS, INEC OFFICIALS AND OTHERS.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has located the whereabouts of  N15billion of the N23.29billion ($115m)  allegedly offered as a bribe by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  in connection with the 2015 elections.

The bribe was for the purpose of compromising the result of the elections which the party’s presidential candidate Dr. Goodluck Jonathan lost to Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Fourteen directors of four oil firms suspected of substantially bankrolling the N23.29b poll bribery scandal have also been identified by the anti-graft agency while some former Ministers arrested in connection with the scandal were battling for bail last night.

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Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II speaks on how $20bn vanished from state coffers under the watch of @GeJonathan.

EMIR SANUSI

In this explosive interview by Forbes TV, former CBN Governor and current Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido exposes how former President Jonathan , Diezani Madueke and Okonjo Iweala supervised the theft of $20BN from the coffers of Nigeria.

#DASUKIGATE- EFCC TRACE STOLEN FUNDS TO AIDES OF EX-PRESIDENT JONATHAN. ABATI, GULAK, AND OTHERS INVOLVED.

Reports indicates that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has located stolen money from accounts of the former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki to several prominent aides to the former President Goodluck Jonathan.

This news comes just as EFCC agents have raided the home of former top aide to Mr. Jonathan and spokesman of his presidential campaign Femi Fani-Kayode. This is also the latest development in a massive probe of Mr. Dasuki’s fraudulent use of public funds which are now known to have been used to bribe top military officials, rig the Ekiti State gubernatorial elections, and be diverted to accounts belonging to powerful public officials.

EFCC sources said that Mr. Jonathan’s former spokesman, Rueben Abati, took N72 million; top-PDP chieftain Uche Secondus took N250 million, and Ahmed Gulak was found to have taken N50 million. Bello Fadile, a security analyst who was used by Jonathan to attempt to stop INEC from releasing the 2015 presidential election results, took N754 million.

EFCC TRACES $88M FROM DIEZANI MADUEKE TO STERLING BANK MD YEMI ADEOLA.

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said they traced more than $88 million to a hidden account controlled by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sterling Bank of Nigeria, Yemi Adeola.

Our EFCC source said the money was transferred to Mr. Adeola from Fidelity Bank of Nigeria whose managing director, Nnamdi Okonkwo, was last week detained by the EFCC. Mr. Okonkwo last was granted bail late yesterday.

One EFCC source said that the $88 million found at Sterling Bank was separate from the $115m given to Fidelity Bank by the ex-oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The funds were used to bribe officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the 2015 presidential election for ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

HUSBAND ABSCONDS AFTER KILLING WIFE IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN LAGOS. #SAYNOTODOMESTICVIOLENCE. #RIPRONKESHONDE.

Tragedy struck in the home of "Mr. & Mrs. Shonde" at Tiemo Crescent off Awori street in Egbeda Lagos when the nanny discovered the lifeless body of Ronke in the early hours of Friday 6th May 2016.

She was allegedly beaten to death by her husband Lekan who then locked her in with their two children who are both aged 6 & 7. He absconded afterwards.

CAMEROONIAN FOOTBALLER PATRICK EKENG COLLAPSED AND DIED DURING A CLUB FOOTBALL MATCH.

Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng died on Friday after collapsing on the pitch during a match for his club.

Ekeng, 26, fell to the ground shortly after coming on as a 62nd-minute substitute during a league match against Viitorul Constanta, his club said in a statement on their website.

Media reports said he suffered a suspected heart attack and was pronounced dead in hospital two hours later.

"Dinamo lost tonight, forever, footballer Patrick Claude Ekeng Ekeng," Dinamo said.

ROB KARDASHIAN CONFIRMS BLAC CHYNA IS PREGNANT WITH WILD EMOJI ON INSTAGRAM.

Rob Kardashian has just confirmed what we all thought was true … Blac Chyna is pregnant with their first child! We are so happy for the couple!

It’s true, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna are having a baby. The KUWTK star took to Instagram on May 6 confirming that she’s pregnant and a report claims she’s several months along. Rob’s Instagram pic is an emoji of Blac pregnant and it’s so cute. This is amazing news considering Mother’s Day is just two days away.

PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI SIGNS #BUDGET2016.

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the the 2016 appropriation Act into law.

Mr. Buhari signed the budget in the presence of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in his office at the presidential villa Abuja.

Others who witnessed the budget signing ceremony were the national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal.

KISS DANIEL RELEASES TRACK LIST FOR "NEW ERA" ALBUM WITH NO FEATURES.

Kiss Daniel whose May 1 album was rescheduled for 15th May 2016 finally unveils the tracklist to the soon to be released 20 track album titled “New Era”

The G-WorldWide Entertainment Artist did not feature anyone on his debut album.

See track list after the cut.

EX-MINISTER IYABO ANISULOWO RESCUED FROM KIDNAPPERS DEN BY POLICE.

A former minister and senator, Iyabo Anisulowo, who was kidnapped Wednesday in Ogun State has regained her freedom.

Police said on Tuesday evening that Mrs. Anisulowo was rescued at Gbegbelawo village, a suburb of Olorunda town, located in Yewa North local government of the state.

The Ogun State Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said that the 65-year-old was rescued at about 7.00pm. He said two suspected kidnappers were arrested during the rescue operation.

N23BN SCAM - FIDELITY BANK NAMES ACTING MD TO REPLACE DETAINED NNAMDI OKONKWO.

The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc has appointed the Executive Director, North, Alhaji Mohammed Balarabe, as the Acting Managing Director/Chief Executive of the bank with immediate effect subject to regulatory approval.

The appointment, according to a statement by the bank on Monday, follows the absence of the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo, who was last week arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission alongside some officials of the bank for allegedly receiving $115m (N23bn) from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to prosecute the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

The bank, however, reassured the over 400,000 shareholders and 3.4 million customers of its continued seamless services.