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APC primaries not a plan to impeach me says Oshiomole . …Says “I can’t mortgage my conscience for my job”   Adams Oshiomhole,  National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC), says he will not mortgage his conscience  in order to keep his job. 2019: We want more than SGF, South-West PDP tells Atiku Oshiomhole spoke to State House correspondents after having a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. Governors to take position on minimum wage, Tuesday, says Yari APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole Speaking on the fallout of APC primaries, he dismissed rumours that some governors were moblising to unseat him. According to him, he knows that the job is not a pensionable job as he will leave it one day; hence he will do the job according to the rules and his conscience. He said that out of the 23 APC governors, only three were not pleased with the outcome of the primaries in their states. Oshiomhole said that no one could begrudge the go

Buhari’s impeachment case over WAEC certificate adjourned till November 26 A case seeking for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged non possession of his West African Examination Council, WAEC, certificate  and other qualifying credentials has been adjourned till November 26 by Justice Maureen Onyetenu-led Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state. Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), In the suit, filed on June 19, accused president Buhari of violating the provisions of the 1999 constitution but not possessing the required qualifications to contest for the presidency. The suit has the National Assembly, Senate President and the Speaker, House of Representatives as co-defendants alongside President Buhari as the 4 th  defendant. It accused the National Assembly of “closing their eyes to the president’s gross misconduct,” and failure to impeach the president. According to Sahara Reporters, The suit partly reads thus, “In the light of the 4t

Guess Who Accompanies Tyler Perry To Church Gun violence and mass shootings has continuously plagued the US. Following the shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburg that claimed 11 lives, President Trump has called that places of worship should be armed in defence against the scourge. US actor and producer Tyler Perry is not left out in the defence. Although he does not support Trump’s call to arms, he says it is a neccessity as he is accompanied by armed guards to church, hopefully that will make him feel safer. Tyler Perry. Photo: Heightline The religious would agree that places of worship are supposedly meant to be sacred and safe but have recently turned to a place of carnage

Pharrel Williams slaps cease- and -desist letter on Donald Trump over use of his music. PHARRELL Williams has slapped Donald Trump with a cease-and-desist letter after the president played one of his songs at a political rally hours after a mass shooting at a synagogue. Hours after the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, which killed 11 people in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Jews in US history, Mr Trump played Pharrell’s ‘Happy’ during a rally in Indiana. The US musician has now expressed his anger at the move and issued a cease-and-desist letter through his lawyer. Pharrell said “There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country”. Picture: Sony The note, from Los Angeles-based lawyer Howard King, states: “There was nothing ‘happy’ about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose.” Mr King adds that Pharrell has not and will not grant Mr T

Vardy leads Leicester tributes to ‘legend’ Vichai Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha the son of Leicester City’s Thai chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha who died in a helicopter crash at the club’s stadium, arrives to lay a floral wreath among the other tributes to the victims of the crash at Leicester City Football Club’s King Power Stadium in Leicester, eastern England, on October 29, 2018. – Leicester City’s chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people killed when his helicopter crashed and burst into flames in the Premier League side’s stadium car park moments after taking off from the pitch, the club said on October 28. A stream of fans already fearing the worst had laid out flowers, football scarves and Buddhist prayers outside the club’s King Power stadium after Saturday’s accident in tribute to the Thai billionaire boss — the man they credit for an against-all-odds Premier League victory in 2016 (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) Jamie Vardy, a hero of Leicester’s remarka

Tuchel shows a different side as dropped Mbappe plays role of super sub . ParisSaint-Germain’s German coach Thomas Tuchel reacts during the UEFA Champions League Group C football match between Paris Saint-Germain and SSC Napoli at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, on October 24, 2018. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Thomas Tuchel’s position of strength in charge of Paris Saint-Germain was reinforced on Sunday after the German’s decision to leave Kylian Mbappe on the bench against bitter rivals Marseille paid off. The teenage France World Cup star was omitted from PSG’s starting line-up for disciplinary reasons but came on as a second-half substitute and within three minutes of his introduction had scored the opening goal. PSG went on to win 2-0 in ‘Le Classique’ at the Velodrome, with Julian Draxler scoring in stoppage time to secure the points. The result stretched their unbeaten run in French football’s biggest fixture to 18 games in all compet

Governors to take position on minimum wage, Tuesday, says Yari Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, the Chairman of NGF The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is to hold an emergency meeting on Oct. 30, to discuss the national minimum wage and come up with a position, Gov. Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara has said. Yari spoke with State House correspondents on the matter after an expanded Economic Management Team meeting at the Presidential Villa on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that organised labour has been at odds with the Federal Government over demands to increase the remunerations of public sector workers. Nigerian public sector workers are classified as earning some of the lowest wages in the world, although political office holders in the country, including the nation’s bicameral legislature earn some of the highest wages in the world. On Oct. 24, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), issued another strike notice over a stalemate, arising from the

Air pollution kills 600,000 children each year: WHO Heavy smog conditions are pictured in the Connaught Place commercial district in New Delhi on October 29, 2018. – Smog levels spike during winter in Delhi, when air quality often eclipses the World Health Organization’s safe levels. Cooler air traps pollutants — such as from vehicles, building sites and farmers burning crops in regions outside the Indian capital — close to the ground. (Photo by Dominique FAGET / AFP) Exposure to toxic air both indoors and out kills some 600,000 children under the age of 15 each year, the World Health Organization warned Monday. Data from the UN health body shows that every day, 93 percent of children under the age of 15 — a full 1.8 billion youngsters, including 630 million under the age of five — breath dangerously polluted air. This has tragic consequences: In 2016 alone, some 600,000 children died from acute lower respiratory infections caused by polluted air, the WHO report fou

At least 4 dead in suspected IS attack in central Libya. At least four people killed Monday and eight others kidnapped in an attack by suspected Islamic State group jihadists on a town in central Libya, local sources said. The raid on the desert town of Al-Fuqaha in the south of the Jufra district left three civilians and a policeman dead, Jufra municipal council member Abdellatif Jalala told AFP. The assailants kidnapped at least eight others before fleeing into the Haruj mountains further south, he added. Jufra lawmaker Ismail al-Sharif said IS fighters attacked the city with 25 vehicles, beheaded five civilians and torched local government and security offices. Both Sharif and Jalala said the raid was likely retaliation for arrests earlier this month of alleged IS members in the area. For more than a year Jufra has been held by forces allied to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar, who supports an administration in the country’s east and leads the self-styled Libyan Nationa

Prince William Pays Tribute to Srivaddhanaprabha . Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has paid tribute to the huge contribution Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha made to football following his death on Saturday. On Sunday, Srivaddhanaprabha was named as one of five people to have died in a helicopter crash outside the Foxes' King Power Stadium following their 1-1 Premier League draw with West Ham. After taking over the club in 2010, Srivaddhanaprabha turned Leicester from a Championship club into champions of England in six years. Their title triumph in 2015-16 "captured the imagination of the world" according to Prince William, himself an avid football fan and president of the Football Association. "My thoughts today are with the family and friends of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and all the victims of the terrible crash at Leicester City Football Club," he said in a statement released by Kensington Palace. "I was lucky t

UPDATED: Police Arrest Former Lagos Speaker, Others for Killing Cop The police have arrested a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Joko Pelumi, and 49 others over alleged attack and killing of a police officer attached to the anti-cultism unit.  Police Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Imohimi Edgal, told newsmen in Ikeja that the former speaker, along with others, attacked and killed Akingboju Akindele, a deputy superintendent of police, while trying to effect the arrest of some suspected cultists.  “On Oct. 27, at about 4:30 p.m, a team of Anti Cultism policemen attached to Area ‘N’ Ijede, were attacked while trying to effect arrest of some suspected cultists.  Non-participation in NYSC: Shittu seeks legal interpretation “In the process, a police officer by name DSP Akingboju Akindele was killed. “Investigation into the case led to the arrest of 49 suspects including a former Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Joko Pelumi,” he said.

Buhari Nigeria's most nepotistic,partisan leader. -oby Ezekwesili , The presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of shielding corrupt individuals. Mrs Ezekwesili said this Monday while delivering a speech titled, ‘To those who say we cannot win: Unveiling the Oby Ezekwesili Roadmap to 2019’ in Lagos. “There is no shadow of doubt: President Buhari is the most parochial, most nepotistic and most partisan president that Nigeria has ever seen,” she said in her speech. “This president talks about fighting grand corruption. Please, please, give me a break! Can corruption fight corruption? Does he think we cannot see? A president that looks the other way while his friends and cronies suffocate and strangle our country?” Mrs Ezekwesili called on Nigerians to support her candidacy saying she “is one of the very small tribe of Nigerians who have served in government but who have no