The Department of State Services has invited the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Osun State, Rev. Elisha Ogundiya and some Muslim leader’s in the state over the looming crisis in public schools following a court verdict on the use of hijab in public schools. Justice Jide Falola of the Osun State High Court had  on June 3  have a verdict that Muslim students should be allowed to wear hijab in all public schools in the state because it was part of their fundamental rights. The CAN had held an emergency meeting following  the judgment and threatened that it would direct Christian pupils to start wearing choir robes and other religious  garments to schools should the state government implement the judgment. A source told our correspondent in Osogbo on Sunday that the CAN chairman and other Christian leaders as well as Muslim leaders were invited separately by the  DSS in Osun State. The source said, “The CAN chairman and some l...

‎A Federal High Court in Abuja has removed Mr. Dennis Amadi as member of the House of Representatives, representing Udi/Ezeagu Federal Constituency of Enugu State. Delivering judgment on Friday,  Justice Okon Abang held that the purported Peoples Democratic Party’s primary that produced Amadi was “illegal, null and void”. He ordered Amadi to vacate his seat and also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, the 3rd defendant, in the suit to immediately withdraw the certificate of return it earlier issued to Amadi.‎The judge affirmed Ogbuefi Ozomgbachi as the rightful candidate of the PDP in the 2015 general election in the constituency having emerged as the authentic primary of the party held  on December 6, 2014. The judge also ordered INEC to issue certificate of return to Ozomgbachi. ‎The judge ruled, “After a careful reading through the submissions of counsel in the suit, I note that the election of the plaintiff was conducted at the designated ven...

THERE is palpable tension in the military, following the sudden and compulsory retirement of over 200 senior army officers. The officers were reportedly contacted on phones, on Friday evening, to come to the office and pick their retirement letters. According to an impeccable source, “officers retired were not called for any interview only for them to be invited and collect their retirement letters. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel S.K Usman, in a midnight statement, on Saturday, said that the Army Council had approved the retirement of some army officers with immediate effect. According to him, the officers were found to be partisan in the 2015 general elections, while others were found to be indicted in the arms purchase scam. He added that the retirement affected mostly Major Generals, Brigadier Generals, Colonels, as well as Lieutenant Colonels and a Major. A top military source confided in  Sunday Tribune that the institution was out for...

Loyalists of the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki, have threatened to release damning records of some personalities who collected huge sums of money from the former security chief but are now denying same. The loyalists, who spoke to  Sunday Tribune in confidence, said that they were shocked to discover that some of those who collected huge sums from Dasuki are now behind his predicament. A source close to the former NSA said that his loyalists were surprised to see certain persons who collected some amounts from Dasuki denying the same and also working behind the scenes to ensure he is not released from detention. “We have now known the real reasons Sambo Dasuki is still incarcerated even after three courts have granted him bail,” one of the sources said, adding that certain influential persons might have influenced the administration to keep him behind bars under the pretext of “corruption fighting back.” “The threat coming f...

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, outgoing President of the  Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has been evading court summon since Thursday over the proposed  election of the association he is to oversee  this week, SaharaReporters has learnt. Some aggrieved Christian leaders  have dragged Oritsejafor to a Federal High Court in Abuja, where they are  challenging his plot to  bar them from  participating  in the  coming election of the association.  Oritsejafor has come under criticism from notable leaders of the   Christian community, including the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), who  accuse  him of violating the association’s constitution and tradition of electing a  national president.  Oritsejafor  has sternly warned  all the staff of the CAN  National Secretariat in Abuja not to collect any court summons  and hurriedly closed down administrative  office on Thurs...

Barely one month after President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2016 federal budget into law, there are strong indications that the implementation of the budget has not effectively taken off, resulting in a cash crunch in Ministries, Departments and Agencies ( MDAs) as well an atmosphere of disillusionment among government officials. Buhari had, on May 6, 2016, assented to the N6.06 trillion budget amidst fanfare, just as financial analysts warned that the actual success lay in the implementation of the provision of the budget. It was based on a revenue projection of USD$38 per barrel of crude oil and a production regime of 2.2 million barrels per day. However, the hopes raised by the fiscal document dimmed when the Niger Delta Avengers ( NDA) and other militant groups launched a sustained attack on oil and gas facilities strategic to achieving the goals of the budget. Following the spate of vandalism visited on these oil installations, Nigeria’s crude oil production has crashed to a...

Multiple Award-winning Nigerian Actress, Halima Abubakar is a year older today. Halima, who is Humanitarian and a multiple Ambassador, shares these lovely birthday photos in celebration and creating awareness of her born-day. See the photos below: https://www.instagram.com/p/BGPAprfEd1t

Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has said that he would not contribute to the school feeding programme that was launched a few days ago by the Federal government. He said the Federal Government was already looking for an excuse for the impending failure of the programme by asking states to contribute 40 per cent to the scheme. The governor, who said his state was interested in the scheme, added that the school feeding programme was purely a contract between the APC-led Federal Government and Nigerians. “Were the States consulted before the APC made the promise during the presidential campaign? How can you make a promise and win election on the basis of that promise and now expect States to help you to fulfil the promise? That to me is fraud!” Fayose in a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said Ekiti and other states in the country deserved to benefit from the programme without assisting the federal governme...

Despite losing two of the major awards of the night, Best Movie of the Year and Best Director awards to Burkina Faso and Ghana, Nigeria’s Nollywood weekend reaffirmed its solid place as Africa’s biggest film industry at this year’s African Movie Academy Awards,AMAA. The country carted away 10 out of the 24 awards given out this year, beating South Africa, which won five awards and fast evolving Burkina Faso film industry also won four awards. Ghana came fourth, clinching three awards; Best Director award, won by Nana Obiri-Tenoah for his film, “The Cursed One,”Best Cinematography and Best in Production Design in Africa The glamorous awards night held, weekend at Dr Obi Wali International Conference Centre, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. See full list of winners below:  AMAA 2016 Award for Best Short Film – Meet The Parents – Nigeria/Canada  BEST ANIMATION – The Pencil – Burkina Faso  BEST DOCUMENTARY – The Fruitless Tree –Niger  BEST DIASPORA SHORT – ...

Only few have lived to tell the story after their encounter with notorious ikorodu armed robber and occultist popularly known as Badoo All hell broke loose in the early hours today as residents raised alarm after he attacked a lady in her house Baddo who is known to wipe handkerchief on his victims private parts after raping and beating them met his waterloo on an odd Sunday Currently lying in cemetery is a 60 year old woman who was brutally raped and stabbed to death by baddo While many are still haunted and plaqued by their encounter with the daredevil madman, they are patiently waiting for the kabiyesi(king) to release him to the mob who can't wait to unleash terror on him As we write this, he's currently in the king's palace, over 5 police divisions are in the king's palace to make sure sanity is restored and his fate is not decided by jungle justice http://www.naijanewsrave.com/pandemonium-as-notorious-ikorodu-armed-robber-and-rapist-baddo-meets-his-waterloo-photo...

Nollywood actress Rita Dominic and singer Timaya yesterday stepped out looking like 'couple/boyfriend' at Noble Igwe's wedding on Saturday. Check out the broad smiles on Rita's face. Arewe missing something?

The 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) ceremony is currently taking place at the Obi Wali International Conference Center in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The ceremony will recognize and honor excellence among directors, actors, and writers in the film industry. The awards night will be hosted by Chris Attoh, Mike Ezuruonye and Kgopedi Lilokoe. It will air live on NTA to over 100 million viewers worldwide. http://olorisupergal.com/first-photos-celebrities-red-carpet-amaa-2016/