Sacked House of Representatives Appropriations Committee chairman Abdulmumin Jibrin last night spoke of what he called “institutional corruption” at the National Assembly.

He claimed that those behind the “massive corruption” frustrated his efforts to prevent the padding of Budget 2016.

Jibrin was sacked for allegedly padding the budget.

He denied the allegation, claiming that Speaker Yakubu Dogara, Deputy Speaker Yusuff Lasun, Chief Whip Alhassan Ado Doguwa and Minority Leader Leo Ogor wanted to use him to achieve their own ends.

Jibrin, who accused Dogara, Lasun, Doguwa and Ogor of being behind the padding, alleged that 10 chairmen inserted 2,000 fictitious projects worth N248 billion into the budget.
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Ferdinand Orbih, has said there is no court order stopping the Peoples Democratic Party from holding its national convention billed to take in Port-Harcourt.

Justice Okon Abang had last week ‎ declared the Ahmed-Markafi led-caretaker committee of the party illegal and conferred recognition on Ali Modu Sheriff faction as the authentic exco of the party.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, Orbih warned against mis-interpreting the judgment of the Federal High Court.

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Back in January, then-HBO president Michael Lombardo told critics at the TCA (Television Critics Association) press tour that HBO was negotiating a renewal for Game of Thrones for both Season 7 and Season 8 - with EPs Benioff and Weiss agreeing that the show might come to an end with 8.

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The Nigerian Turkish International Colleges have described the call by the Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hakan Cakil, for the closure of 17 ‘Turkish’ schools in Nigeria as “a spurious request.”
In a statement issued on the school’s website Friday, the institution called on the public to ignore Mr. Cakil.
“But for the fact that the statement contained misleading information, we would not have dignified it with a response,” the school said in the statement signed by Orhan Kertim, the Managing Director.
“But as law-abiding schools operating in Nigeria since 1998, we owe Nigerians a duty to expose the ulterior motives of the Turkish Ambassador in the said statement.”

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Even with the spreading news of sharp practices during the 2016 budget considerations, Leader of the Nigerian Senate, Mohammed Ali-Ndume has denied the allegations that the budget was ever “padded”.

He, instead, said that the National Assembly did its constitutional duty of making necessary inputs to the budget. He said efforts were on to improve their relationship with the Executive, informing that lawmakers have not been selected to be praying with the President every Friday.

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To admit it right away, I deserve no credit for the above headline. It is simply an adaptation of the title of Ola Rotimi’s hilarious play wherein a soldier named Lejoka-Brown took three wives. The first he married while fighting in the Congo, the second he inherited from his late elder brother in a strange but enduring African tradition while the third was an America returnee and daughter of an influential market woman he married because he was contesting for an elective office.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Mr Ugwuocha Okoroafor former Coordinator of Afikpo South Local Government Development Centre of Ebonyi, and two others on charges of fraud.

Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Head, Media and Publicity, EFCC, made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja in a statement issued to newsmen.

He said that Okoroafor and the two others were arraigned on Thursday on a 15-count charge of conspiracy and stealing public funds of more than N25 million.
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An investigation by SaharaReporters suggests that Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State orchestrated a false and misleading campaign when he recently asserted that his state had earned $5 million by exporting vegetables. Speaking recently in Abuja, Mr. Obiano said his government had boosted agricultural exports and was selling millions worth of vegetables, mostly to Europe. Reports also said that these exports earnings are from pumpkin leaves and bitter leaves.

SaharaReporters has found that, as part of Mr. Obiano’s campaign, he used images allegedly from Anambra farms depicting luscious produce, including red tomatoes. The governor’s public relations stunt has been circulating on Internet platforms featuring photos of tomato farms said to be producing “European standard” tomatoes.

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The Head of Human Resources, Compensations and Benefits at Ecobank Plc headquarters in Lagos, Tiamiyu Lukeman, 48 and a clerk at the bank, Shogaolu Sheriff, 30, have been arraigned before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court for allegedly withdrawing N30m from the account of their employer without authority.

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Francis Adekunle Fajuyi was born on June 26, 1926 at Ado, Ekiti. He was a clerk when he decided to join the West African Frontier Force in 1943. As a sergeant in the colonial army, he was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1951 for containing a mutiny in his unit over food rations. He trained at the Eaton Hall Officer Candidate School in the United Kingdom and was commissioned in 1954. He served in the Congo where he distinguished himself and was awarded the Military Cross for his bravery

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One of Mexico’s most notorious drug bosses, Ernesto Carrillo, is set to be released from jail after spending 30 years behind bars, Mexican media reported on Thursday.

The media report added that the man, also known by his alias “Don Neto,’’ would now spend the remainder of his 40-year sentence under house arrest due to his poor health.

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Democrats are touting Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Hillary Clinton’s new running mate, as a pro-Israel voice in Congress. The left-wing Forward ran a tribute exulting: “5 Reasons Tim Kaine Will Be the Jewiest Vice President Pick for Hillary Clinton.”

Yet Kaine joined anti-Israel radicals in Congress in boycotting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in March 2015 — the last plea of a beleaguered nation against an agreement that Iran is already violating with ballistic missile tests.

At the time, Kaine dismissed Netanyahu’s speech as purely an attempt to influence the upcoming Israel elections — on which the speech had virtually no effect — and complained that Republicans were trying to make support for Israel a partisan issue.

Bloomberg News at the time predicted that Kaine’s decision to boycott the speech “could resonate for years,”

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Amber Rose says her ex, Kanye West should have contacted her to seek permission before using a naked wax figure of her in his controversial video
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A pastor (pictured above) with a church in Taraba state yesterday converted to the Muslim faith at the Uthman Bin Fodio Mosque in Jalingo,

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