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'Prepare for consequences of your action' - DSS tells IPOB

The Department of State Services has warned those behind the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra to have a rethink or be prepared to face the consequences of their action.   According to the service, it is prepared to maintain adequate security across Nigeria, saying it will not allow any person or group to obstruct the freedom of law-abiding citizens. Spokesperson for the DSS, Peter Afunnaya, said this in a telephone interview with Punch, in Abuja, on Friday.   He was reacting to the May 30 sit-at-home order given by the IPOB in the South-East. Afunnaya said, “The service will not condone people taking the law into their hands and obstructing the freedom of others. The constitution is clear on the fundamental human rights of people and no person should deliberately infringe on the rights of anyone outside the laws of the land.   “The service in the line of its mandate will ensure that adequate security is maintained in all parts of the country and people who take th
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Court orders INEC not to issue certificate of returns to Governor Rochas Okorocha

he battle to stop the Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha from going to the Senate took another dimension on Saturday as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was ordered not to issue a Certificate of Return to him as a senator-elect for Imo West.   The order was made by a High Court sitting in Owerri. The court, in a suit filed by Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for Imo West Hon Jones Onyeriri against the INEC, ordered that the status quo be maintained until the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.   The presiding judge, Justice E.F. Njemanze, adjourned the case till June 5 2019, for hearing.
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Indian politician with 9 eligible family members, breaks down in tears after getting 5 votes

An Indian politician broke down in tears after he saw that he got only 5 votes following an election. Neetu Shuttern Wala stood independently as he contested for the Jalandhar seat in Punjab. When the votes were counted, he claimed to have gotten only 5 votes and he broke down in tears, not because of his loss but because it appeared his family members didn't vote for him. Neetu had 9 family members eligible to vote so he was distraught when he saw only 5 votes, making him believe he didn't even get his family's vote. In a trending video, Neetu is seen granting an interview but he was too emotional to go on and he broke down in tears while expressing his disappointment with his family. "I have a family of nine people but I still got only fie votes," he said crying. But it appears Neetu got carried away by his emotions way too early because the final counting revealed that he got a total of 856 votes. According to the official website of the
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Hausa man's exceptional birthday wish to his wife earns him praise from most and criticisms from a few

A  Muslim man from northern Nigeria wished his wife a happy birthday with words that were beautiful and unique, and a number of people have things to say about it. Sharing photos of him and his wife, Aby Rayyan wrote: "Today I celebrate the woman who took me as a boy from my mother and made me a man. The mother of my child and yet the best decision I've taken as an adult. Happy Birthday to my Hajiya. I bend the knee my queen...yesterday, today and the day after forever!" His birthday message was one of gratitude and worship for his wife but some egoistic men had a problem with it, especially with the words, "I bend the knee my queen." Some accused him of overdoing it but, to them, he replied: "There nothing like "over doing the thing" when it comes celebrating your loved ones....especially for once in a year events. Over do and do do do! let those who have a problem with it climb mount Kufena and break a neck!" However,
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Theresa May to Resign as UK PM June 7: “I have done everything I can”

Britain’s Prime Minister  Theresa May  has said she’ll step down from her position and as U.K. Conservative Party leader on June 7. She said this on Friday at a press conference in front of 10 Downing Street. May said she’s resigning after she’s tried, three times, to make Brexit a reality. “Ever since I first stepped through the door behind me as prime minister I have striven to make the United Kingdom a country that works not just for the privileged few but for everyone, and to honor the result of the referendum,” May said. She added: “I have done everything I can to convince MPs to back this deal. Sadly, I have not been able — I tried three times.” “I believe it was right to persevere….it is now clear to me that it is in the best interest of the country for a new PM to lead that effort,” May said. May held back tears throughout the speech and was visibly tearful as she concluded her speech.
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FG board set up panels to analyse Bobrisky's new movie and may ban it

The National Film and Video Censors Board has set up three panels to analyse a new movie starring popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky. The movie titled, "Bobrisky in Love" features Idris Okunneye, popularly known as Bobrisky. In the movie, Bobrisky plays the role of a transgender who travelled out of the country as a man named Cherechi but returned to the village as a woman named Cherry B, to the shock of his fiancee and relatives. A top official of the NFVCB told The Punch that three separate panels have been set up at the zonal levels to analyse and classify the movie and it could be banned seeing as Nigeria has laws that prohibit homosexuality, therefore work of arts that promote it cannot be endorsed by the government. He said, according to the publication: "We have set up three different panels to view the movie which was given to us by the producers for classification and review. "For the purpose of fairness and objectivity, we will
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Alleged N2bn fraud: Court revokes bail, orders arrest of ex Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu and Nasir Nasko

Justice A. B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court in Minna, Niger State on Thursday, May 23, 2019, revoked the bail granted to the former Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu and the former state governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Umar Gado Nasko. The judge, who was visibly angry over the absence of ex-Governor Aliyu and Nasko in court despite the issuance of hearing notice, also ordered bench warrant against the duo for disrespect to court. EFCC is prosecuting Babangida Aliyu and Nasko, following their alleged involvement in about N2billion money laundering and other financial crimes. The accused persons were formerly arraigned before Justice Bogoro Yelin where they pleaded not guilty to the alleged offence. But Justice Yelin has been transferred to another jurisdiction while he is presently part of judges handling disputes at the Elections Petitions Tribunals. The matter was later assigned to Justice Aliyu who is handling the matter de nov
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Breaking! Supreme Court rules PDP winner of Zamfara governorship election

The Supreme Court this morning ruled that the PDP won the March 9th governorship election in Zamfara state. Delivering judgement in an appeal filed by the PDP, the apex court upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Sokoto that the APC did not conduct any governorship primaries ahead of the governorship election and so was not eligible to contest the election. The court in a unanimous judgement by a five-member panel on Friday decided that a party that had no valid candidate cannot be said to have emerged winner of the recently conducted general elections. The candidate of the APC, Mukhtar Idris, had been declared winner of the elections after he polled 534,541 votes despite controversies trailing his emergence as the party's flag bearer.  The PDP candidate who came second is expected to be sworn in as the governor of the state come Wednesday, May 29th. He will take over from Governor Yari Abdulaziz of the APC.
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President Buhari's ADC Profile: Mohammed Lawal, ML Abubakar Biography & Life History

Behind every successful man, they say, is a woman. Behind every successful president, we can say, is his aide-de-camp (ADC). Mohammed Abubakar, an army colonel, is the man behind President Muhammadu Buhari. One of those men whose words we don’t hear, but who emits golden silence. Abubakar was born on March 28, 1973, in Zaria, Kaduna state, to inter-ethnic parents from Edo and Kano states. HEAD BOY LIKE BUHARI Abubakar attended Nigerian Military School (NMS) Zaria from 1985–1990. Perhaps, as part of the workings of fate, Abubakar served as the head boy known as “Boy Regimental Sergeant Major” of his set, a position manned by Buhari decades back. ‘INTELLIGENT TO THE HIGHEST ORDER’ After his appointment as ADC in 2015, Nigerians took to social media to congratulate him. Some recognised him as their camp commandant during their National Youths Service Corps (NYSC). Bashir Ahmad, a Facebook user, who identified him as his camp commandant in 2006 in Kogi, describe
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Emir of Patigi is dead

The Emir of Patigi in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara, Alhaji Ibrahim Chatta Umar, is dead. Umar reportedly died in Abuja on Tuesday night after a brief illness. The report of the emir’s death was contained in a message by Muritala Raheem, Personal Assistant to the Emir of Ilorin and the Chairman of the state’s Council of Emirs and Obas. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that until his death, the deceased was the vice chairman of the state’s traditional council. The remains of the first class traditional ruler would be buried on Wednesday in Patigi by 2pm. Meanwhile, the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has expressed shock at the death of the emir. Sulu-Gambari described the late monarch as highly respected, adding that his demise was a colossal loss to humanity. The emir in his condolence message signed by the National Secretary of Shehu Alimi Foundation for Peace and Development, Mallam Abdulazeez Arowona, said that Umar was a true epitome of
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