APC, Senators Call For Saraki’s Resignation

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and some senators elected on the platform of the party, today, urged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki to resign as Senate President.

The Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan has also appealed to the senators to cut short their annual vacation to consider the supplementary budget forward by the President for the 2019 elections.

APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole and APC senators, led by Senate Leader, Lawan, who met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, told Saraki to vacate the office because the APC has the majority number of Senators.

According to them, Saraki cannot run to another party with the crown of APC.


Oshiomhole said, “Nobody in the APC will be surprised about the development, in fact they have stayed little bit longer than we thought. Last week the Kwara State Governor was alluded to have said he was leaving but he didn’t say when. So, we are not surprised at all.

“But these are what I might call temping moments because I had faced similar situations in my state, when people were leaving. But the beauty of democracy is that whether big or small, it is one man one vote, on election day, no difference between a senator, a president, a journalist and any other person.

“I was happy for one thing that the senate president as a mark of honour accepted that he is leaving not because the new leadership did not make effort, he admitted that not only did I do everything possible along with the Vice President, along with some governors and we had meeting with the President, but he argued that those efforts came too late. But I couldn’t have started acting before I was born.

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Femi Kuti Accused Of Sleeping With Underaged Girls

 A man who claims to be a former member of Femi Kuti's group called him on Instagram saying he treats his bandits badly and sleeps with underage girls.

The man who now resides in the United States, says that the singer still owes him for the service rendered and even threatened the singer. He says that in the United States, sleeping with underage girls is a crime, but in Nigeria, Femi bought his way.

This will be a few days after Femi Kuti accused a gang member of escaping to the United States. Read his charges below ...

Ghanaian Actor Fred Nuamah Buys Wife N73m Porsche Car

 Fred Nuamah, the founder of the Ghana Movie Awards, artistic director and actor, reportedly bought his wife, Martekor Quays, a Porsche Cayenne Magnum, estimated at around N73m.

According to Ameyawdebrah, sources say the gift was to congratulate his wife for becoming a mother a few months after their marriage. Two more photos below ...

APC Spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi Resigns

 Mallam Abdullahi Bolaji, National Advertising Secretary of the Congress of Progressives, has resigned from the leadership party.

He resigned publicly in Abuja on Wednesday.

He wrote in part: "I served the APC honestly and to the best of my ability and when I was elected at the last convention, it was a burning desire to continue doing so.
"However, in my situation, my loyalty is constantly being questioned, my subordinates have been subverted to my office, and my views constantly being guessed on the basis of my political affiliation, it has become imperative for me to review my position. "

Read the full statement below:

Everton Sign Digne From Barcelona

Everton completed Barcelona's Lucas Digne's signing for £ 22m ($ 29m).

Former left-back Lille, Paris Saint-Germain and Roma signed a five-year contract with the Toffees, ending his two-year stint at Camp Nou.

Everton landed at Digne for an initial amount of £ 19.5 million (€ 22 million / $ 25.6 million), which could eventually rise to £ 22 million (€ 25 million), once bonuses included.

Speaking of his move to Goodison Park, Digne told Everton's official website: "Everton is a big club with a great history, I want to play games, win games and excite fans with the quality of our football.

"I want to show my best football here and discover the best league in the world, everyone loves the Premier League, and I love the fact that I'm coming here.

"I'm not scared, I'm excited, for me it's a new challenge to discover a country, a league, people and a big club like Everton, it's fabulous."

Everton boss Marco Silva also welcomed the arrival of Digne, adding: "It is important to say that he is a player who, from the first contact with him, showed a huge desire to play Everton .

"He is a high quality player, aggressive, with good technical abilities and during the last five seasons he played two years at Paris St-Germain, one in Rome and for two seasons he has demonstrated his quality in Barcelona.

"Lucas is a player who will add competitiveness in a position where we only had Leighton Baines last season and he is used to winning.It's his mentality of having captured titles in his career and having them on his CV. "

Digne emerged from Lille's famous youth system before moving to PSG in 2013, helping the club win two Ligue 1 titles and two League Cup titles.

After spending the 2015-16 season on loan at Roma, Digne moved to Barcelona in 2016 and made 12 appearances in La Liga as the club won the Spanish title last season.

Digne, who was waiting for the World Cup team in France in the summer, becomes Everton's second summer signing alongside Richarlison, who joined for £ 40m ($ 53 million) in July.

Niger Delta Militants Abort 7-month Ceasefire

Niger Delta agitators signalled a return to hostilities in the oil-rich region, yesterday, when they called off the subsisting  seven-month ceasefire with the Federal Government brokered, November  last year, by Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, declaring Operation No Mercy and Destiny Takeover of God-given Resources.

 

The campaigners, under the auspices of 21st Century Youths of Niger Delta and Agitators with Conscience, led by self-styled ‘General’ W O I Izon Ebi, blamed the Federal Government for the new turn of event, saying it (government) has, over the years, remained adamant in implementing agreements reached with the region’s representatives, including the 16-piont demand of PANDEF.

 

The militants were irked that the Federal Government was inciting the region, citing the latest provocative plan to build a $2 billion Refinery in Katsina, the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, with money from the Niger Delta.

 

Their words: “The establishment of a refinery that will be refining Niger Republic oil without our refineries working, marks the end of oil exploration in the Niger Delta. We shall fight with the last drop of our blood to have a 100 per cent control of our God-given resources.”

 

The group had in a statement, last week, said the members were still mourning the massacre of innocent souls in Plateau and other states of the country, but warned the Federal Government to stop overstretching the patience of Niger Deltans. Calling on PANDEF not to intercede this time around, they said: 

 

“We, therefore, end our mourning grace and call off our ceasefire and declare Operation No Mercy and Destiny Takeover of our God- given Resources, since the Federal Government has just demonstrated that all they need is the oil from our region with total neglect for our wellbeing and survival as a people.”

 

We’ll go after them —JTF 

 

Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre, JMMC,  Joint Task Force, JTF, Operation Delta Safe, Major Ibrahim Abdullahi, who reacted to the threat, told Vanguard on phone: “Our mandate in the Niger Delta is clear, to protect oil and gas infrastructure. Whoever comes against our mandate, we will go after him and we will not look back.”

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Jennifer Lopez to be honoured with MTV Video Vanguard Award

American singer, actress and dancer Jennifer Lopez will receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards next month.



Previous winners include Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Kanye West, Madonna and Pink.



Lopez will also take the stage to perform for the first time at the show since 2001. In addition, the singer is nominated in two VMA categories for her new single, "Dinero".


MTV's VMAs will be held at Radio City Music Hall and will air on August 20th.

I’ll rather quit politics than return to PDP' - Orji Kalu

The former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, said he was not planning to move from the All-Party Progressive Congress (APC) to the Democratic People's Party (PDP).



His media assistant, Kunle Oyewumi, on Tuesday described reports on some online platforms about planned defection as mischievous, lying and the work of political traders and speculators.



Kalu said the APC, of ​​which he is not only a member, but also a strong activist, "remains the only political party to save Nigeria from the atrocities of previous administrations." The former governor of Abia, while stressing that he will never be able to join the PDP, has called on those who spread false news to seek other means of survival than cheap political blackmail and murder of character.



He said that in light of the achievements of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, the APC is strengthening in the Southeast and in other parts of the country. The former governor said that not only was a prominent member of the CPA, but a strong supporter of Buhari, without any excuse to anyone.

"My attention has been drawn to a report in some online media that I am ready to throw out the APC for the PDP.The malicious report is not only laughable but mischievous.This is another attempt by the enemies of progress to cause disaffection and confusion in the PCA.

I remain a strong and committed member of the CPA. Those behind the lie should seek the attention of lawful prosecutions. I am not disturbed and I will not lose sleep on the activities of political jobbers.

It is no longer news that I am going to fight for a seat in the Senate (Abia North) under the CPA in 2019. I prefer to leave the politics than to return to the PDP because the APC is the only political party that will take the Nigeria to enviable heights, "he said.

Gombe SARS officers allegedly beat man to death after he was falsely accused of stealing a phone

 Emmanuel Luka pictured above is the latest victim of the brutality of SARS. According to the coordinator of the #ENDSARS campaign, @segalink, Emmanuel was reportedly beaten to death by SARS agents in Biliri village in Gombe State.



A friend of one of the SARS agents accused Emmanuel of stealing his phone and contacted his boyfriend who had mobilized his colleagues. They took Emmanuel and beat him until his death. The phone was found later but the damage had already been done.

Ex-Golden Eaglets' Player, Samuel Kuchili Is Dead

Nigeria's Ambassador To South Africa Resigns, Dumps APC, Decamp to PDP

Nigeria's ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, has resigned.

He also abandoned the All Progressive Congress in power and moved to the opposition People's Democratic Party.

Ibeto reportedly arrived in Nigeria from Pretoria Sunday and Monday morning, he handed over his letter of resignation to the Department of External Affairs.

Our correspondent could not confirm whether the envoy saw President Muhammadu Buhari before returning to Minna on Monday night.

Ibeto was a deputy governor of the state of Niger on the PDP platform.

Checks revealed Tuesday that Ibeto has left Minna for his hometown of Ibeto in the state's Magama local government area.

According to sources, the former vice governor was received by more than 1,000 supporters while on his way to Ibeto.

Our correspondent realized that in Ibeto, the former ambassador would resign first from his membership in the PCA and assume membership in the PDP.

A source close to the former vice governor told our correspondent that he would join the race for governance immediately after registering for PDP.

It can be recalled that the former ambassador was a member of the PDP until the party's primary election in November 2014, during which he lost the governorship ticket for Umar Nasko, former chief of staff of the former governor Babangida Aliyu.

He resigned from joining the PDP with thousands of his supporters after complaining about the "injustice" done to him by the ruling party.

Ibeto was the vehicle on which the outgoing APC governor rose to victory, leading his campaign in the 274 districts of the state.

In addition, last year he was appointed ambassador and assigned to South Africa by President Muhammed Buhari.

Ndidi Carries Both Musa And Iheanacho On His Back During Training in England

After taking part in the World Cup, Nigeria's Super Eagles trio Wilfred Ndidi, Ahmed Musa and Kelechi Iheanacho are all back in their club, Leicester City of England for the pre-season.

Ndidi shared this picture of an adorable moment when he wore both Ahmed Musa and Iheanacho during his training.

He captioned the photo: "I seem to have worn the whole country"

Video: Davido Praises His Girlfriend, After She Cooked For Him And His Team

Davido's girlfriend, Chioma, received praise from the musician who could not thank her enough for finding the time to cook a delicious meal for him and his friends.

Chioma who is also a chef did not find it difficult to water the mouth of Davido and his friends with the delicious meal.

The singer 'IF' yesterday shared a video of Chioma in the kitchen, making food for him and his team.

Watch him enjoy the meal and also greet her below:

Chef Chi taking care of the team! #baewatch #davido 💕

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