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Buhari to speak Wednesday over his qualification for election

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, will speak to the media Tuesday on details of his qualification, amid a raging controversy on whether he is fit to stand for the February 14 election, his campaign office said.

The Buhari campaign office said Tuesday that the former military ruler will speak to the media at 9a.m. in Kano, where he is currently canvassing for votes.

The announcement came hours after the Nigerian Army denied having Mr. Buhari’s Senior Secondary School certificate, casting a doubt on whether Mr. Buhari met the basic qualification to be enlisted into the military in 1962.

PDP disowns Fayose over Buhari “death” advert

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, PDP, has distanced itself from a newspaper advert sponsored by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State, suggesting the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, will die in office if voted president.

In the advert published by Punch, Mr. Fayose compared Mr. Buhari to past heads of state and president who died in office.

Guardian batters 15-year old for sending daughter on an errand

A 15-year-old girl, Oluebube Amadi, has refused to report her guardian, Mrs. Ebere Ugochukwu, to the police forallegedly assaulting her.

In Indonesia,12 more Nigerians are on death

Two days after two Nigerian convicted drug traffickers were executed, it's revealed that 12 more are currently on death row in Indonesia for drug trafficking offenses.

Revealing this to news men in Abuja yesterday January 19th, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign affairs, Amb. Danjuma Sheni, said the Federal government has appealed to the government of Indonesia to show clemency to the 12 Nigerians who are on death roll so they will not be executed like the two Nigerians Daniel Emenuo and Okafor Solomon, who were executed last Sunday January 18th in the country for drug trafficking.

Forgive Us...We went for only five operations ─ Suspected robbers

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested some suspected robbers who confessed to have gone on fiveoperations in different parts of the state.
Our correspondent learnt that the suspects; Benneth Kwum, Monday Obembe and Gbolahan Lawal; were rounded up by the police in the Seven-Up Ijora area of Lagos while they were attempting to sell a stolen vehicle.

The vehicle, which was snatched from the gang’s victim in the Bariga area, was a Toyota Camry 2010 model.

OPINION: ENUGU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SCAM: ANOTHER 419 ON THE IGBO NATION

The Enugu International Airport also known as Akanu Ibiam International Airport is another 419 on the Biafran Igbo citizens of Nigeria because there is yet nothing international about the airport. It is instructive to note that late President Umoru Yaradua was the one who in 2008 approved the upgrading of the airport to International status in line with his administration’s policy that each geopolitical zone will have at least one international airport.

Heartbreaking story of a Nigerian who beat his wife to death in Malaysia (PICTURED)

The couple

A Nigerian man based in Malaysia has been arrested by the Malaysian police for beating his wife, Ese Egagha to death. She died this morning after sustaining injuries from the last beating she had from him. The couple got married in 2013 shortly after the wife, Ese graduated from the University of Port Harcourt.

The Wife of Oyo state Guber aspirant Teslim Folarin allegedly shot

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Photos: Fire incident at Kirikiri

There is fire outbreak at a tyre warehouse in Mosheshe industrial Estate in Kirikiri town, Lagos, at the moment. The cause of the fire is unknown but it's burning with great intensity and is spreading to other parts of the factory. Men of the Lagos state Fire service are urgently needed there.

Man nabbed in Abuja after abducting five-year-old boy from Ogun(Photo)

The police in Abuja have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Bola Adesina, who allegedly abducted a five-year-old boy from the Sagamu area of Ogun State.

Punch Metro learnt that 31-year-old Adesina was arrested by detectives attached to the Utako Police Division on Christmas Eve of 2014.

ISIS fighters 'have contacted Ebola'

The World Health Organisation is investigating reports that ISIS militants have been showing up at an Iraqi hospital with Ebola.

According to three media outlets an undisclosed number of militants displaying signs of the disease attended a hospital in the ISIS-held city of Mosul, 250 miles north of Baghdad.

Lee Rigby Murder-Micheal Adebowale & Accomplice lose appeals for reduction of sentences

The British-born Nigerian men convicted of killing British soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby, in May, 2013, have lost their appeal.
Michael Adebolajo’s attempted to have his conviction overturned and whole-life sentence reduced while Michael Adebowale, who was arguing for a reduction in his minimum sentence of 45 years .

American woman stabbed to death by burqa attacker in Abu Dhabi Mall(Graphic)

American teachers in Abu Dhabi were warned that jihadis were threatening to kill them just weeks before a 47-year-old was stabbed to death in a mall by a burqa-wearing murderer.
According to MailOnline, Ibolya Ryan, a mother of twin 11-year-old boys, was left dying in a pool of blood by the murderer after what police said was a 'brawl' in the toilets of a mall.

Detectives today released CCTV footage which showed how the suspect - whose gender they say they have not confirmed - lay in wait for the teacher for an hour.
It suggests strongly the attack was a targeted murder.

ISIS leader, al-Baghdadi's wife and daughter detained in Lebanon

The Lebanese army claim they have detained the wife and daughter of ISIS terror group leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as they crossed from Syria nine days ago.

According to Jerusalem Post, the woman identified as Saja al-Dulaimi, an Iraqi, was reportedly traveling with a fake passport when she was arrested and detained in coordination with "foreign intelligence", according to a senior Lebanese political source and security official.

A Lebanese security official said that a DNA test was conducted on the girl traveling with the woman to verify it was Baghdadi's child. It proved positive.

The arrest is a blow to the terror leader as the wife and daughter could be used against his group, especially as a bargaining chip. The terror group has captured many foreigners.

There is currently no immediate reaction from Islamic State websites.

Kenyan Police Chief resigns over today's killings, interior minister fired

Following the killing of 36 people by terror group Al-Shabab this morning in a quarry in Mandera, North of Kenya, Kenya's National Police chief, David Kimaiyo has resigned.

After receiving the police chief's resignation letter, Kenyan president, Uhuru Kenyatta announced the dismissal of Kenya's Interior Minister with immediate effect. (Pic from the scene above)
According to AP, President Uhuru Kenyatta has named an opposition politician and retired army general, Joseph Nkaissery, as new Interior Minister, in charge of security.

Al Shabab terror group this morning invaded a quarry in Mandera, north of Kenya, separating the Christians from the Muslims and shot dead the ones who couldn't recite the Qur'an.

Two weeks ago, the terror group attacked a bus and killed 28 Christians.

Femi Kuti Reveals Recent DNA Test shows 2 of his 5 children are not his...

Femi Kuti who clocked 46 two weeks back revealed that he is not the father of two of his five children.
According to Encomium,he revealed that,out of his alleged five children: Made, Afolabi, Dupe, Tosin and Ayomide, two of them, Dupe and Tosin (a boy and a girl) have been discovered not to be his biological children, according to a recent DNA test.
“I did a DNA test and was told two of the children are not mine. The first two (after Made), a boy and a girl. It is very serious. I never knew somebody could give you what is not yours. I’ve three boys now. I can’t father children I was tricked to believe I am their father,” he lamented.
Because of the betrayal, he returned the two children, Dupe and Tosin, to their mothers.
Funke, his ex-wife, gave birth to his first child and son, Made, who Femi treasures so much. And Bisi Ajala gave birth to Ayomide and one other child that the DNA test recently proved not to be Femi’s. The third woman’s name was not revealed.

Why I beat Ugandan Baby to near death- Nanny opens up

The nanny who beat an 18 year old to near death has explained why she did it. Jolly Tumuhiirwe who is presently awaiting trial in Luzira prison,told Ugandaonline.net

Road Side Blast kills 35 in Adamawa

35 people including five military personnel and a local hunter were killed by a bomb explosion today in Mararaba-Mubi area of Adamawa State.
Vanguard reports that eyewitness told Newsmen in Yola, that ,the bomb planted by the insurgents exploded killing 35 people instantly.

According to the eyewitness, the scene of the blast was a busy area where people returning to the area after the recapture of Mubi gather to do one business or the other.
He added that the explosive might have been planted there overnight and it went off while people gather there in the morning.

The eyewitness, who spoke to Newsmen on phone stated that the military has converted the venue of the blast to a check point, since there are heavy presence of people at the spot most of the times.

“My house is some meters from the scene of the incident. I stood outside my compound watchingthe suburb and all of a sudden, I heard a loud bang which shook the entire surroundings.The few people that were returning to the area started fleeing and the area was immediately cordoned off by the military”

Decomposed Baby found in Benin Swamp

A reader @meetdrealevans just sent these pics of a decomposed baby placed on a folded sack in a moat at five junction axis of Benin city..The baby was reportedly abandoned by the mum..

Hope the baby wasn't left there alive..So sad