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  Superstar singer Davido's alleged new girlfriend, Mya Yafai has shared a post which centered on her actions when she's in love.   The model revealed that she is "over protective" of anything she loves because to "love something is to protect it".  See Mya Yafai's post below....

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said that combating banditry and kidnapping are not part of the duties of the federal government.   The Minister made the comment while reacting to PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus's call for President Muhammadu Buhari to sit up and tackle the challenges headlong.   Secondus who raised concern over the growing insecurity around the country,  decried the increase of cases of murder, kidnapping and other acts of terrorism across the country, especially in Kaduna, Niger, Benue,  Katsina and Zamafara. Reacting to this, Lai Mohammed said banditry and kidnapping are not federal offence and Governors of the states where such crimes are carried out should be held responsible. He also claimed that Buhari had successfully prosecuted thousands of Boko Haram members.   He said;   “The PDP alleged that kidnappers and bandits are not being brought to justice. This is apparently aimed at the f...

  Supporters of Catholic priest, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, took to the streets of Enugu to celebrate after the clergyman resurfaced following reports he had gone "missing".  Recall that Enugu residents took to the Enugu Bishop's lodge earlier today, May 5, to protest and ask for the whereabouts of the priest who was last seen on Tuesday evening, May 4.  Ohanaeze Youth Congress gave the federal government 48 hours to ''produce'' the Enugu-based Catholic priest who called for the President’s impeachment or resignation days ago over insecurity (read here).   In response, the DSS denied having Fr Mbaka in their custody (read here).  Well, Mbaka has now resurfaced. Mbaka, who is the spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu Nigeria (AMEN), was seen waving to protesters through the open roof of a moving car.  In the video shared by BBC Pidgin, supporters of Mbaka and operatives of the Nigeria Police Force are seen surrounding the clergyman as he wav...

By Emmanuel Okogba Riyad Mahrez scored twice on the night to help Manchester City book  a first-ever Champions League final match, beating PSG 4-1 on aggregate City began the game with a 2-1 advantage from last week where Mahrez also scored the winner.  The final will be Guardiola’s first since he won the competition with Barcelona in 2011. PSG started prolific forward Kylian Mbappe on the substitute bench and thought they had a chance to cut the deficit after referee Bjorn Kuipers awarded a penalty against Oleksandr Zinchenko for handball. However, Kuipers overturned his original decision after replays showed the ball clearly hit the full-back’s shoulder.  Mahrez opened scoring in the 11th minute and double his tally in the 63rd to put the game beyond PSG.  City will get the opportunity to give club legend Serio Aguero the perfect sendoff against either Chelsea or Real Madrid who face-off tomorrow at Stamford Bridge.  The final is billed for May 29 at the Attat...

  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Tuesday announced the appointment of four Deputy Directors-General.  The former Nigerian Finance minister, disclosed this in a statement titled: DG Okonjo-Iweala announces her four Deputy Directors-General obtained by newsmen. The names of the appointed Deputies include: Angela Ellard of the United States, Anabel González of Costa Rica, Ambassador Jean-Marie Paugam of France and Ambassador Xiangchen Zhang of China. According to her: “I am very pleased to announce the appointment of four new Deputy Directors-General at the WTO. It is the first time in the history of our Organisation that half of the DDGs are women.  “This underscores my commitment to strengthening our Organisation with talented leaders whilst at the same time achieving gender balance in senior positions. I look forward to welcoming them to the WTO”.

President Muhammadu Buhari —Says it’s ready to ruffle unruly feathers By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, ABUJA  THE Presidency on Tuesday warned that it will deal decisively with any group that does anything to undermine the democratically elected government in the country. even if some unruly feathers would be ruffled in the process.  The Presidency also said that it was ready to keep the country together even if it involves ruffling unruly feathers in the process The Presidency in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, in Abuja, alleged that some persons have planned to hold an illegal conference where a vote of no confidence will be passed on President Muhammadu Buhari.  It further said that some highly placed individuals in collaboration with some religious leaders and their foreign elements were working hard to undermine the sovereignty and corporate existence of the country.  Reacting to the alert earlier rai...

  …Don’t allow faceoff with Kaduna govt make you irrational By Adesina Wahab  The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, has appealed to the bandits who abducted some students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State to allow more time for negotiation that will lead to the peaceful resolution of the crisis at hand.  The National President of NAPTAN, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, who spoke in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday, also pleaded with the bandits not to allow the faceoff between them and the Kaduna State Government push them into taking irrational action. Danjuma also called on the bandits to fear God and not kill the innocent students.  He spoke in reaction to the threat by the bandits that unless a ransom of N100 million is paid by today, Tuesday, the remaining 17 students in their custody would be killed. “For me, I think the government should have a rethink about their decision not to dialogue or negotiate with the bandits. My position is bas...

  2021 budget contains 316  duplicate projects worth N39.5bn  Budget on May 4, 2021  2:51PM / IN Business … No N10trn Audit Records for the Security Sector By Yinka Kolawole The 2021 national budget has been found to contain over 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, according to investigations by BudgIT, a public finance transparency advocacy firm.  A report of analysis of the 2021 budget made available to Vanguard noted that the duplication of projects is just one among other loopholes for corruption in the budget, adding that there were no audit records of N10.02 trillion received by the security sector between 2015 and 2021. The report stated: “Our investigations into the 2021 budget revealed at least 316 duplicated capital projects worth N39.5 billion, with 115 of those duplicate projects occurring in the Ministry of Health. This is very disturbing especially considering the health infrastructure deficit and the raging COVID-19 pandemic affec...