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 Add caption  Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, former governor of Bauchi State has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party by President Goodluck Jonathan and governors. He succeeds the former chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, forced to resign Wednesday. Mu’azu was picked as a consensus candidate at a meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the governors of the party at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday night.  The meeting ended at 1:22 am on Monday (today) morning. Mu’azu was last week sworn in as the chairman of the National Pensions Commission by Jonathan. Mu’azu was born on June 11, 1955 and was governor of Bauchi State from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2007. The governors in attendance were Jonah Jang (Plateau), Seidu Dakingari (Kebbi), Gabriel Suswam (Benue), Theodore Orji (Abia), Ibrahim Dankwambo (Gombe), Martins Elechi (Ebonyi) and Sullivan Chime (Enugu). Others were Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Ramalan Yero (

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Hassan Kukah, on Monday said that he felt more secure in Sokoto than in any other part of the country. Kukah made the assertion in Sokoto during a media round table. “Sokoto is the most peaceful state where Christians and Muslims stay with one another peacefully”, he said. He said that the exemplary leadership of Gov. Aliyu Wamakko had made it possible for the people of different tribes, religious and political opinions to live in peace. Kukah stressed that there was no alternative to peace, urging Nigerians to shun all tendencies that would create conflict in the country. “It is only by so doing that the abundant human and mineral resources in the country would be tapped, for the overall political growth of the nation”, he said. The Bishop attributed the nation’s set back to lack of political will by leaders to propel the country to “the Promised Land”. “Unless Nigerians, especially those at the helm of

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Feb. 7 for hearing in a suit against the Lagos State Government, over collection of tolls on the newly constructed Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge. A Human Rights Activist, Mr Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, had filed the suit, challenging the collection of tolls on the bridge, arguing that the bridge was erected on a federal navigable waterway. The suit which was slated for parties to file written addresses was adjourned, as the trial judge, Justice Saliu Saidu, was said to on be on official assignment. A new date of Feb. 7 was subsequently fixed for the hearing. NAN recalls that Adegboruwa had filed the suit on Nov. 26, 2012, seeking an order of injunction, restraining the Lagos Government from collecting any toll or tax in any form whatsoever, from motorists on the bridge. Joined as first and second respondents are the attorney general of the federation and the National Inland Waterways Authority. The Attorney-General of Lagos Sta

On January 7, 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan has signed the Nigerian Same-s*x Marriage Prohibition Bill into a law. Since the enactment of that Act, some Nigerians and nationals from Western countries have expressed their displeasure and opposition to the President and Nigerian National Assembly. Some of these opponents of the new law have described the statute as draconian and obnoxious while others among them, including the American and British Foreign Secretaries, John Kerry and William Hague respectively, see it as a direct encroachment upon the fundamental rights of Nigerian gay community and a contradiction to the provisions of Nigerian 1999 constitution and international conventions. To some of these opponents, the new law is repressive because, according to them, nobody is supposed to suffer any discrimination on the grounds of his/her s*xual orientation and they have even expressed fear that the Act will cause untold violence, persecution, and prejudice in Nigeri

There were claims that the popular gospel singer, Tope Alabi’s spiritual estranged father was a cult member but it does not end there as another shocking revelation has surfaced on the late Prophet Ireti Ajanaku. One of his close aides who worked for him for five years, Emmanuel Olasemeji who is a furniture maker, opened up to Encomium Weekly on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, on the late Prophet he knew. Excerpts: How did you become one of late Prophet Ajanaku’s aides? The first day I saw him, I was not attracted to him because of his physical look. He bleached. However, when my boss who was one of his church members introduced me to him, he prayed for me. My decision to visit his church was based on curiosity. That was in 2007. Sincerely, there is no way you won’t marvel at his preaching. He preached with persuasive and authoritative words. I was wowed. And that was when he was about completing his multi-million naira mansion. And most of the church members v

Bow Wow’s dream came true for the second time when he kissed Tyra Banks while hosting BET’s 106 & Park music video show. See photo below…

Saharareporters has learned of the arrest of all the perpetrators of a bestial torture and sodomy of three women in Ejigbo which happened February last year. The arrest of the sodomy gang, Saharareporters was reliably informed, happened at the palace of Oba Moruf Adisa Ojoola of Ejigbo earlier today. The arrest was possible due to immense pressure on Oba Moruf himself, he reportedly got all the men assembled at his palace around 11pm Saturday night. The gathering of the gang by Oba Moruf followed a closure of the market yesterday, which prevented the market men and women from carrying out their trading activities until the perpetrators were identified and brought to book. The gang’s torture and sodomizing of a lady by thrusting of a bottle of ground pepper and sticks in her private part had resulted in her death, two months after. She was later identified as “Juliana” by her father, a palm wine tapper, who revealed that he also lost a toddler in the incidence as his wife, moth

She blames it on the 3 kids we have but I do not believe this. True she was not like this when we got married, the first time she wet the bed was the week we found out she was pregnant with our first child. I can not even tell my family because they are not so fond of her and asking them for help will only make them hate her. I have advised her to see the Doctor but she says as long as she is able to wake up two times at night she will be fine. It is affecting our s*xual life because I only see her as a bed wetter. I love her please help me!

Weeks before showing off his luxury cars worth millions of Naira, Pastor Chris Okotie of the Household of God made a controversial statement, saying that all Catholics would go to hell. Apparently, the Pastor who says God told him to run for Presidential seat of Nigeria seems to be standing firm in his controversial words he spoke against Catholics, the Pope and their doctrines. When asked in a recent interview with PUNCH why he said Catholics were going to hell, this is what he had to say: - You recently stirred up controversy when you said Catholics would go to hell. Why did you say that? It is because the church perverts the gospel of Jesus Christ and that perversion is located in the leadership. Even as Pope Francis recently announced. However, there are many good Christians within the Catholic Church who are not aware of the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, that has substituted Mary for Jesus, in what is known as the hyperdulia of the Virgin Mary. Sa

A 23 year old UK Based hair model — Shanielle Sunshine Haye is making serious claims that Davido is the father of her unborn twins. Shanielle who is Jamaican, says she and Davido had some ‘rough play’ when Davido came to UK for his tour last year 2013. Shanielle claims that she is almost 5 months pregnant and has been so excited despite Davido’s camp denying the story. Shanielle however is promising to provide proof.

The Prelate and Moderator of the General Assembly of The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, Most Rev. Emele Uka has commended President Goodluck Jonathan for taking the bold step aimed at reforming the society along godly ethics, by signing the law prohibiting same s*x marriage. In a statement in Calabar, Cross River State, Uka described as unacceptable, the increasing global incidence of ungodly homosexual relations and the legal adoption of same-s*x marriages. “There are over 600, 000 same s*x families in the US with about 115, 000 of them raising children who shall eventually become homosexuals,” he said. “Homosexuality as one of the greatest human deviant behaviours has been with man from earliest times. Man has fought it for a long time but it refuses to die. For instance, about 40 years ago, homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder by the American Psychiatric Association. Today, it is considered a normal s*xual behaviour and a human rights issue. The Prelate

President Goodluck Jonathan’s assent to the bill prohibiting homosexual marriage has not gone down well with a large chunk of the international community, but Canada is first to take action against Nigeria, although other countries have expressed their displeasure on the new law. The European Union and the US had threatened to review their economic assistance to Nigeria for signing the bill which they had lobbied hard to stop. It emerged yesterday, that Canada has cancelled a scheduled state visit by President Jonathan, apparently in reaction to the president’s decision to sign the Same s*x Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 which penalizes homosexual partnerships in the country into law. The president’s visit to Canada which is at the instance of the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper was scheduled for February. The cancellation follows the harassment of Nigeria’s diplomatic staff in the Nigerian High Commission in Canada by the homosexual lobby in that country.

Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has assured that the ministry will make ensure the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, accounts for the missing $10.8 billion oil revenue. Speaking at a session with South-East/South-South Professionals in Lagos on Sunday, the minister added that it was her responsibility to make sure that every kobo belonging to the Federal Government goes into the Federation Account. She stressed that the Finance Ministry played the right role in the case of the missing oil money raised by the Central Bank Governor, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, by helping to reconcile the revenue shortfall, to the outstanding balance of $10.8 billion. Okonjo-Iweala, however, said that although she was not the supervising minister for petroleum, “as Coordinating Minister, I am to bring the other ministers together to resolve issues. “It is not my duty to do the job of other ministers, but to bring them together t

circumstance, the former governor of Bauchi State, Adamu Mu’azu, will be unveiled today as the new National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after its National Executive Council (NEC) would have ratified his appointment. Mu’azu, 58, who will replace disgraced former chairman, Bamanga Tukur, was unanimously adopted on Sunday night at a meeting attended by President Goodluck Jonathan, Vice President Namadi Sambo, Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, Chief Tony Anenih; Senate President David Mark and all the state Governors elected under the PDP amongst others. His emergence, Information Nigeria learnt, was not without some political maneuverings and negotiations as the president and his inner circle rooted for Transport Minister, Senator Idris Umar. But following PDP governors’ insistence that they would not allow a repeat of the Tukur debacle where he was single-handedly picked and foisted on party members, a situation that led to the current crisis roc