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President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said the 2017 Appropriation Bill that he would present to the joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday would take Nigeria out of recession. Buhari said this in his Eid-el Maulud message to Nigerians. In the message which he personally signed, the President said with collective dedication and hard work, Nigerians would in 2017 overcome the economic difficulties, and return the country to the path of prosperity. He urged Nigerians not to allow the reality of the temporary challenges to undermine their hope or reverse the collective will to succeed. Rather, he said the challenges should remind them why they needed to remain united. The President’s message read, “Again, the calendar of life has brought us into another period of celebration, and deep reflection. Celebration, because we are marking the birth of Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), and deep reflection, because it is another opportunity of pausing, taking a deep br...

Manchester City’s John Stones has pledged himself to his childhood sweetheart  by getting a tattoo of her. The Man City and England ace spent several hours having the portrait of Millie Savage on his upper arm.It came days after it was revealed that Stones cheated on her for months with events organiser Jessica Peaty. The tattoo shows Millie with her eyes closed and a clock superimposed over her mouth. According to the UK Sun,the 22-year-old defender, who joined City from Everton in a £50million deal in August, has been close to Millie since he was 12.But he claimed they had split as he bedded Jessica, 20. The pair began flirty texting after meeting at a restaurant in Hale, Cheshire, in August.It led to a romp in a £900-a-night suite at Manchester’s Lowry Hotel.

Female corps member, Ifedolapo Oladepo, who died in NYSC camp, Kano was buried today in Osogbo at her family’s residence. The first class graduate of Transport management from the Ladoke Akintola university of Technology, Ogbomoso reportedly died at the orientation camp on Tuesday ,after she was forced to undertake tasks at the camp ,despite being ill.The camp officials were said to have thought she was pretending.

This is according to Facebook user, Akande Thomas who shared how God rejected his tithe from MMM earnings and clearly told him that the names of Christians involved in the scheme have been removed from the book of life. Read his post below: The Reality of MMM. (From a participant) When I was initially introduced to MMM, I went to God in prayer to seek for HIS approval. HE clearly told me that I cannot engage in it because those Christians involved in the scheme have had their names removed from the book of life. I was seriously troubled and at the same time afraid as I prayed passionately. As soon as I finished praying, I thought within myself ‘could this voice restraining me be of God?’. Just as I was meditating, another voice came saying; ‘It can not be of God but rather from the devil trying to tie you down in perpetual poverty for the rest of your life.’ So I quickly neglected the former voice for the latter. I decided to try the scheme with 250k. At the month end, I w...

Politics / Politics Update  December 2, 2016 Raphael Adenaike Why I Want To Quit PDP, ‘General’ Fayose Opens Up PDP logo Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has said that he wants to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) because of the outcome of the recent Ondo State governorship election where the party lost out to the All Progressive Congress (APC). Speaking at the palace of Rufus Adejugbe, ewi of Ado Ekiti, Fayose stated that though he is not the type who betrays people, if the PDP does not resolve its internal crisis before 2018, he would seek a credible platform. He said: “You don’t just walk out of relationships just like that. Nigerians have a lot of respect for me and my voice. This I cannot trade for a piece of morsel like the biblical Esau. “What I said is that if the current man-made crisis rocking the PDP persists till 2018, rather than allow them mess us up like they did in Ondo, we may have to seek an alternative and credible platform. “We ar...

Ericsson Nigeria, the local subsidiary of the global telecommunications solutions provider, has disengaged about 160 permanent and outsourced workers in its Network Operating Centre, investigations have shown. It was gathered that disengagement, which takes effect on Sunday, December 4, 2016, affected 55 full-time employees of the company. According to sources in the company, some workers were laid off in July when the offshoring (the practice of a company in one country arranging for people in another country to do work for it) of jobs to India began. Findings show that foreign workers had been recruited to replace the disengaged workers, and knowledge transfer by Nigerian engineers to the new workers was ongoing in the company’s office in India. Sources revealed that the knowledge transfer had been going on since last year when some Indians were brought into the country to study the management of telecommunications infrastructure in the country.. A copy of the disengagem...

The jungle justice meted out to the man, who variously claims to be a filmmaker and movie marketer, for allegedly stealing a total of nine iPhones from a shop on Medical Road, was the beginning before his arraignment at an Ikeja Magistrate Court on Thursday for stealing. With the advent of social media, however, fans and followers would always have their say in any matter of interest to them. And this was no exception. Upon releasing the statement, @mhz_zeal wrote: “Karma is a bitch” while @walking goldmine wondered: “How could you have gone to the shop to buy 9 iPhones with no money on you, then took those phones to the car bcos you needed to fetch money? Why not leave the phones, go for the money and make payment before taking them to your vehicle?” Also having her say, @queenstacyp wrote: “He was advertising for iPhone. He is now a proud brand ambassador for them… your cup will soon overflow and jungle justice will be the next. You better join MMM and stop this pe...

After many days of waiting, Nigerian playwright and poet, Wole Soyinka has kept his pledge by destroying his American Green Card. Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka has finally destroyed his US residency green card. He made the revelation on Thursday after he had pledged to destroy the card if Donald Trump wins the presidential election. According to an AFP report, Soyinka said he destroyed his green card during a conference at the University of Johannesburg. “I have already done it, I have disengaged (from the United States). I have done what I said I would do,” the 82-year-old said on the sidelines of an education conference at the University of Johannesburg.

Pop singer, Dbanj, has dropped the hint that a book from him will be on the cards soon following the release of media personalty, Toke Makinwa’s piece. The singer dropped the hint as he congratulated Toke Makinwa for her feat, adding that she beat him to the idea as he had similar plans himself. “… @tokemakinwa congrats sis God bless you .You beat me to it I’m very inspired…….my book is on the way….” he wrote on his gram. Toke’s book, ‘On Becoming’ has been a topic of discussion on social media all week due to the mind-boggling revelations she made about her relationship with her ex-husband, Maje Ayida.