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The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) yesterday announced their plan to restructure itself with a view to replacing the bad eggs among its leadership. In a meeting held in Abuja, the vice Chairman of the party vows to push out some of its leaders whose performance are no longer satisfactory to members, and enjoined all its supporters to remain resolute and await the imminent repositioning of the party during which square pegs will be placed in square holes and justice and equity will prevail. "We reaffirm that mediocre will no longer be allowed to govern the affairs of the party.  power will now be returned to the people at the grass roots". the party vowed to sanction any of its members convicted of corrupt practice in the course of the current anti-graft crusade by President Muhamadu Buhari.

 After been chareged,  Bill Cosby's attorneys surrounded by reporters said: "We intend to mount a vigorous defense" Mr Cosby for the first time is charged criminally with sexual assaul, and t he charges relate to accusations from former Temple University employee Andrea Constand.  Hours after he set foot in a Pennsylvania courtroom to face sexual assault charges, Bill Cosby's attorneys called the criminal case against him "unjustified" and vowed to fight it. "The charge by the Montgomery County District Attorney's office came as no surprise, filed 12 years after the alleged incident and coming on the heels of a hotly contested election for this county's DA during which this case was made the focal point," Cosby's attorneys said in a statement released after his arraignment Wednesday.  "Make no mistake, we intend to mount a vigorous defense against this unjustified charge and we expect that Mr. Cosby will be exonerated ...

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, December 30, hosted his first presidential media chat, where he talked about Issues on security, the fight against corruption and the state of the economy the media panel, led by Channels TV’s Kayode Akintemi, joined by others from different media house, such as primetime, and Daily trust. In the media chat, the President Buhari expressed satisfaction in the progress made by the Nigerian military, adding that the deadline given them had been largely met as the sect has been greatly reduced to suicide bombings of soft targets unlike their audacious attacks on military barracks, police posts, and government offices, taking territories in the process. He condemned the continued use of teenage girls as suicide bombers and hinted that a ban on the use of hijab might be considered if the outfit continues to aid the suicide bombers as higher value has to be placed on the lives of Nigerians. The President also used the platform to de...

The last have not been heard of the suit filed by MTN over the 1.04 trillion naira penalty against it by the NCC. In the suit filed by MTN, they argued that the commission did not afford them enough time to comply with the directives of the NCC, the lack of fair hearing, and hurriedly announcing the sanction of the said amount. The NCC in a quick reaction,through its lawyers ,filed a counter motion in a Lagos court, challenging the suit, thereby asking  the court to dismiss it for want of jurisdiction or send it to the Abuja division of the court. The Commission stated in its file that, the case cannot be heard, because the suit by MTN, was wrongly filed in Lagos, nothing that the subject of dispute took place in Abuja. while the two respondents in the suit, the NCC and the Attorney General of the Federation are also based in Abuja. We will keep you updated as we wait to see what will happen next.

The Nigerian Chelsea Midfielder, John Obi Mikel, on Tuesday, told reporters that life at the bridge has been great since the departure of the self titled "special one" Jose Mourinho... The coming of Guus Hiddink has seen the midfielder coming in as a substitute in the first game, and starting against the match against Manchester United for 90minutes.This statement about Mourinho from Mikel, will come as a surprise to many, given the fact that the midfielder was among the first to show their displeasure for the sacking of Jose, and wishing the coach well on his twitter page; one begins to wonder what really has gone wrong with their relationship.here are what he was quoted to have said about Jose Mourinho, Hiddink and the possibility of Chelsea getting out of the bottom table... On the new coach, he said: "He hasn't changed much yet, but he was here before and he knows the place and all the staff," "The players are different - only me and [...

The former Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fani Kayode speaking on Channels TV sunrise daily, says that the war against insurgency has not been won by the military and people are being killed every day. If you could remember, there was a write up on this topic some weeks back on this page. if truly the war on Boko Haram has been over, as claimed by the federal government. Now the PDP has come out to share their view on the matter.   Mr Kayode stated that the government had claimed on the 23rd of December that the war against insurgency had been won by the military but noted that on the 25th of December some people were killed in Maiduguri, with more casualties  in Borno on the 27th and in Adamawa on the 28th. He also said that a lot of the 22 Local Government Areas that were recovered by the Jonathan led administration have been taken back by the sect members. Mr. Fani-Kayode said “it’s simply not true that the war against Boko Haram had been won”. In ...

According to a news report coming from Indonesia, a man and woman were said to have been caned in front of a mosque for being 'too friendly', while they are not married to each other! and this was done according to the "Khalwat" meaning affectionate contact by an unmarried couple.  The said law was carried out according to the Sharia law in the province, with the presence of a large crowd yelling for them to be caned. The Deputy Mayor Zainal Arifin was reported to have said  this to the  crowd "take these punishments as a lesson. what has been done by these convicts should not be taken as an example.  and i hope their canings in Meuraxa district today will be the last ever"  he said further " and to the Public, i ask that you do not isolate those who have been convicted here today.and also, those who have been convicted are reminded not to repeat the same  mistakes" A picture of the woman been carried away after the canning, by female offici...

The federal government of Nigeria, given the perceived abuse of the judicial system over the years by alleged corrupt politicians and business men in Nigeria, has through the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, come out to state that the Federal government will not consider plea bargain as an option for anyone facing prosecution for terrorism and financial crimes. Mr Abubakar Malami, meeting with the "Bring Back Our Girsl" group, was quoted as saying " the office of the Attorney General of the Federation will not advocate plea bargain for anyone". The report  also says that, the governemt would audit high profile cases that had been compromised in the past.

In the new season of the " keeping up with the Kardashians" show, that is set to return to the TV screens this Sunday, a preview of the show, showed some drama viewers will be treated to when the show kick starts this Sunday.  In the preview, Khloe Kardashian accused Scott the estrange husband of Kourtney Kadashian the mother of his three beautiful children of ' destroying' his family prior to his split with his wife, after pictures started circulating in the media of him and his ex girlfriend, stylist Chloe Bartoli, in Monte Carlo. In the previewed show, Khloe told Scott in what look like a family meeting, " this is the stuff i do not like", you will say oh, I do not have a family and i do not have all these things, and then we give you one, why do you like, destroy it?"  and  Scott responded with tears " I am ashamed" " I am sure you have heared a lot of horrible things about me that i should have just been honest with, but i was t...

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA), in Nigeria has announced the implementation of the revised components of the Petroleum Pricing Template for Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS). The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Mr Farouk Ahmed was reported to have said " the new pump price was put at 86naira per litre, and the price was in line with the prevailing market trend, and this new price regime is with effect from January 1, 2016, as approved by the Minister of state for Petroleum Resources; Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. The major components of the pricing template affected by the review according to the Agency, were: Traders Margins, Lightering Expenses, Nigeria Storage Charges and Bridging Fund.  other Components revised include Retailers' Transporters and Dealers Margins.  The break sown as contained in the template are, the Ex-depot price of PMS shall be 77naira per litre, while the pump price will be 86.50 naira per litre. The new price is a reduction of 50ko...

The surprised team of this season in the English Premiership, Leicester City held title favourite Manchester City, to a goal less draw, and have continued  to show that they can give any team a run for their money, especially the 'big money' teams. If they continue like this, pundits might have to begin to have a change of heart, and start thinking of this team as a genuine title contenders. The game between Leicester City and Manchester City, saw the likes of Sergio Aguro and Sterling coming back to the City team, but with the absence of their captain Kompany.  The Manchester team dominated possession in the early half, but failed to create a clear-cut opportunity, and Leicester keeper showed why his team has been where they are on the table, by pulling some smart saves from the Manchester team. Aguro was taken out in the second half, with Boni and Kelechi coming in, as Manchester city look to take all three points; but Leicester kept to their game plan.  Vardy and c...

The drama continues at the English Premier League, as Arsenal finally goes top,all thanks to the master class Ozil, who has been the man behind the success Arsenal has been enjoying this season. But can they stay put and win the league this season? only time will tell, as the Premiership is unpredictable; especially this current season. Leicester and Manchester city yet to play. The game between Manchester United and Chelsea ended in a goal less draw, to the disappointment of the United Coach and his players; but most especially the fans at old Trafford. But Chelsea playing without a recognised striker, were the happier team, as they allow United to have the ball, dominated the game from start to finish, with lots of chances, but failed to take advantage of them. The United goal keeper and his counterpart in Chelsea, both showed what they are made of (top class goalkeepers) as they both made incredible saves that kept their respective teams in the game that ended nil all. In a rel...

The Iraq's army declared victory over Islamic state fighters in a provincial capital West of Baghdad on Sunday.  The first major triumph for the US-trained force since it collapsed in the face of an assault by the militants 18months ago. This effort by the Iraq's army deprives the Islamic state militants of their biggest prize of 2015.  The fighters seized it in May, after government troops fled in a defeat which prompted Washington to take hard look at strategy in its on going air war against the militants.

The Spice girls are set to celebrate their twentieth anniversary, with a reunion kind of come back. The news got out early today, as one of the group member Mel B, was asked by reported on their plans for the 20th anniversary, she said" I think I am the one putting all the rumours out there. but to be serious, it is our twentieth anniversary this year and it would be rude not to celebrate"  she further added "so hopefully something will be happening pretty soon, I cant tell you what it is yet". Hopefully, the group would give their fans what they have been waiting for#reuniontime

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