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The Federal Ministry of Justice is seeking the arrest of Senate President, Bukola Saraki over his absence at an ongoing corruption trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.  The Code of Conduct Bureau has accused Saraki of 13 counts of corruption and his trial commenced today, September 18, 2015. A deputy director in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, M.S. Hassan, who filed the charges against Saraki, applied for the arrest order. READ: Code of Conduct accuses Saraki of corruption The Senate President failed to appear at the trial but instead sent his team of lawyers to the tribunal. READ: Saraki denies corruption allegations Saraki’s lawyers presented the tribunal with a copy of the ruling of an Abuja Federal High Court which summoned the Ministry of Justice to appear on Monday to show cause why the trial should be allowed to proceed. READ: Saraki corruption trial begins Saraki has denied the allegations against him and described them as mischiev

A staff of Diamond Bank Obioha Okengwu was yesterday arraigned before Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court, Lagos over a nine count charge of fraud. He is accused of allegedly defrauding the bank of N111.2 million. According to prosecuting counsel, Obioha, a graduate of Abia State University, committed the offence between April and August 2014 while working at the e-Business unit of the bank, handling daily settlement entries of transactions done on Point of Sales (POS) and Automated Teller Machine Obioha unlawfully credited huge sums of money into his family’s account instead of the bank’s accounts. “At different times, N37million and N41. 4 million was lodged into two accounts owned by one Uchenna Okengwu. The accused also credited the sum of N10 million into the account of one Rosamund Okengwu and N9.5 million paid into one Chukwuemeka Okengwu’s account.” the prosecuting counsel told the court. Obioha however pleaded not guilty to the charges. The cas

After having confirmed that he will drop a second album this year, the Atlanta rapper Future is reportedly releasing a collaborative mixtape with the Toronto rapper Drake . Well, it seems that the project is more than just a rumour. Indeed, Dj Skee, Dj Sourmilk and Louis V Gutta’s latest posts on Twitter are confirming this incredible mixtape: Damn 2 people are about to break the internet tomorrow with this mixtape coming out of left field… — DJ Skee (@djskee) 10 Septembre 2015 This Drake/Future tape tomorrow is about to be ridiculous. — dj sourmilk (@djsourmilk) 11 Septembre 2015 but rap game bout to light up! My 2 fav rappers right now bout to break the Internet I promise! — Louie V Gutta (@LouieVGutta) 10 Septembre 2015 Well, if Future and Drake drop a collaborative mixtape soon, it could be a great conclusion for 2015!

The immediate past Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has disclosed that he is defecting to the All Progressive Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. Ndoma-Egba said the reason for his planned defection is due to the fact that the PDP has been hostile to him for some time, and has shut him out of the party. “For three years, I have not been invited to any meeting of the PDP in Cross River State and this is understandable. The party shut its doors against me a long time ago. I still have political life and I have no plans to retire from politics. And to play politics, I need a platform and PDP has become hostile and inhospitable, so I move on.” Ndoma Egba, who disclosed this during an interview, said that the PDP mismanaged its fortunes and relationships. “The governors appropriated the party in the states and the state chapters became their personal property and only their wishes prevailed. The party lost any claims to internal democracy. Impunity and

Singer, Chris Brown , has won his long drawn custody battle over Royalty , at the custody hearing he attended yesterday. Read: Singer's baby mama pissed at head tattoos The singer got joint custody of Royalty, and he gets to take Royalty home today, according to TMZ reports. His baby mama not only wanted to deny Chris any custodial rights, she also only wanted to give him supervised visitation . The judge disagreed and Chris and Nia will share 50/50 physical custody, with Royalty going back and fourth every 4 days. Both Chris and Nia are to now live in L.A. The judge ordered him to pay Nia $2,500 a month in child support, which is exactly what he's been paying her, after she had requested $15k. The judge also ordered Nia not to talk crap on Chris and not reveal anything about the case on social media. Read: Singer demands second paternity test Breezy shared a selfie with Royalty in front of the court after the hearing. Congrats to Chris since he has

C.O.D United Football Club has announced the appointment of Paulo Jorge Silva as their new Manager. Jorge, Portuguese, joins C.O.D United on the back of a rich career having worked in various capacities with clubs like VfB Stuttgart, Greuther Furth, Nuremberg, Aalen in Germany, Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, Al Wasl and Sharjah FC in the United Arab Emirates.  His immediate task is reorganize and optimize the club’s 7 team academy structure and lead the club’s charge in the league as well as the FA Cup next season. Speaking on Paulo Silva’s appointment, C.E.O of the club , Shola Opaleye expressed optimism that Paulo will sustain the successes the club has achieved and bring even more success. “Paulo Silva’s appointment is yet another demonstration of our ambition as a club to keep progressing. Paulo joins us with a lot of experience and his knowledge of football is demonstrated by the rich array of top clubs he has worked with. We have been in discussions for a while now and we ar

Kenya-born Victoria Kimani may have stormed the Nigerian music scene to make a difference, musically, but along the line, became a victim of her sexiness. Victoria Kimani became a sex-symbol. Ever since, the Kenyan, who’s signed by Chocolate City, has been struggling to make a major impact with her music. While she continues on this quest, here are 10 things to know about her; Her father bought her, her first tape recorder to record bathroom hits. 2. She recorded her first song, ‘how I feel’, at age 16. 3. At age 17, she did backup for a top notch gospel artiste and even went on tour with her to different countries. 4. She’s a natural rebel. 5. Although she didn’t venture into gospel, owing to her religious background, she listens to gospel music every night before she sleeps. 6. In her opinion, compared to other African countries, Nigeria is the Hollywood of entertainment in Africa. 7. She doesn’t see herself as a sex symbol, you do, according to her. Flaunti

Samson Irefin, a staff of the National Biotechnology Development Agency, NABDA has been arrested for attempting to dupe a NAFDAC contractor, Liuideco Global Services Limited while posing as an EFCC official.  He told the contractor that he can help “kill” a pending investigation by the EFCC, demanding a huge sum of N500,000 to be paid for it to be done. Irefin was picked up by operatives of the EFCC in the early hours of Friday September 11, 2015 while transacting with his ‘client’ in a bank in Abuja. Apparently, the would-be victim, after being approached by Samson with his promises and knowing he isn’t guilty of any crime, contacted EFCC and laid a complaint about the supposed ‘help’, and was asked to play along by the anti-graft agency. The EFCC says Irefin will be charged to court after investigation is concluded.

Last wednesday, Rihanna attended a Travi$ Scott concert for a third night in a row heating up dating rumors… Are Rihanna and Travi$ Scott dating ? The couple has been hanging together on many occasions and now the fans want answers. Rihanna has publicly revealed that she is a fan of Travis’ music by sharing a really sweet picture of her coping his new album on Instagram.  If the BBHMM singer and the rapper didn’t make anything official (yet), it looks like they have already started flirting. Indeed, a spy who was in the same club as Riri and Travi$ spotted them on the dance floor : “They are definitely together. They were dancing very close and didn’t care who could see them”.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the abducted Chibok girls have been dispersed to different locations by Boko Haram . READ: Presidency urges Nigerians not to give up on Chibok girls Buhari also said that the girls were being guarded by terrorists at the various locations and that some of them had been forced to marry insurgents. READ: Buhari praises Oby Ezekwesili for campaigning for Chibok girls The president made the comments on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, during an interview with BBC Hausa. READ: Buhari will negotiate with Boko Haram for Chibok girls release According to an interpretation by Daily Trust, Buhari said: “They have scattered them, and are being guarded at dispersed locations. Most of the girls are Christians and were forced to embrace Islam. And the sect’s cruel leaders have married some of the girls, obviously against their wish. Others have been left to practice their religion but their condition could hardly be ascertained.” “Both

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said it has lifted embargo placed on 113 vessels from lifting crude and gas in any of its terminals within Nigerian territorial waters. Read: Body begins process of recovering $9.6bn owed Nigeria This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Ohi Alegbe , Group General Manager, Public Affairs, (NNPC) on Thursday in Lagos. According to the statement, the lifting of the embargo is subject to the receipt of ‘Letters of Comfort’ from all terminal operators, oil companies and off-takers in Nigerian Oil and Gas sector. It said the lifting is subject to the outcome of detailed investigation into the reasons why they were embargoed. The corporation noted that in view of the above, the Federal Government has approved the establishment of an Inter-Agency Committee to investigate the vessels. The committee is made up of the Department of State Services, (DSS), Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Ni

Basketmouth is set to blow your mind with another edition of his hilarious comedy and music night tagged ‘ The Lord of the Ribs ’. This year the show is being presented by Comedy Central , powered by MTV Base and BET. Come Sunday, October 4 th 2015, the ace comedian will host a fun and hilarious night. He will be joined on stage by several other comedians including  Robert Powell, Griff, Ndumiso Lindi, David Kau, Salvador, Okey Bakassi, Buchi and Bovi . There will also be music performances from Wizkid, Flavour, Harrysong, Play, Olamide and Lil Kesh . Date : Sunday, October 4 th , 2015 Time : 6 PM Venue : Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos Ticket : Regular – N5,000 | Queens Row – N25,000 | Kings Row – N50,000 | Table – N1,000,000 For more information call 08055555121 or send an email to info@basketmouth.tv . This is a Barons World Production .

Looks like 50 cent is only bankrupt in America! The rapper has just announced his mansion in Africa, worth millions is almost ready! The 'Power' star posted a video on his Instagram on Saturday, September,5  showing off his new mansion. Although he never mentioned where the house is located specifically, the rapper captioned: "My crib is almost finished in AFRICA.  I'm gonna have the craziest house warming party ever. I'll explain later. I got a good life Man." Hollop! Did he just say 'good life'? TMZ reports that 50 has creditor s banging on his door, gas and electric companies looming over unpaid bills. We also reported that the G-Unit boss has also put up his famous million-dollar Connecticut mansion on sale for a yet-to-be released fee because he claims he can't maintain it no more and could use the cash to pay off his debts. 50 filed for bankruptcy in July after he was dragged to court by Rick Ross ' girlfriend fo

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has faulted the assets declared by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, September 3, saying its a mere "deceptive window-dressing to hoodwink unsuspecting Nigerians” In a statement signed by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh on Friday, September 4, the President's statement in March, promising he would declare his assets publicly was recalled. It read, “I pledge to publicly declare my assets and liability and also encourage my political appointees to publicly declare their assets and liability." The party said Buhari and Osinbajo have failed to produce copies of their declarations, detailing the exact nature and value of respective assets. The statement reads,  “We have noted the release of a flimsy list of belongings of President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo by the Presidency, who want such to pass as the public declaration of assets as pled

 It was unclear whether passengers on the Salzburg trains would disembark in Munich or continue further by train to other German states. "That is being checked at the moment," he said. About 2,500 refugees are expected to arrive in Germany via Austria by early afternoon on Monday, after an estimated 20,000 came in over the weekend, a Bavarian official told reporters. Christoph Hillenbrand , president of the government of Upper Bavaria, said three trains containing a total of 2,100 migrants were due to arrive in Germany by 2.30 p.m. (1230 GMT) from Salzburg. Another 400 would arrive by train directly from Budapest in the morning. It was unclear whether passengers on the Salzburg trains would disembark in Munich or continue further by train to other German states. " That is being checked at the moment ," he said.

In a bid to frustrate efforts by corrupt Nigerians to transfer their their stolen loot, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has frozen the accounts of some Nigerians suspected of looting funds. According to Miss Petite blog, the anti-graft agency, secretly froze the accounts of: Global West Vessels Limited purportedly owned by Mr. Government Ekpompolo, aka Tompolo. Mr. Kingsley Kuku, the former Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Amnesty Programme. Mr. Kime Engozi. Miss Petite blog reports that a source in the Presidency said “This is not a matter of lobby or any politics that should be shoved aside; what is at stake is the nation’s security and nothing more. When the PDP says the current anti-corruption drive is selective, we continue to laugh at them because they do not seem to know what is at stake at all. If only they know, all the noise they have been making won’t be made at all."