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Earlier today, Friday, gunmen opened fire on Apostle Johnson Suleman's convoy and allegedly killed seven persons including three policemen. The incident occurred along the Benin Auchi Road, Edo State. Three of his police orderlies and four other yet-to-be-identified persons were allegedly killed.  Suleman returned from a foreign trip and was heading to a destination in Edo State when the gunmen attacked his convoy around the Auchi area of the state. Suleman’s lawyer, Samuel Amune, confirmed the attack. He said, “He was returning from a journey and he had almost gotten on the shores of Auchi when some assassins attacked him. Three of his police orderlies, among others died. He travelled before and just finished a programme in Tanzania day before yesterday. “He was returning to Auchi when the gunmen attacked him along Sabingida down to Warake area, and Auchi shares direct boundary with Warake. So, he had passed Warake and was entering the boundaries of Auchi when the attack happened.

Football lovers are in for a cruise as organizers of the highly anticipated FIFA World Cup in Qatar have chartered another cruise ship to accommodate Football World Cup 2022 guests. The cruise ships will provide more than 1000 rooms to the fans coming to attend the month-long event. The World Cup will begin on November 20th and an estimated 1.5 million people will arrive in Qatar for this event. Doha, the capital city of Qatar has a hotel room capacity of 31,000. This number does not even come close to the number of rooms required for the event. Qatari Organizers are on a war footing trying to arrange accommodations for the fans of the FIFA World Cup, who will start arriving shortly. Among the measures taken are, containerized cabins at the edge of the city, a tent “fan village” on Qetaifan Island, an assortment of apartments, and three chartered cruise ships operated by MSC Cruises to temporarily serve as hotels. The three chartered MSC Cruise ships are the MSC World Europa, the MSC P

The unveiling of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council is being held in the State House, Abuja, With President Muhammadu Buhari presiding over the meeting.  President Buhari is expected to reveal the action plan for the APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima.  There is very tight security at the venue as guests are finding it difficult to gain access to the venue. The APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, in his welcome address, said with the formal inauguration of the PCC, the party was set to crush all opposition on the way to its victory during the election next year. 

                       Peter Obi and Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed On Wednesday the Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, shared pictures from his visit to Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed’s hospital in Abuja, the vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Peter Obi and Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed with Staffs at Baze University Hospital  The pictures were posted on Obi's Twitter account, describing the Baze University Hospital owned by Baba-Ahmed as exemplary.  Obi wrote: “This morning, I had the privilege of visiting the Baze University Hospital in Abuja and inspecting the facilities. Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed was on hand to show me around. This institution is exemplary and reflective of a centre of excellence, and what domestic entrepreneurs and investors can contribute to nation-building. “With several more facilities like this, medical tourism for Nigerians will be a thing of the past. This is simply awesome. – PO.” The African Action Congress presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, challenged Peter Obi's

British Prime Minister Liz Truss Resigns As UK Prime Minister and Leader Of the Conservative Party Speaking outside Downing Street, she said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected It kickstarts a contest to find the next Tory leader and PM - hopefuls need to get the backing of 100 MPs by Monday afternoon If there are two candidates, the Tory membership will get to vote again, and a winner will be picked by Friday The newly-appointed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt rules himself out. But Rishi Sunak and Penny Mordaunt are seen as contenders Sources close to former PM Boris Johnson do not confirm or deny speculation he will stand again Truss's resignation after 45 days in office makes her the shortest-serving PM in UK history Her now-abandoned September mini-budget started the turmoil; a chaotic night in the Commons on Wednesday sealed her fate. News Source: BBC

In 1971, LIFE photographer Michael Rougier spent time with Tippi Hedren; her teenage daughter, Melanie Griffith. Also in attendance: Neil, a 400-pound mature lion.  Tippi Hedren and Neil the Lion  While in her teens, Melanie, Griffith, Academy Award-nominated actress and ex wife of Antonio Banderas had a 400-pound mature lion called Neil, who occasionally slept in the same bed as Griffith. Griffith's mother, Tippi Hedren, an actress and a animal-rights activist and conservationist has since acknowledged that it was “stupid beyond belief” to put her family at risk by allowing an animal with “no conscience or remorse genes” to roam free.                      Young Melanie Griffith and Neil the Lion Melanie Griffith and her movie star mother Tippi Hedren frolicked around their property in the 1970s with a number of wild animals.                     Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas 'I grew up with lions, tigers and 2 elephants,' Griffith confessed. Credit Live www.life.com

The 2nd anniversary of the EndSARS protest and the Lekki tollgate shooting, saw Nigerian youths taking a memorial walk down the Lekki toll gate. Some of the youths were carrying dummy coffins as they stage EndSARS memorial walk along the Lekki tollgate. Nigeria music star, rapper Falz and prolific comedian Mr Macaroni were among the youths.                                             Falz The peace walk was however interrupted by policemen who fired tear gas to disperse the gathering. EndSARS - Two years ago, on October 20, 2020, youths converged at the Lekki Toll Gate calling for an end to police brutality. The Lekki Toll Gate shooting occurred, when soldiers opened fire on the End SARS protesters.

  "Insomnia sharpens your math skills because you spend all night calculating how much sleep you’ll get if you’re able to ‘fall asleep right now.’” “I haven't spoken to my wife all week because I did not want to interrupt her from speaking.”  "You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.” ● A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver said to her, Ugh, that’s the ugliest baby I’ve ever seen!” The woman walks to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her: “The driver just insulted me!” The man says: “You go up there and tell him off. Go on, I’ll hold your monkey for you.” ● "Today on a drive, I decided to go visit my childhood home. I asked the people living there if I could come inside because I was feeling nostalgic, but they refused and slammed the door in my face. My parents are the worst. Is a warm hug too much to ask?"

  Following Abike Dabiri-Erewa,  chairman of the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), reply to a Twitter user, that referred to her as "mumu." Which Means a fool in Nigerian pidgin English. Oby Ezekesili, a former Minister of education, reached out to Abike Dabiri-Erewa via Twitter, urging her to clean up her reply.  Dabiri declined, stating that she is not a public figure that cows to bullying. See below

The chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa replied a Twitter troll who attacked her last night on Twitter after her reaction to the attack on some Nigerian students in India. The Twitter user went under her tweet to insult her, he called Abike Dabiri a "mumu," meaning a fool in Nigerian pidgin English: See Tweet Below: Abike Dabiri responded to the Twitter user by calling the user an "Ode," meaning a big fool in the Yoruba Language. See her response below:

Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, while addressing the Arewa joint committee, in Kaduna, said that he would have arrested Mr Peter Obi in retaliation of what Peter Obi did to him when he visited the state to monitor an election. In a trending video, El-Rufai alleges that Peter Obi, the former Anambra State governor and the current presidential candidate of the Labour Party, placed him under house arrest for 48 hours in Anambra state during the election. Watch the video below: Mallam El Rufai said, “Before I finish, I want to say that I went to Anambra state for my party to monitor the election, Peter Obi who was a Governor put me under house arrest for 48 hours. “Today, I am the Governor of Kaduna state and he’s coming to Kaduna to campaign and apart from other security agencies, I have the First Mechanized Division of the Army in Kaduna but I will not arrest him because we Northerners are civilized people.”

  VIDEO: Frontline presidential candidates, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Waziri Adamawa Atiku Abubakar, exchange pleasantries during a chanced meeting in Abuja on Monday. Take Home Lesson: Do Not Fight Because Of Any Politician.

Na Wa is a Nigerian Statement Which Means Beyond Words!  "FAKE RICE!" Found In Lagos State! See video below: Men of the Nigerian custom received a tip off from the public and they confiscated more than a 100 bags of fake rice, in Lagos State, Nigeria. This should stop!

Nigeria's meteorological agency has warned that flooding is expected to continue until the end of November and some states in the south of the country are likely to experience flooding. States like Anambra, Delta, Rivers, Cross River and Bayelsa. Sadiya Umar Farouk, minister for humanitarian affairs and disaster management, in a press conference on Sunday, called for the evacuation of people living in the most high-risk areas by the local authorities. Food and other support are already being provided by authorities to those affected, she said. She added that despite ''concerted efforts'' and early warnings, many state governments "did not prepare" for the flooding. Recent flooding in Nigeria has become an "overwhelming" disaster, and many states were not properly prepared for them despite warnings, the minister for disaster management has said. Nigeria is used to seasonal flooding, but this year has been significantly worse than usual. This is th

  Punch  ● ASUU: Varsities hold emergency meetings on resumption. Following the suspension of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, findings by our correspondent revealed that public universities across the country have made plans for special meetings of senate councils in preparation for examinations and resumption. ● Zamfara shuts media houses for covering PDP rally. The Zamfara State Government has shut down three television stations and an FM radio station. The affected media stations are the Nigeria Television Authority, Gamji TV, Al-Umma TV and Pride FM radio, all in Gusau, the state capital. In a radio broadcast, the state Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara, said the media houses were shut down for allegedly violating professional ethics. ThisDay ● Umeh Tells FG to Obey Court of Appeal, Release Nnamdi Kanu A former National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and senatorial candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for Anambra Central, Chief V

THE NOBLE ACT CALLED COOKING. Written By Janet Odidi Obuotor To Young Jamin For Flawlessly Embracing The Act Of Cooking.  The science behind the act of cooking is not an easy one.  Cooking can be a Herculean task. It ranges from the simple task of boiling, say an egg, to long hours of standing, painstakingly micro-managing all the ingredients that go into a pot, while adding that extra love and care.  It entails ensuring the right mix is achieved, to make a meal taste good. Cooking is indeed a science and an act, fused into one. It is an adventurous and heroic act. Cooking is physics, you must structure the various ingredients involved, their behavioural pattern, and how they would interact; right before placing them into the pot. Similarly,  you must factor in how much heat energy is needed to apply to the ingredients for a perfect outcome.         Breakfast in bed for mom, presented by Jamin, October 2021 Cooking is mathematics, it is an equation of how much of each ingredient is req

PMNEWS  • Abuja fatal robbery: Police arrest suspect, recover snatched vehicle. Operatives of Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command have arrested one Emmanuel Okoi, 29, suspected to be member of a 6-man robbery gang that robbed a pharmacy and killed one person in Maitaima area of the capital city on Wednesday evening. DSP Josephine Adeh,the spokesperson of FCT Police Command who announced this in a statement said the suspect was arrested at Jabi Magajipi, off Eco Bank Junction Jabi area of Abuja where a vehicle stolen during the robbery was also recovered. She added that the suspect was arrested seven hours after the robbery. According to her, an investigation, an identification parade was conducted where the victim identified the suspect as one of his six abductors. She added that investigation has been intensified while the FCT Police Command has ordered manhunt for other members of the robbery gang. Vanguard News  • PDP crisis: I’ve accepted Atiku, Okowa, says Wike. AHEAD of

The Court Of Appeal Discharges Detained Leader Of The Indigenous People of Biafra, The Court Also Acquitted The Embattled Leader Of The Proscribed Group The Appellate Court Says The Federal Government Lacks Jurisdiction To Trial Nnamdi Kanu On Charges Of Terrorism. The Appellate Court held that the Federal Government breached all local and international laws in the forceful rendition of Kanu to Nigeria thereby making the terrorism charges against him incompetent and unlawful. The Appeal Court in a judgment by Justice Oludotun Adebola voided and set aside the charges by the Federal Government against Kanu. Reacting to the judgment, Kanu’s lawyer and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, on his Facebook page on Thursday, said Kanu won at last. “Appeal allowed, Oyendu Mazi Nnamdi KANU, discharged and acquitted. We have won!,” he wrote.

  One person was gunned down when men suspected to be kidnappers attacked Gana Street in Maitama, Abuja. The incident is said to have occurred at about 8:46pm on Wednesday. According to the Daily Trust,  a resident, who pleaded anonymity, told Daily Trust that the victim was killed while trying to rescue a man that was being forced into a black Prado SUV by the suspected kidnappers. He specifically said the SUV was parked at Number 44 Gana street where the victim was shot in the head by one of the suspects and he died immediately. The source added that the suspects escaped with their victim while the body of the deceased was still on the street at the time of the incident. He added that this is the second incident happening at the same Gana street in the past few weeks. The resident said some persons loitering around the place may be behind the attacks. He said the boys loitering around area usually target pharmaceutical stores and supermarket in Maitama, alleging that police have not

  Nigeria's biggest Telecommunication Companies, MTN and Airtel, have made known the increase in data plan prices to subscribers. With about 10 per cent increase in prices for their internet data services. The increase was made public by MTN(@MTN180) and Airtel(@AirtelNigeria) on their verified Twitter pages.  In March 2020, the Federal Government signed the Nigerian national broadband plan 2020-2025 designed to deliver data download speeds across Nigeria with effective coverage available to at least 90 percent of the population by 2025 at a price not more than N390 per 1GB of data. The Government's plan to achieve a 90% broadband penetration by 2025 may be impeded by the recent hike in data prices by telecom companies. Fatimoh Akinlaja · Sep 29, 2022 @ AkinlajaFatimoh · Follow Replying to @MTN180 and @fabjnr12 This isn’t about usage, I said I was charged 3,300 instead of 3,000 for 10GB data plan MTN Nigeria Support @MTN180 · Follow Y'ello. Apologies for the the data price