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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose,has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is fighting President GoodluckJonathan because he prevented him (Obasanjo) from ruling Nigeria from his Ota Farm. In a statement issued on Sunday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the Governor expressed confidence that Jonathan will be reelected to complete his eight year term He said, “Obasanjo is a cancer that may never get cured in a lifetime. The moment Obasanjo is not the one controlling a house, he will want the house pulled down but this time around, he has failed.” “Obasanjo has always benefitted from the misfortune of others and he is living with the impression that he is the wisest person in the whole world. “When Murtala Mohammed was murdered in 1976, Obasanjo was the beneficiary.“In 1993, he said the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, late Chief MKO Abiola was not the messiah Nigeria need...

Usain Bolt, a six-time Olympic gold medallist revealed he would retire from athletics after the 2017 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)World Championships in London. According to the Daily Mail, an online news portal, the Jamaican 28-year-old decided on Feb. 14 to retire in 2017 after the World Championships, in spite of his former promise to retire after the Rio 2016 Olympics. The news portal then confirmed that Bolt will end his illustrious career on the same track where he retained the Olympic 100m and 200m titles he won in bursting to the top of his sport at the 2008 Beijing Games. It said that Bolt sought to add to his total of eight world gold medals at this summer’s World Championships in Beijing.“The initial plan was to sign off after Rio, but my sponsor asked me to go on for another year, to 2017 and London.“I’ll be doing one event, the 100. I’ve already discussed it with my coach. I can concentrate on that, and on retirin...

About 20 women from Bayelsa State were yesterday burnt to death in a multiple accident after visiting the first lady Dame Patience Jonathan. It was gathered last night that the accident occurred at Ahoada, in Rivers State. It was said to have involved a Toyota Sienna car, jeep and a bus with an inscription, Peoples Democratic Party Women Initiative. A security source put the number of burnt victims at 20 adding that all the occupants of the bus perished. The source who spoke in confidence said:“The affected women were travelling in the bus which went up in flames. They were burnt to ashes. Only one of the women was rescued.”It was learnt that the women paid a solidarity visit to the first lady in Okirika where they spent two days. The Bayelsa State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Vincent Jack confirmed the accident. He, however, said only nine persons burnt to death, two died without been burnt while many others were rushed to Madonna clini...

Governor of Lagos state, Babatunde Raji Fashola, , hosted Lagosians, including players in the creative industries, to a Valentine’s Day dinner in honour ofpresidential candidateof the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday in Lagos. The event held at the Intercontinental Hotel, and was hosted by comedian, Julius Agwu. Guests included GeneralBuhari’s daughters, former FCTMinisterNasir el-Rufai, the Mavin crew, Amongst others. See more photos below;

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday came hard again on President Jonathan and his style of governance, claiming that President Jonathan is afraid that if Gen Buhari wins the election, he might jail him when he leaves office. Obasanjo said this while speaking to newsmen at his home in Abeokuta shortly after his return from his trip to Kenya and UK. Obasanjo said President Jonathan was doing everything possible to win the elections, either by hook or by crook. He said president Jonathan is playing the cards of former Cote d’Ivoire President, Laurent Gbagbo who continued shifting elections in his country in a bid to ensure that he won the election, a situation that plunged Cote d'Ivoire into political crisis. He said President Jonathan was reigning and not ruling after he said in his last media chat he was not aware of the military's advise that the election be postponed. He said INEC deciding to postpone the election was a forced decision. Read all that after the...

The Nigerian Immigration Service, Oyo State Command, on Saturday paraded a pastor, Olufemi Timothy, and four others accused of child trafficking in Ibadan. The command also paraded 12 boys and four girls allegedly being used by the accused persons in a slavery ring. The Controller of the command, Innocent Akatu, said the accused persons were apprehended in various locations in Ibadan, adding that they would be handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons for legal actions. Our correspondent, who was at the command when the culprits and their victims were handed over to NAPTIP officials from Lagos, observed that the children were not well fed and clothed. One of the children, who identified herself as Glory, said that she had been in Nigeria for three years without being paid. She could not recognise places where she had worked or whom she had worked for. She also said her mother was told by someone that she was coming to Nigeria to work and earn ...