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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar yesterday said he would not quit the People’s Democratic Party even if he failed to secure its presidential ticket during the party presidential primary on October 6th.  Speaking to newsmen after a meeting with party members in Niger state, Atiku who defected from APC to PDP last December, said “Whether I become the presidential candidate or not, I want to assure you that I will always discharge my obligations to ensure the  success of  the polls. I shall remaine in the party even if I lost. I am ever ready to work towards the success of the party if level playing ground is provided during the party primaries like I did in 2015”. 

The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML) of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Gombe Zonal office on August 30, 2018 raided two car dealers for non compliance with the provisions of Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended) and the regulations of Designated Non- Financial Institution (Regulatory Manual) 2013 that regulates the activities of DNFIs. The companies are HAMABB MOTORS NIG. LTD along Atiku Abubakar road, Jimeta Yola, Adamawa state and Halal Synergy Limited along Galadima Aminu Way, Jimeta. They belong to the duo of Abba Galadima and Mansur Abdurahman respectively. They were arrested in tje course of the operation. Several efforts made by the SCUML officers from Gombe Zonal office by serving the companies with letters of notification for registration in June, 2016, as well as inspection and sensitation in July and November 2017 to register proved abortive. Another observation letter was equally served ...

UEFA has released the full list of the top ten players for the 2017-18 season who were on the list for the Men's Player of the Year award. On Thursday,   Real Madrid   midfielder   Luka Modric   won the award after helping Real Madrid to their third successive European Cup against   Liverpool   in May, including guarding his country  Croatia   to the final tournament of 2018 World Cup in   Russia , which saw them came second. The Croatian won the award with 313 points, comfortably seeing of   Cristiano Ronaldo   and   Mohamed Salah   who earned 223 and 134 respectively. While regular contender   Lionel Messi   could only manage fifth in the standings with 55 points. See the full list below. 1. Luka Modric (Real Madrid & Croatia) – 313 points 2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus/Real Madrid & Portugal) – 223 points 3. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) – 134 points 4. Anto...

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria, has warned importers of school uniform materials into Nigeria about some cancer-causing substances found in some school uniform materials made by two China based companies. A statement issued by the Director-General of SON, Mr Osita Aboloma on Friday in Abuja, named the companies producing the materials as Sing Shun Fat School-Clothier Company and Zenith Uniform Company. Aboloma said that the azo dyes found in some school uniforms in Hong Kong contained up to 173 milligrams and 41 milligrams per kilogram of the tested samples respectively. He added that the amounts of the dye contained in the materials were well above the maximum allowed in the standard.   “Use of the 4-amino azo dyes have been banned in Europe, Japan and other parts of the world prior to the finding. Azo dyes could release carcinogenic substances known as aromatic amines when they mix with sweat, which accounted for the ban on the use of the dye in m...

Three APC local government chairmen, from Zamfara state, Nigeria, have died in an auto crash in Saudi Arabia. Alh. Jafarau Gidan Sambo of Kaura Namoda LGA, Alh. Mudi Mallamawa of Shinkafi LGA, and Alh. Abdullahi Shugaba Ruwan Dorowa of Maru LGA were travelling with other pilgrims from Makkah to Madina when the bus they were in was involved in an accident at about 3a.m. today.  Three of the passengers survived while the three named above died. Their remains are with Saudi Authorities for Funeral arrangement after all the necessary documentation.

A Zimbabwean man claims he found love potion in his 19-year-old girlfriend's bag, as well as a list with the names of men on it. The girl reportedly forgot her bag in her boyfriend's car and when he looked through the bag, he was shocked to find a bottle of concoction, which he believes is a love potion, and a list with the names of men, which the boyfriend believes are names of men she plans to use the potion on. iHarare reports that the man shared his findings on social media, together with a photo of his girlfriend.

The Luxury Real Estate Development Company Haven Homes, recently launched their "Haven Helping Hands Foundation" with Banky W, by completely renovating the "Home of God's Grace" orphanage in Ikorodu, Lagos. The heart warming story was told by Mr Wellington in his aptly titled blog "The Bank Statements" as shared below: HAVEN HELPING HANDS Written by Banky W Late last year, I pitched an initiative called the “Haven Helping Hands Foundation”to our client @thehavenhomes. They were already extremely successful in the business of providing Luxurious-but- affordable homes(I’m grateful to be building one with them myself) but my hope was to be able to convince them, that with EACH new housing development they embarked on, they would give back to society by taking on the task of refurbishing a couple of homes for families in need. I wasn’t sure if they’d go for it. I mean, as their agency, EME was supposed to be suggesting strategies that would help...

Tunji Balogun 'Teebillz' has made it clear that he's absolutely not done with the entertainment industry. In a flashback post he shared today, he wrote,  'If you can dream it, Then you can do it. I did a couple of times! They gotta to be crazy to think I was done, the Universe told me. Young Billy'.

A Gala seller moved people to tears by his actions when he spotted a group of prisoners in a van stuck in traffic. The prisoners were being transported in a Nigeria Prison Force van heading to Ikoyi Prison but were stuck in traffic. As usual, the prisoners stretched out their hands through the tiny holes by the sides of the van and the Gala seller's next action surprised everyone. He took the Gala he was selling and began distributing to the prisoners for free. When the van began moving, he dropped his basket by the side of the road, grabbed a handful of Gala and ran after them to make sure everyone gets a share. His kind acts got him the attention of other road users and someone who was moved by his action, shared the story. Read the story as narrated by an Instagram user below.

A subsidiary of Nosak Group, Nosak Farm Produce Limited was recently presented a Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) product quality certificate by the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) for its Nosak Famili Vegetable Oil. Representing the Director General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria Barrister Osita Aboloma, the SON Lagos State Office Zone III Coordinator Mrs N.B. Ekwueme made this known on August 13 at the presentation of the certificate to the company in Festac, Lagos. Started in 2006, the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) is a mandatory product certification scheme put in place by SON to ensure that all locally manufactured products in the country conform to the relevant Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS) before such products are presented for sale in the market or exported according to SON. Speaking at the event, the Zonal Coordinator stated that Nosak Farm Produce Limited was awarded the SON prestigious qua...

A  38-year-old mother-of-five died in a car crash caused by faulty brakes and police have now revealed that the woman's brake lines was cut by her boyfriend to make metal pipes for smoking his cocaine. Tammy A Fox was driving her black Hyundai Sonata one morning last week when "her vehicle began to accelerate," police explained in a news release. The vehicle appeared to be going 50 to 60 miles per hour, a witness said. Then, the car lost control and "violently struck a tree," according to police. Fox was killed by the crash. Pennsylvania State Police say her boyfriend John William Jenkins Jr., 39, cut the brake lines "in an attempt to obtain a metal pipe that could be used to smoke crack cocaine."  "A mechanical inspection and search of Fox’s vehicle showed that the brake lines had been cut," police said. John eventually confessed to police that he had cut the brake lines the night before while at the couple’s ...

President Buhari today August 31st, received the visiting German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.  The German leader, who is concluding her tour of three West African countries, arrived Aso Rock at about 10.02a.m. Both leaders after the usual pleasantries, entered into a closed door meeting to deliberate on issues of mutual interest to both Nigeria and Germany.

A New Jersey high school student put on a display at school after overdosing on drugs and had to be rushed to the hospital. The teenager from Jersey City reportedly took an overdose of the drug K2 and this caused him to lose control of his body. The drug hit as he was climbing the stairs at school and he fell then began acting like one in the throes of convulsion. A teacher at the school is seen in a video trying to help him. He was later taken to the hospital.

Today, the Hajj Commission in Zamfara confirmed the death of three local government chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the state in an auto crash in Saudi Arabia.   The Public Relations Officer of the commission, Malam  Yakub-Yahaya Talata-Mafara,  confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria saying the accident occurred around 3.00a.m on Friday, while they were travelling from Makkah to Madina, Saudi Arabia.   According to him, the victims are six local government chairmen of APC from the state. “Three of them died, while three others are receiving treatment at Saudi Arabia Hospital,’’ Talata-Mafara said.   He said that the remains of the deceased were under the custody of the Saudi Arabian authorities where they would be processed for burial. “Hajj officials of the Zamfara contingents are making the necessary documentation to join the Saudi Arabian authorities in order to give the deceased befitting burial,’...