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The N500B Social Investment programmes of the Buhari presidency is a means to energize the economy and deal with issues of poverty in the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Speaking today while receiving a delegation of the Muslim Lawyers Association at the Presidential Villa, Prof. Osinbajo said the social investment programmes would train people, create jobs, feed school children from homegrown farming and grant soft loans to traders, artisans and market women. "All these are ways and means of energising the economy and deal with some of the harshest problems like poverty," says the Vice President while also adding that despite the current economic conditions in the country there is great hope. According to him, "we are here at this time because that is the will of God to deliver the goods and do the right things for this country. It is very interesting the situation we find ourselves, but there is great hope." The Vice President s...

22-year-old woman was stabbed to death by her jilted lover inside their rented apartment on Monday, July 25, at Kahawa Wendani Estate in Kiambu County, Kenya. The victim, Edinas Nyainda, was stabbed several times with a knife by her 30-year-old lover, identified as Maxwell Okoth. According to witnesses, the two had a disagreement after Nyainda, a recent Kenyatta University graduate, threatened to leave him. Residents told the Nation that the man attempted to kill himself by stabbing himself in the stomach with the same knife he used to stab her. "I heard a commotion at around 3am and when I went to check, the assailant threatened me with a knife, prompting me to call the police," said Evans Silange, a watchman guarding the premises. Police used tear gas to access the rented room, located in an apartment near Wendani’s Nakumatt Supermarket, after the killer threatened to pursue anyone attempting to get inside. It took officers three hours to break into his room, whe...

President Buhari says if any member of his party APC nor any of his supporters is found guilty in any act of corruption, he will not shield them. He said this in a new interview with  The Interviewer magazine. “Do you just grab people along the road and take them off to court for trial just because you want to create a semblance of balance? First, there has to be an accusation which must be properly investigated, and when a prima facie case has been built, you prosecute.  If any of my backers or party (APC) members has anything established against them, let’s see whether I will shield anyone from prosecution. There seems to be a preponderance of the People Democratic Party members standing trial because they had been in power for 16 years, they had access to the public treasury and abused the trust reposed in them. You can be assured that anybody caught in corruption will answer for it irrespective of party, tribe or religion.”he said

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has come under attack following his comment yesterday that the recent revelations from alleged budget padding in the House of Representatives confirms his position that the National Assembly is filled with rogues and thieves. Reacting to his comment, deputy Senate leader, Bala Ibn Na’Allah in a statement said he finds Obasanjo's comment reckless and terrifying. According to him, he was the only senator from Kebbi state that did not collect N50 million that was being shared to senators to amend the constitution for Obasanjo's third term bid “I am respectfully taking exception to the statement which I express the hope is not true. To start with, it is not in my character to join issues with an elder statesmen who have had the privilege of superintending over the affairs of our great country Nigeria. This exception has become necessary in view of the enormity of the alleged statement to my person and integrity. If former President Obasa...

Wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Olufunke Amosun on Tuesday visited 9-year-old Korede Taiwo, who was rescued from the Celestial Church of Christ in Ajibawo near Ota in Ogun State, where his father Prophet Francis Taiwo chained him for weeks for stealing food. More photos after the cut...

President Buhari is pictured hailing back at enthusiastic crowd during his ride from Idu to Kubwa after he officially commissioned the Abuja-Kaduna railwa. Photo credit: Bayo Omoboriowo

  Wife of the police officer who murdered his two children and mother-in-law suspects he was pushed by spiritual forces to commit the gruesome crime. Lance Corporal Wilfred Amuzu killed his mother-in-law and his two young sons (three months and one-year-old +) with a rifle which he had booked for duty  on Monday  evening, July 25. The mother-in-law was said to be bathing her grandchild when the Lance Corporal shot her and the baby, killing them both, after which he shot the other child before committing suicide. Rapha Iddrisu, 29,  told journalists today at the Devtraco Police Station in Community 25 that there was no way her husband would have committed the act if he was in his right mind. The devastated woman said she noticed changes in her husband some months back. His utterances had changed and some things he said did not make sense. Rapha also confirmed that she had made a complaint at the Domestic Violenc...