RIO? NO FUNDS FOR NIGERIA'S PARALYMPIC TEAM YET

Nigeria's participation in the forthcoming Paralympic Games taking place in Brazil between September 7 and 18th looks to be in doubt as the athletes have not got any word from the government regarding funding.Traditionally, Nigeria has always done well in Paralympic Games and won six gold, five silver and two bronze medals at London 2012 event. Expecting to build on that success, the team have been waiting for funding to begin preparing to leave for Brazil but so far have not got any word from the government. So far, the athletes who have been in camp throughout August have not received any allowance and have moaned about the poor diet they have been offered.

#AMERICADECIDES: DONALD TRUMP IN TROUBLE OVER UNSTABLE STATEMENT...CORE SUPPORTERS MAKE U-TURN

American Republican Presidential Candidate,Donald Trump has backtracked on his biggest campaign promise, and even his most high-profile supporters are angry and doubting his integrity.Trump’s immigration stance has traditionally been hard line and controversial; he vowed to carry out mass deportations, ban Muslims and build a wall on the US-Mexico border, which critics deemed inhumane, expensive and unrealistic.But now, the Republican presidential candidate has signalled a possible shift that’s raised questions on whether he’s flip-flopping from previous pledges to push for mass deportations.Now the question is, is it possible to win an election if you backpedal on your signature campaign issue? The vote is a bit over two months away, and Trump may be in trouble.

WICKED:FATHER BURNS CHILD'S FACE,PRIVATE PART OVER FECES

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a automobile mechanic man, Surakat Idowu, for allegedly brutalizing his five-year-old daughter with a hot iron in the Ikotun area of the state.The girl, who stayed with her father on Kayode Toyeso Street, Liasu Road, in the Ikotun area, had been asked by her father to dispose feces in a potty into the latrine, but she poured it on the floor. It was learnt that Idowu got a hot iron and allegedly battered the girl’s face and private part..The victim, who is said to be in a nursery school, was reportedly blinded by the burns she suffered on the face, while her private parts were swollen. Some Father's are demonic.

BUHARI OFF TO TOKYO CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI,KENYA

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016.The summit, co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United Nations Development Programme, the African Union and the World Bank, will focus on promoting structural economic transformation through diversification and industrialisation;promoting resilient health system for quality life and promoting social stability for shared prosperity.During the conference, Buhari will participate in plenary sessions on TICAD in alignment with African Development, the Dialogue with the Private Sector as well as the Global Launch of the Second Africa Human Development Report.The President will also hold a bilateral meeting with the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe.

ONE YEAR AFTER,NIGERIANS STILL WAITING FOR CHANGE PROMISED-SOLUDO

Apparently re­acting to the condemnations trailing the per­formances of the rul­ing All Progressives Congress (APC) led government in the last one year, former Governor of the Cen­tral Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof Chuk­wuma Soludo, has challenged the party to deliver the change it promised.

Nigerians. According to Solu­do, until the party does that, it should forget about 2019.He was speaking at the 4th lecture series of Progressives Gov­ernors Forum held in Kaduna where he was the Guest Lecturer.According to Soludo, the government has not done enough in the provision of dividends of democ­racy. He said the level of poverty and unem­ployment is still high in the country.He said, “I think the APC today, Nigerians have historically giv­en you a mandate of change. Now, deliver the change that you promised.”

KARMA?UNIZIK STUDENT FALLS IN GUTTER AFTER RAPE ATTEMPT

A sad drama played out in the wee hours of Thursday as a male student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka, Anambra State, who reportedly went to a female hostel to rape a student sustained high degree of injuries.The female student, simply identified as Joy,whom he was attempting to rape was said to have raised the alarm which forced the suspected rapist to jump down the second floor of the female hostel, block A, at about 3:45am.He fell into a gutter and got himself critically injured.The unnamed suspect is reprtedly a final year student of Parasitology and Entomology in the university.As at press time, there was no official statement from the school regarding the incident.

NEMBE MASSACRE:HOLD SYLVA,AFRICA RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH OF SOLDIERS,NOT US-NDA

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militant group in a statement by its spokesperson, Brig Gen Mudoch Agbinibo, via its website, stated that,“the gang-members paraded as killers of troops of Operations Delta Safe (ODS) are well known followers of Mr Africa Ukparasai and Mr Timipre Silva that were purposefully armed by the APCduring the governorship elections of Bayelsa state.It therefore condemned the “entire security reports linking our forces to the killing of military troops in Nembe Bayelsa state.”The group says it has both video and pictorial evidences of Nigerian troops’ involvement in the pervasive crude oil thefts in the area.Brig-Gen Mudoch Agbinibo,added that, “when will this charade and acts of desperation of Nigeria military by always linking crimes in the southern part of Nigeria to their fighters stop.

#EDODECIDES:THOUSANDS OF SDP SUPPORTERS JOIN PDP TO DETHRONE APC IN FORTHCOMING GUBER ELECTION

Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and former National Assembly member representing Etsako federal constituency, Hon. Abubakar Momoh, yesterday led thousands of SDP leaders, members and supporters to resign en masse from the party to join the PDP at a campaign rally held at Royal block courtyard at Auchi in Etsako West local government area of the state. He disclosed that Edo will fare better if the PDP governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu is elected governor of the state.“We decided to join the PDP, because it has a candidate that will help Edo state get out of where it is today which is not comfortable and the candidate is a person who I believe will help to move Edo forward, ” he declared. Why I think he is the right man is because he is a man of truth; he will not make empty promises” Momoh added.

TRAGEDY: SON OF WORLD BANK CONTRACTOR,3 OTHERS DROWN IN EKITI RIVER

Rescue teams have recovered the bodies of four persons, including a man believed to be the son of a World Bank contractor who went down in Egbe River in Egbe community of Gbonyin Local Government Area of Ekiti State, reports Tribune.The four drowning victims who did not survive the incident were said to be workers on a World Bank assessment mission to the river and had gone down the river after commencing work on Tuesday night. According to tribune,the four of the occupants of the boat, who didn’t wear life jackets died while three others survived. More photos after the cut... Viewer discretion advised.

NIGERIA'S YOUNGEST 17 YR-OLD KING TO GET STAFF OF OFFICE SEPT 5

Delta State Government has indicated that it will on September 5, 2016 present staff of office to Nigeria's youngest, 17-year old king of Ubulu-Uku Kingdom, Obi Noah Chukwukah Akaeze I, in Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state.Akaeze I was chosen to succeed his father, Obi Edward Akaeze Ofulue III, who was murdered by kidnap-pers in January 2016. It was further learnt that, plans to present the staff is as a result of the conclusion of all traditional rites to the ascension of the throne by the community. Congrats to him.

JUST IN: AGAIN, ENUGU UNDER ATTACK AS FULANI-HERDSMEN OUT FOR BLOOD

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have attacked Enugu Atakwu community, in Nkanu West Local Government Area Thursday morning, killing ‎a seminarian of the Catholic Church and several others. According to the dailypost news site, the herdsmen, who were dangerously armed, invaded and started shooting and maiming anybody in sight. Another community source revealed that“they just came early this morning and started killing people.“There is confusion everywhere now; people are running helter-skelter.” More details ltr...

BUHARI IS CLUELESS FOR SEEKING EMERGENCY POWERS-PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State says President Muhammadu Buhari is clueless for seeking emergency powers from the National Assembly to manage the economy. The party said it was a “clear manifestation of the clueless and confused nature” of the people at the helm of affairs. It also noted that such an “embarrassing and authoritarian demand” was an indication that the ruling All Progressives Congress is incapable of delivering on its promises and is therefore seeking excuses for its poor performance. The PDP, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Jackson Adebayo, in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, said, “Is it not dastardly for the President to say he is seeking emergency powers for his administration to handle the economy?

IPOB DIVIDES AS SPLINTER GROUP MAKE U-TURN, SAYS THEY WILL BURN BIAFRA FLAG

A splinter group of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, “The Re-branded Indigenous People of Biafra, TRIOPOB,” has said the struggle for the actualisation of Biafra is not feasible.Spokesman of the splinter group, Chima Phillip Effiong Osuji, made the remark after a meeting convened by some aggrieved members of IPOB in Aba, Abia state.Disclosing that the new group will denounce the struggle, Osuji said TRIOPOB will set ablaze the Biafra flag, recite Nigeria’s national anthem and pledge in Abuja.Osuji, however stressed that the spirit and intent of Biafra will be pursued inside the Nigerian nation. According to Osuji, “TRIPOB now sees the Biafra question from a different perspective. Biafra will now become to us a powerful metaphor for change, development and greatness of the Igbos inside a united Nigeria, where the South East axis will be a utopia from the sheer determination borne out of the Biafra metaphor.“We believe in being a part of a united Nigeria, and a new way of thinking, where the victim mentality will no longer be acceptable.“We have accepted the fact that the Biafra Republic is not a reality but an anachronism, and doubt that the South -South region will become a part of a Biafra Republic, except by force; after a declaration of another civil war.

BREAKING: NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY REOPENS AFTER 4 MNTHS STRIKE

Report filtering state that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of the Niger Delta University, NDU, Bayelsa, has suspended its four-months-old strike.The decision to call off the industrial action was made public by the Port Harcourt Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Beke Sese and Chairman of NDU ASUU branch, Dr Stanley Ogoun at a Press Conference in Yenagoa, the state capital today. Recall, the state Governor Seriake Dickson a few days ago announced the payment of two months salaries to its workers, asking them to call of the strike.

IT'S OFFICIAL:EX SUPER EAGLES JOSEPH YOBO JOINS KANO PILLAR FC...SNUBS UBAH FC,OTHERS

Ex-Super Eagles captain, Joseph Yobo, has officially joined Kano Pillars as one of the players after he snubbed offers from other NPFL clubs like FC Ifeanyi Ubah, Akwa United and Wikki Tourists of Bauchi to sign the dotted lines for the former League champions.The 35-year-old player signed a deal with the League Management Company, organisers of the Nigeria Professional Football League, which will see the defender star for a domestic league club as a means of promoting and adding value to the league by attracting more spectators to the various league match venues.The former Fenerbahce of Turkey star made 101 international appearances for the Super Eagles, making him the highest capped Nigerian player so far in history.The Chairman of the League Management Company, Mallam Shehu Dikko, revealed that Kano Pillars have become the preferred destination of the defender.Yobo is likely to debut for Pillars in their next home game. Pillars are currently on sixth position in the league table with 45 points from 30 matches. Congrats to him.

BEEF:FFK PUTS 'US' JOHN KERRY ON BLAST...PRAYS GOD FORGIVES HIM FOR GARBAGE TALK WITH SULTAN

FACE GOD,LEAVE NIGERIAN POLITICS MASSOB BLAST FR.MBAKA

Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has warned, Rev’d Fr. Ejike Mbaka to leave Nigerian politics alone and face his spiritual calling, stressing that the kind of dirty politics played in Nigeria was not for clerics like him. Just on Sunday, the Catholic priest had while delivering his homily in Enugu, gone ahead to castigate the administration of former president, Goodluck Jonathan, reiterating his earlier prophecy that some people were plotting to kill President Muhammadu Buhari over anti-graft war.However, in a statement issued by a MASSOB official, David Chinedu Eboson, the group while calling on Mbaka to choose between politics and priesthood, advised him to steer clear of the murky waters of Nigerian politics because, “Nigeria politics is beyond your understanding.”

CELEBRITY ACTRESS FUNKE AKINDELE CELEBRATES B'DAY IN UK

Celebrity Nollywood actress Funke Akindele's birthday is today. She's currently in the city of London with le-boo' (boyfriend) and she posted via her instgram account,a Balenciaga Sneaker she got as a pre-birthday gift from him. Happy Birthday to Jennifer, ;-) wink.

MALAYSIAN RAP STAR ARRESTED FOR ALLAH MENTION IN 'OH MY GOD' MUSIC VIDEO

A Malaysian rap star Namewee has been detained in Malaysia on blasphemy charges after allegedly insulting Islam in his latest music video. Namewee, whose real name is Wee Meng Chee, was arrested at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport where he was returning from overseas, the Bernama agency said. The word ‘Allah’ and sounds of the Islamic call to prayer were said to be used in the four-minute Mandarin music video, titled ‘Oh My God.’The video, ‘Oh My God,’ was released in July and featured three other singers rapping in Mandarin in front of various places of worship and using the word Allah Enraged Malay Islamic activists who lodged police complaints against Wee, saying the video was rude and disrespectful to Islam but the singer has defended himself by stating that what he was saying in the video was meant to promote religious harmony.

PROBE THE FATHER OF CORRUPTION OBASANJO,OR FORGET ANTI-GRAFT WAR- APC CHIEFTAIN WAKU TELLS BUHARI

A former Chairman, Senate Committee on Water Resources and APC chieftain, Senator Joseph Waku,  on Tuesday in Kaduna advised President Muhammadu Buhari  to either probe former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whom he claimed introduced corruption to Nigeria, or forget about his current war against corruption in the country, reports champion news.The 4th Republic Senator said he had already told the President that Nigerians would only take his ant-corruption seriously if the likes of Obasanjo were probed.Waku, in an interview with  journalists on the sideline at the ongoing Annual General Assembly of the Arewa Consultative Forum  on Tuesday in Kaduna,  said,“I have access to authority. I have access to Mr. President. I told Mr. President that this corruption probe of past regimes, if you don’t probe Obasanjo, then you haven’t done anything yet. Corruption in Nigeria was introduced by Obasanjo.”