US Say They Have No Fraud Information Against Aisha Buhari

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti had alleged a little while ago while reacting to the freezing of his Zenith Bank accounts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife Aisha was involved in the $185m Halliburton scandal in the United States.

However, recent reports by PUNCH claim that the The United States government has refuted such claims. The news agency reports that the acting Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate General, Lagos, Frank Sellin, said this in an email sent them on Tuesday.

 Sellin said this in response to an enquiry made by our correspondent regarding allegations that the President’s wife was wanted in the US and was avoiding travelling to the country.

In a message, Sellin said, “Thank you for the inquiry. We have no information to provide on this matter.”
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, had, last month, alleged that Mrs. Buhari was involved in the $185m Halliburton scandal.

Dino Melaye denies instigating impeachment proceedings against Pres. Buhari

Dino Melaye has released a statement denying media reports that he is instigating impeachment proceedings against President Buhari. Read the statement below.
Senator Representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Red Chambers of the National Assembly and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory, Senator Dino Melaye has debunked rumours doing the round about his involvement in some moves to impeach the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
It is pertinent to note that the incredulously machinated misinformation was orchestrated by forces bent on destabilizing the upper chambers of the Nigerian Parliament for selfish reasons. One of the mushroom and faceless online platform used to promote the ill-fated, calumnious write-up has been notorious for serving as the propagandist machinery of political commercialists who are pushing for the extension of their fiefdom to the National Assembly.
While I remain unimpeachably committed to the leadership of the Senate, I believe the respected arm of government charged with the onerous responsibility of law making should be given the independence to conduct its business.
It is untrue and malicious ; the narrative of the attack dogs of demagogues who have decided to turn Nigeria upside down for failing to choose leaders for Senators. I am a responsible Nigerian, role model and a champion of anti-corruption and equity which my party stands for . I therefore urge the general public to discountenance the libellous publication as I will continue to respect the history, culture and excellence of my Kogi West people on the floor of the Senate. The true threat to the current Republic are those who believe a Nigeria not led by them must not exist. Thanks and God bless.
Signed Sen. Dino Melaye

8-year-old Girl Uses Kung Fu To Fight Off Home Invader

A young girl іn Southern California managed tо fight оff а potential kidnapper іn hеr home bу uѕіng а Kung Fu move. Police told Fox 2 thаt thе man broke thrоugh thе window аt thе 8-year-old girl’s home іn El Cajon.

Hе thеn wеnt upstairs tо grab hеr аnd attempted tо drag hеr dоwn thе stairs bеfоrе ѕhе managed tо uѕе а Kung Fu pressure move оn hіѕ neck tо escape. “I didn’t еvеn know. I laid asleep whіlе аll thіѕ wаѕ happening,” thе girl’s mother told NBC San Diego оf thе incident.
Thе ѕаіd ѕhе rесеntlу learned thе move, whісh ѕhе called “the Cheetah Paw” аt hеr Kung Fu class аnd decided tо uѕе it, “Because іt hurt him.” Police uѕеd а K-9 tо search fоr thе home invader, whо thе girl ѕаіd “smelled lіkе garbage,” but wеrе unable tо find him.

David Cameron Receives Standing Ovation As He Bows Out As PM

David Cameron addressed the British Parliament today for the last time as Prime Minister as his resignation becomes official today.

In his final address, he said

“The last thing I’d say is that you can achieve a lot of things in politics — you can get a lot of things done. And that in the end — the public service, the national interest — that is what it’s all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all as I once said, I was the Future once.”

He received a standing ovation from the Parliament immediately after his speech. He will be replaced by by former Home Secretary, Theresa May.

Reps Direct IG To Probe Murder Of Abuja Female Preacher

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution mandating the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to ensure a thorough investigation of the killing of a preacher, Mrs. Eunice Elisha Olawale.
Mrs. Olawale was murdered early hours of Saturday while carrying out her routine morning preaching around Gbazango-West area of Kubwa in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Kubwa zone of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) in separate statements, condemned the killing of the female preacher, who was said to be the wife of an Assistant Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Elisha Olawale and called on the relevant authorities to fish out those responsible for the mother of seven’s murder.
While the FCT Police Command said on Sunday that six suspects were arrested in the murder, the House of Representatives urged Mr. Idris to ensure that perpetrators of the heinous crime are not allowed to go scot-free.
The resolution of the House followed a motion of urgent national importance by a member, Hon. Babatunde Gabriel Kolawole (APC Ondo).
Moving the motion with the title: “Gruesome murder of Mrs. Eunice Olawale in Kubwa, Abuja and the need to protect other citizens in the FCT”, the lawmaker said the woman was hacked to death in the early hours of Saturday, while preaching the gospel a few meters from her house in Kubwa, by unidentified miscreants.
“The late Mrs. Eunice Olawale is from Ilawe (Ekiti State) while her husband, Pastor Elisha Olawale is from Ikare-Akoko in Ondo state, and that she was allegedly murdered by miscreants who were said to be annoyed by her early morning preaching in the area”.
Rep. Kolawole, who pointed out that the incident had caused ethnic tension to build in the nation’s capital because some people are claiming she was murdered by extremists while others attributed the killing to miscreants, called on the House “to be proactive to prevent the breakdown of law and order and further loss of lives”.
When Speaker Yakubu Dogara called for a vote on the motion, it was overwhelmingly supported by members.
The lawmakers thereafter observed a minute-silence for the late Mrs. Olawale.

Gallant Nigerian Troops Repel Boko Haram Attack In Kangarwa – Army

An attack by suspected Boko Haram gunmen on Tuesday evening was successfully repelled by troops of 119 Task Force Battalion stationed in Kangarwa, northern Borno State, the Nigerian Army has said.
A statement on Wednesday from army spokesman, Colonel Sani Usman, said the attack, which started at about 6.30pm, was successfully repelled after about 3 hours of exchange of heavy gunfire.

Col. Usman noted that as a result of the heavy gun battle, the insurgents were inflicted tremendous casualty.
The army spokesman, however, regretted to announce that two gallant soldiers paid the supreme price, while seven were wounded in action.
He, however, said due to poor visibility, the number of Boko Haram fighters killed during the battle could not be ascertained for now.
He also said the bodies of the gallant soldiers and those wounded in action are being evacuated while the unit is carrying out mop up operation.
“It should be noted that the successful repelling of the attack was made possible by support from the Nigerian and Chadian Air Force fighter jets”, the army statement said.

Constituency Projects: Senate Summons SGF

The Senate is set to clash with the Executive again over a comment attributed to Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir David Lawal that the constituency project for the National Assembly in the 2016 budget may not be implemented.
Following the comment, the Senate yesterday summoned Lawal to explain what he meant when he said Ministries, Departments and Agencies might not find constituency projects as critical to the execution of their mandates, especially in light of dwindling resources.

The invitation followed the adoption of a motion by Senator Matthew Urhoghide (PDP/Edo South).
Urhoghide, in his lead debate, said his representation as a senator was being threatened by the SGF.
According to the Edo South lawmaker, it was unbecoming of the SGF to declare that N60 billion constituency projects in a budget of N6.08 trillion, would not be implemented.
Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, who seconded the motion, however, said the Senate should not dignify a statement from “improper authority”.
According to Na’Allah, what the SGF was reported to have said could not be the position of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said: “I wish to state that this Senate will be doing a lot of good to democratic process. It is precise to recognise some certain issues that are fundamental.
“This Senate is aware that SGF is not the Finance minister, this Senate is equally aware that he is not a minister of Budget, this Senate is equally aware that the SGF is not a spokesperson of the Federal Government. I want to say that what was alleged to have been said by the SGF cannot be the position of Mr. President.
“We should not dignify comments from improper authority. The SGF does not have the authority to speak for the Federal Government”.
His position was however, countered by the Deputy Minority Whip, Biodun Olujimi (PDP/Ekiti South), who said whatever comes from the SGF as the highest nominee of the Federal Government, should not be taken lightly.
Olujimi said:  “The SGF is the highest administrative nominee of this government and whatever comes out of his mouth must be a policy statement that has to do with government.
“I have a secretary to the government in my state; when she speaks, she speaks responsibly because she knows whatever comes out of her mouth will be taken as important.
“In the last few months, we have had an SGF that has been speaking carelessly and has being meddling with affairs of the other tiers of government and that is not right.
“The SGF himself called the conference of such eminent Nigerians, a conference that was put together to see how we can take care of the problems of Nigeria and people came together to talk about Nigeria, to talk about our existence and talk about moving forward, he called it a job for the boys.
“The next thing he will do was to say constituency projects that have been approved by this red chamber will not be properly implemented”.
Chairman, Appropriation Committee, Mohammed Danjuma Goje (APC/Gombe Central) said: “I was surprised and shocked when I read the statement credited to the SGF. I felt embarrassed.
“He shouldn’t have made that statement. Without prejudice to the motion, let the SGF come and explain.
“In addition, we in Appropriations have sent an invitation to the minister of Finance and minister of Budget to come and clarify and give us an update on the budget implementation as a whole”.
Goje said because the budget was passed as an Act of the National Assembly and assented to by Mr. President, “if that law is not going to be implemented, we have to know why”.
Another senator, Adamu Aliero (APC/Kebbi Central), told his colleagues that it would be unfair for the Senate to expect that the 2016 budget would be implemented 100 per cent.
Senate President Bukola Saraki said the proper thing should be to invite the SGF to explain what he said.
The Senate president, therefore, mandated the joint committees on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Finance and Appropriation to grill the SGF on what he said.
Saraki urged the joint committees to report back to the Senate in plenary within the week.

12 Steps To Impeach The President According To The 1999 Constitution

There have been reports that some members of the Nigerian upper legislative chamber have threatened President Muhammad Buhari with impeachment.

The process of impeaching a Nigerian president is rather long winding and complex. In this light, INFORMATION NIGERIA brings you, the procedure for removing the president of Nigeria from office as  stated clearly in Section 143 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) .

1.There must be a notice of any allegation in writing signed by not less than one-third of the members of the National Assembly.

2.The Notice of Impeachment requires the signature(s) of at least one-third (1/3) of all the members of the National Assembly. That means among the 469 members in the National Assembly. A minimum of 157 members of the National Assembly must sign the notice to commence the process.
3.It is then presented to the president of the senate in this case Bukola Saraki, stating that the holder of the office of President is guilty of gross misconduct in the performance of the functions of his office, detailed particulars of which shall be specified.

4.The President of the Senate shall within seven days of the receipt of the notice cause a copy thereof to be served on the holder of the office and on each member of the National Assembly, and shall also cause any statement made in reply to the allegation by the holder of the office to be served on each member of the National Assembly.

5.Within fourteen days of the presentation of the notice to the President of the Senate (whether or not any statement was made by the holder of the office in reply to the allegation contained in the notice) each House of the National Assembly shall resolve by motion without any debate whether or not the allegation shall be investigated.
6. A motion of the National Assembly that the allegation be investigated shall not be declared as having been passed, unless it is supported by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of all the members of each House of the National Assembly.
7. Within seven days of the passing of a motion under the foregoing provisions, the Chief Justice of Nigeria shall at the request of the President of the Senate appoint a Panel of seven persons who in his opinion are of unquestionable integrity, not being members of any public service, legislative house or political party, to investigate the allegation as provide in this section.
8. The President whose conduct is being investigated under this section shall have the right to defend himself in person and be represented before the Panel by legal practitioners of his own choice.
9.A Panel shall be appointed which shall;
(a) have such powers and exercise its functions in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the National Assembly; and
(b) within three months of its appointment report its findings to each House of the National Assembly.
10. Where the Panel reports to each House of the National Assembly that the allegation has not been proved, no further proceedings shall be taken in respect of the matter.
11. Where the report of the Panel is that the allegation against president has been proved, then within fourteen days of the receipt of the report at the House the National Assembly shall consider the report, and if by a resolution of each House of the National Assembly supported by not less than two-thirds majority of all its members, the report of the Panel is adopted, then the holder of the office shall stand removed from office as from the date of the adoption of the report.
12. No proceedings or determination of the Panel or of the National Assembly or any matter relating thereto shall be entertained or questioned in any court.
And according to the constitution “gross misconduct” means a grave violation or breach of the provisions of this Constitution or a misconduct of such nature as amounts in the opinion of the National Assembly to gross misconduct.

Senator Melaye Refutes Reports About Insulting Mrs Tinubu

Sahara Reporters a New York based online news platform had reported yesterday that Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye had threatened to ‘impregnate’ Remi Tinubu, the wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader. The Senator, however took to his Twitter handle saying that Sahara Reporters are just blackmailers and liars.

He wrote;

It is now obvious that Sahara Reporters lies,blackmail and propaganda is now limited edition and shameless.

— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) July 12, 2016

Sahara reporters are over doing junk journalism.
— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) July 12, 2016

Also in a statement personally issued by him in Abuja, Melaye said the allegation “is the narrative of the attack dogs of demagogues who have decided to turn Nigeria upside down for failing to choose leaders for Senators. He said;

“It is pertinent to note that the incredulously machinated misinformation was orchestrated by forces bent on destabilising the upper chambers of the Nigerian Parliament for selfish reasons. “One of the mushroom and faceless online platforms used to promote the ill-fated and calumnious write-up has been notorious for serving as the propagandist machinery of political commercialists who are pushing for the extension of their fiefdom to the National Assembly. “While I remain unimpeachably committed to the leadership of the Senate, I believe the respected arm of government charged with the onerous responsibility of law making should be given the independence to conduct its business. “It is untrue and malicious; the allegation is the narrative of the attack dogs of demagogues who have decided to turn Nigeria upside down for failing to choose leaders for Senators. “I am a responsible Nigerian, role model and a champion of anti-corruption and equity which my party (APC) stands for. I therefore urge the general public to discountenance the libelous publication as I will continue to respect the history, culture and excellence of my Kogi West people on the floor of the Senate. The true threats to the current Republic are those who believe that a Nigeria that is not led by them must not exist.”

Banky W Caught Scavenging on the Street of Lagos

Nigeria’s most eligible Barchelor, Banky W is definitely a multi-talented entertainer. From making hits to video direction to his new found love, the Co-founder of EME music label is indeed a unique individual.
Mr. Capable recently proved to us why he’s one of the most sort-after actors, when he transformed into a dirt-truck pusher on set of a new movie.

From the visuals by celebrity photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, Banky W definitely killed the role and we can’t wait to see the outcome.
More photos below:

5 Hilarious Tweets From Melaye and Tinubu’s Fallout

igerians are simply a fantastic people. No matter the severity of a situation, trust a Nigerian to find a funny way around it and that is the exact case of the APC Senators, Dino Melaye and Remi Tinubu one. There were allegations earlier that Melaye had promised to beat up and impregnate the wife of former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu and Nigerians have not stopped talking about it.

This Twitter users believes Mr melaye is high on drugs;

You will beat Remi Tinubu?? Asin Bola Tinubu’s wife?? I want the no of your supplier…

— Daddy Lucious (@dapoolutope) July 12, 2016

And the one that had to say a prayer on his behalf

From being a body guard, to misleading d public on TSA claims, now threatening to beat up Remi Tinubu. I pray Jagaban doesnt ave Dino’s time
— Wale Adetona (@iSlimfit) July 12, 2016

And Jesus wept not for his dear friend Lazarus but for Melaye

@iSlimfit loool by the time buhari n tinubu start with @dino_melaye Jesus will weep for him

— Mannie #Welcomejose (@Emmanuel_dane) July 12, 2016

And this one questions his character as a law maker

So Melaye threatened to impregnate Tinubu’s wife. Good Lord. This is a character making laws for me?
— #BringBackOurGirls (@Nedunaija) July 12, 2016

And this user resorted to the old Nigerian saying

If it’s true that Dino Melaye threatened to beat up Remi Tinubu the saying is true then;”Whom the gods want to destroy they first make mad”

— Imoh Umoren (@ImohUmoren) July 12, 2016