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By Frederick Obande “The concept of loyalty is a strange one. The real answer is that may our loyalties never be tested. I always pray that may my loyalty never be tested.” Babatunde Raji Fashola October 14, 2015 The concept of loyalty is indeed a strange one. Unfolding scenarios and expectations in Nigeria prove this adequately. Those who dare speak of loyalty or lack of it must have either never been in the unpleasant condition of having the concept tested in their lives or they are simply beyond being capable of grasping what it entails in the first place. Examples abound in our recent political history. There was the Ibrahim Babangida and Mamman Vatsa episode, then Babangida and David Mark (of the IBB Boys fame). Recall that when David Mark was edged out of the power game by Babangida, he retorted in his interview when asked by Dan Agbese if he was an IBB boy "I am not IBB'S Boy! We are friends and that is if we are still friends." Later, former President Olusegu...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) acting spokesperson Timi Frank has asked Nigerians to blame the past administration of Goodluck Jonathan for the poor state of the nation's economy and the increasing fall of the Naira. He made the party's position known in an interview with Vanguard. “Personally, I am worried about the current situation of the economy but again I am letting you know it is not our fault because this is what we met. We met a bastardised system. We took over from a government that destroyed our economy. The PDP government embezzled the wealth of our nation. So our economy is something we are fighting to survive. And I can assure you that our government is taking every necessary step to make sure we revive our economy and that everything will come to stay. Clearly, I can tell you that this is why the President is moving round to make sure our economy stands again. The current situation of our country today, I am asking Nigerians not to blame President Buhari...

El Chapo's lawyers are fighting the drug baron's extradition to America on murder and drug charges on the grounds that he won't get a fair hearing because of Donald Trump. Attorneys for the former kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel are using Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants being 'rapists and murderers' as evidence that any trial in the U.S. will be biased. Mexican and U.S. officials want to have El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman Loera, tried and imprisoned in America because of his track record of escaping from Mexican prisons.Guzman, who made billions of dollars smuggling drugs from the east of Mexico into America, was first captured by authorities in 1993 when he was sentenced to 20 years behind bars.However, he was free again in 2001 after bribing prison guards with a reported $2.5million to turn a blind eye as he was wheeled out of jail in a laundry basket. It took authorities 13 years to relocate Guzman, who narrowly avoided capture severa...

Eldee who retired from singing/rapping last year to become a businessman/music executive might be returning to music to make Olamide's dream come true. Olamide tweeted that''I want to do a collabo with Eldee so bad'',the former rapper replied that''this kind of tweet go make person wan UN-retire now''. This will be a big collaboration and their fans will be happy for this news..

Leader of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Chief Government Ekpemupolo, has explained why he has not appeared in court on the alleged N34 billion fraud, for which an order of arrest was issued on him.Ekpemupolo, in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, said he has nothing to do with the matter in court. Tompolo said: “The truth of the matter is that I do not know anything about the N34 billion Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is talking about. First, it was N13 billion issue, now it is N34 billion. “I am not a signatory to any of the companies mentioned in the said N34 billion case, so I do not know where this one is coming from. “I know that God in His infinite mercy will see me through in this critical moment.”“They (APC members) are the ones carrying out the act to smear my name. They are doing this in connivance with the EFCC lawyer, who is also a member of your party, who is in the forefront of prosecuting me because I...

Former National Chairman of the APC, Bisi Akande says report of the missing 2016 budget from the Senate is a reflection of the indiscipline that produced the current leadership of the Senate. Akande stated this while speaking at his residence at a ceremony leading to his 77th birthday on January 23rd. “Nigeria’s budget is a huge document and one wonders how such document of that size could be missing in the senate. The development is fallout of indiscipline that brought the current leadership of the Senate into the position and as you know, that was not the choice of our party” he said

A 9 year old girl simply identified as Miracle was allegedly raped to death by unidentified persons at the Elele Roundabout in Elele Community of Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Wednesday January 13th. According to PM News, the little girl was on an errand to buy food-stuff for her mother when she was abducted and raped, leading to her death. After waiting for hours for her to return with the foodstuff, Miracle's mother raised an alarm and a search party was launched. Her body was lfound the next morning January 14th within the vicinity of her family house. A family source said that they woke up the next morning Thursday, January 14th to behold the lifeless body of Miracle with blood all over her nose, mouth and private part. It is believed that some cult members might have carried out the dastard act as investigations by the residents and family members later showed that the elder brother to the deceased was a cultist and has been in the custody of the Rivers s...