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-.President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday appointed Dr. Peter Ezenwa Ekpendu as the new Comptroller General of Prisons. Prior to his new appointment, Ekpendu was Deputy Controller General (Administration), Prisons.

- A former Head of State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has lambasted the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for accusing him of benefiting from Boko Haram insurgency.

The former warlord expressed displeasure with the manner the PDP goes about rubbishing his image to score cheap political points.

The PDP had in a statement through its Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh accused the Gen. Buhari (retd), of trying to make political gains from the war against Boko Haram, by stating that he will end Boko Haram insurgency in a few months, if elected.

Reacting to the claim, Buhari in a statement through his media aide,
Rotimi Fashakin described the ruling PDP as a visionles party.

The APC leader while describing the claim as fallacy and dubious maintained that he won’t be distracted by the already crashing umbrella.
The statement read that he “is disheartened by the grotesque characterization of his personality in a statement, released on 3rd December, 2014 by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). He is horrified by the bare-faced falsehood, insidious fallacy and scurrilous untruth contained in the press statement of the ruling party, just for the purpose of cheap political agenda; bearing similarities with the despicable Emperor Nero who was fiddling while Rome burned.

- Following a new agreement between the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremandu and Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State, Chime has dropped his bid to go to the Senate in 2015. According to report, his decision was confirmed by his Chief Press Secretary, Chukwudi Achife.

-. Report says Mubi has finally been taken over by the Nigerian troops, after weeks of Boko Haram occupation of the town. A coordinated air and land strike currently ongoing has reportedly set the town free from the hands of the insurgents.

- It was an unbelievable atmosphere in Enugu State on Friday as the burial ceremony of Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Nwobodo, the late son of former Governor of Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo almost turned violent. Report says the corpse of the Governor’s son reportedly got missing following a family disagreement over where he should be buried.

- Report says over 4,520 delegates on Friday night pledged their support for Governor Kashim Shettima as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the 2015 Governorship elections in Borno State. The affirmation came after the party’s primary election that held on Friday evening at the Elkanemi Sports Centre in
Maiduguri.

- In an effort to ensure that PDP holds its Primaries free of any form of rancour, Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, like his Enugu state counterpart, Governor Sullivan Chime withdrawn from the senatorial race. Report says he withdrew from the race after a meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan, the National Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu; and the senator representing Delta South Senatorial District, James Manager.

-. Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has confirmed his acceptance of the one month suspension placed on him by the National Working Committee, NWC. He said he was ready to face the disciplinary Committee and state his own side of the story.

- Son of late Head of State, Mohammed Abacha , has vowed to take over the leadership of Kano state come 2015. He said he was confident that he will pick the Peoples Democratic Party governorship ticket in the State, despite the obvious popularity of the incubent Governor.

- Nigerian business man, Aliko Dangote has again been crowned as the Forbes Africa Person of the year- 2014. Those who lost to the top business man in the award were Thuli Madonsela, South Africa’s Public Protector, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigerian author, Arunma Oteh, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nigeria and Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank.

-. Following his withdrawal from the PDP primaries in Benue State, there are indications that formal National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Banabas Gemade may be heading to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC. Report says his decision was to ensure that he contests for the Senatorial position in the state.

-Mohammed Abacha, son of late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, has vowed to dislodge the ‘Kwakwansia’ out of the state in 2015.

Abacha expressed confident that he will pick the Peoples Democratic Party governorship ticket in Kano State.‘Kwakwansia’ is the political machinery of the incumbent Governor, Mallam Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the All Progressives Congress.

-Justice Kazeem Alogba of a Lagos high court, Ikeja has ordered parties in a suit seeking to stop Senator Musiliu Obanikoro from contesting the December 8, 2014 governorship primaries of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos to maintain the status quo...The applicants in the suit, who are members of the party, include Micheal Babatunde Ogun, Suleiman Olayinka Saheed and Wasiu Adeniyi Odusan.

Joined as defendants alongside Senator Obanikoro are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP.The trial judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba refered parties to the admonition in the decision of judges of the Supreme Court in a suit, Ojukwu versus government of Lagos State 1986 NWLR PT. 86 .

Rapper, M.I Abaga has stated that Nigerian girls are the most decent in the world.

In a recent chat with a magazine, the ‘Chairman’, as he is also known, commended Nigerian girls for being decent in comparison to girls from other countries.

He said, “Let me first say this, Nigerian girls are more decent. I tell you why? Fans in other countries go out of their ways for celebrities to sleep with them. But our girls are very decent. However, what I try to do in most cases is to stay in my hotel room anytime I go to event. That means, if you don’t want to, nobody would force you. I show my female fans a lot of respect.

“The love I have for them is not sexual. It is an appreciative love. The contact can now become sexual the more you communicate. The best thing is when they show you love, show them love; when they bless you, you bless them; when they greet you, you greet them; and you part ways. I think that’s the best way,” he added.

On how he has managed to stay scandal free, he said “I can’t really say how I have been able to achieve that, but I love to keep my life private. I mind my business. That’s one of the reasons I have been scandal free, because ‘nobody holy pass.’

“I’m sure there are naked pictures of me; I’m sure there is someone outside that wants to blackmail me; but would you agree if they tell you it’s my naked picture? No! Why? Because MI is a simple guy, he would never involve himself in such scandal. That’s when respect comes in. I respect myself; respect people as much as I want to be respected.”