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Iran elections have history of dark horses Election season is under way in Iran and the rumour mill is in overdrive as the public tries to divine the backroom machinations that have thrown up major surprises in the past. “I looked back at the cables our embassy was sending out just a few weeks before the last election,” said a Western diplomat in Tehran. “None of them were predicting (Hassan) Rouhani would win,” she laughed, referring to the current president. Rouhani, a moderate cleric with a long history in Iran’s security apparatus, won the 2013 after the only other pro-reform candidate dropped out to boost his chances. Having overseen a slight easing in social restrictions and rebuilt relations with the West through the 2015 nuclear deal, Rouhani seemed like a shoo-in to win a second term at next month’s election. But he faces a tougher-than-expected fight as the conservative opposition rallies around two hardliners — cleric and judge Ebrahim Raisi and Tehran mayor Mohamm...

Man arrested for beheading mother in Abia       By Ugochukwu Alaribe ABA—A middle-aged man, identified as Christopher Nwajei, who beheaded his mother in Umuchagu Osokwa, Osisisoma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State, has been arrested by the residents of the community. Nwajei, who is an apprentice welder, had on March 29, beheaded his mother, Cecilia, while she was preparing dinner at about 7.30p.m., on returning from the farm. The assailant reportedly collected some of her mother’s blood and fled the community. A resident of the community, who did not want her name in print, told Vanguard that the suspect was arrested in a bush on the outskirts of the community by a search party before he was handed over to police. Nwajei, who blamed the devil for the action, confessed to have beheaded his mother because she told him that he is not a native of the Umuchagu Osokwa village. He denied collecting her blood for rituals. The state’s Police Public Relations Of...

APC responsible for Nigerians’ suffering—PDP       By By Abdallah     el-Kurebe Sokoto—THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sokoto State has said the “poor performance” of the All Progressives Congress, APC, at all levels of government is responsible for Nigerians’ suffering, and that the party is an opposition to itself. Speaking through the party’s state Secretary, Alhaji Kabiru Aliyu, yesterday, PDP described the current fracas between the Presidency and the Senate as an act of immaturity perpetrated by a bunch of people who had no positive feelings for the people they govern. According to PDP, “should the Senate and the Presidency be insensitive to the plight of the people and continue with the selfish fight among themselves? This is an act of immaturity. They do not have the people at heart.                                           APC “...

FG’ll deliver on electoral promises – Lawmaker       By Demola Akinyemi ILORIN—Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, has assured Nigerians that despite the current economic hardship, the All Progressives Congress, APC, government will deliver on its electoral promises to the masses before the end of the four-year tenure. Senator Ibrahim called on Christians to use the Easter period to pray for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, for divine intervention to actualise his plan for the nation. President Buhari with R-L: Vice Chairman of AACB and Governor Central Bank of Nigeria Mr Godwin Emefiele, Chairman, Association of African Central Banks (AACB) Mr Lucas Abaga Nchama, Chairman, Senate committee on banking, insurance and other financial institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun and Kebbi State Governor H.E. Atiku Bagudu and other participants Sen...

EFCC’s recent discoveries laughable — Baptist Convention By Caleb Ayansina ABUJA —The Nigerian Baptist Convention, yesterday, described as laughable the recent money claimed to be discovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, through the whistle-blowing policy in its ongoing war against corruption in the country. Recently, the commission claimed to have intercepted an undeclared sum of N49 million at the Kaduna International Airport, as well as over N13 billion cash in local and foreign currencies in a four-bedroom apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos, without ascertaining the ownership. The President, FCT Baptist Conference of the  Nigerian Baptist Convention, Rev. Israel Akanji, stated this at a press conference on the 104th  Annual Session of the Nigerian Baptist Convention with the theme; Moving Forward; Overcoming the Challenges of Life through Jesus Christ, to be held at the National Stadium in Abuja. Akanji admonished the anti-graft agency to display ...

PORT HARCOURT – Chief Femi Fani-Kayode and the aide to governor of Ekiti state, Mr Lere Olayinka has reacted to the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi’s threaten to sue them for post on their twitter accounts linking him with the $430 million found in a luxury home in Ikoyi lagos state.                    FANI-KAYODE & AMAECHI The Minister through his counsel, Mr Lateef Fagbemi SAN said if they failed to make the retraction of the post on their twitter accounts within seven days they would meet in court. He said the retraction should be made in about five national newspapers and their twitter pages. He also said Olayinka should pay him 500 million naira while Kayode who was a former Minister of Transportation should part with 750 million naira. The Minister said the money were compensation for the damages he had suffered from their various postings. According to Amaechi he was not the owner of the luxury apar...

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Editor's note: Nigeria as a nation is sick and is in dire need of a healing. Daily the media is fed full with disturbing stories of killing, cases of defilement, kidnapping, electoral violence and a dwindling economy. It won't be out of place to say that all we see these days only depict a future so bleak. Some many cases linger in the courts but justice is a dilemma that for too long has plagued the Nigerian masses. The innocents have no say while the guilty ones pay their way out; the masses have lost faith in the judiciary. Faith needs to be rekindled and hope needs to be restored. It is in an attempt to give back voice to the oppressed of the society, that caliphmd.blogspot.com has put together a collection of poems from a great generation of poets whose works have the potentials to bring about the desired change needed at this moment. Hiram It is haram to learn how to read a poem in Maiduguri words are fishes that own the mouth of a volcano whispering their...

LATEST POLITICS SPORTS GOSSIP WEDDINGS HAUSA NEWS FEEDBACK FOOTBALL SUBMIT VIDEO PHOTO NEWS BUZZ JOBS BREAKING: Dino Melaye survives assasination attempt in Kogi state NIA lied, money found in Ikoyi apartment belongs to Buhari's minister Author: Adeola Opeyemi  Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) alleged that money found in Ikoyi apartment belonged to a serving minister under President Buhari - Ozekhome said EFCC discovering abandoned money without owner is an attempt to distract Nigerians from 'hunger, squalor, fear, disease, and cluelessness of this government'. Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has said attempt by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to claim ownership of money found in an apartment in Ikoyi is a lie and cover-up for corruption in Buhari's administration.  caliphmd.blogspot.com learnt that Ozekhome, who made this statement on Friday, April 14, said: “The emergent facts do not show NIA’s ownership of the money, but grand cover-up of a serving minister’s ownersh...

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers, who disguised as cattle rearers on the outskirt of Akpugo community near Enugu. The command’s spokesman, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, said on Saturday that the suspects were arrested after a gun duel on April 11. “The feat was achieved by a painstaking operation after the police received information on the hideout of the criminals in a thick bush outside the community,” the police spokesman said. Amaraizu said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were from Kaduna and Bauchi States. He added: “It was gathered that suspects had allegedly at gun point, abducted one Mr. Amobi Chibuoke, a passenger and a driver Mr. Johnson Agah on March 18 and demanded for N10 million ransom which was later reduced to N4 million.” The police spokesman said the victims were abducted on Amagunze-Ezza Road while returning from a traditional marriage in Ezza Agu in Ebonyi. Amaraizu said the victims revealed that they were ...

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday advised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to accept the verdict of the state election petitions tribunal. A statement signed by the monarch’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Desmond Agbama, said the monarch noted that despite the tribunal’s verdict, there was no victor no vanquished in the election. The three-man tribunal on Friday dismissed Ize-Iyamu’s petition and upheld the victory of Governor Goodwin Obaseki. Ize-Iyamu and his party, the PDP, had challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declaration of Obaseki of the All Peoples Congress (APC) as winner of the Sept 28, 2016 governorship election in Edo. “In an election, there is no victor and no vanquished. “Consequently, Osagie Ize-Iyamu should accept the decision of the tribunal in good faith and forge ahead in the task of providing democracy dividends for the people,” the Oba said. He congr...

Yesterday, Stella Damasus reposted the picture of Doris Simon’s son on her Instagram page, wishing him a happy birthday but some people are trolling her for it. The actress whose skin seem to have grown thicker against internet trolls gave a piece of her own. She said, With all the things that are happening in the world, with all the recession people are complaining about, with all the people who are dying everyday, with all the injustice in the world, this right here is what some people have decided to dwell on. Funny how the same issue has given some people high blood pressure for the past 4 years. Funny how the same people cannot realize that regardless of what they say behind their phones, nothing has changed. In fact it’s getting better and stronger. Funny how wishing an amazing young man happy birthday just to celebrate him will cause people to bring out the ugliness in their hearts and their hatred for humanity. So sad that this wonderful young man will look at comme...

We all react differently when going through a tough time. While some women talk to people around them and seek a shoulder to lean on, some women withdraw from people around them and go deep within themselves to find their own way out. They both have their pros and cons. In a series of tweet,  Lota Chukwu who is well known for her role as Kiki in Jenifa’s Diary, shares how she used to withdraw from people and liked to be by herself when facing challenges. She says it is not always the best. She tweeted, So, I want to talk about talking about stuff you go through. So today, I got put on blast by my entire family because “your mind is too deep.” What that means is I don’t talk about stuff. This is a character trait I have had for the longest time. I find it so difficult talking about stuff I am going through. I can literally be depressed and lock myself up in my house for weeks and talk to nobody and just be on my own and say “I am fine” if asked. People who know me ca...

In recent times the media has been filled with gory stories of women who have suffered setbacks and abuse because of their marriages. Making a decision to spend the rest of your life with someone you love should not cause you pain. Whether you’ve been married three months, three years, or even three decades, marriage should be a place of nourishment where you are able to dream and achieve your dreams without ache from your partner. In an interview with  Jesusegun Alagbe of Punch, Pastor Nomthi Odukoya, the wife of Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, and mother of two says the her potential has been maximized in marriage.

Florence Otedola, also known as DJ Cuppy, is the daughter of billionaire, Femi Otedola and a trail blazing disc jockey setting new standards in the entertainment industry. In 2014, DJ Cuppy released her highly successful mixtape, House Of Cuppy. She calls her new sound Neo-Afrobeats, a genre of music, which blends Electric House with Afro-beats. In the May/June edition of Forbes Woman Magazine she speaks on what inspires her work, her love for Africa, being a Nigerian Tourism Ambassador and more. Below is a video of the photo shoot for the feature and her interview with Abisola Owolawi Watch below;

Dr. Salamat Ahuoiza Aliu is a neurosurgeon at National Hospital, Abuja. She is the first indigenous trained female neurosurgeon in Nigeria is also the first female to be certified a neurosurgeon in West Africa. Dr. Aliu is an indigene of Okenne Local Government Area of Kogi State but was born in Ilorin, Kwara State, where she had most of her education up to the university level. She found the area of neurosurgery interesting and intriguing, and then decided to specialize in the discipline. When an opportunity opened up for her at the Neurosurgery Centre in Sokoto state, she went ahead to train in spite of discouragements and difficulties. The training, which takes about six years to get certified, if there no unforeseen circumstances during the training period, tested both her capacity to handle the pressures of the job as well as managing her job with other family responsibilities. Since she got certified, she has mentored other four women who are also training as neurosurgeons- ...

According to Sahara Reporters, top sources at the EFCC confirmed that the money was owned by Nnamdi-Ogbue who was recently sacked alongside three other top NNPC officials over oil sale scandal. NAIJ.com had reported that in 2016, her cook, Mr. Gabel Segbedji, who is from Benin Republic had absconded with cash and pieces of jewellery worth $6million in 2016. According to the EFCC, "the operation followed a whistle blower's confidential alert received by the Commission's Lagos office this morning regarding some noticed suspicious movement of bags in and out of a particular apartment in the building. According to the source, the movers of the bags, make believe that they bring in bags of clothes.  The monies recovered where in different currencies "Another source who is conversant with the apartment of interest indicated that some woman usually appeared on different occassion with Ghana Must Go bags. " She comes looking haggard, with dirty clothes but her...