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The ninth  Speaker of  Abia House of Assembly, Chief Kennedy Njoku, has resigned his appointment, less than 24 hours after he was elected. kennedy-njokuA mild drama is playing out at the Abia State House of Assembly, as barely a day after being sworn in as Speaker of the Assembly, Mr Kennedy Njoku, resigned. Honourable Njoku was elected on Thursday after 20 of the 24 lawmakers in the Assembly voted to impeach the former Speaker, Martins Azubuike, whom they accused of financial recklessness.

The European winter transfer window is about to open, heralding 31 days of feverish speculation, bids, counter bids and, finally, deals expected to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Real Madrid were offered about $315M by an unnamed Chinese club for Cristiano Ronaldo, says his agent Jorge Mendes. As is customary, the rumor mill is already in full swing, with so-called super agent Jorge Mendes revealing an unprecedented offer for Cristiano Ronaldo. said the 31-year-old has been the subject of a bid almost three times bigger than the current world record transfer fee from an unnamed club in the Chinese Super League.

American Serena to Marry Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian. Wimbledon American professional tennis player, Serena Williams, has revealed plans to get married to Reddit website Co-founder, Alexis Ohanian. Serena who has arrived in Auckland ahead of the ASB classic next week, was accompanied by her fiancée and sister, Venus.

Popular clergyman, Apostle John Suleman has released 50 shocking prophecies for the year 2017. The prophecies which were contained in a statement signed by his advisor on public communications, Phrank Shaibu warned the federal government not relax yet on Book Haram. “It’s a deception,” he said. Details below 1. I see terrorism on the increase 2. Federal Government of Nigeria should not relax yet on Book Haram. It’s a deception. 3. Buhari to face impeachment threats. 4. America and China to have major face-off 5. Crude Oil to flow in Northern Nigeria. 6. Abuja to experience major Fire explosion. 7. Donald Trump to face impeachment attempt as members of Congress will be divided on his style of leadership.

Boko Haram launches surprise attack on Nigeria army Troops on Operation Lafiya Dole engaged Boko Haram terrorists in an early-morning gun fire lead to the death of about 15 terrorists. The gun fire started around 6 am on Friday, December 30 in Borno state and ended by 9 am, according to Premium times.

Leicester City have reportedly agreed a fee to sign Wilfred Ndidi The 19-year-old will sign on a permanent deal for $18.4 million Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi has reportedly signed for Leicester City in a deal worth 15 million pounds,  a figure which could rise up to 18.4 million pounds. Super Eagles midfielder reportedly signs for Leicester City. The 19-year-old will join up with the Premier League champions in January.

APC alleges that  agents of Fayose’s are behind media attacks on Pastor Adeboye. All Progressives Congress in Ekiti state has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of sponsoring media attacks against Pastor Enoch Adeboye with intent to blame APC. The party has alleged that Fayose was planning to set Nigerians, particularly Christians of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, against the party and its leaders.

A suspected militant and member of a gang planning to blow up the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, has been arrested by the police. Police recovered two AK 47 Rifles, two cartons of Explosives and Detonators. The arrest, according to the police, was made after several weeks of meticulous follow up on intelligence information on the activities of some militants in Lagos and Ogun area, who have been gathering explosives to blow up the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State.

In South Africa, a man was reportedly murdered right inside a church, in front of the pastor. The deceased identified as Bongani Mfengu, was killed at the Thabo Mbeki squatter camp in Philippi East, near Cape Town, South Africa. According to Daily Sun SA, the deceased's family are still unsure of the reason why their son was murdered in that way.

The Belgian star achieved the feat in the second half of his side's clash against the Cherries at Stamford Bridge on Boxing Day Hazard scored his 50th Premier League goal for Chelsea against Bournemouth on Monday. He found the back of the net from the penalty spot after Simon Francis fouled him inside the box after 49 minutes.

Be Patient Buhari Asks Nigerians President Muhammadu Buhari Asks Nigerians To Be Patient, says he is yet to recover from the shock he received when he discovered that the past governments did not save from the resources from oil boom in the country. Speaking in his residence the President while addressing Christian faithful who came to pay Christmas homage to him in the Presidential Villa. Archbishop John Cardinal Onaiyekan led the group, the Primate of the Anglican Communion, Dr Nicholas Okoh, the chairman of  the Abuja chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

Pedro praises Conte The Spanish forward compared Conte with some of the world's best managers for restoring the trust within the Blues squad. Chelsea's remarkable turnaround under Antonio Conte is down to one simple factor according to Pedro...trust. Last season the Blues failed  to defend their Premier League crown and finished the campaign in 10th position. Conte was named as Jose Mourinho's long-term successor ahead of the 2016-17 season and took charge after Italy's Euro 2016 campaign.

 Lagos Police College collapses as 2 died;   A building in the Lagos Police College which is located in the Ikeja area of Lagos has collapsed with two people confirmed dead. The incident happened in the early hours of Christmas Day, Sunday, December 25.

court orders Ibori’s immediate release from prison A UK court has ordered the immediate release of former Delta state governor, James Onanefe Ibori from prison on Wednesday, December 21. The Cable reports that associates of the former governor said the court ruled that Ibori be released before his confiscation trial begins. According to his media aide, Tony Elumenor, Ibori was released few minutes past noon in adherence to the court order.

Two years Ban for Amos Adamu World football governing body, FIFA Ethics Committee has placed a two-year ban on former member of CAF executive committees, Amos Adamu, from all football activities. The 62-year-old who was a member of FIFA’s executive committee was also fined Swiss Franc ($19,400) for various violations of code of ethics.

Defections of fear At least, up to six notable politicians have joined the APC in less than three months. On September 22, a former governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, defected from the PDP to the APC. Dariye, representing Plateau Central Senatorial

United face White Hart Lane test Manchester United fans are hoping that very soon events will take a turn for the better on the pitch with good results. United host Spurs looking for a first home league win since September, having drawn their last four top flight games at Old Trafford. Tottenham have won their last two, returning to form with a 5-0 win over Swansea in the Premier League last week, before a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow in the Champions League in midweek.

A first class corp member who died in kano camp as a result of negligence. The sister said these on facebook You called me five hour to ur death and told me to start coming as the nysc doctors are not doing any tin for you they thought you were pretending u did not want to go for parade so they did not attend to u,wen u started callin people from home they eventually gave u an injection immediately after the injection u called ma again that you notice a lot of rashes on ur body that i should speak with the doctor who refuse to talk to me,u called five minutes later and told me your tongue is twisting they sent all ur friends out after seeng all the reaction on ur body after giving u the unknown injection.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lawmakers have walked out of the Senate during plenary on Wednesday, November 30. The opposition senators staged the walk out in protest over the defection of Sen. Yale Omogunwa of Ondo South to the All Progressives Congress (APC). It all started when the President of the Senate  Bukola Saraki read a letter from Senator, Omogunwa informing his colleagues in the upper house  that he had moved from the PDP to APC. As  APC senators welcome Omogunwa with joy, Minority Senate Leader Godswill Akpabio of the PDP raised a point of order to correct what he called insinuations in the letter that PDP is divided. His submission was followed by shouts from senators on both sides. Senator Dino Melaye of APC tried to raise a point of order but the senate president ruled him out of order, and so the  argument continued until PDP senators stood up and walked out of the chambers. Senate wades into The house returned to plenary as Senato...

Dumbira Efe Bukola , A female corp member , serving in Akure revealed how she escaped death in the hands of criminals who nearly ended her life yesterday, November 28. Female corp member was spellbind in Akure (photo) She narrated her story on Instagram and wrote: "This was me yesterday morning, hale and hearty, full of life before I stepped out to work not knowing of the danger that lies ahead. "As I closed from work, took a bike to a supermarket called NAO along cathedral Akure, after picking few stuffs i needed, I crossed to the other side to board a taxi to my estate called Ijapo here in Akure, then I waved this taxi and the driver stopped, I moved closer and told him ijapo then he asked me to get in. "Inside the car I met two already seated at the back, then one at the front seats with the driver making 4, we became 5 plus me but after a few second of driving a guy from the back alighted, leaving two of us at the back sit, then the guy with me at the b...

The Nigerian Senate has approved the virement of funds for Special Intervention (Recurrent & Capital) for funding of Critical Recurrent & Capital Items. The Senate, on Tuesday, November 29, approved the extra funds which President Muhammadu Buhari had recently requested for as an addition to the 2016 budget. The President of Senate Bukola Saraki commended members of the Appropriations Committee led by Senator Danjuma Goje for a job well done putting the request into proper shape. Senate approves Buhari’s Virement of funds He added that the approval will ensure capital project funding especially of local contractors and also allow for an efficient and appropriate implementation of the 2016 budget. Recall that President Buhari had written the National Assembly on October 26, seeking for the approval of the legislature to vire N180.8 billion from the funds appropriated for special intervention in the 2016 budget. The intervention, the presidency said, is to fund critical recu...

Some officers of the Nigeria Police Force on Monday morning, November 28, took to the streets of Ondo to protest non-payment of their last Saturday governorship election allowance, The Punch reports. According to the reports, the police officers went haywire in Ondo town, Ondo state, protesting non-payment of their allowance.

The State Security Service has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide sweep between Friday and Saturday, PREMIUM TIMES can report.