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Justice Adeniyi Ademola who was among the judges that were arrested and detained last Saturday by agents of the Department of State Security, says he was made to sign a confessional statement at the DSS office with a gun pointed at him. In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ademola alleged that the sting operation carried out by DSS at his home in Abuja, was a personal vendetta against him masterminded by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami. According to Justice Ademola, Malami is trying to get at him because while he was serving as a Federal judge in Kano between 2004-2008, he ordered the arrest of Malami for being involved in professional misconduct. In the letter addressed to the CJN, Justice Ademola stated that the DSS operatives held guns to his head to sign a document detailing items allegedly found in his house as well as confessional statements. DSS in a statement released after the arrest of the seven judges ...

Star Actress and Reality Show Producer Chika Ike at the press Conference of her Reality Tv Show. African Diva Reality Show . At the press conference was The creator Chika Ike, The Director Serah  Donald Onyeachor, Rep from DaViva Fabric, Rep from Bullet Energy Drink, Rep from Epe Resort, Rep from AIT and members of the press The Reality Doc Drama which is set to Empower The Young African women and features five African Countries. Sets to premier Saturday 15th October by  10.30pm  on AIT and will Air Every  Saturday  by 10.30pm  and  Sunday  by  9pm  Below are pictures from the Press Confreres that was held at Radisson Blu lagos and the Trailer.

Chika Ike stuns in Yyellow for African diva press conference Star Actress and Reality Show Producer Chika Ike at the press Conference of her Reality Tv Show. African Diva Reality Show . At the press conference was The creator Chika Ike, The Director Serah  Donald Onyeachor, Rep from DaViva Fabric, Rep from Bullet Energy Drink, Rep from Epe Resort, Rep from AIT and members of the press The Reality Doc Drama which is set to Empower The Young African women and features five African Countries. Sets to premier Saturday 15th October by  10.30pm  on AIT and will Air Every  Saturday  by 10.30pm  and  Sunday  by  9pm  Below are pictures from the Press Confreres that was held at Radisson Blu lagos and the Trailer.

"Philippines Presidents At War Over Drug" (Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte gestures while delivering a speech before female police officers during a gathering in Davao City.Thomson Reuters) The war on the drug trade that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte kicked off when he took office this summer has killed  more than 3,600 lives  since June 30, the majority of them slain by unknown killers. During that time, Duterte has achieved sky-high approval ratings. After the first three months of his presidency, his +64 net approval rating is the second-highest at that point in any Philippine presidency since 1986,  according  to a late-September survey conducted Manila-based polling group Social Weather Stations. Another survey conducted in October found that  84% of Filipinos  supported his drug crackdown, even if most of them thought it was important to arrest suspects alive. All of this comes despite the considerable critic...

Rapper MI Abaga recently paid a visit to Idris Abdulkareem. Sharing some of the photos from his visit on IG, MI stated that he will always look up to Idris whom he says deserves the ultimate praise, respect and honor.   "I like the fact that I am looking up in this picture.. no matter what you want to say about Eedris Abdul Kareem.. he deserves the ultimate praise respect and honor.. I will always look up to him.."he wrote

OCT 15 President Buhari has reportedly responded to claims by his wife, Aisha Buhari, in her yet-to-be aired interview with BBC Hausa, that his government has basically been hijacked by people who were not with them from the very start. (Read   here )   In Berlin today, The Associated Press reports that President Buhari laughed off her allegations, saying, "I don't know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs to my kitchen and my living room and the other room." 'His comments to reporters in Germany promoted German Chancellor Angela Merkel, standing at his side, to give him a short glare and then laugh," Associated Press reports. Buhari also said he hopes his wife will remember that he ran for president three times before succeeding on the fourth effort.  "So I claim superior knowledge over her and the rest of the opposition, because in the end I have succeeded. It's not easy to satisfy the whole Nigerian opposition parti...

President Buhari who is currently on a three-day official visit to Germany, met with representatives of Nigerian Community in Berlin Germany. He also participated in a Business forum which had in attendance German investors. More photos after the cut

BBC Hausa: It has been One and a half years since President Muhammadu Buhari came into power, a lot of people are expressing their unhappiness over the way few acquaintance of the President have hijacked power while neglecting people that work for his success. Like we have promised, here is how the interview with Aisha Buhari and Naziru Maka’ilu from Abuja goes. BBC Hausa: People have goodwill towards President Muhammadu Buhari, especially looking at the things he did before, but since coming into power things have not been working the way they should, what do you thing is the cause? Aisha Buhari:  I am not a government official, but in my opinion as a woman, a mother, what I think is it is well known that the first 4 years are not going to be easy. Firstly, it was people that brought the government into power. More than half of those people are not appointed into the government. Some people that are not politicians, not professionals were brought into the government. They d...

Hip-hop pioneer and entrepreneur IllBliss is set to drop his 4th studio album 'Illygaty: 7057' and as part of the build up to its release, he will be showcasing songs from the album to an exclusive audience at the '5ive Live: Hip Hop Sessions' event set for  October 20  at The Bridge Lekki. Aptly tagged '5ive Live: Hip Hop Sessions', the elements of Hip-hop such as Graffiti, Rap, DJing and B-Boying will be on full display at the event which kicks off at  6pm .   Rap stars Jesse Jagz, Pryse, Eva, Dice Ailes, Ola Dips and more will also be performing, and Choc City rapper, Loose Kaynon will take charge of the proceedings as the host for the night. '5ive Live: Hip Hop Sessions' follows '5ive Music Launch' and is the second installment in a series of events tagged  '5ive Live', promoted by 5ive Music Group to provide a unique platform for artistes and priceless experience for discerning fans. 5ive Live is available to artiste...

As pressure continues to mount for BBC Hausa not to air the controversial interview Aisha Buhari granted it some days ago, the station has said only Mrs Buhari can stop them from airing the said interview. Mrs Buhari had in the interview stated that many of the people who are working for her husband now were not there when he started the journey and that most of those who had put in efforts for him to emerge president have been abandoned. DailyTrust reports that a source within the Abuja Bureau of the BBC revealed that a letter from the Presidency has been sent to it asking for the interview not to be aired. The source also stated that the Speaker of the Hause of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, has also tried to informally persuade the BBC from airing the interview. The source told Daily Trust that the network wouldn't backdown on its promise to air the interview as an independent media organisation. The source stressed that the only condition that can make the service no...

Looking for a distinctive refreshing malt drink that is filled with goodness and contains considerably less sugar than all other malt drinks? Then look no further than the new Malta Guinness Herbs Lite which was launched on Tuesday the 4th of October in a truly grand manner. Malta Guinness Herbs Lite not only gives the goodness of Malta Guinness, it also gives the benefits of Herbal extracts and gives you all of these in a low sugar preparation which is more than you would expect from a normal Malt drink. The launch event took place on the 4th of October 2016 at the prestigious Golden Royale Hotel in Enugu and the launch was graced by Guinness Nigeria Plc top management, industry regulators and entertainers from all across Enugu state. Speaking at the event, the Managing Director, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Mr. Peter Ndegwa explained that Guinness Nigeria Plc chose to introduce this new addition to the Malt category to give Nigerians not only a wider selection of malt...

Padita who is a year older today, says she just received a gift of N500,000 from a man who she has met just once. She wrote "Someone called me, wished me a happy birthday, asked how am celebrating it and I said am waiting on who would throw a party/dinner for me. He asked how much and I jokingly said I'll manage half a million......only for him to call back and ask for my account details, next is alert of his transfer! 🤗💃💃💃 Trust me, I've only met this person once. If I run into him now I won't recognise him. He has never asked me out or shown any interest in that regard. I am just beyond excitement. Am in awe of this act and many other blessings all around me. It is really happening to me!!!

 BACK Linda Ike She was so cute and still is...

President Buhari has arrived Berlin for his three-day official visit to Germany. While in Berlin, President Buhari, will meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on issues of shared interests between Nigeria and Germany, including further cooperation on security, the humanitarian situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and rehabilitation of the North-East, as well as trade and economic relations between both countries. President Buhari is accompanied by Governors Kashim Shettima of Borno State and Rochas Okorocha of Imo respectively and representatives of the National Assembly, they will meet with Federal President Joachim Gauck. In furtherance of the administration’s objective to attract more foreign investment and create economic opportunities in the country, President Buhari will participate in a Business Forum in Berlin with leading German companies already active in Nigeria and other prospective investors. Before returning to Abuja, President Buhari is expe...

Comedian Basketmouth's mum passed away last night October 3rd after a brief illness. The comedian shared the sad news on his IG page "Last night my angel left me, my first love stopped breathing and it's the deepest pain I've ever felt. I love you for every sacrifice you made to make me the man I am today, I've loved you through the tough times. I've loved you through happier days and all I can say at this point is that I will love you forever. I will miss you mummy". - May her soul rest in peace 

The cyberspace went agog when performing twins, P-Square revealed on a radio station that they do not live with their wives. The twin brothers have been living together virtually all their lives. During the radio programme, the singers also hinted that they would move to their separate houses in December, 2014. However, many of their fans assumed that all was not right between the brothers and their wives, considering that just a few months ago, there were reports that the duo were on the verge of breaking up. However, when Saturday Beats contacted the singers’ publicist, Bayo Adetu, he denied that the brothers had any problems with each other. But another source in the singers’ camp told Saturday Beats that the brothers do not live with their wives at the moment because they are constantly in the studio working on their sixth studio album. Already, the first three songs they released from the album are enjoying massive airplay. “You know that P-Square are hardworking p...

Photos: 2face Idibia's son, Nino, shows off his trumpet playing skills at a church' event The first son of music legend, 2face Idibia, proudly showed off his trumpet playing skills during his stepdad, Pastor David Adeoye's church's programme over the weekend. More photos after the cut.