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•Tambuwal, others head for court THE opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, said it almost took the  court judgment  against the 37 federal  lawmakers that defected to its fold from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for April Fool’s joke, save for same coming a day before. In a statement issued in Lagos by its spokesperson, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, the party called Justice Adeniyi Ademola’s quitting directive to the affected members of the  House of Representatives  as an exercise in judicial rascality. It added that the judge could not have asked the lawmakers to vacate their seats, because he was not competent to issue such a ruling, as the issue before him was not whether they could defect or not. The party said it would appeal the judgment, while asking the  Chief Justice  of Nigeria (CJN) to sanction the judge for alleged unprofessional conduct.

A snake, on Tuesday, disrupted the passing-out parade of the  National Youth  service Corps (NYSC) Batch “A” at the orientation camp at Tsafe, in Zamfara, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported. The snake, according to eyewitnesses, might have come from one of the dilapidated structures at the camp and could have been in search of food. The eyewitnesses said the snake tried to make its way to the platform where  special guests  on the occasion were seated during the ceremony. Some of the corps members, as well as some of the special guests, took to their heels to avoid the reptile. However, some of the corps members ran after the snake to kill it, using sticks and their boots. Earlier in her address to mark the end of the camp, the scheme’s Coordinator in the state, Mrs Ruth Bakka, urged the corps members to be of good behaviour.

FOUR terrorists suspected to be suicide bombers, apparently heading for an NNPC facility along Maiduguri-Damboa road were killed when their Improvised  Explosive Device  (IED)-laden vehicles exploded on Tuesday. Director,  Defence Information , Major General Chris Olukolade, who disclosed this yesterday while briefing on the update on  counter terrorism  campaign, said that the explosions took place at Mule on the outskirts of Maiduguri. According to him, three of the four explosive-laden vehicles were demobilized by shots fired at them by soldiers at the  check point  shortly before the explosions that rocked the area. The defence spokesman, however, announced that five soldiers were wounded while the civilian casualties are yet to be determined.  

A suspected international gunrunner who had been on the wanted list of the Police, has been arrested by the Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspect, identified as Amao and the intermediary between him and criminal buyers, Olatunji (surname withheld) are facing interrogation at SARS. Recovered from them were 10 AK47 rifles and 19 AK7 magazines, all loaded with 30 rounds of ammunition. Amao, who spoke to  Daily Sun  at the State  Police Headquarters , Ikeja, said he was importing the arms and ammunition from  Burkina Faso . “ I was introduced into the business by one Gbenga. I am a serious smuggler, but I do any other business that comes my way. So,when Gbenga promised to sponsor me to Burkina Faso, I grabbed the idea because no venture, no success. My wife is from Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, so, I was able to mix up and got connected to one Zakari Watara, who brings in arms and ammunition from Mali to Burkina Faso. So, I would buy from

Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko,  has stripped his deputy, Mukhtari Shagari, of cabinet responsibility. Shagari, a lawyer,  had been overseeing the Ministry of  Science and Technology  until  he was relieved of the position. In a statement made available to Daily Sun in Sokoto, the government stated  that a newly sworn in commissioner, Alhaji Ibrahim Hussain, has been assigned to the portfolio. The development  is a tacit indication of a   cold war  between the governor and his deputy since they both made public their opposite   political platform  few months ago. Recall that while Governor Wamakko defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), his deputy, Shagari, stayed back in the Peoples  Democratic Party  (PDP), the platform on which both of them were elected and re-elected in 2007 and 2012 respectively.

Forty -eight hours after a Federal  High Court  sitting in Abuja stopped defecting lawmakers from changing the leadership of the  House of Representatives , reactions continue to trail the decision. Justice Adeniyi Ademola stopped short of ordering the lawmakers to vacate their seats, saying they had no business remaining in the lower legislative chambers since they left the party that brought them in. Reacting to the judgment, the All Progressives Party (APC) in a  statement issued by the its  Interim National Publicity  Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said Justice Ademola did not order the 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected to the APC to vacate their seats because he is not competent to do so. The party stated that the presiding judge could not have issued such a ruling, as the issue of whether or not they can defect was not before him. The APC hinted that it would appeal the ruling because Justice Ademola’s perpetual injunction restraining the concern

An interesting twist has been added to last Sunday’s shootout at the national headquarters of the Department of State  Security Services  (DSS) following security reports that one of the killed Boko Haram insurgents had a mobile phone  at the time he was gunned down. Under normal conditions suspected terrorists in such detention centres are denied the luxury of mobile telephones and other  communication devices . Apparently embarrassed by the security breach which panicked residents of Abuja, DSS has promised to investigate the circumstances that caused the shootout. However, Presidency sources relayed the shock that greeted soldiers when they found a ringing cell phone on one of the insurgents shot dead by security forces. DSS confirmed that 21 insurgents were killed during the failed jail-break. A security source however said as many as 30 insurgents and two DSS officials died in the shootout.

President Goodluck  Jonathan  on Monday chided some unnamed state governors over their utterances and actions. He said if 50 per cent of the  governors  in the country talk and behave the same way these governors do, he would have vacated his seat for others to come and manage the country. Jonathan spoke while granting audience to the Peoples  Democratic Party  stakeholders from the North-Central, who paid him a solidarity visit at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President said at a point when the Nigeria Governors Forum turned itself into a monster, it was the zone that helped to stabilise the forum. He also lauded the zone for producing  great leaders , including the present President of the Senate,  David Mark , who has been able to stabilise the National Assembly. He said, “We thank you for this solidarity visit and for giving us a Senate President that has been able to stabilise the National Assembly.

Keshi home-based EaglesStephen Keshi has bowed to pressure from fans and the media and included the pair of Osaze Odemwingie and Ikechukwu Uche in his 25-man  provisional  squad for the World Cup. The  former  Togo and Mali boss explained: “Osaze has been in great form for his team in the  English Premier League  and I had no choice but to bring him back into the fold. Ike Uche and I also had an hour-long conversation over the phone and we have resolved our issues.” “We have accepted the list of 25 players and they will resume camping for the match in US when preparations are finalised,” Chris Green,  Chairman  of the Technical Committee, said. Nigeria will face Argentina, Iran and Bosnia-Herzegovina in Group F at the competition.

Tyler Perry ’s latest movie  The Single Moms Club marks the Hollywood writer/director/producer powerhouse’s 17 th  film in 10 years. It also marks his final film under his partnership with Lionsgate. And it marks the end of an era as a filmmaker. One of Hollywood’s most bankable talents plans to take a break from  making movies  for now. He’s now devoted to making his television series for  Oprah Winfrey’s Network . Perry said he wanted to mark his anniversary in filmmaking by saluting one of the most overlooked people in our country—single moms. The movie is about the strength of the single mom, whom Perry calls his heroes. The Single Moms Club,  starring Nia Long and Amy Smart, is about five struggling single moms who form a support group . The film opened March 14 th  with $8.3 million at No. 5. It reportedly fell short about $10 million of studio expectations. It was Perry’s second lowest opening ever as a director, debuting weaker than 2007’s Daddy’s Little Girls , which op

Amani Terrell, a LA girl who weighs 260 pounds, just showed the world what self love really looks like! The 20-year- old beauty  showed off her curves in a bikini on  Hollywood Boulevard  Tuesday morning and it was all caught on camera. Terrell told  Fox 11 News  that her bold move was to promote body acceptance and inspire other women to love the skin they’re in, too. “You cannot seek validation from other people,” she said. “This world is very cruel. You must seek validation within yourself and be kind to yourself.” She went on to say that being plus- size women  in Los Angeles is tough. “That’s all you see are thin women,” she explained. “I came up with this idea because I live in Hollywood and there’s this mass hysteria of perfection in this town. There’s a misconception that big women have low self-esteem. I don’t have low self-esteem.”

There is an app  for virtually everything imaginable these days! We may utilize them for playing games, booking travel, losing weight, keeping up with  account balances  and/or communicating with  friends and family , and sometimes all at the same time. With so much time spent on our smart phones and tablets, it may behoove many of us to also utilize the numerous available apps to assist in  career advancement  and goals. From goal setting, networking, job searches and also assisting with job interviewing, there are so many available applications and portals that are just a scroll and thumb click away from connecting us to more great moments in our career’s history. Here are 8 Apps to get to know: For Goals:

After a three-and-a-half-year hiatus, our favorite songstress who isn’t scared of lions, tigers, bears  or  to bust the windows out your  car  is back! Jazmine Sullivan took to the stage at the KOKO  Theater in London  this weekend, where she performed tracks from her first two albums, 2008’s  Fearless  and 2010’s  Love Me Back , and her own rendition of “Get Lucky” by Daft Puck and  Pharrell Williams . Along with showing off those powerhouse vocals that we’ve so desperately missed, the 26-year-old soul star announced that her third studio project will drop later this year. “I’m glad to be back guys,” she said as the crowd cheered. “It’s been awhile.” The “I Need You Bad” singer announced her departure from  music industry  back in January 2011. “I’m making an official announcement that I am taking a break from music. I’m trying to figure out who i am… w/out a mike, paper or pen,” she tweeted. “I promised myself that when it wasn’t fun anymore I wouldn’t do it. And here I am.

The bob is a classic haircut that will truly never go out of style, and Kelly  Rowland  is rocking the mid-length ‘do like a real pro. But, few fans know that the motivation behind her sexy new cut was an at-home mane emergency! In a recent interview with  People , the  new celebrity Fabulista for Caress  said a bad dye job forced her to cut off her shoulder-length locks. “I wanted to experiment and color my own hair. That was one of the biggest mistakes of my life. I thought it was semi- permanent color . It was permanent color,” the star explained. “I was packing up to leave for a red eye  flight, and I thought that I’d have enough time to rinse it out cause I’ve kept semi-permanent color on long before.” She went on to reveal that she left the product on for almost two hours and it ate all of her hair. “My hair had grown down to like right where my shoulder hits, it was nice and healthy and thick. I went and reached for the back of my hair and it was all in my hand! So I we

Chris Brown says Con  Air flights  are not his style. The 24-year-old entertainer, who is currently residing in the Men’s Central Jail in  downtown Los Angeles , is begging a judge to let him fly from L.A. to D.C. as a free man. According to  TMZ , the judge who  put Brown behind bars   ordered he travel via the Justice Prisoner and Alien  Transportation System  to nation’s capitol, where he’s scheduled to appear in court for a separate assault case   on April 17. However, there’s one big problem: Chris’ legal team insists that their client is not a prisoner. Lawyer Mark Geragos paid the judge a visit today and argued “that to put Chris on a  Con Air  flight would deprive him of his right to spend necessary time with his lawyer so he can prepare for courtroom battle.”