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Reps spokesperson, Abdulrazak Namdas said Amaechi tried to smuggle in the Lagos-Calabar railway project after Buhari had presented the budget. The House of Representatives have accused the minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of attempting to pad the budget. Premium Times reports that the Reps spokesperson,Abdulrazak Namdas said Amaechi tried to smuggle in the Lagos-Calabar railway project after Buhari had presented the budget. Namdas said “The item was brought for inclusion in the budget by Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, but was not included in the budget because only the president is allowed to present the budget before the National Assembly.

A Twitter user with the handle @King_Amarah shared several photos of Davido in bed with a lady called Faith Nketsi Seems like Nigerian pop star, Davido can't get himself free of scandals and drama.

Adams Oshiomhole The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Edo state, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has accused the state Governor, Adams Oshiomhole of reckless spending. Ize-Iyamu also accused Oshiomhole of abandoning the cement factory that was started by former Governor Lucky Igbinedion. He said the Governor did not have any developmental plan for Edo state. Ize-Iyamu said “Today, even the market women and poor sachet water sellers are not left out of the multiple taxation of the Oshiomhole administration in Edo State.

TWO students of the University of Port Harcourt were on Monday feared killed during a protest over an alleged policy by the management of the institution that school fees must be paid before they would be allowed to take their first semester examinations. One of the students identified as Peter Ofurun, who was said to have been hit by a bullet from a policeman, died instantly. Another student also hit by a bullet was rushed to the hospital, even as sources claimed that she died on the way to the hospital.

LAST week’s peaceful demonstration by stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers state capital, was not for nothing. It was a well-reasoned reaction to the disturbing peace-meal release of results of the March 19 legislative elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Almost one month has come full circle since after the conduct of the rerun elections ordered by the State Elections Petitions Tribunal, yet most of the results are still locked in the electoral umpire’s ‘strong room’. What could be the reason(s) behind this undemocratic conduct by INEC? Are there clandestine, behind the veil moves not known to the voters of Rivers State? These are some of the questions that have agitated the minds of many Nigerians.

Umuahia - Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and his Imo counterpart, Rochas Okorocha, said the five Fulani herdsmen killed in a forest along the border of the two states was an act of kidnapping carried out by miscreants. The governors spoke on Monday in Umuahia while briefing newsmen on the outcome of a Joint Security Council meeting of the two states. Ikpeazu said that kidnapping had become a recurring decimal in the area, adding that the meeting was convened to make a bold statement on the security challenges that confronted both states.

The robots are coming - to help run your life or sell you stuff - at an online texting service near you. In coming months, users of Facebook's Messenger app, Microsoft's Skype and Canada's Kik can expect to find new automated assistants offering information and services at a variety of businesses. These messaging "chatbots" are basically software that can conduct human-like conversation and do simple jobs once reserved for people. Google and other companies are reportedly working on similar ideas.

The Zika virus is "scarier" than previously thought, US health officials warned Monday as they urged Congress to unblock funding to fight the mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects. President Barack Obama's administration has asked lawmakers for $1.9 billion to boost preparedness and response to Zika, a poorly understood virus which has been linked to severe brain damage in babies -- but the request has stalled. Zika mystery deepens with evidence of nerve cell infections Borne by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, Zika has spread quickly to more than 30 places in Latin America and the Caribbean since last year.

Senator Matthew Urhoghide, Chairman, Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism was before now, the Publicity Secretary of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In this interview, he spoke on the development in the Senate, the embattled Senate President Bukola Saraki and how the PDP would take over the Senate Presidency if Saraki is removed, among others. What is your take on the trial of the Senate President at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT?

David Cameron has defended his family's financial affairs as he faced MPs two days after publishing his own tax details. He appeared before politicians for the first time since it emerged he had profited to the tune of over £9,000 from selling shares in his father's offshore investment fund Blairmore Holdings. News of Ian Cameron's fund came in the leak of the so-called Panama Papers over a week ago. The Prime Minister maintained Blairmore Holdings was not set up for tax avoidance purposes, and he hit out at "deeply hurtful and profoundly untrue allegations" about his late father.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, on Monday opened his defence before a Federal High Court in Abuja, where he is being prosecuted for money laundering and charges bordering on the N400m he received from the Office of the National Security Adviser. Metuh’s first witness, Mr. Ike Abonyi, who described himself as a journalist and a public relations consultant, said in his testimony that the N400m was released to the PDP spokesperson by the ONSA in 2014 on the instruction of the then President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.

FILE PHOTO: Two arrested Boko Haram suspects The European Union (EU) said on Monday in Abuja that it had allocated 67 million euro (about 20 billion naira) for the rehabilitation and re-integration of captured Boko Haram members. Mr Richard Young, the Deputy Head of EU Delegation to Nigeria, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), after the launch of Nigeria’s “De-radicalisation Programme Guide.” The Guide was prepared under the European Union Technical Assistance to Nigeria’s Evolving Security Challenges and launched by the National Security Adviser (NSA),retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno.