BREAKING: Senate approves $500m Eurobond request by President Buhari

Senate on Wednesday has approved the sum of $500million eurobond meant to finance 2016 budget deficit.

The approval was after two hours closed door session.

Moving the motion, Deputy Senate Leader, Bala Ibn N’allah explained that time was against the 2016 budget, adding that it would be disastrous for nation for any delay.

Doctor stops on Third Mainland bridge, jumps into lagoon [PHOTO]

Lagos State Emergency Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said it received a distress call of a man who committed suicide on Third Mainland Bridge.

The agency said the individual parked his grey coloured Nissan SUV with registration number LND 476 EE at about 4.50 pm before Adekunle, inward 3rd Mainland bridge and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon.

Police detains Peace Corps boss, Dickson Akoh again

The Nigeria Police, on Sunday, detained the National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria, Amb. (Dr.) Dickson Akoh.

Akoh, who had just arrived Abuja from where he has been receiving traditional treatment for ulcer and pile, decided to turn himself in, at the FCT Command of the Nigeria police, after been told that the police were looking for him.

A source at the Commandant headquarters disclosed that, Akoh arrived at about 5.40pm, where he had a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of CID, officer in charge of the SARS and DC of SARS.

I did no surgery to enhance my breasts - Roman Goddess

Roman Goddess

The name, Roman Goddess, probably wouldn’t have meant a thing to anyone some two years ago. But after the Instagram became a craze in Nigeria, she emerged from nowhere to become something of a sensation. In fact, she’s one of the most popular Instagram personalities that came  out of the thin air to become something that constantly stares us in the face.

Bingo! She’s a star even though when no one can lay a finger on what she does for a living. No one even knows where she came from but each time she posts a picture or a video, in a matter of minutes there are thousands of likes and comments, dotting her page, to tell us, that there are many eyes always watching out for her.

Civilians who wear military camouflage will be jailed – Army

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, has warned civilians against wearing military camouflage.

Usman stated this in a recent interview with Punch.

He said such offence attracted a one-month prison term.

I will not rest until I address those issues that affect our people – Buhari

Buhari orders release of  London-Paris Club refunds to states ….Gives reasons he stopped visits to London

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his commitment to better the lots of the citizenry was the main reason he would not take more rest after his return from London on medical vacation. This came as the President ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Finance Ministry to immediately release the second tranche of London-Paris Club refunds to state governments, as a way of helping them meet with their financial responsibilities.

FG raises panel to probe Fanta, Sprite content

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has set up a panel of experts to investigate the controversies surrounding the level of benzoic and ascorbic acid in the soft drinks being produced by the Nigerian Bottling Company.

Adewole, in a series of tweets on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, assured Nigerians that the Federal Government had convened a group of experts, including food scientists and nutritionists, to access the safety of preservatives being added to the beverages.