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[PHOTO] Abacha’s Daughter Mocks Amaechi Over Buhari’s Appointment ‘Snub Gumsu Abacha, the daughter of late Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha, on Friday took to her Instagram page and posted the picture below, a day after President Muhammadu Buhari made six new appointments without including former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, who was the DG of his campaign team. On the picture is written: “Papa, I beg you appoint me as anything, even Mai Guard, Abeg GEJ dey laugh me Buhari replied thus: You know I cant stand arrogant boys.  See photo below

“I have no regrets marrying an old woman, because all young girls do is beg” says man who married a 68yr old Swedish woman 28-year-old Guvnor Ace (born Ronald Samawere) who had earlier been accused of ‘dating an ancestor’ got married to 68-year-old Lisa Johnson on August 20 in a civil ceremony held at the Uganda Registration Service Bureau in Kampala before friends and family members.  Speaking to Uganda’s WBS TV on why he married his wife, the Ugandan dance-hall artiste said that young girls are a financial liability and some are not genuine.

RIVERS STATE GUBER POLLS ELECTION TRIBUNAL WILL HOLD IN ABUJA TODAY The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal will in Abuja, today, rule on an application by counsel to Governor Nyesom Wike, urging the tribunal to dismiss the petition of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Dakuku Peterside, on the ground that it is an abandoned petition “in the eye of the law”.

BUHARI APPOINTS NEW GMD FOR NNPC Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new head of the country's corruption-hit state oil company, weeks after after sacking the entire board, his spokesman said on Tuesday. Buhari took office on May 29 and axed Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) chief Joseph Thlama Dawha and his directors less than a month later after vowing to tackle what he called "the evil of corruption". Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu's appointment as NNPC group managing director was announced in a statement from Buhari's spokesman Femi Adesina, which also listed other changes at the top of the state-run company. No reason was given for Dawha's removal after just 10 months in the job, but changes at the much-criticised NNPC have become routine and observers believe the move may have been a prelude to an in-depth probe of its activities. "This appointment marks the beginning of the reforms which will establish the NNPC as corporatio