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Update:: The Campaign Train of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has hit the South-western part of the country. Campaign DG, Bukola Saraki, Ex-governor of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose among many other top chieftains of the party in the South-west stormed the city of Ibadan for their campaign rally.  Photos below;

Update:: Management of Ebonyi state University (EBSU) on Thursday said it has sacked 63  lecturers for various infringements. Among the infringements include alleged certificate forgeries, sexual harassment and extortion. Public Relations Officer of the University, Patrick Itumo confirmed the sack to The Nation. He noted that some of the people sacked were adjunct lecturers of the school who have over stayed in the university. According to him, most of the staff sacked were said to have obtained their West African School Certificate Examination (WAEC) before their First School Leaving Certificate. They were also said to have falsified their age certificates and other relevant credentials. The spokesman said the sack followed audit report submitted by a committee set up to verify credentials of workers of the institution. Rumour has it that over 300 persons were affected by the sack but the spokesman said only 63 were dism...

Update:: The spokesman for the House of Representatives, Abdulrazak Namdas, has denied claims that Reps members were collating signatures to impeach the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Namdas told journalists on Wednesday that he is not aware of such process in the House. According to him, “There is nothing like impeachment before the House of Representatives as I speak now. “As far as I am concerned, I speak for the House, and there is nothing like impeachment before the House for consideration. I don’t speak for members, I speak for the House. “At least, officially before the house, there is nothing like that. I am not aware of any impeachment.” Namdas’ reaction comes amidst allegation that some of the lawmakers are collating signatures to commence the impeachment of Vice-President Osinbajo. A member of the House of Representatives, Johnson Agbonayinma, had made this allegation on Tuesday while speaking with journalists. Agbonayinma alleged that political gladi...

Update:: Someone who possibly has a little more time on their hands than the rest of us has discovered that Nicki Minaj and Drake are no longer following each other on Instagram. The two came up in the game together in Young Money, and are the two most successful Lil Waynesignees. After exploding onto the scene in 2009-2009, Nicki and Drake both reached the pinnacle of pop fame in record time. While Drake was boasting accolades such as collaborating with Eminem and Jay-Z during the early stages of his career, Minaj was blessed with a judges chair on American Idol. As their fame grew, it seemed like Nicki and Drake were drifting apart. On "Tuscan Leather" Drake infamously rapped, "Not even talkin' to Nicki, communication is breaking." Now, it appears the two have stopped following each other. Speculative fans belive it may have something to do with the fact Drake and Meek Mill have made up. The two friends turned enemies, turned friends again, pushed thei...

Update:: The Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has said the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole needs to learn how to talk in a way that will dignify the party. Okorocha said this while lambasting the APC Chairman over his comments against some leaders of the ruling party. Recall that Oshiomhole had on Wednesday described some state governors on the party’s platform as poor students of history. Oshiomhole had spoken after receiving the APC women leaders from Edo State and Abuja, who paid him a solidarity visit in his office in Aso Drive, Abuja. In a swift response, Okorocha said the former Edo State Governor should apply caution in the way he speaks about the party leaders. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sam Onwuemeodo, the governor urged Oshiomhole to learn from President Muhammadu Buhari. He said, “We have not read Oshiomhole’s statement but I don’t think any National Chairman of a party can say such a thing. He should ...

Update:: The 2018 ranking on terrorism is out and Nigeria, for the fourth consecutive year, occupies the third position among the countries worst hit by terrorism, globally, because of the activities of Boko Haram and herdsmen. Apart from 2014 when it was ranked fourth, Nigeria has remained in the unenviable third position in the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) ranking since 2015. In the latest report released on Wednesday, Iraq, a country in the Middle-East, is ranked first, a position it has held since 2014. Afghanistan has ranked second since 2013. Syria and Pakistan are ranked fourth and fifth respectively. Others among the top 10 countries worst hit by terrorism in 2017 are Somalia (sixth), India (seventh), Yemen (eighth), Egypt (ninth), and Philippines (10th). The good news, however, is that there has been a reduction in the number of deaths caused by terrorism in Nigeria in 2017, just like the other three preceding years, according to the report “When compared to the peak ...

A lecturer in one the universities in the Southeast ‘transformed’ into Spiderman to attend to his students. The unnamed lecturer was seen on Wednesday morning walking into his office in Spiderman's costume. Some non-teaching staff were present when the incident happened and were stunned to see a man dressed in Spiderman's costume walking into the office complex. As the lecturer was greeted and called by his name, he ignored every greeting, pretending not to know anyone since he was not ‘human’. He opened his door, walked in and sat down, waiting for students whom he had told to await the arrival of ‘Spiderman’ to assist them. As Mass Media Nigeria reported, "it was gathered that the unnamed lecturer had told some students he was a strong member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) currently on nationwide strike for the past one month. According to sources, some of his M.Sc. students wanted to see him to have a final discussion with him before their...

Update:: Russia has asked Italy to drop charges against a former ambassador caught up in a Nigerian corruption case, legal documents showed on Wednesday. Ednan Tofik ogly Agaev, a former Russian ambassador in Colombia, is charged with international corruption in a case revolving around the 2011 purchase by oil majors Eni and Shell of Nigeria’s OPL 245 oilfield. Milan prosecutors allege bribes totalling around $1.1 billion were paid to win the licence to explore the field. Agaev and all the parties involved in the case have denied any wrongdoing. Documents filed by prosecutors with the Milan court on Wednesday showed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed a letter to his Italian counterpart in Moscow at a meeting on Oct. 8, calling on Italian authorities to be “reasonable”. The letter said Russia was convinced Agaev had committed no wrongdoing. "We hope the Italian authorities adopt a reasonable approach and after respective checks find a way to change the status o...

Update:: People steal about 60% of the electricity generated in Liberia annually by making illegal connections to their homes and businesses, the state-owned power utility has said. The theft caused annual losses of about £35m (£27m), Liberia Electricity Corporation officials told state radio. This robbed the utility of money needed to extend power supply, they added. Liberia is trying to rebuild its power sector, destroyed during a civil war which lasted from 1989 to 2003. But up to now only 12% of Liberians - and less than 20% of residents in the capital, Monrovia - have electricity, one of the lowest access rates in the world. The government has set itself the target of rolling out electricity to 70% of Monrovia's population by 2030.

Update:: A plane carrying the body of former U.S. President George H.W. Bush touched down in Houston on Wednesday following a state funeral in Washington where he was remembered as a statesman of uncommon personal kindness. He occupied the White House from 1989 to 1993, navigating the collapse of the Soviet Union and expelling former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein’s forces from oil-rich Kuwait. “George H.W. Bush was America’s last great soldier-statesman,” Jon Meacham, a presidential biographer, said in a eulogy at the service in Washington. “He stood in the breach in the Cold War against totalitarianism. He stood in the breach in Washington against unthinking partisanship.”

Update:: Canada has arrested Huawei’s global chief financial officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, in Vancouver on suspicion she violated U.S. sanctions against Iran. She now faces extradition to the United States, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Wednesday. Meng, who is one of the vice chairs on the Chinese technology company’s board and the daughter of company founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested on Dec. 1. A court hearing has been set for Friday, a Canadian Justice Department spokesman said, according to the Globe and Mail.

Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from Poland, where he participated in the opening of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice. While in Poland, the President delivered his national address at the 12-day meeting of COP24, and met with several world leaders . He also visited the impressive Nigerian pavilion at the climate summit. President Buhari on Tuesday visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, in Oświęcim, Poland where he paid tribute to Holocaust victims.