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Update:: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said President Muhammadu Buhari will perform better if re-elected in 2019. He said Buhari’s honesty, integrity and performance in the past three years in office set him apart from all other contenders for the exalted office. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, stated this yesterday in Abuja during a door-to-door strategy in two Abuja suburbs of Karu and Nyanya. Osinbajo, who addressed a mammoth crowd, said “For the honest, decent and hardworking Nigerians, Mr. President has devoted his life to ensuring that their lives are made better even when it is sometimes not easy to do so. “All of us are going higher. I want you to believe that President Muhammadu Buhari is going to do even better. We have to create more jobs for all these young people. “We have to give our market women credit so that they can do more business; our young people money so that they can do more business.” Speaking on the President’s concern for the common man, Prof. O...

Update:: Eight staff of Osun College of Technology, Esa-Oke were on Tuesday kidnapped by unidentified gunmen. The Public Relations Officer of the college, Mr Adewale Oyekanmi, made this known in a phone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo. According to him, the gunmen also shot dead another staff who attempted to escape from the scene of the incident at about 4:30pm. Oyekanmi explained that the gunmen blocked Esa-Oke Road (a road leading to the college campus), stopped several vehicles including the victims’ vehicles and abducted them. “So far, the gunmen have not made contact with the families of the kidnapped persons or with the college management. “The police, Department of State Security and men of the OPC are combing the bushes to see if they can rescue the kidnapped staff,” he said. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mrs Folashade Odoro, said the police were aware of the matter, adding that it would soon issue an of...

Update:: Mr. Stanley Osifo, a Peoples Democratic Party 2019 presidential aspirant has issued a 48-hours ultimatum to the party to cancel its presidential primaries, calling for a new convention. Osifo also threatened to go to court if the party refused to revert to the status quo and cancel the primaries that ushered in Atiku Abubakar as its candidate. Addressing newsmen in Lagos, Osifo said that he deserved the same opportunity as other aspirants of the party, having obtained its nomination and intention forms for N10 million and N2 million respectively. The aspirant, who hails from Edo State, said his major grievance was that he was not allowed to undergo screening and participate in the primaries for no reason. “I do not want my N12 million refunded. I bought the form to contest and must be given the opportunity to do so. “The electoral act guarantees that we can still hold fresh primaries a week to the election. “The party refused to screen me for the election after I obta...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, has launched a fresh attack on Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, stating that he is unfit to be the next president of Nigeria Tinubu explained his reason for declaring Atiku unfit to rule Nigeria, saying the former Vice President was “a merry-go-round and carnival-like politician with no focus or mission.” The APC national leader spoke while delivering a keynote address at the meeting of National Consultative Forum by the National Committee of Buhari Support Groups held yesterday in Abuja. The former Lagos State Governor stated that the Waziri of Adamawa had changed parties so many times and collected so many membership cards that he had become unstable and confused Tinubu said, “Atiku could build a house of the party membership cards he has accumulated. “But one thing he should remember is that a man who builds a house of cards ought not to cast stones at a ma...

Update:: South Africa has picked a new chief prosecutor - a key figure in the country’s struggle against corruption. Shamila Batohi - the first woman in the role - said she was ready to fight the good fight. The prosecution service has been engulfed by scandal, with claims that former President Jacob Zuma and his allies were shielded from corruption investigations. Hence, there has been huge interest here in the appointment of a new chief prosecutor. President Cyril Ramaphosa's government - anxious to show it is now serious about tackling corruption - took the unprecedented step of broadcasting the job interviews on live television.

Update:: Kenya has appointed top British lawyer and scholar, Khawar Qureshi, as a prosecutor in charge of corruption cases against high-profile individuals. "The stakes in such cases are very high, and therefore it is necessary that the proceedings are insulated from public perceptions of political interferences," the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said in a statement. Dozens of civil servants and top business people are facing corruption charges. One of the high profile cases is that of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu Mwilu, who was arrested in August on suspicion of corruption, failure to pay tax and improper dealings with a local bank now in receivership. She denies the charges.

Update:: The UN has launched a global humanitarian appeal of $25 billion to provide support to no less than 93 million people in need of humanitarian assistance in Nigeria and other countries in 2019. Speaking at the launch of a major annual analysis of global humanitarian needs in Geneva, Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock said that 132 million people would need assistance next year. He said conflict had pushed tens of millions of people into a situation where they were in urgent need of help, adding the appeal for funds could top $25 billion to support life-saving aid projects in over 40 countries next year.

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A couple from Utah, United States, was on Friday attacked by three Kenyan men with one wielding a machete during a fitness tour along a rough road in Nairobi. According to a video posted on their social media account, the two, Lauren and Bryant Swenson, did not have enough time to react after they came across a matatu parked along that road. In a report by US media, the two had taken the rough road as a shortcut to bypass a highway snarl up in one of the city’s major roads While the four occupants of the vehicle approached the parked Public Service Vehicle (PSV), it slowly started moving revealing the three armed men. The three then started running towards their vehicle. Two Kenyans who were on the passengers' back seats, seeing how serious the situation was, then directed the driver to keep moving. They suspected that the PSV had been robbed as well. According to Bryant Swenson’s father, Bryant Swenson Senior, his son did not have any choice at the time but to try and driv...

Update:: Currently rocking the Senate house Tuesday morning is the protest by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) to agitate for the payment of salaries and allowances owed it members. Report shows the protest is taking place at the lobby of the Senate amid heavy security. The protesting staffers bear banners with the inscription: ‘enough is enough. ‘the Clerk to the National Assembly has suddenly become stupendous’. The protesters were also singing: “Sani Omolori, juju de fail’, ‘Ole’ (Sani Omolori, charms fail, you are a thief) as they moved round the balcony to the chambers. Sani Omolori is the Clerk to the National Assembly.

Update:: In a video making rounds on social media, Small Doctor and his crew were all told to lay down on the floor as the police arrested them. The incident which happened at the popular Oshodi expressway saw men of the Nigeria Police Force trying to disarm the singer. Also in the video, you can see an obviously shocked and injured Small Doctor surrendering to the fully armed police officers. The police on Monday in Lagos said they had arrested a popular musician, Adekunle Temitope, a.k.a Small Doctor, and three others for alleged unlawful possession of fireman. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Imohimin Edgal, told newsmen that the suspects were arrested after threatening to shoot policemen controlling the traffic at the ever-busy Oshodi area of Lagos. Edgal said that he was disappointed with the musician’s conduct because he had a case with the State CID, Panti for shooting a gun at his Agege show where he injured four persons. “You would have thought the incident w...

Update:: The Spokesman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo state, Mr. Jones Onwuasoanya has resigned from his position. In a letter, Onwuasoanya described the APC as a ‘cult’ and not a political party adding that the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole is a destroyer of the party. The statement read: “The Chairman left no one in doubt that he was not, from the onset, prepared for the task of serving the interest of members of the Party and upholding the provisions of its constitution, but to institute a most dangerous brand of feudalistic idealism and corrupted form of communism, where the whims of a few override the interest of the majority.” “After a careful and sober review of events within our political Party, especially, in the last two months, I have come to the conscientious conclusion that our party, which before now was touted as the beacon of integrity, democracy and fairness, has dangerously veered off from its own Constitution, philosophie...

Update:: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said lecturers and institutions of higher learning administrators have a hand in what has become of the the country's education system today. Osinbajo said these key stakeholders have all along been ignored when blames are apportioned for the decay in the academic system. He explained that when lecturers and adminstrators pay a particular attention to the "basic things such as the admission process, commitment to students wellbeing, quality teaching and research, as well as not condoning unethical and criminal behaviour within the institutions" the state of the country's education will improve. The Prof. who spoke at the opening event of the 13th Regional Conference of Higher Education Research and Policy Network (HERPNET), held in Ibadan, said “Perhaps the discussion here today may start with everyone accepting the fact that the responsibility of killing corruption from our institutions rest on us. “Many times, we pass ...

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Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged that his government will not rest until the remaining Chibok girls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists in April 2014 are safely released. Mr. Buhari renewed his commitment Monday in Katowice, Poland, at a bilateral meeting with Swiss President, Alain Berset, on the margins of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP24. The president, according to a press statement signed by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president, (media and publicity), had spent the whole day at the International Conference Centre, Katowice, where he delivered his national address at the opening of the 12-day meeting of COP24, met with several world leaders and visited the impressive Nigerian pavilion at the climate summit. During his meeting with the Swiss President, the Nigerian leader thanked the Swiss Confederation for its efforts and important role as intermediaries to secure the release of some Chibok girls and assured him that the issue of the r...

Update:: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says Nigeria and Federation of Russia have signed a treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters. The Ministry’s Spokesperson George Edokpa said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja. The ministry explained that the Treaty was negotiated in 2009 to enhance collaboration and cooperation between the two countries in the administration of criminal justice and signed in Moscow, Russia on Nov. 27, 2018. ”The Treaty was signed on behalf of Nigeria by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, while Russian Acting Minister of Justice, Mr Oleg Plokhoy, signed on behalf of his country. ”The Treaty on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matter is aimed at providing the necessary mechanism for cooperation in the fight against crime and criminal related matters. ”These include terrorism, as well as to counter every form of support to terrorism,” it stated. The ministry explained that...

Update:: The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Adekunle Temitope, popularly known as Small Doctor, for unlawful possession of firearms and for allegedly threatening to shoot a police officer. Edgal Imohimi, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, revealed this to the press on Monday while parading the musician along with three other persons. Small Doctor was arrested on allegations that he threatened a Police officer who was on traffic duty along Oshodi, Lagos. “It was alleged that some unknown men, four of them, in an unregistered green SUV had brought out a gun and threatened a policeman that if he does not leave the road, they will shoot him,” Imohimi said. “Believing that they were armed robbers, I sent out my men and fortunately, with the DPO in charge of Shogunle division, they were able to intercept them and the men were arrested and were brought down to the headquarters for interrogation. “It was then discovered that one of them is the same Adekunle Temitope, a.k.a. ‘Sm...

Four held for robbing victim of N3m, burning him in car trunk A building that served as a bar along the Upper Sokponba road, Benin City, Edo State, has been set ablaze by a mob over the death of an artisan simply identified as Elvis.Elvis had been engaged to do some work at the bar when he was electrocuted. According to eyewitnesses, Elvis climbed the ceiling to fix something when somebody switched on the generating set and he was electrocuted. He was pronounced dead at the hospital where he was rushed to.A relative of the deceased who pleaded anonymity said the building was set ablaze because youths in the area suspected the death was not ordinary. Edo State police spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, could not be reached for comments. Meanwhile, the police in Osun State have arrested four members of a robbery gang that robbed and later killed one Lagos businessman, Victor Akinbile, 48, by setting him ablaze while locked in his car.The Osun Commissioner of Police, Fimihan Adeoye, disclose...

Update:: Police have identified a house in Tanzania Mbezi Beach as where tycoon Mohammed Dewji was held following his kidnapping by unknown gunmen. The country's Special Zone Police Commander, Mr Lazaro Mambosasa, told journalists about the one-storey house during a briefing in the city on Monday. Mambosasa said that after the businessman was freed, police continued with investigations and found out that he was kept in the house that is a few kilometres from Old Bagamoyo Road. “The house belonged to the late Mwansasu. Its ownership was changed after his death. It is currently owned by his daughter,” said Mr Mambosasa. He did not disclose the name of the woman but added that the house was rented by South African businessmen. Commander Mambosasa said police were also holding taxi driver and broker Twalibu Mussa, who is believed to have close ties with the abductors. He said the lease agreement for the house stated that $1500 (over Sh3.4 million) was to be paid per month. Th...

Update:: The Future Awards Africa, TFAA, has released the list of its 2018 nominees. Some of the stars who were nominated include Adesua Etomi, Ahmed Musa, Simi, and many others. The award ceremony will be held at the Balmoral Centre, Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos on December 16. See the full list below: The Future Awards Africa Prize for Acting Zainab Balogun (29)] Maryam Booth (24) Bisola Aiyeola (32) Adesua Etomi (31) Alex Ekubo (32) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Advocacy Charles Odii (30) Hauwa Ojeifo (26) Samira Sanusi (30) Gospel Martins (30) Uche Kenneth (31) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Agriculture Abdulfatah Sadiq (31) Abubakar Sadiq Falalu (28) Jesse Osiobe (31) Oluwafemi Aliu (25) Ayodele Sipasi Olalekan (32) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Business Ladipo Lawani (30) Sunkanmi Ola (26) Chidi Ajaere (31) Ronke Bamisedun (31) Mohammed Jammal (31) The Future Awards Africa Prize for Comedy Samuel ‘Broda Shaggi’ Perry (25) Gloria ‘Ma...

Update:: This article is part of the World Economic Forum's Geostrategy platform The ability of the European Union to act in defence, today and in the future, is an important reference point in the debate about EU strategic autonomy in the context of Brexit. The EU has set itself a military level of ambition. Under the heading of the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), EU member states want to be able to conduct a range of military operations. Together with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the IISS study Protecting Europe: meeting the EU’s military level of ambition in the context of Brexit (pdf) , assesses to what extent the EU is able to fulfil this level of ambition, today and with an outlook towards 2030. The IISS and DGAP have developed policy-compliant scenarios to assess where possible capability shortfalls lie. Our findings benchmark existing and future EU member state capabilities against the force requirements the EU level of ambition generate...

Update:: It’s time for Filipino men to shine in pageants abroad. (Photo courtesy of Jonas Gaffud/ MANILA BULLETIN) Filipino-Australian model Jeff Langan was 3rd runner-up in the Manhunt International 2018 contest held in Gold Coast, Australia on Sunday. Vicent Llorach of Spain edged out 32 other candidates for the prestigious modelling title. Other winners were Australia, 1st runner-up; Netherlands, 2nd runner-up; and Vietnam, 4th runner-up. Winners of special awards were Puerto Rico, Mr. Physique; Thailand, Mr. Photogenic; Pakistan, Mr. Personality; United Kingdom, Best Runway Model; Spain, Best Commercial Model; Philippines, Best Fashion Model; and Indonesia, Mr. Internet Popularity. Started in 1988 by Alex Liu in Singapore, Manhunt International is the world’s most recognized and longest-running international male model competition. Langan, 25, started modelling when he was still a child. “My mom got me started on my first commercial for Long Beach Memorial Hospital when I w...

Olushola Ricketts Actress, Ebere Ohakwe, better known as Jewel Infinity, has said she has yet to get her compensation from the Nigerian Army. After being assaulted by an army officer identified as Sulaiman Olamilekan in February 2017, Ohakwe dragged the army before the court. Last month, a Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt, ordered the Nigerian Army to pay the sum of N1, 250,000 and publish a written apology in at least two national dailies to the actress. Speaking to Sunday Scoop , the actress said she was yet to get any compensation from the military. She said, “I am yet to speak with my lawyer, but I think he knows what to do and the next step to take. I am happy with the outcome of the case in court.” Ohakwe said she didn’t intend to take the military to court initially but she was abandoned and different lies were told to the public. She added, “At first, I didn’t want to take them to court though I was suffering serious pains and I couldn’t do anything for seven mo...

Thousands turned out on Sunday for a concert in Johannesburg to honor the life of Nelson Mandela, with Beyonce leading an all-star line-up. The event, held to mark 100 years since the birth of South Africa's first black president, was organized by advocacy group Global Citizen. It also aimed to highlight the fight against poverty, gender inequality and hunger, causes that Mandela championed. World Bank President Jim Kim was among a number of political and business leaders attending the event and he announced a $1 billion investment in health and education across Africa in 2019. "Be-yo-nce! Be-yo-nce!," chanted a group of ladies as they waited in a long queue to enter Johannesburg's FNB stadium, where Jay-Z, Usher and Ed Sheeran were also set to perform. Thousands of fans, some wearing Global Citizen T-shirts and temporary tattoos on their shoulders, cheered, danced and cried at the sight of their favorite artists. Many fans had been given free tickets in exchang...

Update:: The African Union (AU) has warned Burundi against moves to jeopardise peace efforts after an international arrest warrant was issued for ex-leader Pierre Buyoya and 16 other officials. They are accused of being behind the 1993 assassination of the country's first elected Hutu president. The killing of Melchior Ndadaye triggered a brutal ethnic civil war. Mr Buyoya, an ethnic Tutsi, says it is a ploy to stir up divisions and shift attention from the current crisis. More than 300,000 people died in a 12-year civil war between the minority Tutsi-dominated army and mainly Hutu rebel groups.

Update:: The United Nations condemned on Sunday a wave of “brutal” sexual attacks on women and girls in the northern town of Bentiu in South Sudan which took place in what it described as a government controlled area of the region. On Friday, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said that unknown gunmen have raped 125 women during a 10-day spree of violence in Bentiu, but local officials disputed the report.

Update:: An Egyptian film star faces trial next month for promoting immorality after attending the Cairo Film Festival in a see-through dress, state-owned online newspaper Al-Ahram Gate reported on Saturday. In a statement on her Twitter account, Rania Youssef apologised to families she may have angered by her outfit choice and said she did not expect it would cause so much anger.

Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari reacted for the first time on Sunday to rumours that he is not the real Person elected by Nigerians but a look-alike double from Sudan, known as Jubril. He declared: ‘‘It’s real me, I assure you. I will soon celebrate my 76th birthday and I will still go strong.’’ President Muhammadu Buhari was speaking in Krakow, Poland, when he met Nigerians living in the country. For sometime, the fake news industry claimed that the Nigerian President is an impostor. The issue was raised by one of the Nigerians. But an unruffled Buhari reaffirmed his authentic identity.

Update:: The presidential candidate of Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has assured Nigerians of development in the power sector if she wins the 2019 election. She added that uninterrupted power supply would be witnessed in the country. In a press statement on Sunday, Ezekwesili said that the electricity industry would be developed to employ more youths. She said, "From 1999 till date, all the projections made by successive governments to grow the supply of electricity to Nigerians, to either 6,000MW, 10,000MW or 20,000MW, have not been met. The Nigerian citizens’ desire and willingness to pay an appropriate price of electricity consumed is seen in the great demand for generators of all shapes and sizes, and how much they pay to operate and service these machines. "The low power availability from the National Grid has meant that corporate entities have to divert large amount of funds from their core productive areas of focus to this critical ar...

Update:: A fresh controversy has hit the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP after its national chairman, Uche Secondus was pictured kneeling before the Presidential Candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar. Its unclear why Secondus is kneeling but the emergence of the photograph has raised eyebrows on the behind-the-scenes activities going on within the opposition party. More details soon….

Update:: The CEO of Www.churchillchoken.blogspot.com, Churchill Choken Chigozirim will on Wednesday, 5th of December celebrate his two decades, and a year of existence on the planet earth. To wish him well,go to the bottom of Www.churchillchoken.blogspot.com, click on "Happy birthday Churchill" to wish him well on his personal Facebook account thanks.

Update:: Below is a Press Statement from the All Progressives Congress, APC made available to PoliticsNGR; We are amused by the latest utterances of the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus calling on both the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim to resign on account of the PDP’s baseless suspicions ahead of the 2019 General Elections. It is a pity that the once boisterous PDP, having undermined the country for 16 years through mindless undemocratic actions, has now become a caricature of a political party. This latest outburst is yet another reminder of how the PDP government serially abused state institutions in the pursuit of selfish political and economic interests. PDP is now being haunted by its sordid past and the ruinous party is now scampering from its own shadow. It is sad that the PDP hounds have continued to take Nigerians for granted, thinking ...

Update:: Ahead of the 2019 general elections, a frontline Presidential contender on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Sam Nwanti, has withdrawn from the presidential race in support of President Muhammadu Buhari re-election. The American-based detective from Mbieri, in the Mbaitoli Council Area of Imo State dropped his ambition in an interactive session with newsmen in Owerri. Nwanti disclosed that he withdrew from the race to boost the re-election bid of President Buhari in the 2019 elections, while he prepares for the 2023 presidential race. “Today, I withdraw from contesting for the presidential race on the platform of Labour party and back to APC. “I am back to APC to support President Buhari for his second term bid because he needs our support to get things aright once again. I will help All Progressives Congress and Buhari led administration fight corruption and as the only detective who is contesting in 2019, it may split the support of President Muhammadu Buhari,”

Update:: President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Krakow, Poland, ahead of the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), taking place from December 2 to 4. Mr Buhari arrived Military Base Balice, International Airport, Krakow at exactly 17:44 p.m., local time, an official statement from the presidency noted. The president and his team arrived just when the town was experiencing its first snow of the winter season. Temperature reading at the time of his arrival was -3 degrees Centigrade. COP24 Summit is being held at the International Conference Centre (MCK), Katowice, an industrial hub, about 100 kilometers from Krakow. Mr Buhari’s first official engagement will be a town hall meeting with Nigerians living in Poland on Sunday evening. The President will during the Leaders’ Summit at COP24, on Monday morning deliver a national statement highlighting Nigeria’s commitment to addressing climate change by impleme...

Update:: Hollywood superstars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached an amicable agreement on the custody of their six children, avoiding a potentially messy public trial, US media reported on Friday. Pitt and Jolie announced their separation in September 2016 after two years of marriage and 11 years together. Three of their children are their biological children, and the other three are adopted. “A custody arrangement was agreed two weeks ago, and has been signed by both parties and the judge,” Jolie’s lawyer, Samantha Bley DeJean, said in a statement carried by several US celebrity news outlets including TMZ. “The agreement, which is based on the recommendations of the child custody evaluator, eliminates the need for a trial,” she said. The couple had been set for a trial on December 4 — the deal means they will not battle in court. Jolie originally wanted to have sole custody of the children, while Pitt asked for shared custody. The terms of the agreement are confidentia...

Update:: Joaquin Calles became interested in learning Chinese when he first picked up the classic Chinese philosophical book Tao Te Ching more than a decade ago. However, scant additional information was available in Spanish on the school of thought in this work. Curious to learn more, Calles decided to study Chinese so he could further explore ancient Chinese philosophy. Learning the language fascinated him. "I found Chinese characters very interesting because they are very much related to the culture," Calles said. "For example, the Chinese word for medicine, yao , in its traditional form is related to music and herbs. It implies a connection with food and mood," he said. Calles had to find another school when the Language University Center canceled the Chinese class due to insufficient demand. He found another venue and four years later gained a degree in Chinese translation. To improve his Chinese, Calles enrolled with Chinese Language Education in Beijin...

Update:: Since the emergence of a video on social media, showing some strange looking armed men in the Northwestern state of Sokoto, Nigerians have been calling for a thorough investigation to avoid stories that touch. The fear that leaving it unattended to, by appropriate authorities, may just see the beginning of another terrorist group, while the country was still battling to expel Boko Haram, which has held the Northeast to ransom for many years now. Joining voice with many other Nigerians, Senator Shehu Sani, representing Kaduna Central at the senate has also called for quick and serious probe of the situation. According to him, while speaking via social media on Saturday, the government must take seriously the investigation of the armed group that just showed up in Sokoto. He noted that the group must be nibbed in the bud, to avoid another form of armed bandits, which the region was already battling with. The emergence of an Armed group in Sokoto state must be investigated ...

Update:: Modupe-Oreoluwa Oyeyemi, Nigerian artiste better known as Mo’Cheddah, says that she once battled depression to the point of considering jumping off Third Mainland Bridge. The 28-year-old fashion designer said older colleagues in the industry hated her when she got into the industry. “I was coming from a naive, God-fearing family and I went into the world of adults and I was thrown into a jungle and people did not care if I was 16, they attacked me,” she said in an interview with DANG Network. “The industry was hostile. I would be performing and they would turn off my microphone because the A-list artist doesn’t like me. There was one day I looked at my Mum and told her ‘you taught me everything about love but you did not teach me to hate’. “I don’t know why she did not, but the truth is there is hate in the world, so I went into the industry thinking everybody loved everybody. I didn’t understand that hate.” Explaining her abrupt exit from the music scene, Mo Cheddah sai...