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Politics:::Saraki, Fayose, Adeleke Storm Ibadan As Atiku's Campaign Hits South-West (PHOTOS)

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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;

News:::BREAKING NEWS: EBSU Sacks 63 Lecturers For Sexual Harassment, Other Offences

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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...

Politics::::JUST IN: House Of Reps Speaks On Plans To Impeach VP Osinbajo

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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...

Entertainment:::::::Nicki Minaj And Drake No Longer Follow Each Other On Instagram

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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...

Politics:::::APC crisis: Learn how to talk – Gov. Okorocha attacks Oshiomhole

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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 ...

News::::Nigeria Emerges Third ‘Most Terrorised Country’ For Fourth Consecutive Year – Report

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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 ...

News::::ASUU Strike Leads Lecturer to Turn Into Spiderman to Attend to Students

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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...

Foreign News::::::Russia Asks Italy to Drop Charges Against Envoy in Nigeria Graft Case

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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...

Foreign News:::::Liberia's electric crisis: 60% of power ‘stolen’

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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.

Foreign News:::: Plane carrying remains of former President Bush lands in Houston

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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.”

Foreign News:::::Meng Wanzhou, the daughter of Huawei’s founder arrested in Canada

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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.

News:::::::Buhari returns home from Poland

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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.

News:::Why Buhari Will Perform Better If Re-elected – Osinbajo

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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...

News::::JUST IN: Gunmen Abduct Eight Lecturers, Shoot One In Osun

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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...

Politics:::::2019 ELECTION: You Have 48 Hours To Drop Atiku, Conduct Fresh Primaries, Aspirant Tells PDP

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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...

Politics::::This Is Why Atiku Is Unfit To Rule Nigeria – Tinubu REVEALS

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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...

Foreign News::::South Africa gets its first female chief prosecutor

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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.

Foreign News::::Kenya hires foreign lawyer to fight corruption

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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.

Foreign News:::UN launches $25bn aid for Nigeria and other countries

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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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Www.ChurchillChoken.blogspot.com: News::::BREAKING: Nigeria's National Assembly Staf... : Update:: Currently rocking the Senate house Tuesday morning is the protest by the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) to agi... Update::

Foreign News::::: US Couple Chased With Machetes In Nairobi

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...

News::::BREAKING: Nigeria's National Assembly Staffs Protest Over Non Payment Of Allowances (PHOTOS)

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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.

Entertainment::::Small Doctor Has 2 Cases With The Police And Might Spend A Long Time In Jail

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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...

Politics:::JUST IN: APC Spokesman Resigns [SEE Why]

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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...

News::::Lecturers, Administrators Contribute To The State Of Nigeria's Education- Osinbajo Asserts

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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 ...

News:::3 Die In Cross River After Renewed Communal Clash

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News::::Buhari Vows To Free Remaining Chibok Girls No Matter What

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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...

News:::Nigeria, Russia sign treaty on legal assistance in criminal matters

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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...

Entertainment::::'Police arrest Small Doctor

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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...

News::::Mob set building ablaze over artisan’s death

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...

Foreign News::::REVEALED: Police Discover House Where Kidnappers Held Africa's Billionaire, Mo Dewji

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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...

Event::::SEE The Full List Of The 2018 Future Awards Africa Nominees

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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...

Foreign News::::Can the EU deliver on its military ambitions after Brexit?

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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...

Entertainment::::Fil-Aussie model wins 3rd-runner up in Manhunt Int’l contest

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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...

News::::Military yet to pay me N1.25m as ordered by court – Ebere Ohakwe

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...