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Update::   Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday said with quality leadership which he plans to bring on board as IG, the lost glory of the Nigeria Police Force would be restored. Adamu noted that the Force was blessed with intellectually gifted, exceptionally dedicated and professionally sound officers and men but the absence of quality leadership had been the setback of the police. Adamu, who stated this in his maiden speech, at the formal handing over ceremony at the Force headquarters Abuja, said as IG, he would draw from his national and international policing leadership to provide the missing link to ensure the dignity of the Force is restored. “Among you seated in this hall today are some of such thorough-bred and passionate professionals who can hold their own among their peers and have consistently distinguished themselves in complex national and international engagements. All that you desire, from my experience, is a transparent, respon...

A student of the University of Uyo has lost his fingers after being blown off by firework and is in need of emergency surgery.   As reported, the young man was celebrating 1st day of January when the accident occurred.    The firework was believed to have seven rounds but as the boy held it in his hand and lit it, it exploded on the first round.   He is reportedly a final year student in the faculty of education, UNIUYO.

Update::   There was mild drama Tuesday at the Ikeja Headquarters of the Lagos Police Command as two Police Commissioners resumed duty for the day. It was gathered that at the Government Reservation Area (GRA) headquarters, Edgal Imohimi, the state Police commissioner joined Kayode Egbetokun, a Deputy Commissioner who was on Monday widely reported to be the new commissioner in the state. Mr Edgal, billed to hand over following his redeployment, resumed Tuesday and said he remained in charge, throwing reporters and others at the GRA office into confusion. Earlier, Mr Egbetokun, billed to take over the baton after a joint news conference Tuesday, arrived at the Command ahead of Mr Edgal. But accoding to Premium Times, the handing over could not hold due to an “order from the police headquarters in Abuja”.   First, the entire drama began when the handing over event scheduled for 1:30 pm was shifted to 3pm. The drama took a new turn when, few minutes after 3pm, the...

Researchers at the University of South Australia claim to have discovered clay materials in a certain type of dirt, which, if consumed with an evening meal can help soak up fat droplets from the gut. Obesity costs the global economy an estimated $2 trillion every year, and countries around the world spend even more trying to prevent it, but a recently-published Australian study suggests that finding a cure to this modern-day epidemic could be as easy as dirt, literally.  Researchers led by PhD candidate Tahnee Dening were investigating how clay materials can improve drug delivery when they discovered that one of the materials she was testing had the remarkable ability to soak up fat droplets in the gut.  The serendipitous discovery immediately signalled Denning that they were on to something big, maybe even a cure for obesity. "It's quite amazing really," Tahnee Dening told Science Daily. "I was investigating the capacity of specifically clay materials to ...

Update:: Nike, the global sportswear giant on Tuesday launched some magic shoes that will automatically loosen or tighten when you step into them, and then adapt based on your activity. Wait for it — the Nike Adapt BB shoes, which go on sale on February 17 for $350 in the United States, are controlled by the touch of a button or a smartphone app.

Update:: Irish fast food chain Supermac's announced Tuesday it had won a European Union battle against global giant McDonald's over the use of the Big Mac and Mc trademarks. Supermac's asked the European Union Intellectual Property Office to cancel McDonald's use of the trademarks in certain fields.

Update:: Seeds taken up to the Moon by China's Chang'e-4 mission have sprouted, says China National Space Administration. It marks the first time any biological matter has grown on the Moon, and is being seen as a significant step towards long-term space exploration. The Chang'e 4 is the first mission to land on and explore the Moon's far side, facing away from Earth. It touched down on 3 January, carrying instruments to analyse the region's geology.

Update:: European Council President Donald Tusk has suggested that the UK should stay in the EU, after the prime minister's Brexit deal was rejected in parliament. "If a deal is impossible, and no one wants no deal, then who will finally have the courage to say what the only positive solution is?", he tweeted. MPs voted by 432 votes to 202 to reject the deal, which sets out the terms of Britain's exit from the EU on 29 March. EU officials and politicians have reacted with dismay to the result.

Update:: At least six people were killed when an Islamist suicide bomber and gunmen stormed an upmarket hotel and office complex in Nairobi, with police still trying to rescue people trapped inside the compound Wednesday after a siege of over 12 hours. Gunshots rang out sporadically in the capital as police tried to rescue survivors and flush out the attackers, however it was unclear how many were still hiding inside the complex.

Rihanna is suing her father, Ronald Fenty, for exploiting her name in what she says are his own million-dollar business deals. According to a the suit, obtained by USA TODAY, Rihanna has sued her father and his business partner, Moses Perkins, for invasion of privacy and "egregiously and fraudulently" misrepresenting that their company, Fenty Entertainment, is affiliated with the pop star.   Rihanna, whose full name is Robyn Rihanna Fenty, says she has nothing to do with her father's company. “Although Mr. Fenty is Rihanna’s father, he does not have, and never has had, authority to act on Rihanna’s behalf," reads the suit filed Tuesday in federal court in Los Angeles. Fraudulent bookings, the lawsuit states, include a $15 million tour in Latin America, along with two concerts in Los Angeles and one in in Las Vegas for $400,000.   Rihanna claims to have nothing to do with those bookings. The lawsuit says she has attempted to stop her father and his busi...

Update::                  In what could amount to a game-changer, key leaders of the Democratic Party of the United States are contemplating drafting Michelle Obama to contest the 2020 presidential election.  Michelle Obama, the former first lady, is extremely popular with the base of the Democratic Party and a broad cross section of the country.  A top Democrat in Washington DC revealed that a lot of work is going on in that direction. “It’s a delicate proposition but we are looking at all the angles,” he said. The motivation for this is that the leaders of the Democratic Party are desperately searching for a candidate that will excite the electorate and set the polity on fire.  And according to Gallup polls, Michelle Obama and her husband, former President Barack Obama, are the two most admired persons in the United States at the moment in both the female and male categories respectively.      ...

Update:: Donald Trump has mocked Jeff Bezos for his affair with Lauren Sanchez and he praised The National Enquirer for exposing the world's richest man while also slamming the newspaper owned by Bezos. Jeff Bezos Trump tweeted: 'So sorry to hear the news about Jeff Bozo being taken down by a competitor whose reporting, I understand, is far more accurate than the reporting in his lobbyist newspaper, the Amazon Washington Post. Hopefully the paper will soon be placed in better & more responsible hands!' Recall that Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie announced that they are divorcing because Jeff had an extra marital affair. The Bezoses have been married for 25 years, before Jeff Bezos started Amazon, making most of the family wealth communal. Jeff Bezos is worth an estimated $137 billion. A divorce settlement could cut his net worth in half. 

Update:: Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria due to be arraigned for alleged false assets declaration charges, was absent in court when his trial commenced on Monday morning. Danladi Umar, the Code of Conduct Tribunal chairman, called Mr Onnoghen’s case at about 10:08 on Monday, and the chief justice was absent. Wole Olanipekun, a senior Nigerian lawyer who is leading a team of 46 other senior lawyers to enter defence for the chief justice, began by challenging the jurisdiction of the case. “You have to first determine whether you have the jurisdiction to try this matter,” Mr Olanipekun said to the tribunal chairman Mr Olanipekun said Mr Onnoghen has not been indicted by the National Judicial Council as legally required of serving judges before his matter was picked up by the tribunal following a petition filed by a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Mr Olanipekun also said Mr Onnoghen was not given enough time to prepare for his arraignment befor...

Update:: A senior US Republican has urged President Donald Trump to temporarily reopen parts of the government shut down for more than three weeks. Senator Lindsey Graham, who is close to Mr Trump, said a limited re-opening of a few weeks would allow talks to resume between Republicans and Democrats. The partial government shutdown has now become the longest in US history. It has left hundreds of thousands of public workers unpaid and government offices closed. President Trump is refusing to approve a budget unless it includes $5.7bn (£4.5bn) for a wall along the Mexican border - a key campaign pledge. Democrats have rejected his request and say they will not negotiate further until the government is reopened.

Update:: Former South Africa captain Lucas Radebe says the country has lost a "legend" following his compatriot Phil Masinga's death aged 49. Masinga played with Radebe at Leeds United between 1994 and 1996 and also had spells at St Gallen in Switzerland and Italian clubs Salernitana and Bari. "He lost his fight against cancer this morning which is very, very sad for us as a football fraternity," said Radebe. "For us as Africans it was a great experience," added Radebe.

Update:: Nigeria's chief justice will face trial Monday for allegedly breaching asset-declaration rules, the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) said Saturday, a month before a presidential election in Africa's most populous country. Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen is the head of Nigeria's judiciary, which plays a key role in election matters and has helped resolve disputes in past votes. The conduct tribunal, which tries asset-declaration misdemeanors, said in a statement Saturday that Onnoghen would face six separate counts, without giving further details.

Update:: Zimbabwe's president has more than doubled the price of gasoline, hoping the increase will end severe shortages that are fueling public anger even as he departs on a foreign trip to Russia and other countries in search of investment. In a press conference Saturday night, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the increase in the state-controlled price of fuel should ease the shortages that have gripped the country in recent weeks. The president left Zimbabwe on Sunday on a trip that will end with his attendance at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, angering critics who say he should stay at home to deal with the crisis.

Update:: Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson has been stripped of his honorary titles after repeating comments about race and intelligence. In a TV programme, the pioneer in DNA studies made a reference to a view that genes cause a difference on average between blacks and whites on IQ tests. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory said the 90-year-old scientist's remarks were "unsubstantiated and reckless". Dr Watson had made similar claims in 2007 and subsequently apologised. He shared the Nobel in 1962 with Maurice Wilkins and Francis Crick for their 1953 discovery of the DNA's double helix structure.

Update:: Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid have reportedly called it quits for good.The couple was first linked in late 2015, months after Zayn ended his engagement to Little Mix star Perrie Edwards.A year later, they posed side by side for a Vogue cover shoot, but decided to part ways in March 2018, before rekindling the romance a short time later.Split rumours were once again sparked recently after former One Direction star Zayn, 26, unfollowed the model on Instagram, and a source has now insisted that this is the end for the duo."Gigi and Zayn have broken up," they told Britain's Grazia magazine. "Yes, they do get back together a lot, but this was a big breakup. The relationship is finally off and Gigi is keen not to feel humiliated but it all, as she knows how fractious they seem to people."The pair hasn't been spotted together since October, with 23-year-old Gigi attending pal Taylor Swift's New Year's Eve bash alone.In addition, the insider noted t...

European refiners are turning to Nigerian crude oil grades following a drop in exports from Iran after the United States’ sanctions on the second-biggest producer in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. A shortage of distillate-rich crudes in the Mediterranean caused by the dip in Iranian exports has redirected some supply of the likes of Urals , Azeri or CPC away from northwest Europe, according to Reuters. Qua Iboe, Nigeria’s largest crude oil grade, was said to have changed hands at a premium of $1.75 to dated Brent this week, its highest in months, while the supply of similar grades such as Forcados and Bonga was said to be virtually sold out. There were around a dozen Nigerian cargoes still believed to be available for sale but this was down from closer to 20 at the start of the week. In terms of tenders, Turkey’s Tupras awarded a tender for West African crude to Total. Traders said the grade involved was Forcados, while Indian Oil Corporation’s tender for...

Social media is currently buzzing with excitement after some rather peculiar photos of a beautiful girl selling in the market, surfaced online. It is common knowledge that Africans, especially the women are well endowed; mentally, spiritually and physically. The physical aspect however, is often talked about and praised everywhere. While there are some women who tend to use their bodies to make money rather than work, others prefer to do the hard work regardless of how pretty they may be. This is why some photos of a beautiful and well endowed lady selling fish in the market, has since gone viral on the internet. The pictures circulating the internet shows the pretty girl with a tray of fish on her head, in one of the photos and in another, she is pictured sitting by what is believed to be her stand. Whether this is a photo shoot or an actual representation of her life, the significance of the photo is not lost on many. In an era where a lot of people are more interested i...

Update:: Jennifer Lopez "constantly" tries to "evolve". The 49-year-old singer-and-actress worries about getting "stuck" so is always pushing herself to do new things and transform her career. She said: "I am constantly trying to evolve and to not get stuck. "It happens to people - you look at them and think, 'She got stuck or she let herself go.' " The 'Second Act' actress insists things don't have to decline as a person gets older because there's always an opportunity to make changes and keep "growing" and it's only people's own perceptions that hold them back. She told Britain's Grazia magazine: "There's this terrible idea that you get to a certain age and just plummet downwards. I don't believe that at all. "You can always reinvent. You can always make a change. You can always keep growing. "I believe that you can keep getting better and better and bet...

Update:: Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar have lost another staunch member. Latest on the list of defectors is Atiku’s North-East Campaign Director General, Senator Saidu Umar Kumo. Kumo was at the campaign headquarters of All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday to pledge his support. A tweet by the spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Campaign Council, Mr Festus Keyamo said: “The game is on! After recent mass defections of PDP leaders of North-East to join PMB’s train, today the latest convert, Atiku’s North-East Campaign DG, Senator Saidu Umar Kumo (standing to my left) was at our Campaign h/q to pledge his support! Then, the trending 4+4 followed!’’ Last week, the suspended Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Sen. Babayo Gamawa and a member of the party’s Board of Trustees, Kaulaha Aliyu, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The two defecting top members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were rece...

…He’ll lose, he’s our worst governor ever— PDP By Marie-Therese Nanlong Jos – As the race to occupy the Plateau State Government House at Little Rayfield, Jos commences, the State Governor, Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Jeremiah Useni of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Jon Temlong of the Action Democratic Congress, ADC, Haruna Dabin of the Providence People Congress, PPC, Godfrey Miri of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, among other candidates are doing their best to ensure they emerge winner in the all important race. Plateau APC elders say Buhari, Lalong’s victory “very certain” So far, some contestants have flagged-off their respective campaigns while others are yet to start. But foot soldiers of the respective candidates are working to convince the electorate to give their votes to their respective principals in the March, 2nd governorship election. For Lalong who on 5th January, 2019, flagged off his re-election campaign, he has to surmount ma...