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The Ekiti House of Assembly, on Thursday, impeached its deputy speaker, Mr Segun Adewumi, who represents Ekiti West Constituency 1, on ground of gross misconduct and insubordination. The Chairman, House Committee on Business, Chief Gboyega Aribisagan, under Matters of Public Importance, moved for the impeachment which was seconded by Mr Sunday Akinniyi(Ikere-Ekiti 11) at plenary on Thursday. We reported earlier that  Ekiti deputy speaker Segun Adewumi impeached over alleged gross misconduct The Speaker, Mr Adeniran Alagbada, immediately swore-in Mr Posi Omodara (Irepodun/Ifelodun) as the new deputy speaker after the duo of Mr Olarewaju Olayanju and Mrs Cecilia Dada had nominated and seconded his nomination respectively. Other business of the day include the passage of 2019 N129.9 billion Appropriation Bill by the house. The lawmakers unanimously passed the bill following the adoption of the report of house Committee on Finance and Appropriation presented by the chairman...

An aide to the PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 election has debunked claims that his principal, Atiku Abubakar, travelled to the US - Paul Ibe said that claims Atiku had travelled to the US were a figment of the imagination of the authors - According to Ibe, "His Excellency hasn’t gone anywhere" Contrary to claims on social media, that the presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has just travelled to the Washington DC, United States of America, his special adviser on media, Paul Ibe, has debunked these reports. Daily Trust reports that Ibe in a telephone conversation said that claims Atiku had travelled to the US were a figment of the imagination of the authors. The social media had on Thursday, January 17, gone wild with claims that the PDP presidential candidate left Nigeria to speak at the Chamber of Commerce in the US. Also, the Cable had in a report titled: "BREAKING: Atiku arrives US, ‘to speak at chamber o...

Violence reportedly marred a rally organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa state on Thursday, January 17, after a mob allegedly attacked police officers over the death of a party member. Premium Times reports that thousands of PDP supporters, including a former Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, were at the rally which held in Gwaram local government area of the state. However, violence at the rally reportedly erupted after a police officer who was said to be trying to control the crowd shot one of the participants who reportedly died. Angered by the death of the individual, a mob reportedly began to riot and attacked police officers at the rally, burning down a police vehicle. Meanwhile, the chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Zaria local government area of Kaduna state, Alhaji Abdu Ringo, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity will earn him second term in office. He said this on Thursday, January 17, during the presentation of ce...

Segun Adewumi, the deputy speaker, of Ekiti House of Assembly is removed from office by lawmakers for alleged gross misconduct and insubordination - The speaker of the House, Adeniran Alagbada, swears in Posi Omodara as the new deputy speaker after been nominated - The Ekiti lawmakers pass the 2019 N129.9 billion appropriation bill following the adoption of the report of House committee on finance and appropriation The Ekiti House of Assembly, on Thursday, January 17, impeached its deputy speaker, Segun Adewumi, who represents Ekiti west constituency 1, on the grounds of gross misconduct and insubordination. The chairman, House committee on business, Chief Gboyega Aribisagan, under matters of public importance, moved for the impeachment which was seconded by Sunday Akinniyi (Ikere-Ekiti 11) at plenary, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The speaker, Adeniran Alagbada, immediately swore-in Posi Omodara (Irepodun/Ifelodun) as the new deputy speaker after the duo of Olar...

Kim Kardashian has officially confirmed that she and her husband Kanye West are expecting their fourth child together via surrogate. Kim, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian joined Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live and he dove right in when it came to asking her about her family. At first, Cohen called upon his viewers to help pick out a baby name for Kim and Kanye by voting for one of the following options: East, South, Calabasas or Lil' Kris. It turns out, "no," she wouldn't consider naming her next kid any of those names. "Are you working on another child?" Cohen asked. "We are," the mom of 3 confirmed. Cohen replied, "Obviously I knew that, I didn't think you were telling everyone." While there have been reports and confirmations that she is expecting a fourth child via surrogate, Kim had yet to make any official announcements herself. It appears some liquid confidence got the best of her recentl...

Update:: Theresa May, UK Prime Minister, has escaped another impeachment move in a space of five weeks. The British Parliament held the first vote of confidence in December, 2018. On Tuesday, May lost at the parliament by 230 votes, when she presented her Brexit deal. This made it the biggest loss in the history of the United Kingdom. After this, Jeremy Corbyn, opposition party leader, asked that a vote of no confidence be passed on her government, which she welcomed for discussion. Yesterday, the British lawmakers cast their votes, and May’s government escaped by a whisker of 19 votes, as MPs voted 325 to 306 that they have confidence in May’s government, despite refusing Brexit deal. After her victory, May urged the opposition parties leaders to put their self-interests aside and work towards achieving progress in the UK. “We will continue to work to deliver on the solemn promise we made to the people of this country to deliver on the result of the referendum,”...

Update:: Big Brother Naija will hold again in 2019 for the fourth time since it first held in Nigeria in 2006 and we have all the details. Here are four major things you need to know about one of the most viewed and talked about reality TV show across Africa. 1. Nigeria is the host country For the season 4 of the Big brother Naija, the host country will be Nigeria. The reality TV show hosting is returning to Nigeria after 13 years when it was filmed in Nigeria. Speaking on the reason the reality TV show will be hosted in Nigeria, MultiChoice Nigeria's General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Martin Mabutho said the show can successfully hold in Nigeria and attain global standards. 2. Bet9ja emerges headline sponsor   After headlining two seasons as the major sponsor, Payporte will give way for Bet9ja as the new headline sponsor for Big Brother Naija. The new headline sponsor for Big Brother Naija 4 was unveiled on Tuesday, January 15, 2018 at a ...

Update:: The People’s Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has taken his campaign to Britain, presenting his ideas while faulting the tenure of Nigeria’s incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari. Atiku, who will contest the February elections against Buhari and over 50 candidates, wrote in UK’s Daily Express an article titled “Beyond Brexit – Nigeria wants a new trade deal with Britain”. Britain’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, visited Nigeria in August 2018 to discuss trade deals and economic partnerships and to sign defence and security partnerships. She also pledged to assist in bolstering the rule of law and in the fight against organized crime. However, Atiku stated in the article that while the trade deals and partnerships are welcome and necessary, Buhari’s government cannot deliver on the deals. The former vice-president pitched that a change was necessary if Africa’s most populous country is to progress, hence, deliver on the deal. “Unfortunately for ...

Update:: International Criminal Court judges on Wednesday rejected a prosecution request to extend the custody of former Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity. Calling the prosecution case “exceptionally weak”, the judges said Gbagbo had given assurances he would return to the Hague-based court if ordered to do so. Gbagbo spent more than seven years in custody during his trial, which dealt with allegations of involvement in election- related violence in Ivory Coast in 2010 and 2011 in which some 3,000 people were killed. Wednesday’s decision paves the way for the speedy release of Gbagbo and co-defendant Charles Ble Goude from a detention facility in The Hague.

A suicide attack killed four US personnel in northern Syria Wednesday, costing Washington its worst combat losses in the war-torn country since 2014 as it prepares to withdraw. The bombing, claimed by the Islamic State group, comes after US President Donald Trump's shock announcement last month that he was ordering a full troop withdrawal from Syria because the jihadists had been "largely defeated".

Update:: Kenyan police scoured the rubble of a Nairobi hotel complex for more victims Wednesday as the death toll from a jihadist attack jumped to 21 and mourners began to bury the dead. President Uhuru Kenyatta had earlier announced the end of a 20-hour operation at the DusitD2 complex which saw hundreds of people rescued and all five jihadists "eliminated".

Update:: The presidential candidate for Nigeria’s main opposition party said on Wednesday he was committed to privatising the state oil company, weeks ahead of the election that will determine who runs Africa’s top crude-producing country. Atiku Abubakar had stated in his manifesto that he intends to break up the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) if he wins the Feb. 16 ballot “I am committed to privatising NNPC. Even if they are going to kill me I’ll do it,” he told business leaders in the commercial capital Lagos on Wednesday. “With the electricity sector, it is the same thing I stand for.”

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...