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George Weah: A footballer’s leap to presidential palace

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Retired football star, George Weah, won the run-off presidential election in Liberia on Thursday to emerge the 25th President of that country.
The star, who was born on October 1, 1966, and who was the candidate of the Congress for Democratic Change, the same party that he founded in 2003, won 13 out of the 15 counties in the country, beating Vice-President Joseph Boakai. Reports said he won with 61.5 per cent of the total votes cast to Boakai’s 38.5 per cent.

‘D’banj was not paid a dime to perform with Don Jazzy’

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After long years of hiatus as a group since their fallout in 2012, former Mo’ Hits Records label stars: D’banj, Wande Coal, Don Jazzy, D’prince, Dr. Sid and K Switch, came together to deliver what can be described as an epic performance during Davido’s ‘30 Billion Concert’.
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The group went on to perform some of their biggest hits, including ‘Booty Call’, ‘Close to You’, ‘Pere’ and a handful of others; to which the audience boisterously sang along to. The group’s former boss, Don Jazzy, could be seen performing as well.

I don’t care what people say about Juliet Ibrahim and me –Iceberg Slim

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Nigerian music artiste, Iceberg Slim, and his new beau, Juliet Ibrahim, are fast worming themselves into the heart of Nigerians, most especially because they are never ashamed to talk about the love they share.
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Although ever since their relationship was made public, a few opined that the ace actress from Ghana could have done better with her choice of partner. This is because some people feel that the actress is richer and older than her sweetheart.

Biggest entertainment event flops of 2017

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The Nigerian entertainment industry had a slow start as regards events at the beginning of 2017 but later picked up towards the tail end of the year. Saturday Beats reviews some of the biggest event flops and disappointments in 2017
Majek Fashek 30 years on stage and album lunch
In his heyday, veteran singer, Majek Fashek, was highly regarded by music lovers locally and internationally for to his musical prowess. In fact, some people believed in the power of his songs. For instance, ‘Send down the rain’ was considered to be so powerful that whenever he performed it on open fields, the heavens opened.

Police screen hospital visitors as Buhari checks on son again

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday was back at the Cedar Crest Hospital, Gudu District, Abuja, where his son, Yusuf, who was injured in a motorbike accident, was hospitalised.
But the security situation around the hospital remained tense, as policemen screened those gaining entry into the medical facility.
The President, who got there around 6pm, had on Thursday alongside his wife and Yusuf’s mother, Aisha, visited the hospital.
A guard near the hospital told one of our correspondents that the First Lady was believed to have slept overnight till Friday.
At about 5.30pm when one of our correspondents got to the hospital, the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, also arrived to check on Yusuf.

22 unlimited sex pleasures for this season and beyond

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 One of the great things that accompany Christmas and the New Year season is the pleasure it brings along. And how else can a married couple enjoy memorable pleasure than having sex as hot as possible? So today, let us see how far you should be hot for each other, it is actually as simple as ABC.
One: When sex is on the agenda, the greatest mistake any husband would make is not to take advantage of the situation and really go down on the wife’s nipples, clitoris and vagina very carefully. Nipple, clitoral and vaginal stimulation can be the high point of foreplay for any wife, anytime. It can even be the main ‘event’ of the night or an erotic act that a couple return to frequently during a long sexual encounter.

Military redeploys spokesman, 398 officers in major shake-up

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The spokesperson for the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, and 398 other officers have been redeployed in a major shake-up announced by the Nigerian Army on Friday.
The army, which said the 2017 Fourth Quarter Postings and Appointments would take effect on January 2, 2018, noted that the shake-up affected officers in the rank of Brigadier-Generals and Major-Generals.
Our correspondent learnt that some senior officers were retired, having completed the mandatory years of service in the army.

Moribund airlines: FG to set up aviation school to raise professionals

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In response to the disturbing rate at which several commercial airline operators have gone moribund in the country, there are indications that the Federal Government would soon set up an aviation school that would groom professionals for the industry.
The Managing Director, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma, made the disclosure in a recent interview with our correspondent.
Our correspondent, had in a report published on November 25, 2017, x-rayed reasons why many airlines had become moribund in the country. The report was titled, ‘From sky to junkyard: Sad journey of Nigeria’s 160 moribund domestic airlines’.

Wike says $1bn ECA insurgency fund illegal –Wike

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 Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Friday described as illegal the recent approval by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum for the Federal Government to withdraw $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to fight insurgency.
Wike stated this in an interview with State House correspondents shortly after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said although he was in support of the fight against insurgency, the approval remained illegal.
The governor said, “For me, it (the approval) is illegal. However, we are talking about fighting insurgency and no right thinking individual will say that he will not support the government to fight insurgency.

Fuel scarcity: NLC, SERAP, CSOs clash over Dangote refinery

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The Nigeria Labour Congress again on Friday berated the Federal Government over the fuel scarcity in the country, saying government’s energy policy was defective.
Also on Friday, the NLC and civil society organisations were divided over Dangote Refinery, which will begin operations at the end of 2018.Image result for clash over Dangote refinery

The NLC, which spoke through its Secretary-General, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, warned the Federal Government against allowing the Dangote Group to monopolise the oil refinery sector.
 According to Ozo-Eson, the Dangote Group currently monopolises the cement sector. He said that such must not be allowed to happen in the oil refinery sector.
The NLC secretary-general blamed the Federal Government for the current fuel scarcity in the country.

Showdown looms as Senate queries FG over unapproved subsidy payment

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The Senate is set for a showdown with the Federal Government over the alleged payment of N26 per litre to subsidise the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol.
The Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), which was on Thursday mandated to investigate the current crisis over supply of the product, on Friday, asked how the government was maintaining a pump price of N145 per litre when the landing cost of the commodity was now N171.
President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had on Thursday directed the committee to cut short its recess and “immediately” convene a meeting with stakeholders in the petroleum sector over the current scarcity of petrol.

Friday

AFRICAN CULTURAL PROTECTION FROM INTO EXTINCTION

Sunday

Obiano is committed to governing Anambra well

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Rowland Odegbo
Since the governorship election in Anambra state was won and lost not much in terms of the discussion still dominates public discourse. Everybody appears to have moved on. Both the winner and the losers have since adjusted to the reality of the time. The state has also adjusted to the continuity train and shut its doors firmly against possible abandoned projects.

Friday

Suspected kidnapper caught chanting incantation, spewing alligator pepper on toddler’s head

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A suspected kidnapper was caught while allegedly chanting incantation and spewing alligator pepper on a toddler’s head
The 30-year-old man, Tunde Adebiyi, who allegedly attempted to hypnotise and kidnap a toddler, was on Friday arraigned in an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Adebiyi had appeared before Chief Magistrate Mr. Tajudeen Elias on a charge for attempted kidnap, which he pleaded ‘not guilty’ to.

Fuel scarcity: Stop punishing Nigerians, PDP tells Buhari

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The Peoples Democratic Party has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari, as Minister of Petroleum Resources, to find a quick solution to the lingering fuel scarcity now ravaging many parts of the country.
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It called on the President to stop punishing Nigerians.
The PDP, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary,  Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Friday, in Abuja, insisted that it was wrong for the President to sit in his comfort zone and put the blames of the fuel scarcity at the doorsteps of marketers, while Nigerians continue to suffer untold hardship.

PRESIDENCY 2019 OBIANO HAS NO INTEREST

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Okey Maduforo

Contrary to the rumour bruited in some quarters that the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano is nursing an ambition to contest the 2019 presidential election in the country the members of the public have been urged to discountenance such stories as they are handiwork of mischief makers.


It has been confirmed that the governor has no such plans rather he is more interested in improving the welfare of his people and expanding the frontiers of development in the state. What the governor achieved in his first term in office is nowhere close to what he intends to do in his second term and as such does not want to be distracted by idle rumours of the type making the round.
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In the same vein the story that the governor is threatening that the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) will take over the remaining four states of the Southeast zone during the next election was unfounded. The word threatening is alien to Governor Obiano who in the face of provocation during the just concluded governorship in the state maintained dignified silence. The governor is urbane and understands

Factional group: Buhari plans to be sole candidate in 2019, says PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to be the sole presidential candidate in the country during the 2019 elections.

It argued that this was the reason agents of the All Progressives Congress were bent on causing dissatisfaction among PDP members ahead of 2019.

The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said those who opened an “illegal office” of the party at the Asokoro District of Abuja were being deceived.

BREAKING: Osun workers declare strike over half salary

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Workers in Osun State have declared their intention to begin an indefinite strike following  the refusal of the state government to revert to paying them  full salary and arrears despite the receipt of the third tranche of N6.3 billion Paris Club loan refund.

The workers under the umbrella of the Osun State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council gave the strike notice  in a statement issued on Friday following an emergency meeting of labour leaders on Thursday.

Thursday

Cyril Ramaphosa, Possible Successor To Jacob Zuma of South Africa

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Ramaphosa became deputy president after his election to the position in the ANC in 2012. At the time he was wooed by President Jacob Zuma’s camp to give the slate “credibility” when then ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe contested Zuma for the top post.

Before that he was the chair of the national planning commission that produced the National Development Plan, the country’s blue print for growth towards 2030.

HIS UPSIDE: Ramaphosa founded one of the biggest and most powerful trade unions in the country – the National Union of Mineworkers.

Wednesday

Trump nears tax victory as US Senate passes overhaul

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The US Senate narrowly approved a sweeping tax overhaul early Wednesday, putting President Donald Trump on the brink of his first major legislative triumph nearly a year after he took office.

Hours earlier, Trump’s $1.5 trillion deficit-busting tax cuts cleared the House of Representatives, but a rare last-minute snag over parliamentary rules will force the lower chamber to vote on the updated package once again Wednesday.

The deepest rewrite of the US tax code in three decades provides dramatic tax breaks to corporations, and families at all incomes levels will see their income tax drop starting next year, with the largest benefits going to the wealthy.

Seven money-saving apps to help you eliminate debt

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For a lot of people, budgeting, saving money and tracking their finances is difficult. That’s because we are bombarded with a bunch of marketing schemes every day that makes us want to spend rather than save our hard-earned money.
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With these seven powerful money apps listed by www.forbes.com, you will learn to like budgeting and saving. Check out the list below to find an app that suits you best.

Era of endless wait for Nigerian visa over, Consul-General claims

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Mr. Tanko Suleiman, Acting Consul-General at the Nigerian Consulate in New York has said that the era of an endless wait to obtain Nigeria visa was over with the biometric system.

Suleiman told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York at the inauguration of the Nigerian biometric visa project that it was another achievement of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
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The Nigerian official said, “The essence of this new system is to make it easier for Nigerians and other people who have legitimate reasons to visit Nigeria, to obtain Nigerian visa.

Abuja mansion: You’re chasing shadows, Mark tells EFCC

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Immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has described the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he purchased his house in Apo Legislative Quarters Abuja illegally as “spurious, contrived and baseless.”
Mark, in a statement on Tuesday by his Media Assistant, Mr. Paul Mumeh, said the EFCC or any other agent of government were chasing shadows as the property was duly offered for sale, bided for and he purchased it in line with the Federal Government’s monetisation policy, which was started by the administration of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Anambra Rice, Safe and of Best Quality -NAFDAC

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The Anambra Rice brand has been satified safe and of good quality by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) contrary to a sponsored fake and malicious news being peddled by individuals who were out to score cheap political points by demarketing the product.
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Mrs Christiana Essenwa, a Deputy Director of NAFDAC had on Monday during a visit to the state Ministry of Agriculture in Awka, warned against the adultration and counterfeiting of the popular Anambra Rice brand by outgrowers and individuals trying to boost sales of local rice during the Christmas holidays.

Monday

I love threesome porn — Maheeda

Whenever the name Maheeda is mentioned, the first thing that comes to mind is controversy, sex and nudity. Maheeda The goddess of X and Naija Bad Girl as she is usually called isn’t afraid to go unclad constantly releasing nude photos of herself online and sexually explicit videos but at the beginning of year 2017 the mother of one promised to sheath her wantonness and be more of a mother figure to her daughter. Whether the Lasgidi Girl has wholesomely kept to her promise is a matter for another day, but her recent post on her Instagram page gives enough hint of her fidelity to her promise as she made public her preference when it comes to pornographic films. In the post,

Davido didn’t sack me via social media- Kamal

In an exclusive chat with Sunday Scoop, Kamal insisted that he wasn’t fired via social media. He said, “Davido didn’t give me the sack via social media. DAVIDO WITH HIS AWARD (PHOTO GETTY) “He was in Gabon when he wrote ‘I am now my own manager’ on Snapchat. Funnily, I was the one who drove him to the airport. “ Before then, we had had conversations about moving forward and I realised that what he wanted was different from mine. I wanted something bigger for him, but he was comfortable with what he wanted to do.” It will be recalled that it came as a rude shock when Davido announced on social media in January this year that he had parted ways with his former

Hip Hop star, Burna Boy docked for robbery, granted bail of N100,000

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Hip hop musician, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy was on Monday docked before an Ikeja Magistrate Court by the Lagos State Police, over his alleged role in robbery of his fellow musician, Abiye David Jombo aka Mr 2Kay, last October. Dancehall musician, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy at the Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, on Friday, December 15, 2017.   Mr 2Kay who was allegedly robbed at gunpoint in his hotel room at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, on October 22, during the “Buckwyld ‘N’ Breathless” concert where he also performed, lost some items including Swiss Audemars Piguet wrist watch to the thieves. The police invited singer Burna Boy in connection with the robbery, but only appeared after two months. He was subsequently arrested and detained after he turned himself in. It would be recalled that some suspects including Joel Kantiock, Burna Boy’s road manager, was paraded among the robbery suspects arrested for the robbery

You can’t make decent life in journalism – Osinbajo

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo Monday said journalists in the country with the poor remuneration cannot live a decent life. . From Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; Guest Speaker, Mr Tony Elumelu and the Permanent Secretary, State House, Mr Jalal Arabi during the End of the Year Seminar of the State House House Press Corps with the Theme “Journalists and Retirement Plan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Monday (18/12/17)
The Vice President also lamented that the private sector in the country does not respect the national minimum wage. He spoke on Monday in Abuja during an end-of-year seminar of the State House Press Corps with the theme: ‘Journalists and Retirement Plans’. The Vice President said that although remunerations were generally poor in the country, including his own and that of the President, the case of journalists was unique because many media owners are making the revenues but simply refuse to pay journalists better as and when due. He noted that while he earns about N1.5m as Vice-President, President Muhammadu Buhari earns about N1.75 million, which was not commensurate with the offices they occupy. The Vice President recalled his brief

Worst US train accidents

Here is a look at the worst train disasters in the United States, after Monday’s deadly accident in Washington state. “Multiple” people were killed when the Amtrak passenger train derailed, sending cars flying off a bridge and onto a busy interstate, officials said. The train, which was carrying 78 passengers and five crew, was part of a newly expanded faster rail service along the route linking Seattle and Portland, Oregon — featuring new locomotives. / AFP PHOTO – 1972, Chicago: 45 dead – The worst rail accident over the past 40 years or so goes back to October 1972 when two suburban trains collided in Chicago, leaving 45 dead and more than 330 injured. – 1993, Alabama, 44 dead – In September 1993, 44 people died near Saraland in the southern state of Alabama when a train derailed as it crossed a bridge over the Mobile River. – 2008, Chatsworth: 25 dead – The worst accident over the past decade took place on September 12, 2008, when a commuter train with 222 passengers on

Nigeria should not be allowed to disintegrate during – Zik’s wife

Prof. Uche Azikiwe, Wife of Nigeria’s First President Nnamdi Azikiwe, has urged Nigerians to remain united in honour of the memories of the nation’s founding fathers. Pro Uche Azikiwe Azikiwe made the plea on Monday at the Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo LGA of Ebonyi during the institution’s 2nd Convocation Lecture with the theme, ‘National Reconciliation and the Role of Universities’. According to the nation’s former First Lady, Azikiwe and his contemporaries, Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Alhaji Ahmadu Bello and others, sacrificed a lot for the unity of the

NEMA receives another 167 Nigerians from Libya

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday received 167 stranded Nigerians from Libya, bringing the total number of Nigerians brought back to the country in the last four days to 532. Another 142 Libya returnees arrive Nigeria Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with Registration Number 5A-DMH, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 7:47 p.m. The returnees were assisted back to Nigeria by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the European Union (EU). They comprised of 21 adult females, 145 adult males and one child. The Director General of NEMA, Alhaji Mustapha Maihajja, who received the returnees confirmed that

Saturday

ANAMBRA FUEL CRISIS UPDATE

                        

Odi massacre: Anyone with tribal marks on their chest was slaughtered, corpses littered everywhere –Bolou, former Bayelsa commissioner

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Over 18 years ago, precisely on November 20, 1999, the Nigerian military, acting on the orders of then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, invaded Odi, a predominantly Ijaw community in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, and wreaked monumental havoc on the community.

The attack, which many observers have described as a pogrom, came at a time when there was conflict in the oil-rich Niger Delta region over widespread agitations for oil resources control and environmental protection.

My husband did chores, some neighbours thought I charmed him – Lagos State Acting Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture

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Adebimpe Akinsola was once a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly before she later became the Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts, and Culture. Subsequently, she was appointed as the acting commissioner for the ministry. In this interview, she about her career and family

25 sexual things to know before Christmas

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Funmi Akingbade

Thirteen: Never forget that marital sex boosts self-esteem in both the wife and husband at every stage of their career, business or endeavours. Boosting self-esteem is one of the 237 reasons people have sex, as observed by the University of Texas researchers and published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour. That finding makes sense to Gina Ogden, PhD, a sex, marriage and family therapist in Cambridge, although she finds that those who already have self-esteem say they sometimes have sex to feel even better. “One of the reasons people say they have sex is to feel good about themselves,” she says. “Great sex begins with self-esteem, and it raises it. If the sex is loving, connected and what you want, it raises it.”

Reveled: What I did to enlarge my bum –Seyi Shay

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Sultry Nigerian singer, Seyi Shay, broke the Internet when a picture of her dressed in a transparent outfit surfaced on the web.  It was obvious the singer wasn’t wearing panties under the dress. The picture caused so much ruckus even amongst fellow celebs who were aghast that the singer could wear such outfit in public.

But it is so apparent that Seyi doesn’t care whose ox is gored as she told Saturday Beats recently she was so proud and comfortable wearing the outfit.

Don’t free me, prison inmate begs court

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There was a mild drama at Ekwulobia prisons in Anambra State on Friday when an inmate, Tobias Mbaekwe, who was granted amnesty by Chief Judge of Anambra State, Justice Peter Umeadi, on health grounds, declined the pardon.

Mbaekwe, from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state, was among 13 others freed in the exercise.

Thursday

Buhari signs National Intelligence Agency Pensions bill, others into law

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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, in Abuja assented three Bills into law. The Bills according to a statement signed by Mr. Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity include the Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy (Establishment) Bill, 2017. ADVERTISING President Muhammadu Buhari launching Nigeria’s Policy Framework and National Action Plan for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism while the National Security Adviser, Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (l) looked on during a meeting at the Aso Chambers, State House, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida The college is to be sited in Enugu and is expected to provide

Breaking: Justice Ademola retires as FHC Judge

Justice Adeniyi Ademola who was among eight superior court judges that were arrested after a “sting operation” the Department of State Service, DSS, conducted in October last year, has voluntarily retired from the Federal High Court bench. Justice Ademola A source disclosed to Vanguard that the Judge tendered his resignation letter to the National Judicial Council late in the evening on Wednesday after he had presided over several cases, four of which were criminal matters. He had earlier fixed today (Thursday) to deliver judgment in a terrorism charge the Federal Government entered against alleged Boko Haram members. Although there was no detail as to his sudden decision to voluntarily bow out of the bench, the embattled judge was however quoted to have cited

VHon Nwobu's Victory: People Finally Ready To Make Their Voices Heard?

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A few days ago, at the PDP state party secretariat in Udoka Estate, Awka, PDP held state congress to elect officers to take charge of party affairs after a long term of bickering and uncertainties, leading to the party participating in the past gubernatorial election with a caretaker committee.

But Chris Uba was alleged to have sworn that the congress would not hold, after making failed moves to hijack the congress and supplant his cronies all across the available positions in the Exco. These moves, sources affirmed, included nocturnal visits to the oil-rich southern states to prostrate for one very powerful governor and other party stakeholders that he be given the state structure of the party. 

What Manner of Party is the PDP in Anambra?

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Since losing the state to Peter Obi inspired APGA following the 2003 election that temporarily produced Sen. Chris Ngige as governor, the PDP has become a workshop for “political merchants” who continue to use the party for their business interests. The PDP stalwarts who are age-long in this trend, as the last election revealed, include; Mr. Chris Uba, Nicholas Ukachukwu and brothers, Prince John Emeka, Ken Emekayi, Ben Nwankwo and recently others joined, including Sen. Stella Oduah, Ifeanyi Ubah and almost all the PDP House of Representatives members from Anambra State.

Saturday

FRSC ON YULETIDE CHARGE TO MOTORISTS IN ANAMBRA

                            
to observe road safety rules while driving.
The Anambra state sector commander of the federal Road Safety Corps Sunday Ajayi has warned motorists to be safety conscious especially at this Yuletide period. Ajayi Made this  public in an interview with newsmen in Awka, warned motorists  to always imbibe  safety laws, said their safety is paramount to the corps.
Reacting to the recent crash at Oba that claimed five lives, the sector Commander attributes the crash to an act of negligence on the part of the commercial driver, who he claimed drove against traffic, knowing the state of his vehicle.

Tuesday

Dell predicts man, machine partnership in 2018

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The Senior Vice President at Dell EMC, META, Mr. Mohammed Amin, on Tuesday, said that year 2018 would witness more partnership between man and machine. Amin, in a statement in Lagos, said that the partnership would be more interwoven into peoples’ day-to-day lives. Dell According to him, it would transform everything from the way businesses are run and the importance placed on security to how entertainment was provided. “There is need to share the impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) advances in Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing, will have on organisations and lives digitally in 2018. “Emerging technologies, such as AI, AR, IoT and cloud computing, made possible through exponential developments in software,

My defection to APC in the best interest of Igbo, says Ojukwu Jr

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FIRST son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mr. Emeka Ojukwu Jr. has reacted to the controversy trailing his recent defection to All Progressives Congress, APC, saying he was merely following his father’s steps. Emeka Ojukwu Jnr Ojukwu, who spoke in Awka insisted that he would never return to the ruling All progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in the state, describing the alleged overtures being made to by Governor Willie Obiano to him to return to APGA as infantile, adding that it smacked of ignorance on the part of the governor about the workings of politics in Nigeria. According to him, action he took was in the best interest of Igbo, recalling how, shortly after his

Wasiu Pasuma celebrates 50th birthday on the street

Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma was in a happy mood yesterday. He turned 50 years and to celebrate his golden age, the singer took to the street of Lagos to mark the special day with the less privileged people. Pasuma The celebration which kicked off over two weeks ago on the social media climaxed yesterday  with the legendary singer spotted celebrating with the less privileged in some