Nivea is the latest company embroiled in racism controversy over its ads/products. Not quite long ago, Dove felt the heat from disgruntled Blacks who felt its latest advert was provocative and racist. Nivea in racism row over skin-lightening cream https://t.co/l0M94p73JZ pic.twitter.com/65RMvZg9yM — BBC News Africa (@BBCAfrica) October 19, 2017 Elnathan John is of the opinion...
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by Eketi Edima Ette Our different WhatsApp groups would be nothing without their unique members. I have been around the block and I’m back to present to you, the ten kinds of people in these groups. Without further ado….drumroll please. Introducing…. 1. The Evangelist Though an ardent contributor, this honourable member is not...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said he was disturbed when terrorist group, Boko Haram claimed they have been receiving support from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said this at a joint press conference he held with President...
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a cover star of the 2017 “Greats” issue of The New York Times Style Magazine. The special issue, which is released annually, celebrates individuals who are masters in their respective fields and whose work and vision have transformed modern culture. The 2017 “Greats” issue appeared online on October 16th, and will...
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International premium beer brand, Heineken has unveiled Nigerian-American artiste, Jidenna as host of the 2017 Live Your Music parties set to hold in Abuja and Lagos on 27th and 28th October respectively. This was announced by Franco Maria Maggi, the Marketing Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc, at a press cocktail event for the Heineken Lagos Fashion and Design Week (HLFDW) on Friday, 13 October,...
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has declined to say he would honour the terms of a Brexit deal struck by Theresa May, if he succeeded her at Downing Street. Mr Corbyn was in Brussels at a pre-summit of centre-left European leaders and MEPs in Brussels, meeting three EU Prime Ministers and chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday congratulated former Minister of Agriculture, Dr Akinwumi Adesina on winning the 2017 World Food Prize Laureate. Adesina, who is the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), will today (Thursday) be presented the $250,000 prize and Laureate sculpture at a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol, United States. In a statement by the...
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US President Donald Trump has slammed the media for not covering the impropriety involved in the US-Russia uranium deal which gives Russia a 1/5th of the American uranium reserve. “Uranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn’t want to follow!”, Trump tweeted. Uranium deal...
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President of Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick has said Nigerians can win the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018. Pinnick said this during the official opening of the Federation’s Annual General Assembly in Jos on Thursday. He said with the preparation the association is putting in place, Nigeria can win the tournament. “Our highest...
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Fashion Police, the popular series on E! Network is set to end with a special finale on November 27. According to People, the special will reveal never-before-seen footage including a previously unaired episode, featuring late host, Joan Rivers. The network announced Wednesday that the series hosted by Melissa Rivers, Joan’s daughter, will sign off with a...
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by Adewunmi Emoruwa It appears Nigeria has finally devised a way of out of its infrastructure woes. Or not quite. The cabinet minister in charge of Infrastructure, Mr Babatunde Fashola announced the government’s move to revisit an existing ‘infrastructure-for-taxes’ provision of the Companies Income Tax Act (CITA), known as the “Exemption of Profits Order 2012” signed...
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The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has described reports that President Muhammadu Buhari chided governors and not happy with them as false. Background: Before his trip to Turkey, some governors had met with the President. After the meeting, Femi Adesina, Buhari’s spokesman in a statement said the President asked how the governors sleep while owing salaries. “How...
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President Donald Trump has said that the Senate’s scheduled vote on budget legislation is a “first step towards massive tax cuts,” but he is expressing cautious optimism on mustering the needed votes in the chamber. “Republicans are going for the big budget approval today, first step toward massive tax cuts. I think we have the...
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Abia State governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has lifted the curfew imposed on the commercial city of Aba. What happened: Governor Ikpeazu had declared a 6am to 6pm curfew in Aba after some members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) clashed with soldiers. What is happening: Enyinnaya Appolos, the governor’s chief press secretary said it is as a...
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It’s open season on all sexual predators as women abroad and within our borders are opening up about their sexual abuse experiences. Sometime this week, @emani tweeted this: RT if you were slut shamed before you became sexually active. — Emani (@Iloveemani) October 17, 2017 Nneka has built on that post by explaining the role...
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The Federal Government on Thursday arraigned Senator representing Bauchi Central, Isah Misau before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja. Misau was arraigned for allegedly making injurious falsehood statement against the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Background: Senator Misau had accused Ibrahim Idris of collecting bribe from organisations where policemen were deployed to...
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There are many things we’ve come to associate with Kwara State and Ilorin town in particular; lavish durbar ceremonies complete with horses and men and women exquisitely garbed in ceremonial regalia, weddings that last an entire week and marriage traditions from Northern Nigeria and Ilorin’s yoruba ancestors, royalty and Islam. We might soon have to...
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by Cheta Nwanze It started with a WhatsApp rumour in Anambra. Now it has happened in Rivers, Kwara, Bayelsa, and Ondo states. In all three geopolitical zones in Southern Nigeria, and one in the North. Parents hear that soldiers are on the way to schools to provide medical care for their kids, and in reaction,...
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The Lagos State Sector Command, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has commenced operation “Show Your Licence’’ across the state to arrest drivers without a valid licence. The State Sector commander, Hyginus Omeje said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. “The state command, this week, inaugurated...
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His Twitter bio says “Equality Advocate and Human Rights Activist | 50th President of the United States #Resist“ but his victims of sexual say he’s lying. It’s a plot twist we did not see coming as the #MeToo movement continues to build momentum on Twitter. It all began when three ladies came forward with allegations of...
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The billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, known as Evans has reversed his guilty plea to two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping to “not guilty.” Appearing before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Ikeja Division of the Lagos State High Court on Thursday, Evans pleaded not guilty to the charges of conspiracy to commit felony to with kidnapping under Section 411...
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The Lagos State Government has amended the charges it filed against kidnap kingpin, Evans and the five others. Highlights: The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) Lagos, Titilayo Shitta-Bey told Justice Hakeem Oshodi that the amendment relates only to the punishment section for the second charge. According to Channels Television, the DPP also submitted that there...
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The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abukabar Malami SAN, has disclosed that “President Muhammadu Buhari has directed all relevant agencies to compile documents on names of all looters with a view to promptly enforcing the judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos ordering the government to release to Nigerians information...
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Well… if you thought the governor of Imo, Rochas Okorochas was through with statues, forget it – more statues are yet unveiled. Before we go into that, let’s take us back to how it started. Background: The governor of Imo, Rochas Okorocha erected a statue of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa – did not go...
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It was Philomena Aya’s hands that conceived and birthed Daniel. It was the same hands that buried him 25 years later after a bullet pierced his throat, sniffing life out of him, putting him in past tense without ceremony. When Aya speaks of her son’s death, it is easy to see that the pain is...
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The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has asked Nigerians to disregard the rumour going around in some parts of the country that the military was administering vaccinations on school children. Highlights: Health Minister said there was no iota of truth in the claim and called on members of the public to remain calm as...
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Amidst the ongoing secession uproar between the Spanish government and Catalonia, Spain under Mariano Rajoy has announced it will impose direct rule over Catalonia, after the region’s leaders failed to meet a deadline to withdraw a declaration of independence. The government will trigger article 155 of the constitution, thus empowering it to withdraw Catalonia’s right...
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by Bayo Oluwasanmi Alexis Tocqueville never met Bukola Saraki. Had he encountered the APC Senate President or President Muhammadu Buhari or House Speaker Yakubu Dogora, Tocqueville might have learned about a new twist on his concept of the “tyranny of the majority.” What we have in Nigeria is a tyranny of the minority made up...
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, has approved the application of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for interim forfeiture of 14 properties linked to a former minister of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Bala Mohammed. Reference: In September, the EFCC seized the said properties. The former minister is standing trial bordering on abuse of...
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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris has expressed displeasure over the spate of the kidnapping of policemen in the country, describing it as “very embarrassing and annoying”. Background: A Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Amos Aliyu was abducted by unknown gunmen in Munya local government area of Niger, alongside his orderly. Before that, an...
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