by Adedotun Michael Controversial and pardoned former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio who was controversially pardoned by US President Donald Trump after being convicted by a judge for illegal profiling of immigrants has reportedly expressed interest in running for Senate . According to the Washington Examiner, the 85-year old longtime sheriff of Maricopa County, said...
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by Adedotun Michael Recently ousted White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has taken a varying stand against President Donald Trump in the keenly anticipated Alabama Senate special election, Politico reports. According to close sources, Bannon during a closed-door meeting with powerful conservatives in Washington last week, declared that he’s supporting former state Supreme Court Justice...
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A 25-year-old mother of five, Aisha Bukar on Monday narrated how she was held captive with her husband, mother-in-law and five children by Boko Haram insurgents. Bukar was one of the captives who escaped the Sambisa forest after a military war plane bombed the insurgents’ hideout recently. According to NAN, Bukar said she escaped with all...
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by Reuben Abati I have followed with keen interest the controversy over the announcement of cut-off marks for Nigeria’s admission processes for the 2017/2018 session, with many commentators and the general public insisting that it is unwise, insensitive and retrogressive, to reduce the cut off mark for admissions into our tertiary institutions: 120 for...
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the Federal Government has reached out to the United States government to assist with the repatriation of stolen funds. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke during a visit of a US Congressional Delegation to the Presidential Villa,...
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Jim Sciutto of CNN has pointed out a seemingly unpopular note from President Donald Trump’s earlier press conference from the White House. Trump, few hours ago, had a joint conference with Finnish President, Sauli Niinisto where he passed comments justifying his decision to pardon former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio and also commended the efforts of...
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Members of the House of Representatives have said Nigerians felt no impact of N1.3trn the Federal Government claimed it spent on capital projects in 2016. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had said the government spent the money last year, stating that it was the highest in history. Chairman, House Committee on Interior, Mr. Adams Jagaba has however...
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President Donald Trump has publicly restated his reasons for pardoning former Arizona sheriff, Joe Arpaio who was removed from office by a supreme Court judge for flouting a previous court ruling and awaited sentence until benefiting from the President’s benevolence. According to Fox news, President Trump while making a joint conference with Finnish President, Sauli...
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Member of the House of Representatives, Adamu Kamale on Monday said the military was giving wrong information to President Muhammadu Buhari, about the strength of Boko Haram insurgents. Kamale represents Michika/Madagali Federal Constituency of Adamawa State, where the insurgents had attacked and abducted residents. While speaking with Punch, Kamale said the insurgents were still very much strong...
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Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige will on Tuesday meet members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the ongoing nationwide strike. Deputy Director (Press), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Samuel Olowookere, in a statem,ent on Monday said the ministers of Education and Finance, Chairman, National Income Salaries and Wages Commission, Executive Secretary, National...
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The United States Department of Defence has informed the US Congress that it sold 12 Super Tucano A-29 ground attack aircraft and weapons to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram, Reuters reports. It reported that the Pentagon communicated the sale of the 12 ground attack aircraft valued at $593m (N181bn) to the US Congress on Monday. The Super...
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Senator representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District, Senator Isah Misau has dismissed allegations by the police that he deserted the Nigeria Police Force. Misau was reacting to allegations by Police spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood that he deserted the police when he was deployed to Niger State. Moshood had also claimed that the resignation letter he tendered was fake....
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The US Embassy in Nigeria has said an 8-member congressional delegation from the United States will visit Nigeria between August 28 and 31 to discuss the Boko Haram insurgency and the humanitarian situation in the North-East. The delegation will be led by Senator Christopher Coons (D-Delaware), a member of the Appropriations, Foreign Relations, Judiciary, Small Business...
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Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:...
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Nigerian actor, Obi Madubogwu, is reportedly dead. The actor lost his life after a prolonged battle with diabetes. Nigerian On-Air Personality, Enoh Ogbevire, took to his Twitter page to announce the demise of the Nollywood actor. Nollywood loses another actor Obi madubuogu (battle of musanga). May his soul rest in perfect peace Amen — Enoh...
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Yesterday at the TEDGlobal event holding in Arusha, 38-year-old Nigerian neuroscientist, Oshirenoya Agabi launched the Koniku Kore device, a neurotechnology device which has the capacity to merge lab-grown neurons with electronic circuitry. Agabi and his team of team of geneticists, physicists, bio-engineers, molecular biologists and others at his Silicon Valley start-up, Koniku (the world’s first neurocomputation...
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On Saturday, August 26, 2017, security agencies acting under Governor Rochas Okorocha’s instruction killed Somtochukwu Ibeanusi, a 10-year-old boy during the demolition of the popular Eke-Ukwu market in Owerri. The demolition according to the state was to pave way for the construction of the new Douglas road Owerri. While embarking on the demolition, the boy...
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by Wareez Odunayo Today, Google celebrates one of the most respected early-era cinematographers, James Wong Howe who pioneered the use of wide-angle lenses, low key lighting and accidentally discovered how to use dark backdrops to create colour nuances in black-and-white film by rolling out a monochrome Doodle to commemorate the late cinematographer on what...
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The Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg‘s wife Priscilla Chan has given birth to their second daughter. Chan gave birth this month and the couple named the baby girl August. Zuckerberg shared news of the birth on Monday with an open letter and a touching photo of their daughter Max playing with her new sister. ‘Priscilla and I are so...
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U.S. President Donald Trump was sued twice on Monday over his decision to ban transgender soldiers from the U.S. military. The suits by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), filed in federal courts in Baltimore and Seattle, claim Trump’s plan violates the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution. Highlights: The court...
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A non-governmental organization, the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria (SCSSN) has raised alarm about the increasing number of people suffering from sickle cell disease in Nigeria. The organization stated this during a three-day conference organised by the sickle cell support society of Nigeria, in partnership with Pfizer in Enugu with the theme: ‘Reducing the...
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by Adedotun Michael Having had enough of President Donald Trump’s emphatic reiteration and boasts that it will eventually pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the Mexican government said in a statement Sunday that it will not fund the said project “under any circumstances,” Politico reports. The statement credited to the Mexico’s foreign...
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These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. Have You Heard Of The 3 M-Men Of The Kaduna Mafia? For as long as the Buhari presidency has existed, there has been talk of cabals and shadow show-runners that actually run the Government instead of the persons Nigerians elected. Read here. 2. “Lagos Is One...
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Human right lawyer, Femi Falana has declared as unlawful the plan by the military to arrest hate speech offenders in the country. According to Falana, it is the Police that has the lawful right to carry out such arrest and not the military. Backing up his claims he said, “For...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue A cabal is “a term used to refer to a group around the president which is believed to wield enormous powers”, according to a definition you can find on the Premium Times website. The existence and constitution of the presidential cabal in Nigeria is becoming popular enough to become the...
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Oseloka Obaze has emerged winner of the governorship primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra. Obaze, a former Secretary to the Anambra State Government, polled a total of 672 votes on Monday to defeat two other aspirants. As reported by Channels Television, 958 party delegates participated in the election. [Read Also: Anambra Election: Tony Nwoye...
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Senator Buruji Kashamu (Ogun East, PDP) has denied the claim by the former governor of Ogun, Gbenga Daniel, that he sent assassins after him. In a letter to the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Kashamu asserted noted he did not have a killer squad and he was not interested in the former governor’s death....
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Officers of the Nigerian Army belonging to the 34 Artillery Brigade Owerri acting on the instructions of the Imo State government on Saturday, August 26, 2017, injured many shop owners and killed a ten-year-old boy, Somtochukwu Ibeanusi while “supervising” the illegal demolition process of the Eke – Ukwu market in Owerri. In the words of...
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Game of Thrones Season 7 wrapped up yesterday. And what a bang it was. Little finger losing his head to Arya’s blade was the most satisfying thing ever, Jaimie walking away from Cersaie had us saying, “you go boy”. But all that goodness pales in comparison to the Night King and the ice dragon bringing...
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by Adedotun Michael Brexit negotiations have resumed today as Britain’s Brexit Secretary David Davis held a joint press conference with Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief negotiator, in Brussels at exactly 4 pm today. According to Express UK, the new round of negotiations is believed to traverse key issues including citizens’ rights and the UK’s...
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