by Wareez Odunayo Twenty teams would be competing in the 2017/18 Premier League, with the top seventeen teams from the last season, and three teams promoted from the Championship playing in the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. This year’s EPL will be the 26th season of the...
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Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alsion-Maduke recently forfeited properties worth millions of dollars to the Federal Government. The property forfeited include a $37.5 million mansion on Banana Island, as well as $2,740,197.96 and N84,537,840.70 realised as rents on the property. A civil lawsuit against the former minister in the US has also revealed that she...
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One of the RRS patrolling officers around Ile-Zik reported, around 10:30 a.m. the discovery of an object suspected to be flesh around the area. The Commander, ACP Tunji Disu, deployed some men to check it for further investigations and they came up with more reports which instigated the deployment of scouts to keep surveillance on...
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The recent decision of the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain Chisom Anaele since April 2017 has generated ripples across media platforms. And we condemned the act of secret police as an infringement of Anaele’s human right, wondering if the authorities have launched a war against free speech in Nigeria. The decision of the Anaele family to...
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has inaugurated a panel to investigate human rights compliance of the Nigerian Armed Forces. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande on Friday, Osinbajo said there was need to ensure that their activities complies with global human rights practices. This follows several allegations by...
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As part of efforts to consolidate efforts to degrade, contain and deter the activities of terrorists and insurgents, kidnappers and other criminals, the Department of State Services (DSS) on July 3, arrested one Haliru Hassan and six other members of a notorious kidnap gang operating along the Abuja–Kaduna High Way. The arrest was made at...
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It’s been 95 days since President Muhammadu Buhari proceeded on his second medical leave after leaving the country’s affairs in the hands of his VP, Osinbajo. In the time he’s been away, Buhari has become a punchline for foreign journalists, BET.com has a wager going on his return, and there have been protests and counter...
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by Adedotun Michael A private investigator from Louisiana, Jordan Hamlett accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns before last year’s U.S. presidential election has been re-arrested, Time reports. A judge in a court hearing found that Jordan Hamlett violated conditions of his pretrial release which involved computer monitoring and tracking of his location. The...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue The television presenter and compere, Arit Okpo, weighed in on the conversation surrounding the matter of sounding respectful when addressing older persons. Arit narrates of her lower level colleague who added “ma” after initially ending a greeting with her first name (wait, should I be calling her Arit?). She makes it...
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British boxer, Amir Kahna has apologised to heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua after accusing him of dating his wife. Khan had accused Joshua during an outburst with his ex-wife, Faryal on Twitter. However on Friday, Faryal apologised ro Joshua and fans for the public outburst. She wrote on Twitter, “I’ve been quiet for some time… because I...
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“The Anambra killing is a sad episode and it brings to light the penchant of some Nigerians for getting rich quick and we don’t ask questions when we see people get into sudden wealth. Sad for the innocent folks who lost their lives over such senseless killings and I hope the police get the criminals...
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Tim Godfrey has done it again!! The A List Nigerian musician is definitely one who has the hearts of his fans and supporters. His upcoming concert, The Fearless concert has got social media buzzing with news and several expectations. anyone who knows Tim Godfrey from his previous performances and concerts, know that this particular event...
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The Nigerian Army has given reasons why soldiers invaded a UN humanitarian camp in Maiduguri on Friday. A UN staff has said the soldiers invade the camp early Friday to carry out a search operation. In a statement issued by Lt. Col. Kingsley Samuel, the army said it carried out a search on the property...
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by Jude Ndukwe It is 95 days today since the president, General Muhammadu Buhari, rtd, left the shores of our country for medical vacation in the UK. Adding the about 50 days he had earlier spent on the same vacation, General Buhari has spent a cumulative of about 150 days and still counting outside the...
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Security forces including military men have reportedly raided the United Nations (UN) Head Office along Pompomari Bye-Pass road in Maiduguri, Borno state. Confirming the raid in a press statement, Head, Communications UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Miss Samantha Newport said, “On 11 August 2017, at circa 0500 hours, members of the...
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by Usman Alabi The state has a life of its own, as a matter of fact, the state is fully alive. But the life of the state is not necessarily that of the various groups that constitute it. The state is said to be a neutral force that mediates between the various groups and classes...
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The Federal High Court in Abuja, on September 11, will decide if the process to recall Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye should be aborted. Melaye had rushed to the court to stop the process after his constituents approved his recall. The Independent National Electoral Commission was verifying the signatures on the recall documents. Justice...
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by Micheal Ace What do you think needs to be done to a prodigal son if he refuses to repent? Trash him or write him off? Exactly what the public has done to Olamide this year. The class rep of ‘awon omo wobe’ started this year with singles that weren’t well received by the audience....
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), Lagos chapter, has insisted on sanctioning the national legal adviser, Muiz Banire. Banire and the chapter’s members have been having a strong disagreement and even the intervention of the National Working Committee has not changed anything. Banire had accused top members of the APC in Lagos of working against internal...
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The late Uganda dictator General Idi Amin was once quoted to have said, “There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech”. Since the death of Idi Amin, a lot of African countries have displayed the quote by their actions even if they never mention it and such countries have received constant...
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The Director General of the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Ms. Julie Okah-Donli has called the attention of all Nigerians to the activities of traffickers who now hawk human parts for sale – including but not limited to kidneys and livers. According to NAPTIP “Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination...
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We had every reason to doubt Governor Ambode and his grand plans about phasing out the Lagos signature buses popularly known as ‘danfo’. As much as we understand his obsession with turning Lagos into a megacity, we are certain clamping down on the buses is not where to start. In February 2017 when the governor...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue The normal maxim you hear is that too much of everything is bad. People usually summon this quote when it appears that someone is trying to take advantage of a privilege which must not be compulsorily given. The sister to that quote, in the Nigerian parlance is that when you give...
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Lagos, Nigeria, August 7th, 2017 – LuLu® Lingerie Limited, launched for the first time in Nigeria, opening its third store in the Palms Shopping Mall in Lagos on the 27th August 2017. The new Lagos location will open with four new brands, including Nubian Skin, Erica M, Elomi, and Goddess. The Palms is the first...
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by Adedotun Michael Three notable European politicians have made a move to reduce the prevailing importance of English in the EU, in favour of German. The three powerful politicians stressed it would be a “good thing” if German and French take more prominence over the influence of English within the EU in the future. They,...
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by Adedotun Michael With the renowned news site Breitbart waging a continuous campaign against National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, the campaign seems to wreck the most damage to an unsuspecting official: Steve BANNON, President Trump’s chief strategist. A Wall Street Journal editorial earlier this week accused Bannon of exploiting the right-wing media to hunt his...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue So Twitter people have been having a conversation about the appropriateness of the use of titles to greet following the tweet by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abayomi Shogunle. The ACP frowned at what would appear to be the disrespect shown him by someone who apparently slid into him DM, referring to...
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The reality of the growing divide between education and industry in Nigeria and consequently, Africa is one that majority of the public will rather ignore than attempt to address. Approximately 55% of all graduates from Nigerian universities complete their education with a 2.2 CGPA and below. This automatically means that there are certain jobs they...
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by Adedotun Michael President Trump has refused to take it slow with the regime in North Korea as he continues to fire bold warnings and comments at Kim Jong Un to sound as a note for the regime. From the threat of “fire and fury” to boastful claims of the best nuclear weapons. President Trump has...
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by Abdul Mahmud A few years ago, the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, Rivers State, sitting in Abuja delivered its judgment in Andrew Igbonule Uchendu and All Progressive Congress (APC) v. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator George Thompson Sekibo and People’s Democratic Party in petition Number EPT/RV/SEN/15/2016, which raises far-reaching...
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