by Roqeebah Olaoniye France’s highest administrative court, has just suspended the controversial ban on the burkini by a French Riviera town after it was challenged by rights groups. In a judgement expected to set a precedent (side eye Nigerian courts and the NYSC hijab ban), the State Council ruled that local authorities could only restrict...
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by Ikechukwu Amaechi Nigeria is a huge amusement park. All you need do to have fun is sit back and watch the theatrics of the political gladiators. It is God’s doing, though. Our ability to laugh at our folly and the fact that there are so many clowns out there masquerading as statesmen is, perhaps,...
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The founder of the International God’s Way Church Ghana, Bishop Daniel Obinim who was currently arrested for allegedly defrauding someone of GHS11.6million has said he may soon become a god. A video of Obinim flogging two of his church members who engaged in premarital sex recently went viral too. The controversial Bishop in an interview with...
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Yesterday the online media was awash with the news that four surveyors had died in a boat mishap at the Egbe River in Ekiti state. The report said that the surveyors were staff of the World Bank who came for an inspection duty. However, The Third National Urban Water Sector Reform agency whose project the...
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The Special Task Force in Plateau State, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), on Friday banned the use of tricycle within Jos/environs after 9pm. The Commander of OPSH, Major General Rogers Nicholas said this while briefing journalists at the OPSH’s headquarters in Jos. Nicholas said fleeing terrorists may settle among the people, posing threats to their lives...
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North Korea Olympics Team members may be punished by Supreme leader, Kim Jong-Un, after failing to meet the number of medals required of them, The Sun UK reports. Kim Jong-un had warned his country’s athletes to return with at least 5 gold medals and 12 other medals. He had threatened to send them to work...
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The monthly revenue shared by the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to the Federal, state and Local Governments dropped to N493.8 billion in July, according to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation. The AGF Office said the shared amount comprised the Month’s Statutory revenue of N258.151 billion, Value Added Tax of N66.987 billion,...
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The Secretariat of the Isoko Development Union in Oleh, Delta State on Friday was bombed by unknown persons, Premium Times reports. An eye witness said the facility, popularly known as Isoko House, was ripped by a bomb hours after the union began its annual conference. Witnesses added that no group has claimed responsibility as at...
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by Tope Bankole and Uzoma Ngozi On July 26, the media was awash with news of the commissioning of the Abuja-Kaduna railway project. The news elicited a tweet from the PDP via their official twitter handle. This eventually sparked off a controversy on who should actually take the credit for the completion of the project. The...
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The BBC has just commissioned a new TV comedy based on UK politician, Nigel Farage’s life after politics. The one off show has been named Nigel Farage Gets His Life Back as a direct reference to Farage’s resignation speech that he made in July this year following the Brexit vote to leave the European Union. Kevin...
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British billionaire Richard Branson on Friday shared a near-death experience he had a couple of days ago. According to the founder of the Virgin Group, his “life flashed before his eyes” when his motorbike had an accident. In a statement published on the Virgin website, Brandon said, “A couple of nights ago I went cycling...
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by Roqeebah Olaoniye Japan’s donation On Tuesday, 23rd August, the Japanese government, through one of its agencies, the Japan International Corporation Agency donated a 1.2 mega watts solar power plant executed with grant assistance worth about 9.7million USD to the Federal Government of Nigeria. The building and installation of the plant was done by another...
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President Buhari on Friday departed Nigeria for Kenya to attend an international conference focused on the development of Africa. The conference, the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) holds from August 27th-28th, and is co-organised by the Government of Japan, the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the United...
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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday was allegedly stoned by some residents in the state while emerging from a mosque where he had observed the Jumat prayer in Lokoja. According to Premium Times, the incident occurred at the Lokoja Central Mosque in the old market area of the capital. The aggrieved residents were reportedly...
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Sometime this year I started to struggle with writing. My articles were not written as frequently as before and even when I wrote them I barely promoted or shared them. As a writer it’s hard to admit you have a writing problem … especially when people look up to you as a some sort of writing...
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Has anyone seen any of the episodes of Accelerate TV’s The Maverick? We bet it’s a no. The YouTube views are poor; for a show that has run for almost 2 months. A paltry 1,481 views for all four episodes is enough to send any producer to Yaba, and never back. Why isn’t The Maverick...
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by Ejura Salihu The proverbial glass ceiling has suffered another massive crack and more women are taking their rightful positions beside equally gallant men, bringing their unique style and intuition to change our world as we now know it. For many years, the United Nations has tried – often facing daunting challenges – to improve women...
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by Lolade Ajekigbe The 2016 Rio Olympics have come and gone, but like any other sporting event or tournament it has left us with memories. The good, and the not-so-good. There were surprise marriage proposals beamed around the world, an athlete who had a bad case of diarrhoea while he ran his race, a medal winning...
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by Roqeebah Olaoniye The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) had a media roundtable discussion at the University of Lagos and they are predicting a fresh Yellow Fever pandemic, calling for a global yellow fever vaccine production. According to the Academy, about 101,298,992 of Nigerian population are at risk of the disease and there are reports that...
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The Federal Government has shown its resolve to fight piracy by endorsing the newly introduced bar-cording technology by the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN). The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, in a meeting with stakeholders in the music industry said the Buhari-led administration was ready to ensure that the N10.3 trillion estimated...
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In its bid to tackle crime, over 33 suspected criminals have been paraded by the Rivers State Police Command. Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, Francis Odesanya while parading the suspects, said he “will not tolerate the illegal arrest and detention of innocent members of the public, but will be committed in the fight against crime...
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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has reacted to reports that he was ill and had to travel abroad for medical attention. It was widely rumoured that the Governor was seriously ill while he was away from the country. But Okorocha on Thursday said the rumours were false, stating that he was not in a hurry...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State is struggling to stay on its feet, Daily Post reports. According to the news site, the state’s party leaders who were against the government of Nyesom Wike have bowed to pressure. It also reports that the state Secretariat of the party located at #43 Forces Avenue, Old GRA Port...
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by Jideofor Adibe Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, a 30-year-old trader, has been making major headlines since his arrest in Ogun state for naming his dog, Buhari. The man, also known as Joachim Iroko, reportedly spent three days in police cell before he was released after the intervention of the Serkin Hausa and President-General of non-indigenes in...
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by Reuben Abati Joe Fortemose Chinakwe, the man who named his dog after President Muhammadu Buhari is right now probably regretting his decision to honour his dog with the name of a man he considers his hero. He has been accused of trying to incite hate and breach the public peace. He has been arrested...
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Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister, Rodolfo Illanes on Thursday was killed during a protest by miners. Illanes, 55 was beaten to death during a clash between the police and protesting mine workers in the town of Panduro. The Interior Minister, Carlos Romero said Illanes had been kidnapped by miners after attempting to initiate talks with them at...
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Motorists and passers-by were amazed after a truck driver parked along the Ore-Ijebu Ode road and started praying. The truck driver got out of his truck, spread his mat and started praying in the middle of the road. This of course caused traffic, while some road users were complaining, others found it interesting and started taking...
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The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said President Muhammadu Buhari has the development of the Niger Delta at heart. The group said this while commending the president on his pledge to the US Secretary of State, John Kerry not to use force to stop militancy in the Niger Delta. MEND said...
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South African Paralympian, Oscar Pistorius on Friday escaped a longer jail term after an appeal against his previous jail sentence was rejected by Justice Thokozile Masipa. Pistorius is currently serving a six-year term for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp three years ago. The prosecutor had said the six years sentence was too lenient for such offence. Justice Thokozile Masipa...
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Singer, GT the Guitarman on Thursday welcomed his first child – a baby girl! The singer who was too excited to keep the news to himself took to Instagram to share it. According to him, the baby was born at about 9am and will be called Aramide. He wrote, “It was the longest night ever..but...
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