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                                         “I say part of the culture we must have as citizens is to say that whenever figures show up, we must interrogate them,” she said. “We need to have to interrogate data, otherwise they will be part of the political rascality of not wanting to be accountable to the society.” Obiageli Ezekwesili, former Minister of Education and Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, at the weekend took time out of organising protests for the release of kidnapped school girls in the Northeast to identify with her former boss Olusegun Obasanjo, in the rally of accusations between him and President Muhammadu Buhari. At an event convened by Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation’s Oil Revenue Tracking Initiative (ORTI), ‘Madam Due process’, as she was nickn...

While still awaiting a fresh probe of his administration between 1999-2007, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday made public the report of the investigation conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2007 While still awaiting a fresh probe of his administration between 1999-2007, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday made public the report of the investigation conducted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2007, on various allegations, including that of the alleged $16b power project. The 20-page report was the outcome of investigations based on petitions written by former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu and the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) and signed by its Chairman, Mr. Debo Adeniran in 2005 and 2007 respectively. Kalu is now head of the mobilization committee for the re-election of President Muhammadu Buhari The report was made available to Journalists in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by the...

Following the latest list of injuries huge blow for countries, Nigeria talented forward Moses Simon hope of making Russia 2018 has been cut short following the latest injury he pick.  Following the latest list of injuries huge blow for countries, Nigeria talented forward Moses Simon hope of making Russia 2018 has been cut short following the latest injury he pick. It is confirm and reported that Moses will not be part of the team that will make the world cup. The winger, who played a key role in Nigeria qualification for the tournament, has been struggling with an injury and sat out of the team's training in Port Harcourt on Sunday as they prepared for Monday Pre-world cup friendly against fellow African Dr congo.  It is not yet who will his spot, possibly the snub Nwakalli.

 Troops separated women from their husbands and raped them, sometimes in exchange for food, in refugee camps, the rights group added. Thousands of people have also starved to death in the camps in north-eastern Nigeria since 2015, Amnesty said. Nigeria's military has dismissed the allegations as malicious and false. "These false reports, which are capable of derailing the good work being done by our patriotic and selfless soldiers, must stop," the military said in a statement. Troops have been battling the insurgents since 2009 in Borno and other north-eastern states. More than 30,000 people have been killed in the conflict, and about 1.8 million people have fled their homes. The military has repeatedly been accused of carrying out atrocities, and the US, during the presidency of Barack Obama, refused to sell weapons to Nigeria, citing concerns about the military's human rights record. However, the Trump administration has decided to press ahead wit...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, during the recent launch of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinic in Onitsha, Anambra State, noted the invaluable contribution of the sector to the national economy. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Laolu Akande, he said: “As individual units, MSMEs may be small, but together they account for up to 50 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and over 80 per cent of the labour force. It therefore follows that they are of decisive importance in the national economy but the key encumbrance to the development of the sector in Nigeria is financing.” It is in view of this that the statement on Tuesday by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun that the Federal Government is working towards settling over N45 billion debts owed to the local contractors of the defunct Nigerian Airways is a welcome development. This came as the Minister had noted that the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is the lifeline of the Ni...

The three - including the headteacher - were taken into custody after a police officer stumbled across the incident in south-western Ogun State. Pictures show at least two young people - one boy and one girl - tied to a makeshift crucifix with green string. A police spokesman described the punishment as "a barbaric act". Local reports say they were being punished for being late. The officer - named only as Livinus - tried to intervene, asking the school's owner to free the teenagers. When the owner of the school in Ayetoro, 145km (90 miles) north-west of Lagos, refused, the officer decided to take action - only to be forced back. "When I tried to untie the pupils, the proprietor and his teachers beat me up," he told Nigerian newspaper Punch. "Before I returned from picking handcuffs from my car, they had grabbed a friend who was with me... and beaten him up with a horsewhip." The suspects were eventually arrested after back-up arrived. ...

Mr. Omoyemi Akerele launched the Lagos fashion week (previously called Lagos Fashion and Design Week) in 2011. The event creates a suitable platform where designers, media, and buyers networked. The scope of Lagos Fashion Week has expanded through support, mentoring and networking. The A/W program provides a good opportunity for designers to compete globally. The 2018 event took the form of ‘an intimate salon-style’ approach. On average, 12 designers from different fields presented their products at the Wings. During the three days event, the #LFWNG alumni steered Fashion Focus incubation initiative. The goal of this program was to support the native talents through mentoring startups and entrepreneurs in Africa. Lagos Fashion Week or #LFWNG this week ended its phase one presentation in Lagos Nigeria. The event was jointly supported by Heineken, Garment Care, and Oando. Other partners included Style House Files, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and FETS Wallet...

Two new language services have been launched by the BBC World Service for Igbo and Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and West and Central Africa. Their digital content is mainly aimed at audiences who use mobile phones. Igbo is primarily spoken in south-east Nigeria and Yoruba in the south-west, as well as in Benin and Togo. The new services are part of the World Service's biggest expansion since the 1940s, following a government-funding boost announced in 2016. In total, 12 services are being launched by the BBC in Africa and Asia Source:Duda news

JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, went into rounds of laughter when the lawmaker presented him with two packs of anti-snake venom and offered the services of two snake charmers to fish out snakes that swallowed huge amount of money. The exams board said it suspended the staff, Philomena Chieshe, at its Makurdi office following the bizarre claim. In reaction to the development, the senator visited the JAMB headquarters to ascertain the truth of the matter and to lend his “assistance”. “The reason for my presence here is in response to the story that a snake swallowed about N36 million. It is my concern that such a huge amount of money is reported to have been swallowed by a snake. I believe the contribution I can make is to bring snake charmers from my constituency to the JAMB office to help them fish out the snake or weed out snakes from their premises,” Mr. Sani said. “If a snake can actually swallow N36 million one day we may wake up in this country to see that a snake has ...

A middle-aged man from the Local Government Area of ekiti, Niyi olaiya, traveling along edo at the weekend  died after eating yam he bought at the roadside in the express road. A woman from the area had earlier died after eating the yam sold by some market trader at the road of Edo. The man is said to have purchase at the roadblock along the express road  when he was hungry in the public transport and after purchasing  yam which he immediately remove and ate. Sources in the public transport reported that 30 minutes after eating the yam, which the people consider as poison yam , the man started vomiting bloody substance while his stomach started swelling. He gave up the ghost 45 minutes later. people are therefore advised to reduced the rate of eating cooked food along the express road.

 The police in Benue are searching for four officers following an attack on a patrol team in Logo Local Government Area on Saturday afternoon, BEYTOWN has learnt. The men were returning from a confidence-building mission in remote villages when suspected herdsmen opened fire on them in Tse Akpam village, near Azege town, residents  reported this to police officer at the scene. “We had had an encounter around Azege when a team of mobile police went on confidence patrol,” said police commissioner Fatai Owoseni. “When they were coming back at a point in Azege, they started hearing gunfire from inside the bush suspected to be from the herdsmen.There was a serious exchange of gunfire.” Mr. Owoseni said the attackers burnt a police van and four officers could not be found as at 7:20 p.m. Saturday. “One of our vehicles was set ablaze. So far, on their side, we’re still trying to ascertain casualties; while we’re yet to see four of our men,” he said. The police c...

*"DONALD TRUMP'S SPEECH ON WHY HE HATES AFRICANS & ARABS".* *We are not obliged, even for a second, to try to prove to anybody and especially to blacks and Arabs that we are superior people - we have demonstrated that to the black and Arabs in 1001 ways.* *The America we know today was not created by wishful thinking.We  created it at the expenses of intelligence, sweat, and blood.....we do not pretend like other whites that we like the blacks - We must admit, without any fear, that we don't like them, and for so, so, many valid reasons.* *The fact that blacks and Arabs look like human beings does not necessarily make them sensible human beings. Hedgehogs are not porcupines and lizards are not crocodiles because they look alike. if God had wanted us to be equal to blacks and Arabs, he would have created us all of a uniform colour and intellect. But he created us differently. Whites, blacks, yellow, the rulers and the ruled. intellectually we are superior to...

 Nollywood actress, April Joju Muse has revealed that the police officer that attacked her two days ago, paid ten thousand naira to fix her car glass. She shared a video of the man angrily breaking the glass of her car in order to pepper spray her face during the confrontation. The Lagos state Police Force had earlier released a statement saying the officer had been dismissed, and April has now confirmed that he also paid for the glass he broke. She wrote on Facebook, “Two reasons I’m grateful. The gas could have been a gun; the man could have been lynched. Either way, a life could have been lost. And the situation was savaged before it could be taken advantage of. “But then I ask, if I wasn’t able to get a video clip, would it still have been in my favour going by the way the “Mopol” tried to turn the table around? So many have fallen victim and have been wasted, forgotten. “Honestly, you my Friends made it happen. We won today, as a team, we...

Nigerian Singer, and Mtn Project Fame winner, Chidinma Ekile, AKA Ms Kedike, has revealed she was born blind. The star singer in an Interview with Guardian said according to her parents, she just could not see for some months. Chidinma said she would love to be seen more as someone who does a lot for visually-impaired kids and young people as she can relate with their situation. She said, “I was born blind. I just couldn’t see for some months. Since I sang about it, I felt the need to help kids that find themselves in such situations or even worse. So every time I travel to these places, I try to extend a hand of love to these children. “For some years now, I think like two years or thereabout. I’ve been using my foundation to do quite a lot of things. I’ve been able to take it to some places in Africa. The last time, I think I was in Togo and I was able to do a few things with the SOS village, I hope to do more of that.”

 Nigerian Singer, Abbey Elias, popularly known as Skiibii has stunned his fans by stripping while performing at a Five star music concert. The controversial ‘sampu’ crooner, who once faked his death ensured he gave out all his wears to spectators as he put night wear right there on stage. In the viral video, the singer was seen throwing his clothes to the cheering crowd while he performed. See photo:

 Former aide to the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri has hailed the decision of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel . International leaders had criticised Trump’s decision on Wednesday to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, describing it as a dangerous disruption that contravenes several United Nations resolutions and could inflame one of the world’s thorniest conflicts. UN Secretary General, António Guterres and Pope Francis expressed alarm that the announcement would provoke new tensions in the Holy City, which is revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims. However, Omokri hailed it as a Bible prophecy which has earned his full support for Donald Trump. He tweeted “Has @realDonaldTrump fulfilled biblical prophesy by recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital? “I have been praying for this day for long and if I supported Donald Trump before, today, I go one step f...

Imo State Police Command has arrested a couple, Ifeanyi Anyanwu and Amarachi Ugorji, for allegedly stealing and selling a two-year-old boy, Ikechukwu Nwachukwu, for N500,000. The couple allegedly stole the child on August 28 from his parents in Umuozu-Uguiri in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state. Prior to the incident, Anyanwu and Ugorji had sold their first child on credit to a man in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Andrew Enwerem, during a parade on Wednesday, said in the latest incident, the couple kidnapped and sold Nwachukwu for N500,000 to one Ifeanyinwa Duru. Duru was said to have resold the  boy to one Mrs. Chidinma Emmanuel, for N700,000. The police spokesperson, who described the development as worrisome, said the couple, Duru and Emmanuel were nabbed in Aba, Abia State, adding that the child was rescued unhurt. Enwerem said, “On August 28, 2017, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, 23; and Amarachi Ug...

 One of the patients receiving medical care for Monkeypox at the quarantine centre in Bayelsa State has committed suicide. The State Commissioner for Health, Professor Ebitimitula Etebu, told journalists in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Monday that the patient was among 21 persons suspected to have been infected with the viral disease. They were being managed at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital. Professor Etebu said it was unfortunate that the patient took his own life despite speedily recovering from the disease. he, however, declined to provide details of how the patient committed suicide. The health commissioner, who explained that the patient’s medical history did not suggest any mental illness or features of depression which could have explained why he committed suicide, stressed that the patient did not die from the disease. To identify what led the patient to take his life, the commissioner said a committee had been put in place to evalua...

Forty-six million bank accounts have yet to be linked to Biometric Verification numbers and the funds in them will likely be temporarily forfeited to the Federal Government, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution has said. Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, who appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, believes the Federal Government will be justified should this happen. His comments come in reaction to an order of interim forfeiture made by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The judge had ordered a temporary forfeiture of funds and freezing of accounts domiciled in 19 Banks not covered by the Biometric Verification Number (BVN). The BVN was launched in February 2014 and as of October 8, 2017, 30.5 million bank customers have been issued BVNs with   51 million accounts linked to the numbers. But for Obono-Obla who is also the Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property...