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Ghana passes law ‘to evict presidents

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Thursday, October 27th, 2016

Ghana passes law ‘to evict presidents Outgoing presidents in Ghana could be forcibly evicted from their official residences if they fail to move out in time, under new laws. Presidents and vice-presidents will have to hand over official homes and vehicles at least two weeks before the inauguration of a new leader. Ministers and other […]

Widespread cyberattack takes down sites worldwide

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2016

A number of popular websites like Twitter and Netflix went down for some users on Friday in a massive cyberattack with international reach. Affected sites included Twitter (TWTR, Tech30), Etsy (ETSY), Github, Vox, Spotify, Airbnb, Netflix(NFLX, Tech30) and Reddit. Dyn, which manages website domains and routes internet traffic, experienced two distributed denial of service attacks on its DNS servers. A DDoS attack […]

CRACKDOWN ON JUDGES: Arrested judges won’t step down, NJC dares all

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary Friday, October 21st, 2016

NJC Vs NBA In a statement last night, the NJC which is headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said it would neither suspend nor ask any of the accused Judges to proceed on compulsory leave as recommended by the NBA, insisting that such action was contrary to the provisions of […]

Are you having enough sex with your partner?

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, October 21st, 2016

By Bunmi Sofola THE big question really is: How often should you have sex; how much sex makes you happy? According to a recent survey, couples who make love once a week are the most content. Meanwhile, there are some people whose libido is so low they look the other way when their partners look […]

N450m campaign fund: Chime under investigation as EFCC quizzes two Enugu commissioners

Posted by admin Corruption Politics, EFCC Politics, Enugu, Headlines, State News Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

By Chinedu Adonu ENUGU–Economic and Finance Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday confirmed that two Enugu commissioners were invited and detained over N450,000,000 campaign fund. The South east Zonal Head, Johnson Babalola, said that former governor Chime was still under investigation over the over N400 million campaign funds, pointing out that two serving commissioners, Charles Egumgbe, […]

I usually steal N50 to buy food, boy beaten to death by father told neighbour

Posted by admin Headlines Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

By Evelyn Usman & Daud Olatunji THE 10-year-old Adekoya Wariz, who was beaten to death by his father in Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State, once told a neighbour, Baba Olaolu, that he usually stole N50 from his step-mother’s handbag because he needed it to buy gari and groundnut, as he was always denied food. According […]

Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., son of executed environmentalist, Ken Saro-Wiwa Sr., dies in London at 47

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, National Politics, Niger Delta, Top Stories Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

The son of renowned Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, who was executed more than 20 years ago, has died in London. Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr, 47, passed away after suffering a stroke, his family say. He was a journalist who became an adviser to three presidents. The 1995 execution of his father by a military government […]

Corruption killing sports in Nigeria, Amokachi alleges

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

ABUJA—Ex-International, Daniel Omokachi, yesterday, opened a can of worms in the nation’s sporting arena, alleging that Nigerian youths cough out as much as N250,000 each to get into the U-17 team in Nigeria. Amokachi spoke when he joined forces with coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, operating under the aegis of National Support Groups for […]

Justice Okoro opens can of worms; says, foreign currency in my home estacode (Indeed)

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary Tuesday, October 18th, 2016

He also said the $24,000 and £10,000 recovered in his house by the operatives was balance of the estacode he received on foreign trips for three years. This came as indications emerged, last night, that a female judge of the Federal High Court might be arrested for allegedly shunning an invitation to appear […]

#BringBackOurGirls group up in arms about use of ‘brand name’ by Buhari’s daughter

Posted by admin Headlines Monday, October 17th, 2016

#BringBackOurGirls group up in arms about use of ‘brand name’ by Buhari’s daughter — 17th October 2016 The BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) group has expressed shock at the use of its brand name at a fundraising by Hadiza Buhari-Bello, President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter. At the event, which was held on Monday, the Peace Corps of Nigeria donated […]