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U.S. President Barack Obama commemorated the nation's war dead Monday on Memorial Day, calling on Americans to help the families of the fallen. "A nation reveals itself not only by the people it produces, but by those it remembers," Obama said at Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, where he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. "We do so not just by hoisting a flag, but by lifting up our neighbors, not just by pausing in silence but by practicing in our own lives the ideals of opportunity and liberty and equality that they fought for." In his last Memorial Day ceremony before leaving office next January, Obama noted that less than one percent of Americans are in the military, meaning that many people do not know anyone currently serving in the U.S. armed forces. He said that more than 20 U.S. military personnel have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last year, and cited the history of three of their lives leading to their d...

The Nigerian army says a second schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram militants more than two years ago in a raid on her school has been rescued. "Her name is Miss Serah Luka," army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman said in an emailed statement, saying she was from Madagali in the state of Adamawa. The military released a photograph of the girl, veiled in a long blue hijab common to the region and similar to hijabs worn by other abducted girls seen in Boko Haram videos. She is the second of 219 girls abducted and held since 2014 to be rescued. On Tuesday, the first girl, 19-year-old Amina Ali, was found with her 4-month-old baby by civilian vigilantes in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno State. She is now being debriefed by Nigerian military officials. Ali and her mother met President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday at his residence in Abuja where he said the government is "doing all it can to rescue the remaining Chibok girls." "Amina's rescue gives us new hope, an...

Two months after the success of the third Gidi Culture Festival the show’s producers (Eclipse Live Africa) announce the release of the The official After Movie. This gives people the opportunity to relive and experience the unique atmosphere of the biggest music festival in Western Africa. It highlights extraordinary performances by some of the continents finest talent, as well as an insight into what else completes the Gidi Fest experience. The festival drew thousands of festival-goers who enjoyed a day of art, sports, food, music and more. Yemi Alade, Phyno, D’banj, Tiwa Savage, Adekunle Gold, K.O, Riky Rick, DJ Obi and Small Doctor were just a few of the artists who lit up the stage, at what was undoubtedly Lagos’ most talked about event at Easter. Following the success of Gidi Fest ‘16, work on Gidi Fest ’17 has commenced with Eclipse Live Africa promising a bigger and better event with more variety of artists, activities and food on offer for everyone. Gidi Fest 2016 was bro...

President Buhari will launch the Ogoni land clean-up on June 2nd. Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, disclosed this when she visited Bodo in Gokana Local Government Area of the state to inspect an oil spill clean-up demonstration this weekend. “I can confirm that President Buhari will visit Ogoni land on June 2 to flag-off clean-up of oil spills in the area as recommended in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. Buhari would return to Ogoni land where he inaugurated a fish pond in 1984 where the once flourishing pond regrettably had been destroyed by oil pollution. The Federal Government is coming back to restore the ecosystem to what it used to be and as such restore the peoples’ source of livelihood. We are not just committed to implementing the UNEP report but we are also going beyond that by taking steps to improve security, good governance and economy of the Niger Delta region. I can assure that the clean-up exercise is only the beginning, as Mr President...

Biafra supporters allegedly stabbed one police officer and dumped two others inside River Niger after a clash today May 30th, according to a report by NAN. The report claims that the Biafra supporters who are celebrating Biafran heroes today, were parading the River Niger road when the police patrol van ran into them and attempted to disperse them. The Biafran supporters reportedly overpowered the police officers, threw two of them into River Niger and allegedly stabbed another police officer. One of the police officers has been rescued from the River and has been rushed to the hospital while the other one is still missing..

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A staff verification exercise in Plateau State has traced 1,832 ghost teachers to a single individual who is not even a teacher. According to Daily Trust, the state‎ governor, Simon Lalong disclosed this at a media parley at the Government House in Jos to mark his one year in office over the weekend. He also said a self-confessed man who has lived in the United States of America (USA) for years, admitted to him on phone that he had been drawing salaries for himself and for many more ghosts to fund charity for widows and orphans

A Mexican football star, Alana Pulido who was kidnapped in Mexico on Saturday night has been rescued by authorities, according to state officials. Pulido was rescued shortly before midnight Sunday in "a city operation in conjunction with the federal government," according to a statement from the Tamaulipas government. 25 year old Pulido plays for Olympiacos in Greece and was rescued shortly before midnight Sunday in "a city operation in conjunction with the federal government," according to a statement from the Tamaulipas government. Family members told authorities that six armed men snatched Pulido around dawn in his home town of Ciudad Victoria in the northwest of the country. Military and police forces had been searching for the 25-year-old in Tamaulipas, which shares a border with the US. "I'm good, I'm good, thank you," Alan Pulido with an injured hand,said as he faced reporters alongside the governor of Mexico's Tamaulipas state, Egi...

A photograph of a drowned migrant baby in the arms of a German rescuer was distributed on Monday, May 30 by a humanitarian organization aiming to persuade European authorities to ensure safe passage to migrants, after hundreds are feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean last week. The baby, who appears to be no more than a year old, was pulled from the sea on Friday after the capsizing of a wooden boat. Forty-five bodies arrived in the southern Italian port of Reggio Calabria on Sunday aboard an Italian navy ship, which picked up 135 survivors from the same incident. German humanitarian organization Sea-Watch, operating a rescue boat in the sea between Libya and Italy, distributed the picture taken by a media production company on board and which showed a rescuer cradling the child like a sleeping baby. In an email, the rescuer, who gave his name as Martin but did not want his family name published, said he had spotted the baby in the water "like a doll, arms outstretched...

A Cambodian court has ordered the temporary imprisonment of a Mamasan who convinced schoolgirls to sell their virginity. According to Kampuchea Thmey Daily News, the judge of municipal court temporary imprisoned a 32-year-old woman who was accused of convincing young schoolgirls to sell their virginity. The trade normally took place at the hotel. Anti-human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection said that in the evening on May 26, police cracked down on virginity trading related crimes when a woman was found brining some young schoolgirls to the hotel for their virginity trade business located in Chea Sim Blvd, Phnom Penh Thmey commune, Sen Sok district, Phnom Penh. Police arrested Eng Bopha and saved four young schoolgirls whose age ranged from 17 to 23 years old. Police also confiscated $1,000 USD. "The saved victims told police that they were brought to Cambodians who live abroad for the price ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. However, after they had slept with the customers, t...

Read the press statement... Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has dared the Federal Government to carry out the alleged plot of preventing him from travelling out of the country , saying; “under the federal system of government, State governors are not appendages of the President and as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria, he cannot be cowed by President Mohammadu Buhari and his agents.” The governor, who reacted to reports that two governors, one from the Southwest and another from the South South have been placed on travel restriction on President Buhari’s order, in a press conference addressed by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, said; whenever he wished to travel out Nigeria, he will do so in the full glare of the public. He said; “I am not surprised or disappointed by this latest plot of the Buhari’s government because the President Buhari that we know is a man without any atom of respect for the rights of Nigerians as enshrine...

The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command over the weekend arrested 59 suspected social miscreants during a raid on criminal hideouts & black spots in the State. The raid was part of the routine exercise of the RRS on suspected black spots in the State to check criminal activities as well as restore orderliness in crime and violence prone areas. The suspected criminals were picked up between the hours 2400 hr and 0200 hr in Oshodi, Ojota, Oregun, Mile 12, LASU/Iyana – Iba junction and Mile 2 after repeated surveillance of those areas by the RRS Intelligence Teams. It was learnt that some of the raided points were place where members of the public volunteered information as crime spots and have been confirmed to be black spots by the Police, who monitored the areas days before the raiding. Out of 59 suspects picked up from various parts of the metropolis from the raiding, 46 were released to their relatives after thorough screening by the RRS i...

Man on a was bike seen carrying a baby on his back somewhere in Ibadan... hahaha lol

President Buhari today says one of the ministers he feels pity for is the Minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed who is saddled with the responsibility of explaining the progress or lack of it of this administration to people. President Buhari said this when he hosted state house Press Corps members at the presidential villa in Abuja. “One of the men I pity is Lai Mohammed. Everyday he is on TV explaining our performance or lack of it. The ministers sit down day and night to work. Some of them have literarily lost weight because they were sleeping less and eating less (while working on the budget). They were working on every kobo to be spent. We recently just found out that we are poor because we don’t have anything to fall back to. This is the condition we found ourselves and this change mantra had to go through hell up till yesterday. And for you to talk to whoever came to visit us throughout that year, I wonder how each of your diaries would be, because people were exp...

– A former member of the Enugu state House of Assembly, Ikenna Ejezie has filed a petition to the EFCC seeking the prosecution of former president Goodluck Jonathan, over alleged mismanagement of $2.1billion arms deal scandal – Ejezie says the request must be responded to within seven days from the receipt of this letter and as quickly as possible – EFCC says the petition will be treated on its merit – EFCC says it is strange that a petitioner or an individual will have to give the EFCC a deadline to do its work The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has received a very first petition seeking the prosecution of former president Goodluck Jonathan, over alleged mismanagement of $2.1billion released to the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) for arms purchase. The petition filed to the EFCC, came from a former member of the Enugu state House of Assembly, Ikenna Ejezie, through his counsel, Barrister Osuagwu Ugochukwu. Ejezie’s petition becomes the first ever...

-Savannah Centre holds workshop on the 17 years of Nigeria’s democratic governance. – Keynote speaker, Prof Sam Egwu likened Nigeria to a human abattoir on an industrial scale and also argued that there is nothing like “true” federalism. – Prof. Egwu argued that federalism is dynamic because of the changing nature and balance of force that in the first place led to the adoption of federalism. A former governance adviser for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Nigeria, Prof. Sam Egwu, today, May 27, likened Nigeria to a “human abattoir on an industrial scale.” The professor of political science with specialty in political economy and development studies said this at the workshop organized by the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development (SCDDD) to x-ray Nigeria’s 17 years of democratic governance. The professor who delivered a paper on “The Challenge of Federalism in Nigeria: Interrogating and Celebrating 17 years of Democratic Governance in Africa’ Largest...

– Governor Wike has vowed to fulfill electioneering promises – The governor also commissioned Rumueprikom-Rumuolumeni, Elioparanwo roads Greater ph city development authority house Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has vowed to fulfill all the promises he made to the people of the state before and after the 2015 general election. Wike stated this yesterday while commissioning Rumueprikom-Rumuolumeni and Elioparanwo Roads. The governor, who also flagged off the Tam David West Boulevard pledged to remain prudent in the management of state resources, pointing out that he would not play politics with projects but would continue to deliver quality service to Rivers people. The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekwerenmadu, who commissioned the projects alongside the governor commended Wike for placing Rivers State on a fast lane of development within the past one year. Ekwerenmadu said the number of projects commissioned by Governor Wike remained a clear testimony of his visionary ...

– President Muhammadu Buhari has highlighted the achievements of the administration under categories such as security, anti-corruption war, economy, power, environment and judiciary among others – He says the military had so far rescued 11,595 persons held captive by the Boko Haram sect between May 29, 2015 when he was inaugurated and February 2016 – He says the implementation of the Treasury Single Account has provided greater visibility of government revenues and cash flows President Muhammadu Buhari has said that 11,595 persons held captive by Boko Haram sect since his emergence as president, have regained their freedom, The Punch reports. According to him, the military has regained all territories hitherto occupied by the sect. These were contained in a document tagged “Fact sheet on President Muhammadu Buhari’s first year in office” and made available to journalists by the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity. President Buhari has said that 11,595...

Crisis rocking the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the police have sealed off the party’s national headquarters in the federal capital territory, Abuja. The Nigerian Police have sealed off the Wadata Plaza national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja following Saturday’s parallel national convention that saw the party divided. It was reported that the police cordoned off one of the traffic lanes leading into the complex, while those who had been on ground providing security were all replaced. The PDP is currently enmeshed in a leadership crisis which culminated in two parallel conventions in Abuja and Port Harcourt on Saturday. The conventions produced three sets of leaders. While the party’s national officers led by former Borno Governor, Ali Sheriff, were sacked and an interim team announced in Port Harcourt, the Abuja convention appointed a former Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, as acting national chairman. The convention in Port Harcour...

Popular Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter Lil Kesh having dropped his supposed first single Lyrically, which was immediately accepted by music lovers both home and abroad, was officially shot into limelight with his song Shoki Lil Kesh Born Keshinro Ololade, the 22-year old singer few weeks back dropped his debut record label YBNL for his own label, YAGI in an interview with NAIJ.COM, speaks on why he left YBNL, his current relationship with Olamide, his next project and clears the air on Adekunle Gold’s exist form YBNL. Read excerpts of his interview below: Why choice of YAGI as the label name? I picked the name because YAGI is the name of my debut album which mean ‘Young and getting it’ (YAGI) and it is like me because everybody knows that is my new logo. I am 22 and I am doing well for myself. Even with the name the album talks basically about me; I am just starting off and I am learning at the same time, I am getting it. I stand for YAGI and YAGI stands for me. You left YBNL ...

It was further reported that many months after the kidnapped of schoolgirls in Chibok, the insurgents are calling a peace talk to return the girls and save their lives. Nigerian insurgents widely known as Boko Haram are reportedly calling for a truce after a senior member revealed current state of kidnapped Chibok girls. According to a report by The Times, members of the Boko Haram are looking at giving up on the fight as the Nigerian army are not only closing up with them but they have been losing members. It was further reported that many months after the kidnapped of schoolgirls in Chibok, the insurgents are calling a peace talk to return the girls and save their lives. Amir Muhammad Abdullahi, a senior member of Boko Haram reportedly said, "We want to surrender because things are getting worse." Continuing, the Boko Haram's reportedly second in command further said though no side was winning the battle, only a third of the kidnapped girls remained as the rest have b...

It was further reported that the department had accused Daudu of sneaking in prepared answers during the examination for the Global Context in Public Policy course. One of the members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Advisory Committee against Corruption was reportedly caught cheating at the University of Jos on May 4, 2016. According to a report by Premium Times, the President's adviser, whose name was given as Benedicta Daudu was allegedly caught cheating while writing an examination for a Master’s degree in Research and Public Policy in the Faculty of Social Sciences of anti-corruption adviser steps down after report reveals that she cheated on the campus of the University of Jos. Following the allegation, Daudu, who is also an associate professor of law and head of the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the Faculty of Law in UNIJOS, has voluntarily stepped down from the committee until the matter is officially concluded. It was further reported that the depart...

He also said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption posture was bringing integrity back to the country. Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau says the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government has reduced the level of corruption in the country. Lalong said this when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. He also said that President Muhammadu Buhari anti-corruption posture was bringing integrity back to the country. ``The issue of corruption has been reduced to a level in this country. ``In the past you saw what was happening - petrol no disclosure, they wouldn’t tell you how much we’re getting, but today with the posture of our President, I think fighting corruption is rated very high outside. ``They may say we are still corrupt but nobody has said that our President is corrupt. ``When they cannot find anything bad against your leader that in itself is earn integrity to the nation. ``And then secondly, some of the things he has been d...

Former First lady, Patience Jonathan pictured with some politicians in Rivers state today May 22nd. Another photo after the cut

The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Goodluck Jonathan led administration to account for N30 trillion said to have been missing or unaccounted for while they were in government. Justice Ibrahim Buba had given the order in a Freedom of Information suit number FHC/L/CS/196/2015 filed by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP). SERAP’s filed the suit following revelations by the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Charles Soludo, that at least N30 trillion “has either been stolen or unaccounted for, or grossly mismanaged over the last few years under the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s watch.” SERAP had approached the court to order the former Minister and the Federal government to provide it with information on the said N30 trillion. Delivering judgement in the suit last week, Justice Buba said, “Mrs Okonjo-Iweala and th...

Coordinator of the Benue State Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), the association of herdsmen, Gololo Garus, says the reason for last Friday's attack by the herdsmen on residents of Agwabi village in Binev Council Ward of Buruku local government area of the state, was because the youth in the area stole 800 cattle from the herdsmen a day before the attack happened. According to Tribune, Gololo said that information passed to him by the herdsmen claimed that trouble started when youth from the affected village on Thursday, May 12th, took away 800 cows belonging to the resident herders. He said instead of reporting to the appropriate authorities, the herdsmen decided to take laws into their hands by fighting with the youth in the community "The herders traced the missing cows the following day to that village and that was how trouble started. This is highly regrettable because they should have notified the security apparatus already put in place by ...

Source: York College The York College Valedictorian for the Class of 2016 has emerged and she is a Nigerian. Eunice Udensi, a Pharmaceutical Science major mentored in the Chemistry department, came to York from Abia State, four years ago and quickly acclimated to a busy college life of research and co-curricular activities. Early on, her impressive GPA caught the attention of Amy Wolfe in the Academic Advisement Center, which led to tutoring jobs in the Mathematics lab and Academic Achievement Center, where then-director Steven Tyson, told her that with her grades she could become valedictorian of her class. "I didn’t know what that meant," said Udensi. "But I didn’t want him to know that I did not know. So I looked it up when I got home and told myself I would do it." While searching online for the meaning of the impressive word, Udensi also came across Tony Wan’s TV interview when he was York’s valedictorian in 2012. That sealed her commitment. "I didn’...

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