February 12, 2020

EFCC Docks Man For Pilfering Nigeria’s €3.8m

February 12, 2020 9:43 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC docked on Tuesday one Yushua Mohammed Ahmed before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a four-count charge of stealing €3,808,870, said to be property of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Among other counts, Ahmed was alleged to have, between 29 September, 2010 and 26 October, 2010, in Lagos, converted to his own use €458,425.00 belonging to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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The offence is contrary to Section 280 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria …

Stop Using Saliva As Sex Lubricant – Expert Warns

February 12, 2020 9:43 am

A medical expert, Dr Kolade Johnson, has warned Nigerians against using saliva as lubricant during sex.

Johnson, who works in a private hospital, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ilorin that if anyone with mouth sores use saliva as a lubricant, the partner would be exposed to genital herpes.

According to him, using saliva as lubricant during sex could lead to disease like Human Papilo Virus (HPV), syphillis, chlamydia and even gonorrhea.

He added that it might be worse for women because saliva could upset …

Omo-Agege

Omo-Agege: How I Worked With late Uwajumogu In Mace Theft

February 12, 2020 9:42 am

Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege at a valedictory session on Wednesday revealed that he worked closely with the late Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu.

Benjamin Uwajumogu who represented Imo North Senatorial District on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) died on 18th December, 2019.

As Senators took turn to speak on their individual perspective of the later lawmaker, DSP noted that the 8th Senate believed and suspected “himself and late Benjamin Uwajumogu” that they invaded the Red Chambers on the 18th April, 2018 to cart away the mace.

According to him, other colleagues loyal to

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Boko Haram: Buhari Joins Nigerian Army In Maiduguri

February 12, 2020 9:42 am

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

The president arrived Maiduguri from Addis Ababa after the signing of visa waiver agreement for diplomatic and official passport holders by Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and Gedu Andargachew, respectively.

Buhari’s visit was disclosed by his Spokesman, Garba Shehu on his official Twitter page.

His visit follows the killing of 30 persons in the recent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents at Auno village in Konduga, Borno State.

DAILY POST reported that the terrorists stormed the area at about 9:50 pm on Sunday destroying about 18 vehicles.

There were

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Wole Soyinka, Shehu Sani in court.

Wole Soyinka In Court For Sowore’s Trial

February 12, 2020 5:15 am
Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, is present at the federal high court in Abuja to witness the trial of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the “Revolution Now Movement”- a protest organised on August 5, 2019, which the Buhari government saw as an attempt to topple its administration.

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Wole Soyinka arrived at the court about 8:50 am, five minutes before Sowore arrived at the court.

The professor was also joined by a former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu and popular activist …

The Serialisation Of ‘Adolescent Nigeria’ 7

February 12, 2020 5:14 am

Thy thought is seed, thy heart is the garden, they actions are the plant and thy circumstances are the fruit.

Nothing happen by chance in life and as a man that desire elevation, you must start by sowing the seed of what you want in the garden so that you will be able to develop the energy that is required to achieve the feat.

Then as a leader it is what you have in mind for those that choose you will come to them. This is so because you are the channel through which such can get to them. This …

2nd Niger Bridge: work going on on schedule

2nd Niger Bridge: Julius Berger Gives Completion Date

February 12, 2020 5:13 am

Julius Berger Plc, which is building the second Niger River Bridge has given a definite time of completing the project which previous administrations had failed to deliver.

JB said the bridge, now being funded by Sovereign Wealth Fund will be ready in February 2022.

Project supervisor, Friedrich Wieser, gave the assurance on Tuesday when the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola inspected the project.

He said the work had reached 23 percent completion, adding that they had 1,300 people working on the Bridge while over 400 were on the site already.

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Late High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs and wife, Mrs Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs

Briggs: Widow Urges Family Unity As Report Vindicates Her

February 12, 2020 5:12 am
Widow of late Nigerian industrialist, nationalist and philanthropist, High Chief Dr. O. B. Lulu-Briggs, Dr. Mrs. Seinye O. B. Lulu-Briggs, the matriarch of the O. B. Lulu-Briggs family, while thanking God for her vindication following the release of her husband’s autopsy report, has called for unity among family and community members as well as friends of the family in order to accord her late husband a befitting burial.

The widow’s call was contained in a statement made available to the media following the final release of the filed autopsy report conducted on her husband in Accra, Ghana, which showed …

Late High Chief (Dr.) O. B. Lulu-Briggs

Autopsy Finally Released, Shows Lulu-Briggs Not Murdered

February 12, 2020 5:11 am

The Pathology laboratory of the ISO-certified 37 Military Hospital in Ghana has finally released the autopsy report for revered Nigerian nationalist, and philanthropist, Chief Dr Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs.

According to the result which was released late Tuesday following the orders of the Supreme Court of Ghana, the deceased reportedly did not die a violent death and this rules out the insinuations by some quarters of his relatives that he was murdered.

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The cause of death of the High Chief as stated in his autopsy report was “right lung infarction and severe haemorrhages …

Coronavirus: WHO Warns Of Clusters With No Link To China

February 12, 2020 5:10 am

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday warned of coronavirus “clusters with no apparent link to China”.

Giving the warning, Takeshi Kasai, who is the organisation’s director for Western Pacific, specifically cited local transmissions and said all countries in the region should “prepare for the possibility of wider transmission” of the virus, in a statement released by the WHO.

Malaysia has reported 18 cases of the virus, which the WHO has officially named Covid-19, while neighbouring Singapore’s tally is 47, over half of which are local transmissions.

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The Western Pacific Region …

Twitter Photo: Pope Francis

Pope To Decide On Special Exception To Priestly Celibacy

February 12, 2020 5:10 am

Pope Francis is expected to decide on Wednesday whether to make a limited exception to the celibacy rule for priests, one of the most controversial issues in the Catholic Church today.

In October, a summit of bishops known as a synod proposed allowing married men into the priesthood, only in the Amazon area, to address the serious shortage of clergy in remote parts of the rainforest region.

The pope is due to respond to the synod with an Apostolic Exhortation.

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The Vatican said the document, called “Querida Amazonia” (Dear Amazon), would …

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