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How Abuja policemen raped us, by convicted prostitutes

May 2, 2019 1:04 pm

Some ladies, who were convicted by a mobile court for alleged prostitution, on Thursday painted gory details of how they were harassed, molested and assaulted by some men of the Nigeria Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The ladies, who narrated their ordeal to reporters in Abuja, alleged that policemen attached to Utako, Life Camp and Gwarimpa police stations in Abuja, the nation’s capital, raped and physically assaulted them in custody.

They also claimed that they were compelled to plead guilty when they were arraigned before the court on Monday by the police.

They all spoke anonymously for fear …

10m Euros for new malaria drug

April 21, 2019 4:56 pm

The European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) has given a grant of €10 million over five years to “WANECAM 2” to conclude production of new malaria drug.

WANECAM 2 is a unique collaboration between antimalarial drug researchers in Africa and Europe from ten academic institutions, a pharmaceutical company, Novartis, and a not-for-profit product development partnership (PDP), Medicines for Malaria Venture.

The grant will support African trials of a novel antimalarial combination comprising KAF156 (ganaplacide) and lumefantrine in a new once-daily formulation.

KAF156 has demonstrated the potential to treat resistant malaria and to be administered as a single dose.…

Psychiatrist recommends early treatment of mental ailment

April 20, 2019 10:21 pm

Dr Shehu Sale, a Consultant Psychiatrist, has advised Nigerians to report persons with mental ailment early at recognised health facilities.

Sale, who is also the Medical Director of Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital (FNPH), Kware, Sokoto State, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Sokoto.

The psychiatrist said that early report and diagnosis of mental ailments would help to curtail the number of rising cases in the country.

He pointed out that mental cases were on the increase in the country because they were hardly reported at the right hospitals and at …

Algeria, Sudan revolutions, and the myopia of Nigerians

April 17, 2019 8:57 am

By Odumodu Gbulagu 

 

In quick succession, Algerians and Sudanese people crippled economic activities of their respective countries, occupied the streets and ousted the dictators that had held their countries down for decades.

The sick 82 year old Bouteflika who is confined to the wheelchair, and has ruled for 20 solid years, and was gunning for his fifth term was roundly rejected and ousted.

Both the military, police and other security agencies downed their tools and joined the masses in protest as the society belongs to them too.

The Algerian protest which was called the Smile Revolution, started on 16 …

‘The strength of African women’s beauty influence my work’

April 12, 2019 11:57 pm
Akinwumi Osunkoya is a Nigerian Visual Artist and a graduate of the New York Film Academy in New York, United States. In this interview with SEGUN OLANIYI, he bares his mind on how the strength of African women’s beauty influences his photography skills.

Tell us about yourself?
Akinwumi Osunkoya is a visual artist. A lover of women especially African women; I love the beauty and the strength of African women and that is really what has been a major influencer of my work. It’s the strength of African women and I feel like many times, African women have been underplayed

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Hypocrisy of Nigerians condemning xenophobia in S’Africa

April 11, 2019 9:52 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

The word Xenophobia came from “Xenos” meaning STRANGE or FOREIGN; and “Phobos” meaning FEAR.
Xenophobia can be then defined as deep rooted fears and hatred towards foreigners.

South Africa is now the world’s headquarters of Xenophobia.
The way and manner they became prejudiced against the people that liberated them from apartheid is still very surprising.

They kill, maim and discriminate against fellow African immigrants with such joy that even women and children are involved in the killings, and they oftentimes sing and watch while their likes are being stoned to death.
The pictures and videos are often …

Why IBB dropped me as Information Minister – Sam Oyovbaire

April 5, 2019 6:40 pm

Former Minister of Information and Culture, Prof. Sam Oyovbaire is an academic and political figure held in high esteem, particularly in Delta, his home state. But all that would not have been without mom’s insistence that young Sam must go to school. With the push from mom, he recalled, he later realised how important it was for him to succeed even as a very young man. Now he recalls with nostalgia such issues as how his wife was packaged to him in the UK, the intrigues that culminated in his exit as the Minister of Information and Culture and his …

Fashola and his bogus claims

April 4, 2019 8:43 pm

By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu

The ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) is peopled by a band of double speakers and elements who speak from both sides of the mouth. Buck passing and and blame game are their stock-in- trade. They always find excuses where none exists. And are always eager to justify lackluster performance by blaming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) they took over from.

The Minister of Power,Babatunde Fashola ressurected these antics recently when he made a bogus claim that some states in the country enjoy 24 hours power supply. No response could better match this claim than that …

Greek PM hails new ties during North Macedonia visit

April 2, 2019 11:36 am
Greece’s prime minister was greeted with hugs and selfies on Tuesday during his landmark visit to newly renamed North Macedonia, where the neighbours celebrated a new start after resolving their decades-long identity row.The one-day trip came a little more than a month after Alexis Tsipras and counterpart Zoran Zaev finalised a deal that added “North” to Macedonia’s name to distinguish it from a bordering province in Greece.

“We are starting to cover lost ground to build a deep friendship, not only between our governments, but especially between our people,” Tsipras said.

It was the first official visit by a Greek

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Woman in court for gripping, squeezing manhood

April 2, 2019 11:03 am

A 31-year- old woman identified as Jennifer Ola has been arraigned before an Oredo Magistrate court for gripping and squeezing the manhood of one Luis Adjuya.

Jennifer was said to committed the offence alongside one Israel Idowu, aged 29.

Both were said to have committed offence on March 29, 2019 at No 8 Akali Street off Ekenwan Road, Bénin City.

Israel was accused of assaulting Luis with fist blows.

They both pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.

Police Prosecutor, Inspector Shaibu Mohammed, told the court the offences are punishable under Section 351 of the Criminal Code cap …

Nigerian students, others contribute $42.4bn to US economy

March 30, 2019 11:28 pm

The United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) yesterday disclosed that Nigerians and other international students contributed 42.4 billion dollars to the US in 2017/2018 session.

A senior official of the Bureau, who spoke on condition of anonymity, announced the figure during the tour of the US Community Colleges and Workforce Development programme in Washington D.C on Saturday.

The tour was organised by the Foreign Press Centre, Bureau of Public Affairs, US Department of State to provide foreign journalists with information on opportunity available to foreign students in community college in U.S.
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Saudis gained access to Amazon CEO Bezos’ phone

March 30, 2019 10:59 pm

The security chief for Amazon chief executive Jeff Bezos said on Saturday that the Saudi government had access to Bezos’ phone and gained private information from it.

Gavin De Becker, a longtime security consultant, said he had concluded his investigation into the publication in January of leaked text messages between Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, a former television anchor who the National Enquirer tabloid newspaper said Bezos was dating.

Last month, Bezos accused the newspaper’s owner of trying to blackmail him with the threat of publishing “intimate photos” he allegedly sent to Sanchez unless he said in public that the tabloid’s …

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