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A photo of Indian Minister of Agriculture urinating in public has surfaced on the internet and he's being trolled on Social Media. The undated photo of Radha Mohan Singh urinating on a wall, believed to be in his home constituency Purvi Champaran (East Champaran), as two security personnel stood guard went viral  on Thursday . The minister, however, has defended himself, saying there was no urinal for long distances on National Highway 28 near Pipara when he wanted to relieve himself. According to him, his intention was not wrong, he said the photograph was of a dhaba (roadside eatery) on the NH. State BJP spokesperson, Rajib Ranjan, in a statement to Hindustantimes said there was nothing wrong in the minister’s act. “One cannot suppress nature’s call for long. What do you do if you are travelling long distances and there are no public urinals on the way?” he asked HT, adding “There is absolutely nothing wrong in what the minister did.” He further said the photograph was “six month...

The All progressives Congress (APC) has adduced the need to fix the nagging problems of insecurity and the recession as reasons for the delay in restructuring the country as outlined in the party’s manifesto. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, yesterday in a chat with The Guardian, faulted claims that the party was playing politics with the issue, said the issue of restructuring the country may not be placed on the front burner before 2019. According to him: “My own take is that every government has its own priority and you will agree with me that if you have to deal with the issue of Boko Haram or you need to deal with the issue of the economy that has gone into recession and all that, you have to get your priorities right. I don’t think it would be a wise move to add the challenges of restructuring if you have not dealt with the problems that affect the average Nigerian. “So when people are hungry, when people are losing jobs, when people’s salaries are not b...

The Presidency has released President Muhammadu Buhari’s voice message to Nigerians to debunk reports that he is suffering from speech impairment. NAN reports that recently there have been reports in the social media claiming that the President was suffering from speech impairment and memory loss. However, in the recording, aired on Sunday by some radio stations, including the BBC, the President was heard felicitating with Nigerians on the occassion of Eid-el Fitr. Buhari thanked them for their consistent prayers for his well-being. The President also urged all citizens, irrespective of their socio-political affiliations, to always avoid hate speech and divisive tendencies capable of causing disaffection among them. He also prayed for good harvest as farmers embarked on agricultural activities occasion by the commencement of rainfalls across the country. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity had on Saturday in a statement issued a simil...

National Unity: Southern Leaders Meet In Lagos - Channels Television.  As the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, continues his consultations with leaders of different ethnic, religious and interest groups on the nation’s unity in Abuja, some leaders of the Southern states are also meeting in Lagos. The meeting, which was held in one of the leaders’ residence in Lagos, had leaders from the South-East, South-South and South-West regions in attendance. The meeting, according to the organisers, is said to be on the recent tension in the country and the threat to national unity The leaders say they are looking into the options on the table and strategising on the best moves in achieving peace, equity among the different ethnic nationalities within the country. Among those at the meeting are Afenifere leaders such as General Alani Akinrinade (retd), Chief Ayo Adebanjo; and Senator Femi Okunrounmu. The President of Ohaneze, Chief John Nwodo, and others are from the South-South reg...

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu received the President of International Nations Commercial Association in Turkey Abdulkadir Erkahraman. Kanu, who received Erkahraman in his hometown in Isiama Afara Ukwu, Umuahia said, the Turkish citizen’s visit is in line with the IPOB’s plan to solidify the actualization of Biafra.

The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has strongly condemned groups that have resorted to ‘hate speech’ along ethnic lines. The Emir, while condemning ethnicity/tribalism, noted that Nigerians must stop thinking along ethnic lines and embrace the creation called Nigeria. He gave these charges via a series of posts on Instagram on Wednesday. According to him, “Fulani. My grandfather was an Emir also fulani my uncle and guardian was also the immediate late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero and therefore I represent all that has been talked about this afternoon. He said the language of the generation older than him was to use regions to refer to themselves, but that he is a Nigerian. “My grandfather was a Northerner, I am a Nigerian, he wrote. “The problem with this country is that in 2009, we speak in the language of 1953. Sir Olaniwun can be forgiven for the way he spoke, but I cannot forgive people of my generation speaking in that language. “Let us go into this issue because there are ...

As if the quit notice given internally by Nigerians to other Nigerians to leave their region is not enough, the Nigeria Union (NU) in South Africa, has today claimed that two communities in South Africa, have asked Nigerians to leave their territories. President of the union, Ikechukwu Anyene, said the Kuruman community in Northern Cape Province gave Nigerians till Thursday to leave. He also said the Klaafontein community, Extension 5, Johannesburg, directed landlords not to renew the rent of Nigerians in the area, blaming them for the rise of illicit drug trade and prostitution. “The Nigeria union held series of meetings with the affected communities as well as police and local authorities on the recent threats to Nigerians. We have also written reports on these incidents and sent to the Nigerian Mission and the South African police. We recommended interventions before the June 16 deadline to the mission and we are waiting for their response. The union is worried that any incident inv...

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed that the online portal of the government’s job initiative, N-Power, be reopened June 17 to allow more unemployed Nigerians apply, the Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Mrs. Ahmed advised youth to apply for the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP). She told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the government would scale up the N-SIP to accommodate more beneficiaries. N-SIP is a federal government programme aimed at reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of vulnerable groups such as the unemployed youths, women and children. The government says the programme has so far empowered over 1.6 million Nigerians through its four components, namely; N-Power, National Home Grown School Feeding Programme, Conditional Cash Transfer, and Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme. The minister said each component of the programme would be scaled up this year....

Akinwunmi Ambode has called on Lagosians to use free internet service at no cost at Muri-Okunola Park, Victoria Island and Ndubuisi kanu,Alausa,Ikeja with the view to make the citizenry more informed about government policies/projects and especially what is happening around the World and Nigeria in particular. Speaking today at the unveiling of the Free Wi-Fi/Internet access in commemoration of 50 year anniversary of the creation of the State, Ambode said that the unveiling kick-started two weeks ago at the popular Ndubisi Kanu Park, Alausa, Ikeja adding that the initiative will be extended to other parks and gardens of the State to further enhance social/leisure activities. The State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode who was represented at the event by State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Mr. Olufemi Odubiyi restated the present administration continuation to demonstrate her commitment to making the state livable for all and sundry through various programmes and projects. He sa...

                 At about  10:35pm  UK time on Monday, May 22, 2017, tragedy struck at the Manchester Arena where pop singer Ariana Grande was performing, leaving at least 19 people dead and about 50 injured in a possible terrorist incident. British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a statement, confirming that police are treating the incident as a terror attack, "we are working to establish the full details of what is being treated by the police as an appalling terrorist attack. All our thoughts are with the victims and the families of those who have been affected."  The leader of Britain's Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn also offered support on Twitter. He tweeted: "Terrible incident in Manchester. My thoughts are with all those affected and our brilliant emergency services."

                                   After receiving a letter from the State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, the Kano State House Assembly on Monday called off its investigation into allegations of misappropriation of funds and other infractions against the Kano Emirates Council. If you recall, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II was accused of financial recklessness, with an allegation stating that he spent as much as N6 billion since he ascended the throne in 2014. The emirate reacted through its senior council official in charge of finance, Bashir Wali, who told reporters that only N3.4 billion had been spent since Sanusi ascended the throne in 2014. In the letter read during Monday’s plenary by the Speaker, Mr Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, the governor urged the Assembly to suspend its investigation following pleas by former leaders, traditional rulers and various statesmen across the fede...

Gov Ayodele Fayose, showing his drumming skills at the lying-in-state of late Gen Adeyinka Adebayo at Oluyemi Kayode Stadium, Ado Ekiti today. He dashed the local drummer from whom he took the drum some cash thereafter. Lo

Beauty John, one of the 158 people deported from Libya last Thursday, has described her five months experience in the Libyan prison as the most horrible time of her life. The 22-year-old lady, who hails from Edo State, said she embarked on the trip to Italy through the desert in search of greener pastures, only to discover that she was pregnant while in the prison, for not having the necessary documents to be in the country. Describing her being alive as a miracle, she disclosed that she gave birth inside the prison, but could not breast-feed her baby for some days due to lack of medical care. The nursing mother said: “One of my aunts, who stays in Italy, visited Benin and told some of us to come over, promising to help us secure jobs. Five of us made up our minds to go, but at the end, I was the only one who could raise money for the trip. The trip “On July 11, 2016, some other male friends and I left Benin for Sokoto State, through the desert. We got to Libya a week after and stayed ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kogi State University (KSU) Anyigba, chapter, has said that about 200 of its members were screened out of service during the recently concluded staff verification exercise. The Chairman, ASUU-KSU, Dr. Daniel Aina, who made this known, recently, while addressing journalists, in Lokoja, said the ongoing strike could only be suspended when all issues relating to arrears of salaries, 2015 employment, contract and sabbatical staff were resolved. The union also said government must resume the monthly instalmental payment of the 2009-2014 arrears of the Earned Academic Allowances (EAA). According to them, “the Kogi state university management must pay up the outstanding balance of the 2014/2015 arrears of the EAA.” said Aina. The union, which commended the government for reconstituting the governing council of the university, however, said the more serious issue of payment of arrears of salaries to all categories of its members had not been add...

Remember the released Chibok girl. Im so happy for her and her daughter. Look at the transformation.

Read the press statement below... Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose on Thursday stormed the Ado-Ekiti branch of the Zenith Bank to make withdrawal from his hitherto frozen account following a Federal High Court order asking the bank to de-freeze the governor’s account. Governor Fayose who made a withdrawal of N5 million in cash thanked Nigerians for standing with him and against the recklessness of the EFCC. A Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti had on Tuesday, ordered that Governor Fayose's accounts in Zenith Bank be defrozen with immediate effect. The accounts were frozen by the EFCC in June, this year. The judge said the EFCC action breac.hed the governor's fundamental rights to fair hearing, as the commission did not make him a party to the proceedings for the interim freezing of the account. He said that the EFCC suppressed facts by not disclosing to the court that granted the interim freezing order that the two accounts that were frozen belonged to Governor who enjoys ...

An Instagram user, Oluwagbeminiyi has just shared this incredible story of how she was denied access to a restaurant in Lagos because of her Hairstyle. Read below: "About a weekago weekago! I got denied access into "Butholes Restaurant" because my hair was like this! . Guy at the door deemed it too "local" but proceeded to allow 2 weave wearing ladies and 2 other men walk in, while moving me aside with his giant forearm. . I've been through the motions this week... from embarrassment, to anger, to unworthiness to severe self consciousness to complete defiance in changing my hairstyle. . I say it time and time again, this "self love" thing is a chore, a tiring one. . Found myself wanting to cover my "glory". Wore a hat throughout COPA even though I was in the shade for the fear that one security official will impede me from doing my job. . I wanted a wig for fun the week before the event; but last week, I started to really dream about own...

This happened in Makinde street Ikeja earlier today. Rescue operation is still ongoing. 

Stephani Renae Lawson (pictured) has been jailed for posing as her ex-boyfriend, Tyler Parkervest and sending death threats to herself.  Lawson created Facebook profiles to send eight messages pretending they were from Tyler. The messages she sent to herself included threats to kill herself and beat herself up after the couple broke up.  She lied to police and they arrested Mr Parkervest. He was treated like a criminal right up to trial until loopholes were found in the case.  Police realised IP addresses of the messages came from devices belonging to her and decided to investigate more. Tyler was cleared of four charges of stalking, threatening, kidnapping and battering, while Lawson was arrested in Orange County, California. She was arrested for false imprisonment by menace, violence, fraud, or deceit, and one felony count of perjury. Initially she denied the charges but changed her plea at the last moment. Lawson has now been jailed for a year.