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As the National Assembly elections enters into crucial stage, the United Democratic Party (UDP) executive is bracing to hit the ground running. The UDP nationwide tour will start from Sunday 26th March to Saturday 1st April, 2017. The announcement was made in a laconic news dispatch which was issued late Saturday evening by the party and seen by this reporter. The UDP tou coincides with the Presidential  tour and is expected to mobilise undecided voters to cast their ballot in favor of the party.

  A prison inmate will soon enroll for a PhD programme in the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdalla Adamu has said. Adamu disclosed this in his address at the opening ceremony of the 53 rd Meeting and 30 th Anniversary of the Committee of Deans of Post-Graduate Schools (CDPGS) in Nigerian Universities on Monday in Abuja. According to Abdalla, prison inmates and juvenile who are willing and qualified are given free education as part of NOUN’s corporate social responsibility.

Scientists in agriculture have begun a project aimed at reducing the menace of weeds on cassava farms to minimize the burden on farmers, especially women and children. The scientists said this on Monday at the 2017 Annual Review and Work Planning Meeting of Cassava Weed Management Project, held at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan. The project leader, Dr Alfred Dixon, said the five-year project which started in 2014 was to address weed menace and how to increase cassava productivity. He said that the project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates’ Foundation would minimise the drudgery of hand weeding by women and children.

  The Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria Prof. Ibrahim Garba has confirmed that Sen. Dino Melaye graduated from the institution in year 2000. Prof. Garba told the Senate Committee on Ethics Privileges and Public Petitions that the Senator graduated with a 3rd class degree in Geography. He added however that Sen. Dino however graduated as Melaye Daniel Jonah and not as Dino Melaye as he is now known. Recall that last week, following a petition by the former Leader of the Senate Ali Ndume, the Senate directed its committee on Ethics to investigate the alleged certificate scam against Dino.

Legendary five-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Evander Holyfield will feature in the most anticipated exhibition boxing match that will pit him against former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu this May. The fight tagged “Rumbles in Lagos’’ will hold on 25th May at the Eko Atlantic City, Lagos. Holyfield is 54, while Tinubu is 65. The charity event is the first of its kind on the African continent and It will be referred by Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka.

Tanzanian President John Magufuli, nicknamed 'The Bulldozer' who is well known for his no-nonsense leadership has arrested a rapper who insulted his government in his new song. Emmanuel Elibariki who is simply known on stage as Ney Wa Mitego aimed multiple shots at the President in his new song 'Wapo', which has gone viral on social media. Part of it asks 'Is there still freedom of expression in the country?' A police spokesperson who confirmed his arrest told a local newspaper that 'Ney wa Mitego will be questioned for releasing a song with words that malign the government.' His arrest comes just days after President John Magufuli warned media owners to be careful on how they use their press freedom.

The Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Prof. Ibrahim Garba says Senator Dino Melaye GRADUATED as Daniel Jonah Melaye with Bachelor of Arts in Geography in the year 2000 based on available records. He told the senate committee under oath on Tuesday that Dino Melaye graduated with a third class. "Yes. From records, Dino formerly known as Daniel Jonah Melaye graduated from ABU. BA Geography" statement by VC of Ahmad Bello University" he said

  A member of Lord's Chosen Church shared a shocking story of a dead boy, who got resurrected during a prayer session at their Charismatic Ministry. According to Philip Omeire, he said,        'DEAD SON BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE AFTER PASTOR'S PRAYER TODAY' Sis Helen Michael will       never forget this day in the annals of her history. Her miracle is that which is not common         among men. She came with a sorrowful heart to the service today as a result of her son (1year   plus) who was terribly ill and later died on her way to church. She's was so optimistic that God   would bring him back to her life.                                         ...

The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development and Vocational Studies of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti has produced 7,500 graduates in five years. The Rector of the institution, Dr Theresa Akande, made this known when she featured at a Forum in Abuja on Monday. Akande said the centre took off in 2011 to encourage self-reliance among students of the polytechnic, adding that it offers training in 17 skills relevant to the economy of Ekiti as an agrarian state. “The idea is to help our students turn the skills they learn in the polytechnic into real business enterprise that will stand them in good stead when they leave school.

  Senator Dino Melaye arrives Senate Ethics Committee on investigative hearing of his alleged certificate scandal. Also in attendance is the Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University,        Ibrahim Garba. more photos after the cut...                                                                                  

Yesterday March 26 th , 2017, Pawtucket, Rhode Island – 1 Street At Time Foundation would like to invite the general public and the press to it’s one of a kind community debate featuring all National Assembly candidates for the Serrekunda West Constituency. The debate will be held at Taboto Korda/Tababi on Ampa Jatta Road, Wednesday, March, 29 th , 2016 @ 8:30PM.

The 18-year-old Teegan is the daughter of London terrorist, Khalid Masood, 52, who drove into pedestrians on the Westminster bridge before he attacked a cop in front of the British Parliament. Family members revealed that Khalid had tried to forcefully convert Teegan and her mother to Islam and even forced her to begin wearing a burqa but she refused and in defiance went to her high school prom in a revealing dress.

Russia  on Monday 27 of March rejected calls by the United States and the European Union to release opposition protesters detained during what it said were illegal demonstrations on Sunday. The Kremlin even accused organizers of paying teenagers to attend. The protests, estimated to be the biggest since a wave of anti-Kremlin demonstrations in 2011/2012, come a year before a presidential election that Vladimir Putin is expected to contest, running for what would be a fourth term.

  The Benue Prisons Service on Monday 27 0f March confirmed that herdsmen invaded its Jato-Aka Farm Centre and killed an inmate, one Tersoo Agidi. ASP Stephen Nwanchor, Public Relations Officer, Benue Prisons Service, said in Makurdi that the incident took place on Saturday at the farm centre. Nwanchor said that the invasion was not a failed jail break attempt. “This is a new farm centre established in January, 2017. The herdsmen invaded the place, destroyed property, shot and killed one Tersoo Agidi, an inmate.

London experienced one of the worst terrorist attacks in recent years yesterday as a driver ploughed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge then proceeded to stab a police officer to death just outside Parliament The identity of one of the victims has been revealed to be 43-year-old Aysha Frade. The victim was a teacher and mum-of-two and had been on her way to get her kids aged 8 and 11 from school when she was killed. She lived in London with her husband, John Frade and taught at DLD College. Tributes for the woman have been pouring in on social media.

According to this Facebook user, the photo above is reportedly that of the woman who was beheaded by ritualists at Badagry, Lagos state on Sunday March 19th. She had gone for spiritual assistance from one of the alfas who then decided to kill her for ritual purposes. She is said to be from Ondo state but lives in Ojodu. Graphic photo after the cut...

  A woman in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe has claimed to have visited paradise and hell as the Angels and Jesus Christ took her to the places. The woman, Doreen Raphael, who is a member for Jesus Christ for all Nations Church in Lilongwe at Area 24 disclosed to have witnessed many going to hell during her visit while a few going to paradise. The pastor for the church McDonald Banda said he believes what the woman told the congregants arguing he had a prophecy on the trip. Banda disclosed that he prophesied to have seen a member of the church being taken away and visiting paradise and hell. People who have faith in the existence of God believe in life after death which they say is determined by the works of mankind while on earth. Christians believe that sinners will go to hell as punishment for their wrongdoings before God while those living a righteous life are to enjoy in Paradise.

The British police have arrested seven people in the investigation into an attacker who killed three people and injured about 40 before being shot to death by police, Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officer said on Thursday. Mark Rowley said the latest figures were that there were four dead including the attacker and 29 people being treated in hospital, seven of whom were in a critical condition. Police had said late on Wednesday that the death toll was five.

  In October,   the Kardashians   will officially celebrate 10 years on television. In that time, the family has managed to cram 13 seasons’ worth of bickering, bonding, pregnancies, weddings and trips to their cosmetic surgeon into their flagship reality series, “Keeping Up with the Kardashians.” Ten years on television is impressive for any show, let alone a reality series, which more often than not creates just fleeting moments of fame for its stars. But the Kardashians aren’t just reality stars, they’re the first family of reality TV. When E!’s “KUWTK” premiered on Oct. 14, 2007,   George W. Bush   was president, American troops had been fighting in Iraq for four years, the financial crisis was just beginning to devastate the economy and Trump was hosting a reality show on NBC.   A modern-day “Brady Bunch” reality program about a wealthy, obnoxious, blended Hollywood family was a welcome distraction for viewers dealing with difficult times. ...

An Australian woman died on an international flight across the Pacific, however the death was not being treated as suspicious in spite of reports the passenger was a drug mule. Emergency services were called to Sydney International Airport Thursday morning after the 42-year-old woman died on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to Perth in Western Australia. Police boarded the plane and established a crime scene and passengers were left waiting for more than 90 minutes on the tarmac.

Dear Pa, Thank you for the good job you are doing. I have been following developments in my country. I am  concerned about recent diplomatic forays of the new DG of GRTS, Mr. Ebrima Sillah. In as much as he is trying to modernize the state television, I find it difficult to understand that he has been meeting with Ambassadors of other countries in the country without the Minister of Information and Communications in attendance or even any member of the organization’s board.

The music star is now sporting a fresh new tattoo of the Nigerian-born English singer and songwriter.  Drake who has been vocal about his love for the music icon got to meet her on Monday, March 21, 2017. The Toronto singer and his mum even got to snap a rare photo with the singer. see another photo after the cut..

At least 46 people were killed and almost 100 others wounded in clashes between rival ethnic groups in southwest Nigeria earlier this month, police said on Wednesday. Special forces were deployed to the city of Ile-Ife in Osun state following two days of violence that broke out between local Yoruba and Hausa people on March 7, Nigeria's national police spokesman Moshood Jimoh told AFP. "The casualty figures are 46 dead and 96 wounded in the violence in Ile-Ife. Of those injured, 81 had been treated while 15 are still in the hospital," Jimoh said.

Suspected ritualist, Toafeek Hassan who was caught with a woman's decapitated head and hands on Sunday , has confessed that he was paid N4000 to butcher the victim. Taofeek who was paraded yesterday at the Ikeja command headquarters by the Lagos State Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni admitted chopping off the victim’s head with a cutlass, while two clerics (alfas) and a herbalist held onto her hands.

Political  parties in Zimbabwe have demanded  that presidential elections next year be conducted by a committee set up by the United Nations and African Union because they had lost confidence in the neutrality of the local election agency. President Robert Mugabe, 93 and in power for 30 years, is due to run again. Leaders from several political parties, including Movement for Democratic Change’s Morgan Tsvangirai, told a few hundred supporters during a protest rally in the capital that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had failed to be partial and should be disbanded.

Nigeria and its neighbours have received the commendation of the U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson or the effective strategies adopted to combat the destructive activities of the Boko Haram terrorists. it was reported that Tillerson, gave the commendation at the meeting of the ‘Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS’. NAN reports that the meeting was attended by Ministers of Foreign Affairs and senior leaders of the 68 countries of the global coalition working to defeat ISIS, in Washington, D.C. Tillerson described the coalition of the Multi-National Joint Task Force against Boko Haram as a success story that the Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS must build on.

An Akure Chief Magistrate Court has sentenced 32 year old Waleola Sunday, pictured above, a pastor with the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) Church in Akure, Ondo state, to three years imprisonment for defiling little boys who live around his church at Oke Aro area of Akure the state capital. Waleole was arrested by officers of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo State following a tip-off.

Nigeria spent more than $2.6 billion  in 2016 to address the humanitarian challenges caused by Boko Haram terrorists, Chief of Defence Staff, General  Abayomi Olonisakin, has said. Olonisakin stated this at the meeting of the ‘Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS’ in Washington, D.C. “After  over $2.6 billion  was spent by the Nigerian Government to address humanitarian needs in 2016 – more needs were seen when areas were recovered from Boko Haram. “Many in this room joined us in Oslo, Norway just last February to show support with Nigeria.

Singer, 2Face Idibia who met his now wife, actress, Annie Idibia 18 years ago, took to his IG page to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary with beautiful message. Annie also did the same thing. Read what thy both wrote after the cut...

  The CEO of SUZZYMENS ventures and ENO BOAKYEWAA Foundation; and the GMB 3 rd Runner-up 2011, Abena Kyei Boakye has resurfaced on the screen with shear excellence and resonant beauty in her new captivating photoshoot. The rays from the lenses of SWAG of AFRICA highlighted the depth of her beauty and brought to live Venus. It is arguable that beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder but this assertion is soon to be written off. more photos after the cut...

After yesterday's terror attack in London, US First son, Donald Trump Jr reacted negatively when he read the headline and shared an Independent article titled: Sadiq Khan: 'London mayor says terror attacks 'part and parcel' of living in a major city.' .He tweeted: “You have to be kidding me?!” “Terror attacks are part of living in big city, says London Mayor Sadiq Khan.”

Three lions have escaped from Kasungu National Park today, authorities have confirmed. According to the department of wildlife and national Park, the lions are reported to have taken the direction of Njombwa village in the district. Director for the department Brighton Kumchedwa said they have since sent game rangers to search for the lions.

Good morning President Barrow, Mr. President, you have been advice to throw away your independent ticket presidency for some partisan party objectives. Those that advice you to embark on a countrywide so called ‘Thank You” tour in the middle of the parliamentarian campaign do not like you. They do not wish you well, they do not wish you success and they are digging a dark hole for you Mr. President. All they are up to is to strengthen their own party agenda at the detriment of other coalition parties and the will of the Gambian people that made you elected the president of the Gambia. Don’t accept it Mr. President.

Five persons were killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car plowed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain’s parliament. The dead, in what police called a “marauding terrorist attack,” included the assailant and the policeman he stabbed. The other three victims were among those hit by the car as it sped across Westminster Bridge before crashing into railings just outside parliament.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Lawal Babachir, said he would not honour Senate’s invitation on Thursday over the handling of funds for North-East rehabilitation. This is because he has headed to the court to challenge the propriety of the invitation and his being investigated on the issue. An ad hoc Committee on Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East investigating allegations of misappropriation of funds for rehabilitation of the region had invited the SGF to a public hearing on the issue.

50 year old German hairdresser, Falk Döhler brings his four-foot long pet Monty into his Haar Mode Team salon in Dresden, Germany, for two days a week to perform specialist massages. For customers willing to brave the therapeutic routine, the reptile wraps her body around the neck while tensing and relaxes its muscles to massage the client.

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved N80 billion for the reconstruction of 12 federal roads across the country and simultaneously also approved contracts for roads and rail in Abuja metropolis. Both the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Musa Bello disclosed this at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, with  President Muhammadu Buhari presiding.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday said the latest fracas in South Africa, in which two Nigerians were injured, was not borne out of xenophobia. The ministry in a statement by its spokesman, Dr Clement Aduku, in Abuja, said that there was no reported loss of life during the incident. It expressed concern that the incident came barely few days when both Nigerian and South African Governments successfully proffered solution to xenophobic attacks against foreigners in South Africa.

The reality star and mother of two shared these new stunning photos on her page. More photos after the cut..

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a condolence message to the Prime Minister Theresa May and the people of United Kingdom in his statement below: "My sympathies to Prime Minister Theresa May and the Government and people of the UK. Nigeria stands with you at this sad and trying moment. I pray that God Almighty will comfort the grieving families and heal the injured. An attack anywhere in the world is an attack on us all. The whole world must join hands to defeat terrorists and conquer their evil". he said

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode; Chairman/Managing Director, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Jeffrey Ewing;  General Manager, Policy, Government & Public Affairs, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Esimaje Brikinn; Commissioner for Energy & Mineral Resources, Mr. Wale Oluwo and General Manager, Deep Water, Chevron Nigeria Limited, Mr. Lanre Kalejaiye during the Chevron Chairman courtesy visit to the Governor at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. More photos after the cut...

His Excellency, President Adama Barrow will conduct a nationwide tour of the country from the 23rd March – 2nd April .  The purpose of the tour is to thank the Gambian people for voting him as President in the December 2016 elections.  The tour will also enable President Barrow as Coalition Leader to familiarize himself with the political situation in the run up to the National Assembly elections in April this year.

Not less than five people were killed and several others wounded in a terror attack near the Houses of Parliament in London today. In her reaction, UK Prime Minister Theresa May sounded a defiant note, hours after the attack on the Houses of Parliament, insisting that life will go on in London as normal.

Meet Chinney Eze popularly known as Chinney Love. She has been credited as one of the youngest starlets to grace the Nollywood movie producing scene. Chinney’s recently produced movie “Hire A Man” is currently making loads of waves in the Cinemas. Here are 5  facts you probably do not know about her: