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puoreports.com May 31, 2017 6:07 AM Prof.  Ebere Onwudiwe, an economist and a political scientist was part of those that put together the conference on “Memory & Nation Building, Biafra: 50 Years After”,  recently held at the Yar’Adua Center in Abuja , under the sponsorship of Ford Foundation, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (Osiwa) and the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Foundation. He noted that the failure of the 3 Rs (Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Reconciliation, a government policy after the civil war), was responsible for the emergence of Independent People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) . What’s the whole idea of the conference, Biafra at 50? Biafra is a historical fact. Mentioning the word Biafra or even discussing it as we did at the conference should not be done under the table. The history of the civil war is part of the history of Nigeria...

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skytrendnews.com May 30, 2017 5:19 PM The wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday left Nigeria for London, United Kingdom, to join her husband who has been on medical vacation since May 7. According to a statement by her spokesperson, Bisi Olumide-Ajayi, the President’s wife thanked Nigerians who have been praying for her husband. The statement read, “The wife of the President, Her Excellency, Mrs. Aisha Buhari today (Tuesday) left for the United Kingdom. “Her Excellency will spend some time with her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is presently on medical vacation. “She expressed her appreciation to the millions of Nigerians who have been praying for his quick and safe return.” Mrs. Buhari’s journey came three weeks after her husband embarked on his latest medical vacation. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, had announced shortly before President Muhammadu Buhari left the count...

dailypost.ng May 31, 2017 6:47 AM Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Nigerian Senate on Tuesday passed the Bill on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between Nigeria and other Foreign States. Senate President, Bukola Saraki explained that the anti-money laundering legislation was a key component of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption agenda and will prevent individuals from escaping prosecution by fleeing to another country. 2. A condemned prisoner, Rabi Ismail, who escaped from custody in Hadejia prison on 16th December 2011 has been recaptured by the Nigeria Prisons Service and men of the Department of State Services (DSS). Prisons spokesman, Francis Enobore, said the prisoner was sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide by a High Court in Kano on the 5th of January, 2005, but escaped in 2011. 3. Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki yesterday insisted that his relationship with President Muhammadu Buhari remains cor...

nigeriannewsdirect.com May 31, 2017 1:00 PM Some beneficiaries of the Federal Government N-Power under the National Social Investment Programme (N-NIP), have started counting the gains of the programme after five months of empowerment. N-Power is one of the components of N-SIP, aimed at empowering Nigerians both graduates and non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 35 by paying them N30, 000 monthly over a period of two years. Some of the beneficiaries, who spoke with journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the programme had established them and taken them out of poverty. Nwanjel Alfred, a beneficiary of N-Power graduate scheme in Plateau said he was employed under the scheme and posted to a Nomadic Primary school in the state as a teacher. “I graduated in 2011, did NYSC in 2012 and I was not employed for five years; I studied Biology Education but have passion for agriculture. “There is no capital to start agric project but as soon as I started receiving my st...

nigeriatoday.ng May 31, 2017 1:51 PM FILE PHOTO: World leaders celebrate the adoption of the climate agreement in Paris 2015. Trump going against the deal. Washington, United States | AFP |   President Donald Trump’s administration is poised to announce its withdrawal from the Paris climate deal, US media reported on Wednesday. According to the political news site Axios, the first to break the news citing two sources with direct knowledge of the matter, Trump has reached a decision to pull out of the landmark emissions-cutting deal. Several US media including CBS, ABC and Politico also reported that the White House was expected to announce a withdrawal from the accord once details have been worked out. The post  Trump poised to pull out of Paris climate deal  appeared first on  The Independent Uganda: .

TUKO reports that the flamboyant moneybag who was also Zari Hassan's former husband, was buried with money thrown into the grave by family and friends. Ivan Ssemwanga before his death He was buried Tuesday, May 30, at his Kanyunga home in Uganda in a ceremony attended by all and sundry. The flamboyant tycoon died recently at age 40. PAY ATTENTION:   Get all the latest gossips on NAIJ Gossip App See photos below: Zari Hassan's billionaire ex-husband, Ivan Ssemwanga buried with cash The casket filled with money Another view of the casket filled with money See video of how members of the Rich Gang, where deceased socialite Ivan Semwanga was leader, popped champagne and threw bundles of money at his grave, after he was laid to rest: May his soul rest in perfect peace. Think it is important? Share with your friends!

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dailymail.co.uk May 27, 2017 9:25 AM A glamour model and international footballer have gone to High Court to demand legal recognition for their humanist wedding. Laura Lacole, 27, of Belfast, and Leeds United star Eunan O'Kane, 26, will tie the knot at the luxury four-star Galgorm Resort in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on June 22. At the moment the non-religious wedding is 'legally meaningless' - but the desperate couple are battling for a one-off relaxation of the law so that they do not have to hold a separate civil ceremony. Glamour model Laura Lacole, 27, of Belfast, and Leeds United star Eunan O'Kane, 26, have gone to High Court to demand legal recognition for their atheist humanist wedding Ms Lacole and her partner will tie the knot at the luxury four-star Galgorm Resort in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on June 22 Laura Lacole Ms Lacole, of Belfast, said: 'We are both humanists so we want to have a wedding ceremony that reflects who we are as peopl...

spillednews.com May 30, 2017 11:12 AM Kim Kardashian has admitted she already knew on her honeymoon with Kris Humphries that their marriage would fail. The 36 year old star, married her second husband, basketball player Kris, in 2011 during a lavish ceremony in Montecito, California and filed for divorce, 72 days after. The "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" star said she felt internal pressure to get married to Humphries. "I just thought, 'Holy s---, I’m 30 years old. I better get this together. I better get married,'" she explained. "I think a lot of girls do go through that where they freak out in thinking they’re getting old and have to figure it out, and all their friends are having kids," Kardashian West continued. "And so it was more of that situation.” The reality star is now married to rapper Kanye West. The couple, who wed in 2014 just one year after she officially divorced Humphries, 32, have two children together. Kardashia...

nigeriana.org May 30, 2017 9:29 AM Social media people’ have no chill!…So, photos shared by a Nigerian man, @So_Slow4 in commemoration of the 6th wedding anniversary with his wife, Brenda Skala is attracting eyeballs online. In the photos posted by So_Slow4, he appears to be in his mid-twenties or the early thirties, while Brenda Skala appears to be in her late 50s. But the love bonding the couple seem to be radiating through the photos posted on Instagram on Wednesday. Although there have been dissenting comments about the relationship, some others have wished them a continuous blissful union. See some of the photos and comments below.

uncova.com May 30, 2017 4:38 PM Nigerian singer, Timaya threw a frozen themed party to mark the fifth year birthday party of his daughter, Emma over the weekend. From a towering cake to a perfectly arranged seating setting, the gig wore a fairy tale ambience that can only be found in a Disney cartoon. To have a father who could bring all that to life must have been so much joy for little Emma who had an air of excitement around her as seen in pictures taken at the event. Her birthday which was actually a week ago saw the singer gush about her with so much pride easily deduced from his loving words. Timaya wrote on his Instagram: “I’m so privileged to be your father. Words can’t express the JOY I feel, I LOVE u to the moon and back my EMMA… HAPPY BIRTHDAY baby,” The singer who currently has two daughters has left no doubt about the extent of his love for them as he once declared in an interview with Punch News: “I never knew I could love a...

nigerianeye.com May 30, 2017 11:27 AM Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia buried a man neck-deep and stoned him to death allegedly for cheating on his two wives. Dayow Mohamed Hassan, 44, was killed in the southern village of Ramo Adey in front of hundreds of onlookers.  Moalim Geedow, the regional governor representing the al Qaeda-linked insurgency, said Hassan was buried in a hole then pelted with stones. He said: 'The man was married with two wives and children. He was publicly stoned to death today for committing adultery according to the Islamic sharia. The man had a third woman who was a divorcee. He did not have her according to sharia. He deceived her, saying that he went to a sheikh and that he married her.  However, when the woman got pregnant, the two families debated and there was no trace of valid matrimony. The court ruled he did not marry her legally and he was stoned to death." Since 2006, Al-Shabaab has been fighting a violent insurgency in Somalia to ov...

247nigerianewsupdate.co May 30, 2017 9:57 AM The security man who killed a python and a strange looking cat has shared the photos online and it has been trailed with mixed reactions.  A socila media user simply identified as antzlaive, has taken to a popular online platform to share some photos of a python and another animal somebody just killed. He posted the photos and wrote; "The security man attached to a beat where I went for inspections killed this python and caught this strange looking cat...i cant tell what it is though. But a happy feast for him all in one day." See more photos below: PLACE YOUR TEXT ADVERT BELOW:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

nigeriatoday.ng May 30, 2017 8:24 AM “O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! Let the chains of subjugation be broken, let the yoke of slavery be shattered and let the shackles of servitude fall. For the voices of your ancestors and your dead are calling. The voices of your slaughtered children wail, scream and screech through the night and they shed whimpering and pitiful tears through the day. They call for justice and vengeance that their souls may be appeased and that they may find peace and eternal rest. For they were slaughtered in their millions by the barbarians and infidels and they were butchered like cattle in the sanctity and privacy of their churches and homes. They cry for Biafra. They cry for the land of the rising sun. They cry for the memory of the fallen and those that stood like men to defend their honor. They cry for the pitiful souls of the chidren yet unborn. Heed their cry and honor their sacrifice. Forget not the land of the rising sun. Forget no...

dailytimes.ng May 30, 2017 10:38 AM Battery powered cars will soon be cheaper to buy than conventional gasoline ones, offering immediate savings to drivers, new research shows. Automakers from Renault SA to Tesla Inc. have long touted the cheaper fuel and running costs of electric cars that helps to displace the higher upfront prices that drivers pay when they buy the zero-emission vehicles. Merkel Signals Shift in U.S.-Europe Relations Swissquote Says Draghi Has to Be Dovish Today Bloomberg New Energy Finance sees electric cars becoming cheaper than conventional vehicles by 2030. Markets: Canada.” (Source: Bloomberg) Now research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance indicates that falling battery costs will mean electric vehicles will also be cheaper to buy in the U.S. and Europe as soon as 2025. Batteries currently account for about half the cost of EVs, and their prices will fall by about 77 percent between 2016 and 2030, the London-based researcher said. “On an upfront basis, thes...

sunnewsonline.com May 30, 2017 11:11 AM Saudi Arabia’s Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on issues of mutual interest, Saudi state news agency SPA reported on Tuesday. Both Putin and bin Salman have been instrumental behind a successful global deal which saw oil production curtailed by 1.8 million barrels per day as part of efforts to prop up prices and reduce bloated inventories. Last time they met in China in September on the sideline of the G20 summit. Al Arabiya TV said they would discuss the Syrian conflict, while four cooperation agreements are expected to be inked between Saudi Arabia and Russia. Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak met his Saudi counterpart Khalid al-Falih and discussed situation on global oil markets. The meetings take place after last week the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other large global oil producers led by Russia agreed to ex...

pulse.ng May 30, 2017 9:53 AM Convicted paedophiles will have their passports cancelled to prevent them travelling overseas to offend again under tough new laws which Australia Tuesday hailed as a "world first". Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the new legislation will prohibit registered child sex offenders from leaving the country or holding Australian passports  (AFP) Convicted paedophiles will have their passports cancelled to prevent them travelling overseas to offend again under tough new laws which Australia Tuesday hailed as a "world first". Legislation will be introduced to parliament this month making it illegal for registered offenders to leave or attempt to leave the country as part of a crackdown on child-sex tourism. "The new laws will prohibit registered child sex offenders from leaving Australia or holding Australian passports," Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said. "Last year alone, almost 800 registered child sex o...

dailymail.co.uk May 30, 2017 9:10 AM WASHINGTON (AP) - For Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writing a Republican-only health care bill that can pass the Senate boils down to this question: How do you solve a problem like Dean, Lisa, Patrick, Ted, Rand and Susan? Those are some GOP senators whose clashing demands McConnell, R-Ky., must resolve. Facing solid Democratic opposition to demolishing former President Barack Obama's 2010 overhaul, Republicans will lose if just three of their 52 senators defect. In a report that complicated McConnell's task, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office delivered a damaging critique last week of the GOP-written bill the House approved May 4. It concluded the measure would create 23 million additional uninsured Americans by 2026; lower premiums for younger and healthy people by letting them buy sparser coverage; and confront unhealthy, poorer and older consumers with exorbitant out-of-pocket costs. FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file p...

capitalfm.co.ke May 30, 2017 10:59 AM Cigarette butts and other tobacco waste are the largest source of individual pieces of litter across the globe, according to the World Health Organization © AFP/File / JOHANNES EISELE Geneva, Switzerland, May 30 –  Smoking and other tobacco use kills more than seven million people each year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, also warning of the dire environmental impact of tobacco production, distribution and waste. The UN agency said tougher measures were needed to rein in tobacco use, urging countries to ban smoking in the workplace and indoor public spaces, outlaw marketing of tobacco products and hike cigarette prices. “Tobacco threatens us all,” WHO chief Margaret Chan said in a statement. “Tobacco exacerbates poverty, reduces economic productivity, contributes to poor household food choices, and pollutes indoor air,” she said. In a report released ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Wednes...