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Popular musician, Innocent Idibia aka 2Face, has advised youths in Kogi not to engage in violence before, during and after the Nov. 21 governorship election. He gave the advice on Thursday in Lokoja during the 2face Idibia official launch of “Vote Not Fight; Election No Be War” Campaign. The campaign was organised by 2Face Foundation, Youth Emancipation for the Society and the Centre for Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution. Idibia urged the youths to see the forthcoming election as sport where one candidate must win and another would lose and urged them to cultivate the spirit of sportsmanship toward the poll. “No politician is worth losing your blood for. “Don’t be used as instrument of destruction; there should be no killing of people nor should there be destruction of property in any community,“ Idiba pleaded. He appealed to prospective voters present at campaign rallies to carry the message to all the nooks and crannies of the state. He explained that the vote not fight

Evan Rodriguez,19, is facing multiple charges after telling his ex-girlfriend that she had to have sex with him or else he would post her private nude photos on social media.Rodriguez was arrested on Wednesday, October 7, on charges of extortion, sexual cyber harassment, stalking and resisting an officer with violence. According to an arrest report, the victim contacted an academic adviser at Miami-Dade College's Homestead Campus. The responding officer said Rodriguez called the victim at least 15 times and sent her more than 20 text messages while the officer was in the adviser's office. Police said Rodriguez texted the woman that he was outside the campus waiting for her and that he would post the photos if she did not come out and have sex with him.Backup officers were called to the school and saw Rodriguez sitting on a bench holding his cellphone. Officers said Rodriguez refused to answer their questions, telling them, "I don't have to talk to you."As more

Scores of people who besieged the Oyo State Police Command headquarters, Eleyele Ibadan where some robbery suspects and others were paraded, could not believe their eyes seeing women’s underwear and other personal effects being displayed as part of items allegedly stolen by four able bodied suspected burglars from a shop at Sango area of Ibadan. •Suspected criminals paraded by the police in Ibadan The suspects had successfully burgled  the shop and allegedly stolen the items, but they ran out of luck as vigilant policemen, through intensive investigation, traced them to their hideout at Apete area in Ido Local Government Area of the state. The men whose names were given as Godbless Oluku, 26, Alaka Babatunde, 23, Benjamin Ocran Segun 18, and Jamiu Alabi, 38, up to the time they were being paraded alongside other suspects could still not believe how the long arm of the law caught up with them after leaving the scene of the burglary. While they were sad that they would likely spend

Vincent Enyeama ditched the Super Eagles in Belgium; calling time on his international career, but not without some controversy. He alleged the head coach Sunday Oliseh insulted his late mother, had security throw him out of the camp and stripped him. In an exclusive interview with www.footballlive.ng Sunday Oliseh debunked the claims insisting the 33-year-old defamed. The full excerpt of the interview: I am deeply saddened, troubled and profoundly hurt by the assassination of my person as Vincent Enyeama has done over the past two days on social about me insulting his mother, these allegations are unheard of. Enyeama When I was appointed the chief coach of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, I drove to Lille to see Vincent, took him to lunch and discussed how we wanted to move forward with him as my captain. I shared my philosophy with him and he made a statement I didn’t like, he said he was going to retire in a year or two and I told him I wouldn’t hear of it as he was the captain of

Kano State Deputy Governor, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar has said that the state needs about 15,000 classrooms in state-owned secondary schools to enable them take in the 30% of secondary school prospects who have not been able to transit to secondary school upon completing primary education. Speaking on Tuesday at the unveiling of the facilities renovated by Etisalat at Girls’ Government College, Dala, Kano State said “Today, we are witnessing the result of a strategic partnership. We as a people are particularly glad because it is very clear to us that given our population as the most densely populated state in the country, the three tiers of Government cannot single-handedly bear the huge funding burden of education without external support. Therefore, it is very heart-warming to see Etisalat take this initiative of adopting a school for life with the objective of making sure that it brings about positive infrastructural development and enhanced quality of learning through the provision

The Board of Trustees of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), under the chairmanship of Mallam Adamu Fika, has re-affirmed its commitment to the indivisibility of Nigeria. They made this affirmation in a statement issued yesterday, in Kaduna, and signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim. One Nigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Goodluck Jonathan The statement noted with dismay, the recent embarrassing and divisive statements from some elder statesmen which are capable of causing disaffection among the various components of Nigeria. It advised such elements to employ civility and caution in their utterances for peace and harmony to prevail in our fledgling democracy. In particular, the statement was unhappy with the activities of MASSOB and other ethnic agitators who are fond of calling for disintegration of the country after 55 years of independence. ACF reaffirmed its belief in one Nigeria and the need for all hands to be on deck to mov

Mr. Bemgba Akaayar is a 46 years old peasant farmer who hails from Tombo-Mbalagh, Mbaboor in Binev Council Ward of Buruku Local Government Area of Benue State. He is a diabetic patient who has not even been on drugs for lack of funds.Some ten years ago, he started experiencing an itch between his shoulders, on his back which soon developed into a boil, and as a peasant all he could do was administer local herbs on it, all to no avail.  The boil eventually degenerated into a large tumor-like hump on poor Mr. Akaayar's back with attendant inflammation and laceration on the head of the hump.His family members, who are themselves peasants as well, watched the victim of this strange ailment helplessly without any financial capability to do anything about his condition, until a kind-hearted woman brought him to Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi sometime in April 2014 to seek medical attention for the ailment for the first time.But there too lack of finances was a stumbling block. A

Is Ebola coming back? A British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierre Leone is back in hospital today after falling ill with the deadly virus for a second time. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, was flown from Glasgow back to the Royal Free Hospital in north London by the RAF this morning, ten months after she first recovered from the illness. The NHS nurse was wheeled from a jet at RAF Northolt by medics in hazard suits on a bed surrounded by a protective bubble before police closed roads so her ambulance could rush her to the nearby hospital. She is said to have developed an 'unusual late complication' as a result of the original Ebola infection and tests have revealed that the virus is still lingering in her body.  Miss Cafferkey is now back in the isolation unit where she spent a month and became critically ill after being diagnosed with Ebola last December. Confirming the relapse - and the seriousness of her condition - Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted: 'Thoughts with Pa

Spokesperson of the Nigeria Football Federation Ademola Olajire says the football governing body has no plans to persuade goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama to return the Super Eagles. Olajire was quoted by NAN yesterday as saying; "We heard about his quitting the national team on his Instagram page. If somebody says he is retiring from the national team, what are we going to do, to beg him? We don’t know if he is leaving the national team because of his quarrel with the coach. He just wrote on his Intagram page that he was leaving the national team. So, why should we be finding out whether he left because of the rift? The player has gone out of the camp, what do you want us to do. He has left the camp and he did not tell anybody that he was leaving." he said

New Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp described himself as “The Normal One” as he faced the media for the first time following his appointment as successor to Brendan Rodgers. Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho famous described himself as “a special one” in his first press conference in English football in 2004, earning him the nickname ‘The Special One’. But Klopp, 48, told a packed room of journalists at Anfield: “I don’t want to describe myself. I’m a totally normal guy. I’m the Normal One.” “I am a normal guy from the Black Forest. I don’t compare myself with genius managers in this club’s history,”added Klopp, who led Dortmund to two Bundesliga titles and a Champions League final appearance. “It’s cool that you’re looking for that, but it’s not my part to think about that. I don’t think any manager starts by saying that they want to be a legend. I was a very, very average player. I was at a special club in Germany with Mainz 05 and then had a great opportunity to take Dortmund for seve

Washington Post Deputy Digital Editor, Karen Attiah, will speak at the American University of Nigeria’s Distinguished Journalists’ Lecture Series on Tuesday, October 13. Known for her comprehensive and insightful writing on African politics, human rights, and development, Ms. Attiah will speak on “Nigeria after Boko Haram.” At the same event, veteran journalist and rights activist, the late Hajiya Bilikisu Yusuf, who was a delegate to the International Peace and Development Conference hosted by AUN in June 2014, will be honored for her contribution to peace building and community development in the Northeast. Ms. Attiah has worked as a consultant with the World Bank on social media for the Africa Region, having previously reported for Associated Press while she was in Curacao, contributing to Freedom House as an Africa analyst for their annual Freedom of the Press reports. The African-American was a former Fulbright scholar and holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia U

Security agents in Zimbabwe have allegedly detained two Nigerian pastors and blocked their leader, Chris Okafor – who last year prophesied President Robert Mugabe’s death – from entering the country, reports said today, reports Zimbabwean News Day. Okafor, the leader of the Liberation City World Outreach Ministries, reportedly said in October last year that Zimbabwe would have a new president by March this year. Mugabe The prophecy may not have been well-received by Zimbabwean authorities, News Day reported. Okafor is not the only “man of God” who has prophesied Mugabe’s death over the past few years. In January, a controversial but hugely popular Malawian prophet, Austin Liabunya, predicted the supposed impending demise of Mugabe. A Malawi publication, the Maravi Post, reported at the time that Liabunya had predicted, during a New Year’s Day service, that Mugabe would pass away this year. This was not the first time the maverick prophet had forecast the end of Mugabe. Taken fo

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Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge are to stand trial on three counts of tax fraud that could carry prison sentences, a Spanish court confirmed on Thursday. In a court filing, the judge in charge of the case rejected a request by the public prosecutor to try only the footballer’s father. Lionel Messi The pair were accused in 2013 of defrauding the taxman out of 4.16 million euros ($4.69 million) in taxes related to Messi‘s image rights between 2007 and 2009 through the creation of fake companies in Belize and Uruguay. It is alleged they ceded the player’s image rights to the companies in order to avoid declaring money made from lucrative deals with sponsors in Spain. No date has been set for the trial, which will take place in Vilanova i la Geltru, the town where the player lives 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Barcelona. Prosecutors had asked for the case against the four-time World Player of the Year to be dropped as they consider the alleged fraudwa

The Cross River Government says it is awaiting results of blood samples of a patient, who died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) with symptoms of viral hemorrhagic fever. Dr Sunday Omini, Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, said this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar. Omini was reacting to media reports that a suspected Ebola patient died in UCTH on Wednesday. “We are aware of the situation and we have got preliminary reports from the hospital, and we are all awaiting the result of the blood samples. “But judging from the information I have received so far, I am 90 per cent sure that it is not Ebola. “`However, we are on top of the situation, there is no cause for alarm,’’ he said. Meanwhile, the management of UCTH said it had informed all relevant agencies about the development, including the National Centre for Disease Control, Federal Ministry of Health and Cross River government. This is co

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose payed an unscheduled visit to aformer governor of old Ondo State and APC chieftain, EvangelistBamidele Olumilua at his Ikere-Ekiti abode this evening. More photos after the cut...

Three-year-old Tran Truong Thinh suffered serious injuries after being bitten by the family's pet dog. Doctors at the Ho Chi Minh City Children’s Hospital performed surgery after he was brought to the hospital on Tuesday, October 5, with 19 wounds on his face, Dr Nguyen Van Dau said. According to his parents, the attack occurred at around 7 a.m. when the boy was waiting to be taken to school. Their pet dog suddenly pounced on him after he played with it with a flyswatter.Doctors said the four most severe wounds were on his lower lips, cheek and ear and it took two hours to put in a total of nearly 200 stitches.

Andrew Tarusov, the artist who recently transformed Disney Princesses into vintagepin-ups, has given the same treatment to some of Disney's notorious female villains including the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarf,Ursula from The Little Mermaid, Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmations, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty, Madame Mim from The Sword in the Stone, the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland and so on. See more photos after the cut...  Photo credit: Andrew Tarusov

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APPARENTLY disturbed by the incessant bombings by the insurgents in the North East and the recent Kuje/Nyanya blasts, members of the House of representatives, Thursday re-opened the Abuja, Lagos Close Circuit Television Cameras CCTVs contract allegedly awarded to ZTE Communications for over N76billion. The destroyed Lagos Close Circuit Television, CCTV The contract Vanguard recalls was allegedly awarded at the cost of $470 million (N76 billion then) by the late Umar Musa Yar’Adua’s administration had been a subject of litigation, as an Abuja-based lawyer, Olugbenga Adeyemi, had in the past gone to court, seeking an order to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to investigate the failed contract. However, not much was heard afterward, even after a High Court sitting in Abuja granted leave for Adeyemi to apply for the judicial review of mandamus compelling the 1st respondent, EFCC, to investigate and prosecute those involved in the contract. Apparently disturbe

President Buhari today met with UK's Chief of Defence Staff, Gen SIr Nicholas Houghton and his delegation in State house. In attendance at the meeting were the National Security Adviser, Rtd Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno, British High Commissioner H.E. Mr Paul Akwright, Perm. Sec. Ministry of Defence Aliyu Ismaila and Chief of Staff Abba Kyari. More photos after the cut...

This is the burial ceremony of two soldiers killed during a gun battle with Boko Haram recently. May their soul rest in peace Amen.

O WERRI— Scores of litigants and their lawyers went home disappointed yesterday, following the indefinite industrial action by the Imo State leadership of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN. The  aggrieved workers downed tools as a result of what they termed “the apparent unwillingness of Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, to comply with the ruling of the Federal High Court judgment on the financial autonomy of the judiciary”. According to the release by the leadership of the body, JUSUN explained their action stemmed from the State Government’s inability to respond to legitimate demands. In declaring the indefinite industrial action, the union  directed “all the offices of the courts and the State Judicial Service Commission, to remain under lock and key, until further notice”. When  Vanguard  visited the State High Court premises, Owerri, at about  10am  yesterday, the judicial workers completely deserted their offices, while the litigants were seen in groups bemo

A BUJA— The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has commenced investigation into a petition alleging corruption in the Cente-nary City Project initiated by the administration of former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan. The anti-graft agency, Tuesday, invited the petitioners, who are operating under the aegis of Nigerian Unemployed Youth Vanguard, NUYV, to furnish it with information that would help it nail some top government officials in the previous administra-tion, who were said to have used the project as a conduit pipe to siphon public funds. The initiative of the past government was meant to be a monument to commemorate Nigeria’s 100 years of nationhood. Meanwhile, the petitioners, led by their National Coordinator, Mr. Solomon Adodo, while briefing newsmen after their meeting with EFCC investigators, said they were satisfied that those involved in the alleged fraud would be punished accordingly. It will be recalled that erstwhile Secretary to the Government of th

Senate President Bukola Saraki and other Senators, yesterday, received a delegation from the Advisory Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Prince Dr. Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Saud. According to Al Saud who led the Saudi delegation, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia regretted the loss of lives recorded during the last Hajj exercise, even as it condemned in strong terms the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, who have carried out dastardly suicide bombings in parts of the country. Pointing that both countries are faced with a similar challenge of terrorism, he pledged the readiness of the Saudi Arabian Kingdom to collaborate with Nigeria in curbing the menace of insurgency. Below are photos from the meeting: Senate President Bukola Saraki receiving in his office, a delegation from the Advisory Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Prince Dr. Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Saud, on Wednesday, 7/10/2015 Senate President Bukola Saraki and other Senators, as they recei