APC jittery over success of PDP convention, says Ologbondiyan

The new leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has been jittery over the success of its just concluded national convention.

In a statement on Sunday by the new National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr, Kola Ologbondiyan, described criticism of the conduct of its Saturday’s elective convention by the APC as laughable.

How often workers have sex at work

There is no denying the fact that the relationship among workers sometimes exceeds the surface. As time passes by and intimacy sets in, something even deeper is introduced, it is office romance.

Why Nigerian victims of slavery cannot sue Libya, by Falana

Fed Govt urged to accept African Court’s jurisdiction 

Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) yesterday explained why it will be impossible for aggrieved Nigerians, who are victims of slavery to sue the Libyan government.

He explained that the Federal Government is yet to deposit its declaration accepting the jurisdiction of African Court on Human and Peoples Rights at the court’s registry in Arusa, Tanzania.

Osinbajo, minister, others to Nigerians: change your corruption perception

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerians to change their perception about corruption toward developing a positive nation.

Osinbajo spoke at the launch of Corruption Busters by Creative Youth Initiative Against Corruption (CYIAC), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Lekki, Lagos State.

Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys loved up moment with his new born child & girlfriend

Football star, Cristiano Ronaldo took to his Instagram page this morning to share a loved up photo of himself cuddling his new born twin child with his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez by his side. Ronaldo, who is currently on holiday, captioned the photo 'Lovely moments'

Governor Fayose recalls six out of the 16 sacked commissioners

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has recalled six out of the 16 sacked commissioners just a week after dissolving the State Executive Council in a major decision.

In a statement through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose on Sunday directed the recall commissioners to return to their duty post on Monday (today).

Xenophobic Attacks: Nigeria, South Africa agree terms

•Set up early-warning unit
Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to setup a new mechanism tagged the Early Warning Unit to proffer a lasting solution to repeated attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in a joint briefing with the Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazau (rtd) at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Abuja yesterday described the initiative as the concrete outcome of their meeting with the South African government.

FG to set up 29-man minimum wage committee

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari will soon approve the setting up of a 29-man committee to engage organised labour in negotiating a new national minimum wage for workers in the country.
The minister also hinted that the report of the National Minimum Wage Review Committee soon to be set up by the President will be subjected to scrutiny by the National Assembly before it is implemented by government.

I don’t regret having just primary school certificate –Chief Rasaq Okoya

The chairman of Eleganza Group, Chief Rasak Okoya, 77, tells ‘Nonye Ben-Nwankwo about his life as a young boy and how he rose to become a successful businessman

To you, is age just a number or has anything really changed as you clock 77?

Age is not just a number, there is always change as one advances in age; when one is growing older, he tries to ensure that change in life is seen as another opportunity to improve. This is to ensure that mistakes do not repeat themselves, rather you use the previous mistakes to correct the present and set goal for the future.

Senate suspends policy banning car import through land borders

The Senate yesterday resolved to ask the Customs to suspend action on its policy to ban importation of vehicles through land borders, which was to take effect on January 1.

Senate’s resolution followed a motion by Barau Jibrin (Kano North) and five others.

Jibrin drew members’ attention to the Federal Government’s policy to stop car importation through land borders from January 1.

Ekweremadu may be next target, Ndume warns

Ousted Senate Leader Mohammed Ali Ndume yesterday warned that the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu might likely be the next target to be removed from his seat.

Ndume, who faulted the process of his removal, spoke under the cover of “personal explanation”.

Although the Borno South Senator seemed to have accepted the fate that befell him in good faith, he warned that Ekweremadu might be the next principal officer to be axed.

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Key cabinet, other nominations made so far by Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be his secretary of state — the most coveted cabinet position, and the one that generated the most contentious search.

The following is a list of key cabinet and other nominations made so far by Trump, who takes office on January 20:

BREAKING: Court orders Zenith Bank to unfreeze Fayose’s account

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti


A Federal High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has ordered Zenith Bank to immediately unfreeze the accounts of Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.
Justice Taiwo Taiwo said the  Economic and Financial Crimes Commission did not follow the laid down regulations in ordering the bank to freeze the accounts.

Details later…

Falcons should continue protest – Mbachu

Stella Mbachu

Idris Adesina

Former Nigeria attacker, Stella Mbachu,  has urged the Super Falcons to  continue  their protest till their bonuses  and allowances owed them by the Nigeria Football Federation are paid.

The team on December 3 won the African Women’s Cup of Nations for  the eighth  time following their 1-0 victory over hosts Cameroon in the final.

Nigerian graduates need analytical skills – Expert

An Economist, Mr Olakunle Fakiyesi, on Tuesday said that Nigerian graduates needed to imbibe analytical skills and verbal reasoning to succeed in their future endeavours.
Fakiyesi, the Chief Executive Officer of Famolex Integrated Consult, spoke at a seminar on GMAT Africa Career Readiness Programme (GACRP), organised by the company at the Fountain University campus, Osogbo.

Pubic hair grooming may raise STI risk

pubic hair grooming Photo: WikiHow

People who are sexually active and who regularly groom their pubic hair may be more likely to contract sexually transmitted infections than those who don’t groom their pubic hair at all, according to a new study.
People in the study who regularly groomed their pubic hair were 80 percent more likely to report contracting a sexually transmitted infection (STI) than those who never groomed their pubic hair, the researchers found.

Nude selfies used as collateral for Chinese loans

Hundreds of photos and videos of naked women used as collateral for loans on a Chinese online lending service have leaked onto the web, highlighting regulatory problems in the fast-growing peer-to-peer marketplace.
A 10-gigabyte file posted on the internet exposed the personal details of more than 160 young women who were asked to provide the explicit material to secure money through online lending platform Jiedaibao.

I still suffer effects of my rape as teenager –Lady Gaga

Pop icon Lady Gaga has revealed an ongoing battle with post-traumatic stress disorder, part of the emotional fallout from having been raped as a teenager.

The singer-songwriter made the revelation during a television interview on Monday at a New York homeless shelter for gay and lesbian (LGBT) youth.

Five things you didn’t know WhatsApp could do

Earlier this year, WhatsApp announced that it had a user base of more than one billion; that is, one in seven people on earth.

People all over the world have been using WhatsApp for numerous purposes. The popular messaging app, since then has added a host of new features with improved speed, security, reliability and simplicity. With such a huge user base, it is one of the most popular messaging apps.

WhatsApp has also just added a video-calling feature to the app after a series of beta tests. A rise in the app called Snapchat and its Stories feature, from Instagram to Facebook, and now even WhatsApp has tried to clone it.

Ex-UNILAG beggar becomes lawyer, thanks PUNCH

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja

A former street beggar, Mr. Abdulsalam Idowu, heaved a sigh of fulfilment of a life ambition as he was called to the bar to start practising as a lawyer in Nigeria on Wednesday.

Idowu, who defied all odds, to bag his law degree from the University of Lagos in 2015, had proceeded to the Nigerian Law School, where he emerged successful in the August/September 2016 final bar examinations conducted at the end of the one-year programme.

Ondo election: Akure calm, as Jegede’s supporters await results

Eyitayo Jegede

Olusola Fabiyi

Akure township, the capital of Ondo State, remains calm and devoid of any crisis or celebration as the people await the declaration of the just concluded governorship election in the state.

One of the major contestants for the position of the governor, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) of the Peoples Democratic Party, hails from the town.

We only got $200, phones from Basketmouth – Robbery suspects

Ugwu & Chimezie

Kunle Falayi

More than two months after popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, AKA Basketmouth, was robbed in his home at Lekki, Lagos, the police have apprehended the suspects and paraded them before journalists at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters, Ikeja.

The leader of the three-man gang who attacked Basketmouth, 24-year-old Chibuzor Ugwu,  explained that they simply stumbled on the comedian’s house during their robbery spree on September 7.

Card reader rejects Mimiko’s fingerprint

Peter Dada, Akure


As the Ondo State Governorship Election is ongoing, the card reader machine rejected the finger print of the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko.
The .governor who voted at unit 20 Ward 07 in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state, about 11.30, was however allowed to vote after filling the incident form by the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Fidel Castro, a revolutionary leader who defied the US

Guerrilla revolutionary and communist idol, Fidel Castro was a holdout against history who turned tiny Cuba into a thorn in the paw of the mighty capitalist United States.

The former Cuban president, who died aged 90 on Friday, said he would never retire from politics.

But emergency intestinal surgery in July 2006 drove him to hand power to Raul Castro, who ended his brother’s antagonistic approach to Washington, shocking the world in December 2014 in announcing a rapprochement with US President Barack Obama.

Seun Egbegbe tried to abscond with the phones –Shop owner, eye witnesses

Seun Egbegbe

So many people would have thought that filmmaker, Seun Egbegbe, was perhaps, directing a movie when the  news and pictures hit the internet that he was beaten for absconding with nine iphones at Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos.

Even as Egbegbe has denied the story describing it as “laughable and better left in the court of public opinion”, Saturday Beats visited the market earlier in the week where so many people gave an account of how the incident happened.

Borno to close IDP camps in May 2017 – Shettima

The Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, says all Internally Displaced Person camps in the state would be closed down by May 29, 2017.
Shettima told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Maiduguri, that the state has nearly two million displaced persons.
He said the government had placed priority on the reconstruction of communities destroyed by Boko Haram insurgents, to facilitate the return of IDPs to their towns and villages.

Court jails Benue executive secretary for slapping subordinate

John Charles, Makurdi
 

A chief magistrate’s court sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital on Thursday sentenced the Executive Secretary of Teaching Service Board, Makurdi, James Pine, to five months  imprisonment.

Pine was charged to court for assaulting his subordinate  in March, 13, 2016.

Pine was charged with assault  and criminal use of force, an act punishable under Section 268 of the Penal Code Laws of Benue State 2004.

Oke, Akeredolu disagree as Jegede calls for poll delay

Olusola Fabiyi, Femi Atoyebi, Ade Adesomoju, Femi Makinde, Toluwani Eniola and Peter Dada

 The Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected the calls for the postponement of the November 26 governorship poll in Ondo State, saying there is no justifiable reason to delay the election.

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), on Thursday, who visited the state chapter of INEC to lodge a protest, called for the postponement of the election.

Super Eagles rise 10 places on FIFA ranking

The Super Eagles of Nigeria continued their rise in the latest FIFA Ranking jumping 10 places from 60 to 50 in the world and six in Africa.

Since the last FIFA Ranking, the Super Eagles of Nigeria have won two games against Zambia  and Algeria to take command of their 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group.

Argentina remain top for November, but have seen their command on the summit weakened by close rivals Brazil (2, up 1).