Month: August 2017

Comedian Jerry Lewis dies at 91

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The 91-year-old comic actor, Jerry Lewis, who has featured on big screens and charity telethons for decades, is dead. His death was first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal and confirmed by NPR with his publicist and spokeswoman Candi Cazau. The son of small-time entertainers who were always on the road, Lewis spent a lot of time with a rotating cast of relatives. As he told TV interviewer David Susskind in 1965: “I was a rent-a kid-a-day club, you know? Who wants Jerry this week?” When he got a bit…

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Nigeria’s unity settled, not negotiable – Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday addressed the nation, where he warned against inflammatory statements and emphasised  that the unity of Nigeria is settled and not negotiable. Buhari who returned from London on Saturday, said the government would no longer tolerate hate speeches and inflammatory statements. “I was distressed to notice that some of the comments, especially in the social media, have crossed our national red lines by daring to question our collective existence as a nation. This is a step too far.’’ He said that every Nigerian has a right…

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Politicians of fortune in Nigeria

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Hate or like him, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, the irrepressible leader of the self-determination body – Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) – has some germane observations on the sickening nature of politics and the lack of good governance in Nigeria. In one of his comments, he was quoted as saying that the reason his group has embargoed their card carrying members from participating in the November 8th 2017 governorship poll in Anambra State is because those seeking political offices under the extant constitution of Nigeria are basically motivated by the pecuniary…

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Ibrahimovic to sign new Man United contract this week – report

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Manchester United expect Zlatan Ibrahimovic to sign a new contract to stay at Old Trafford as early as this week, ESPN reports. Free agent Ibrahimovic, 35, is recovering from a knee ligament injury sustained in a Europa League match against Anderlecht in April which was expected to keep him out until 2018. The new contract will be announced earlier than anticipated due to the former Sweden international’s quick recovery. From the moment he suffered his injury against Anderlecht, it was established that Ibrahimovic would do his rehabilitation at United’s AON…

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PDP insists on restructuring

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in support of restructuring of the country in a manner that will boost the growth, development and prosperity of Nigeria. Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP National Caretaker Committee, made the clarification in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Adeyeye said the clarification became necessary following a statement credited to the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bolaji Ojo-Abdullahi. He said that he (Adeyeye) read with amusement the statement written by Ojo-Abdullahi that “PDP has…

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Obasanjo remains the grandfather of corruption – Reps

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The House of Representatives has refused to accept  the  name ‘unarmed robbers’ pinned on federal legislators by former President Olusegun Obasanjo Recall that Obasanjo, speaking at a book presentation in Ibadan on Thursday had described the legislators as a bunch of unarmed robbers because, as he said, “they are one of the highest paid in the world where we have 70 per cent of our people living in abject poverty.” The House said yesterday that its response to an earlier accusation in the heat of the budget padding controversy in…

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Senate recovers N120b, summons firms over revenue scam

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The Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff and Marine Transport, has summoned more companies after it had recovered N120 billion from companies involved in revenue scam. The committee on Friday directed Dana Group and 12 other companies, to appear before it on Monday to explain their involvement in N30 trillion revenue scam. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Hope Uzodinma, who made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja that investigative hearing had so far led to the recovery of more than N120 billion from erring…

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Buhari returns home today- Adesina

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President Muhammadu Buhari is returning to the country today, after receiving medical attention in London. The President had left the country on May 7, this year, after handing over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has functioned as Acting President since then. President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7 a.m on Monday, August 21, 2017, according to Femi Adesina, the President’s media adviser. Adesina said Buhari thanked all Nigerians who have prayed ceaselessly for his recovery and well-being since the beginning of the…

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Nnamdi Kanu’s nuclear weapon and the road to self-destruction

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Sadly, it isn’t the so called “marginalisation” that may lead to another civil war in Nigeria. It is IGNORANCE. The weapon of FEAR is being deployed across the Nigerian space. Imaginary enemies are being created from North, South, East and West. The creators of the imaginary enemies are protected from the implosion that will emerge from misleading an IGNORANT mass. How else can you describe the claim by IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu and his Biafra travellers of possessing a nuclear weapon. Misleading a couple of young people into untimely death, making…

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US court dismisses fraud case against Dammy Krane

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A Court in Miami-Dade County, Florida, has dismissed charges of credit card forgery, armed conspiracy and grand theft filed against Nigerian singer Oyindamola Emmanuel Johnson-Hunga, popularly known as Dammy Krane. Recall that Krane was arrested alongside Ilochukwu Gabriel in June for allegedly booking a private jet service with stolen credit card details. An affidavit filed by detectives who arrested him stated that Krane was found in possession of multiple fraudulent credit cards that did not bear his name. He was then detained at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center before making…

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