Warning! Mosquitoes carrying Zika virus exist in Nigeria —Health Minister

    


ABUJA —THE Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are in Nigeria and urged Nigerians to protect themselves by using mosquito nets.

Burst! Abuja Land Grab: El-Rufai, Bala Mohammed, Others For Probe

Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will investigate former FCT ministers as well as former presidents, who violated the masterplan of the city since 1999.

Chairman of the committee, Senator Dino Melaye, who disclosed this to correspondents yesterday, noted that those to be probed include ex-FCT ministers Ibrahim Bunu, Mohammed Abba Gana, Nasir El-Rufai, Aliyu Moddibo, Adamu Aliero and Bala Mohammed. T...he probe may also be extended to former presidents. By law, the president is the governor-general of FCT. He appoints a minister, who administers the city on his behalf.

ABUAD Alumni Association Condemns Student Riot, Looting at Afe Babalola University

The Alumni Association of the Afe Babalola University (ABUAD) has condemned the wanton destruction of property and alleged acts of burglary and robbery by some irate students.

Miss. Tope Sobajo, President of the association, told reporters yesterday in the school that
such violent attacks was not in the culture of the university, advising the students to desist from acts that could tarnish the image of the institution.

Ghen Ghen! APC is the worst thing to happen to Nigeria’s democracy- Femi Aribisala

 

There are so many things wrong with the PDP. It is an understatement to insist it is a very imperfect political party. But for everything that is wrong with the PDP, the APC is worse. It is ludicrous to pretend the APC is squeaky-clean while the PDP is corrupt when a large chunk of APC members were formerly in the PDP. Today, both the Senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives, for example, are former PDP members. These turncoats did not become new creations when they crossed over to the APC.

Shocking! 100,000 Nigerians Live Abroad as Refugees

Ms Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, on Thursday said that about 100,000 Nigerians were currently living outside Nigeria as refugees in neighbouring countries.
Thomas-Linda, who announced this to Journalists from across Africa in a tele-press conference, said that Boko Haram attacks had forced more than one million Nigerians out of their homes.

According to her, these people have serious concerns that urgently need to be addressed.

Will Smith Proudly Calls His Gender-Bending Son Jaden ‘100 Percent Fearless’

Mr Will Smith

Jaden Smith has been using fashion choices to challenge traditional views on masculinity again and again, and his movie star father is proud.

"You know, there's a really powerful internal quality as an artist that as parents we encourage," Will Smith said on BBC Radio 1Xtra with A.Dot. "You gotta get out on the edge, you have to try things, you have to be comfortable doing things that people don't agree with and you have to be comfortable doing things that you could fail."

Photo: See How Richard Branson left bloodied and cut after being ATTACKED by deadly SHARK

Billionaire Richard Branson has been left with injuries after being attacked by stingrays.

He also sustained a cut to his head which required stitches after he walked into a glass door just a few days later.

 

The businessman was bitten on the arm by the fish – which famously killed Steve Irwin - while swimming off the Grand Cayman coast.

NBA accuses President Buhari of plot to intimidate judiciary

The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned in strong terms the recent criticism of the judiciary in the fight against corruption.

Speaking at the valedictory session organised in honour of a retiring Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Mohammed Muntaka-Coomassie, NBA President, Augustine Alegeh, said the recent attack directed at the judiciary over the ongoing anti-corruption war was unacceptable.

“The NBA condemns in its entirety the generalisation and/or categorisation of the Judiciary as being corrupt and an impediment to the zero corruption policy of the present administration,” Mr. Alegeh said.

Very Funny Video! Nigerian Indomie noodles commercial, 1980s. Dialogue is in Yoruba.

Nigerian Indomie noodles commercial, 1980s. Dialogue is in Yoruba. Link:
https://youtu.be/arAR9n5kwV8

Ghen Ghen! N81bn Debt: Ubah Asks Court to Stop AMCON from Taking over Capital Oil

Ifeanyi Ubah

Businessman, Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah and his company, Capital Oil and Gas Industries Limited, have sued the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) and its Managing Director, Ahmed Lawan Kuru, for an alleged violation of terms of a consent judgment they all entered in 2013 over Capital Oil’s N81billion debt.

“In spite of the return of the 1st applicant (Capital Oil) to the 2nd applicant (Ubah) as Managing Director pursuant to the consent judgment in suit No: FHC/L/CS/891/14, the 1st alleged contemnor continued to fail and/or neglect to provide trading finance in the sum of N16billion to the 1st applicant, which had the effect of practically incapacitating the 1st applicant’s ability to trade in petroleum products.

Meet the 48-yr-old Attorney, Bunmi Awoniyi the 1st Nigerian to be appointed a Superior Court judge in the U.S(California)

             

 

 

Another Great Nigerian In Diaspora

 

 

Ms. Awoniyi, 48, who lives in Elk Grove, Sacramento, has served as a principal attorney with a family law practice since 1994.

 

She was an adjunct professor at the University of Northern California, Lorenzo Patiño School of Law from 1997 to 1998, an associate attorney at the Law Office of Steven L. Wessels from 1993 to 1994 and an associate attorney at the Law Office of Brady and Kent from 1992 to 1993.

Whaooo! Romola Adeola Makes History In University Of Pretoria

I Present To You My Daughter Name Sake Aderomola

A 26-year-old graduate of the Lagos State University, Romola Adeola has recorded yet another history for Nigeria and of course, herself by becoming the youngest person to obtain a Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) from The Center for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, in the institution’s 30-year history.

Unbelievable! Crisis at Aso Aso Rock over unpaid allowances of security operatives

Poll Crisis: Fayose Brands Falana ‘Busy-Body’

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has urged Nigerians to disregard the new th...eory propounded by a human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) that he could be prosecuted despite immunity if found culpable of rigging in the June 21, 2014 governorship poll.

Again! Seriki family files suit to stop Olubadan installation

The Seriki family, which is laying claim to the Olubadan of Ibadan throne, has filed a suit seeking to restrain the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, the Attorney General of the state and the Olubadan-in-Counoil from recognising or installing the Balogun Olubadan of Ibadan land, High Chief Saliu Adetunji, as the next monarch in Ibadan.

Shamma AlMazrui Appointed As Youth Minister In The UAE (photo)

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday named Shamma AlMazrui, a 22-year-old Oxford graduate, as the minister of state for youth affairs. “After discussion with my brother Mohammed bin Zayed and the approval of the President, we hereby announce the new UAE cabinet,” Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Twitter.

Photo News: President Buhari arrives Nigeria after his 5-day vacation to Uk

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Buhari Returns To Nigeria,to Embark On Three-nation Tour Of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar

President Muhammadu Buhari is on his way back to Nigeria from the United Kingdom following an abrupt five-day vacation he began in London last week.
SaharaReporters sources said his Presidential jet departed London for Abuja at exactly 13.45hrs GMT.

The President had abruptly embarked on the vacation after participating in a Syria donor conference in London.

Barbaric! Because of Assignment See How A Teacher Punished This 10 Year Old Student In Ogun State

 

 

 

 

This was what a teacher by the name Jide Ositale did to 10yr old Gbenga Daniel Philemon at Leaders foundation School Ijebu ode for not doing his assignment .The Proprietress of the school when confronted on why she could allow such a corporal punishment to be meted out to a mere ten year kid put under her care boasted that the parents... can go to blazes, that if they are tired of the school, they can take their kid away. The mother of the kid who was in tears when she spoke to CKN News this afternoon said the boy is traumatized and afraid to go to school again. This is a big warning to would be parents to beware of LEADERS FOUNDATION SCHOOL, IJEBU ODE. The proprietress has boasted that not even the State government can tell her what to do in her school. The parents of young Gbenga are calling on Governor Ibikunle Amosun and State Ministry of Education to look into this matter urgently to save other students being brutalized in the school daily.

 

Source: CKN News

Sad! Fraudsters Dupe Politician's Wife Of $18,000 In Abuja

 

Suspected fraudsters allegedly operating money ‘doubling’ shrines in Lento Village, Life Camp, have duped the wife of a notable politician (names withheld) of $18,000.

A police source told our reporter that crime rate in the area has been high, especially this festive season and that many people have been taken to different shrines ostensibly to have their money ‘doubled’. READ MORE AFTER THE CUT.......