Ebola: Remain vigilant, experts warn Nigerians

Public health physicians have called for more vigilance at the border posts in order to prevent a recurrence of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease in the country.

The appeal is coming on the heels of the reported return of the disease in two West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, last week.

According to a member of the Ebola Prevention Committee in Nigeria, Dr. Oladoyin Odubanjo, the Federal Government needs to strengthen the precautionary and screening methods in order to forestall a return of the disease.

CBN extends BVN registration deadline to October 31

 Its a miracle oh! But seriously tho if you haven't started the process just do  that like tomorrow. If you ask me? October 31st is like this Thursday... Lolzzz

The Central Bank of Nigeria on Tuesday extended the deadline for the Bank Verification Number registration by four months  from June 30 to October 31, 2015.

The apex bank disclosed this in a circular issued to all Deposit Money Banks operating in the country.

The circular dated Tuesday, June 30 with reference number BPS/DIR/GEN/CIR/02/008 was signed by the Director, Banking and Payment Systems Department, CBN, Mr Dipo Fatokun.

The bank in the circular said the extension became imperative in order to give customers of DMBs more time to participate in the enrollment exercise.

Governor Wike impounds another Amaechi’s aide’s vehicle

The Rivers State Government, Nyesom Wike has again impounded an armoured Range Rover belonging to the immediate past Chief of Staff, Government House, Port Harcourt, Chief Tony Okocha.

The bullet-proof vehicle was removed from Okocha’s residence at Rumuigbo in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area at about 9am by security operatives attached to Government House.

On June 18, 2015, in a similar fashion, a Lexus SUV was removed from the residence of the former state Commissioner for Information, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari,

Though, the former aide to ex-governor, Rotimi Amaechi, was not around when the operation was carried out, it was gathered that the vehicle was taken away without any resistance.

Decomposed Body Of Kidnapped FUTA VC Found Inside Own Compound In Akure

The decomposed body of the kidnapped former Vice-Chancellor of the ‎Federal University of Technology (FUTA), in Ondo state,  Prof. Albert Ilemobade has been found, According to a Report by #SaharaReporters...

Photos from the Movie Premiere of "Mummy Dearest"

Here are some pictures from the movie Premiere of "Mummy Dearest", venue was "Film House", Spar Port Harcourt Mall, Rivers State, Nigeria. More Pictures after the jump break...

Ogun crash: OOU students storm mortuary, snatch corpses

Just because it sounds unbelievable! So who has the guts to carry a dead body from the morgue except the person is a coroner? Na wa!

 It was on saturday at the Ade Maternity Home, Sagamu, Ogun State.  Grieving students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University forcefully removed the corpses of their colleagues who were killed in a car crash the previous day from the hospital’s morgue.

 The management of the hospital had wanted to collect N20,000 per corpse before the corpses could be released to their families.

This Model Lost Her Leg From Using Tampons. Yes, This Can Happen.

This is quite accurate, When you get the time today, go to the supermarket and find your way to the Diaper section that's where you can find all them Pad, Tampons etc. Pick a Tampon up and read the terms and conditions, They take there time to explain and warn people of the side effects, so you actually buying it after reading all that is at your own risk. I remember that year when i just started getting into foreign high school movies, I will hear them say things like , 'I want to make a quick stop at the store to get "Tampons". "And i was like, Nne i gats to belong oh, make i go buy my own nau"(Like it was cool.) Long story short i bought a pack and i read all the terms and conditions at the store but i still went ahead and paid for it and took it home, then my elder sister read it again and started her research at the end of the day the side effects was beyond me. So till the end of time this home girl is KEEPING AWAY from the "Tampons" ...But sadly the model in this article your about to read learnt the hard way...

England goalkeeper Joe Hart weds exquisite Kimberly Crew in star-studded lavish Italian wedding ceremony

England goalkeeper Joe Hart has married Kimberly Crew in a lavish Italian ceremony attended by some of football’s biggest names.

The couple beamed as they left the romantic venue in Florence hand-in-hand surrounded by close friends and family who cheered and showered them with rose petals. 

Wearing a delicate white lace corseted dress which showed off her slender frame, Kimberly looked stunning as she gazed lovingly at her new husband.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie enjoy afternoon tea meeting with Duke and Duchess of Cambridge

           

Hollywood royalty mixed with the real deal on Friday when Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had tea with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton. 

According to Us Weekly, the two couples met for a private meeting in Kensington Palace.

It is the first time they have come together.

Traumatised British survivors tell of terror after being trapped in hotel corridor with ISIS maniac hurling home-made BOMBS

  

A British couple have told of the terrifying moment they were trapped down a dead-end hotel corridor and came face to face with the bloodthirsty Tunisian terrorist, who began lobbing hand grenades at them 

Rebecca Smith, 22, from Coventry, said: 'I was peppered with grenade shrapnel. With one hit, I thought my jaw had come off.'

The office administrator and her boyfriend Ross Thompson, 21, ran for their lives as the gunman hunted down his victims.

It was the bungling staff at the Imperial Marhaba Hotel who sent them down the hallway, as Seifeddine Rezgui was firing his Kalashnikov at terrified holidaymakers.

15 Britons were among the 38 who were mercilessly killed in the massacre yesterday and that number 'may well rise', Tunisia's Foreign Minister Tobias Ellwood has said. 

Babysitter pleads innocence and claims she was saving baby from choking when she shook him to death as she's sentenced to 15 years

A babysitter who shook a 14-month-old boy to death has been sentenced to 15 years in prison - but maintains that she is innocent.

Michelle Heale, 46, was convicted of the manslaughter of Mason Hess in April, despite claiming she was only trying to stop him from choking.

Heale, from Toms River, New Jersey, said that Mason had applesauce stuck in his throat, and she struck him on the back in the hope of dislodging it so he could breathe again.

Suicide Bomber kills 25 and injures 25 in attack on Shiite mosque in Kuwait City

 

At least 25 worshippers have been killed today after an Islamic State suicide bomber struck at a packed Kuwaiti mosque after Friday prayers.

Shocking photos show dozens of dead and wounded Muslims who were all observing the holy month of Ramadan in the Al-Imam al-Sadeq Shiite mosque in Kuwait City.

Witnesses said worshippers were standing shoulder-to-shoulder in group prayer when the bomb ripped through the building.

The ISIS-affiliated group in Saudi Arabia, calling itself Najd Province, said its militant Abu Suleiman al-Muwahhid carried out the suicide bombing.

He was seen walking in to the back of the mosque during prayers, before standing among his victims and blowing himself up.  

Oil spillage ruffles Edo community

Residents of Umoghun-Nokhua community in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State have lamented the degradation of their environment by oil spillage.

The residents said the spillage, which started in March 2014, had led to loss of lives caused by hunger and infectious diseases.

The aggrieved villagers also noted that the community had lost about 2,000 hectares of farmland to the spillage.

Nick Gordon has been hit with a lawsuit claiming he was physically abusive and stole thousands from Bobbi Kristina while she was in a coma

 
Bobbi's Kristina husband Nick Gordon, has been hit with a lawsuit from Bedelia Hargrove, her court-appointed conservator, claiming he was physically abusive on multiple occasions and stole from his wife while she was in a coma.

Most shocking however is a claim that Bobbi was set to meet with a friend and reveal her problems with Gordon around the same time she was found face down and unresponsive in a bathtub on January 31 at her suburban Atlanta home.

Refuse heaps trigger fear in Umuahia

Residents of Umuahia, the Abia State capital, have said they face health risk if the growing dumps of refuse in various parts of the city are not immediately evacuated.

Southern City News observed that most refuse buckets positioned at strategic locations in the cities had been burnt by residents in their attempt to decongest the overflowing wastes.

The sanitary situation in the state, it was gathered, worsened following the failure of the Waste Management Agency to pay workers’ salaries for months.

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A resident who pleaded anonymity called on government to take urgent steps to remedy the situation to avoid an outbreak of epidemic in the city.

He blamed the worsening sanitary situation “on party patronage”, arguing that waste management should be top on the priority list of government.

Onitsha mob sets robbery suspects ablaze

TWO suspected armed robbers were on Monday burnt to death in Onitsha, Anambra State.

The incident occurred along the Old Road, Nkpor, near an old generation bank.

The suspects, who were said to have operated on a motorbike, had snatched a bag containing cash from a lady who just withdrew the money from a nearby bank.

Eyewitnesses told Southern City News that the robbers snatched the money at gunpoint, but people around, who noticed what was happening gave them a chase, caught them, beat them with clubs, stoned them before setting them ablaze.

So Sad! Bobbi Kristina is taken off life support and moved to a hospice

Bobbi Kristina the 22 year old Daughter of late  music sensation Whitney Houston has been taken off life support, and She is also reportedly off all medications so she can 'die naturally'.

Police 'find SLAVES' in travellers' camp dawn raid which also nets £155,000 Ferrari, £90,000 Range Rover and a Bentley GOLF CART

Police found 'slaves' and a luxury fleet of supercars worth thousands of pounds during a dawn raid on a travellers' camp this morning.

A total of 14 people have been arrested after police seized 'potential victims of forced labour', a £155,000 Ferrari, a £90,000 Range Rover and a Bentley golf cart at sites in Cardiff, South Wales.

Wheels Production Presents: "Mummy Dearest", A film Produced by 'Willis Ikedum'

Well here's an event you wont want to miss, It's the Highly Anticipated Movie Premiere of 'Mummy Dearest' , Starring the Super Talented, Liz Benson. Mummy Dearest was Written,Directed and co-produced by 'Willis Ikedum and his lovely wife Chioma Willis Ikedum'.
 It is a movie about a caring mother who has so much love for her five children especially her only son and when he decides to come home for an office leave...

A portrait of Caitlyn Jenner on Father's Day: Kardashian clan unite with Jenner boys to support transgender parent... and even Kanye's smiling

Caitlyn Jenner celebrated Father's Day with her children. Father's day? Are you kidding me?

The former Olympian - previously known as Bruce Jenner before her transition - had a party at his her Malibu home which was attended by his her six kids and four stepchildren.

He She shared a picture of the celebration with his her fans on Twitter along with a message of gratitude. 

Former Mets player, 50, 'is shot dead by his girlfriend, 44, in murder-suicide while their one-year-old son is at home'

A former Mets player,Darryl Hamilton has  been shot dead by his girlfriend Monica Jordan,- who then turned the weapon on herself while their one-year-old son was at home.

The bodies were found at her house in Pearland, Texas at 4.45pm Sunday - Father's Day.

Hamilton, an MLB Network analyst, was found next to the front door and with several bullet wounds. Jordan apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in another part of the property. 

President Buhari orders removal of military checkpoints nationwide

President Buhari has ordered for the immediate removal of Military Check points nationwide,The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Aliyu Ismaila, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after a meeting the President (Buhari) had with service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
 “President Buhari had instructed the Chief of Defence Staff to get the Chief of Army Staff and Inspector-General of Police to  remove all the military men along the roads across the country,” he said. 
The meeting had further encouraged the security chiefs to do more in the war against insurgency because of the leadership being provided by the President who is a retired military officer. 

Britain's fattest man dies aged just 33: Trapped in his flat and begging for help, tragedy of the boy who grew to 65stone

Britain's fattest man, who weighed 65 stone, has tragically died at his home in Kent.

Carl Thompson, 33, had been confined to his home for a year, relying on NHS carers to wash and feed him.

This morning, a private ambulance, police and the fire brigade were seen outside his home in Dover.

Police today confirmed his death in a statement. 

'Kent Police was called at 10:38am on 21 June, to a property, Dover following reports that a man in his 30s had died,' a spokesman said. 

I was Amaechi’s engine room — Wike

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has said that he is responsible for the emergence of his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, as governor.

This is as he also described himself as the engine room of the former governor.

Wike said this on Saturday while speaking with journalists at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

The governor explained that he was teaching those in Amaechi’s camp the way to play the game of politics, because “there is no polling booth in the state that I do not know or do not know anybody.”

For those who have been criticizing his emergence as governor, he said, “the fact is that I was prepared for that election.

“I was a council chairman. There is nowhere in this state that I do not know. There is no ward I do not know one person.

At least three dead and 34 injured after man drives car at speeds of up to 90mph straight through crowds of shoppers in Austria before getting out and stabbing bystanders

 

At least three people are dead and another 34 injured after an SUV ploughed into a crowd of people in Graz, Austria.

Eyewitnesses say the driver rammed into crowds at up to 90mph before he got out and began randomly stabbing bystanders, which included the elderly and policemen.

A seven-year-old boy and a woman are thought to be among those killed in the onslaught on the main shopping street of Herrengasse.

Kim to give a lecture on 'the objectification of women in media'

        

Kim Kardashian has added many strings to her bow throughout her celebrity career, and she will soon be able to put lecturer on that list too.

The 34-year-old reality star has been scheduled for Kim Kardashian West Live!, a 'lecture/seminar' scheduled for June 30.

In Oakland, California event, Kim is expected to talk about her new book and about issues of objectification and fame.

Well! This is just Awkward! Rihanna and rumoured new beau Karim Benzema arrive at the same nightclub where her ex-boyfriend Papa Royalty(ChrisBrown) was partying

  
Toting her belongings in a metallic clutch and with her brunette tresses left loose, the Rude Boy hitmaker certainly oozed heaps of sex appeal in her getup.You know, just being Rih.

Her current flame, Real Madrid footballer Karim, kept his cool in white jeans and a khaki colored Varsity-style jacket.Just usual hottie stuff.

The couple originally set tongues wagging after they were seen leaving a New York diner at 6am earlier this month, and the pair have since been enjoying each other’s company on various occasions.

So things must have been awkward when they learned that RiRi’s ex Chris was partying at the same venue.

'People are running out of places to run to': Angelina Jolie visits Turkish refugee camps filled with Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war

After visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in southeastern Turkey on Saturday, actress Angelina Jolie said the world is living through an era of mass displacement.

Jolie, who serves as a United Nations special envoy for refugees, was speaking at a news conference in southeastern Turkey, home to Syrians and Iraqis displaced by war, on World Refugee Day.

'Never before have so many people been dispossessed or stripped of their human rights,' Jolie said.

The U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said in a report last week that there were now more refugees than at any other time in history, with 59.5million people displaced from their homes worldwide.

Miley Cyrus and 'girlfriend' Stella Maxwell check out of NYC hotel together

Another day another Miley Cyrus story, can we blame her? Since she can't sing no more, she wants to stay relevant. Only heaven knows what's up next in her bucket list...

She recently admitted she's bisexual and now Miley Cyrus is fueling rumors of a romance with model Stella Maxwell.

The pop star, 22, and the Victoria's Secret Angel, 25, have become inseparable in recent days.

On Saturday they were seen checking out of a New York City hotel, in their first outing together since the reports surfaced.

On Wednesday, the pair were spotted sharing an embrace in the Big Apple just days after Miley admitted to being bisexual in an interview. 

 

Then on Friday, the New York Daily News' Confidenti@l column claimed that a source close to Miley and Stella confirmed they have been dating for 'months' and are known in their circle of friends as 'a couple'.

'They hold hands and hug and are very comfortable together. They're definitely together,' the insider said.

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Nigeria's Billionaire Businessman Aliko Dangote has declared his interest in Arsenal

Nigeria's Billionaire Business man Aliko Dangote got featured on UK Daily mail,The way they described him though, like he's the Zeus of Billionaires. Well he's actually kind of a big deal in Nigeria and Africa as well. Read what the wrote after the jump break...

Picture: Emmanuel Adebayor,He's £250,000 Rolls Royce Ghost and Our very own wizkid take a selfie

Emmanuel Adebayor had a smile back on his face on Wednesday as he posed alongside his personalised Rolls Royce Ghost - which costs at least £250,000 - with Nigerian musician Wizkid.

Ruby Rose says her now famous nude shower scene in Orange Is The New Black is her favourite

Orange Is the New Black star Ruby Rose has played down her sex appeal and says she partook in Hollywood exercise craze, Soul Cycle, for a week before being filmed naked.

The hot new star of Neflix's prison drama has had everyone talking thanks to her completely nude shower scene in season three if the hit show.

Soon after the episode aired on US television mid-week, the Aussie actor's name began trending on social media.

Spotted; Lady Gaga, her Platinum Blond hair, Eyebrows and Engagement Ring go for a swim.

       
Words fail me. Is lady gaga an albino now? Her brows are platinum blonde. It's summer time and know what that means?! Lady Gaga showed off her bikini bod in this 2piece knitted lemon green thong bikini.

OMG!Photos: Is that you Rob? Check out Robert Kardashian's New look

How did he get this big? The last time we saw Him was after he walked out on he's family at Kim's wedding that year and i actually thought he had gone into hibernation mode to reinvent himself or in this cake case put down the Burger and Fried Chicken and get some gym time, I guess i thought wrong. I used to have a mad crush on him but, I'm over it now... 
More Pictures after the jump break...

Lamar Odom's best friend Jamie Sangouthai, 37, 'did not OD but rather died from flesh-eating disease caused by dirty needles'

It was widely speculated that Jamie Sangouthai, 37, died on Sunday from a heroin overdose as he had been seriously struggling with drug issues for months.

But on Thursday TMZ reported the best friend of Lamar Odom actually passed away because of 'a flesh-eating disease caused by dirty needles.'

Pictured:21year old Dylann Roof has been arrested 'for shooting nine people dead at South Carolina church bible study'

Dylann Storm Roof, the man who allegedly entered a South Carolina church last night and massacred nine people at their weekly bible study meeting, has been escorted in prison stripes onto a plane to be extradited from North Carolina.

The 21-year-old was arrested shortly before noon on Thursday in Shelby, NC, 250 miles north of the targeted church in Charleston, SC.

At 6.20pm Eastern Time he was seen in a jumpsuit, chains and a bullet-proof vest being chaperoned by dozens of armed police officers onto an airplane bound for South Carolina. 

China bans Ramadan fasting in mainly Muslim region

China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from fasting during Ramadan and ordered restaurants to stay open.
Most Muslims are required to fast from dawn to dusk during the holy month, which began on Thursday, but China’s ruling Communist party is officially atheist and for years has restricted the practice in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority.
“Food service workplaces will operate normal hours during Ramadan,” said a notice posted last week on the website of the state Food and Drug Administration in Xinjiang’s Jinghe county.

Split! Charlize Theron 'calls off her engagement to Sean Penn after spending time together in Europe'

  

They were set to walk down the aisle later this year.

But according to a Wednesday report from UsWeekly, Charlize Theron, 39, and Sean Penn, 54, have split after a year-and-a-half together.

The Oscar winning actress was the one who called off the engagement after they spent time together in Europe in May, a source said.

Charlize attended the Cannes Film Festival in mid May to promote her film Mad Max: Fury Road. She looked happy with the Bad Boys star on May 14 at the premiere of her blockbuster.

Pictured: The white gunman who shot dead NINE people in mass 'race-hate' shooting at historic black church in Carolina before sparing one woman and telling her, 'tell the world what happened'

  

Police have released CCTV images of a white gunman who shot dead nine people in a cold-blooded race-hate crime at an African-American church in South Carolina on Wednesday night.

The suspect opened fire at a weekly bible study group at the 150-year-old Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, shooting dead three male victims and six females - but spared one woman so she could tell the world what happened, eye witnesses recounted. 

A five-year-old girl also survived the attack after her grandmother told her to play dead when the shooter started firing.

Up to 20 soldiers injured after three troop carriers crash during training exercise on Salisbury Plain

As many as 20 military personnel have been wounded in a crash involving three troop carriers on Salisbury Plain, police said.

Two sustained 'life threatening injuries' in the collision near Westdown Camp and were taken to Southampton General Hospital for treatment, according to the South Western Ambulance Service.

Eight with serious injuries were taken by road to Salisbury District Hospital, while 'a number' of 'walking wounded' were treated at the scene.

The incident took place during a joint training exercise between the British and Indian military, it has been reported. Many of those involved in the crash are believed to be from the Indian forces.

Rise in kidnap cases worries Abia lawmakers

Members of the Abia State House of Assembly have expressed worry over the rising cases of kidnapping in some parts of the state.

The legislators, in a resolution on Wednesday, mandated the security agencies in the state to rise up against criminals in the state.

They spoke after deliberations on a motion of urgent public attention moved by the Minority Leader of the Assembly, Mr. Abraham Oba.

Throw Back Thursday:The Forgotten Girls Who Left the South and Changed History

A “Northern Invasion” was coming, the Chicago Defender declared in early 1917: that spring, specifically May 15, would begin the Great Northern Drive. Southern blacks would abandon Jim Crow’s regime and seek their economic and social freedoms in the North. And Chicago was waiting for them.

The Defender, which was founded 110 years ago this month, was the most influential African American newspaper of the 20th century, not least because its entrepreneurial founder and editor, Robert Sengstacke Abbott, used it as a catalyst for the Great Migration, a movement that would change the color and composition of American cities.

Make a wish, Northie!

North West got help blowing out her birthday candles from her famous parents Kanye West and Kim Kardashian at Disneyland on Monday.

'Happy Cake Northie!' the expecting 34-year-old wrote to her combined 94.3M followers on social media.

'Thank you Hansens Cakes for making the cutest Minnie Mouse cake for North's Birthday!' 

The Obamas paid for private party with Prince and Stevie Wonder performance - but White House refuses to confirm the stellar entertainment

President Obama threw a glitzy party on Saturday night with performances by Stevie Wonder and Prince - and despite guests excitedly sharing details of the event on social media, the White House has come over all modest about the star-studded line-up.

Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed earlier this week that Obama and First Lady Michelle held a private party and paid for it themselves - but the cost was not revealed. 

Earnest said: 'The president and the first lady reserve the right to hold private parties at the White House, and they did it on their own dime.'

The White House refused to comment on the entertainment but guests like Reverend Al Sharpton broadcast the details for them.

Next Season's Premier League Fixtures

I hope my Team Performs better next season. 

PDP disowns group calling for Buhari’s resignation

The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday distanced itself from a group, PDP Media Watchdog, over the latter’s call on President Buhari to resign.
PDP said the group was not working within and in the interest of the opposition party.
The group had in an earlier statement signed by its head, Mr. Tunde Lawal, called for Buhari’s resignation over comments attributed to the President that there was a limit he could do because of his age.
But according to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, said,

Old age will limit my performance –Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that his age would limit his performance as the President of the country.

Buhari, who was   a military governor at 33 and Head of State   at the age of 40, said he would have loved being a President when he was at a younger age . He will be 73 on December 17, 2015.

The President spoke with Nigerians resident in South Africa on Monday after taking part in the 25th assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union   in Johannesburg.

He said, “I wish I became Head of State when I was a governor, just a few years as a young man. Now at 72, there is a limit to what I can do.”

Despite his advancement in age however, Buhari gave assurance that his administration would make a difference.

Buhari explained that   what brought him to his current position was his love for the country.

He recalled that he was in the war front for 30 months during the civil war, adding that like any other Nigerian, he lost relatives and loyal people to the war.

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Military men eject occupants, turn houses into ‘barracks’

Dwellers of Omoyele Street in the Majidun area of Ikorodu, Lagos State say soldiers and officers of the Nigerian Navy deployed in the community to fight vandalism have taken over their houses and are using them as their dwelling houses.

The residents said the military personnel were deployed in the area eight months ago to flush out vandals and stop the vandalism of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s pipeline.

They said the operatives stormed the area on October 5, 2014, impounding thousands of litres of petrol stored in jerrycans while a large number of suspects were arrested.

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The residents added that after the initial success, the operatives took over about 20 houses on the street and closed some shops under the pretext of securing the area.

My regret as INEC chairman – Jega

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Monday reviewed his tenure as the boss of the electoral body and concluded that his only regret was his inability to create a separate salary structure for INEC workers.

Jega spoke in Abuja during a retreat organised for the electoral officers of the commission where the report of the 2015 elections was reviewed.

The retreat was titled, “2015 general elections: Lessons and the way forward.”

Jega also said that members of staff of the commission were subjected to difficult circumstances during the 2015 elections.

FIRST LOOK: Kerry Washington transforms into Anita Hill in new stillfrom HBO's Confirmation about 1991 Supreme Court hearings

 

Kerry Washington has taken on what might be her most demanding role yet.

And if looks mean anything, the 38-year-old has nailed her portrayal of Anita Hill for HBO's new film Confirmation.

The actress shared a snap of herself in character to Instagram on Tuesday as she stood behind a bank of microphones with her raven locks coiffed in Hill's signature hairstyle. 

Dressed in a pantsuit, she looks the spitting image of Hill who was at the epicentre of a major scandal in Washington DC.