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Khloe Kardashian is 29 Weeks Pregnant And Looks So Amazing
The glow that comes with pregnancy cannot be overemphasized. Yes! and Khloe Kardashian is just one perfect example. The TV star shares some beautiful photos of her 29weeks pregnancy and…
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Demonic Temper: Man kills pregnant neighbour who asked “Why aren't you getting married?”
A police spokesperson disclosed that the murder suspect felt irritated about a woman's question asking when he was going to get married.
In Kampung Pasir Jonge, Indonesia, the police has arrested a 28-year-old man, Faiz Nurdin who strangled a pregnant neighbour when she asked him about plans to get married.
The deceased, Aisyah, a 32-year-old woman, was reportedly strangled to death in her bedroom following a conversation she had with the suspect at his residence.
Nurdin allegedly made away with the victim's phone and a $59 cash after the alleged murder, presumably in a bid to clear his trail.
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A police spokeperson who spoke anonymously confirmed that the murder suspect strangled the victim because he was angry about being pressured concerning tying the knot.
"Faiz get married, the others are already married, why aren’t you getting married yet?’ These words offended the suspect,” says a rep for Indonesia's law enforcement department.
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Nurdin, who sustained an injury inflicted on his fingers by the deceased is likely to spend the rest of his years in prison if convicted of murder.
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2019: IBB, Obasanjo are expired leaders, they should stop advising Buhari on second term – Festus Keyamo
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Sima Brew Bridal Collection, ‘Dream’ Has Indeed Got Us Craving For More
Sima Brew just recently dropped her new bridal collection, which she titled ‘Dream’. The collection is seen to have gotten it’s inspiration from the diverse brides who craves the perfect…
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Omotola Jalade Ekeinde Is 40 and Fabulous #Omotola4pointO
Wow! forty never look so beautiful. Nollywood actor, singer, brand ambassador, and mother of four Omotola Jalade Ekeinde turned a year older today. No doubt, She exudes all shades of beauty…
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Drinking hot tea linked to higher esophageal cancer risks – Study
Drinking hot or burning hot tea is associated with an increased risk for esophageal cancer when combined with excessive alcohol or tobacco use, a recent study showed.
The study, published in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine, was conducted by Chinese researchers from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Peking University.
The study collected data from a total of 456,155 Chinese participants aged between 30 and 79 and lasted for an average period of more than nine years.
By 2015, it found that 1,731 people who didn’t have cancer at the initiation of the study were diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
“High-temperature tea drinking combined with either alcohol consumption or smoking was associated with a greater risk for esophageal cancer than hot tea drinking alone,” said the study.
People who drank both burning hot tea and more than a standard serving of 15g of alcohol daily were five times as likely to develop esophageal cancer than those who drank tea and alcohol less frequently, the study showed.
Likewise, it said, current smokers who drank burning hot tea daily were twice as likely to develop cancer.
Hot beverages at temperatures above 65 degrees Celsius could impair the barrier function of the cells lining one’s gullet, or food pipe, thus making it more vulnerable to cancer-causing agents or existing inflammation, CNN quoted Neal Freedman, a senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, as saying.
However, the study said no increase in esophageal cancer risk was seen among participants who drank hot tea if they did not drink more than 15g of alcohol daily and smoke tobacco.
In fact, early clinical studies suggest that polyphenols, the natural plant compounds found in tea, may play an important role in the prevention of cancer, as researchers believe that polyphenols help kill cancerous cells and stop them from growing, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center.
In that sense, tea lovers need not give up their hobby so long as they consume tea at temperatures below 65 degrees Celsius and avoid excessive alcohol or tobacco use.
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We are committed to power sector recovery programme —Fashola
THE Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to the implementation of the Power Sector Recovery Programme.
He gave the assurance at an Engagement Workshop on the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP) for Civil Society Organisations organised by the Ministry of Power Works and Housing in conjunction with the Power Sector Communications Team (PSRP) in Abuja.
He said the PSRP would serve as means to solving the seeming intractable challenges in the nation’s Power Sector, stressing that this was encapsulated in the government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) where Power forms one of the five major pillars.
He said the intention behind the PSRP was “to bring it to street level so that in whatever area of the country you are, if you come across this document, you will be able to read it, understand it and make sense out of it and ultimately use it to measure what we are doing”
Fashola added that the document, when finalised, would be translated into the three major Nigerian languages for a start.
He further urged Nigerians to desist from putting their country down in comparison with other countries of the world, describing Nigeria as a great country in both population and potentiality for economic and industrial development.
He maintained that Nigeria had the potential to compete favourably with other developed and emerging economies if the citizenry collectively resolved to tackle her identifiable challenges.
Fashola explained that the power that any country needed was not only a function of its population but also a function of the level of its development and industrialisation.
While giving explanations on the quantum of power available in South Africa and the report that Germany was exporting power, he said the power need of a country, was dependent. on the nature of its economy.
He noted that South Africa, whose economy largely edon mining consumes a lot of power adding that with the Federal Government now paying attention to real growth through economic diversification as seen in the development of mining and others, the nation’s Power Sector was being prepared to support such growth.
“We have left mining. We are now in oil and gas. Dr. Fayemi in the Ministry of Mines and Steel is just trying to reset back. We are trying to support their mining power demands whenever they are ready,” he said.
He recommended that all Nigerians read the Power Sector Reform Act to have a better understanding of issues in the sector, saying: “If you don’t understand what we are saying and why we are saying it, it will be difficult to really appreciate where we even make progress.”
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World: Congress, Tuning Out Trump's Threats, Focuses on Compromise
President Donald Trump called on Tuesday for shutting down the federal government if Congress does not crack down on illegal immigration, even as congressional negotiators closed in on a major budget deal that would set spending levels for two years and break the cycle of fiscal crises that has bedeviled the nation’s capital.
On Tuesday night, the House approved a stopgap spending bill that would increase military spending through September while keeping funds flowing to the rest of the government for six weeks.
The House measure is unlikely to pass the Senate, where Democrats insist that an increase in military funds be matched with additional domestic spending.
But the House vote was a first step in what congressional leaders hoped would be a legislative dance that yields a bipartisan spending deal. Trump’s comments, though combative, had little to do with the delicate negotiations, a fact that appeared to elude Trump. They did, however, add a note of uncertainty.
“I’d love to see a shutdown if we don't get this stuff taken care of,” Trump said at a meeting with lawmakers and law enforcement officials to discuss gang violence. “If we have to shut it down because the Democrats don’t want safety,” he added, “then shut it down.”
The two-year deal that congressional leaders want would raise statutory spending caps imposed in 2011 on military and nonmilitary spending through September 2019. That agreement would further balloon the budget deficit, but it would also ease the way to passing a temporary spending measure before the government shuts down on Friday. A longer-term spending deal could follow shortly thereafter.
“We are closer to an agreement than we have ever been,” Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York, the Senate Democratic leader, said, referring to the negotiations over raising the spending caps.
Republicans were similarly upbeat. “I’m optimistic that very soon we’ll be able to reach an agreement,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate majority leader.
But if the bipartisan deal falls through, lawmakers have no clear plan to keep the government open past Thursday, with the parties disagreeing over spending priorities and the president lobbing verbal bombs from the White House.
“I would shut it down over this issue,” Trump said as he demanded an immigration deal on his terms. “If we don’t straighten out our border, we don’t have a country.”
Trump’s call for a shutdown was not the first time he had brandished the threat of closing down the government. He mused on Twitter last year that the country “needs a good ‘shutdown,'” a suggestion Democrats did not forget.
And on Tuesday, in a striking moment, a lawmaker from the president’s own party, Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia, pushed back at the White House meeting.
“We don’t need a government shutdown on this,” said Comstock, a top Democratic target in the midterm elections. She represents a moderate district in Northern Virginia, an area that is home to many federal workers.
Soon after, Trump interrupted her. “You can say what you want,” he said. “We’re not getting support from the Democrats on this legislation.”
It has been less than three weeks since the last shutdown — a three-day closing that ended after Democrats won a promise from McConnell to have the Senate consider legislation to protect young immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children.
McConnell pledged that the Senate would turn to immigration if no deal had been reached on that subject by Thursday, when the current government funding measure is set to expire. This time, Senate Democrats have shown no appetite to force a shutdown.
But the fate of the young immigrants, known as Dreamers, remains highly uncertain, especially given Trump’s insistence that Democrats agree to build a wall on the Mexican border and enact other tough immigration policies.
The White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, also took a hard line on immigration during a visit to the Capitol on Tuesday.
He said Trump was unlikely to extend a March 5 deadline, when the Obama-era program to protect the immigrants — Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA — is set to expire. And he said the president had been generous in his offer to give 1.8 million young unauthorized immigrants a path to citizenship in exchange for a series of hard-line immigration policy changes.
“There are 690,000 official DACA registrants, and the president sent over what amounts to be 2 1/2 times that number, to 1.8 million,” Kelly told reporters. “The difference between 690 and 1.8 million were the people that some would say were too afraid to sign up, others would say were too lazy to get off their asses, but they didn’t sign up.”
Neither party seemed to have any idea how the immigration debate would play out in the Senate in the days to come. McConnell has promised a free and open debate, with senators allowed to offer amendments to whatever measure is brought to the floor. But what the starting bill would look like remained a mystery.
“That’s the $64,000 question,” said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate. “Everybody wants to know, and Sen. McConnell hasn’t told us.”
McConnell gave little hint of how the debate would proceed.
“In the Senate, on those rare occasions when we have these kind of open debates, whoever gets to 60 wins,” he told reporters. “And it’ll be an opportunity for 1,000 flowers to bloom.”
But with less than 72 hours remaining to avert a shutdown, congressional Republicans were moving on an entirely different track from the president, and immigration was not part of the equation as the House moved ahead with the stopgap spending bill.
The House voted 245-182 to approve the bill, with most Democrats voting against it.
House Republicans were hoping to pressure Senate Democrats to go along or face harsh political consequences. The bill would keep the government open through March 23.
“Quite literally the safety of our service members and the security of our country is at stake,” House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said.
But 44 members of the Senate Democratic caucus signed a letter in December opposing the House Republican approach. Passing the bill in the Senate will require 60 votes, meaning that those 44 Democrats, if they stick together, could block it.
“This is not a serious bill,” said Rep. Nita M. Lowey of New York, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. “It is nothing more than a political ploy that will place us on the brink of another shutdown.”
If a deal on the spending caps is reached, lawmakers could approve legislation that includes that agreement along with a temporary measure to keep the government open. The package could also end up carrying other items as well, including disaster aid in response to last year’s hurricanes and perhaps an increase to the statutory limit on the government’s borrowing authority.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
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Dora Akunyili: Late minister's daughter, Chidiogo marries European sweetheart
Chidiogo has announced her civic wedding ceremony with an emotional post on Instagram.
Late Dora Akunyili's daughter, Chidiogo, has tied the knot with her European lover Andrew and her charming words commemorating the ceremony are made of the utmost beauty.
Chidiogo delightedly tells of her and Andrew's civic wedding ceremony with an Instagram post on February 6, 2018; sharing a dreamy list of wedding pictures and the most enchanting love story on the social media page.
Chidiogo's soul-stirring words
“Celebrating our civil union. Excited for all the white & colourful celebrations with friends and family to come.
“Thank you Andrew for being a daily reminder of the miracles that exist in this world and the power we have to tap into it.
“On a cold February evening in Geneva, I wrote down words that I feel connected our destinies & led our paths to cross 7 months later in the deserts of Nevada.
“Monday, 8 Feb 2016. Geneva – Clayton asked that I do a true exercise of what I want. Here goes:
“I seek a partnership with a strong man, mind, body and spirit. I seek a partnership with a man who will cherish, love and honour me & the life we build together, supporting each other through the journey with kindness, love, a smile & words that put difficulties in perspective.
“He will not be away from home all the time but have a career that allows for him to assist strongly and sometimes wholly in building a home for us and for the children. He will be conscious and inspire us to grow in consciousness.
“He will be full of kindness and have a depth of love that leaves us inspired by what two people can achieve together. He will hold me and we will give gratitude. He will be flexible. He is adventurous/open to new experiences.
“He is happy in himself & together we share happiness in God and Love.”
“7 months later after strong guidance came to me to go to Burning Man — I met him.
“It was a story of the union of souls. I felt I had written him to existence and rejoiced in the connection we shared. One I know started with a decision to focus on the wholeness of my own soul — self love — & from the space of taking time for self I was ready to take time for another’s soul and him mine in turn.
“I was not looking for a man so save me but a man to hold me up in my own strength. Together we continue to weave a web of care, love, strength, that isn’t without its difficulties but I’m learning & growing with & from them.
“I say yes to a life spent together in partnership — to holding each other up outwardly and on the inside — to loving every part of ourselves and each other knowing we have the power to create and re-create from a place of peace with what is & the infinity that can be.”
More wedding parties?
If the newly wed's post is anything to go by, there seem to be some more wedding parties to look forward to.
"Excited for all the white & colourful celebrations with friends and family to come," she writes, signifying that their civil ceremony is not the only wedding celebration there'll be.
A fullblown Nigerian party on the cards? Maybe two? Let's wait and see.
Dora Akunyili
The bride's mum, Dora Akunyili, was the Director General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Nigerian Minister of Information and Communications from 2008 to 2010.
She died in India 2014 after a drawn-out battle with Cancer.
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Transfer news & rumours: Neymar asks PSG to sign Morata
Goal takes a look at the biggest transfer news and rumours from the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A and beyond
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Olu Okeowo, others may forfeit N1.4bn cars as Customs confirms seizure
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Allow Buhari govern for 8 years before writing letters – Eyube tells Obasanjo, Babangida
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British Police Arrest 21 Suspects In Raids Against Human Traffickers
British police arrested 21 people on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking on Tuesday, saying their nationwide operation was one of the biggest so far against organised people smuggling.
The National Crime Agency said it had launched “a major operation targeting a suspected people smuggling, organised criminal network” in London, north-eastern and southern England.
“The operation is the latest phase of a year-long investigation, which has involved law enforcement
colleagues in the UK and in Europe,” the NCA said.
It said some 350 officers from the NCA and four regional police forces raided more than 20 properties in towns and cities including Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Stockton, Newcastle, Hastings and London.
“This was probably the biggest operation the NCA have taken on within organised immigration crime,” Mark Spoors, Senior Investigator for the NCA, said in a statement.
“We see this as a significant disruption within the UK against the organised people smuggling ring, which was predominantly operating out of Cleveland,” Spoors said, referring to the north-eastern region that includes Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and Stockton.
The alleged offences include “complicit lorry drivers running from France into the UK,” and the hiring of drivers from the Cleveland area to travel to France and collect migrants, he said.
The properties raided included car washes “linked to the organized crime group,” Spoors added.
French, Belgian and Dutch police assisted with the investigation, said Tom Dowdall, the NCA’s deputy director.
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Odd Enough: Does farting burn calories?
There's no denying the fact that unleashing a fart can make you feel a thousand times lighter—especially when you're bloated as hell.
A popular internet rumor claims each toot torches 67 calories.
There's no denying the fact that unleashing a fart can make you feel a thousand times lighter—especially when you're bloated as hell.
But does farting actually burn calories?
After one 2012 Facebook post on a page called called "F A C T,” announced that one fart burns 67 calories (which is the same number of calories you’d burn going for a 15-minute stroll or doing burpees for six minutes straight), thousands of people hit up Google and Reddit to fact check the claim. Does farting burn calories? They all wanted to know.
Sorry, web-surfers, but contrary to what you may have read, farting does not burn calories, says board-certified family and bariatric physician, Spencer Nadolsky, D.O., diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine and author of The Fat Loss Prescription.
The average person has about 0.5 to 1.5 liters of gas hanging out in their digestive tract per day, says Nadolsky. “People can toot up to 20 times per day and still be considered in the 'normal' range for farts-per-day,” he adds.
So if each fart actually burned 67 calories, then one day of gas-passing would burn up to 1,340 calories.
To put it in perspective, if farting burned that many calories, you'd drop about a pound of weight every two to three days.
“That’s just ridiculous,” says Matthew R. Pittman, M.D., medical director of the weight management and bariatric surgery program at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital. “You cannot fart yourself thin. No, farting is not a practical weight-loss tool. And no, it can not be used in place of regular exercise,” he adds.
And in case you’re wondering: the sound it makes doesn’t make a difference in number calories burned, either. “Silent or loud, farts are made up of the same stuff: nitrogen, hydrogen, methane, oxygen, and water,” says Nadolsky.
The loudness is determined by the volume of gas being passed and the velocity of the expulsion, and neither factor will result in greater calorie burn, Pittman adds.
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So Why Doesn’t Farting Burn Calories?
“Passing gas is usually a very passive bodily function,” says Nadolsky. When you pass gas, your muscles relax and the gas pressure in your bowels do all the work in expelling the gas, Pittman explains, and calorie burn comes from muscle activity, not inactivity.
Since the muscles aren’t doing any work in expelling the gas, straining yourself to the limit while farting would really be the only way to possibly burn calories… but if you’re straining hard enough to burn a calorie or two it will likely result in a poop-in-your-pants accident. (BTW: If you’re straining that much to force a fart out, you need to see your healthcare provider, says Nadolsky.)
“Even if you experienced the most violent, explosive fart you can imagine, it would be pretty difficult to burn calories during it,” says Pittman. Now, if you were in a HIIT-class or yoga-flow and happened to let one go, you’d be burning calories, but that would be a result of the exercise taking place not the expulsion of gas, he adds. (Can’t stop farting during workouts? Here’s what to do.)
Why You Might Feel Like You're Farting Yourself Thin
You may not be able to toot your way to thin, but the good news is that farting can make you feel lighter (and even look it) if you’ve been especially bloated.
We get gassy in one of two ways. “Swallowing air through bubbly beverages, chewing gum, or using a straw can create extra air in the GI tract,” explains Pittman. “But the most common reason your body produces extra gas is because you’ve eaten things you can’t absorb or digest,” he says.
If too much gas gets stuck in your GI tract, it can cause uncomfortable bloat that distends the abdomen, Pittman explains. That’s why sometimes a good toot can make all the difference. “If you’re bloated and need to fart, do it,” he says, “it may not burn calories, but it sure will make you feel better.”
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Sports: Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels spurns Colts' head coaching job he'd already taken after Patriots sweeten his contract
Josh McDaniels backed out of an agreement with the Colts to stay with the Patriots in a shocking move.
- Josh McDaniels spurned the Indianapolis Colts' head coaching job to stay with the New England Patriots, according to a report.
- McDaniels had agreed to terms with the Colts, and the team had announced the agreement, but he had reportedly not signed a contract.
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly convinced McDaniels to stay by "sweetening" his deal.
Josh McDaniels reneged on an agreement with the Indianapolis Colts to remain the offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots in a shocking move, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
McDaniels had agreed to become the Colts head coach, but Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly got involved in talks the last two days, eventually "sweetening" McDaniels' offer to keep him in New England.
The decision comes after the Colts had already announced McDaniels' hiring, even tweeting links to a story about McDaniels' background and announcing the live-streaming of his introductory press conference.
According to Schefter, McDaniels had already been reconsidering the agreement and had not signed a contract with the Colts yet.
On Sunday, before the Patriots' Super Bowl loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, there were rumors about McDaniels staying in New England. Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio had tweeted that there were rumors of Belichick retiring and McDaniels staying to take his job. He later reported there was "increasing chatter" that McDaniels may not leave, regardless of Belichick's future.
According to Schefter, McDaniels would still like to become a head coach again, but the more he thought about taking the Colts' job, the less it appealed to him.
McDaniels' decision to stay could lessen what looked like a potentially turbulent offseason for the Patriots, and it leaves the Colts scrambling for a new coach.
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Speaker SA Parliament Says “State Of The Nation Address” Postponed
The speaker of South Africa’s parliament, Baleka Mbete, said on Tuesday that the president’s state of the nation address, would be postponed.
President Jacob Zuma was to present his address on Thursday.
Zuma has faced growing pressure to step down as head of state since he was replaced as leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in December.
Mbete said she met with Zuma, who was already writing to parliament to ask for the postponement of his address.
“A new date for the state of the nation address will be announced very soon,” Mbete said.
The opposition parties had demanded that the speech be postponed until Zuma was removed from the leadership.
Zuma, whose presidency has been marred by graft scandals and economic decline, has been in a weakened position since he was replaced as leader of the ANC by Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa in December.
The ANC has called a special meeting of its decision-making National Executive Committee (NEC) for Wednesday in Cape Town, at which analysts have said some members of the party could call for Zuma to resign.
Facing a no-confidence motion in parliament set for Feb. 22, Zuma has survived several attempts to oust him in the past.
This time around a significant part of the ANC wants him to step down well before his second term ends mid next year.
ANC Deputy Secretary-General Jessie Duarte told a news conference that senior party officials who met on Monday would take a proposal to the NEC for discussion on Wednesday, but she declined to disclose the proposal.
“The NWC (National Working Committee) has discussed the issue surrounding the future of President Zuma and the matter that we had discussed will be taken to the NEC,” Duarte said, referring to Monday’s meeting.
She added that on Wednesday the NEC “will be discussing a matter of serious concern to all of us within the ANC, and of course a matter of great public interest to the people of South Africa.”
Analysts said the proposal was likely to be on Zuma’s future.
“A vote of no-confidence is not desirable, under any circumstances. Our most important consideration is that we don’t believe South Africa should wish for us to embarrass the president of the republic, in any way whatsoever,” Duarte said.
“We will tell you exactly what the NEC has decided post our meeting.”
The ANC’s top six most powerful officials met Zuma late on Sunday at his official residence in Pretoria but there was no announcement of the outcome. Analysts said the senior officials had met Zuma to ask him to step down.
Duarte and party secretary-general and top-six member Ace Magashule have backed Zuma.
Some within the ANC and the opposition have said the Gupta family, friends of Zuma, have used their links with the president to win work with the state.
The Guptas and Zuma have denied any wrongdoing.
Zuma meanwhile, chaired a routine cabinet committee meetings on Tuesday and not holding a “special cabinet meeting” as reported in local media, his spokesman said, as pressure mounted on the scandal-plagued leader to step down.
Bongani Ngqulunga said a full cabinet meeting was scheduled for Feb. 14, dismissing speculation in domestic media the embattled president had called a meeting to discuss his future with his cabinet colleagues.
“It’s a routine meeting of cabinet committees, there is no special cabinet meeting going on,” said Ngqulunga.
The influential Nelson Mandela Foundation said in a statement “time is of the essence – Zuma must go”. Leader of the official opposition and head of the Democratic Alliance party Mmusi Maimane said in a statement:
“We need a new beginning.”
On Monday, Zuma met Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, the influential traditional head of South Africa’s biggest ethnic group in the president’s home province of KwaZulu-Natal.
A Zulu royal house insider told the BusinessDay newspaper that Zuma had refused a request from the Zulu king on Monday that he resign. Zuma had declined to resign saying that “if he resigns now it would mean that he would [be] admitting that he had done something wrong”, the insider told the newspaper.
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Aubameyang isn't another Alexis – Wright urges Arsenal's £55m new boy to be himself
The Gunners have acquired a proven frontman and a club legend wants him to be left to do what he does best, rather than worrying about touch numbers
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Tinubu to select members of APC reconciliation panel
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Tinubu to select members of APC reconciliation panel
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PSG coach Emery happy to avoid injuries ahead of Champions League tie with Real Madrid
With a last-16 Champions League tie against the Blancos just a week away, avoiding injuries in a Coupe de France win pleased the Paris side’s manager
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Tuesday, 6 February 2018
JAMB: Exam Board to collaborate with EFCC to fight corruption
The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu visited the board in Bwari, Abuja.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will collaborate effectively with the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) in the fight against corruption.
The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu visited the board in Bwari, Abuja.
Oloyede, while appreciating the Commission for the visit, said that JAMB had resolved to fight against any form of corruption and examination malpractice.
“We as a body have resolved not to partake in any form of corruption and I also would appeal to all Nigerians to put whatever grievances against the leadership of the EFCC aside and join the commission to fight corruption.
“Let us appreciate what the Commission is doing; I commend their dedication; it is a risky job of which one must be ready to face the consequences that may follow, especially in a society where corruption is endemic.
“Whatever is wrong is indeed corruption and we must fight against it.”
He also cautioned public servants to ensure they work diligently while pushing aside any form of wrong doing that could “land them in jail.”
The registrar also said that the board was working in collaboration with other security agencies to check security breach in its operations.
Earlier, the Acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr Ibrahim Magu commended the leadership of JAMB on its fight against examination malpractice, which he said was part of the fight against corruption.
According to him, the commission has discovered areas to work with the board in its fight against the menace and would work towards it.
Magu also noted that it was the responsibility of every Nigerian to join in the fight against corruption which has become “a disaster in the society.”
He EFCC boss called on the media to do more sensitisation against the menace.
Also speaking, the Director, Test Administration of JAMB, Dr Yusuf Lawal, said that the board would stop at nothing in doing its efforts to curb the corruption that emanates and affects the education system.
He said: “The issue of corruption emanates from examination malpractice and we would ensure that sensitisation begins from this stage.”
He, however, appreciated the commission for recognizing the board’s efforts to sanitize the system in order for Nigerians to gain a smooth process of admissions into various tertiary institutions.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some staff of the EFCC alongside directors of JAMB attended the meeting.
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Tech: Google Fiber's parent company has a new CEO — its third in little more than a year (GOOGL, GOOG)
Industry veteran Dinesh Jain is taking over as CEO of Google's broadband access spinoff — even as the company is trying to figure out its mission.
- Alphabet has named Dinesh Jain as the new CEO of Access, its subsidiary that runs Google Fiber.
- Jain is an industry veteran who previously served as chief operating officer of Time Warner Cable.
- He's the third CEO of Access in 16 months.
Access, the Alphabet subsidiary that runs Google Fiber, has a new CEO — its third in 16 months.
The internet access company announced Tuesday it has named industry veteran Dinesh Jain as its new head. Jain started Tuesday and will work out of Access' headquarters in California, the company said in a blog post.
"We're excited to announce that Access has a new leader to move the Google Fiber and Webpass businesses forward," Access said in the post.
Access representatives did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
The broadband company's previous CEO, Gregory McCray, announced he was leaving the company in July. His predecessor, Craig Barratt, left the previous October.
Jain, who most recently served as the chief operating officer of Time Warner Cable, comes to a company that has been struggling to define its mission. Access announced in October 2016 that it would cease rolling out Google Fiber, which offers super-high speed broadband access over fiber optic cables, to new cities. Last year, it laid off hundreds of employees.
Access offers Google Fiber in 12 US metropolitan areas and offers its Webpass wireless service in another eight.
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Alli vs Lingard: Scrap for World Cup spots won't faze Spurs star, says Hoddle
Midfield stars at Tottenham and Manchester United are set to battle it out for a place in Gareth Southgate’s starting XI in Russia this summer
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Clinton N'Jie scores as Olympique Marseille record biggest win in 70 years
The 24-year-old was on target as the Phocian ran riot over Herve Della Maggiore’s men at Stade Marcel-Verchere on Tuesday night
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President Buhari Reinstates Suspended NHIS Boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr. Usman Yusuf.
It will be recalled that, Mr. Yusuf was suspended by the Minister of Health,Prof Isaac Adewole, in June 2017, following allegations of gross misconduct.
A panel commissioned by the minister after Mr. Yusuf’s suspension later found him culpable of infractions that ranged from nepotism to theft of public funds.
An administration official familiar with the development told journalists that President Buhari did not consider Mr. Yusuf’s indictment by a ministerial panel before asking him to return to work.
According to the source, the letter of reinstatement was sent to the Minister of Health on Tuesday evening.
Adewole confirmed receipt of the reinstatement letter but did not elaborate on when Mr. Yusuf would resume or under what terms.
The Minister said: “It is true that the president has reinstated him”.
The reinstatement letter urged Mr. Yusuf to work closely with the minister upon resumption.
The post President Buhari Reinstates Suspended NHIS Boss appeared first on Independent Newspapers Nigeria.
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El-Rufai worries over rising security challenges in Northern region
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