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A 15-year-old housemaid allegedly thrown out from a two-storey building in Surelere, Lagos State Sunday is battling to survive. The guardian (name withheld) had accused the girl, Deborah Mathew of stealing her money and jewelries worth N1 million and threatened to deal with her if she did not return them. Vanguard gathered that the suspect beat the girl blue-and-black before she threw her from the balcony of the two-storey building without minding the consequences. The girl, who sustained serious injury on her forehead, was said to have been rescued by some residents and was rushed to Ikeja General Hospital. The…

A pastor (names withheld) of a new generation church in Akwa Ibom State has been arrested by the state Police Command for alleged involvement in cultism activities. Elkana said “cultism has become a culture that if not checked will turn Akwa Ibom into serious crisis in the future. It has spread into churches. The last set of cultist we got is a pastor of a new generation church.” He posited that “Every single community is divided into one, two or three cult groups. Where are the parents? Where are the elders? The youths are getting out of hand, and they…

A Nigerian mass communication expert has blamed massive decline of the traditional mass media on an increase in the use of social media for communication in recent times. Daniel C. Akarika, a lecturer in the Department of Mass Communications of Akwa Ibom State University, Ikot Akpaden, who stated this Monday at the opening 2017 Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ,  Press Week, Akwa Ibom State Council, Uyo, noted that the communication industry has witnessed remarkable changes since the emergence of social media. According to him, “The new media including T2go, LinkedIn, Whatsapp, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Foursquare, Google, Blog, live chats and Pinterest, among…

The prolific goal-scoring record of Gabriel Batistuta, an Argentine legend in the national team has been broken by another Argentine football star, Lionel Messi. In his 77 appearances for the Pumas during an international career that spanned 11 years, Batistuta scored 54 goals; but his record was beaten by another Argentine talented player, Messi who has scored 61 goals followed closely by Sergio Aguero with 35. Nevertheless, Batistuta took comfort that he was beaten by a talent out of this world and can see the Barcelona forward continuing his own terrific goal scoring form for his country, which would double…

A Nigerian music maestro, Wizkid emerged ARTISTE OF THE YEAR after flooring other music stars from African continent during the 2017 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) held on Sunday at the EKO Hotel & Suites, Lagos. Wizkid also won two of the most prestigious categories: Song of the Year and the Best West African Artiste awards. Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, YCee, Wande Coal, 2baba, Simi, and Orezi were the Nigerian winners of the night. African Fans Fav:The Dogg (Namibia) Album of the Year:Eddy Kenzo – “Biology” (Uganda) Best African Collaboration: Alikiba – ‘Aje’ ft M.I Abaga (Tanzania) Best African Contemporary:…

Voting for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017 began Sunday. The five-man shortlist of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, Victor Moses and Mohamed Salah was revealed during a special live launch broadcast in London. Cameroon’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winner, Arnaud Djoum was part of the panel to discuss the nominees, as were Nigeria’s 1996 Olympic football champion Emanuel Amuneke and Jean Sseninde of Uganda’s national team and Crystal Palace ladies squad. The winner of this year’s award will be announced on Monday, December 11, live on BBC World TV and BBC World Service Radio, starting from 17:35 GMT.…

Federal Government is considering granting 13 operational licences for the establishment of modular refineries in the South-South region. This is part of the government’s plans to develop the area and avert crisis in the restive region following the recent threats by Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, to resume attacks on oil installations located there. A statement by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, listed other plans to include improving the living standards of the people such as increased budgetary allocation to Niger Delta Ministry and the Niger Delta Development Commission,…

A Board of Inquiry has been set by the headquarters of 28 Task Force Brigade of the Nigerian Army to unravel the circumstances surrounding the shooting to death of an Officer and a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in Chibok, Borno State. During the shooting spree on Sunday, Silas Ninyo, an Army Staff Sergeant with enlistment identity (93NA/36/2608), shot dead Captain T. Mani, while allegedly attempting to stop him from beating civilians in Chibok. Sergeant Nino was said to have also gunned down four other civilians before he killed himself with the gun. Moved by the tragic incident, the Army yesterday constituted…

Instead of making bad financial decisions, you should find ways of cutting down on your expenses when you are broke. The worst nightmare for anyone is being broke. No one wants to be in a state where we don’t have money to do some things. However, there are things you should not do even when you’re broke. For some people, the state of being broke is not having any money at all, while for some others, they might have money but cannot afford some luxuries. It doesn’t matter if you are broke for a short while or you are broke…

Nigeria Customs Service has identified dearth of necessary working equipment and inadequate incentives to customs personnel as factors responsible for its inability to stem the flow of illegal weapons into the country. Damgaiadinga Aminu Abubakar, a Deputy Comptroller, who appeared before House of Representatives on Customs and Excise in Abuja weekend, mentioned inadequate incentives for personnel, lack of operational vehicles, fast moving boats, cutting-edge technology and advanced scanning machines at airports, seaports and border points as factors inhibiting the effectiveness of the service. Abubakar, who represented the Comptroller- General of Customs, Hameed Ali, further lamented that there were 1,100 illegal entry points…