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The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has condemned the recent upsurge violence against migrants in South Africa, describing it as sad and unacceptable. Tallen made this condemnation at the weekend during a media conference to mark resumption of school children. She appealed for calm, adding that Nigeria contributed immensely to the defeat of apartheid in South Africa and its independence. “What happened in South Africa is heart-breaking and I condemn it totally. Mr President has taken the matter with all seriousness by sending envoys are already meeting with Ambassadors to ensure Nigerians are safe. “I appealed for calm and pray for all Africans to…

Indications emerged at the weekend that the Federal government has written off Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) awarded a $9.6 billion judgment by British Court as non-existent enterprise. This is as Nigeria plans an appeal to set aside the huge cash awarded by a British commercial and arbitration court to an offshore company over a botched gas supply contract. The government is said to have been convinced by several documents at its disposal that the company, which claims to be registered both in Nigeria and abroad merely exists in the minds of those trying to extort money from Nigeria…

By Akanimo Sampson In spite of the seeming showy public stance of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on corruption, a report by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has revealed that the cancer of corruption in Nigeria is actually festering under the watch of the President. An intimidating profile of Buhari as an anti-corruption fighter, to a greater extent, contributed to his emerging as the country’s President in 2015. But that larger than life image of President Buhari appears to be fading away by the alleged unwholesome activities of some key functionaries of his administration. In its 2018 annual…

Rafael Nadal battled past an inspired Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 in a thrilling final to claim his fourth U.S. Open crown on Sunday. The win moved Nadal within one Grand Slam title of matching his great rival Roger Federer’s all-time record. Already the King of Clay, the Spaniard has been a master of the Flushing Meadows hardcourts this New York fortnight but he had to dig mighty deep to beat the Russian and bring his Grand Slam career tally to 19, just one behind Swiss Federer. The 33-year-old lefthander became the second oldest U.S. Open champion in…

Professor Bola A. Akinterinwa, an international relations expert, has expressed sadness over what he described as ‘unserious attitude’ of Federal Government in handling the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians by South Africans. Last Sunday, some South African locals were alleged to have killed more than three foreign nationals in addition to looting their property and torching their houses and businesses in the outskirts of Pretoria. Speaking during TVC NEWS, Lagos under Deji360 programme, Akinterinwa expressed worry over what he described as ‘soft actions’ by Federal Government as announced by Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs against South Africa in connection…

After 42 days in the house, the 15th housemate of the 2019 Big Brother Naija has been evicted from the television show. Venita Akpofure became the 15th housemate to be evicted from the BBNaija Season 4 tagged Pepper Dem. On Sunday, September 8, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu announced the eviction of Venita from the Big Brother House. Earlier last Friday, Big Brother Naija, BBNaija housemate, Diane,  gave the real reason she nominated Omashola and Venita for possible eviction. Biggie, unlike previous weeks, changed the nomination process from being in groups to individual nomination process. Seyi, who won the veto power card, saved…

By Akanimo Sampson Soon, humans will be living in a world where aging would be considered as a taboo. Science has not been resting in its quest to bestow to humanity eternal youth. Already, a Rael-Science post says the result of a new study tends to suggest that rejuvenation could be achieved by the calibration of some signals found in the blood. The post disclosed that a team of researchers, including Drs. Irina and Michael Conboy, has published that age-related changes to the signals sent and received by our cells travelling via the bloodstream are one of the hallmarks of…

Catholic Bishops in South Africa have dismissed claims by the South African government that the attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners in the former apartheid nation were not xenophobic as incorrect. This was contained in a statement by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of the Southern African Catholic Bishop’s Conference Office for Migrants and Refugees on Saturday. Tlhagale said they were not happy with the attack on foreign nationals in South Africa. He said, “Once again we received reports of the authorities doing very little to protect the victims. We received reports of police standing by idly in Pretoria while shops were being…

By Akanimo Sampson With support from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has started to distribute seeds and farming tools to approximately 11,000 families affected by the devastating Cyclone Idai in Mozambique. Cyclones Idai and Kenneth six weeks later and related floods, affected over 2.2 million people and left 1.65 million people severely food insecure, nearly double the food insecure population in 2018. Cyclone Idai alone damaged approximately 800,000 hectares of crops. The vulnerable small hold farming households that will be receiving assistance include all the families (over 50,000 individuals) in nearly 50 of the 68 resettlement sites established after Cyclone Idai, which made landfall in Mozambique last…

Teenager Bianca Andreescu became Canada’s first Grand Slam singles champion on Saturday with a roller-coaster 6-3, 7-5 win over 23-time major champion Serena Williams in the US Open final. The 19-year-old Andreescu became the youngest Grand Slam winner since Maria Sharapova at the 2006 US Open, handing Williams a fourth consecutive defeat in the final of a major to again deny her a record-equaling 24th Slam title. Williams, 37, suffered a second finals loss in a row at Flushing Meadows, after a 2018 defeat against Naomi Osaka best remembered for a furious tirade against chair umpire Carlos Ramos. Appearing in…