Photos: SURE-P office in Abuja gutted by fire

The Subsidy Re-Investment Programme, SURE-P office in Area 11 Emeka Anyaouku road, Abuja, is currently on Fire. Men of the fire service have arrived the scene and are working to put out the fire. Continue to see more photos

EFCC files fresh N11.9bn fraud charges against Tompolo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, February 11th, filed a fresh N11. 9 billion fraud charges against former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo.

According to a statement by EFCC, Tompolo is wanted over the illegal diversion of N11.9 billion ($60 million) belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA).
Tompolo who has been declared wanted by the antigraft agency, will also stand trial for allegedly laundering $175 million and also for fraudulently collecting N13 billion from the last administration as payment for the land where the Nigerian Maritime University is to be built.

Stop marrying many wives- IG advice Police officers

Nigeria's Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has advised police officers against marrying more than one wife and bearing many children they cannot cater for. Arase gave the advice while addressing officers and men of Ekiti State Command, during his visit to the state on Friday morning.



"Stop marrying too many wives. Bear only the number of children you can cater for. Some of you have wives in your commands but when you are transfered, you arrive in your new commands and marry another wife and start a new family there. This is mostly among the men and I think you should stop."he said

Borno State Gov. receives 275 screened Boko Haram suspects from Nigerian Army (photos)

Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima today, Friday February 12, received 275 screened suspected Boko Haram members from the Nigeria Army. The suspects were cleared and found not guilty of terrorism.


The Governor promised to provide vocational training for the men and women in order to make them self employed. He also offered free education to their children. Shettima also acknowledged the efforts of the security agents and assured total support to end the dreaded Boko Haram terror group.


Source: Zannah Lawan Ajimi

NYSC Fraud Alert – Beware of ‘Scam Artists’

The attention of the NYSC Management has been drawn to the activities of some hackers sending messages requesting prospective Corps members to go and check their states of deployment online.

They refer their victims to a link and ask them to enter their login details as well as choices made during their online registration.

Management wishes to inform prospective Corps members that posting to states of deployment has not commenced; but will be done at the appropriate time in line with our laid down processes.


The so-called “link” being sent to prospective Corps members is handiwork of cyber criminals and should, therefore, be disregarded.

Prospective Corps members are particularly warned not to make payments for posting or change of posting as that is clearly the motive of the cyber criminals.

Management will inform prospective Corps members as soon as their posting letters are ready for printing online or delivery to their various institutions of graduation.



While assuring the public that the situation is fully under control, we shall continue to take measures to safeguard the integrity of the Mobilization process.

NOUN Postpones 15th Matriculation Ceremony – 2016

The management of National Open University of Nigeria hereby wishes to inform the newly admitted students, their sponsors/parents, well wishers as well as members of the general public that the 15th Matriculation Ceremony of the university meant to officially usher in the new students of the university, which was scheduled to hold on Saturday the 20th February, 2016 has been postponed indefinitely.

A new date will be communicated in due course.

MUSIC: M.I – Phase II f. Moti Cakes

M.I releases Phase 2 featuring Moti Cakes the second single off his ‘Illegal Music 3’ mixtape alongside a visual representation directed by Clarence Peters

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VIDEO: Emma Nyra – “For My Matter” (Remix) ft. Patoranking

Delectable diva & songstress Emma Nyra sets 2016 on a high with the remix to smashing single “For My Matter” featuring Patoranking.

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The silent reform of Benedict XVI's papacy

In his new book on Benedict XVI, Vatican journalist Marco Mancini argues that while the retired pontiff became known for his shocking resignation three years ago, his real legacy began far earlier.

“Unfortunately, we remember Benedict for the great gesture of the renunciation, but if we go on remembering Benedict only for that act, it would not be doing a service to truth of the facts,” Mancini told EWTN News.

Neither would it be a service to history, to his pontificate or his person, “because he really in eight years confronted the totality of the themes and the emergencies that the Catholic Church lived.”

Benedict XVI's Feb. 11, 2013, announcement of his resignation from the papacy – exactly three years ago today – hit the Church “light a lightning bolt in a clear blue sky,” said one cardinal who was present in the room when the pontiff stunned the Vatican and the rest of the world with his decision.

But in his book “Benedict XVI: Un Papa Totale,” translating roughly as “Benedict XVI: a Complete Pope,” Mancini, 33, said Benedict's most memorable act was not his resignation, but everything he did to carry the Church through the many difficult and varied crises it endured during his eight-year reign.

The book, which as of now is only available in Italian, was presented at the Vatican's Teutonic College Feb. 5. Speakers at the event included Mancini, Angela Ambrogetti – editor of CNA's Italian edition ACI Stampa – as well as Archbishop Georg Gaenswein, prefect of the Pontifical Household.

Archbishop Gaenswein told EWTN News that in his opinion, Benedict XVI's greatest legacy “is yet to be discovered,” but that an important one we can see now “the personal and theological witness of a man who is a great theologian, but who did theology in a very, very humble way.”

The “silent reform” Benedict carried out is centered on the way he guided and governed the Church, “above all with clarity, but above all with his fine theology,” the archbishop said.
Mancini, who writes for ACI Stampa, is a former sports broadcaster, but began his work as a journalist in 2003 when he started writing for the Italian agency “Area,” reporting primarily on internal politics, particularly in the Vatican.

He has covered both the 2005 conclave that elected St. John Paul II, as well as the 2013 conclave that named Pope Francis as Benedict XVI's successor. In 2013 he co-authored a book with his colleague Andrea Gagliarducci titled “La quaresima della Chiesa,” meaning “The Lent of the Church.”

In his interview with EWTN News, Mancini said that the original plan for his book on Benedict was that it be released for the 10 year anniversary of his election to the papacy, but that the drafting took longer than expected.

Despite the fact it came out just before the three-year anniversary of Benedict XVI's announcement of his decision to resign, the book “doesn’t seek to remember the renunciation, it seeks remember his pontificate in its totality.”

“I tried to synthesize in 100 pages the pontificate of Benedict XVI, which is impossible. But I tried to underline the aspects that are perhaps less known to the greater public about the pontificate, from relativism, to his ecumenical commitment.”

A total of 96 pages, the book offers a nutshell overview of how Benedict XVI fought against scourges in the Church and in society such as the growing presence of relativism, the economic crisis, pedophilia, increasing global hostility toward Christians and the first “Vatileaks” scandal.

It also highlights Benedict XVI's many efforts in favor of ecumenical dialogue, particularly with the Orthodox and Anglican Churches, as well as his emphasis on caring for the environment and promoting sustainable development and business practices.

Mancini also notes that Benedict was the one to start the current process of reform and “cleaning” within the Roman Curia, which Pope Francis has continued, particularly on financial matters, the streamlining of the marriage annulment process and dialogue with the Muslim community.

“Financial transparency and pedophilia are the two pillars of the process of reform that Benedict set up in the Church. He started,” Mancini said.

“(And) fortunately his successor has carried this process of reform forward,” he added, noting that while on his way back from Africa in November, Pope Francis himself said that Benedict is the one who started the reform.

On the papal plane from Bangui to Rome Nov. 30, 2015, Francis took a question from a journalist on corruption in the Vatican. In his response, the Pope noted how on Good Friday in 2005, 13 days before St. John Paul II died, the then-Cardinal Ratzinger had spoken about “the filth in the Church.”

“He denounced it first,” Francis said, noting that Ratzinger spoke about the same thing again shortly before the conclave, “and we elected him for that freedom in saying things.”

In his comments to EWTN News, Mancini noted that while Benedict did a lot in terms of beginning the current process of reform, it wasn't all smooth sailing – he also faced resistance, as Francis does today.
“When there is an idea of reform, whatever it is, there is always resistance. Pope Benedict faced a lot of resistance and a lot of problems,” Mancini said.

One of the toughest things Benedict had to face immediately after his election was a Curia that Mancini described as “too independent” due to John Paul II's declining health in the last years of his papacy.

“The problem, according to me, is that toward the end of the pontificate of John Paul II – he was an extraordinary Pope, absolutely extraordinary – the problem is that his physical limitations allowed him to govern very little.”

What resulted is that when Benedict XVI arrived, he had to put things back into order, so “the work of reform and order began right away.

In addition to Benedict's efforts in creating financial transparency and accountability in abuse cases, he was also the one who first instituted a commission to study the streamlining of the marriage annulment process.

The commission finished its work and handed it in, but since Benedict resigned, he never made a move on it. Francis himself picked the project back up, forming a new commission to get an updated study of the issue, which resulted in the new process that went into place Dec. 10.

In terms of the resistance Benedict faced, Mancini said he believes it is the same “lobby” that is resisting Francis' process of reform.

“I think there is a lot of continuity between the two, whether it's among whoever tries to hinder the process of reform, or the way of reforming the Church,” he said, because Pope Francis “is continuing the same work that Pope Benedict started.”

“So I realize in speaking with many people, there's a need to thank Benedict more for what he did for the Catholic Church.”

Darey Presents The Love Like A Movie Experience Episode 1 (Win Free Tickets)

What makes Love Like A Movie so special? As part of the build up to #LLAMNaked we've decided to take a look at some of the highlights from the previous shows. This episode features Darey's grand opening entrance at LLAM 2 from over 115 ft in the sky! Also featured is an amazing aerial acrobatic performance and appearances, from Zaina, JJC and scenes from Kelly Rowland's arrival.

To win tickets to Love Like A Movie 3: Naked - The Revolution, answer this simple question: What song did Darey perform with JJC at Love Like A Movie 2?
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Photos from Kanye West's Yeezy show season 3

Kanye West debuted his latest Yeezy collection to an A-list crowd at New York City's Madison Square Garden today. But unlike in previous seasons, front row-sitting stars like Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, a newly-blonde Kim Kardashian, supermodel Karlie Kloss, and fellow fashion rebel Jaden Smith were treated to some bold colors from the rapper-turned-designer.


For Season Three, Kanye injected a few bright hues into his go-to neutral palette, jazzing up shades of nude, brown, and black with — gasp — red, yellow, and blue.


But the show was still quite unlike anything anyone had ever seen before, starting with the out-of-the-ordinary invites and a larger-than-life venue, and finishing with supermodel Naomi Campbell hitting the stage.
Other stars in the audience included Jaden Smith, Anna Wintour, Jay Z, Tyga, and 50 Cent, while supermodels Naomi, Alek Wek and Veronica Webb joined a stage overflowing with models

Unlike the clothes of past seasons, Kanye's new designs feature some color, beading, and pearls
In one of the new songs from his album, the rapper suggested that 'me and Taylor Swift might still have sex'

Female teenage suicide bomber gets cold feet, refuses to kill

Strapped with a booby-trapped vest and sent by Boko Haram to kill as many people as possible, the young teenage girl tore off the explosives and fled as soon as she was out of sight of her handlers.

Her two companions, however, completed their grisly mission and walked into a crowd of hundreds at Dikwa refugee camp in northeast Nigeria and blew themselves up, killing 58 people.

Later found by local self-defense forces, the girl's tearful account is one of the first indications that at least some of the child bombers used by Boko Haram are aware that they are about to die and kill others.

"She said she was scared because she knew she would kill people, but she was also frightened of going against the instructions of the men who brought her to the camp," said Modu Awami, a self-defense fighter who helped question the girl".

Her story was corroborated when she led soldiers to the unexploded vest, Awami said Thursday by phone from the refugee camp, which holds 50,000 people who have fled Boko Haram's Islamic uprising.

The girl is in custody and has given officials information about other planned bombings that has helped them increase security at the camp, Satomi Ahmed, chairman of the Borno State Emergency Management Agency, told reporters.

Awami said he had no information about how the girl came to be with Boko Haram. The extremists have kidnapped thousands of people and there are fears they may be turning their captives into weapons.

An army bomb disposal expert has told the AP that some suicide bombs are detonated remotely, so the carriers may not have control over when the bomb goes off.

Even two days later, it's difficult to say exactly how many people died at Dikwa because there were corpses and body parts everywhere, including in the cooking pots, Awami said.

"Women, children, men and aged persons all died," he said by telephone. "I cannot say the exact number as some cannot be counted because the bodies were all mangled."