Arrest of Tambuwal: FG pouring petrol on naked fire – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned that the reported plan hatched by the Presidency to arrest House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal could trigger a crisis that will be fatal for the nation’s democracy, hence there is the need to jettison the plan out of abundance of caution.

In a statement ,Saturday in Ijebu-ode by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the federal government will be pouring petrol on a naked fired by arresting the Speaker, following the failed attempt to prevent him from accessing the National Assembly to preside over the affairs of the House of Representatives on Thursday, and also in an apparent attempt to halt the current move to impeach the President.

2015 polls: INEC sets up committee

As part of efforts aimed at bracing itself for the challenges of the 2015 General Elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set up fifteen (15) Standing Committees to superintend over the affairs of the Commission.

According to an INEC Bulletin made available to media on Friday in Abuja, the Standing Committees are:

(1.) Appointments, Promotion and Discipline Committee (APD); (2.) Board of Survey and Technical Equipment Acquisition Committee (BOSTEAC); (3.) Board of Electoral Institute (TEI); (4.) Election Observation and Party Monitoring Committee (EPMC); (5.) Estate, Works and Transport Committee; (6.) Finance and General Purpose Committee); (7.) Health and Welfare Committee (HWC); (8.) Information Technology and Voter Registration Committee (ITVRC); (9.) Information and Voter Registration Committee (IVEC); (10.) Legal Services, Clearance and Complaints Committee (LSC); (11.) Electoral Operations and Logistics Committee (EOLC); (12) Outreach and Partnerships Committee (OPC); (13.) Planning, Monitoring and Strategy Committee (PMSC); (14.) Security Committee; (15.) Tenders Board).

Austerity measures: Private jet owners who may pay more tax

As the price of crude oil continues to drop globally and Nigeria’s oil-based economy threatened, the Federal Government, through the Minister of Finance and the Co-coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has announced measures to cushion its impact on the economy.

One of the measures will see private jet owners paying more tax on their jets as one of the luxury goods and services affected by the austerity measures.

Between The Military and Local Hunters

Local hunters

THIS REPUBLIC By Shaka Momodu

Have you heard the news that the Nigerian military, the country’s trained professional force is daily being routed by a ragtag band of terrorists? Have you heard the news that our so called soldiers who swore to defend the territorial integrity of Nigeria flee from ill trained, ill equipped band of murderous terrorists “Boko Haram”, abandoning their weaponry?

Well that’s the news. The entire military institution has continued to embarrass itself in the eyes of the whole world. Our soldiers can no longer fight; they have lost the inclination to fight. They have reversed the military code of conduct- ‘‘obey before complaint.’’ The new order is ‘‘complaints before obey’’.  Our military has come to symbolise all that is wrong with our dear country.

Eleven injured in nightclub shooting in Greece

Eleven people were injured Saturday in a shooting inside a nightclub in a Piraeus port district in southeastern Greece, said local police authority.

Three of the injured were in serious condition, said the authority.

Nigeria: Campaign Against Open Defecation, Polio, Fashola Tells FG

Lagos — Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to initiate campaigns against open defecation in the country, saying, "This is one of the ways polio virus is spread."

Fashola, who made the appeal while addressing physically challenged persons and school pupils at the formal launch of the anti-polio animated comic movie, 'The Polio', in Oregun, Ikeja, produced by Olugbenga Kuye.

FSU gunman sent 10 packages before shooting, postal inspectors say

Report: No 'excuse for violence' in Ferguson, Obama says

Israel demolishes homes as killers' families pay price for terror attacks

Lawyer: Bill Cosby being unfairly vilified by 'unsubstantiated, fantastical stories'

New Beyonce video '7/11' rocks the Web

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Police: Islamist militants hijack bus in Kenya at dawn, killing dozens

Celebs Mourn Popular OAP

Celebrities have taken to social media to mourn the Rhythm FM anchor and relationship coach who passed on today, November 22.

The tributes have begun pouring in for late On Air Personality, Charles Bruce aka Chaz B.

Popular OAP, Chaz B Is Dead

Chaz B died on Saturday, November 22 after a prolonged battle with kidney disease.

Popular On Air Personality, Charles Bruce, akaChaz B is dead.

Monica R&B Singer Quits Music For A Nursing Career

Singer claims its always being her dream to take care of sick people.

Actress Gets Her Face On Ludo Board Game

Yvonne Nelson gets her face on childhood board game.

Yvonne Nelson On Ludo Board Game

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Bill Cosby Another Victim Comes Forward With Story Of Sexual Assault At 15

Bill Cosby gets another victim, co-star Renita Chaney Hill says "he assaulted me at 15"

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"If You Call Me A Sex Symbol You're Not Lying"

Artiste is 'Thankful' for his sexy body.

Gracia Machel says Ebola is Africa's wake-up call

Nelson Mandela's widow Graca Machel Friday said the Ebola epidemic should be a wake-up call for African leaders, saying it had exposed the "extreme weakness" of African institutions.

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In an address on the impact on business of an epidemic which has claimed more than 5,400 lives in west Africa, Machel said the heavy toll was "unacceptable".

"Ebola has exposed the extreme weaknesses of our institutions as governments, countries which are affected were found totally unprepared," added the South African icon's widow.

"It's time Africa began to give real value to human life, in other words African human lives," she told health sector and business representatives.

"Let's take lessons from this outbreak," she said of the epidemic ravaging Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. "Yesterday it was HIV/AIDS, today it's Ebola, tomorrow it can be something else."

"We can't continue to be unprepared as we are," she said. "We don't seem to have learned from the HIV epidemic."

She insisted Ebola could be defeated with "proper and strong health systems".

The African Union, African Development Bank and regional business leaders earlier this month set up an Ebola crisis fund, almost a year after it was first detected in December last year.

Disturbing Online Video Shows Housemaid Assaulting Toddler

The video of a woman mercilessly beating a toddler has sent shock waves online.

A new disturbing video of a woman brutally assaulting a child has gone viral on the Internet.

Lecturer Stabs Student in Calabar

The lecturer, Mr. Chris Otu stabbed the victim in the eye after the student offered him a white board marker to teach the class. Eye witnesses are said to be ignorant of what might have led to the stabbing.

The 300 level class coordinator of the Computer Science Department was partially blinded in one eye by the stabbing.

A lecturer at the University of Calabar, Chris Otu, has been accused of stabbing a student in the eye with his car key.

10 things not to buy on Black Friday

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2013 file photo, customers shop at a Target store in Colma, Calif. Experts say Thanksgiving weeke

Singer Moneoa reprises role on Rhythm City

AFRO-SOUL singer Moneoa Moshesh-Sowazi has landed the role of Jesse on e.tv's Rhythm City, a role she has played before.

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Moshesh-Sowazi was on Clash of the Choirs where she was a choirmaster.

She started shooting last week, and has since dispelled rumours that she would play the "new Sunay" - a re-occurring role played by singer Kelly Khumalo.

This is after Khumalo allegedly "confirmed" she would be joining Rhythm City.

A source close to Khumalo said "she will take up the role next year. The producers wanted to work with her sooner, but she was given time off because of what just happened to her".

Khumalo's baby daddy and former Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was gunned down at her mother's home in Vosloorus on the East Rand last month.

Deep-sea anglerfish captured off Monterey

Scientists say their footage is believed to be the first of the rarely observed creature in its natural habitat; specimen was collected for study

Anglerfish uses luminescent tip at the end of its “fishing pole” to entice prey; video screen grab

'Ready to die': Father and sons leave Germany to fight ISIS

Florida crowd cheers comedy from embattled Cosby

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) — As Bill Cosby's standup tour crumbled with cancellations, the embattled entertainer joked about his usual subjects of family, wives and childhood Friday to a cheering audience that greeted him with a standing ovation as he took the stage and another when he finished.

Kelly deserves a good time

SO, EVERYONE had tongues wagging when Kelly Khumalo showed her face without any bags under her eyes at this year's Feather Awards Wednesday night.

Opinions ranged from why she's still not slumped on a mattress somewhere crying her eyes out, to how she is a "straatmeid [loose street woman]" who couldn't let a drinking fest like the Feathers pass her. Oh put a sock in it South Africa!

Madi has a theory.

After it has recently emerged that Senzo has yet another baby mama, if you were Miss Kelly, wouldn't you be furious?

Imagine the smell of rotten egg on her face after proclaiming to the Instagram world how much Senzo loved her, and how he was her soul mate, toothy selfies and all - only to discover that he had been cheating on her all along.

For most women, they can still forgive a cheater. But cheating and leaving evidence of it with a crying brat is another thing.