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Fashion influencer, shoe entrepreneur and top Lagos socialite, Abisola Kola-Daisi is one fashionista who always loves to stand out because of her huge taste for class. The CEO of Florence H boutique was spotted in Lagos recently stepping out in a £2,940 (N1.5M) Miu Miu Embellished Printed Twill Mini Dress. The Miu Miu’s twill mini dress is patterned with three key prints from the label’s Resort’16 collection – bold red stripes, swallows and a repeat illustration of a posed nude woman. It also has a flatteringly frame with sparkling crystals and glass stones. Abisola Kola-Daisi finished off look wearing blue fur heels with a cute black box clutch. What do you think about the dress?

The alleged Boko Haram herdsmen, with their arms No fewer than two persons have been killed in an attack by suspected herdsmen in the early hours of Tuesday at Ninte village in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Chairman, Interim Management Committee of the council, Mr Bege Katukah, told newsmen that two persons lost their lives while properties, including houses were burnt during the attack. Katukah said although most of the villagers had deserted the village to neighbouring Zankan village for safety, security personnel had been deployed and the affected area combed. He assured the people that government would not relent in its effort toward combating such ugly acts, adding “we will ensure that lives and property are secured as it is government’s primary responsibility”. The chairman urged youths in the area not to take laws into their hands and condemn any form of reprisal attack. Meanwhile, the villagers including women and children in their numbers could be si

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met separately with some South East chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and six states’ governors in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The two meetings were held behind closed doors. The president first met with the governors of Zamfara, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Katsina, Ondo and Imo before meeting with the South East politicians led by former Senate President, Ken Nnamani. ‎The 18-member delegation, under the aegis of South East Group for Change, comprised mainly members of the ruling APC. The delegation included the National Auditor of APC, George Moghalu; former Senators ‎Ifeanyi Ararume and Osita Izunaso. Others were the former House of Representatives’ member, Sharon Ikeazor and the former Executive Vice-Charman of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Ernest Ndukwe. The rest were the APC National Vice-Chairman (South East), Hon. Emma Eneukwu; member of the APC Board of Trustees, Chief Austin Edeze; Dr Uzoma Obiyo ‎and Chris Akomas.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday raised an alarm over the high accident rate on the Okene-Lokoja-Koton Karfe-Gegu road corridor which claimed 79 lives in the past five months. Mr John Meheux, the FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer, who raised the alarm at the launching of a special intervention patrol along the corridor, said that 95 accidents were recorded along the corridor within the same period. He said that 789 persons were involved in the accidents, out of which 399 sustained varying degrees of injury. Meheux, who is in charge of Ekiti, Kwara and Kogi states, stressed the need to check the trend. He explained that the decision to introduce a special intervention patrol was to reduce the carnage, saying that the road was the second in the country to be accorded such attention. According to him, the intervention will help to reverse the trend and bring sanity to that corridor which serves as gateway to 26 states and the Federal Capital Territory. He also said that t

NDLEA operatives Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, the Head, Public Affairs, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says no fewer than 162 suspected drug traffickers have been apprehended in the last eight years. Ofoyeju made this known on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, official figures of the NDLEA showed that about 162 suspected drug traffickers were apprehended at the nation’s airports with 982.42kgs, almost a ton of methamphetamine between 2009 and March 2016. He noted that there had been a phenomenal rise in the recruitment of unemployed youths as drug peddlers. “Mass production of methamphetamine was responsible for the increase in the number of persons in prisons on drug related offences both within and outside the country. “Methamphetamine production poses a serious threat to humanity because of the toxic nature of chemicals used. The toxic waste generated pollutes the environment. “About three to six pound of toxic waste is created for every one pound of methamphetamine

Tomato is now gold The scarcity of tomatoes and hike in its price nationwide had been of great concern to many Nigerians this year. The perishable vegetable, majorly cultivated during dry season, had its price astronomically up due to many factors and in many states, unavailable. Consequently, stakeholders gave reasons for the scarcity and the hike in price, as they made suggestions on how to tackle the dearth of the nutrient-packed food item, while government put more efforts to tackle the problem. The Kebbi chapter of All Farmers Association (AFAN) attributed the scarcity to the lack of improved variety of seedlings to grow the commodity in commercial quantity. The Secretary of the Association, Alhaji Muhammad Idris, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi that farmers in the state produced large quantity of tomatoes but lacked modern methods of its cultivation. He said “there are modern varieties of tomato seedlings which, if made available to farmers, it will i

PIC: Minister of Transportation Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi flanked by the Chief Justice of Nigeria Hon. Justice Mahmud MohammedLeft) and former Head of State and Chairman of the event, Chief Ernest Shonekan at the 14th Maritime Seminar for Judges organized by a parastatal under the Ministry in collaboration with the National Judicial Institute(NJI) in Abuja, Tuesday Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says the Federal Government is marshalling out ways of encouraging the establishment of a National Shipping Line to ensure maximum exploitation of the potentials in the maritime industry. Amaechi also said, the Federal government is making efforts at improving business in the country’s maritime sector especially in the areas of establishing a deep sea port for modern mega ships as well as the establishment of dry ports such as the Kaduna inland dry port among others. Amaechi spoke in a keynote address he delivered at the 14th Maritime Seminar for Judges organized by the

Governor Tanko-Al-Makura of Nasarawa State The Police Command in Nasarawa state said it had deployed 600 personnel for the House of Representatives re-run election for Nasarawa/Toto Constituency on Wednesday. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Lawal Shehu, disclosed this in Lafia on Tuesday. Shehu said that the election would hold in 51 polling units where results were cancelled in the first re-run held on Saturday. The result of the exercise in the constituency was cancelled following reported cases of over-balloting. “We are deploying so many policemen to prevent electoral violence and ensure smooth conduct of the polls,” he said. Shehu warned security personnel against accompanying politicians to polling units. He declared that the command would not hesitate to deal with any officer found at a polling unit, where he was not officially assigned to for election duty. He assured voters of adequate security, and called on them to be orderly during the conduct of the polls

Joseph Yobo Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State has finally compensated former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo, with a political appointment as Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development. Yobo, it would be recalled, was always following the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign train of former President Goodluck Jonathan to canvass for votes for Jonathan during the 2015 election. Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu also confirmed the appointment of Chibuzor Aholu as Senior Special Assistant to the governor on financial matters. Nwakaudu said the appointments take immediate effect.

Babatunde Adejare, Commissioner for Environment The Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Babatunde Adejare, on Tuesday said that the government would soon introduce Water Distribution Kiosk System, to optimise water supply in some parts of the state. A statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Research in the Ministry, Mr Tunde Awobiyi, in Lagos, said that the Lagos Water Corporation (LWC) would supervise the kiosk system. “The government is appealing to the citizenry to bear with her, as they experience disruption of water supply in some parts of the state. “It is caused by shortage in supply of gas to the Akute Independent Power Plant (IPP). “The Water Distribution Kiosk will be a centralised water point to purchase potable water at a substantially cheaper rate, by the water vendors. “It is an innovation in Nigeria, and is meant to complement the five-kilometre reticulation and the existing network,” the statement said. It urged Lagos residents to exerc

Senator Bukola Saraki Hearing in an appeal by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, on the jurisdiction of Code of Conduct Tribunal to try him was stalled at the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday. The matter could not proceed because of the inability of the justices of the court to form a quorum. The Presiding Judge, Justice Moor Adumien, who led two other justices, said it was impossible for the court to sit on the matter with only three justices. “The court is unfortunately encumbered this morning on this appeal because we cannot form a quorum. “We had earlier stood the matter down with the expectation that two of our other brother justices could join us but that did not happen. “In the light of this, we seek the understanding of parties to adjourn the hearing of the appeal till June 2,’’ he said. Saraki is challenging the jurisdiction of CCT to hear the charges of false and anticipatory asset declaration and Money Laundering brought against him. Saraki had approac

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the family of Oba Michael Folorunsho Olobayo, the Obaro of Kabba, who passed on last week. President Buhari also extends condolences to Governor Yahaya Bello and the entire people of Kogi State on the loss of their eminent son and revered monarch. The President, who notes that the past 30 years since Oba Olobayo’s ascension to the throne have witnessed peace and remarkable advancements in Kabba, also commends the late Oba’s invaluable contributions to the development of the entire Kogi State. President Buhari prays that God will comfort the family, friends and subjects of the departed royal father.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Three Senegalese peacekeepers under the United Nations Operation in Cote d’Ivoire (ONUCI) died while on patrol after their vehicle overturned, a source from the UN mission said on Tuesday. The three peacekeepers were on a normal patrol when their vehicle overturned in unclear circumstances. Their death brought the total number of UN peacekeepers who have died in Cote d’Ivoire since their deployment in April 2004 to 104. A UN mission was deployed in Cote d’Ivore following a political crisis that broke out in 2002, dividing the country into two. Meanwhile, the South was then under the control of loyalist forces, while the North was under the control of armed rebels. Report says the mission is currently involved in the pacification of the country after the 2010 to 2011 post-election crisis. However, ONUCI has begun reducing the number of its officers in Cote d’Ivoire, with its mission expected to end in June 2017.

Marcus Rashford celebrates after scoring on England debut Manchester United’s teenage striker Marcus Rashford has been named in Roy Hodgson’s 23-man England squad for the 2016 European Championship in France. Rashford, 18, scored on his international debut in the 2-1 friendly victory over Australia on Friday. Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge is also included, but Newcastle United’s Andros Townsend and Leicester City’s Danny Drinkwater both miss out. England face Portugal in their last Euro 2016 warm-up match on Thursday. Hodgson’s side begin their campaign in France by playing Russia on 11 June, before meeting Wales on 16 June and Slovakia on 20 June. Rashford, who signed a new four-year contract with Manchester United on Monday, only made his professional debut on 25 February, but scored eight goals in 18 club games to earn an international call-up. Sturridge, 26, missed England’s last two friendly matches but did take part in a training session on Monday. Drinkwater helpe

Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase The police are investigating the march by members of Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) in Owerri on Monday with a view to prosecuting culpable persons. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Imo, DSP Andrew Enwerem, made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Tuesday. Enwerem said some MASSOB members were arrested for wrongful assembly and marching; causing public disorder, panic and disturbing the peace of the state. He said the group embarked on the march without any previous information or permit from the police and described their action as an embarrassment. Meanwhile, normalcy has returned to Owerri as the residents are going about their normal duties and businesses. NAN recalls that the police arrested 17 members of MASSOB on Monday arrested for conducting a march in Owerri in commemoration of the 49th anniversary of the declarat

Arrested Biafra Zionists activists The Police in Abia on Tuesday said four pro-Biafra activists arrested during the celebration of Biafra Day on Monday in Umuahia would be charged to court. The Command’s Spokesman, Mr Ezekiel Onyeke, disclosed in Umuahia that the suspects would be arraigned on Wednesday. “Those arrested were in Umuahia and no arrest was made in Aba but l cannot ascertain the charge levelled against them. The charge sheet will be made available in court. “The activists will be transferred from the Central Police Station, where they were detained, to Zone 9 Command, Umuahia. “The zonal command had been handling similar Biafran cases and the zonal legal department will prepare the charge against them. “This command will no longer treat the activities of the group with `kid gloves’ because you cannot have another sovereign state in a sovereign country,” he said. Onyeke warned that the command would henceforth clampdown on any group that threatened the peace in any

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian prostitutes busted by Catalan police. Photo: BBC Nigeria has the world’s eighth highest number of slaves – 875,500 – and is a key source country for women trafficked to Europe and sold into sex work, the third Global Slavery Index has revealed. The report showed that nearly 46 million people around the world are living as slaves, forced to work in factories, mines and farms, sold for sex, trapped in debt bondage or born into servitude. The survey by Walk Free Foundation, the Australia-based human rights group, increased the estimated number of people in modern slavery to 45.8 million from 35.8 million in 2014. Here are some key figures from the index outlined by Reuters: * Asia is home to an estimated two-thirds of the total number of people living in modern slavery * Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for about 15 percent of the world’s slaves * India is the country with the greatest number of people living in some form of modern slavery, estimated at 18.3 mill

Gov. Olusegun Mimiko Civil Servants in Ondo State are to begin an indefinite strike action on Wednesday, June 1, to protest non payment of over five months salary. The strike notice is contained in a communiqué issued in Akure by the state Chairmen and Secretaries of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joint Negotiating Council (JNC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). It said that the decision followed an emergency meeting of the labour unions which reviewed the failure of the state government to pay the workers since January 2016. “It has become unbearable that workers have not received salaries for the past five months at a stretch. “That non-payment of salaries to workers have affected the wellbeing of workers/pensioners economically, socially, psychologically and health wise. “That workers of Ondo State can no longer bear this situation, in view of the untold hardship suffered by these workers,” it added. The unions, therefore, directed all civil servants in the state to remain

The outgoing Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, Mr Joel Madaki, on Tuesday denied media reports that he promised to refund N5 million to the EFCC. Madaki’s name was among those listed to have received money from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke for the 2015 Presidential Campaign. Madaki in a statement issued in Yola said he never made such promise to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “I never promised to return the N5 million. “What I said was that if it is proven beyond reasonable doubt that the N5 million is from the Presidential Campaign Fund and when it is discovered that it was not used for that purpose, then the Adamawa PDP Secretariat and myself shall arrange to refund.” Madaki acknowledged that he received N450 million as campaign fund for the state, but said that the money was delivered to a “Disbursement Committee” at the Government House, Yola. According to him, the disbursement committee gave the part

Marco Reus dropped from the German squad Photo: AFP Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus has been omitted from Germany’s Euro 2016 squad but Manchester United’s Bastian Schweinsteiger has been included. Reus, 27, missed the 2014 World Cup and has had recent injury concerns. Fellow midfielder Schweinsteiger, 31, has not played since picking up a knee injury in March while away with Germany but has been selected by Joachim Low. Bayer Leverkusen’s Julian Brandt, Karim Bellarabi and Hoffenheim’s Sebastian Rudy have all been left out. “The medical staff could not give a clear prognosis for Marco,” Low said of Reus’s omission, which comes on his birthday. “He has massive injury problems and the medical staff was very sceptical about his ability to last through the coming weeks and such a gruelling tournament. “It is a bitter decision and bitter for Marco.” Liverpool midfielder Emre Can, Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil and former Gunners attacking midfielder Lukas Podolski, now at Turkish side Gala

Lionel Messi: lawyers say he is innocent The trial of Argentina and Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi on tax fraud charges has begun in Spain. Messi and his father Jorge, who manages his financial affairs, are accused of defrauding Spain of more than €4m (£3m; $4.5m) between 2007 and 2009. The authorities allege that the two used tax havens in Belize and Uruguay to conceal earnings from image rights. The Spanish tax agency is demanding heavy fines and prison sentences. They deny any wrongdoing. The trial is expected to last for three days, with Messi appearing in court on Thursday. The income related to Messi’s image rights, including contracts with Banco Sabadell, Danone, Adidas, Pepsi-Cola, Procter and Gamble, and the Kuwait Food Company. Messi’s lawyers had argued that the player had “never devoted a minute of his life to reading, studying or analysing” the contracts. But the high court in Barcelona ruled in June 2015 that the football star should not be granted immunity f

A house on fire during the riot in Pandogari, Niger state. Photo Credit: ripplesnigeria.com Following the religious violence which erupted in Pandogari, Niger State on Sunday during which four persons were killed and properties, including a church, burnt down, the authorities have imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on the town. A statement by Major NC Agwu, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations revealed that trouble started at about 6p.m on Sunday when one Mr Methodus Chimaije Emmanuel, a 24-year old trader based in Pandogari, Rafi LGA of Niger State was attacked and killed by a mob in the town on allegation of posting a blasphemous statement about Prophet Muhammad on the social media. According to Agwu, troops of 31 Artillery Brigade of 1 Division, Nigerian Army on operation MESA quickly intervened and restored law and order while a dusk to dawn curfew was imposed in the town. ”Early Monday, the rioters embarked on further violence, looting shops and blocking the Lagos-Kaduna Road

Germany’s main anti-immigrant party has sparked outrage after its vice-chairman said people would not want German black football star Jerome Boateng as their neighbour. Bayern Munich defender Boateng, born in Berlin to a Ghanaian father and German mother, is part of Germany’s national squad and likely to play for his country in the European Championships in France that begins on June 10. But Alexander Gauland, vice chair of the Alternative for Germany party told the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: ‘People find him good as a football player but they don’t want a Boateng as their neighbour.’ Gauland later said he was simply relaying the opinion of some people and not expressing his own view. Steffen Seibert, a spokesman for the German government, condemned Gauland’s comment on Monday as ‘malicious and sad’. The remarks elicited fury on social media and criticism from across the German political spectrum. Some supporters in the Augsburg stadium where Germany played

Prof Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has denied granting an interview to assess President Muhammadu Buhari’s one year in office. Soyinka described the story of his comments on President Buhari making the rounds on the internet as a forgery and called on security agents to do something about these forgers. In his statement issued on Tuesday entitled: More Inmates For The Republic Of Liars, Soyinka said he is yet to grant an interview regarding Buhari’s year in office. Here is Soyinka’s full statement: MORE INMATES FOR THE REPUBLIC OF LIARS The following attribution is a disgusting forgery. I have yet to grant an interview regarding Buhari’s year in office. Once again, I notify the Security arms of Nigeria about this increasingly obsessed exercise in identity forgery. I alert the public to beware of the danger this portends in the murky atmosphere of Nigeria’s ongoing politics. The sycophants of power and influence will clearly do anything to gain attention and

Larry Ekundayo: Injury knockout Nigeria’s African Boxing Union Champion, Larry Ekundayo, will not be available this weekend for his title defence against Tanzanian, Saidi Mundi. Ekundayo suffered a hand injury during training and his handlers said he was left with no other choice than to pull  out of his scheduled title defence fight, Nick Abbott of the World Class Athletes Limited revealed in a statement.. Undefeated Ekundayo, who won the belt in October 2015, was scheduled to defend it against the Tanzanian boxing star Saidi Mundi this Saturday 4th June in London. Ekundayo said : “I am bitterly disappointed not to be fighting at the weekend after all the training I’ve done. I was looking forward to bringing sporting success to Nigeria and continue to climb up the world rankings, but my team decided that I couldn’t take the risk to fight with such an injury.” Larry’s manager, Ben Gray said, “Larry is a great boxer, but even he can’t fight a man with only one hand! Larry carry’s