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Here are the three people that refused his nominations and their reasons for Usman Bugaje We will first consider the case of Usman Bugaje. Honourable Dr Usman Bugaje is a graduate of pharmacy from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. He graduated in 1975. He later did an MA in African Studies and a PhD in Intellectual History, both at the Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan. He is a writer on national and international issues, and has published in both academic and non-academic journals and other media. Dr Bugaje was conferred the honorary title of commander of the order of civil Merit and commander of the order of independent Equatorial Guinea by the president of republic of equatorial Guinea on 26th March, 2002. He rejected President Buhari’s ambassadorial nomination, and he was convinced not to mention his decision to the media. 2. Dame Pauline Tallen Dame Pauline Tallen is the former deputy governor of Plateau state.  She is also a member of th

The Tinsel star went into coma following a car crash this morning. According to Daylight. ng, Olaotan was involved in an auto crash on Monday, October 31, 2016, in Lagos. He is fondly known for his role of Fred Ade Williams in Tinsel.

Niger Delta leaders and stakeholders have rejected the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government’s $10 billion (N4 trillion) infrastructural rebirth investment programme, This revelation is coming just as the Niger Delta leaders are expected to meet President Buhari at the presidential villa on Monday, October 31. Vanguard reports that the elders are expected to tell the president of their decision to reject the package as they were not consulted before the decision was taken. The meeting was necessary following the continued bombing of oil and gas pipelines by militants in the region that has crippled oil production and reduce the country’s exportation. The minister of state for petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu had announced the multi-trillion naira programme which was described as part of the short and medium term priorities to grow Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry (2015 to 2019) and tagged the ‘7 BigWins’\ The leader said the programme was private sector driven and that the government does no

This was made known by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) via its publication – Shipping Position. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NPA said that the expected ships contained buck wheat, bulk sugar, general cargoes, empty containers, base oil, aviation fuel, ethanol, base oil, diesel, containers and petrol. Also, four ships had already arrived the ports, waiting to berth with bulk fertiliser, bulk sugar and petrol . 15 other ships are at the ports discharging general cargoes, bulk wheat, containers, empty containers, bulk gypsum, clinker and petrol. Nigeria operates mostly an import-dependent economy, which makes the Lagos ports the busiest in sub-saharan Africa. On a monthly basis, ships from across the world berth at the Lagos ports carrying goods which flood Nigerian markets making it difficult for locally produced goods to gain traction in the economy. Meanwhile, the European Union (EU) and Nigeria has commenced formal talks on a deal to send Nigerian migrants in Euro

Minister of communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu said Nigeria will spend $550 million on two back-up satellites to put an end to capital flight. Ministan of communications, Adebayo Shittu Minister of communications, Adebayo Shittu says the acquisition will put an end to capital flight Shittu made the comment this past weekend at the 4th regular meeting of the National Council on Communication Technology held in Kaduna. His words: “If you know the amount of data that goes out in keeping Nigeria’s data in foreign satellites, it runs into billions of dollars. So, if we can do the needful, we need just about $550 million to acquire two new satellites. “We are already negotiating with the Chinese Nexim Bank, which has assured us that they will provide the money. Of course, the satellites will be built in China. “Once, that is done, we can beat our chest and say nobody should take Nigerian money outside for purpose of storing data. I am confident that with Federal Government’s approval,

However, the local currency is expected to strengthen this week on improved dollar supply to the market, currency dealers have predicted. recall that the Naira fell to N470 to the dollar on the parallel market last Friday, as against the N455 to the dollar it was the preceding Friday. But according to Aminu Gwadabe, president of the Association of Bureau De Change Operators in Nigeria (ABCON), the nation’s currency has been estimated to reverse its losses as traders anticipate improved dollar supply from international money transfer agencies to ease a shortage. Gwadabe said: “The Naira should appreciate gradually in the coming days after the expected sales of about $21 million by Travelex last Thursday and subsequent extension of dollar sales to bureau de change operators in the other part of the country.” Travelex and First Bank are authorised by the central bank to sell dollar to BDC to boost liquidity and narrow the gulf with the official rate. Read more: https://www.naij.com/10294

There sure is something special about a pair of country cuties sharing the same stage together. As music fans know, duets and collaborations happen at almost every awards show and world tour. But when these one-of-a-kind performances happen between real-life couples, there's just a whole new level of magic added to the music. Whether it's  Blake Shelton  and  Gwen Stefani  coming together for a rendition of "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" or  Faith Hill and  Tim McGraw  sharing the mic on songs like "Meanwhile Back at Mama's," fans can't get enough of the romantic duos. In honor of Country Music Week at E! News, we're taking a look back at some of the most incredible collaborations between couples. And who knows, maybe we will get another example this Wednesday at the 2016 CMA Awards. 1. Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani: "Go Ahead and Break My Heart" When the artists both appeared as coaches on The Voice, viewers at home were able to witnes

Taylor Swift just rang in the 10-year anniversary of her very first single last week, not only making us feel a little old but also encouraging us to take a look back at her successful career over the last decade. Though she's a mega pop star now, we'll never forget her start as a country singer from Nashville—that first single was appropriately titled "Tim McGraw"—and the way she affected country music in such a big way. In fact, the 26-year-old has won 11 Country Music Association awards from 25 nominations throughout her early years in the industry. Thus, with the CMA awards coming up on Nov. 2, we decided to check out her looks from the show throughout the years and see how far she evolved in her style. See for yourself below: Peter Kramer/Getty Images 2006: Swift attended her first CMA Awards in 2006, the year her first song was released. She wore a black, floor-length Elvira gown with black gloves and her signature curly locks. The singer added an edgy touch w

Beyoncé and her family attended an 80’s 90’s themed Halloween party on Saturday, in celebration of cousin Angie Beyince’s birthday. For her costume, she dressed up as a member of Salt-N-Pepa, similar to her daughter Blue Ivy and her mother Tina Knowles-Lawson. While her husband Jay Z dressed as the character, Dwayne Wayne, from the show A Different World. Kelly Rowland also attended the party dresses as Dionne from the movie Clueless and Tina’s husband Richard Lawson showed up as Big Daddy Kane. See the Photos Tina and the celebrant, Angie Beyince

It's official! Iyanya has signed on to Don Jazzy's music label, Mavin Records. Congrats to him!

20 year old Theophilous Washington, a student of Millersville University in rural Pennsylvania, was charged with attempted murder after authorities in the school learnt that he poisoned his pregnant girlfriend's glass of water with bleach in an attempt to abort the 2-months pregnancy his girlfriend was carrying. Washington and his pregnant girlfriend, also a student, were at his home on Thursday and Friday when he offered her a drink of water that had been stashed in the refrigerator. After she drank the water, she returned to her room and began to feel a burning sensation in her throat; she started vomiting and eventually called 911 where it was revealed that she had been poisoned. Washington has been charged with criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder of an unborn child and reckless endangering. He is now in custody on $1million bail pending a November 4 preliminary hearing. He faces up to 10 years in prison.

Hilary Clinton has gone on Twitter to blast FBI director James Comey saying he should apologize to Americans for bowing to Partisan pressure by revealing that the FBI will pursue investigations into Hillary Clinton's deleted emails days before the U.S presidential election.

A shocking story of alleged medical malpractice is coming out of a hospital in the southern Thai town of Pattalung.   Last Wednesday, October 26th, a 17 year old girl named only as Poo - went in to have a baby at the hospital that was not named. The duty doctor pulled the baby out but its head broke off.   The relatives waited nervously outside the delivery room for a long time. Eventually they were told to take the expectant mother to another hospital. No explanation was given by the duty doctor. The family took her to another hospital where a suction machine was used. The doctor there discovered that only the head of the baby was in the mothers womb. The body was missing.   Shocked relatives went back to the original hospital to find out what happened. Later it emerged that the duty doctor at the original hospital had pulled the baby out but had decapitated it in the process but said nothing to the relatives.   Daily News further discovered that following the delivery, a public healt

The Coke Studio 4 launch party may be over but I can’t seem to get enough of it! For those who weren’t there, let me catch you up real quick! Coca-Cola launched the fourth season of Coke Studio with a stylish musical party which held on Thursday, October 13th at the sky view terrace of Lekki Coliseum, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Didn’t get your invitation to the event? It all good! I got you covered. Watch highlights from the party here . Spotted rocking the red carpet and grooving till dawn at the lit party were Patoranking, Simi, Falz Tanzanian Music Artiste, Vanessa Mdee, Darey Art Alade, Waje, DJ Obi, Bolinto, Maraji, Stephanie Coker, IllRymz, Pamela Peter-Vigboro Leesi; Denrele, Cool FM’s Dotun, Laff Up, Denola Grey, Orange Culture’s Adebayo Oke-Lawal, Kemi Adetiba, Noble Igwe, Beverly Osu, Titilope Sonuga, DJ Lambo, YCEE, Dynamite, Lola OJ, Bizzle O, Melvin Oduah, Dynamite, and Dan the Humorous, among many others To see more of what Coke Studio 4 has to offer, tune into Coke Studio

Alhaji Muhammad Yalwaji Sakwa, the caretaker committee chairman of Zaki local government area of Bauchi State is dead. The local government chairman died in a car accident in Gada area, alongside his driver, Daily Post reports. Shamsuddeen Lukman Abubakar, the special assistant to the Bauchi state governor on communications, revealed this in a statement on Sunday, October 30. A statement by the Special Assistant to the Bauchi State governor on Communications, Shamsuddeen Lukman Abubakar, yesterday announced the incident. Sakwa who was sworn in alongside 19 other caretaker chairmen only in August, and his driver were buried Sunday evening yesterday according to Islamic rites. Bauchi State APC Publicity Secretary, Auwal Jallah described Sakwa as a cool tempered and grassroots politician whose death was a great loss to the state, the party and the people of Zaki local government area. Meanwhile, unknown gunmen have assassinated the chairman of the Kogi state chapter of Wuro Miyetti-Allah

Another artist on Olamide’s YBNL music label has confirmed he is no longer under the label of the Shakitibobo crooner. Viktoh confirmed he is no longer signed to YBNL though he is still under the label though still joined to the label by a thin line. It seems he has the same working arrangement with YBNL just like Lil who is running his own label YAGI while still affiliated with YBNL. He told Goldmyne TV that: “Lil Kesh, Viktoh, Adekunle Gold are still members of the YBNL team, Lil Kesh and Viktoh’s contract just ended, YBNL is like a family, we’re still on the label, Lil Kesh is trying to float his own label, so it’s like YBNL/YAGI, so Lil Kesh is not out of the label.” He also hinted on dropping an album in 2017 while he is planning on releasing his single in which he features Ycee titled Mad Jam. All through his two year stint with YBNL, Viktoh did not drop any album. He was signed alongside Lil Kesh to YBNL in 2014. Olamide in 2015 had said that he did not pray that artists stay to

A major scandal is rocking the board of the Sovereign Wealth Authority over an alleged N250,000 per sitting allowance for each member. The discovery was made by a committee of the public accounts committee of the House of Representatives, which has now ordered that it should be furnished with all the vouchers concerning such payments within eight days.  SWA board members were reportedly indicted by the report of the office of the auditor-general to the federation from 2010 through 2013. Vanguard reports that the revelation was made while the committee was vetting the accounts of the authority during an investigative hearing recently. It was even more alarming, according to the report, that some of the vouchers revealed that there were as many as four entries for sittings in just one day.   In such cases, the board members made up to N1 million sitting four times in one day for each board member. The managing director of SWA, Mr Uche Ubosi, told the lawmakers: “It is the standard practi

Human Rights Watch (HRW) says its research showed that policemen and soldiers were among those that sexually exploit women in IDP camps across Nigeria – The report released on the official website of the HRW on Monday, October 31 accused the government of not doing enough to bring the abusers to justice – HRW research showed that some women were forced into sexual relationships with promises of marriage while others were drugged violated   Security officers are called to control some of the internally displaced people at the Bakkasi camp. The people were upset at camp authorities for what they say is poor distribution of food rations, in Borno, Nigeria, on August 29, 2016. Photo: Reuters The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has released a damning report about how men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Army take advantage of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in their various camps, raping them at will. In the report published on Monday, October 31, HRW said its research showed that

The former president said he did not believe Dasuki stole $2.2 billion – Dasuki is hoping for a political settlement rather than going to trial Goodluck Jonathan is expected to appear as Sambo Dasuki’s witness after the former said he didn’t believe the former national security adviser stole $2.2 billion meant for the purchase of arms. Dasuki has been in detention after he was accused of misappropriating money meant for arms with many Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members implicated. However, the former president speaking on Monday, October 24, at the famous Oxford Union, Oxford United Kingdom, on youth entrepreneurship argued that allegations about the $2.2 scam was faulty because his administration, where Dasuki served bought warships, aircraft and a lot of equipment for the military during the period. He said: “I don’t believe somebody can just steal $2.2 billion; we bought warships, we bought aircraft, we bought lots of weapons for the army and so on and so forth and you are still

Let's get loud because  Jennifer Lopez  and Marc Anthony  are back onstage together again. In the middle of  Halloween  weekend, the friendly exes headed to Miami where they participated in a free concert for presidential nominee  Hillary Clinton . As the couple expressed the importance of getting out and voting for Decision 2016, fans couldn't help but enjoy seeing the former couple on the same stage. "I'm here to support two women, that I trust my life with, that I trust my children with, " Marc  shared  with the crowd. "This is a special time in history." And while a few raindrops may have surfaced late into the night, it didn't stop nearly 8,000 concertgoers from dancing all night long. John Parra/FilmMagic "Thank you Florida for coming out tonight... it was amazing!!" Jennifer  shared  on Instagram after her performance. "#gohillary #strongertogether #govote #lovetrumpshate #Latinos #letsgetloud." Marc  added , "Honored

One of England's most famous faces may have just found an American girlfriend. Many royal family watchers started their Sunday with a new report claiming  Prince Harry  is dating actress  Meghan Markle . "He's happier than he's been for many years," a source close to the Prince shared with the Sunday Express . "He's in a very relaxed period of his life and Meghan has come along at the right time. They are taking each week as it comes and just enjoying each other's company but it's fair to say that they love seeing each other and there's a definite chemistry between them." While the  Suits  star has yet to comment on the romance rumors and the Palace doesn't comment on private matters, many fans are curious to learn a little more about this new girl who may be making Prince Harry one happy man. We did some digging and here's what we've learned about this special lady. Big and Small Screen Vet : While most viewers will recognize

What's going on with Kendall Jenner ? The 20-year-old model reveals her battle with a scary health condition on next Sunday's brand-new episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and in this sneak peek from the show Kendall admits that she doesn't "feel fine." "I wake up in the middle of the night and I can't move," Kendall confesses in the video above. Then during a phone conversation with her mom Kris Jenner , Kris tells Kendall, "I think you've just got anxiety." E! But Kendall think something more serious is going on. "Everyone says I'm fine, but I don't feel fine," Kendall tells her mom. Take a look at the clip above to see a sneak peek of the episode and watch KUWTK to find out more details about Kendall's battle!

Rob Kardashian  went MIA on Sunday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians .  On tonight's episode, Rob disappeared on his family and  Blac Chyna  after the couple got into an argument. Everyone tried to get a hold of Rob on the show, but he blocked everyone so they couldn't contact him. After Rob missed his grandmother  M.J. 's birthday in San Diego, he resurfaced in Los Angeles. That's when  Kim Kardashian ,  Khloe Kardashian  and  Kourtney Kardashian confronted their brother and asked him where he went and why. So where did Rob disappear to? Take a look at the recap to find out and to see more OMG moments from this episode of KUWTK ! 1. North West Will Be Able to Read Music Before She Can Read the Alphabet: While at lunch with her friend  Larsa Pippen , Kim tells her about  North West 's violin lessons. "She had her second violin lesson today, she loves it," Kim says. "She's like so obsessed." Kim then tells Larsa that North's violin tea