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South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Bobby Monroe, has denied reports of Xenophobic attacks in his country. Monroe denied that the attacks in South Africa are xenophobic and targetted at Nigerians. The Commissioner made the comments at a media briefing with Nigeria’s foreign affairs ministry headed by Geoffery Onyeama. He described the attacks as ‘sporadic acts of violence’ adding that businesses belonging to other South Africans were also affected in the violence. Imagine how nigerians shops are burn down by these lazy south African who don't do anything but move around to destroy other people property because of Evy...

Mr Bongani Michael Mkongi is the current Deputy Minister of Police in South Africa to President Cyril Ramaphosa. Hear his 'xenophobic' comments about Hillbrow. This shows that the government is somewhat aware of what is happening or lowkey supporting the maiming of foreigners. In the video making rounds, he said; “You can’t find South Africans in other countries dominating a city up to 80%... we cannot surrender South Africa to foreign nationals.” People reaction on Statement

Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has condemned the recent Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians living in South Africa, Igbere TV reports. Igbere TV had earlier reported that properties worth millions of naira, and belonging to Nigerians, were set ablaze by South Africans. A viral video sighted by Igbere TV also showed several shops being looted by the angry South African citizens in their large numbers. President of the Nigeria Union in South Africa, Adetola Olubajo, said the attacks began on Sunday morning in Jeppestown area of Johannesburg. Mr Olubajo said in a statement on Monday that the mob “looted several shops that were around the vicinity suspected to be owned by foreign nationals.” Reacting to the development on his Facebook page, Governor Okowa called on the federal government to rise and protect its citizens. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the repeated violent attacks against Nigerians in South Africa. The Federal Government must immediately liaise with the So...

A baby born with a football-sized cyst on her neck is finally going home after a team of 40 doctors removed the growth from her neck in a gruelling operation. Parents feared the worst when little Bella-Rose Burress was delivered with a growth that was twice the size of her own head. But the one-week-old child has made a full recovery after the meticulous operation in Chicago, Illinois, was successful on August 27. Doctors diagnosed Bella-Rose with cystic hygroma - a collection of fluid-filled sacs - at Ms Pilarski's 20-week scan. At that time the growth measured 6cm but more than doubled to 13cm by the time she was born. A team of 40 doctors battle to cut the cyst from Bella-Rose's neck after her birth last week. Daniel comforts Ms Pilarski as she went into labour knowing that their baby girl would be born with a giant cyst. Little Bella-Rose clutches her mother's finger after the gruelling surgery. Bella-Rose's parents are now gearing up to take the...

A video of many Tanzanian women twerking in public as men, children gather to watch has gone viral across the continent. The women were seen all busy showing their twerking skills to the admiration of onlookers. Some even came out from a big bus and joined in the twerking commotion. One was seen mounting on another woman and twerked on her. This has sparked reactions as seen below. While some wonder the kind of moral they will impact on their kids with this kind of public display. But someone pointed out that such twerking is a cultural practice in Tanzania. 

Protesters have stormed the United Kingdom High Commission in Abuja over a court judgement which granted Process and Industrial Development Ltd to take over $9.6 billion worth of Nigeria’s asset. The protesters, identified as Coalition of Civil Society Groups, began their protest on Monday and have vowed to continue their action for the next one week until the judgement is reversed. Some of their placards read: “$9.6bn judgement is a fraud,” “Nigeria and Britain are friends, not enemies,” “No to illegal takeover of our national assets,” “Nigeria rejects fraudulent judgment from British judge.”

Norwegian prince, Prince Haakon visited Al-noor Islamic Center in the contry to show support for the 10 August Shooting Attack. During his visit he tried to shake hand with 3 muslim women but they didn't accept tge handshake. RoyalCentral Reports about the incident. His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon visited the Al-Noor Islamic Centre last week to show support after the 10 August shooting attack on the mosque. Many people noticed that three women did not accept the Crown Prince’s outstretched hand as he attempted to greet them. The Bærum mosque shooting, or the Al-Noor Islamic Centre shooting, was an attack that occurred on 10 August 2019 at the Al-Noor Islamic Centre mosque in Bærum, Norway, about 20 km west of the capital city of Oslo. One person was injured, and the gunman’s stepsister was later found dead in their family home. The shooter was taken into police custody after being subdued by mosque-goers. The shooting has been described as one attack in a recent “resurgence...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the National Intelligence Agency and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to launch a probe into the contract between the Federal Government and the Process and Industrial Developments Limited, signed in 2010. The controversial contract has become the subject of a $9.6bn judgment debt imposed on Nigeria by a British court last week. The president also directed that the contract itself should be probed with a view to identifying Nigerians involved in the signing of the deal in 2010 for possible prosecution. The President’s decision to probe the firm and its activities was based on the fact that the Federal Government suspected foul play in the contract which was negotiated and signed under the past administration in 2010. But who are the past and present Federal Government’s officials that represented Nigeria to sign the purported contract 2010 between the Ministry of Petroleum ...

I Have Compiled 32 Court Orders Being Disobeyed By Nigerian Govt – Falana A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says he has compiled a list containing 32 court orders which were disobeyed by the Nigerian government. The Human rights advocate said this in an interview on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. He also tasked members of Nigerian Bar Association of Nigeria (NBA) to rise up to their duties. He added it is not the responsibility of a president or even an attorney general to handpick which court order to obey. “In my latest compilation, I’ve compiled about 32 court orders being disobeyed flagrantly by the government of Nigeria which is not in line with the rule of law. “It doesn’t lie in the mouth of an attorney general or the president of a country to choose and pick which orders of court to obey. “When you do that, you are reducing the status of the country to a banana republic. And that is why the bar has to rise up now and take its rightful pl...

This is the ripple effect of the scam issue as it affects Nigeria. Few committed the crime but unfortunately all of us may have to pay for it. They are regarded as Nigerians

Judgement on P&ID $8.9billion Gas Contract Is A Daylight Robbery – Magu The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced an investigation into the circumstances leading to the $8.9billion arbitral award against Nigeria by a United Kingdom Court over alleged breach of gas contract agreement between it and Process and Industrial Development Limited. This was disclosed by the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Ibrahim Magu on Friday while playing host to a delegation from the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NDC), led by the Chairman and Chief Executive, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa who sought for collaboration with EFCC towards effective combating of cybercrimes, being committed by Nigerians in the Diaspora. Magu, who described the process leading to the judgment as “daylight robbery” vowed that the Commission will forensically investigate the transaction and bring anyone one found wanting to justice. . On her part, Dabiri-Erewa decried the rate at which Nigerians particularly t...

Andrew Young, a former ambassador of the US to the UN, says Nigerians are always complaining about the government but that ”something is wrong with everybody”. Young said this on Thursday at dinner organised by the Emeka Offor foundation for him in Abuja. The event was also to mark the record of no wild polio virus case in Nigeria in three years. The former US ambassador said he has never heard of a good government in Nigeria because of complaints by its citizens. “Everybody know that Nigerians are to be respected, if not feared, except you Nigerians. Nigerians are always complaining about themselves,” he said. “Is like complaining about government you have had, I never heard about a good government in Nigeria – something is wrong with everybody. Well let’s face it, the world has never and would be perfect. “There have never been a people that have come further and work harder and produce more with less and suffered more problems than the people of Nigeria and the government that you ...

AFROPOP star, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid has become the first African artist to hit eight million monthly streams on Spotify. Spotify is an online, music streaming platform that pays royalties based on the number of artists streams as a proportion of total songs streamed. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that streaming records revealed Wizkid’s popularity on the platform on Monday. The previous record was held by Congolese rapper and singer, Maitre Gims. He had seven million monthly listeners. This win follows Wizkid’s recent collaboration with DJ Spinall and Tiwa Savage on ‘Dis Love’. Read Also; Seeing Wizkid and Olamide together makes me happy The singer also featured on ‘Like,’ a new single by British-Ghanaian rapper and singer, Kojo Funds. The music star is also the first African artist to walk the runway at a Dolce and Gabbana fashion show while his music `Soco’ played at the background. Wizkid started recording music at age 11 and managed to release a collaborative a...

An Atlanta based mum named ‘Shaketha Marion McGregor’ had begun recruiting her children to work in various house departments to enable them to earn income and build their credit score. According to McGregor, her children had been requesting for money, new phones and allowances from her, so she decided to set up a home hiring office to hire her 3 kids so they can ‘earn’ their income rather than always requesting for money like it falls from heaven. So, Instead of always giving them allowances and money whenever they need it, the Mum has introduced job titles and duties for each of them which means everyone gets paid for their work at home in their various departments and then they can purchase whatever they want with it, save and also pay taxes, lol! McGregor posted a selfie which shows she’s now hiring for the roles of “kitchen manager, lead housekeeper and laundry supervisor” in her company which she named “This Mom Means Business.”. These are the responsibilities attached to each jo...

Gbolade Ibukun Ejemai, a Nigerian medical doctor, has died after being stabbed to death by a lady identified as Victoria Popravko, with the connivance of her dad in Ukraine. Giving details of how it happened, Dr. Ajayi, a friend of the deceased, said: “Victoria Popravko invited Gbolade Ejemai over to her house on on Friday, August 8, 2019, to talk things over in the morning. . They’ve had some prior discussions which nobody really knew for sure as they were in a relationship. He went over to hers, it wasn’t his first time visiting her but turned out to be his last. . They got into some arguments and one thing led to another, she stabbed him in his abdomen, twice, puncturing a couple of organs and landing him in coma. He lost about 40% of his blood volume and that led him to a very critical condition. . He was taken in for the first surgery on the same day and we waited almost 24 hours for him to get conscious. On Sunday, he opened his eyes and was able to recognize people. . Then he ...

Guys, Would You Allow Your Wife Or Girlfriend Go For A Body Massage Session? Nigerian social media users have reacted to a video of a lady receiving a body massage from a man, a professional in body massage. From what they saw, they men concluded they wouldn't want their spouse to go for such body massage session, but interestingly, the ladies that reacted say they like it and would like to go for a body massage session. See reactions from Tunde Ednut and others: Tunde Ednut: "Never let your wife say she wants to go and book a massage session with this wicked man. I sincerely don’t like this guy, I’m not joking. This thing he’s doing is not good. Hiss!" Daxtra: "Dear wife, you can visit this man, but write your will and laminate it on your way there. Thank you" Gbagaunmuncher: "Dis one will take people’s wife for Vanishing" Domingo_loso: "This is baffling, future wife don't dare do this to me" Doctorr_bright: "Ain’t no body massagin...

Herbs and Botanical Ingredients with Beneficial Effects on Blood Sugar Levels in Pre-diabetes Abstract Pre-diabetes  is a condition with ‘impaired glucose tolerance’. Majority of the cases suffering from pre-diabetes, if not attended, develop type-2 diabetes and type-1  diabetes over time. However, it is possible to halt or reverse the progression of pre-diabetes, or at least delay the development of diabetes by the use of herbs and botanical ingredients which regulate blood sugar levels. Active lifestyle and intake of  diabetes  preventing herbs can offer  pre-diabetics  a healthy life. This review summarizes diabetes preventing herbs and botanical ingredients which helps to prevent progression to  diabetes  without having the side effects to the body unlike the chemicals. Keywords Medicinal plants;  Pre-diabetes ; Herbs;  Blood sugar ; Insulin Introduction The health condition in which the level of...