A physician, Dr Funsho Babawale, on Wednesday urged smokers to make up their minds to quit the habit to reduce health hazards.Babawale told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that personal conviction and self-discipline were the best ways to quit smoking.He said that, without self-will, some smokers would continue the habit in spite of therapies, medication and other [...]
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The Senate has deferred debate on the request by President Goodluck Jonathan for an extension of emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe.Jonathan had, on Tuesday, asked the Senate to extend the state of emergency in the three states for additional six months.The President argued that the extension is necessary due to continued threats of Boko Haram insurgency in the [...]
Pop singer, Justin Bieber, has been accused of attempted robbery, a Los Angeles Police Department official said on Tuesday, following media reports that he had tried to snatch a young woman's mobile telephone.Bieber, 20, has not been arrested or questioned, said LAPD spokeswoman, Rosario Herrera.A spokeswoman for Bieber did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Detectives have interviewed the [...]
The National Conference Committee on Political Restructuring on Tuesday rejected the suggestion that rotational presidency and governorship should be enshrined in the constitution.Co-Chairman of the committee, Hon. Mukaila Muhammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that rather, political parties should include the provision in their constitutions."Whereas some people wanted that principle to be enshrined in the constitution [...]
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday in New York, named Major-Gen. Kristin Lund, as the commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus.The Norwegian commander, the first female to command a UN force, would take over the command with 930 soldiers and 66 police on Aug. 13.Lund, 56, would replace Major Gen Chao Liu from China who has led [...]
A New York boutique hotel has said it was investigating how the recording of a security video that purportedly showed rapper Jay Z being attacked by his sister-in-law.The incident which involved R&B singer Solange Knowles was leaked to a website.The video posted by celebrity website TMZ.com, appeared to show the 27-year-old Knowles, younger sister of Beyonce, charging and striking Jay [...]
A planned Lady Gaga concert in Dubai in September will be censored to respect cultural traditions, the United Arab Emirates daily, Gulf News, reported on Tuesday.Lady Gaga, who is known for her outrageous stunts and provocative costumes, cancelled a concert in Indonesia in 2012 because of security concerns over objections by Islamic groups to her style.The Gulf News quoted Marco [...]
A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced one Augustine Bala, to one month of sweeping and cleaning of a church where he stole tithes.The magistrate, Mrs Chinyere Nwacheonwu, handed down the sentence to Bala, 27, of Mpape, when he pleaded guilty to the one-count charge.Bala pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for leniency and [...]
Ex-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six years' imprisonment on Tuesday for taking bribes, in a corruption case that resulted in the first criminal conviction of a former head of government in Israel.Olmert, a centrist credited internationally with working towards a peace settlement with the Palestinians, had denied wrongdoing in a real estate deal that took place while he [...]
The National Conference Committee on Devolution of Power emerged from a seven-hour closed-door deliberations on Monday without a decision on the twin issues of derivation principle and resource control.The committee could equally not resolve the arguments from different geo-political zones that the onshore-offshore oil dichotomy be reintroduced in states which minerals are located off the coasts.Most of the members declined [...]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday condemned the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.He was speaking for the first time on the incident, which has drawn global attention.He appealed to the abductors to release them "without any condition" because the girls were innocent and should not be made to suffer unreasonably.The group [...]
Consul-General of the Republic of Cameroon, Dr. Paul Ekorong a Dong on Monday today urged the federal government to reconsider giving resident permits to Cameroonians in Nigeria.According to Ekorong a Dong, it is imperative for the Nigerian government to consider the plight of many Cameroonian nationals living in Nigeria without resident permits, as there are presently about 500,000 of them.“A higher number [...]
Seven Nigerian girls currently stranded in Abidjan have called on the Nigerian embassy in Cote d ‘Ivoire to assist them in returning their families.Three of the girls — Dele, Rose and Cynthia — said they were brought to the country by three persons. They claimed that they were provided accommodation in a brothel in Sikensi, on the outskirts of Abidjan, and made [...]
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday restrained the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) from further investigating the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.Sanusi had, on March 26, filed a suit through his counsel, Mr Kola Awodehin (SAN), seeking a declaration that the FRCN, constituting itself into an investigating body in a manner [...]
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir late on Sunday underwent a successful knee surgery in a Khartoum private hospital.Imad Sidahmed, Presidential Palace Press Adviser, said on Monday in Khartoum that the surgery was carried out at the private Royal Care Hospital in Khartoum by a team of Sudanese surgeons.He said that President Bashir was in good health and responding well to treatment.A [...]
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