Federal Government launches waste-to-wealth programme in Cross River

The Federal Government and Cross River State have launched the waste-to-wealth programme aimed at generating employment and manage waste in the state.

Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, laid the foundation for the project at the weekend at Idundu Industrial Layout, Calabar, where the dumpsite is domiciled.

WHO: Cancer kills 8.8m people, costs N522trn yearly

About 8.8 million people die every year from cancer, mostly in low and middle-income countries because cancer cases are diagnosed too late.This is coming as the total annual economic cost of cancer through healthcare expenditure and loss of productivity was estimated at $1.16 trillion (N522 trillion).

According to new guidance from the World Health Organisation (WHO), released over the weekend to mark the World Cancer Day on February 4, cancer is now responsible for almost one in six deaths globally and more than 14 million people develop cancer every year, and this figure is projected to rise to over 21 million by 2030.

The WHO noted that cancers, along with diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases, are also known as noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), which were responsible for 40 million (70 per cent) of the world’s 56 million deaths in 2015.

Photos: Heavy security presence as protesters converge at National Stadium for #IStandWithNigeria

This is a live update of the happenings at the planned Nationwide protest by Nigerians to demand good governance. We will bring you more updates as the event unfolds.

Recall, 2face Idibia one of the pioneers opt out of the protest at the last minute yesterday.

(MUST READ) The Two Faces Of Tuface - Reuben Abati

Tuface’s decision to lead a protest to register the dissatisfaction of Nigerians with the performance of the incumbent administration and to reiterate the value of government’s responsibility to the people was his finest moment as a citizen and artiste. But it is also now, with his Jammeh-like volte-face, his worst moment. His transformation into a champion of democratic values and voice of the masses brought him added stardom and value. His retreat has turned Tuface into a revolutionary manqué. He deserves our understanding and sympathy.

When on 24th January Tuface, whose real name is Innocent Idibia, announced that he was going to lead, under the umbrella of the Tuface Foundation, a mass protest against the economic policies of the Buhari government, he immediately attracted public interest. A multiple award-winning musician, a naturally talented stage performer and author of at least two evergreen songs: “My African Queen” and “If Love is a Crime”, TuBaba, as he is also known, sounded like he was moving from art to politics, and seemed ready to answer to the true calling of the artist as the conscience of the people.

2face Idibia debunks reports that DSS arrested him

There were earlier reports going on around the media that DSS arrested pioneer of the Nationwide protest, 2face Idibia and that forced him to cancel his participation.

However, 2face has denied the claim. He stated this via his Instagram page and wrote:

REVEALED: ‘Nigerian Army Supplying Weapons To Fulani Herdsmen Using To Kill Christians’

Read via The Spectator, UK:

A few days before any attack, a military helicopter is spotted dropping arms and other supplies into the areas inhabited by the Fulani tribes. Then the attack comes. For reasons of Islamic doctrine, the militia often deliver a letter of warning. Then they come, at any time of night or day, not down the dirt tracks, but silently through the foliage. The Christian villagers, who are forbidden to carry arms (everyone is, in theory), have no way to defend themselves. With some exceptions, they also tend to believe what they were taught about turning the other cheek.

Another day in northern Nigeria, another Christian village reeling from an attack by the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who used to be their neighbours — and who are now cleansing them from the area. The locals daren’t collect the freshest bodies. Some who tried earlier have already been killed, spotted by the waiting militia and hacked down or shot. The Fulani are watching everything closely from the surrounding mountains. Every week, their progress across the northern states of Plateau and Kaduna continues. Every week, more massacres — another village burned, its church razed, its inhabitants slaughtered, raped or chased away. A young woman, whose husband and two children have just been killed in front of her, tells me blankly, ‘Our parents told us about these people. But we lived in relative peace and we forgot what they said.’

Southern Kaduna: Goodluck Jonathan Testifies Before US Congress On Killing Of Christians [Full Speech]

Challenges of Nigerian Christians and the Niger Delta Question: A Presentation by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation to the U.S. House Sub-Committee on Africa, February 1, 2017

Let me start by thanking Congressman, Christopher H. Smith, Chairman U.S. House Sub-Committee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations for inviting me to share my views on the crisis facing Christians in Nigeria today and the Niger Delta question. The U.S. Congress is a powerful institution not just for good governance in the U.S. but also for global peace and development. Over the years, the U.S. Congress has shown consistent interest in African affairs and I thank you for this and for showing interest in Nigeria.

The Case For Biafra Is Stronger Than South Sudan, Kosovo – US Constitutional Lawyer Writes (READ)

Biafra, dominated by the great Igbo race, enjoyed sovereignty before Great Britain commenced exploitive colonial rule over Nigeria under the racist banner of Rudyard Kipling’s “the White Man’ burden.” Britain asserted authority over Biafra based on the tyrannical doctrine that the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.

The Berlin West Africa Conference, 1884-85, and the Berlin General Act symbolized colonial lawlessness by treating Africa as a carcass to be divided up among European vultures.

Restoration of Biafra’s sovereignty is justified under international law and practice—especially with the ongoing ethnic-inspired killings and persecutions of Biafrans by Nigeria’s elected military dictator from the North touting sharia law, President Muhammadu Buhari.

Tuface, The About-Face... The Struggle Continues

When Tuface Idibia popularly known as 2baba announced his intention to lead Nigerians to protest against bad governance and worsening economic conditions, I knew such plans would never succeed. Not because of his promiscuity or lack of education, but due to the fact that Tuface comes from a class of society simply described as “the Haves”. “The Haves” are a class of people who have the means, are in positions of power and influence within their stratosphere and have a lot to lose. Therefore, they would do better to consolidate their status, position and well-being than allow any disturbance in their socioeconomic status or allow anything “rock their boat”. For one, Tuface belongs to the elite class of Nigerian musicians with connections to corrupt politicians and numerous instances abound where he has gained financially from his connections. Therefore, he has a lot to lose protesting against a system he has reaped bountifully.

How Ponzi scheme nearly ruined my life and made me lose over N2million - Nigerian online marketer recounts

A Nigerian online marketer, Adesanya Sunday Abiodun has recounted how he lost over 2 million naira last year through various forms of Ponzi schemes. 

Adesanya regrets his acts and swears he'll never do Ponzi schemes again. 

Read what he shared below:

Tuface Idibia's foundation apologises to Nigerians on his behalf - Official statement

Following Tuface Idibia's announcement last night that the planned nationwide protest has been cancelled, his foundation has issued a press release apologising to Nigerians who felt let down and once again explained why Tuface did what he had to do.

Read below:

Missing Abuja ladies and man have been found!

The missing Abuja trio - Veronica Otogo, Bisola Mohammed and Damilola Oribuyakum have been found.

Damilola's sister tweeted and also some friends tweeted about their release.

More after the cut:

Burna Boy meets Drake (Photos)

Burna Boy got to meet Rapper, Drake in London and took to his Instagram page to share a photos above. Burnaboy is presently on a club tour in London

Married man kills himself after 'sex worker' refuses marriage proposal

A Married man who wanted much more from a hooker has killed himself after the hooker refuses marriage proposal.

A 21-year-old married man from Zimbabwe died after drinking poison after an altercation with a commercial sex worker who refused to give him her hand in marriage.

Donald Trust allegedly used Acaricide, a chemical used in dip tanks to kill himself.

Trust’s aunt, Beauty Hove said that the deceased who is survived by a wife and a child was having an affair with Modester Zhou, a sex worker.

Singer Tiwa Savage celebrates 37th birthday with new photos

Mavin Records singer, mum of one Tiwa Savage turned 37 years old yesterday February, 5th, 2017. The stunning mom shared some lovely photo to mark her day. More after the cut:

Tanzania Singer, Diamond Platinumz ex-girlfriend arrested

Police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday arrested Tanzanian actress and Diamond Platinumz’s ex girlfriend Wema Sepetu for allegedly being involved in drug trafficking.

Wema Sepetu was arrested alongside 10 other suspects including Tanzanian celebrities singer TID, Dogo Hamidu, and Babuu wa Kitaa, a radio presenter at a popular Tanzanian FM station-Cloud FM.

Edaily reports that Dar es Salaam police boss Simon Sirro said the operation to arrest the suspected drug-traffickers began Friday. Five people were apprehended, and the additional 12 arrested Saturday brings total number of suspected drug-traffickers currently in police custody to 17.

Cristiano Ronaldo poses for cake photo with mum on his 32nd birthday

Cristiano Ronaldo turned 32 yesterday, February 5th, 2017. Here' a photo of him gleefully posed with his mum, son and birthday cake.

Ronaldo‘s face lit up as much as the candles on his cake as mum Dolores gave a thumbs-up sign. 

Happy birthday to a Legendary footballer, CR7.

Unbelievable! Mum donates her 13-year-old virgin daughter to prophet as payment for spiritual services

A heartless mother recently did the unthinkable when she pledged and gave her 13-year-old daughter to a self proclaimed prophet as payment for spiritual services.

Munakandafa Shoko (not her real name) faced the horror of her life when her mother (name withheld to protect the victim) pledged her to Madzibaba Jefias Nyika of Mlauzi village, Zimbabwe as payment for spiritual services provided to the family.

It is alleged that Munakandafa’s family was being tormented by a tokoloshi spirit and Madzibaba Jeremiah demanded a virgin daughter as payment to exorcise the spirit.

Photo: Queen Elizabeth becomes the first monarch to reign for 65 years

Queen Elizabeth yesterday marked her Sapphire Jubilee as she became the first British monarch in history to have reigned for 65 years.

To mark her latest milestone, a poignant photograph of her wearing a suite of sapphire jewelry given to her by her father King George VI as a wedding gift in 1947 has been issued.

Man charged with assaulting LASTMA official

A man, Benjamin Archibong, has been charged to court with wounding a Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) official, Olumide Omomoyesan.

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) arrested Archibong last Tuesday in Lekki-Ajah.

A statement by the task force Public Relations Officer, Taofiq Adebayo, said the suspect obstructed a LASTMA team from impounding a commercial Volkswagen bus marked FKJ 688 XV. The driver was said to have resisted arrest for picking and dropping passengers at an unauthorised place around Lekki-Ajah area.

Tom Brady break down in tears as he hugs Patriots owner after Super Bowl history with his 5th win (Photos)

Legendary quarterback, Tom Brady broke down in tears after the game, as he hugged Patriots owner Bob Kraft

The New England Patriots managed to come back from a 25 point deficit in the third quarter of the game to score 25 unanswered points and clinched the victory soon after when James White plunged past the goal line minutes into overtime.

PDP to Buhari: Declare your health status now

The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party called on Buhari to tell Nigerians the true state of his health.

The main opposition party was reacting to the inability of the President to return to Nigeria from the UK, where he had been on holiday for more than 10 days.

The PDP said it was wrong for the President to also send letter to the National Assembly, extending his leave, without telling Nigerians when he would resume.

Buhari is not in any hospital, not seriously ill – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari “is not in any serious condition to worry about,” his media aide, Garba Shehu stated on Sunday.

The explanation came hours after the president wrote to the National Assembly to inform lawmakers of his intention to extend his medical vacation in London.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly today, February 5, 2017, informing of his desire to extend his leave in order to complete and receive the results of a series of tests recommended by his doctors,” presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said in a statement on Sunday.

Traders in Shock as Customer steals two-month-old baby in Lagos market

A two-month-old baby, Kudus Adebowale, was abducted by a customer at a market in the Badagry Roundabout area of Lagos State.

Kudu’s mother, Mrs. Alimat Adebowale, sells biscuits in the market, while the suspected abductor was identified simply as T-girl.

According to Punch, T-girl was well known to most of the traders in the market and had lived in the community for over four years until a few months ago when she travelled.

T-girl was said to have returned to the neighbourhood last week and went to the market, where she was treated to a warm reception around 9am on Thursday.

Unbelievable! Mum refuses to breastfeed her baby with deformity (Photos)

Last month, an Indian mum refused to breastfeed her baby, calling it an alien. Now, another heartless mum has shunned her baby after it was born looking like an “alien”.

Priyanka Kumari, 25, refused to nurse or breastfeed the deformed little girl after giving birth to her in India on Tuesday.The tot, who is yet to be named, has a huge growth on her head, is covered in a hardened shell of skin and has bulging eyes.

Her arrival shocked locals in Chakiya district, with curious members of the public flooding to the family home in Banshghat to see the baby.

A national shame and deep embarrassment - Wole Soyinka on Cancelled protest

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has slammed the cancellation of 2Face Idibia planned protest was a deep embarrassment and a national shame.

See what he wrote in an article released on Sunday below:

Yesterday (Saturday, Feb 4), the media offered the nation a space of relief when it carried the expected news of a mutual accommodation reached by the organizers of the demonstration planned for tomorrow Monday February 6th. The theme in summary: public discontent with the state of the nation and its governance. From the beginning, the organizers had cited quite an extensive list of such areas of concern and demands for urgent attention. 

Egypt 1 Cameroon 2: Aboubakar seals AFCON title for Indomitable Lions of Cameroon

Vincent Aboubakar was the hero with a brilliant late goal, firing Cameroon to a dramatic 2-1 victory over Egypt in Libreville and their fifth Africa Cup of Nations title.

Aboubakar replaced Robert Ndip Tambe at half-time, with Hugo Broos' side a goal down, and went on to secure the Indomitable Lions' first championship since 2002 with a brilliant individual effort in the 88th minute.

The triumph will be made all the sweeter after seven players, including Liverpool and West Brom defenders Joel Matip and Allan Nyom, snubbed the chance to represent their country in Gabon.

Egypt took the lead in the first half when Mohamed Elneny, back in the starting line-up after missing the last two matches with a calf injury, was the beneficiary of some woeful goalkeeping from Fabrice Ondoa.

Leicester City 0 Manchester United 3: Ibrahimovic makes history as top-four hopes are rekindled

Manchester United gave their top-four aspirations a major boost as they cruised to a 3-0 win at Premier League champions Leicester City on Sunday.

Goals from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Juan Mata brought an end to a run of three consecutive league draws for Jose Mourinho's side, who are now two points behind fourth-placed Arsenal.

Leicester had lost their last three games in the top flight and only beaten United once in 17 previous meetings, but Claudio Ranieri's side produced the kind of combative display that underpinned their stunning success last term for much of the first half.

We have been in London for so long, we can't trace our families - Deported Nigerians cry out

41 Nigerians were deported from the United Kingdom (UK) and arrived in Lagos on Wednesday, February 1, 2017.

They were brought home in a chartered Airbus 330 aircraft that landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport at about 8 am.

The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) said that they were deported for alleged immigration offences.

NEMA, however, said it had informed that about 83 deportees were being expected and that some of them who had not completed their prison sentences would be handed over to the Nigeria Prison Service to complete the terms.

Fayose tells Osinbajo: Send Onnoghen’s name to senate

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to send the name of Justice Walter Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria without further delay.

Fayose said Osinbajo as a lawyer himself should know that it was dangerous to the unity of Nigeria and sustenance of democracy to deny Onnoghen the opportunity to head the Supreme Court.