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Scene of an attack on the Convoy of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike by soldiers and SARS Personnel attached to the Minister of Transportation atWanja Junction, Trans-Amadi Road in Port Harcourt Saturday (11/11/17) Governor Nyesom Wike and the Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, have accused each other of assault after their security aides clashed in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Mr. Wike said he was attacked by officers of the police special anti robbery squad attached to Mr. Amaechi’s convoy. In a statement by his spokesperson, Simeon Nwakaudu, the governor said he was on project inspection when he was attacked at Nwanja Junction on Trans-Amadi Road, Port Harcourt. “The SARs Personnel and Soldiers in the Minister’s convoy hit down the Governor’s Escort Rider and attacked the policemen in the pilot car,” the statement said. “Also part of the attack, was the Commander of Rivers SARS, Mr Akin Fakorede who received the Minister of Transportation at the Port Harco...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a significant increase of the take-off grant for the commence of operations at the Maritime University in Delta State from N2bn earlier announced to N5bn. The President also okay an immediate release of N1bn to the university to support essential infrastructure works and staff recruitment. In a press statement signed by the Minister of Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Usani, he revealed that the presidential approval for the N5B budget allocation was based on the recommendation of a committee in the Ministry of Education tasked with the activation of the university. Recently, the Maritime University authorities have commenced the process of hiring staff with advert placements published in the Punch, Vanguard, and Sun newspapers, blogs and other online outlets. In the published academic staff vacancies, the Maritime University is now hiring professors, readers, senior lecturers, lecturers, assistant lecturers and graduate assistants to teach i...

As you know Gospel Artiste Frank Edwards wasn’t born with a silver spoon, he struggled he’s way up, until he met Chris Oyakhlomie who helped his Career, and since then he has never failed to give him credits for his fame so far, she shared the epic throwback photo and said:

Of recent, we have been seeing some weird forms of coffin used in burying people… A man was recently buried in a coffin built like a house with DSTV dish after his death. Photos and video from his funeral have gone viral… What do you think? Video below

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has become the first university in Nigeria to be granted a licence to operate a television station. This was disclosed by Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, Chairman of UNILAG Radio and TV, through a statement issued yesterday. According to him, “the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) granted the TV licence to the institution on Thursday, November 9.” He therefore invited members of the university community to the commissioning of the TV scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 11 at the Department of Mass Communication of the university. Also in the press statement, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Rahman Bello, on behalf of the university management, congratulated members of staff, students and the entire university community on the milestone. The Mass Communication department of UNILAG also pioneered the first campus radio station in Nigeria.

Infinix will be launching a new smartphone on November 14. The company has sent out invites for an event that will take place in Dubai. We don't have all the details yet but the smartphone will be called Zero 5, and the Indian pricing is under INR 20,000 ($308), although the phone will also go on sale in other countries simultaneously. It is said to have a bezel-less display, probably with the popular 18:9 aspect ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass, dual rear camera system with 2x optical zoom, 6GB of RAM, 128GB expandable storage and will be available in multiple colors, including the red featured above. The phone is expected to go on sale through two of the major online retailers.

West Ham could sell club-record record £25million signing Marko Arnautovic in January, just fourth months after joining the club.  (Daily Mirror) New boss manager David Moyes has reportedly been given the go-ahead to put his stamp on the team, with the Scot targeting deals for Bournemouth's Harry Arter, Sporting Lisbon’s William Carvalho and Sunderland defender Lamine Kone.  (Daily Mirror) Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is the latest Premier League boss to be linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain to replace Unai Emery. Man United manager Jose Mourinho has also been linked with the job, with Emery facing the axe if PSG fail to progress to the Champions League semi-finals.  (Le Parisien) Manchester United have agreed a deal for the latest youngster destined for stardom. Benfica’s 16-year-old wonderkid Umaro Embalo was also being tracked by Real Madrid, but the Red Devils have beaten off competition to land the starlet for around £5million.  (Portuga...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said he has “no idea” when record signing Paul Pogba will be fit again after the French midfielder suffered a hamstring injury. The France player had sustained the injury in a UEFA Champions League tie against Basel early in September. The 24-year-old, who cost 89 million pounds last year —- a world record at the time —- played only a handful of games this season before being sidelined. “Paul is not here, I don’t know when he comes back, when he’s available, I’ve no idea,” Mourinho told a news conference ahead of his team’s Saturday’s visit to Huddersfield Town. He hopes Zlatan Ibrahimovic will return by the end of the year, however. The Portuguese also has better news of Marcus Rashford, who is fit in spite of coming off during the midweek Champions League win over Benfica with a knee injury. United will be looking to make history by keeping an eighth clean sheet in the opening nine league games of the season. No other team has a...

Somaliland's three presidential candidates have concluded their campaigns ahead of Monday's poll to elect the next leader of the breakaway region. Muse Bihi of the ruling Kulmiye party, Faisal Ali Waraabe of the For Justice and Development party (UCID) and Abdirahman Mohamed Abdillahi of the Wadani party held their final rallies this week in the capital, Hargeisa. A central issue, as always, is how to win international recognition for Somaliland. Somalia, which was once governed by Italy, wants Somaliland to be part of a single Somali state. But Somaliland, which used to be a British colony and broke away from the rest of Somalia in 1991, wants to be a separate country. All three candidates favor a fully independent Somaliland but have different visions of how to achieve it. "Previous talks were not fruitful and they were heading to the wrong direction," Bihi told VOA. He proposes bringing in "proper and genuine mediators" to replace officials fr...

Former Governor of Jigawa State and contender for the Peoples Democratic Party’s sole ticket for the 2019 Presidential election, Sule Lamido has declared that President Muhammadu Buhari has been dumped by ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Lagos State Governor, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. According to him, PDP was not afraid of Buhari, who is now left with his ‘tiny CPC members, having lost support of members of the other parties that merged to form APC in 2015. He noted that Buhari of today is no longer that of 2015 and can now be easily displaced from office. He told Sun, “That is my business if they endorse him or if he runs? Buhari came from a very small party called the CPC. Without the influence of the ACN and the governors who left the PDP, there was no way he would have won because he came from a very tiny party. If those who came together to make him what he is, are no longer in the party, then he has my sympathy for failing to understand this. Look here, Buhari is no ...