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A human rights group in Nigeria, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has called on the newly appointed Minister of Defence, Monsur Dan-Ali and the authority of the Nigeria Army to bring out the controversial Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) of the President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). General Buhari had before the election insisted that his controversial original Certificate was with the authority of the Nigeria Army. The rights group in the seven (7) days ultimatum said that failure of President Buhari to order the authority of Nigerian Army as their Commander-in-Chief, to release his original Senior School Certificate, which he used to be enlisted in the Army, would amount to “blatant lie of the highest order from the acclaimed incorruptible President Buhari.” In a statement issued and signed by the CHRSJ’s Executive Chairman, Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman, he said, “Following the recent statement credit...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has discovered 17 staff members of the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) with fake NYSC exemption certificates. Four of the suspects were handed over to the police by the corps for onward prosecution while others are to be arrested for prosecution. Speaking with newsmen at the handing over in Abuja, the NYSC Director of Certification, Alhaji Hudu Aliyu Taura, said the arrest was made possible through the cooperation of their employers, who alerted the scheme for verification of their certificates. He disclosed that 17 certificates were found out to be fake during the verification exercise carried out by the scheme, adding that three out of the suspects who are currently using the certificates to work in one of the financial institutions bank were on the run. He assured that the remaining 10 people and those on the run would soon be arrested. “Some employers came to verify those certificates, specifically GTB sent certificates to be verified by u...

Former Governor Lucky Igbinedion of Edo State has accused incumbent Governor Adams Oshiomhole of squandering trillions of Federal Allocations and Internally Generated Revenue the state has collected in the last seven years. Igbinedion also dismissed a statement credited to Oshiomhole that he kept quiet for seven years on the illegalities and fraud allegedly perpetrated by the former governor while in office because he could not “report a thief to an armed robber”. In a statement he personally signed in Abuja on Saturday, the ex-governor promised to expose his successor at the appropriate time. The back and forth between Oshiomhole and his predecessor began on Wednesday when the former said his administration had begun moves to recover $31m allegedly “fraudulently taken” from the government coffers, during Igbinedion’s administration. Oshiomhole also vowed to publish records of fraud allegedly perpetrated by the ex-governor, adding that he would forward all the files contain...

Many of us have had Windows 10 on our PCs for a while now, so we’re pretty used to the new features of the operating system from daily use. However, Microsoft has hidden a few features underneath the hood however that you may find especially useful. Give these tips and tricks a try, and improve your Windows 10 experience. 1. Access a Start Menu for power users Windows 10 has a hidden Start Menu that contains some useful features for Windows power users, such as the task manager, command prompt, device and disk management, and others. To get to this menu, you’ll need to either right click the Windows button or use the Windows key+X shortcut on your keyboard. 2. Sniff out disk space-hoarding apps A useful feature of both iOS and Android is a feature within their settings apps that allow you to monitor the amount of disk space apps are taking up. Microsoft has a similar feature in the new Settings app in Windows 10. To find it, click Settings, then System, then Storage. You’ll be a...

Ace Nigerian comedian Akpororo today Saturday, November 14, 2015, got married his sweetheart Josephine Abraham at Eagle’s Club, Surulere, Lagos. The couple held their traditional marriage Thursday in Oyo state capital city, Ibadan.

The Urhobo nation has disowned the pro-Biafra agitators, saying they are not a part of Biafra. The Urhobo nation demanded that they should be removed from the proposed map of Biafra by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Vanguard reports. This was contained in statement yesterday, November 13, by Alhaji Mumakai-Unagha, the national publicity secretary of the Urhobo Progress Union. The statement read: “IPOB have their rights of agitation for freedom of self-determination as enshrined in the United Nation declaration stressing that other ethnic groups should not be dragged along to avoid the mistake that led to the civil war. “The magnanimity of Urhobos in allowing Igbos celebrate the Igbo Cultural Day should not be taken for granted as we urge IPOB to delist Urhobo from its proposed map.” Mumakai-Unagha warned that Urhobo and its territories should be counted out from any IPOB plan. The Nigerian government has described the pro-Biafrans as an “insignificant number of frustrate...

At least 120 people are feared to have been killed in a series of devastating attacks across Paris on Friday evening.Eight attackers also died, police say, seven of them by detonating explosive suicide belts. Two hundred people were injured, 80 of them seriously. Shootings and explosions were reported in six locations across the city, including the Stade de France in northern Paris, where two suicide attacks and a bombing took place as the national team played Germany in a friendly football match. The majority of victims died after a mass shooting inside the Bataclan concert venue.Shootings also took place in restaurants and other sites in the centre of the city. His spokeswoman said eight assailants had also died, seven of whom had blown themselves up with explosive belts at various locations, while one had been shot dead by police. Police continue to search for accomplices who might still be at large. UK Guardian