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The Foreign Minister of Denmark and Head of the Danish delegation to the Bring Back Our Girls sit-out in Abuja has pledged the support of the government of Denmark to ensure the Chibok girls are rescued alive. Addressing members of the Bring Back Our Girls campaigners in Abuja, the Foreign Minister of Denmark, Mister Kristian Jensen, said the search for the Chibok girls has assumed a global dimension requiring international collaboration. Convener of the Bring Back Our Girls, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, said the campaigners are not giving up hope of rescuing the Chibok girls. She however laments the inability of the Federal Government to conclude the search for the girls after 665 days.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) is expected to release the name of two new justices of the Supreme Court tomorrow. Following the retirement of Justice Afolabi Fabiyi and Justice Muntaka Coomassie, four justices of the appeal court have been interview to replace them. The NJC hold its first quarterly plenary for this year on Wednesday and Thursday. It was learnt on Monday that a major item on the NJC’s plenary would be consideration of the outcome of the interview conducted to fill two vacancies at the apex court bench. According to reliable sources in the judiciary, four candidates, who are currently Justices of the Court of Appeal in various divisions, have already been interviewed for the available two slots. It was learnt that Justices Ejembi Eko and Monica Dongban-Mensen were interviewed to choose a replacement for Justice John Fabiyi, who retired in November 2015. Two other Justices of the Court of Appeal, Amina Augie and Garba Lawal, were also said to have been in...

The embattled Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Rickey Tarfa, yesterday said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) committed perjury by alleging that he paid N225,000 to Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court, Lagos. The commission had in its sworn affidavit provided phone numbers of Mr. Rickey Tarfa, the judge, and bank documents detailing money transfer from the senior advocate to Justice Yunusa. One Moses Awolusi from the anti-graft agency had stated in paragraph 54 of the agency’s counter affidavit that investigations carried out by the respondents into the applicant’s firm’s (Rickey Tarfa and Co) Access Bank account with account No. 0000964760 showed that the applicant on January 7, 2014 bribed his Lordship, Justice M.N. Yunusa with the sum of N225,000.‎ This latest revelation is contained in an affidavit of urgency deposed to by head of chambers, Rickey Tarfa (SAN) and Co., Mr. Segun Odubela. According to the affidavit, a former staff of the chambers,...

A mysterious, four-mile long river, deep in the heart of the Amazon is so hot that it boils. The river has long been a legend in Peru, but when geoscientist, Andres Ruzo heard about it, he thought such a phenomenon couldn’t possibly exist. He believed that it would require a huge amount of geothermal heat to boil even a small river, and the Amazon basin is far from any active volcanoes. According to DailyMail, Ruzo first heard about the Mayantuyacu River when his grandfather told him a story of how some Spanish conquistadors headed into the Amazon rainforest in search of gold. When they returned, the men spoke of a terrifying experience that involved poisoned water, man-eating snakes and a river that boils from below. Despite his skepticism, Runzo found himself hiking into the jungle and he said that what he saw was beyond his imagination. “Dipping my hand into the river would give me third-degree burns in less than half a second. Falling in could easily kill me,” Ruzo told ...

Apple has been at odds with the FBI lately over the tech giant’s refusal to allow law enforcement to access a suspected terrorist’s iPhone. According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, who wrote open letter on the matter, what the Department of Justice wants them to do is create a “backdoor,” which would put the security of millions of iPhones at risk. Apple says they have complied the best they could with the FBI but refuse to put the security of their users at risk. Today, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg weighed in, extending his support to Apple in the matter. While speaking at the Mobile World Congress conference in Spain, he shared: We’re sympathetic with Apple on this one. I expect it’s not the right thing to try to block that from the mainstream products people want to use. And I think it’s not going to be the right regulatory or economic policy to put in place. The entire issue was brought to the forefront after a U.S. federal judge ordered that Apple assist the FBI in accessing ...

Grace Wallace, a Nigerian based Togolese Fashion designer, popularly hailed as one of the Top Fashion Designers of Togo, recently debuted her new collection in honor of Togolese in diaspora. The designer after getting an invitation from the Togo Ministry of Foreign Affairs got her inspiration for the Diaspora named collection. The collection was inspired by the African and Togolese cultures, in particular, it features stylish pieces made with Ankara print fabrics with a retro feel features with perfect cut outs, off-shoulders, mermaid shaped dress, pencil trouser and many more. The outfits were named “C’est la vie”, “Kpongbazé”, “Trésor d’Afrique” among others in cognisance with Togolese traders names. See pictures from the collection below.

Wizkid’s message to Linda Ikeji Late last year, Linda Ikeji, popular female blogger did a report that the management of American Univerisity in Yola, Adamawa state paid Wizkid N8 million to come and perform and Wizkid didn’t honour the appointment. In fairness to Linda, somebody tagged her to the report on Twitter but she did not hear WizKid’s own side of the story before going to press. The report later turned out to be false as the school management debunked the report. WizKid did not take kindly to that false report, he insulted the blogger’s family and herself too on his Twitter page. Last month, Linda was the first blogger to break the story of the arrival of Wizkid’s new baby from her American baby mama, a report that Wizkid did not confirm nor deny. On Sunday, Wizkid took the fight further by tweeting a link to an article about Linda Ikeji that addresses Linda Ikeji’s “poverty mentality”, captioning it “nice read”. The article addressed Linda’s ‘poverty mentality’,...