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Acting president Yemi Osinbajo has renamed the Federal University Oye-Ekiti after late Major-General Adebayo who was buried in Ekiti state on Saturday, May 20. The development was announced by media to the acting president Laolu Akande on his Twitter handle after Osinbajo made the declaration. According to Akande, the presidency will now send a bill to the National Assembly to have the new name confirmed. Akande tweeted: Osinbajo said in his speech: “We can never thank the late General enough for his service and sacrifice to the nation. But we must also not take for granted the labour of this redoubtable hero. “Indeed, we owe him a duty to continue to pursue the values which his iconic life represented. It is for this reason that the Federal Government of Nigeria has decided in recognition of his service to Nigeria to name the Federal University in Oye-Ekiti–The Adeyinka Adebayo Federal University.” Acting President Yemi Osinbajo paid a visit to Ekiti state today, Satu

Nemesis has caught up with a syndicate that specialised in diverting goods at the Tin Can Port Apapa Lagos. The syndicate, including four men and a woman, was exposed after they attempted to bribe police officers attached to Festac Division, Area E Command, Lagos, with the sum of N250, 000 after they were arrested on Wednesday while allegedly attempting to divert a trailer load of bags of cashew nuts worth N13.7million meant for export. The syndicate would have succeeded in their scheme but luck ran out on them when a team of policemen led by Inspector Peter Alyasi attached to the Area E Command Festac while on stop and search patrol at the No Man’ s Land area of the town intercepted the trailer. Inspector Alyasi subsequently demanded to see the content of the goods and their vehicular documents. Instead of giving the policemen what they requested for, the syndicate led by the alleged criminal receiver of the goods offered the police N250, 000 bribe. A police s

The Nigerian Air Force has denied media speculation that it has compiled a list of senior officers to be retired. The reports said the officers are to be compulsorily retired from the Force over alleged involvement in the ongoing investigation of arms purchase under the immediate past administration. The reports further said the recent retirement of 38 senior officers from the Nigerian Army was a precursor to what was to come in the other arms of the Nigerian Armed Forces, particularly the Air Force. But the Spokesperson of the Air Force, Ayodele Famuyima, in a terse statement on Tuesday, denied the report. According to Mr. Famuyiwa, a Group Captain, “it is pertinent to state that this story is unfounded and did not emanate from the Nigerian Air Force. “The Press is, therefore, advised to always confirm their story with the NAF before publication”.

Many refugees continue night-time excursions through razor-wire fences into Macedonia, only to be beaten and returned. Refugees have gathered outside the Hara Hotel after the Idomeni camp was closed down last month [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera] Evzoni, Greece - Tents dot the parking lot and field around the Hara Hotel at a weigh station in this Greek-Macedonian border town. The number of refugees and migrants at this makeshift camp increased after Greek police evicted residents of the impromptu Idomeni border crossing last month, while others voluntarily moved to government-run camps. On the other side of the highway, hundreds more are camping in the parking lot of a petrol station and in the forest behind it. Speaking to Al Jazeera, many of the Hara Hotel's outdoor residents are worried by threats that Greek police will clear the area and force them to join others in the Thessaloniki-area camps in the coming days. Hussain Kazal, 25, and his 19-year-old cousin Ali came to

Former PMAN president, Chary Boy, has shed more light on his alleged romance with Nigerian TV presenter, Denrele Edun which went viral years ago. Charly Boy was a guest at Rubbin Minds with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu where he talked about the picture of him kissing Denrele. He said the picture was leaked with Denrele’s consent until the backlash became too hot for him. The major motive was to publicise the video before gay allegations trailed both parties.

Nigeria's fuel crisis worsens with motorists sleeping at petrol stations and generators joining the queues for fuel. What are your tips for surviving the fuel crisis? More on BBC Africa

The South African parliament will next week discuss an opposition motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma after country’s highest court ruled that he flouted the constitution, an official said Sunday. *President Zuma The speaker of parliament Baleka Mbete told journalists that the move by the Democratic Alliance (DA) would be considered on April 5. The DA is pushing for Zuma to be impeached after the Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled that he had “failed to uphold, defend and respect the constitution” in ignoring the ombudswoman’s directives to repay a portion of public funds used to upgrade his private residence. “The national assembly will on Tuesday, 5 April, consider a motion by the Democratic Alliance for the removal of the President in terms of section 89 of the constitution,” said Mbete. Zuma, whose ruling African National Congress (ANC) commands a strong grip on parliament, is likely to survive any bid to have him removed. A previous impeachment attempt in 2015 over failur

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged state governors to raise the bar of their performance in order to give new lease of life to the people. Obasanjo made the call on Friday in Enugu, when he visited Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, after attending the burial of Ebonyi governor’s mother. The former president said that good governance would boost the economic growth of the nation. He commended Ugwuanyi on his good works in the state and urged him to do more as posterity would judge him. “From the reports I get, you are doing well. If out of the 36 states of the country, you can get one that is doing well, it will be encouraging to continue to work on others to do well. “By the time you can get up to 50 per cent of the states doing well, it means the country will be better. So, keep it up,” Obasanjo said. In his response, Ugwuanyi thanked the former president for his visit and promised to tap from his wealth of experience. “We are, indeed, very grateful. We will continue to

Imagine you turn on your PC, to check out how your website is working? And you are like “what, where is my website”? I have got a bad news for you… Your website has got hacked and all your data is gone. Sound scary? Isn’t it? I did not mean to scare you, but this happens with many bloggers who choose a free theme for blogging instead of a premium one. Let me tell you the truth- free is not always good, even if it is a WordPress theme. In this post, I will show you why choosing a free theme could be dangerous for the blog. Imp note: There are many good looking free themes who offer encrypted free footers (Link free footer) & are of great quality. But, again their are still few donwside of using free WordPress themes over Premium WordPress themes. Why Free WordPress themes are not worth your time?1. Unwanted URLs in the footer When you choose a free theme, you also accept the user agreement from theme developers. In exchange of the free theme these developers always want you to kee

Boko Haram released a new video Friday denying any suggestions it would surrender, just over a week after their shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a rare message looking dejected and frail. Shekau, who was not seen on camera for more than a year, released an unverified video late last month and said his time in charge of the Nigerian jihadist group may be coming to an end. If the video indeed depicts Shekau, he appears thin and listless, delivering his message without his trademark fiery rhetoric. It prompted speculation from the army that the Islamist group was on the verge of collapse in the face of a sustained military counter-insurgency. However, in Friday’s message, Boko Haram maintained it was a potent fighting force, with fighters posing with AK-47s in front of Toyota Hilux pick-up trucks and a lorry mounted with a military cannon. “You should know that there is no truce, there is no negotiations, there is no surrender,” an unidentified masked man wearing camouflage sa

Health workers prepare to collect the ashes of people that died due to the Ebola virus at a crematorium on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, March 2015. The World Health Organization says a new case of Ebola has been confirmed in Liberia, days after saying the outbreak no longer qualifies as an international health emergency. WHO   ✔ ‎@WHO A new case of  # Ebola  is confirmed in  # Liberia . Investigation and # EbolaResponse  now underway 12:17 PM - 1 Apr 2016 WHO said on Twitter Friday investigations are underway. It reiterated that Ebola is no longer an international health emergency, but flare-ups, at decreasing frequency, are expected. Liberia was declared free from transmission in January. Flare-ups have occurred before in Liberia, and in Sierra Leone and Guinea, though health authorities say those are not linked to the original chain of transmission. WHO says Guinea has confirmed eight cases and seven deaths since late February. The deadliest Ebola outbreak kille

A six-year-old schoolgirl, Oluwajuwon Akinsanya, has been abducted by unidentified persons at the Ojo Military Cantonment, Lagos. The primary one pupil of Maryam Bliss International School, Ojo, was said to be sleeping in the room with her parents in Block II, Flat 5, Engineer Quarters, when she was whisked away by the abductors. PUNCH Metro learnt that the men also stole the phone, money and recharge cards (vouchers) of the victim’s parents.Her mother, Yetunde, told our correspondent that the family had yet to be contacted by the abductors since the incident happened in January. She stated that she had visited more than 200 places seeking help, adding that she was sexually harassed in one of the religious houses she visited. Yetunde said, “On January 20, 2016, around 4.30am, while we were asleep, I suddenly heard a loud noise and I woke up. “I checked the floor where my daughter normally slept, but I didn’t see her. Her younger brother, Enoch, was on the bed with my husband and I. I

On this day in 2013, forty one (41) people died in a suicide car bombing that struck a bus station in Kano. The suicide attack was committed against Christian civilians at the Kano Bus station, all of whom were boarding the buses to go to the mostly Christian south. The explosion came hours after another attack blamed on Boko Haram killed a teacher and injured three students in Maiduguri. The Volkswagen Golf packed with explosives and driven by three suicide bombers sped to five buses, which were being boarded by civilians, mostly Christians, to east and south Nigeria. The car hit one of the buses and exploded. After the explosion, people started evacuating from the remaining buses. A fire spread to the four remaining buses, many of which still had passengers in them. Sources like the Vanguard claim the attack killed up to 60 people. BBC claims it was 22 and according to Reuters, the number is 25. Though the target of the attacks is not disputed, the buses were carrying mostly Christi

Abuja (AFP) - Nigeria's former chief of defence staff bought property including a $5.5 million mansion with air force money, passing off his fraudulent withdrawals as staff salaries, a court heard Wednesday. Retired air chief marshal Alex Badeh is on trial at a federal high court in Abuja, accused of diverting 3.97 billion naira ($19.8 million, 18 million euros) for his own use. The 59-year-old, arrested as part of a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign by President Muhammadu Buhari, denies 10 counts of fraud, criminal breach of trust and money laundering. The finance director under Badeh when he was chief of air staff at the time of the alleged offences in 2013 said he exchanged 558.2 million naira for dollars every month on his boss' instructions. The money was part of some four billion naira set aside for monthly salaries for air force personnel, retired air commodore Salisu Abdullahi Yushau told the court in evidence. The withdrawals were accounted for "as salaries b

Cameroonian President Paul Biya (L) walks with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari (R) at the airport in Yaounde, Cameroon, July 29, 2015. Cameroon has sentenced 89 members of Boko Haram to death.REINNIER KAZE/AFP/GETTY IMAGES Cameroon has sentenced 89 members of Nigerian militant group Boko Haram to death. Some 850 alleged members of Boko Haram, which pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in 2015, are being detained in Cameroon, according to the BBC’s Hausa service . The executions are the first since a new anti-terror law was enacted in 2014 in Cameroon, which is part of a multinational force along with Nigeria and others aimed at combating the group’s spread in West Africa. Boko Haram has been waging an insurgency in northeast Nigeria since 2009, killing some 20,000 people and displacing more than two million. During 2015, the group upped its activities across Nigeria’s borders in Cameroon, Chad and Niger. Boko Haram militants have been suspected of ca

SHOBB 2 OF BLACK REVERENDZ AND HIS MAKE UP PICTURE IN #76theMovie Following the release of a certain picture and story concerning one of the black reverendz ( Shobb2 ), he has come out to formally denounce the news... Message from the Black Reverendz Manager Pocar Lee and publicist Swagg News Africa, has it that the picture though true, was a make up from the movie #76theMovie , that he featured in. Someone must have picked it up from Shobb2 Display picture on either facebook, whatsapp, or instagram and fabricated a story and just published all in the name of news says “Shaibu Adams aka Shobb2.” He further says he's law abiding and knows it’s wrong to wear the camouflage, so he won't ordinarily just wear it. He has no plan to press charges but only advice that media people should get professional, call and verify news before publishing. Right now, they are putting things together to shoot the video of Ayangba remix ft Lil Kesh, urging their fans to expect a dope video for th

Killer whale Tilikum watches as SeaWorld Orlando trainers take a break during a training session at the theme park's Shamu Stadium in Orlando, Fla on March 7, 2011. The killer whale made famous by the award-winning documentary Blackfish is dying. SeaWorld announced on Tuesday that Tilicum's health is beginning to deteriorate. He is becoming "increasingly lethargic" due to a bacterial infection in his lungs that the company says is "very resistant to treatment." Veterinarians have failed to find a cure for Tilicum, the company said, and so their focus is now on keeping him comfortable and creating an "enriching life." “It has been our duty and passion to make sure we give him the utmost care we possibly can,” said Daniel Richardville, a SeaWorld Animal Training Supervisor, on the company's website. The news was met with a mixed response on Twitter. Some were sorry to hear that the animal is sick, but most were angry at SeaWorld for letting his

Doctors under the aegis of National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, Ogun State Chapter, have threatened to commence a one-week warning strike starting from Monday, March 7 to press home their demands. ‎In a statement issued at the end of the emergency general meeting of the association, last Wednesday, the association said that the strike became imperative after they had explored all opportunities to get the attention of the state government on issues affecting the health system in the state. The statement, signed by its Chairman, Dr. Oladunni Adetola and the Secretary, Dr. Adetonwa Festus, had it that series of letters were written to the state government on the need to restructure health facilities; shortage of staff and relativity. The association explained that little or nothing could be achieved in the health sector in the state, considering lack of materials, equipment ‎and good working environment. The body also identified shortage of staff a

Shobb 2, real name Shaibu Adams and half of the popular singing duo, Black Reverendz, has been reportedly brutalized by an unidentified military personnel. According to reports, Shobb 2 was allegedly accosted by a yet-to-be-identified military personnel and heavily beaten up for impersonating a military officer by wearing a camo. Shobb 2 and his partner Wasiu Lawal (Wesley) became popular for making a cover of Busta Rhymes’ hit song, Dangerous but renamed it Ayangba. The song, which became an instant hit and made the Black Reverendz popular on the Nigerian music scene, was recently remixed and featured YBNL signee, Lil Kesh. Source: Naira Naija News

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has announced plans for his government to take control of all diamond mining operations in a bid to put an end to alleged rampant swindling linked to the multi-billion dollar gem industry in the poverty-stricken country. Mugabe’s statement came a week after authorities ordered all private mining companies to halt work and leave the country’s Marange fields, which in 2013 reportedly produced about 13 percent of the world’s diamond supply, saying that their working licenses were not renewed. “The state will now own all the diamonds in the country,” Mugabe said on Thursday in an interview with state broadcaster ZBC TV. “Companies that have been mining diamonds have robbed us of our wealth. That is why we have now said the state must have a monopoly,” Mugabe said. Zimbabwe was the eighth largest diamond producer in the world with 4.7 million carats in 2014, according to industry group Kimberly Process. The Zimbabwe Herald newspaper cited Mugabe as saying