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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Donald Trump castigated a well-known US comedian on Wednesday after the release of a grisly-looking photo showing her holding up a prop depicting the president’s bloodied severed head. Kathy Griffin apologized for the picture — released on Tuesday by the celebrity photographer Tyler Shields — after a tirade of criticism from conservatives and liberals, saying in a video “I beg for your forgiveness” for having “crossed a line.” “Kathy Griffin should be ashamed of herself,” Trump tweeted. “My children, especially my 11 year old son, Barron, are having a hard time with this. Sick!” Griffin, an outspoken Trump critic who won two Emmy awards for her reality show “My Life on the D List,” said she would ask Shields to remove the image from the internet. “I sincerely apologize. I’m just now seeing the reaction of these images. I’m a comic. I crossed the line,” she said in a video posted to social media late Tuesday. “I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far. I...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Some members of All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kogi have called on Gov. Yahaya Bello to resign over accusation that he registered twice for Permanent Voter Card. Spokesman for the members, Sen. Dino Melaye made the call at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday. Melaye said the people of Kogi State and the party were dissociating themselves from the act and called on Bello to resign immediately or risk impeachment. “This executive recklessness and impunity is what we are reacting to. “We are saying that as stakeholders in Kogi politics and the All Progressives Congress (APC), we condemn in its entirety the fraudulent behaviour of Yahaya Bello, the Executive Governor of Kogi State. “This criminal behaviour has embarrassed the people of Kogi state and the APC. We dissociate ourselves from this criminal behaviour. “Kogi people are responsible people and we expect to have a responsible governor. As at the time he was contesting that election, it showed that he ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described the late Chukwuma Onuekwusi as “passionate professional and a gentleman, who contributed so much to the high ratings of Channels TV”. The Minister stated this at a condolence message issued on Thursday in Beijing, China by his Special Adviser, Mr Segun Adeyemi. The Minister said he was saddened by the death of Onuekwusi, the late Channels Television’s State House Correspondent. He noted that his memory of the late Onuekwusi, during his regular interactions with State House Correspondents, remained that of an ardent journalist. He extended his condolences to the deceased family, the management and staff of Channels TV as well as the entire State House Correspondents for the untimely demise of the brilliant journalist. Mohammed prayed that God would strengthen the immediate and extended family of the late journalist, and also grant repose to his soul. The post Late Onuekwusi, a passionate p...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A vigilance group on Thursday arrested a 35-year-old man, Umar Kudu, over alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in Bida area of Niger. A police source told newsmen in Bida that the suspect was caught having sex with the minor in an uncompleted building. It said that the suspect confessed to committing the offence during police investigation. “Kudu told the police that he usually lure the girl with N100 during her school hours, and that he had done that five times before luck ran out on him,” the source said. Mr Bala Elkanah, Public Relations Officer of the Niger Police Command, who confirmed the report, said that the matter was being investigated. “The suspect is being remanded in prison custody until we conclude our investigation,” he said. The post Man, 35, arrested over alleged rape of 14-year-old girl in Niger appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2r0c0o9

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Head of Mission, Argentina Embassy in Nigeria, Gustavo Dzugala, says his country is ready to collaborate with Nigeria to boost agricultural production. Gustavo disclosed this on the sideline of the Argentine’s National Day celebration on Thursday in Abuja. He said that Argentina major business was agriculture, stating that the country exports agricultural products to different parts of the world. He said that if Argentina has the market, they would not be exporting millions of products out of the country, noting that Nigeria has the market. According to him, Nigeria should shift her attention from crude oil to agriculture because agriculture is more lucrative than oil. “Our main activity is agriculture, I am trying to ensure a better relationship in agriculture; we are going to train a delegation from Nigeria on Agro business. “We have to understand that agro-business is more lucrative than oil because of the stability in the long terms, in agriculture o...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Car bomb attack that happened in Somalia’s capital Magadishu was reported to kill at least six people leaving ten injured on Monday, an officer at the scene told AFP. According to officer Mohamed Abdulahi, the car exploded next to an Italian cafe on the key thoroughfare in the centre of the city. Details later: The post Breaking: Car bomb attack kills 6 injured 10 appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pUbDfY

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J With barely two weeks to the opening matches of the group stage of the Total CAF Champions League 2017 and Total CAF Confederation Cup 2017, the participating clubs are already rearing to go. The Managers of the 32 clubs, 16 for each competition, attended a one-day Team Managers Workshop held on Thursday, 27 April 2017 at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. The event, organized on the heels of the draw of the group phase 24-hours earlier, provided an opportunity for the officials of the qualified clubs to discuss the organizational and logistical issues including Marketing, Media, Refereeing and Security. It also served a platform for the club officials to exchange ideas and share experiences amongst others with respect to the organization at this level especially for clubs, who will be making their debuts at the pool stage. “This workshop is very important since the clubs get to know everything about the group phase of the Total CAF Champions League 2017 an...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The police in Kano on Sunday arrested the immediate past governor of Jigawa, Alhaji Sule Lamido. A reliable source told the Newsmen in Kano that Lamido was arrested for allegedly inciting his supporters to stop the conduct of state’s upcoming local council polls. The arrest of Lamido may be connected with a programme aired on one of the Kano local radio stations. Lamido was alleged to have directed his supporters, during the programme, to ensure that they win the local governments elections by all means. The former governor was said to have been arrested at his Sharada Kano residence in the early hours of Sunday by the Zonal Investigative Bureau unit of Zone One Command of the Nigeria Police in Kano. When Newsmens visited the headquarters of Zone one located along BUK road, the former governor was still being held by the police who are yet to make any official statement on the issue. However, when contacted, the Public ...