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Rita Edochie , Popular Nollywood actress, On Saturday in Abuja said that she was unaware that she was pregnant when she was in primary six. Edochie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview that contrary to a story that she did not tell her mother about the pregnancy, she was not even aware of her situation. “Though a boy used diabolic means and sexually abused me; I was not aware, I could not tell exactly how it happened. “I was not aware that I was pregnant then; I was so tiny. “We were playing games in the school; the type that the instructor or referee will say `number one’ and pupils with number 1 would run and collect something. “It was during the game that a fellow pupil insulted me that my tummy was like a breadfruit; I was angered and beat her up,” she said. She explained that the lesson teacher then asked them to go home and bring their parents. The actress said that she was a young innocent girl who could not tell lies to the mother or against...

* APC’s change mantra has gone through hell, says president President Muhammadu Buhari has again described his predecessor in office, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, as a gracious and generous man whose phone call to concede defeat in last year’s general election whilst the votes were still being counted remained shocking to him (Buhari). Buhari who hosted State House correspondents to launch, as part of activities to mark his one year in office, said there was dead silence from his end when he received the call because he was not expecting it. According to President Buhari, “This is where I pay my respect to former President Goodluck Jonathan. This is actually a privileged information for you (the press). “He called me at a quarter past five in the evening. He said good evening your excellency Sir and I said good evening your excellency. “He said, I have called to congratulate you that I have conceded defeat. Of course there was dead silence on my end because I did not expect ...

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Nigerian-American  rapper, Wale, has expressed his admiration over the musical dexterity of his countrymen, Davido, Wizkid and Olamide, by stating that he is proud of them. The rapper talked about Wizkid's influence on Drake's "Controlla" song, though no credit was given to the Nigerian singer according to him. Wale was interviewed on American radio station,  Hot 97 , where he talked about the good music quality of Nigerian artistes and how he tried to get Wizkid signed to  Jay-Z's Roc Nation  record label. » more Wizkid is seen hanging out with Wale at an event.  (Instagram/wale ) He said, " I’m proud of Davido and Wizkid, and Olamide". "There’s a lot of dope artistes coming out of there. I know it was going to get there, because Nigeria’s got like a whole 60% of the swag in Africa come from Nigeria, and I have always known Wizkid." "I remember bringing the idea of signing Wizkid to Roc Nation, to the...

The Nasarawa state House of Assembly, committee chairman on Lands and town planning, Hon. Hashimu Jibrin Gurku, has assured that priority would be given to the bill seeking to give legal backing for the establishment of the Nasarawa Geographic Information Service (NAGIS) to ensure its speedy passage. Gurku who spoke on Thursday in Lafia during a one day public hearing on the bill commended Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura for establishing NAGIS aimed at addressing the challenges of land registration and administration in the state, adding that the idea was in the right direction. Gurku explained that when the bill is passed into law, it would reduce the frequency of litigation on properties,    increase revenue accrual to the state and add value to property as a result of proper documentation. He said: “It is equally important to stress that this noble gesture is what obtains in modern policy drive where    detailed land use platform is harnessed to drive soc...

Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku of Taraba State has confirmed that militia from Tarock in the neighbouring state of Plateau are now occupying several villages in Dampar ward of Ibi Local Government Area in the state. The governor confirmed the wrongful occupation in a media chat with journalists in Jalingo. He said the state government has been working tirelessly round the clock to draw the attention of the Plateau state governor to the development. “ I am very much aware that the militia group from Tarock in Plateau state has taken over some villages in Dampar Ward of Ibi Local Government Council of our state. I have written the governor and he has agreed to look into it” , Ishaku said. He added that part of the problem in the state is the spill over of the crisis in Benue State whose perpetrators came from Tunga in Nassarawa State. “Part of the problem we have in this state come from River Benue. The perpetrators of these ills come from Tunga in Nassarawa state”,  I...

The Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Amb. Nikolay Udovichenko, on Saturday announced that the Nigerian and Russian Governments plan to sign an agreement for the establishment of a multifunctional scientific research nuclear centre in Nigeria. Udovichenko, who disclosed this in Lagos at this year’s Alumni Congress of the Soyuznik Alumni Association in Nigeria, said that the Nigerian and Russian governments had been negotiating for the centre’s establishment. The theme of the congress was “Harnessing The Potentials of the Nigerian Graduates of Higher Institutions of former USSR States”. “Bilateral cooperation between Nigeria and Russia is blessed with huge potential in every avenue. “Nuclear energy development is another area with good prospects for our two countries’ cooperation. “This June, we expect to sign a bilateral agreement for the establishment of a multifunctional scientific centre in Nigeria,’’ he said. The Envoy also said that his go...