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Drake, the world’s top-selling artist last year, has accused the Grammys of pigeonholing him as a rapper because he is black and said he does not want his latest awards.
Drake, who won the Grammys for Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Performance for “Hotline Bling” at the music industry’s February 12 gala, voiced dismay that his “One Dance,” which is Spotify’s all-time, most-streamed song, was passed over for nominations.
For the Grammys, “I’m a black artist, I’m apparently a rapper, even though ‘Hotline Bling’ is not a rap song,” Drake, who rarely gives interviews, said on his weekend show on Apple’s Beats 1 radio.
Drake
“The only category that they can manage to fit me in is in a rap category, maybe because I’ve rapped in the past or because I’m black,” he said in the form of an interview with Britain’s DJ Semtex.
The Toronto artist, who rose to fame in the hip-hop world, said that his megahits were “pop songs — but I never get any credit for that.”
“I want to be like Michael Jackson; I want to be like artists that I looked up to,” he said.
“I won two awards but I don’t even want them because it feels weird to me,” said Drake, who did not attend the Grammys event in Los Angeles, in part because he was touring Europe.
Drake — who according to the global recording industry body IFPI sold more than any other act last year — was also in contention for the most prestigious Album of the Year Grammy for “Views.”
The award went to white English ballad singer Adele’s blockbuster “25” and not the other favorite, black artist Beyonce’s edgy “Lemonade.” It was the third time Beyonce was nominated and passed over for the prize, renewing charges in some circles that the awards have a racial bias.
Drake, who is of mixed ancestry and also is Jewish, voiced pride in being raised in the “cultural mosaic” of Toronto and said he never felt like an outsider until spending time in the United States.
“The first time I really experienced it was when I got famous and went to America,” he said.
“People would challenge me, like I don’t understand how it works, or like, ‘You’re Canadian, you’ll never understand the black American struggle.'”
Drake has rarely been political but recently made headlines when he staunchly attacked US President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration policies from a London stage.
Nepal's government announced the dates for the forthcoming local elections on Monday, nearly 20 years after polls were last held for municipalities and village councils in the country.
The last local elections in Nepal were held in 1997. They were due to be held again in 2002, but the country was at the peak of civil war at the time, and political infighting and frequent power struggles confounded efforts to hold local elections thereafter.
The Nepalese coalition government announced that local elections will be held on May 14, in spite of an opposition threat to launch protest following a breakdown of talks.
The decision came hours after the country's election commissioner met with Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and backed the government plan to announce the dates.
It said that the announcement had been delayed due to disagreement over the number of positions up for grabs.
Dahal, who led a 10-year Maoist insurgency that ended in a peace deal in 2006, has vowed to hold the elections, which are warranted by the constitution that was promulgated in September 2015.
The constitution, a key part of the peace deal, was delivered amid protest by Madhesis, which led to the death of over 50 people.
The opposition, led by Madhesis of the southern plains, has refused to participate in the polls without first amending the constitution.
They have announced a series of protest including a shutdown on Wednesday in the country's southern plains.
According to the Nepalese coalition government, the term of the current parliament expires on Jan. 21, 2018.
Report says the constitution requires the government to hold elections for local bodies, provincial assemblies and new federal parliament before the end of the term
By Joseph Erunke ABUJA-THE Senate was Monday told that Nigeria has since June 2015, been exporting its oil and non-oil products without documentation.
This was just as it heard that the development has made the country lost over N23.6 billion expected to be repatriated proceeds of the export within the period.
Also, on its own, the Senate alleged discovery of over $850 billion supposedly earned by the country between 1996 and 2014 from its crude oil export proceeds which it alleged was yet to be repatriated to the country by the Joint Venture Oil Companies, a development it noted, was in total contravention of Nigeria’s Pre-shipment Inspection of Export Act and Article 26 of Export Policy Guidelines and procedures for crude oil, Gas and non-oil goods.
The various revelations were made, Monday, during an investigative public hearing organized by a Joint Committee of the Senate Committees on Finance, Trade and Investment, Gas, Petroleum Upstream, Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, and Customs, Excise and Tariff on the "Need to Investigate Pre Shipment Inspection of Export Activities in Nigeria.
A German court on Monday sentenced a South Korean woman to six years in jail for the death of her cousin who was beaten and suffocated during an attempted exorcism in a Frankfurt hotel room.
Four other family members accused of taking part in the ritual, including the female victim’s now 16-year-old son, were handed suspended sentences ranging from 18 months to two years, national news agency DPA reported.
Prosecutors said the victim, 41, named in court as Seonhwa P, was set upon after she began talking to herself and lashing out during a hotel stay in December 2015, leading the accused to attempt the “exorcism”.
The woman’s chest and stomach were beaten while she was gagged first with a towel and then a cloth-covered coat hanger during a two-hour ordeal, they said.
The victim suffered “massive chest compression and trauma to the neck” and died of asphyxiation.
Judges at the district court in the western city of Frankfurt found the victim’s 44-year-old cousin, described as the main perpetrator, guilty of inflicting bodily harm causing death.
The guilty woman, named as Doean K., had “taken it upon herself to decide over life and death”, prosecutor Nadja Boettinger said during the trial.
Also accused were her son, 22, and daughter, 19, as well as a 16-year-old cousin.
In delivering his ruling, the presiding judge said the family had acted in the belief that they were chasing away the victim’s demons, calling it “a tragic case”, according to DPA.
After finding the woman’s body at the hotel, police at the time also discovered a possible second victim in the garage of a house the group had rented in the town of Sulzbach.
The second woman, who was found alive, was badly injured and suffering from hypothermia and dehydration.
By Henry Umoru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA – FOLLOWING the huge amount of cash to the tune of $9,772,800 and £74,000 concealed in a fireproof safe at a residence in Kaduna, belonging to former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Andrew Yakubu, the Senate Monday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to as a matter of urgency go after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
The Senate has also asked the Anti- graft agency beam its eagle eyes on serving Directors, Permanent Secretaries, Procurement officials, and others wMinistries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs to get the culprits and bring them to book, just as it said that the monumental stealing of government monies by officials has been partly responsible for the current recession bedevilling the country.
The upper chambers gave this order when the Acting Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu appeared before the Senator Chukwuka Utazi, PDP, Enugu North led Senate Committee on Anti- Corruption and Financial Crimes to defend the 2017 Budget.
The Committee also asked the agency to furnish it with details of performance on capital expenditure for last year as well as details of all recoveries made by the agency till date, adding that Magu has one week to revert back to the Senate.
Counsel to former first lady Mr Patience Jonathan, Granville Abibo has filed another lawsuit against the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC over the invasion of her property in Port Harcourt. EFCC boss Magu and Patience Jonathan Granville Abibo faulted the notice of the EFCC telling the court that late response of the anti-graft agency is a tactic to delay the matter.
Speaking with newsmen outside the court room, Abibo SAN said they are in court to stop the EFCC from intimidating the wife of the former President.
According to him, "You are aware that Mrs. Jonathan has always tried to be law abiding despite being harassed and intimidated by the media trials.
"The court being the last hope of the common man and that is why we have come to court. But you know in court the other party has the right to reply but the matter has just be adjourned because the EFCC just brought a notice to court today which we need to respond to.
"For us we have put the facts on the table truthfully. The EFCC took the first shot by freezing her accounts but they have refused to stop there. They have also gone ahead to take other unnecessary actions which we feel is violating her rights."
The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt fixed April 24th to hear a fundamental rights suit filed by former First Lady against EFCC.
Also a Federal High Court in Lagos, last week adjourned till March 6 for further hearing the suit by Mrs Patience Jonathan, against the EFCC.
Mrs Jonathan, in the fundamental rights enforcement suit, is seeking the order of the court to de-freeze her $15.5 million domiciled with Skye Bank.
The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has expressed his administration's preparedness to prioritize bursary and scholarship awards to students in the 2017 fiscal year.
Governor Ahmed said this commitment is in view of the need to support Kwara State indigenes studying in tertiary institutions across the country and in recognition of his administration's emphasis on education.
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State
The governor added that this will also encourage the beneficiary students to excel in their education as the scholarship will be merit based, according to statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muyideen Akorede.
Alhaji Ahmed stated that in the 2017 budget proposal, which is currently before the State House of Assembly, the sum of N500m is earmarked for bursaries, while N450m is allocated for scholarship awards.
According to the governor, once the budget is passed by the House and signed into law, the State government will begin the phased disbursement of the bursary and scholarship.
Governor Ahmed noted that in a departure from previous practice, the government has obtained lists of students of Kwara State origin in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, which according to him will form the basis of direct payment to the beneficiary students.
Alhaji Ahmed said that the State government could not pay bursary last year due to the financial situation in the country, but commended the students for their patience and maturity.
South Africa sports minister Fikile Mbalula Monday denied a Confederation of African Football statement that President Jacob Zuma was backing incumbent Issa Hayatou in the CAF leadership race.
A CAF statement made the claim after its president met Zuma at the weekend ahead of the African Super Cup match in Pretoria between Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa and TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The statement read in part: “He (President Zuma) thus assured his host (Mr Hayatou) of South Africa’s flawless support for his candidacy for a new term at the helm of the CAF.”
South African President Jacob Zuma (R) shows the paper Cape Verde to Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou during the final draw of the Africa Cup of Nations 2013 (CAN) in Durban on October 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO
Mbalula said the state president had not take sides ahead of the mid-March CAF presidential election in which Hayatou is seeking an eighth successive term and being challenged by Ahmad Ahmad of Madagascar.
“President Zuma wished Mr Hayatou well as he would any other candidate,” the sports minister said.
“Abiding by the principles of non-interference in the affairs of football democracy, President Zuma did not pledge his personal support or that of the South African government behind the name of Mr Hayatou.”
Cameroonian Hayatou was elected CAF president in 1988 and his 29 years in charge is a record for a leader of the Cairo-based organisation.
The 70-year-old has been challenged twice for the presidency, with rivals Armando Machado from Angola and Ismael Bhamjee from Botswana suffering humiliating defeats.
The 2017 CAF presidential election is scheduled for March 16 in Addis Ababa and the winner will serve a four-year term.
ABUJA – The Department of State Service, DSS, on Monday, told an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, that its investigations could not establish that Justice Adeniyi Ademola who is facing corruption charges, demanded bribe to grant bail to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. DOCKED: Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court (left) with his associate (right) and Chief Robert Clark (middle) at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Maitama. Photo: NAN
The security agency, through one of its lead investigators, Mr. Babatunde Adepoju, also told the court that it could not confirm that the accused Judge collected bribe before he granted the detained former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki, retd, bail on self-recognition.
Mr. Adepoju testified as the sixteenth prosecution witness, PW-16, before Justice Jude Okeke who is presiding over the 18-count criminal charge FG entered against Justice Ademola and his wife, Olabowale.
FG equally cited a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr. Joe Agi, as the 3rd defendant in the corruption charge.
Justice Ademola who is grandson of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria was among seven superior court Judges that were arrested after a sting operation the DSS conducted between October 7 and 8, 2016.
He had shortly after his arrest, blamed his ordeal on the fact that he ordered FG to immediately release both Kanu and Dasuki, who have been in detention since October 14 and November 15, 2015, respectively, on bail, pending the determination of charges against them.
Ademola made the allegation in a letter he wrote to the National Judicial Council, NJC, to institute a fundamental right enforcement suit against the DSS.
Meanwhile, under cross-examination on Monday, the DSS investigator, said there was no proof that the first defendant was financially induced to order FG to release Kanu and Dasuki.
The PW-16 however narrated to the court, how investigations revealed that Justice Ademola had through various court orders, awarded over $4.374billion to the 3rd defendant, Agi, SAN.
He said investigation showed that Agi deposited N30m into Mrs. Ademola’s Account between March 11 and 26, in three tranches of N10m each.
“My further investigation was on the connection between Justice Ademola and Agi, SAN. I tried to establish that Agi had cases pending and concluded, before Justice Ademola.
“I discovered that Agi has actually had cases before Justice Ademola. Two among these cases that raised eyebrow where the cases of ALGON vs FG.
“The other case was that of Friday Ukpong vs Chief of Naval Staff. These two cases involved huge sums of money and was handled by Agi.
“Both cases emanated from Calabar, Cross River State which was Justice Ademola’s previous posting.
“In the ALGON case, three Garnishee Orders were granted by Justice Ademola in favour of Joe Agi’s client in respect of a matter involving Linear International Ltd.
“The first Garnishee Order granted was in excess of $637m, dated February 20, 2015.
“The second Garnishee Order was granted in excess of the sum of $637m, the same sum as at the first one. It was dated March 27, 2015, a day after the last tranche of N10m was paid into Mrs. Olabowale’s account in a case that was filed, heard and granted the same day.
“The last Garnishee Order in respect of Linear Ltd was in excess of $3.1billion in favour of Joe Agi’s client.
“Also in the Friday Ukpong’s case Vs Chief of Naval Staff, a Garnishee Order in the sum of N300m was granted by Justice Ademola in favour of Agi’s client.
“In establishing the connection between the payments and the cases before Justice Ademola, the first Garnishee Order was granted in February 2015, shortly after Agi presented a car gift of about N8.5m to Ademola’s son.
“The last tranche of N10m paid into Mrs. Ademola’s Account was on March 26, 2015, a day before another Garnishee Order Nise was made in excess of $637m.
“The last Garnishee Order Nise in the sum of $3.1bn, just five days after the last tranche of N10m was paid into Mrs. Ademola’s Account.
“These transactions caught my attention as the court processes were all filed in Calabar, in Justices Ademola’s court, with Agi as the lawyer in all the cases.
“After Justice Ademola’s transfer to Abuja, these cases still surfaced in his court in Abuja”, the witness added.
Trial Justice Okeke admitted certified true copy of six court processes in the Friday Ukpong’s case as exhibits BB to BB5.
The court also admitted into evidence, three Garnishee Orders Justice Ademola made in respect of Linear International Ltd.
Meanwhile, the defence team led by Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, Chief Robert Clarke, SAN, and Mr. Jeph Njikonye, said they would raise to objections to the documents at the appropriate stage.
Continuing his testimony, the witness, told the court that he enlisted the service of a balistician to examine two Pump Action guns found at Justice Ademola’s house.
He said the balistician’s report showed that the weapons were under the category of prohibited firearms that can only be licensed by the President of Nigeria.
“In respect of one of the firearms, I interviewed Hon. Justice A. R. Mohammed to ascertain the veracity of Justice Ademola’s claim that he owns the gun.
“Justice A. R. Mohammed denied ownership of the gun. Also in the course of my investigation, I took witness statement of Dr. Sani Teidi who once stood trial before Justice Ademola.
“Teidi alleged that Justice Ademola demanded a bribe of N25m or forfeiture of his property.
“He said that the Judge approached them through a proxy who was always calling his wife, with a UBA account number sent to his wife for the money to be lodged in.
“I followed the lead through the account number by obtaining the mandate cards and the account opening packages of the said proxy, Kingsley O. in UBA.
“I traced it to Jos where he claimed he was residing. Enquiries at the neighbourhood in Jos revealed that the person had gone into hiding. We placed his GSM on technical surveillance for his possible arrest”.
He told the court that the 3rd defendant, Agi, SAN, was interrogated twice by the DSS on December 13 and 23 December, 2016.
“We invited him because of his lodgements into Justice Ademola’s wife account, as well as the car purchase for his son, Ademide.
“I asked him to comment on the three tranches of N10m paid into Mrs Ademola’s account and the car purchased from Coscharis Motors Ltd on January 5, 2015.
“In his response, Agi said he has known Justice Ademola since early 2001 when they were active members of their respective State chapters of the NBA.
“He said after elevation of Justice Ademola to position of a Federal High Court Judge, their friendship metamorphosed into brotherhood.
“That he is a family friend to the Ademola”s and also serve as their family lawyer.
“Agi admitted that the money paid into Mrs Ademola’s account was based on instructions from two of his clients, Mr. Ken Hubert and Mr. Bassey Bassey who are based in America.
“He said they instructed him to remit the sum of $150, 000 in support of the Ademolas’ during their daughter’s wedding.
“He said the two men were introduced to him by Justice Ademola about five years ago and that they operate Maritime Companies both within and outside Nigeria under the name of Rangers Subsea Nigeria Ltd & Bear Marine Ltd.
“According to Agi, the conversion rate for the $150, 000 was N37m as at then, but he only transferred N30m to Mrs. Ademola”.
Justice Okeke admitted the two statements Agi made at the DSS and marked them as exhibits XX and YY, respectively.
The PW-16 said Justice Ademola had maintained that some of the money found on him were proceeds from his father’s estate.
He said investigation revealed that one Olabode Johnson of Johnson & Johnson partners, lodged $520, 000 into Justice Ademola’s account.
“Records provided by the law firm, showed that the money, in like sum, was shared to three brothers, with Justice Ademola as one of them”.
The witness said contrary to allegations, there was no evidence that Justice Ademola influenced the appointment of his wife as the Head of Service in Lagos State.
Justice Okeke adjourned further hearing on the matter till Tuesday.
The African University of Science and Technology (AUST), a pan African ivory tower in Abuja, has graduated 332 masters and 22 PhD degree holders within its 10 years of existence.
The President of the institution, Prof. Kingston Nyamapfen, made this known in a pre-anniversary statement in Abuja on Monday.
Journalists report that the university established in 2007, had lined up activities to mark the 10th year anniversary throughout the year.
"It is worthy of note that the graduated students and the 135 students presently pursuing courses in AUST were drawn from 19 countries in Africa.
"However, 19 out of 54 is not a good mark, so we are redoubling our efforts to bring in students from more African countries.
"This is especially so as it is also part of our mandate to ensure that at least 60 per cent of our enrollment is made up of students from outside this region.''
The president said that plans were underway to introduce new programmes that responded to the technological needs of African and the job market.
"New programmes expected to start soon include 12-month Master's degrees by coursework only, in Applied Statistics, Information Management, Mathematical Modelling and Public Policy,'' he said.
Nyamapfene also said the institution had set out this period to inaugurate its 7 million US dollars state of the art Science Laboratory. According to him, the facility will be used to provide solution to African's technological deficit.
The president listed events to commemorate the occasion to include Documentary and Launching of AUST commemorative items fixed for Feb. 22.
Newsmen report that Science and Technology Competition Group for Abuja Secondary Schools would held between May 22 and May 25 among others.
The university was established following the outcry of the African Heads of State with the support from Nelson Mandela Institution and the World Bank Institute.
The Senator Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of Peoples Democratic Party, after the Nigeria police barred them from holding their crucial stakeholders meeting at the international conference centre, has faulted the last week’s judgement of the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt declaring the national convention that produced the Ahmed Makarfi-led Care-taker Committee illegal and affirming Ali Modu Sheriff as the authentic national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The party also said that there was nothing wrong with the decision of the May 21st, 2016 National Convention and that the Convention did not violate any court order.
This was made known on the party’s official twitter handle, after the Makarfi’s Stakeholders meeting at Ekiti State Governor's lodge today Monday.
The statement read:
‘The Stakeholders meeting of our great party comprising of all organs of the Party just ended here at the Ekiti state governor lodge, Abuja.
‘The Meeting deliberated on the outcome of the Appeal Court Judgement that ceded the leadership of the Party to Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
‘The meeting also berated the action of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) that barricaded the ICC, original venue of the meeting.
‘At the end of the deliberations, the stakeholders of the Party after series of discussions arrived at the following resolutions
‘The Stakeholders endorsed the decision of the May 21st, 2016 National Convention of the PDP in Port Harcourt that constituted the the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Committee, saying that the Convention did not violate any Order of the Court
‘The Stakeholders while holding the Judiciary in high esteem, faulted the Judgement of the Appeal Court in Port Harcourt’
Abia Warriors head coach and veteran of the Nigerian Professional Football League Okey Emordi has resigned his role at the club.
Okey Emordi
His resignation comes after the club lost their game against visiting El-Kanemi Warriors in a week 9 NPFL match.
The club has so far amassed just 11 points from the 27 available in 9 games; winning 3, drawing 2 and losing 4, while sitting 8th on the log in the 2016/2017 NPFL season.
No fewer than 15 students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), in Imo, were arrested following violent protests in the institution on Friday.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Mr Andrew Enwerem, who confirmed the arrest in Owerri on Monday,told journalists that the students were arrested for vandalism and looting of the university property.
Enwerem said that the students would be charged to court when investigations into the incident had been concluded.
He dismissed claims by the students that the protest turned violent when policemen allegedly fired teargas at them.
FUTO-maingate
He said the police intervened at the instance of the school management when the protest degenerated into violence.
Newsmen report that the students embarked on the protest over alleged increase in their school fees.
The university facilities were damaged by the protesting students who also made away with some valuables.
One of them, Chinedu Nwakuche, alleged that the university increased fees for first year students from N48, 000 to N54, 000 per session while second and third year fees increased from N32, 000 to N49,000.
According to him, fees for students of fourth and final years also went up from N28, 000 to 39,000, while acceptance fees has gone up to N45,000 from N25,000.
Nwakuche said that students now paid as much as N1,500 to register a course every semester.
The Public Relations Officer of FUTO, Mr Chike Ezenwa, said the management of the university would comment after determining the extent of the damages.
A lagging sex drive and poor erection could be the result of what you've been eating. Of course, it's not always about food.
Poor erection can be attributed to a number of factors, including sociological, psychological, and hormonal influences. Often, antidepressant medications are the culprit. Other times, stress or drug and alcohol abuse can play a role.
Smoking, along with all of its other terrible health effects, can diminish sexual desire and satisfaction, especially in men.
"Smoking has a direct, negative effect on the sexuality of a man on every level," says Panayiotis M. Zavos, PhD, Altering bad habits, like smoking and excessive drinking, in order to encourage better overall health, will no doubt be beneficial to your sexual health as well.
Now lets talk about the kinds of food that may be affecting your performance on bed.
Generally any food type that makes us gain weight can affect one's libido as well but below are some foods that could be ruining your pleasures.
Fried Foods
Fried foods definitely don't do your sex life any favors. Trans fats found in fried foods dramatically decrease the male and female libido, according to Medical Daily.
Consuming trans fatty acids can also cause abnormal sperm production in men and interferes with female gestation. You and your significant other would be wise to skip the french fries at dinner, since they could be at fault for more than one sexual problem.
Processed Carbohydrate
Any refined carbohydrates, like those found in bleached white flour and white rice, are bad news for your sex drive. This includes many pastas, cereals [rice and wheat], breads, and snack foods like crackers, cookies, and chips.
Men's Fitness explained that large amounts of refined carbs will cause your testosterone levels to decrease. The sugars from these carbohydrates can make men gain weight and raise estrogen levels as testosterone is depleted. Reach for good carbs like vegetables and whole grains instead.
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By Emeka Aginam The British Deputy High Commission in Lagos has announced the arrival of a new Deputy High Commissioner, Laure Beaufils. Laure who is the first female Deputy High CommissionerLaure-Beaufils
Beaufils who will head the UK mission in Lagos while commenting on her arrival said that, "I'm delighted to be in Lagos and leading the UK mission here. I look forward to working with a variety of Nigerian partners to further progress the already strong UK/Nigeria relationship".
Before now, Laure Beaufils has been head of the UK Department of International Development in Rwanda since August 2014 where she managed a $100 million portfolio of programmes focusing on economic development, governance and social sectors.
Prior to holding this position, she worked in various positions in the UK Government. She was the lead strategic adviser working for the British Prime Minister in his role as co-chair of the UN Secretary General's High Level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda.
She ran DFID's department for Overseas Territories.
She led a team working on climate change, and also worked for the UK mission to the UN, as first secretary responsible for development. Prior to joining the UK civil service, she worked with the UN and civil society organisations.
She also worked with the private sector as a financial auditor. She has lived and worked in Rwanda, Ethiopia, India, Cambodia, France, the UK and the USA.
The Speaker, Katsina Sate House of Assembly, Alhaji Yahaya Kusada, on Monday said Nigeria must deal decisively with corruption to overcome its developmental challenges.
Kusada told journalists in Kaduna that corruption had crippled national development and that it was vital for all Nigerians to work towards ending the menace.
According to him, fighting corruption is an obligation as it is against all known laws and religions.
"We in the helm of leadership are in full support of this crusade; we are very committed to giving total support in the fight against corruption." The speaker stressed that corruption was evil and prohibited by law and religion.
President Buhari
He said that individuals and groups should support federal and state governments to get people still involved in corrupt practices desist from it, insisting that "it cannot continue to be business as usual".
Kusada stressed that the assembly would continue to support President Muhammadu Buhari in his genuine fight against corruption in the country.
"He is the father of the nation, and as obedient children, we will give all the support needed to end corruption in the country," he said.
He dismissed insinuations that the fight against corruption was political, saying that all sensible Nigerians knew that corruption was a cankerworm that had stunted national growth, and must be eradicated.
"Those making the insinuations are beneficiaries of corrupt practices.
"If you don't involve yourself in any corrupt practice, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will not come after you," he said.
Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno on Monday employed a 32 year-old blind man, Mohammed Mustapha, a Bachelor of Arts graduate in History, to teach in secondary school.
Journalists report that Mustapha, a graduate of Gombe State University, had on Jan. 31, appealed to Gov. Shettima through the BBC Hausa Service, to assist him with a job.
Journalists further report that on Monaday, Shettima invited Mustapha to the Government House, Maiduguri, after he heard his appeal on the radio station.
Shettima told Mustapha that he heard his appeal and had granted an executive approval for him to be employed by Borno Ministry for Higher Education.
''Honestly, we are really touched by your story. You said you are a graduate of History at the Gombe State University.
Gov Kashim Shettima of Borno State.
''Honestly, I really respect you for your effort and I can assure you that we will give you all the support you deserve.
''You really deserve our support; personally I want you to teach in a senior secondary school or even in the school for the blind.
''After we employ you, we will also give you scholarship where you can go and further your education,'' Shettima said.
In his reaction, Mustapha, who thanked the governor, said that he would also love to teach so that he could impact knowledge in the young ones. He also added that he would love to further his education to become a professor.
''I am a graduate of History from the Gombe State University and I am aspiring to become the first blind professor in Nigeria,'' he said.
Muhammad told newsmen in an interview that he graduated with Second Class Lower Degree and hoped to get married after taking up the employment.
''I live in Shehuri North area of Maiduguri; I want to get married and have children to call my own, may be this year. ''But you know I have to settle with my job and save some money,'' he said.
The Akwa Savings and Loans Limited, owned by the Akwa Ibom government, said it had disengaged about 40 employees.
The bank's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Ebong Bassey, disclosed this at an interactive session with newsmen in Uyo on Monday.
"We have disengaged 40 of our staff and very soon more than 50 others will also be disengaged. This is in a move to aggressively restructure the bank and reposition it for global competitiveness," he said. Bassey said that the move would also strengthen the capital base of the bank.
He also said that some branches of the bank would be shut to enhance productivity and quality control.
According to him, some of the employees of the bank who have been indicted by a special panel on various cases of fraudulent practices are being interrogated by the police and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
He, however, said that the previous management of the bank had deviated from the core mandate and vision of the founding fathers of the struggling bank.
Bassey blamed the previous management for running the bank as a charitable organisation, adding that his management team inherited N1.8 billion debts and within five months of his assumption of office, recovered N1.4 million
"We are doing everything within our power to ensure that we recover all the money," Bassey said.
The managing director promised to publish names of the bank's debtors as soon as the external auditors submitted their report in March.
He said that many debtors had written and submitted post-dated cheques to the bank to prevent their names from being published.
The managing director assured esteemed customers that the new management was resolute to reposition the bank to meet modern banking standards.
Ahmed Makarfi’s faction of the PDP held its Stakeholders meeting at Ekiti State Governor’s lodge after policemen barricaded the entrance to the international conference centre; venue earlier scheduled for a meeting of the National Caretaker committee of the party.
Residents in northern Greece opposed refugee children attending school on Monday, Skai TV reported.
According to the TV report, there were renewed clashes between angry residents and police in the northern Greek town of Oreokastro, where some locals have for months opposed children from a nearby refugee centre being taught at the local school.
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The TV report said that dozens of police were seen trying to control opponents and supporters of the refugees.
The small town of Oreokastro, with a population of about 20,000, has hit the headlines repeatedly in recent months because of the dispute.
Although some 60,000 refugees have been stuck in crisis-hit Greece since the Balkan route was closed around a year ago. Report says refugees still arrive everyday from Turkey.
However, there have been relatively few xenophobic incidents so far.
Violence did take place in November 2016 on the Aegean island of Chios, where members of the far-right party Golden Dawn repeatedly attacked a refugee camp.
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