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  October 25, 2017 A twenty-nine-year-old Nigerian, Mayowa Ogunbayo, has been found stabbed to death at a London flat he shared with his fiancée. Ogunbayo, who is a friend to Italian striker, Mario Balotelli, was discovered by paramedics inside a west London luxury home on Friday, October 20, 2017. Ogunbayo, also known as Johnny John, grew up in Nigeria and is said to have lived a lavish lifestyle after setting up his own entertainment company. According to UK’s Mirror, he was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after a post-mortem examination revealed that he died from a wound to his heart. Detectives have launched a murder investigation, but police say they are treating the 29-year-old’s death as “unexplained” at this time. In a statement, the police said it arrested a 21-year-woman, who was at the scene when officers arrived, on suspicion of murder. She was later freed pending further enquiries. The statement read, “Officers attended along with the...

Octobr 25, 2017 Nigeria has one of the  least powerful passports in the world, a new ranking showed on Wednesday. The Passport Index, done by Canada-based global consultancy Arton Capital, showed Nigerians can travel to 44 countries either without a visa at all or can have one issued on arrival. According to the Index, Djibouti and Congo with visa-free to 45 countries; Algeria (46); Liberia, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and Burundi and Cameroon (47) are African countries with a stronger passport than Nigeria. Others are Central Africa Republic (48); Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Egypt (50); Comoros, Gabon, Mali, Madagascar (52); Togo, Niger, Mozambique (53); Rwanda (54); Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso (55); Guinea, Ivory Coast (56); Sao Tome, Benin, Morocco (58); and Ghana, Sierra Leone (60). Uganda and Zimbabwe rank higher with 61 and 62 visa-free countries respectively, while Cape Verde, Tunisia and Zambia are on 63; followed by Tanzania (65); Gambi...

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday gave the court bailiff five days to serve former President Goodluck Jonathan with the subpoena compelling him to appear in court with respect to the trial of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh. The court also ordered the counsel prosecuting Metuh, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, to persuade the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to explore administrative means of ensuring that the Department of State Service produced the detained former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, in court on October 31. Upon applications by Metuh, the court had issued two separate subpoenas on Jonathan and Dasuki,  compelling them to appear in court on Wednesday. But both men were, however, absent from court on Wednesday. Justice Abang noted in his ruling on Wednesday that without the two summoned witnesses appearing, the court might not be able to make any p...

24 OCTOBER 2017 0 COMMENTS Digital transformation ranks alongside changing demographics, increasing customer expectations and industry consolidation as one of the major factors that will shape the future of African banking. While cash is still dominant, the shift to digital banking increasingly is becoming the driving force across our continent. It is no secret that Africa’s high mobile phone penetration, expected to rise to 85% by 2020 (when there will be 498m smartphones in use), is enabling banks to connect with millions of new customers, while the breakneck pace of innovation from  fintech  start-ups shows little sign of slowing. The high number of unbanked and underserved customers, together with still growing economies and rising demand for more sophisticated financial services, represents a significant opportunity for Africa’s banking industry to provide new and innovative ways to access financial services beyond the reach of traditional branch and ATM netwo...

Every human should have sexual freedom I have been thinking about the ideology of people and how they think through other human beings, especially those they consider or perceive as different from what they already know. The fact that many people can hardly see the human side of people they consider or perceive to be different, is disturbing and we all should be worried. So, let’s look at Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual persons in a Nigeria context, and I intentionally left out Transgender persons because the discussion around gender identity is completely different from sexual orientation. I often hear people ask questions on how anyone becomes LGB or how they even have sex, or make babies, as if human life and existence is about sex and babies. I have seen questions like; Who is the woman or man? How do they enjoy sex? and many other endless questions. However, I also understand that this comes from a place of complete lack of knowledge and therefore people need to learn...

NCC set to dump paper numbering, meets stakeholders on automated numbering Consistent with its tradition of broad consultation prior to taking regulatory decisions, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday in Lagos held a consultative forum with stakeholders as part of the process towards the introduction of an automated numbering system in the country. “Numbers are scarce resource and one of the core functions of the Commission is to ensure that this scarce resource is effectively and efficiently managed”, Ubale Maska, Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, who represented Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, told the audience that the automated system would be launched very soon. Paul Dinwoke, Chief Executive of Molcon Multiconcepts Limited, consultants to NCC on the project, also told the participants that some of the benefits of the automated system include convenience, transparency, efficiency, e...

Empire returns with season four on StarTimes By  Editor 24 October 2017   |   3:27 am Mr President, your brand needs Change! 15 hours ago NB celebrates media excellence at Golden Pen Award 17 Oct StarTimes StarTimes continues to broaden its reach and entertainment offering to its subscribers with the new Season of Empire, a Hollywood blockbuster on Fox life Channel 070 & 133. Empire is a Hollywood drama about a family dynasty set within the glamorous and sometimes dangerous world of hip-hop music and the show revolves around the Lyons, starred by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Lead actor, Lucious (Terrence Howard) makes his first public appearance since the explosion in Las Vagas, but still has no memory of his family, Empire or his life before the accident. A devastated Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) struggles to rebuild her relationship with him, while keeping a close eye on his nurse. Meanwhile, Andre, Lyon’s son...

EU offers more development cash for migration control     DAVID THOMAS 23 OCTOBER 2017 0 COMMENTS In a gold-panelled Elysée Palace suite draped in chandeliers and fine art, seven European and African leaders presided over an August conference that could determine the future of thousands of migrants stretching from the windswept deserts of Libya to the dismal camps of Calais. After discussions hosted by French President   Emmanuel Macron , the leaders unveiled solutions to an enduring crisis that has seen over 100,000 people risk everything on the treacherous Mediterranean crossing this year. At the heart of the compact is a bid to improve border security in Niger, Chad and Libya while enhancing financial support for the resettlement of migrants and registration of refugees. It bolsters existing EU initiatives based on providing financial assistance to the countries from which the migrants come at the same time as encouraging stronger controls on the mov...