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Judge recuses self from Nnamdi Kanu’s Treason case

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja has excused himself from hearing the treason charges filed against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra by the Federal Government. Justice Mohammed's decision comes after Nnamdi Kanu this morning objected to the judge hearing the six count charge filed against him by the Federal government. Kanu during court hearing argued that the hearing will be an exercise in futility as officials of the Department of State Security will not obey any order in his favor. (more…)

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Princeton’s “Urban Congo” Group Disbanded After Allegations Of Racism

A Princeton University group called Urban Congo was disbanded Monday after two videos of its performances allegedly mocking African culture surfaced over the weekend. Urban Congo’s president apologized on Sunday and announced he would disband on Monday amid criticism from other students and people on social media. One of the videos, which was taken down by the group but recorded and reposted to YouTube, shows Urban Congo’s members – most, if not all, of whom appear to be white males – with painted streaks on their faces and bodies, wearing loincloths, and banging on obj

FASHION, NEWS

Nigerian Supermodel Powede Lawrence wore a dress made out of ATM cards to the Music Meets Runway event #AccessCards

People are always looking for that statement outfit that ALL EYES ON ME moment, and when someone does that perfectly well, the fashion heavens rejoice happily!. Nigerian Supermodel Powede Lawrence wore a dress made out of Access Bank cards to the Music Meets Runway event that held last night.   And it is safe to say that clearly ALL EYES WERE ON HER!  The ex-beauty queen and 2013 MBGN Tourism was the cynosure of all eyes when she arrived the venue of the biggest music cum fashion event in Nigeria yesterday. (more…)

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5 Undergraduate Scholarships That Do Not Require CGPA For Application

1. Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) scholarship: Open to year 1 students in Engineering, Geology and Geo-sciences. NOAC scholarship application do not require CGPA since the students are just in their first year of study. 2.  NNPC/ADDAX Scholarship: This is a 100 level scholarship open to all disciplines. No CGPA is required during application. As long as you have the required documents, you can apply for the scholarship. 3. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) Scholarship: This is also a first year scholarship open students of all departments in Univer

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Nigerians deceiving Nigerians – The Ben Murray-Bruce I know

So according to the newsrescue.com Ben Bruce has been a corrupt man! Take a look at what they said... Let us all give a round of applause to Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce, Senator-Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria an founding Chairman of the Silverbird Group. I have read his tweets and watched his speech. I must say it was heart warming to begin to see Nigerian public figures speak out on the real issues plaguing the country. That being said, and while we agree and applaud Mr Murray-Bruce, we must be very weary, lest we take this messenger as an epitome of the message