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How to Seduce Straight Guys TODAY is the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s flag independence. Our Diamond Jubilee is themed: “Together”. The Federal Government has rolled out a one year-long panoply of events that will terminate on September 31, 2021 but will be marked today in “low-key” with the ongoing pandemic in mind. For decades, our independence days have always provided opportunities for “sobre reflections”. Even this Diamond anniversary will not be different. In fact, governments seem to be the only stakeholders bothered with a celebration of any sort because it is their officially-bounden duty. Ordinary Nigerians have very little reason to celebrate. Even the “togetherness” which seemingly excites the Federal Government has increasingly come under question under the current administration which seems strongly committed to the aggrandisement of a section of the populace at the expense of other equally entitled Nigerians. The flagrant violation of the Federal Character provisio...

How to Seduce Straight Guys China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, two people familiar with the matter said. The case was proposed by telecommunications equipment giant Huawei last year and has been submitted by the country’s top market regulator to the State Council’s antitrust committee for review, they added. A decision on whether to proceed with a formal investigation may come as soon as October and could be affected by the state of China’s relationship with the US, one of the people said. ALSO READ:  How my mum died on my father’s birthday, Davido reveals The potential investigation follows a raft of actions by US President Donald Trump’s administration to hobble Chinese tech companies, citing national security risks. This has included putting Huawei on its trade blacklist, threatening similar action for Semiconductor Manufacturing...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, says there is still hope for Nigeria as it attains 60 years of nationhood. The National Publicity Secretary of Afenifere, Mr Yinka Odumakin, made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Odumakin said that Nigeria would move forward to fulfil the dreams of its founding fathers if the citizens would do the right things and the constitution reviewed to reflect the will and wishes of the federating units. He said that there was the need to separate good governance from politics. READ ALSO: Independence Anniversary: Buhari to make nationwide broadcast “We need a constitution that can put us together well, take us to the land of opportunities and ensure equality, fairness and justice for every section. “We need a constitution that can make all federating units proud of the nation. We must go back to true federalism. “We must ensure that we separate p...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Princewill Ekwujuru Procter & Gamble,P&G, says it’s promozting child health in partnership with the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development with the Rigakafi project in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), donates 250,000 Pampers The company said also that the program aims to promote child health, improve child nutrition, and increase immunization rates in rural and peri-urban communities of the FCT. The initiative was announced at the official handover to the  Minister of Women Affairs in Abuja and will extend its impact through partnerships with other stakeholders. Speaking at the program which is the second phase, Senior Director for Africa, Global Government Relations & Public Policy for P&G, Dr. Temitope Iluyemi said: “This is the first of our many partnerships in the second phase of the Rigakafi program. READ ALSO:  Law firm writes Healthplus, warns against sack of CEO, George “We are honored to sup...

How to Seduce Straight Guys TODAY is the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s flag independence. Our Diamond Jubilee is themed: “Together”. The Federal Government has rolled out a one year-long panoply of events that will terminate on September 31, 2021 but will be marked today in “low-key” with the ongoing pandemic in mind. For decades, our independence days have always provided opportunities for “sobre reflections”. Even this Diamond anniversary will not be different. In fact, governments seem to be the only stakeholders bothered with a celebration of any sort because it is their officially-bounden duty. Ordinary Nigerians have very little reason to celebrate. Even the “togetherness” which seemingly excites the Federal Government has increasingly come under question under the current administration which seems strongly committed to the aggrandisement of a section of the populace at the expense of other equally entitled Nigerians. The flagrant violation of the Federal Character provisio...

How to Seduce Straight Guys China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, two people familiar with the matter said. The case was proposed by telecommunications equipment giant Huawei last year and has been submitted by the country’s top market regulator to the State Council’s antitrust committee for review, they added. A decision on whether to proceed with a formal investigation may come as soon as October and could be affected by the state of China’s relationship with the US, one of the people said. ALSO READ:  How my mum died on my father’s birthday, Davido reveals The potential investigation follows a raft of actions by US President Donald Trump’s administration to hobble Chinese tech companies, citing national security risks. This has included putting Huawei on its trade blacklist, threatening similar action for Semiconductor Manufacturing...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the bill for the upgrading of the State College of Education to University of Education, Science and Technology. The bill was unanimously passed at Tuesday’s plenary in Ado-Ekiti, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. Also read: We encourage Nigerian youths with talented skills in entertainment — TNT Group Boss The passage of the bill followed the submission of the report of the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology headed by Mrs Kemi Balogun. According to the report, read by Balogun, the Transitional Provision of Section 38 would give room to the existing students of the College of Education, lkere-Ekiti after the effective date of this law to complete their course of study as stipulated. The report after ratification by the Committee of the Whole House, was unanimously passed. The executive bill is titled, “A Bill for a Law to provide for the Establishment, Incorporation, Cons...

How to Seduce Straight Guys …as govt decries leaked Royal memo Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate are currently engaged in a fresh process to recommend candidates for the office of the 19th Fulani Emir of Zazzau, the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government, SSG, Balarabe Abbas Lawal has disclosed. Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor (Media & Communication)stated this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, “the SSG explained that the Kaduna State Government directed a new round of the selection process following the cancellation of the initial process, which excluded two interested applicants. The Bunu Zazzau complained that he was unable to submit his application because he was told that the window for receipt of applications had closed. ALSO READ:   I got all the help I needed as President from Late Emir of Zazzau – Obasanjo The Sarkin Dajin Zazzau also protested his exclusion...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the bill for the upgrading of the State College of Education to University of Education, Science and Technology. The bill was unanimously passed at Tuesday’s plenary in Ado-Ekiti, presided over by the Speaker, Mr Funminiyi Afuye. Also read: We encourage Nigerian youths with talented skills in entertainment — TNT Group Boss The passage of the bill followed the submission of the report of the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology headed by Mrs Kemi Balogun. According to the report, read by Balogun, the Transitional Provision of Section 38 would give room to the existing students of the College of Education, lkere-Ekiti after the effective date of this law to complete their course of study as stipulated. The report after ratification by the Committee of the Whole House, was unanimously passed. The executive bill is titled, “A Bill for a Law to provide for the Establishment, Incorporation, Cons...

How to Seduce Straight Guys …as govt decries leaked Royal memo Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai By Ibrahim HassanWuyo Kingmakers of Zazzau Emirate are currently engaged in a fresh process to recommend candidates for the office of the 19th Fulani Emir of Zazzau, the Secretary to the Kaduna State Government, SSG, Balarabe Abbas Lawal has disclosed. Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor (Media & Communication)stated this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the statement, “the SSG explained that the Kaduna State Government directed a new round of the selection process following the cancellation of the initial process, which excluded two interested applicants. The Bunu Zazzau complained that he was unable to submit his application because he was told that the window for receipt of applications had closed. ALSO READ:   I got all the help I needed as President from Late Emir of Zazzau – Obasanjo The Sarkin Dajin Zazzau also protested his exclusion...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has instructed officers and men of the command to disallow any group from staging rallies or protests within the state to mark the nation’s 60th Independence anniversary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria will attain 60 years as an independent country on Oct.1,2020 having gained independence from the British Government on Oct.1, 1960. Odumosu, in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday, said that the Lagos State Government had cancelled the ceremonial parade in adherence to COVID-19 regulations. According to him, the cancellation of the ceremonial parade by the state government is to discourage the gathering of more than 50 people inorder to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: 60th Independence anniversary: How Obasanjo’s economic policy ruined Nigeria ― Accord chieftain “We will not allow any gathe...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Ebunoluwa Sessou The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has harped on the need to harness multilateralism and partnership with the vision to change the narrative, saying keeping momentum for maternal and child health and recovery strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic; should be the focus on the universal health coverage that strengthens accountability and investing wisely. In a statement during a virtual event for the launch the programme to mark the 10-year anniversary of Every Woman, Every Child, on the theme, “Protect the Progress- Rise, Refocus, Recover:  The 2020 Progress Report on the Every Woman, Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health”, Mohammed stated that the return on the investment and its positive ripple effect will be transformational for families, communities and societies at large. According to her, Women and children are the faces of the Decade of Action ahead.  “In 2030, we will ju...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Taiwo Akinlami I AM reluctant to write this piece and it has nothing to do with my disposition to the issue at hand. My reluctance is borne out of the fact that it is insane to keep hoping for sanity in an insane contraption like Nigeria. Insanity produces after its very kind. A mango tree will not produce an apple. So, why do we continue in the name of social, political and economic activism demand justice from an inherently unjust system, build on the faulty foundation of a nation negotiated for the unilateral interests of those who negotiated the same at the 1960 independence arrangement. In my work with the precious Nigerian children, which has spanned a period of over two decades, I have come to the irresistible conclusion that the well-being and happiness of the Nigerian child is only possible in a reordered Nigerian society and not the present one. This present Nigerian state does not have what it takes in form and character to secur...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has instructed officers and men of the command to disallow any group from staging rallies or protests within the state to mark the nation’s 60th Independence anniversary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria will attain 60 years as an independent country on Oct.1,2020 having gained independence from the British Government on Oct.1, 1960. Odumosu, in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi on Wednesday, said that the Lagos State Government had cancelled the ceremonial parade in adherence to COVID-19 regulations. According to him, the cancellation of the ceremonial parade by the state government is to discourage the gathering of more than 50 people inorder to curb the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. READ ALSO: 60th Independence anniversary: How Obasanjo’s economic policy ruined Nigeria ― Accord chieftain “We will not allow any gathe...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Ebunoluwa Sessou The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed has harped on the need to harness multilateralism and partnership with the vision to change the narrative, saying keeping momentum for maternal and child health and recovery strongly from the COVID-19 pandemic; should be the focus on the universal health coverage that strengthens accountability and investing wisely. In a statement during a virtual event for the launch the programme to mark the 10-year anniversary of Every Woman, Every Child, on the theme, “Protect the Progress- Rise, Refocus, Recover:  The 2020 Progress Report on the Every Woman, Every Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health”, Mohammed stated that the return on the investment and its positive ripple effect will be transformational for families, communities and societies at large. According to her, Women and children are the faces of the Decade of Action ahead.  “In 2030, we will ju...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Taiwo Akinlami I AM reluctant to write this piece and it has nothing to do with my disposition to the issue at hand. My reluctance is borne out of the fact that it is insane to keep hoping for sanity in an insane contraption like Nigeria. Insanity produces after its very kind. A mango tree will not produce an apple. So, why do we continue in the name of social, political and economic activism demand justice from an inherently unjust system, build on the faulty foundation of a nation negotiated for the unilateral interests of those who negotiated the same at the 1960 independence arrangement. In my work with the precious Nigerian children, which has spanned a period of over two decades, I have come to the irresistible conclusion that the well-being and happiness of the Nigerian child is only possible in a reordered Nigerian society and not the present one. This present Nigerian state does not have what it takes in form and character to secur...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The House of Representatives has said that it is not a rubber stamp to the executive arm of government, saying the house is always attentive to the gap created by the executive. Rep Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, said this while briefing newsmen at the resumption of its annual recess on Tuesday in Abuja. Also read: PDP warns party exco from fraternizing with aspirants According to him, many have said that the house is a rubber stamp but we have had to battle with the executive on issues that concern Nigerians. He said that the house would remain on the side of Nigerians, adding that the house is the people’s parliament that would continue to work in the interest of the citizenry. “We are committed to ensuring that all we set to pursue are in the interest of Nigerians and they will be pursued in the interest of Nigerians. “It is not everything that the executive sends to us that will sail through, just like the Water ...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Ernest Bai Koroma Sierra Leonean anti-corruption investigators requested to interview ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday, a spokesman said, after the government pledged to recover funds allegedly embezzled under his watch. The move follows the end of a year-long graft probe into Koroma and his former ministers in March, which found that funds worth tens of millions of dollars remain unaccounted for. Sierra Leone’s current president, Julius Maada Bio, pledged this month to claw back any misappropriated funds. On Wednesday, the West African state’s anti-corruption commission requested to quiz Koroma in person on October 5, the body’s spokesman Patrick Sandy said. ALSO READ:  Sierra Leone vows to retrieve funds ‘stolen’ under ex-president The justice ministry on Monday banned the ex-president and several other former ministers from leaving the country. Koroma did not respond to a request for comment from AFP. Members of the ex-...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The House of Representatives has said that it is not a rubber stamp to the executive arm of government, saying the house is always attentive to the gap created by the executive. Rep Benjamin Kalu, the Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, said this while briefing newsmen at the resumption of its annual recess on Tuesday in Abuja. Also read: PDP warns party exco from fraternizing with aspirants According to him, many have said that the house is a rubber stamp but we have had to battle with the executive on issues that concern Nigerians. He said that the house would remain on the side of Nigerians, adding that the house is the people’s parliament that would continue to work in the interest of the citizenry. “We are committed to ensuring that all we set to pursue are in the interest of Nigerians and they will be pursued in the interest of Nigerians. “It is not everything that the executive sends to us that will sail through, just like the Water ...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Ernest Bai Koroma Sierra Leonean anti-corruption investigators requested to interview ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday, a spokesman said, after the government pledged to recover funds allegedly embezzled under his watch. The move follows the end of a year-long graft probe into Koroma and his former ministers in March, which found that funds worth tens of millions of dollars remain unaccounted for. Sierra Leone’s current president, Julius Maada Bio, pledged this month to claw back any misappropriated funds. On Wednesday, the West African state’s anti-corruption commission requested to quiz Koroma in person on October 5, the body’s spokesman Patrick Sandy said. ALSO READ:  Sierra Leone vows to retrieve funds ‘stolen’ under ex-president The justice ministry on Monday banned the ex-president and several other former ministers from leaving the country. Koroma did not respond to a request for comment from AFP. Members of the ex-...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Tolulope Arotile The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), on Wednesday in Abuja, immortalises some of its fallen heroes and officers including late Tolulope Arotile, for their contributions to the country. The Director of Administration, NAF, AVM Aliyu Pani, says it is the tradition of the service to immortalise its fallen heroes by naming blocks of accommodations after them. Pani made the statement at the inauguration of 10 blocks of accommodation for officers/airmen at NAF base Asokoro, constructed by the Ministry of Defence, as part of its 2018 Capital Projects. According to the director, in line with the NAF’s tradition, all the blocks have been named after nine officers and one airman to immortalise them in recognition of their sacrifices. “In this regard, at NAF Base, Bill Clinton Drive, one of the two blocks of 10 x 1 bedroom transit accommodation was named after Fg. Offr. AA Mohammed (NAF/5082) who was killed in action (KIA) on Sept. 5, in Birnin Gwari....

How to Seduce Straight Guys  By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja As illicit financial inflow persists and goes the upward trend via corrupt practices in the country, the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, on Wednesday, launched report on real estate business used for money laundry with theme, ‘Nigeria’s Dirty Money and Real Estate: How Money Laundering through Real Estate Impacts Nigeria’s Fight against Corruption’. In an address of welcome to the launch, the Executive Director, CISLAC, Auwal Ibrahim Rafsanjani, explained essence of the launch of report, which also serves as activities of CISLAC’s anti-money laundering programme which has been identified as one of its priorities given the crushing volume of resources that Nigeria loses through money laundering and illicit financial flows. According to Rafsanjani, the project, which is a relatively new terrain in Nigeria, has brought CISLAC to work with multi-stakeholders in exploring aspects of corruption, monitor trends and typo...

How to Seduce Straight Guys     Aba residents have decried the killing of Mr Samuel Kalu, (aka aki ilu- bitter kola), a Nigerian resident in Malaysia who was shot dead Sunday evening by gunmen in Umuibe Street, Aba. Mr Okere Ogbonna, a resident of the area who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said Kalu was shot at a barbing saloon at Umuibe Street, off Item Road, Ndiegoro Aba. Okere said the incident took place on Sunday, stressing that the residents of the area were thrown into panic. He said that Kalu, who hailed from Ibinaukwu Igbere, in Bende Local Government Area of Abia was “born and bred’’ at the Ndiegoro area of Aba where he was brutally killed. ALSO READ:  NCC tips robust ICT infrastructure to calibrate economy According to him, Kalu has a wife and a daughter, aged parents, he stayed with them when he recently returned from his base in Malaysia before the coronavirus outbreak. Another Umuibe street source that did not was his name printed sai...

How to Seduce Straight Guys By Gabriel Enogholease and Ozioruva Aliu THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors led by its chairman, Governor Aminu Tambuwal Tuesday late evening paid an unscheduled visit to the Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II where they commended the monarch on the role he played to ensure a peaceful election. Others in the entourage were the chairman of the PDP Campaign Council for Edo governorship election, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state, Seyi Makinde of Oyo state, South-South Vice Chairman of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Oba Ewuare in his charge urged the governors to ensure that they act what they have been preaching about the ills of godfatherism even as he advised Governor Obaseki to ensure he acts as governor of the whole of Edo state. He said; “I thank our ancestors for hearing our prayers, thank God for ensuring that peace reigned. If you will recall whe...

How to Seduce Straight Guys The Katsina State Government has fixed Oct. 5, 2020, for the reopening of public and private primary and secondary schools in the state. The state Commissioner of Education, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, made the announcement on Tuesday in Katsina. The commissioner said that revisions of second term works would be conducted from Monday, Oct.5, to Friday, Oct.16, 2020, while examination for the second term would be conducted from October 19 to October 23. Lawal added that the students would resume for third term, which will run from Oct. 26, 2020 to Jan. 24, 2021, while examinations for the third term would begin on Jan. 25 to end on Feb. 5, 2021. READ ALSO:  Masari pays N70.99bn pension, gratuities to retirees-HoS in Katsina He said that students and teachers must wear face masks at the school premises, observe social distancing and other COVID-19 protocols. He added that the government would fumigate all schools and provide hand washing facilities a...

How to Seduce Straight Guys Adewole By Adeyemi Adewole As an electrical engineer, I have often wondered why electrons never run out of energy though they are always in motion. It is well known that a moving body will slow down and finally stop due to loss of energy. I figured that the only reason why electrons never run out of energy though they are always in motion, is that electrons keep drawing energy from an inexhaustible source. I found that this is so after performing several experiments. I discovered this natural, inexhaustible source of energy that keeps moving electrons. This natural source of energy is new and the name which it shall be called is Electro-Centric Energy. ALSO READ:  Nigeria’s oil and the energy transition Whereas solar energy is visible and its heat can be felt, wind energy is invisible and can be felt, Electro-Centric Energy is invisible and can’t be felt. Because Electro-Centric Energy can neither be seen nor felt unlike many other known sources...

How to Seduce Straight Guys   New research shows that the Red Planet may actually have liquid water in salty lakes under its polar ice cap — thus giving a place for life to develop, according to a report. The bodies of water, if confirmed, would be similar to the subglacial lakes that exist on Earth, beneath the Antarctic and the Greenland ice sheets, where, despite the cold, bacterial life exists, NBC News reported. “We are much more confident now,” lead researcher Elena Pettinelli, a professor of geophysics at Italy’s Roma Tre University, told the network. “We did many more observations, and we processed the data completely differently.” ALSO READ:  Zookeeper injured after attack from 440-pound gorilla If the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy, is verified, it would mark the first time liquid lakes were found on Mars. Scientists have long speculated that just as Earth’s subglacial lakes are filled with bacterial life something similar might be t...