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Former first lady  Michelle Obama  revealed to  Ellen DeGeneres  what was inside the Tiffany box she received from  Melania Trump  on  Donald Trump ’s Inauguration Day. Obama’s  perplexed expression  and inability to find a place to put the box generated some laughs, and the contents apparently remained unknown until now. “It was a lovely frame,” Obama told DeGeneres in a preview clip of her sit-down with the talk show host to air Thursday. Let’s rewind to Inauguration Day in January 2017 for a moment. Melania Trump presented the Tiffany & Co. box to Obama at the White House before the ceremony. Watch the awkwardness ensue. "Well, there’s all this protocol,” Obama said to DeGeneres in the footage posted by  People . “I mean, this is like a state visit, so they tell you that you’re going to do this, they’re going to stand here. Never before do you get this gift, so I’m sort of like, OK.”  Obama acknowledged that she was a bit flummoxed by the presentation. “Wh

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday wrote to the Senate, insisting that it is untrue to assume that his government has not done anything about the Benue State killings. The President, in a letter read on Wednesday by Senate President Bukola Saraki at plenary, said the police are working strenuously to apprehend those behind the attacks and is working to put measures in place to forestall the reoccurrence of the killings in Benue and across the country. According to him, “I thank you for your letter referenced NASS/8S/R/01/33 dated 18th January 2018 and carefully studied the resolutions and comments therein. As I briefed you and the RT. Hon speaker when we met, several courses of action have been taken prior to the senate resolution,” the President wrote. “You may recall that I told you of the following steps taken as soon as the information came in to me about the Benue killings. One, on Thursday 4th January, I sent the minister of interior and the deputy inspector-g

A 20-feet heavy duty truck conveying a container laden with goods on Wednesday detached at the  Kara Bridge along the Lagos Ibadan Express Way, Ogun State killing a toddler and three adult males.  The head of the containerised truck was said to have detached from it's body while on motion inward Karra bridge and rammed into a motorcycle rider and his two passengers. While the toddler, a three-year-old boy, died on the spot from the impact of the clash, his mother had a leg fracture and has since been rushed to the hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, the head of the truck plunged into Isheri Olofi River, drowning the driver and two other passengers in the truck. Confirming the incident, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Mr. Adesina Tiamiyu, said the minor and three adult males were brought out dead. He said: "The agency received a distress call through the emergency toll free number 112/767 concerning an

Seven men suspected to be herdsmen were on Wednesday killed at the Gboko motor park, Benue State by some irate youths. According to the state Police Commissioner, Mr Fatah Owoseni, the police got a report around 11a.m.  that some irate youths  at the Gboko motor park attacked some passengers who were on transit. The victims he said  seven in numbers were killed while boarding vehicle at the park He also disclosed that the police in the area rushed to the park but were overwhelmed by the youths who were throwing stones. "We have been at the spot with the Benue state governor and its a pure case of banditry and also an act of criminality  taking place," Owoseni said. The commissioner also said the crises is not about religion or ethnicity. "We have set a motion that will apprehend this criminal and they will be arrested while we  are also going to beef up our security in the area" Adding that the governor has addressed all t

A female lawyer,  Chiamaka Nwangwu, was on Wednesday reportedly beaten up, stripped and locked up at 3-3 police station in Onitsha area of Anambra State by the DPO of the station, CSP Jane Mbanefo and her colleagues. Nwangwu who recounted her ordeal in the hand of the police officers said she was at the police station on the order of a client to effect bail for his younger brother who was being detained at the police station over a misunderstanding he had with his landlord. She stated that it was a surprise to her that she was attacked by the female DPO who kept slapping her for simply questioning the detained young man. She said Mbanefo was immediately joined by other police officers from the division who beat her to pulp, leaving her gown shrewded and her phone smashed before she was detained. The female lawyer said she was however later released after the chairman of her Bar Branch intervened, but expressed unhappiness that she was rather forced to apologise

By Sunday Okobi ...Announces zonal conveners Just a few days after former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a damning letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, his proposed Coalition of Nigeria (CN) movement has been launched at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja on Wednesday. Obasanjo had in a lengthy and critical public statement released on January 23 suggested the formation of the movement and advised Buhari against seeking a second term in office. The former President, had said in his public letter that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were incapable of repositioning Nigeria. “We need a Coalition for Nigeria, CN. Coalition to salvage and redeem our country. You can count me with such a movement. “Last time, we asked, prayed and worked for change and God granted our request. This time, we must ask, pray and work for change with unity, security and progress. And God will again grant us. Of course, n

Tributes flowed on Wednesday in torrents in honour of the late Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, in Enugu as governors of the South-east states organised a commendation service for the late elder statesman. The service which took place at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu, attracted the presence of notable Nigerians, including former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar; Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo; serving and former ministers, members of the national and state assemblies among other Igbo leaders. The casket bearing the remains of Ekwueme was also laid at the square during the four-hour service with members of his family, including his widow, Beatrice; children and siblings, Prof Laz and Prof Obum, occupying one canopy adjacent to the casket. Each of the leaders took turns to extol the sterling qualities the departed former vice president, chief among them were his

Hilton   has marked the official opening of its spectacular new resort on the Island of Sal in Cabo Verde, announcing the company’s debut in the country and further growing the brand's portfolio of world-class resorts. Rudi Jagersbacher, Hilton’s president for Middle East, Africa and Turkey, and the company’s area vice president of operations for Africa and Indian Ocean, Jan van der Putten, were joined at the hotel’s opening ceremony by the country’s Prime Minister, Ulisses Correia, Justice Minster Janine Lelis, the hotel’s owners, and a host of dignitaries, ambassadors and guests. Speaking at the event, Jan van der Putten said: “Cabo Verde is a fast-growing tourism destination that offers amazing weather year-round, a rich culture and pristine beaches, and we look forward to welcoming visitors to Sal with our world-renowned Hilton service and hospitality. We have an incredible product here and we expect to drive great business and opportunity to the hotel and to Cabo

Nigeria’s rating in global democracy and governance has dropped from 4.50 points, from an obtainable 10, in 2016 to 4.44 points in 2017 according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) Democracy Index 2017. The EIU 2017 Democracy Index provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories (making a total 167) and analyses how global democracy fared in 2017. The Democracy Index is based on five categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. Based on its scores on a range of indicators within these categories, each country is then itself classified as one of four types of regime: “full democracy”; “flawed democracy”; “hybrid regime”; and “authoritarian regime”. This is the tenth edition of the Democracy Index, which began in 2006 and a special focus of this year’s report is the state of media freedom around the world and the cha

Worried by the multi-dimensional security challenges facing the country, the Nigerian Senate will hold a two-day National Security Summit in collaboration with the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government on February 1 and  February 5, 2018. According to a statement signed by Senator Ahmad Lawan, Senate Majority Leader and Chairman, Senate Adhoc Committee on Security Infrastructure, the Summit will provide an all inclusive platform for heads of security and defence agencies, Governors, traditional rulers, socio-cultural groups, civil society organizations and others, with a view to finding solutions to acute and long term security challenges in the country. The Senate had on January 17, while deliberating on the interim report submitted by the Committee on the crises that erupted in Benue, Taraba and Adamawa States, resolved to convene a summit to interface with security agencies and other critical stakeholders to find a lasting solution to the issue and other relate

Kenya's main opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has declared himself the "people's president" at a controversial "swearing-in" ceremony in the capital. Thousands of his supporters attended the event, despite a government warning that it amounted to treason. The authorities shut down TV stations to prevent live coverage of the event. President Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn in for a second term last November. He won an election re-run in October, but Mr Odinga boycotted it. Elections were first held in August but the courts ordered a re-run, saying Mr Kenyatta's victory was marred by irregularities. Holding a Bible in his right hand at a park in Nairobi, Mr Odinga declared that he was answering to a "high[er] calling to assume the office of the people's president of the Republic of Kenya". People had had enough of election rigging and the event was a step towards establishing a proper democracy in the East African state, Mr Oding