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                     Ex-Governor Godswill Akpabio made the clarification at a news conference today tuesday in Abuja to deny media reports that he was arrested by the EFCC.He said ''I was invited by the EFCC but that was a long time ago,just before my accident and i said okay that when i am fit that i will go to see them to respond to the allegation that they said a younger lawyer wrote petition against me.So when i was chanced on friday,i went there on my own to listen to them,go through the petitions and make my response.And thereafter i was allowed to go and i was admitted on bail,i think that is in line with their procedure,so it wasn't a function of an arrest.It was a voluntary decision on my part as a law abiding citizen to go there.I heard that some youthd were very disturbed in various parts of the Niger Delta.It wasn't a problem.I feel as a law abiding citizen people write petitions against you.As a lawyer we believe in let...

                       According to a statement released by Lamar Odom's aunty's publicist Alvina Alston,who has been speaking publicly for Lamar's aunt JaNeah Mercer said ''Lamar Odom continues to make miraculous progress,taking a few steps in Los Angeles'' but a source close to their family said despite this good news of him making little baby steps,Lamar Odom is still facing many challenges and may need to get a transplant as his kidneys are still failing and have yet to recover following his recent bender at a Nevada brothel.The source further said that Lamar's move to Los Angeles is because of his kidney are shot.Lamar Odom was discharged from Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas yesterday monday night less than one week after he was found unconscious from a near fatal over dose.He is now at Cedars-Sinai medical center.The picture above is Lamar,photographed in the Brothel when he was found half dead.The red circle are what appea...

                        A press release by the Nigerian Police Force that was captioned ''Be warned,ban on fire works in force-IGP Arase''. was posted to their official social media page and it states that ''It has come to the knowledge of the Nigeria Police Force that some Nigerians have started using fireworks and firecrackers in anticipation of the yuletide celebrations.With the present security situation,occasioned by recent bombing in parts of the country,the Inspector General of Police,IGP Solomon E.Arase,fdc,NPM,is advising Nigerians to desist from using fireworks,otherwise called ''knock out'' as the ban on it is still in force.This warning becomes crucial as there are reports that hoodlums are now using fireworks to confuse Nigerians in order to carry out their nefarious activities.Violators of this warning will be made to face the wrath of the law.Ag.ACP Olabisi Kolawole,Force Public Relations Officer,Force Headquarte...

                        At least four people were killed today tuesday when police in Congo Republic clashed with protesters who say plans for constitutional change are aimed at keeping President Denis Sassou Nguesso in power.President Denis Sassou Nguesso who has ruled for all but five years since 1979,follows other veteran African leader in seeking to extend his rule beyond current constitutional limits.The opposition,however is stepping up protests ahead of a referendum on sunday on removing constitutional limits to him seeking a third successive term.Police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse thousands of protesters who gathered early in the morning in defiance of a recent government ban on public meetings,waving banners reading ''Sassou get out'' and ''No to the referendum''.Marchers in Brazzaville scattered after the police opened fire but remained on the streets,burning tires and erecting barricades while helico...

                          Today tuesday,South African students burned tires and erected barricades at their Cape Town campus,leading to 23 arrests today as the protest hit universities across the country over plans to hike tuition fees.Students barricaded the entrances at University of Cape Town {UCT} and refused to leave,while their peers at Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand {Wits},where protests dubbed #FeesMustFall on Twitter began on October 13,2015 overturned vehicles driving into the campus.At least five campuses were engulfed in demonstrations after universities proposed hiking fees by up to 11.5 percent next year.Students say the move will further disadvantage black learners in South Africa who had little access to universities during decades of white apartheid rule.A meeting between university dons and the higher education Minister Blade Nzimande resolved to cap fee increases at 6 percent for 2016 in ...

                    The youths in Port Harcourt,are protesting today over the arrest of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu,the director of Radio Biafra.The protest paralysed commercial activities as they were seen jugging towards the Government House.Kanu was arrested on Saturday at a hotel in Lagos,and he was scheduled to travel to London.Kanu's lawyer,Egechukwu Obetta said that Kanu has been granted bail,but Kanu is still being held as he is yet to fulfill his bail term of N2million and a surety in like sum,who must be a civil servant on Grade level 16.More photos below.                                                                                                               ...