SERENA WILLIAMS' HUSBAND ADDRESSES CRITICS OVER WHITE HOUSE UFC EVENT. (PHOTO).

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 Serena Williams' husband addresses critics over White House UFC event Alexis Ohanian, husband of tennis star Serena Williams, faced backlash after attending President Trump’s 80th birthday celebration at the White House, which doubled as a UFC event staged by Dana White’s TKO group. The spectacle drew criticism when fighter Josh Hokit used his post-fight interview to make a vile slur about former First Lady Michelle Obama.  Ohanian, who co-founded Reddit and now owns several sports teams, stayed silent for days before finally condemning the remark on social media, insisting he had already left the event when it was made. In his statement, Ohanian explained that he attended at the invitation of UFC’s parent company and emphasized his past decision to resign from Reddit in protest against hate-filled communities. He also noted he was leaving the venue early due to jet lag from traveling between Europe and the U.S. to support Williams’ tennis comeback.  While he expressed r...

NIGERIA TO INTRODUCE WHISTLE-BLOWER POLICY ON ILLEGAL WEAPONS.{PHOTO}.

Image result for weapons                    Garba Shehu,the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity,confirmed this development in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday sunday.According to the presidential spokesman,the Office of National Security Adviser {ONSA} is adopting the whistle-blowing approach so as to end shooting incidents and the harrassment of law abiding citizens by holders of such illegal weapons.He said the proposed adoption of the whistle-blowing policy on illegal weapons by the Federal Government,followed the success of the policy in the recovery of huge amount of questionable and stolen funds by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commision {EFCC}.Shehu said the presidency had started drawing up the rules of a whistle-blower mechanism to throw a spotlight on the regime of gun ownership and control as a bold move to prevent and eradicate illegal ownership of small arms and light weapons in the country.He explained that the aim was to disarm communities especially those with proclivity to violence.,''What ever form or shape it takes,the administration wants to take a tough line to curtail the large number of illegal weapons in circulation used in intra and inter-communal conflicts,'' he said.Shehu disclosed that the ONSA had already inaugurated a committee saddled with the responsibility of the recovery of small arms and light weapons in the country.
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