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A reliable source says the Commissioner of Police in Rivers state, CP Francis Odesanya is dead. It was understood that CP Odesanya has been battling with an undisclosed illness. He was subsequently flown abroad for better medical care. A reliable source in the Command who does not want his name mentioned disclosed that CP Odesanya died early Tuesday.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has advised Nigerian leaders, religious and political to work for the unity of Nigeria than allow themselves be torn apart by temptations. The Nigeria Television Authority reports that Osinbajo made this known in a statement from his office. According to the report, Osinbajo also reaffirmed the commitment of the federal government to defending the rule of law and protecting the lives of Nigerians no matter their religious or ethnic background. Osinbajo also warned that defaulters must be made to face the full wrath of the law despite the limitations of the criminal justice system in the country. He also noted that with President Muhammadu Buhari’s instruction to security agencies, military and the police to send reinforcements to southern Kaduna to enforce peace, things will soon be all right. Osinbajo then charged all Nigerians to work together to find a lasting solution to the crisis and resist the temptation to succumb to divisive tendencies Recall tha...

welcome to tokanews blog: Seun Akindele And Roseane Marcel Share Passionate Kiss On Stage

How else do you celebrate an award for ‘Best Kiss in a movie’? Apparently by kissing. This was what Nollywood actors Seun Akindele and Roseane Marcel did as they picked up their award at the 2015 edition of Best of Nollywood Awards ceremony that held at International Event Centre, Akure, Ondo State yesterday December 13. The duo won the category for their impressive kiss(es) in ‘One Minute Man’. Others who were nominated for the award were, Nse Ikpe-Etim and Blossom Chukwujekwu (The Visit), Ruth Kadiri and IK Ogbonna (My Rich Boyfriend), Tope Osoba and Alexx Ekubo (Ifedolapo), Roseane Marcel and Okeowo Taiwo (One Minute Man) and Seun Akindele and Yvonne Jegede (The Ex). One funny thing to note is the fact that the winners were bo th nominated twice with other partners. Congratulations to the legendary kissers.

Last week a popular musician 2face opened up to protest against the Federal Government of Nigeria and Nigerian professor, Akindele Adetoye, took to his facebook page to blast him 2face for planning to lead such.  

Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president's executive order. Dana Boente, US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, replaced her as acting attorney general. He has directed the department to enforce Mr Trump's order. In a statement, the White House said Ms Yates had "betrayed" the department. Mr Trump's order temporarily banned nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, and sparked street protests in the US and abroad. In a letter , Ms Yates had said she was "not convinced" that the president's order was lawful. "As long as I am the acting attorney general, the department of justice will not present arguments in defence of the Executive Order," she said.

Labour has accused Theresa May of “appeasement” towards Donald Trump after Downing Street again rejected a petition calling for the cancellation of the president’s state visit to Britain. A Downing Street source dismissed agreeing to the petition, which has now attracted almost a million signatures, as a “populist gesture”. The BBC quoted the source saying: “The invitation has been issued and accepted. To scrap the visit would undo everything following Mrs May’s visit. America is a huge and important ally we have to think long term.” Shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti urged the prime minister to think again. “I’m afraid that sounds like appeasement to me,” she told BBC Breakfast after being read the statement from Downing Street. She added: “The world is in a very precarious situation at the moment and we will not make this world safer or fairer by appeasing bullies like Mr Trump.” Chakrabarti said Trump’s travel ban was counter-productive. She said: “It will make the world a le...

Federal Government has to review its visa policy with the United States of America,else Nigerians will no longer from this day hence-fort enjoy visas to the US with two-year validity, acc0rding to an Executive Ordered issued by President Donald Trump on Friday last week. Section 9 of the Executive Order states: “The Secretary of State shall review all non-immigrant visa reciprocity agreements to ensure that they are, with respect to each visa classification, truly reciprocal insofar as practicable with respect to validity period and fees, as required by sections 221(c) and 281 of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1201(c) and 1351, and other treatment. “If a country does not treat United States nationals seeking non-immigrant visas in a reciprocal manner, the Secretary of State shall adjust the visa validity period, fee schedule, or other treatment to match the treatment of United States nationals by the foreign country, to the extent practicable.” Currently, Nigeria issues a visa with one year validit...

FCT-The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has made is clear that the N7.289 trillion 2017 budget estimates presented to the National Assembly in December last year would be carefully reviewed for a fair distribution of projects nationwide. The senate President Bukola Saraki, who stated this at the end of the general debate on the fundamental principles on the budget in the Senate, instructed the chairmen of standing committees to reflect that during budget defence with the various government ministries and agencies. He said to guarantee compliance, the leadership will meet with the chairmen next Tuesday preparatory to a public hearing holding between February 7 and 8. exact words: "We are doing this exercise in the spirit of equitable distribution of projects. I will like all our respective committees to take note of that and ensure that we do our best to make this exercise better than last year. "We must take note of some of the contributions by our colleagues. Although we pa...

 From now on any network provider that by any means sends unneccessary text messages(SMS)to subscribe would pay a particular fine of N5million. The chairman of the Nigeria Communication (NCC),Pro. Umar Danbatta made this statement saturday at the 46th convocation of the university of Nigeria Nsukka(UNN). He spoke on: “The Role of ICT in Tertiary Education in Nigeria-NCC interventions.” Danbatta explained that the commission has contributed over 1.4 trillion naira to the country’s economy since its inception. The chairman urged policy makers to adopt information communication technology (ICT) to grow the economy. He canvassed the use of ICT in addressing the challenges in agriculture, health, energy and education sectors.“It is in the interest of the country to improve the potentials in the information-driven age to make it easier the socio-economic development. “The commission will continue to facilitate the improvement of the content delivery and capacity development of tertia...

The Nigeria Federal Government has dismiss  rumours on the death of Mr President MohammBuhari. The government discribed such report as nonsense and silly attitude,and af­firmed that the President is alive and well – contrary to the mis­leading reports on the social me­dia. The Federal Government also denied claims that the Act­ing President Yemi Osinbajo was under pressure to resign.The government has vowed to  deal with those behind the ru­mours and other dangerous news aimed at dividing the country.The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Moham­med, who spoke on the develop­ment on Wednesday, described such rumour of Buhari’s death in a London hospital as a “silly thing.”

The United State President Donald Trump has made it clear that  change to the countries immigration policies has just begun .U.S President Trump made the declaration on Wednesday in his first television interview since he assumed power on January 20. This may not sound as a good news to some countries like Mexico and the rest of other affected countries. |The President stated "We’re not letting people in if we think there is even a a little chance of some problem. “We are excluding certain ountries, but for others, we gonna have extreme vetting. “Its gonna be very hard to come in. Right now it’s very easy. It going to be very very hard. “I don’t want terror in this country,” he said citing the terror attack on San Bernardino, World Trade Centre among others The interviewer then asked Trump if he is concerned his immigration policy will cause more anger, especially among Muslims. Responding, Trump said there is already anger around the world. “Anger? Theres plenty of anger righ...

As things stand, The Gambia has two serving Presidents, with incumbent Yahya Jammeh refusing to give up power Senegalese troops have entered The Gambia, an army spokesman said, moments after the UN Security Council voted unanimously to back the right of election winner Adama Barrow to take power. Mr Barrow was sworn in as President in exile on Thursday afternoon, in the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal, while incumbent Yahya Jammeh continues to cling on to power. The Security Council resolution invited the formidable west African regional bloc to ensure Mr Barrow’s election victory was respected, but a last-minute amendment urged the use of “political means first”. Yet minutes after the resolution had passed, Senegalese Colonel Abdou Ndiaye issued a brief statement to news agencies declaring: “We have entered Gambia.” British tourists describe airport 'chaos' fleeing crisis-torn Gambia Mr Barrow’s inauguration ceremony was held in a small conference room at the Dakar e...