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   Legal giant and human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that even though he wanted his son, Folarin Falana aka Falz to follow in his footsteps in the legal profession, he is proud of the giant strides the young man has recorded in the entertainment industry. Falz Falz The senior Falana spoke at the premiere of Falz’s new music video, ‘Soldier,’ featuring female singer, Simi, and taking off his sophomore album, ‘Stories that Touch,’ and he couldn’t conceal his pride at the creative work of art.

Obama is under pressure from critics at home to push Castro's Communist government to allow dissent from political opponents and further open its Soviet-style command economy.     Obama (Tennessean) U.S. President Barack Obama turns from sightseeing to state business on his historic Cuba trip on Monday, pressing President Raul Castro for economic and democratic reforms while hearing complaints about continued U.S. economic sanctions. Obama and Castro will have their fourth meeting, likely their most substantial, at the Palace of the Revolution, where Castro and his predecessor, older brother Fidel Castro, have led Cuba's resistance to U.S. pressure going back decades.

In the leadup to the crucial All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus, BoT and NEC meetings, the squabbles within the party is fueled by a supremacy battle among some political power blocs angling to shape the workings of the present administration vis-à-vis political posturing towards 2019. ANDREW ESSIEN writes The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved March 21, 2016 for the National Caucus meeting, while the Board of Trustees (BoT) and National Executive Council (NEC) would take place on March 22 and 24 respectively.

  Samson Siasia has picked just six home-based Super Eagles for the clash with Egypt – Arsenal star Alex Iwobi is the first foreign based Eagles star to arrive camp – 19 home-based stars are expected to arrive camp for the AFCON 2017 Super Eagles gaffer Samson Siasia has kicked out 16 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) stars from the camp ahead of the Egypt showdown.

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed angst against those asking him to account for recovered Abacha loot, describing them as illiterates and stupid people.