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Today, Thursday, April 14, 2016, marks the second year since the Chibok girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents causing international outrage against Boko Haram as well as the Federal Government. Many protesters all over the world demanded greater government actions over the rescue of the girls and security of lives and property. The terrorists were said to have broken into the school pretending to be guards, telling the girls to come with them, when the girls came out, they burnt their dormitory and took a large number of the girls away in a truck to an unknown destination.

Khloe Kardashian is ready to call it quits with Lamar Odom. Lamar, who was found near death in a Nevada brothel last year, was seen drinking with friends not too long after his recovery. Apparently, that was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Khloe took to Instagram to voice her feelings about his behavior. “Sometimes the person you want most is the person you’re best without. Letting go doesn’t mean that you don’t care about someone anymore. It’s just realizing that the only person you really have control over is yourself,” she wrote.

Kobe Bryant celebrated after scoring 60 points in his final N.B.A. game at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Credit Harry How/Getty Images  There would be a celebration for Kobe Bryant on Wednesday. Everybody knew that much. The signs were everywhere. Look outside: a block party. Look courtside: gift bags for all. Look up: purple and yellow balloons suspended from the rafters of the Staples Center. Before the Lakers had ever won a title in Los Angeles, they bunched balloons atop the Forum for Game 7 of the Finals with the Boston Celtics in 1969, anticipating a party that never came. That day ended in despair and embarrassment. Once upon a time, the Lakers could never win the big one.

As the controversy over the N60 billion Lagos-Calabar railway project continues, the Federal Government has insisted that the Transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi did no wrong because the project was duly submitted and accepted by the lawmakers for approval. According to the National Planning ministry, the amended Ministry of Transportation budget was accepted by the relevant committees and that was the version defended by the Minister of Transportation and his team.

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Beijing warned vandals and saboteurs blowing up oil and gas installations in Nigeria to desist immediately or face the same drastic action being taken against Boko Haram by the Armed Forces. Speaking at a meeting with members of the Nigerian Community in China, President Buhari also reaffirmed his total commitment to winning the war against corruption, saying that corruption was an arch-enemy of the nation which has destroyed the lives of many Nigerians.

The Presidency has said reports from The Telegraph, a United Kingdom based Newspaper, accusing President Mohammadu Buhari of diverting millions of Pounds meant to fight Boko Haram to fighting opposition politicians, are false and baseless. A Statement signed by Presidential Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu said Telegraph report contained “inaccuracies” and attributions from unnamed sources.

Twitter said 'technical issues' were behind the crash of its services Social media users were only seeing an error page when they log onto site More than 1,100 people had reported a problem with the page in an hour Service was restored less than hour later to the relief of social media users Millions of Twitter users were unable to access the popular social media service on Thursday afternoon when the site crashed. Users in Australia, Asia and some parts of the US reported getting a error page pop up when they tried to access the web site.

Former Enyimba Coach Emordi Joins COD United Nigeria National League side C.O.D United Football Club have announced the appointment of Okey Emordi as their new manager. The second-tier club revealed the appointment in a press release on Wednesday. "Okey Emordi – one of the most successful coaches ever in Nigerian football – has taken over the managerial responsibilities at the Lagos-based side on the back of a very long and successful career having worked at leading clubs like Enyimba FC of Aba, Enugu Rangers and most recently, Kano Pillars," the release states.

Swiss Ambassador to Nigeria, Eric Mayooraz. The Federal Government has directed an investigation into an article in Daily Trust on Sunday newspaper against the Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation to Nigeria, Mr Eric Mayooraz. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.

Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has demanded an audit of all armouries in police formations across the country. He said this had become necessary to uncover some of the weapons that might have expired or were defective in the armouries. Arase said this in Uyo on Wednesday during his visit to the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.

For Bukola Saraki, who like his illustrious father, is a successful trader and peddler of influence, nothing is impossible. He has never experienced failure. But now buffeted by one misfortune after the other, it seems his first taste of failure is not too far away. Unfortunately, instead of looking at himself on the mirror to see how his past has come to haunt him, he has continued to attribute his current travails to his political detractors especially his party leaders and elected colleagues who publicly disapproved of the underhand tactics he employed to emerge as Senate President.

  THE Senate has begun the process of passing into law the long awaited Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, as it yesterday passed the first reading. Senate5The controversial bill, which is called the Petroleum Industry and Governance Bill, PIGB, seeks to give the country’s oil and gas industry a comprehensive legal framework and also provide the basis for the unbundling of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, into five independent commercial entities. Both the Senate and the House of Representatives had harmonized the bill before yesterday’s action by the Senate which makes it the third time it would pass first reading in the Senate. Both chambers of the National Assembly had recently harmonised a new draft of PIB and renamed it PIGB, following a prolonged silence by the Presidency on the bill as well as continued agitation for its passage by the citizenry.

 Linda Heimlich with the 2017 Hyundai Elantra in Calgary. Andy Maxwell Mawji, Driving CALGARY — Comfort is key in any vehicle Linda Heimlich might consider buying. And in the all-new 2017 Hyundai Elantra Limited, that all-so-critical comfort quotient clearly met her expectations. “Getting into the driver’s seat proved to be an instant fit,” the Calgary driver said. “The eight-way power adjustable seat was very comfortable, and it also had adjustable lumbar control; I thought that was exceptional. The interior was finished in a fantastic creamy beige leather.”

Continued from yesterday The pressure on the Naira will be reduced through which a more stable exchange rate that is market determined can be achieved. It will reduce or eliminate the persistent excess liquidity in the system through which the banks have continuously made unmerited profits. Further cost reduction and elimination of waste will be achieved through the limited use or lack of the need to issue treasury bills that are normally used by the CBN to mop up excess liquidity. As some of the treasury bills are sometimes turned into treasury bonds, the government and the economy will benefit from the saved interest payments and debts. With Nigeria paying a high treasury bill rate of about 15%, participation is expectedly high especially from foreigners. This is why majority of the 36.7% of the Federal Government domestic debt at 2012 held by the non-bank public were mainly by foreigners.

The third son of the celebrity couple appears to be following in the footsteps of his musical mother   Singing sensation: Cruz Beckham showed off his talent Instagram/ Victoria Beckham Cruz Beckham has been compared to Justin Bieber after his mother Victoria Beckham treated fans to a video of him singing. Victoria, 41, posted the clip of 11-year-old Cruz singing A Capella to the chorus from Twista and Faith Evans’ song Hope to her Instagram account.

  As today marks the second anniversary of the disappearance of 276 students at the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, stakeholders in education sector are asking if the Chibok girls will ever return to their parents. You will recall that on the night of 14–15 April 2014, suspected Boko Haram terrorists, attacked the Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, broke into the school, pretending to be guards and told the girls to get out and come with them. They were taken away in trucks, into the Konduga area of the Sambisa Forest, where the terrorists were known to have fortified camps.

  Nigeria raised 170.18 billion naira in local currency bonds maturing in 2036, 2026 and 2020 at an auction, the Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Thursday, paying higher returns than at the previous auction on March 16. The office said it sold 40 billion naira ($201 million) of 2036 paper at 13.08 percent at Wednesday's auction, compared with 12.40 percent at the previous auction It also sold 40 billion naira of 2026 debt at 12.60 percent, against 12.09 percent, and 20 billion naira of the 2020 debt at 12 percent against 11.33 percent.

Some freed inmates from the Kirikiri prison, Lagos, expressing gratitude to the Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade ...on Wednesday. Photo: Lagos Judiciary The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday released 153 awaiting trial inmates from the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium prisons. Among the pardoned inmates were 79 being tried for capital offences. Three of the freed inmates had been standing trial for over 15 years.

Nipco Plc, an integrated oil and gas company, said it had converted over 4,000 vehicles to run on Compressed Natural Gas. The company said in a statement that it declared a turnover of about N115bn and a profit after tax of N1.4bn for the year 2015 in spite of the plethora of challenges in the industry during the period. The Chairman, Nipco, Chief Bestman Anekwe, who was said to have disclosed this at the company’s 12th Annual General Meeting in Abuja, described the company’s turnover as moderate enough, considering the prevailing difficult environment in 2015.