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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has apologized to government workers over the non-payment of their five months salaries by Governor Ayodele Fayose. The apology follows the resolutions reached at the State Executive Committee meeting presided over by the Chairman, Chief Williams Sunday Ajayi in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. The Ajayi-led state PDP executive was declared as the authentic and legally recognized committee by the ruling of a Federal High Court, Ado Ekiti in a suit marked FHC/AD/CS/21/2016 in a ruling delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo on May 15.

  The Code of Conduct Tribunal has adjourned the trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, indefinitely, after a star witness for the prosecution failed to show up at the court. The tribunal announced the decision on Wednesday. Mr. Saraki’s trial was on May 25 adjourned till Wednesday, for the cross-examination of the witness, Michael Wetkas, to continue. The tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, said the adjournment was to give the court time to hear other cases.

  Jacob Zuma, South Africa's president. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/ Richest province backtracks on call for president to quit Zuma allies take control of province with most ANC members  South African President Jacob Zuma seemed in danger of being ousted two months ago after the nation’s highest court ruled he failed to uphold the constitution. Now he appears as powerful as ever, tightening his grip on the ruling African National Congress as a campaign to oust him falters.

Walk Free Foundation, backed by Russell Crowe, names India as having highest number of slaves in the world    Russell Crowe launches the 2016 global slavery index in London. Photograph: Shanshan Chen/Thomson Reuters Foundation An Australian human rights group, founded by billionaire business magnate Andrew Forrest and backed by Hollywood actor Russell Crowe, has released research estimating that almost 46 million people are living as slaves. The 2016 global slavery index, funded by Forrest’s Walk Free Foundation, says 45.8 million people are trapped in some form of slavery.

Some in China say that tensions will remain if North Korea is unwilling to change its nuclear development policy Ri Su Yong, one of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s top lieutenants, is in Beijing this week to meet with Chinese Communist Party officials. Photo: Reuters Chinese and North Korean party officials are holding their highest-level meetings in nearly a year, seeking to bolster their longtime amity even as the top Pyongyang delegate reaffirmed his country’s commitment to the nuclear program that has been a source of tension between the two socialist allies.

  Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images A bumblebee gathers pollen from a pink hollyhock. At first, all Gregory Sutton really wanted to know was why flowers looked so different. He was “naive,” the University of Bristol biologist told The Christian Science Monitor. He didn’t know then that the question would launch him on a yearslong quest to understand the invisible interaction between flowers and the bees that pollinate them.

  Fadesola Adedayo made history after completing a 17-day marathon race from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos – The aim of the race was to raise awareness for Steven Johnson Syndrome, an allergic skin reaction to certain drugs – Adedayo explained that the horrible disease killed his brother four years ago – Parents of the 25-year-old marathoner were impressed and inspired by the effort of his son against a life-threatening syndrome Fadesola Adedayo A Canada-based Nigerian Fadesola Adedayo has made history after completing a 17-day marathon race from Lagos to Abuja and back to Lagos. A 25-year-old marathoner said that the aim of the race was to raise awareness for Steven Johnson Syndrome (SJS), an allergic skin reaction to certain drugs.

Today, Nigeria has alongside Venezuela become one of the main victims of the oil price collapse A Nigerian oil technocrat has emerged as frontrunner to take the top job at OPEC, with members seeing Mohammed Barkindo as what would be a rare compromise candidate to lead the group amid rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran.Barkindo has been a key face of the Nigerian oil industry for the past decade, during which various governments tried and effectively failed to reform national oil company NNPC.

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday urged Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari a “pass mark’’ for his efforts in the first year of his administration. He made the call in Abuja at the launch of a book titled “We Are All Biafrans’’ written by Chido Onumah. According to Atiku, who was chairman at the occasion, of the five areas the Buhari administration pledged to face, he has accomplished two and should be encouraged. “He promised to look into issues like power, insurgency, unemployment, corruption and diversification and if you are to take two out of five, you can give him a pass mark.

As the chorus of criticism grows over the killing of a to save a boy at a Cincinnati zoo, police plan to investigate the child's family. Zoo officials shot dead Harambe to save a 3-year-old who slipped into the animal's enclosure Saturday. The dragged the boy across a moat and after a 10-minute encounter, Cincinnati Zoo officials fatally shot the beloved and endangered . The boy was not seriously injured. The zoo has performed a necropsy on the , but has not released any details on the results. A research doctor extracted and froze the 's genetic material after his death, the zoo said.

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike and Former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has appointed Former Super Eagles Captain, Joseph Yobo as his Senior Special Assistant on Sports Development. Governor Wike also appointed Chibuzor Aholu as Senior Special Assistant on Financial Matters.

  Runtown (Pulse) We have all seen this in the Nigerian music industry. An artiste gets some shine for his indie work and shows promise. He gets some applause, the media touts him as the best thing since Wizkid, and then an underground investment race starts as potential ‘label owners’ begin to throw contracts at him for signing. Runtown had his moment in the first quarter of 2014. The singer, songwriter, and producer appeared to be the full package after his explosion. First came ‘Gallardo’, a smash hit single which announced him. Then he went some distance better with ‘Successful’.

Credit: INDEPENDENT MEDIAANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe and President Jacob Zuma. File picture: Paballo Thekiso The ANC lacks the political will and courage to recall President Jacob Zuma because he has the party in his clutches, analysts say. This is the view of analysts, who maintain the ANC is projecting Zuma’s blunders as minimal as a “political calculation” to strengthen the party head of local government elections. It emerged on Tuesday that Zuma had again come out unscathed at the ANC’s national executive committee (NEC) meeting in Pretoria at the weekend.