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A former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili, on Saturday lambasted members of the House of Representatives for their treatment of the Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Mrs. Ezekwesili, a former Vice President of the World Bank, accused the lawmakers of not being 'decorous' when the House of Representatives Committee on Finance walked Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala out of their meeting on Thursday. "Gosh! Our National Assembly &lawmakers URGENTLY need SERIOUS TRAINING on Respectful Workplace Practices," Mrs Ezekwesili said on Saturday morning on her twitter handle, @obyezeks. According to her, more is expected of lawmakers as the only reason Nigeria is called a democracy is because of the National Assembly. "These lawmakers need know this and be decorous!. That fellow that was blatantly disrespectful to Okonjo-Iweala may not in the real world qualify to be her Research Assistant. Let's face facts," she said. "I keep coming back to the issue of the langu...

US-based  Nigerian soft-porn star, Judith Opara Mazagwu, a.k.a AfroCandy has bounced back  weeks  after she was restricted from posting  nude pictures on her facebook page by the administrators of the social network. The mother of two announced  her comeback on her facebook page during the week, saying "I was gone for a minute now I am  back again…I won't be posting anymore sexy stuffs  here because of the censorship imposed on me by facebook. Even though I am not as explicit as the Hollywood stars are..on the social network." She also announced launching her own social network site."For that reason I have created my own socialnetwork; www.afrocandysnetwork.com where I can post whatever I want and feel like,"she said. Meanwhile, Afrocandy posted some x-rated pictures to  show what the website is all about. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone, powered by Easyblaze

It is no ordinary crime. Incest, a distant word to many, claims its victims body and soul  and shatters every sense of normalcy a child who grows up to experience such act is supposed to have. Such is the life of Bola and Tolu, who endured a sexual abuse by their father for two years. But for Susan, who had two children for her father, it is a different kettle of fish as a result of the identity problem her children will have to contend with.  But for many children, they are captives in their own family as they are constantly sexually assaulted by their own fathers. For such children, the scar the act leaves in their lives will not likely be erased anytime soon.   'My children's father is their grandfather' The Lagos State Children's Home at Ipaja Ayobo, like the one at Idi Araba, houses children whose complicated fates had brought them together to live as family. It was their end-of-year social event; a period of merry-making and lots of singing and danci...

Embattled wife of the Enugu State Governor, Clara Chime, has finally broken her silence in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, as she recounted her ordeal in the hands of her husband. As Governor Sullivan Chime's wife, she was in the public eye for about five years. She has, however been in the news recently because of the controversy surrounding her life in the Government House of Enugu State. Things fell apart when she reached out to some members of the human right community and legal practitioner, Femi Falana, to save her from her husband. Her appeal generated reactions from Nigerians and the civil society with several accusations, most of which bothered on unlawful detention and violence against women, given the physical and psychological suffering she was reported to be facing. In the exclusive video, while recounting her experience, she also debunked claims that she had mental problem. She said: "I suffered from depression and the treatment...

Sometime in late October or early November, Nigerian prophet TB Joshua prophesied that an East Africa president would be abducted by terrorists.   Were it any other prophet, that would probably have gone unreported, but TB Joshua was right on the death of Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika.   This particular prophecy was distorted by the internets, prompting his ministry to release this statement.   "This is an official message from Prophet T.B. Joshua and The SCOAN. There are distorted rumors spreading on the internet concerning T.B. Joshua's prophecy this past Sunday. Rumors are saying that the man of God said that an East African country will soon be kidnapped by terrorists and that a night club would be blown up. Do not listen to the father of lies.    "These are not the words used by the prophet. Prophet T.B. Joshua specifically asked journalists not to misquote his prophecy.   "He said that he saw a leader being captured. The proph...

A former Chief Justice of the country has written a letter which reveals how President Jonathan turned down advice from the National Judicial Council on the Salami case The government accused Mr. Salami of professional misconduct, but he is widely believed to have been punished for political reasons. The letter which was written by former Chief Justice of the Federation, CJN, Dahiru Musdapher and obtained by Premium Times shows how the National Judicial Council and the Chief Justice of Nigeria had tried to have President Jonathan realize Mr. Salami's innocence in his dispute with Mr. Musdapher's predecessor, Aloysius Katsina-Alu; and how they advised that punishing Mr. Salami would terribly dent an already integrity-deficient judiciary. The letter reads in part: