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Buhari’s speech at ‘Change Begins With Me’ launch allegedly copied from Obama The speech by President Muhammadu Buhari at the launch of the ‘Change begins with me was allegedly plagiarised. Parts of the President’s speech was plagiarised from United States President Barrack Obama’s November 4, 2008 victory speech in Chicago. A ThisDay columnist Adeola Akinremi made the observation his column for the paper on Friday. A check of both speeches showed that indeed parts of Obama’s speech were lifted verbatim. Following his victory, Obama challenged Americans to avoid going back to the way things were as change could not happen that way. Obama said, “So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. “Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. “In this country, we rise or fall a

Nigeria is not worth dying for – Bola Ige’s daughter, Funso Funso, daughter of former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Bola Ige, has asserted that it is a waste of life for anyone to die for Nigeria. Bola Ige was on December 23, 2001 murdered at his home in Ibadan by unknown men and nearly 15 years later, no one has been jailed in connection with incident. Speaking with Punch, Funso said her father sacrificed so much for the nation and the reward he got was death. According to her, the family left has his killers in the court of God, whom she said is the greatest judge. “Nigeria is not worth dying for. For my dad, that was his own belief (that whatever you live for is worth dying for), I don’t believe Nigeria is worth dying for because there hasn’t been justice. “If somebody or some people are paying the price for his death, then I’ll know that Nigeria is worth dying for. My father believed too much in this Nigeria. “Every time you said anything negative abou

BREAKING: Gunmen abduct nine landlords in Lagos-Ogun border community Armed men on Saturday kidnapped nine landlords at Isheri, Ogun State. Isheri is just a kilometer from Lagos. The Nation reports that the landlords were having a routine exercise beside Lekki Gardens Estate when the gang struck. Lagos and Ogun State Governments as well as the Nigeria Police are yet to comment on the development. The incident occured less than a week after the Police paraded pipeline vandals and kidnappers who fled Lagos following raid on their hideouts by operatives of federal government’s Joint Military Task Force. Details later…

Basketmouth apologizes over attack on Goodluck Jonathan Veteran Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth, has withdrawn his statement on the state of the nation, apologizing to former president, Goodluck Jonathan for disrespecting him. In his last Instagram post, the comedian debunked rumors that he was one of the advocates for the emergence of Buhari’s administration. He aired his stance on his alleged involvement in politics. He said he never campaigned for President Buhari or any other politician (including former president, Jonathan). He wrote: “Truth of the matter is that I would have voted anyone that could speak two words of English against Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and that’s strictly based on the amount of greed and selfishness we witnessed from members of his (Jonathan’s) administration in the 6 years that he sat on the rock. “I have said it numerous times that I am not a politician hence I try not to dabble in politics. However I think a few people interpret crying out against in

PHOTOS] Meet Nigerian Couple Who Finally Married After Dating For 12 Years A Nigerian man has narrated how he and his girlfriend finally tied the knot against all odds after dating for 12 years. According to the man @ HayWhy_Tops who shared their story on twitter, they went through school, NYSC and getting a job before they finally decided to settle down and start a family.

Sport | Football Barcelona vs Leganes: Messi double leads five-star past La Liga new boys Barcelona’s Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) eyes the ball after kicking during the Spanish league football match CD Leganes CF vs FC Barcelona at the Butarque municipal stadium in Leganes on September 17, 2016. PEDRO ARMESTRE / AFP Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar were all on target as Barcelona got back to winning ways in La Liga with a 5-1 thrashing at newly promoted Leganes on Saturday. Barca suffered a shock 2-1 home defeat to Alaves last weekend, but despite a bright start from the hosts there was to be no repeat of that upset once Suarez teed up Messi to open the scoring after 15 minutes. Suarez and Neymar tapped home to give Barca a healthy half-time lead before a Messi penalty and wonder strike from Rafinha made it 5-0. Gabriel Appelt Pires’s fine free-kick pulled a goal back for Leganes 10 minutes from time. Barca move level with Real Madrid at the top of the table, but Madr

Desmond Tutu. PHOTO: RODGER BOSCH / AFP South African retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon Desmond Tutu was on Saturday readmitted to hospital in Cape Town just days after being discharged following surgery, his family said. Tutu, 84, underwent a “minor surgical procedure” last week to determine the cause of a “recurring infection”. He was discharged Wednesday, but was hospitalised again three days later. “The Archbishop was readmitted on Saturday as a precaution after his surgical wound had shown signs of infection,” said a statement by his family. His wife Leah Tutu said she was “very grateful for the ongoing prayers and support”. The Nobel Peace laureate was last year hospitalised over a persistent infection which was a result of the prostate cancer treatment he has been receiving for nearly 20 years. The much-loved former archbishop of Cape Town gained worldwide prominence for his strong opposition to white-minority rule in South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

News | Nigeria Nigeria, Saudi bicker over e-wristband Nigerian Hajj Pilgrims Nigeria is to protest the seizure of electronic wristbands brought into Saudi Arabia for use of its pilgrims. The Consulate-General, Nigerians Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Alhaji Muhammad Yunusa, said this at the Post Arafat meeting organised by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Friday in Makkah. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent reports that the wristbands were introduced by NAHCON to monitor each pilgrim’s movement and facilitate easy identification where the need arises. However, thousands of the items were seized at the airport in Madinah by security officials and all entreaties by Nigerian officials for release fell on deaf ears. Following this, NAHCON suspended the use of the wristbands by the pilgrims rendering the whole project useless. Yunusa said the action of Saudi authorities ran counter to the understanding reached by the two governments before the introductio

More photos from the handover of wives and children of Boko Haram insurgents to Borno State Government Borno Governor, Kashim Shettima  on Friday  received 355 breastfeeding children babies, 149 breastfeeding mothers and 62 under-aged evacuated by the the Nigerian Army from camps operated by Boko Haram insurgents in different parts of Borno State.    Majority of the the 566 persons are believed to be families of the insurgents saved after the military took over the camps during operations.    

Real Reason FG Failed To Rescue Chibok Girls – Lai Mohammed Opens Up The Federal Government has released concrete proof of its efforts to secure the release of the Chibok girls, who were abducted from their school in April 2014 by Boko Haram, revealing why rescue mission had failed three times. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said the efforts to rescue the girls included swap arrangements dating back to July 2015 which, however, failed for various reasons, including last-minute issuance of a new set of demands by Boko Haram elements. He said that in spite of the failure of the past swap agreements, the government and the security agencies have not relented in the bid to ensure that the Chibok girls are released safely, in line with the mandate given by the President who, upon the assumption of office, directed security agencies to urgently fashion out strategies to trace, locate and ensure the saf

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(Photos) Fans Tear At Tiwa Savage Over Revealing Outfit Angry fans slam Mavins Tiwa Savage for exposing too much, in a photo she shared on her social media page. Read More : Reminisce Gives Hilarious Warning To Mark Zuckerberg Tiwa, who is currently in Cape Town, South Africa for an event, stepped out in a low cut sheer   black dress last night and you can’t help but notice her banging body and cleavage. But her fans are not quite impressed, as they argue that the songstress is showing too much cleavage as a mother and married woman. Read More : Kiss Daniel Bags Award In Germany (Photos) “ladies with her kind of breast should please stay off dresses like this, doesn’t do you justice ends up making you fat.” A fan said, See reactions from others below.

Cossy Orjiakor names her cats Buhari and Goodluck As she shared on IG

President Muhammadu Buhari and his United States counterpart, Barack Obama, will meet in New York on Tuesday at the sidelines of US General Assembly Session.