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In fear of being blackmailed, Ghanaian actress and show host, Cecilia Konamah has come out to confess that she was once a lesbian adding that her husband is aware. Speaking in an interview with Hello FMs, the actress who, according to her, stopped the lesbianism practice three years ago, said:

'My husband is aware of that. Yes, he knows that I was a lesbian and he is very comfortable with me in our marriage. He also said even if I had once stood on the streets as a hawker, he likes me as I am,' she said.

She also stated that any attempt from her friends to bring up her past won't work as her husband is already aware.

'I was introduced into the act by some friends. If somebody thinks she wants to bring it out just to break my marriage, then let me tell the person that my husband is aware,' she added.

http://www.newshelm.com/2017/03/i-was-lesbian-and-my-husband-knows-it.html

The headless body of an unidentified young woman believed to be in her early 20s, was found along the Amanwaozuzu-Ogwa road, Obesity local government area of Imo State on Saturday morning.


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Mavin Records has signed three new acts – Johnny Drille, DNA Twins (Clinton and Blair Roberts), and rapper POE – into the label.



This was announced by the record label’s boss, Donjazzy via his Instagram page on Tuesday.



Johnny Drille is a folk/alternative singer, songwriter, producer, and sound engineer. He was a contestant in the 2013 edition of MTN Project Fame West Africa. Some of his tracks include “Love don’t cry” and “Wait for me”.



The DNA Twins were participants in the 2013 edition of Glo X Factor. The came out with their first single after the competition – ‘Mash Up Freestyle’, a combination of some top Nigerian songs.



POE is a rapper whose famous tracks include “Adore Her”, “Can’t Forget”, and his remix of Olamide‘s “Who you epp”. He was affiliated to rap duo Show Dem Camp (SDC), and a member of a group of music artistes The Collectiv3.


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Widely acknowledged as one of Africa's most influential business leaders and philanthropists, Tony O. Elumelu took some time out of his packed business trip to China, to see the Great Wall of China.



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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that students will no longer be able to secure admission into higher institutions while awaiting their O’level results.


JAMB said this was part of its restructuring in preparation for the 2017 UTME higher institution examination.

This means candidates must sit and obtain the results of either West African Examination Council school examination, WAEC, or National Examination Council, NECO, before admission.

JAMB also introduced a fourth choice of school, but said candidates can apply to only one government-owned university.

In a statement by its spokesperson, JAMB also announced the introduction of fourth choice of higher institution during application by candidates.

The statement reads: “In the cause of conducting admission exercise, many institutions have admitted candidates on merit only for them to discover that such candidates do not have qualified O’levels results or the right combination for admission and had to delete and start the process all over again. With this, they would have denied other qualified candidates the opportunities for admissions.

“This we are addressing by ensuring that no candidate is henceforth recommended without his O’levels result being supplied. To achieve this, JAMB will insist that candidates supply their result on its website during registration or later, but before admissions commences for them to be considered for admissions. We believe this will allow only qualified candidates to be considered for admissions.

“Candidates and their parents are also to note that the Board has restructured the registration platform to allow for only one choice of Public University. The new registration platform will now be first choice, second choice, third choice and fourth choice and not most preferred, preferred etc as it was.

“Candidates’ first choice can be a College, University, Innovative Enterprises Institutions or Polytechnic/Monotechnic. However, if a candidate makes a Public University his first choice, he will not have any public University to choose for 2nd, 3rd and 4th choice. He will have on the remaining three choices, a College, a Polytechnic, Private University and IEI’S. However, candidates for the 2017 UTME can now select NCE (College) or ND (Polytechnic/Monotechnic) as their 1st choice up to 3rd choice and the 4th IEI. They can select the IEI (Innovative Enterprise Institution, ND) as their 1st choice up to the 4th choice, but can only pick a public university once.

“Again, we want to inform candidates that no cyber café will be registering candidates for our examination. On no account should any candidate patronize any cybercafé for our registration. It is important to note that the Board will not deploy the use of any scratch card for the 2017 UTME registration exercise.”

http://www.edificationinfo.com/2017/02/jamb-introduces-4th-choice-scraps.html

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Lagos State Ministry of Transport has no plan to ban yellow buses known as “Danfo” but to upgrade them to international standard, the acting Commissioner for Transport, Mr Lanrewaju Elegushi, has disclosed.


Elegushi made the disclosure in Lagos on Tuesday during a stakeholder’s forum to deliberate on how to improve the transport system in the state.

He said that the plan of the government was to restructure the transportation system in the state to international standard.

He said, “What we are planning is to restructure the transportation system in the state to meet international standard.

“That is why we organised this forum to seek the contributions of the people involved at the new Bus Terminal at Tafawa Balewa Square.

“We are changing the face of the transport system in Lagos state with fully air condition buses, charging port, CCTV and other infrastructure for the benefit of commuters.”

Elegushi said the government had also embarked on the building of standard bus terminus in various locations across the state, to standardise the transport system.

The acting commissioner appealed to the stakeholders to make judicious use of the new bus terminal at TBS.



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Ibrahim Babangida and Abdulsalam Abubakar in their younger days.


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Gov Umar Ganduje of Kano State, yesterday received Chinese investors who are in the state to discuss an IPP solar power project in Kano to generate 100mgwts


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In its effort to protect oil and gas infrastructure in Niger Delta, troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have intensified its operation to frustrate the activities of economic saboteurs across the region. Accordingly, troops of Nigerian Naval Ship (NNS) Delta successfully carried out a raid on 2 illegal refineries along LAPASE CREEK in Warri South of Delta State. During the raid, 11 metal tanks, 5 dug pits with about 1750 Tons of suspected stolen crude oil and 170 Tons of illegally refined AGO were impounded. Similarly, troops of Sector 3 also destroyed a large illegal refinery with multiple dumps at ALAKIRI in Rivers State.



The bunkerers on sighting our troops set fire on parts of their bunkering camp to deny access to the illegal site. However, the troops on patrol put off the fire and destroy the illegal refinery site. We are therefore appealing the law abiding members of the public to support operational activities of Operation Delta Safe with valuable information that would lead to achieving our mandate which is “To protect Oil and Gas Infrastructure, Deter and Prevent Sea Robbery, Crude Oil theft and other Criminalities within the Joint area of Operation that could impact negatively on economic activities in Niger Delta” You are please requested to disseminate this to the public through your medium.



Thank you for your usual cooperation.



Signed ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI



Major Coordinator, Joint Media Campaign Centre


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Gov Obiano and Chief Peter Obi at the Traditional Marriage of Ms Ify, Chief Chris Ubah's daughter at Uga in Aguata LGA.

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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Domestic and Foreign Debt, Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), yesterday fulfiled one of his campaign promises by hosting lepers, the deaf and other physically challenged persons in his office at the National Assembly.


The physically challenged came all the way from Kaduna to the National Assembly.


A leper, Hassan Lawal, said "This is my first time of entering this place and I think I am the first leper to enter the National Assembly.”


A physically challenged person, Ridwan Mohammed Abdullahi, said their visit was historic.





"Since 1999 when the country embraced civil rule, we have never had an occasion like this where you have physically challenged persons officially allowed to enter the National Assembly. This shows that Senator Sani is a leader of the masses and the poor," he said.


Speaking to them, Sani said he decided to host the physically challenged persons in fulfillment of one of his campaign promises.


"During my campaign in 2015, I promised to bring them to the National Assembly where they voted me to represent them," he said.


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photo-shehu-sani-hosts-physically.html

Throwback Photo: Throwback: Ibrahim Babangida, Head of State, being honored by Oba of Lagos, Adeyinka Oyekan, for the completion of Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, 1990.

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PHOTOS: Ben Bruce Gisting And Laughing With Atiku At The Silverbird Man of the Year Award


The common sense Senator, Ben Murray-Bruce was pictured engrossed in a warm discussion with Ex-Vice President, Atiku Abubakar at the just concluded Silverbird Man of the Year Award 2016.


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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has announced that it is not conducting any recruitment exercise and that its website has been hacked.

The Commandant-General of the Corps, Abdullahi Muhammadu, warned the general public to disregard rumours of recruitment or replacement by the NSCDC, NSCDC spokesperson Emmanuel Okeh, said.

“Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps is not recruiting as widely speculated on the internet and various social media platforms.

“Beware of 419 and fraudsters who have hacked into NSCDC’s website to dupe innocent and desperate job seekers online,’’ Mr. Okeh said.

He also urged Nigerians to ignore all messages with religious undertone going viral; insisting that it is an attempt by mischief makers to use religion to dent the image of the Corps.

Mr. Okeh assured that when it was time for recruitment, the process would be published in various national dailies and electronic media and not online and social media.

The NSCDC had in December 2016 announced plans to recruit 10,000 personnel to beef up its operations, subject to approval by the Federal Government.

On Thursday, the corps said it will recruit 3500 people.

It also said it has not received approval from the Federal Government for the recruitment following a barrage of inquiries.


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Yahaya Jammeh's picture has surfaced online after a month he flew the small West Africa nation where he ruled for 22 years to cede power to President Adama Barrow and end a political crisis.


He landed in Conakry, Guinea's capital but set off again for Equatorial Guinea, where he has remain in exile.


See photos as shared on social media by Abubakar Mohd Kareto:



Meanwhile, Gambia’s President Adama Barrow met with former ministers of the exiled former President Yahya Jammeh at his Kairaba office on Wednesday.


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photo-yahaya-jammeh-picture-surfaces.html

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TODAY Acting President Prof Osinbajo Inaugurates National Road Safety Advisory Council (NARSAC) at the Council Chamber, State House, in Abuja.


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photos-osinbajo-inaugurates-national.html

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Governor Umar Ganduje inspects the completed and soon to be commissioned hospital at Zoo Road abandoned over 10yrs.


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The Queen of Afro-House NINIOLA puts out New pictures to start her year. With Songs like JIGI JIGI, SHABA and OJUKOKORO currently bursting the airwaves and as she prepares to release the first single off her coming album, scheduled to be released in the first half of 2017. NINIOLA has decided to share New Pictures of herself.

See Photos below:


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/niniola-releases-new-promo-photos.html

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N167Billion Kano Economic City with 10 thousand shops, warehouses, convention centre, trade center ETC

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Some members of civil society organizations, political group on Tuesday, February 14, stormed the streets of Abuja in solidarity with the achievements of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The groups in their thousands said they were out to pass a vote of confidence on the President Buhari-led administration.



The rally which was organized by Truth and Justice Movement of Nigeria and other political organization was aimed at sensitizing the Nigerian populace on the achievements of the present administration.

Addressing journalists on the rally, the convener, Johnson Ondoma said the march is expected to demonstrate to President Buhari that having fulfilled his promises to reinvent Nigeria among the comity of nations, having defeated terrorism and corruption on our national life, the people feel there is no better way to express it than to come out en mass

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EFCC Arraigns FUTA VC and Bursar At the Federal High Court In Akure


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RRS officials are presently at Abule Egba Roundabout after rumour of fighting amongst Agberos over leadership tussle.


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photos-rss-officials-storm-abule-egba.html

Amina J Mohammed today chaired the Green Bond Program Administrative Team briefing Meeting

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The Nigerian Army contingent at the just concluded Access Bank Lagos City Marathon 2017, has been rewarded with promotions and cash prize of N150,000 each.


The Army team surpassed its performance in the last edition in an event that featured world class marathoners and accomplished athletes.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, said in a statement that in view of the achievement, and to encourage them, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has directed their elevation to the next higher rank respectively and donation of cash gift of N150,000 to each of the athletes.

Usman said: “This year, the first soldier to arrive, Private Auwal Hudu, came 10th overall, within 2hrs 45mins, while Private Raymond Nanribet took 12th position and arrived within 2hrs 46mins. Private Sanusi Husamat was number 13 and has the timing of 2hrs 48mins. Private Danjuma Stephen took 14th position and arrived within 2hrs, 56mins.

“Others were Private Gyang Dalyop, who was 15th position overall, and within 2hrs 58mins, Lance Corporal Gyang Yakubu, 17th position within 2hrs 59mins and Private Muplang Luwadet was 18th person to arrive within 3hrs 3mins.

“Among the female fielded athletes, Private Hannah Adewale was the first to arrive and took 8th position among all the female marathoners with a timing of 3hrs 52mins, while Private Naomi Yunana was number 9th, with a timing of 3hrs 56mins, Corporal Eunice Waje came 10th and made it within 3hrs 58mins, while Private Lange Rose took 11th position overall with a timing of 3hrs 59mins.”


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/nigerian-army-promotes-soldiers-who.html

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Minister of Youth and Sport, Solomon Dalung visits Kebbi state rice milling company with his entourage and shared the below statement on his social media page :

This evening, Alhaji Abdullahi Zuru, the General Manager of privately owned Labana Rice Mills Ltd. in Kebbi State took me round the entire complex to see for myself the capacity of the company and how it has encouraged large scale farming among young people in the country.

He says the company employs over 3,000 workers with over 6000 growers across Kebbi and beyond. The company mills about 10 trailers load of rice daily.

I am impressed with this awesome feats and I can confidently say NIGERIA is on course to greater food independency which our young people will be the major key players in the development.


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photos-minister-of-sports-solomon.html

An armed robber who was reported to have robbed a female student of the Nnamdi Azikiwe university has done the unthinkable by mocking his victim online via her Facebook page.

The alleged robber took to the victim’s Facebook page to upload his own pictures and further proceeded to update the victim, Gabrilla Uchechi Eberechukwu’s profile picture to one of his.

A friend of the victim identified as Joy however took notice of the irregularities on the account and called the alleged robber out as she commented: “You stole my friend’s phone. You are a big thief”. In reply to the allegation, the thief replied with a laughing emoji.


The victim’s friend, Joy, further explained that she had spoken with her friend who noted that the man had taken control of her Facebook account.



She wrote: “She doesn’t even know what is going on with her Facebook now.”


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photos-one-chance-robber-mocks-his.html

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Damilola Oluwaseyi, 7, surprised a lot of people at the just concluded 2017 Lagos city marathon as she crossed the finish line.

Although Oluwaseyi started the race from her house in Lekki, many were surprised that at her young age she deemed it fit to challenge herself.

She was received with a wondrous applause as she finished the race. See photos below.

http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/photos-7-year-old-nigerian-girl.html

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After three hours of marathon race at the Access Bank Lagos City 42.1km, Kenya’s Abraham Kiptom, has emerged winner of the 2017 Lagos city marathon.

This makes it the second time he is winning the competition.

8.50am' The leading athletes are ten minutes away from the finish the line. Abraham Kiptum won last year's marathon. He is neck to neck with two others.

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The nation's economy is apparently sick! Here is the prove of how far life has become hard for every Nigerian over the course of 2 years


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Former Delta State governor, James Ibori, returned to Nigeria today after he was released from prison in the UK last month.

Here's what Nigerians are saying about his arrival:

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