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President Jacob Zuma has launched national dialogues at the start of 16 days of activism of no violence against women and children.

Saying that solving these issues of abuse is now a government priority, Zuma wants women to speak up and report perpetrators to police.

“This campaign is about uniting all in our country behind one message, that women and children must be safe and must feel safe at home, in the streets and anywhere in the country,” he says.

The President has addressed many issues, but notes importantly that the economic status of women plays a massive role in catalysing abuse.

“Improving the economic status of women is also paramount in order to stop the financial and economic dependence on men, which makes many women vulnerable to abuse,” he notes. “Some women stay in abusive relationships because they are unemployed and depend on the perpetrator for shelter, food and all basic needs.”

While this does not, of course, apply to all abusive situations, Zuma says that empowering women will without a doubt help to address the violence.

“The promotion of education and training opportunities is important measures aimed at empowering women and promoting economic independence,” he explains. “Women also need access to business financing and credit so that they can establish small businesses or cooperatives to generate income.”

Citing a real problem in the workplace, Zuma says that women need to able to excel without the constant threat of sexual harassment. “The workplace must be made safe for women so that they can perform and be productive in an environment conducive for work,” he says.

Zuma also highlighted other issues, including violence against LGBTQ minorities and sexual assault by teachers in schools.

Government has lined up dialogues on such issues all over the country in a desperate attempt to curb a severe problem in South Africa.

“Let me emphasise that this campaign should not run for 16 days only,” he asserts. “Let us build a society where women and children are safe, and feel safe.”

Some observers, however, have highlighted the irony of Zuma fronting this type of campaign, given his history with sexual violence.

The Number One was, of course, cleared of charges after being accused of raping Fezile "Khwezi" Kuzwayo, a women's rights activist who passed on earlier this year.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday said it sold $356 million to support importation of raw materials in the month of October.

This, according to the apex bank, represents 40.9 percent of the total foreign exchange sold during the month estimated at $876 million. CBN disclosed this in its data on foreign exchange utilisation for October 2016.

The data revealed that the apex bank received granted access to about 7,792 requests for foreign exchange, valued at over $867 million through the inter-bank window to enable them source vital raw materials and spare parts for their respective industries. A summary of the Forex utilisation for the month showed that the raw materials sector received the highest allotment, getting access to foreign exchange valued at $355,744,861.05 or 40.99 per cent of the total value of Forex utilization for the month put at $867,834,186.26.

It also showed that manufacturing and petroleum industries got access to $91,276,699.30 and $150,815,804.73, respectively. Companies and other interests in the agricultural sector got access to $13,714,552.83 for the period, while entities in the aviation sector received $10,313,648.29 for the same period.

Finished goods and others got allotments of $43,838,044.04 and $10,795,488.92, respectively. Invisibles, comprising of school fees, students’ upkeep and medicals, among others, received $191,335,087.10 or 22.05 per cent of the figure. Commenting on the data, the Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Isaac Okorafor, said the release of the figures underscored the transparency of the bank in Foreign Exchange Management.

According to him, the CBN remained committed to its pledge to ease the foreign exchange pressure on manufacturing and agricultural sectors through forward sales under the new flexible Foreign Exchange regime.

It will be recalled that in the month of September 2016, Manufacturing industries in Nigeria were given access to foreign exchange valued at over $660 million in the inter-bank Market to source raw materials and spare parts for their industries courtesy of the interbank forex market.

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has reiterated that he believes the media hold him to higher standards than Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

Mourinho, who said before Saturday's 1-1 draw with Arsenal at Old Trafford that he doesn't get the respect he deserves, again highlighted Wenger's title drought in an interview with ESPN Brasil.

"The Arsenal manager hasn't won a championship in 14 years ," Wenger said. "I haven't won a championship in 18 months. He, in 14 years , failed to build a team to be champion.

"I've been here for four months. And the demand is only for me and not for others."

Since Wenger last won the title in 2004, Mourinho has won three at Chelsea, two at Inter Milan and one at Real Madrid -- as well as the Champions League, which Wenger has never won.

"It must be because of the career I've made," Mourinho added. "Because I have got to the clubs and have always won right away.

"And this is a more difficult reality (this season), because it is an extremely difficult competition, with teams being prepared for a lot longer, with excellent players, with excellent coaches.

"Manchester (United) really live in a period that needs stability -- a stability that the club wants to give me, a stability that the club gives me, a stability that the fans give me, but that the press does not accept very well."

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Kenya police raided a house in Kayole area, Nairobi on Friday, November 11th and arrested a Nigerian involved in printing fake US dollars. Over 860,000 fake US currency (pictured above) were recovered in the operation. The police conducted the raid after receiving credible intelligence that he was in possession of the fake dollars.

The Nigerian was taken to custody as hunt for his accomplices continues. Police suspect more of the fake papers had been supplied to the market. Unit head Noah Katumo said such money is used for political campaigns in the country and affect the economy.

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Senator Ben Murray-Bruce took to his Facebook page today to a lenghty piece he wrote ‘Like Trump Like Obasanjo’, where he compared US president elect Donald Trump to former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Senator Bruce, Donald Trump and Obasanjo who can be brash and outspoken undeniably have an insatiable taste for women and beautiful ones at that. Read his post after the cut

‘Like Trump Like Obasanjo
On the morning of Saturday the 20th of February, 2016, I was having breakfast at Eko Hotel with a friend of mine, Reno Omokri and one of the top Democratic Party strategists in the US and an argument ensued. Omokri said Trump would go all the way while the American said he was not going anywhere. I joined the conversation by saying that Trump is a phenomenon and no one knows how far he will go.
Today, I sit here writing this piece pleasantly stunned that what the mainstream media, what the establishment and what the powers that be said could never happen has happened due to this phenomenal man's belief in himself when others did not believe in hm.
I have met Donald Trump one on one before and what I clearly remember about him is that he is a White and younger version of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
The two of them can be brash and outspoken but they always seem to come out on top by some sort of divine arrangement that makes whatever they do turn out for the best even if it began with controversy.
More similarities between the duo is that they both undeniably have an insatiable taste for women and beautiful ones at that!
Then again, they are both men who have succeeded in business and, even though they were political outsiders, they extended their business success to politics.
And even though there is a lot of anxiety in the Black world and especially Nigeria, I believe that a Trump Presidency would be better for Africa and Nigeria than a Hillary administration.
For one, Boko Haram are now afraid. Very afraid! This is a man that is not afraid to use the word radical Islamic terror and to declare to all who care to listen that he will be their nemesis.
Nigeria needs such a partner!
We are spending way too much of our resources on fighting terrorists. We need a big strong hand to help us fight them. A hand that will not be afraid to sell us weapons and will not make us grovel before it is willing to help us destroy our enemies who want to destroy us.
But secondly and very importantly, Nigeria is an oil producing nation and though I believe that it is what is between the ears of our people that will make this nation great, we still need foreign exchange and Hillary's plans for alternative energy was not going to see the price of oil go up anytime soon.
But Trump won in Texas because the oil industry knows that they have a friend in him, and any friend of Texas big oil is a friend of Nigeria.
And forget about all that talk about immigration reform. Trump will not stop Nigerians from entering the US. The US needs Nigerians more than Nigerians need the US.
Without Nigerian healthcare professionals, the US health industry would collapse overnight. Neither Trump or Hillary wanted that.
Trump's rhetoric was directed more at Mexican immigrants because of the immediate threat posed to the US by illegal immigration from Mexico.
Having said that, let me add that the last similarity between Trump and former President Obasanjo is that they both look not very intelligent, but their looks betray their vast knowledge and deep wisdom. You meet them and size them up by their looks and end up underestimating them.
But when they reach into their reptilian brain and come out with strategies it becomes too late to do what you should have done.
I am glad that Trump won and I cannot wait to see how he will change the world positively.
But one thing is clear, any politician who underestimates the role of social media in the battle to win the hearts and minds of the people is a politician that is going the way of the dinosaurs.
Social media and particularly Twitter was the weapon Trump used to fight the mainstream media. Social media is the ultimate form of democracy in that it gives the underdog a vehicle to amplify his or her voice against a biased media that wants to suppress it.
Senator Ben Murray-Bruce is the founder of the Silverbird Entertainment Group and the Senator Representing Bayelsa East

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Remember the Ghanaian virgin pastor who said he regretted not having sexual intercourse until when he got married (read here). The video of his interview with Joy Fm has emerged. In the video the man of God can be heard saying he cried the very first time he had sex with his wife as he really enjoyed it. He said he has sex with his wife 7 time a week. He also talked about his congregation having a new virgin president.

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So many people doubted him of winning US Presidential election, but he clear their doubt. congrats to him

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After it appears that the Iraqi forces have edged closer to the hideout of the Jihadist militant group, the ISIS leader Abu Bakral –Baghdadi has urged suicide bombers to cause more havoc by attacking the unbelievers who are enemies of God.
In an audio recording released, the terrorist leader who is believed to be trapped inside the city Mosul said:
'Destroy the cities of the unbelievers. 'Turn the nights of the unbelievers into days, to wreck havoc in their land and make their blood flow as rivers, do not retreat, 'Holding your ground with honour is a thousand times easier than retreating in shame.'

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According to Forbes' Highest-Paid Women in Music list for 2016, 26-year-old US Pop star Taylor Swift is the richest female musician. Swift amassed earnings of 170 million US dollars (£137.8m) over the past year. Her earnings are mainly due to her 1989 World Tour raking in a quarter of a billion dollars. She also has lucrative endorsement deals with brands such as Diet Coke, Apple and more.

British singer Adele was second on the list, with 80.5 million US dollars (£65.2 million). Forbes estimated the pre-tax income of personalities from June 1 2015 through to June 1 2016 from a variety of sources, including data from Pollstar, Nielsen and the Recording Industry Association of America, as well as interviews with managers, lawyers and some of the stars themselves. See the full list as you continue.

Full List Of Top Earning Female Musicians for 2016

1. Taylor Swift - $170m (£137.8m)

2. Adele - $80.5m (£65.2m)

3. Madonna - $76.5m (£62m)

4. Rihanna - $75m (£60.8m)

5. Beyonce - $54m (£43.8m)

6. Katy Perry - $41m (£33.2m)

7. Jennifer Lopez - $39.5m (£32m)

8. Britney Spears - $30.5m (£24.7m)

9. Shania Twain - $27.5m (£22.3m)

10. Celine Dion - $27m (£21.9m)

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A new groom Gareth Ferguson, 29, and his new bride, Toni, 26 received backlash from online users for posting the racy wedding photo above on Facebook . This couple simulated this sex act in a shot taken after their nuptials last month. However, people thought it was inappropriate
The photo was eventually removed from Facebook after a number of negative comments and several reports from users.

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Reality TV star Marlo Hampton of Housewives of Atlanta posed as Lil Kim for Halloween. Do you like it?

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The Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae, on Wednesday advocated the scrapping of uniform university admission cut-off marks to promote competitiveness among the country’s universities.

Osaghae said that each university should be allowed to have its own admission cut-off marks because all universities were not equal.

He said, “The standards that the universities have are not the same. If you want to push all the universities to have the same standard, then you are negating the whole essence of competitiveness.

“Why do universities thrive to be excellent?

“It is so that they can be on the top, and the considerations for universities at the top should not be the same for those that are below.”

Osaghae suggested that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board should be saddled with the responsibility of administering entrance examinations, while universities should be allowed to select their candidates.

He said, “We have a matriculating board, JAMB. Let it administer the exams while tertiary institutions chose what they want.

“If you look at the world of ideas and the world of learning there is no equality there.

“If you select 10 unequal universities in the world and ask people to make a choice, you will find out that most people would want to go to the top universities.

“It is these top universities that have most of the stringent requirement; that is the practice all over the world.

“If you want to go into Oxford or Cambridge, you must have very good grades. That is what is practised all over the world.

“You cannot equalise all tertiary institutions and fix the same admission cut-off marks for them all.”

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Obama spotted eating Nigeria's native food in one of the restaurant. Loz Nigerians can be so funny sometimes eh!