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Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed 18 persons and injured four others during an attack on Ariri community in Bassa Local Government Area on Wednesday. source punchng.com

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with two state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. They are Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai; and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu source punchng.com

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If Christine Blasey Ford's heart-wrenching decision to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee has taught us anything, it is that women who have spent their lives in the shadow of sexual assault can still find a path -- however uncertain, however terrifying -- to meaningful action. I know, because in my own way I've spent the past two weeks doing just that. Like so many, I've been on an emotional roller coaster as I've absorbed the headlines and relived my own experience of being attacked as a teenager. But I've also been inspired and spurred by Ford's example to figure out what I can do to seek redress decades after the fact. Naomi Seligman The man who attacked me will never be nominated to the Supreme Court, and I haven't had to parse my words and defend my actions before an audience of millions. Still, I recognize many aspects of Ford's experience: her hesitation in coming forward, her fear of humiliation and the valu...

Latest reports from the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Cyril Abeye Ogodo shows that the party has expelled Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly and factional senatorial candidate in the 2019 general election.

Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, who stated this at the ongoing 2018 NCC Day, at Abuja International Trade Fair, yesterday, said the sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, rose to 10.5 per cent as at June 2018, from the initial 9.1 per cent in 2016 and that at the end of August this year there were over 160.8 million active voice subscribers with over 104 million being used to access Internet services. T elecoms sector now grow at about $5 billion every quarter. Dambatta, who spoke through the commission’s Head of Public Relations, Reuben Muoka, said the theme, “Enhancing SMEs in agribusiness through innovative technology,” was in line with the ultimate objective of the commission to use technology as an enabler of the overall economic growth and development in the country. He said the commission through the availability of information and education, helped consumers to make informed choices in the use...

On Wednesday the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, conceded victory to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his main opponent for the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket in Lagos, to calm frayed nerves and avert impeachment. There had been alot of expectation that the governor would rule out the declaration of Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the state’s Tuesday governorship primary, which was initially cancelled by the APC National Working Committee panel that had promised to announce a new date for the primary. The panel had reverse its standings on Wednesday to declare Sanwo-Olu the winner. A few hours after the panel’s new decision, the governor’s media team sent a press statement that the governor would host a “world press briefing” by 2.pm, causing more speculations. In the briefing, which eventually turned out to be a broadcast by 4pm, Ambode accepted defeat and congratulated Sanwo-Olu. One of our correspondents gathered through sources in both Ambode and Asiwaju Bola Tin...

Seven US law enforcement officers have been shot, one of them fatally, in an incident in South Carolina, officials say. Police in the city of Florence had been responding to a call for help from the sheriff's office. A gunman had been holding children hostage and was involved in a two-hour stand-off before surrendering and being taken to hospital. He has not been identified and the motive is unclear. All the children are now safe, police said. At a press conference, Florence county Sheriff Kenney Boone said three county sheriff's deputies and four Florence police officers were shot during the incident. One of the Florence officers, named by local media as Terrence Carraway, 52, died from his injuries. Skip Twitter post by @MegKinnardAP View image on Twitter Meg Kinnard ✔ @MegKinnardAP UPDATE: City of Florence spokesman John Wukela tells me that Terrence Carraway is the officer who died from his injuries. He had just...

The US Senate is expected to receive the FBI's report on allegations of sexual misconduct against President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, in the next few hours. Its conclusions will not be made public, but Senators will be able to review the report on Thursday. Republicans and Democrats remain bitterly divided on whether to approve Mr Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court judge.

Moses A middle-aged man has been arrested by operatives of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly raping his 13-year-old daughter in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro  learnt that the suspect, Friday Moses, was picked up by the police after a complaint by members of Okah community in the area. • He defiled me five times – Victim Moses was alleged to have started defiling the primary six pupil at the age of seven, which continued till she became 13 years old. A police source told  PUNCH Metro  that the victim did not know that she was pregnant until it became obvious to some residents. “The girl did not even know that she was pregnant because of the constant abuse. It is a pitiable case,” the source said. But the suspect, a commercial motorcycle rider who hailed from Cross River State, denied any connection to his daughter’s condition. He said, “I was told that I impregnated my daughter. Someone else own...

It’s obviously the transformational golden age for creativity in Nigeria. Nigerian music is played in clubs everywhere in the world, from Davido to Yemi Alade, and so is our art, with Njideka Akunyili-Crosby‘s work Remain, Thriving recently unveiled at Brixton Station in the UK, and Toyin Ojih Odutola currently exhibiting at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York (she had a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum in 2017). We already know Solange wears Maki Oh, as does Michelle Obama, who also wears Duro Olowu. Daniel Obasi recently worked on a campaign for the global brand Miu Miu. Akwaeke Emezi, the trans author, recently published their book Freshwater to critical acclaim, and Chike Frankie Edozien‘s memoir Lives of Great Menrecently won the LAMBDA Award for Gay Memoir. Nigerians are everywhere, doing jaw dropping impressive things. It makes a whole lot of sense that W Mag...