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Only one Chibok girl has a baby – VP Osinbajo

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said that only one of the 21 released Chibok girls has a baby. On Thursday evening, Osinbajo led some top government officials to visit the girls at the DSS Medical Centre, Airport Road, Abuja, where they are currently receiving medical attention. Osinbajo, who was accompanied by the Director-General of the DSS, Mr. Lawal Daura; Minister of Information and Culture, Mr. Lai Mohammed; Minister of Women Affairs, Senator Aisha Alhassan; Minister of State, Budget and National Planning, Zaynab Ahmed; and the Special Adviser to the President on Social Protection Plan, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, later briefed State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Vice-President disclosed to journalists that the Federal Government did not swap any Boko Haram detainee for the release of the girls. “There was no exchange of any kind. There was no swap of any kind. Even when we started negotiations, we said we would consider all options available to ...

Ooni Of Ife Announces Biggest Cultural Festival

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His Royal Majesty Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has announced plans for an upcoming historical event tagged Otisese Carnival set to hold from the 5th of December to 7th of December, 2016 at Otisese Ground, Ile-Ife in Osun State, Nigeria. Otisese Carnival is aimed at celebrating the benignant reign of the Ooni, as well as promoting unity among the Yoruba race and showcasing the rich cultural background of Ile-Ife to attendees from different parts of the globe. The three-day carnival which is in its maiden edition will feature a slew of enthralling activities including Otisese Youth Cup tourney, Live Music Concert, cultural carnival parade, royal banquet and more. The live music concert will feature performances from some of the industry’s finest like Olamide, Solidstar, fuji icon King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal and a host of others. Otisese Carnival will have some of the most prestigious dignitaries, personalities and socialites all over the world in attendance to celebra...

Release Of Chibok Girls Is Only A Tactic To Divert Nigerians From Hunger - Fayose Tells FG

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Ekiti-Ekiti state Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has the described the celebration of the Federal Government over the release of 21 Chibok girls by the Boko Haram, as not only diversionary, but a tactic employed to divert the attention of Nigerians away from the hunger and outrage generated by crackdown on judges. The governor said “Nigerians have had enough of anti-corruption war” saying it is high time President Muhammadu Buhari addressed massive hunger that is killing many people in the country. Fayose said this on Thursday at the commissioning of a three-block classrooms built at the Erelu Adebayo Children’s Home in Iyin Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area as part of activities marking his second year in office. In his words, “What they came out today to tell Nigerians that 21 abducted Chibok girls have been released by the Boko Haram group is diversionary. Nigerians have never had it so bad. People are very hungry. What they did today is just to divert attentio...