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  C ameroon government has sent 100,000 Nigerian refugees packing.the Human Rights Watch (HRW), which made this known, yesterday, said the deportation defied a plea by the United Nations (UN) refugee agency not to return anyone to the North Eastern, where Boko Haram has killed thousands of people, “until security and human rights situation improved considerably.” The group, which investigates allegations of human rights abuses worldwide, said the report was based on interviews with more than 60 refugees. It noted that soldiers tortured, assaulted and sexually exploited Nigerian asylum seekers and denied them access to the UN refugee agency. “The Cameroonian military torture and abuse of Nigerian refugees seems to be driven by an arbitrary decision to punish them for Boko Haram attacks in Cameroon and to discourage Nigerians from seeking asylum,” Gerry Simpson, HRW associate refugee director said.

       U S President Donald Trump has rejected claims that Facebook ads got him elected, calling the social network part of the hostile mainstream media. Facebook, Twitter and Google have been summoned to testify before the US Senate Intelligence Committee. In a tweet Wednesday, the president argued that Facebook was “always anti-Trump,” marching in lockstep with major media outlets like the New York Times and the Washington Post to back his opponent Hillary Clinton during the campaign. Earlier this month, Facebook announced it had found $100,000 worth of ads connected to about 470 “inauthentic accounts and pages… likely operated out of Russia.” This prompted sensationalist reports of Kremlin meddling in places like Twin Falls, Idaho. The ads and accounts “appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum,” rather than referencing the election or a particular candidate, Facebook said. On Tuesday, Congress...

      J ennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony continue to prove exes can still be friends. The two have come together and formed Somos Una Voz (We Are One Voice), an alliance joining big names like  Alex Rodriguez, Bruno Mars, Daddy Yankee, Ed Sheeran, Jada Pinkett Smith, Luis Fonsi, Maluma, Narciso Rodriguez, Pitbull, Ricky Martin, and Vin Diesel to work together "to rush food, shelter, medicine, power, and communications to those in need from the effects of the recent natural disasters," according to a press release. As part of their initiative, the alliance launched a GoFundMe campaign that has so far raised over $30,000. "Together, our alliance members reach more than 1 billion followers on social media across the planet. Just imagine what we could do with big and small donations from the people we reach, our corporate friends and ourselves. That's it. That's the big idea. Together, we can become one powerful voice that brings hope and relief to the people tha...

Uber was declined to have the operating license in London over its alleged lack of responsibility in the service, Transport for London stated this week.  The authority decided to confiscate the ride-hailing service provider from being functional in the UK capital subsequent to its existing license ending on September 30.  However Uber will continue serving in the city as it approaches appealing the decision. Uber was deemed unfit and improper to continue as an operator license holder on some issues which the authority believes it is ineligible from being allowed to be functional in London city. Not one factor was responsible for this denial of license. Uber has been under scanners since some months. Its alleged program of Greyball that it used to evade the local authorities monitoring its service. Its internal and external chaos and other issues like its self-driving car meeting with an accident are all responsible for the authority to decide against its being functional in th...

If your dog had the wherewithal to make out a list of his least favorite things to do, getting a bath would probably be close to the top. Since dog baths tend to be messy, time-consuming and not a whole lot of fun for everyone involved, it’s natural to wonder, “How often should I bathe my dog?” As is often the case, the answer is “It depends.” “Dogs groom themselves to help facilitate the growth of hair follicles and to support skin health,” says Dr. Adam Denish of Rhawnhurst Animal Hospital in Elkins Park, Penn. “However, bathing is needed for most dogs to supplement the process. But bathing too often can be detrimental to your pet as well. It can irritate the skin, damage hair follicles, and increase the risk of bacterial or fungal infections.” Dr. Jennifer Coates, veterinary advisor with petMD, adds, “the best bath frequency depends on the reason behind the bath. Healthy dogs who spend most of their time inside may only need to be bathed a few times a year to control natural ‘doggy...

I n the process of waiting for the 9th national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party in December approaches,   members have set an agenda for candidates planning to be the new national chairman of the party.  They gathered in Abuja last week to harmonized their positions on the legal, political and ethical requirements for the next party chairman, the party members say their votes will only be for candidates without court cases, and who are not presumed to be corrupt. They also want a leader that promotes internal democracy even as they appealed to state governors not to negatively interfere with the process and outcome of the convention for election of national officers.

Some of the world's highest achievers have one thing in common, it isn’t a high IQ, nor is it an incredible lucky streak, but their appreciation for reading. Books were their most profitable investment. Two teenage boys found employment at a grocery store in Omaha, Nebraska. The older boy, from a poor family devastated by the   Great Depression, bred and sold hamsters for spare change. The younger boy, grandson of the store owner, had been delaying college and working odd jobs, like selling chewing gum and coke bottles door to door. Back then, each boy made about $2 a day. Just a few decades later, they’d be raking in $20 billion in profit per year with their conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway. Who were these boys? None other than Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett. How did they become the most successful investors America has ever seen? Buffett spends 80% of his day reading Fast track to 2007, the 84 year-old Charlie Munger, reveals to a crowd of aspiring law students the secret...

On Friday, reports surfaced that Kylie Jenner is expecting her first child with Travis Scott, but the couple don't seem to be all that worried about it. The 20-year-old reality star took to Snap chat shortly after the reports broke, taking videos and pictures while hanging out with friends for her bestie, Jordyn Woods' birthday at Malibu Wines Safari. He made an appearance at LIV nightclub in Miami Friday night to perform a few of his hit songs, partying into the wee hours of the morning alongside Scott Disick, Sofia Richie and Kim Kardashian's BFF Jonathan Cheban. And he's supposed to continue performing into the weekend and next week. Travis is scheduled to perform at Hakkasan nightclub in Las Vegas tonight, and he's also set to take the stage during Powerhouse 2017 in Philadelphia on Wednesday. His next performance after that is scheduled during the 2017 Rolling Loud Festival in Mountain View, Calif., at the end of October. Meanwhile, neither Kylie nor Travis hav...

Infinix Mobility is rewarding fans and customers as the country celebrates Nigeria @ 57 on the 1st of Oct. The brand introduced the Infinix independence reward for all Infinix customers and those purchasing ‘Infinix Note 4 and Note 4 pro’. The Infinix Note 4 and Note 4 pro was recently launched as the brands BIG smartphone of the year, the sophisticated smartphone features a stylus ‘Xpen’, Xcharge, 4500MAH battery, XOS 2.2 and it guarantees users 5minutes charge for 250 minutes talk time. Infinix customers and fans can win big during this campaign. The BIG wins include 7 ’43inch Television’ for 7 customers in 7 cities. Infinix is also offering 14 Synix standing fans to customers from the raffle draws, which will take place once every week in Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja and Ibadan on the 21st and on the 28th OF September 2017. All Infinix Note 4 and Note 4 pro customers who purchase from the 13th till the 28th of September qualify for the final raffle draw to win the 7 Television sets. ...

 D ogs don’t have watches or keep day planners, so how do they track the passing of time? Scientists have a few ideas. First, animals and other organisms have an internal clock of sorts called a circadian rhythm, a roughly 24-hour cycle in their physiological processes that responds to cues like the cycle of light and darkness. Instead of knowing what hour meals are served or ticking off units of time in their heads, dogs may be keeping track of time using this rhythm, responding to a physiological state they reach at a particular time of day, and associating it with a particular event, like dinner. Alternatively, “animals might use markers in their daily life to keep track of time, such as position to the sun in the sky ,” . Wynne a vet suggests that dogs may also simply pick up on social cues that tell them something is about to happen. Dogs are “watching everything you do for some clue that something is going to happen that’s going to matter to them,” he says. These cues don’t n...

    A n indigenous oil giant, Belema Oil Producing Limited, has promised to end gas flaring in all its operations by 2019. Managing Director of the firm, Mr Boma Brown, gave the assurance, yesterday, at an interactive session between the firm and its host communities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He said the firm was set to convert some of the gas to power for its host communities, adding that it will also evacuate what would be left for commercial purpose. He said: “We will do what is needful. We have already set up a team to monitise our gas. This is turning the gas currently flared into revenue.  It is our business model, we want to get the end customer to get the gas. We will also convert gas to power for our communities. We will compress it and send to the market. “We can do much better as a country. If you bring the proper market into focus, there will be improvement. The engagement  is already ongoing with some companies to evacuate the gas. We are ending ga...

Internet penetration is growing in Africa and more people use the internet for various reasons such as work, New streaming video services are making strides in the African market but with slow internet speeds, streaming video can prove to be difficult. Although, when compared to the world, Africa is lagging. This can be attributed to the cost of data, infrastructure and slow connection speeds. Some African countries like Kenya are not so far behind. To watch a show, Netflix requires a 0.5 Mbps connection speed, but the streaming company recommends a minimum 1.5 Mbps broadband connection speed and for users to be able to watch an HD quality video they need 5.0 Mbps. New data, extracted by Cable.co.uk from broadband speed tests worldwide reveals the countries in the world that have the fastest broadband internet connections. Some people would prefer to download movies and TV series. Downloading videos requires fast internet speeds and increased connectivity. The test measured overall spe...

Liu Xin is one of the over 60 Chinese students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. Two and a half years ago, when she started her master's degree program, there were only 20 Chinese students attending the university. "According to my observation, the number of Chinese students who go to African countries for higher education is growing in recent years," said Li Lianxing, secretary general of the China-Africa Report Project at Tsinghua University. "The increase is not big, but the number is increasing, which means more Chinese students recognise Africa now," Liu said. In China we can see more African students on university campuses, which is a signal of a deeper China-Africa relationship, and the same trend is happening in Africa as well. Li said that most Chinese students choose to study in universities in South Sudan, Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa. In addition, as China and Africa's relations and cooperation are heating up and more Chinese...

m ark Zuckerberg is the co-founder of Facebook and his posts are nearly unavoidable on Facebook, apparently due to some Facebook's own news feed algorithm. So, in case you have ever thought of blocking him or his wife Priscilla Chan on Facebook, it's a bad idea. Reason? Because both Zuckerberg and Chan's profile cannot be blocked on Facebook and your efforts will go on vain. Independent reports that the duo have been blocked so many times in past that the site doesn't allow you to block them anymore now. Instead, you will see an error message on the screen that shows that the was some error while trying to block the profiles and that you should try again! This is the exact message you will see- " You can report Pages or profiles if you think they're doing something that goes against our Community Standards. Learn more. If you think you're seeing this by mistake, please let us know." Zuckeberg's profile which has posts from both his professional an...

Lil Wayne On Stage     I n a series of Twitter posts, the rapper's daughter Reginae Carter updated fans on his health . "My dad is doing fine everyone! Thanks for the concerns. You guys are amazing," she shared Monday morning. "Oh yeah.. & don't believe everything you hear." According to the TMZ, the rapper was hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial in Chicago after being found unconscious in his hotel room at Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago. Despite suffering from the debilitating seizures as a result of his ongoing bout with epilepsy, the "Lollipop" hit maker has reportedly been released from the hospital. The outlet also reports that a rep for the "Sucker for Pain" rapper has confirmed that he had to cancel his Vegas gig as a result of the multiple seizures he had this weekend. Additionally, the rep says that the music man is currently resting. Since the rapper has previously suffered seizures while flying before, it is likely that d...

The Admitted Victims Not fewer than Fourteen people have died of cholera in northeast Nigeria, with most of the victims living in a camp for people displaced by Boko Haram violence, the health ministry said Saturday. “Up to September 1, 14 deaths have been reported,” the health ministry said in a statement, adding that “the total number of suspected cholera cases stands at 186.” Most of the suspected cases and deaths are in Muna Garage, a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno — which is the epicenter of the jihadist Boko Haram insurgency. The other victims come from neighboring districts. Nigeria’s government and NGOs are now working to improve sanitation, including better water purification and installing extra latrines, in a bid to prevent new cases, the statement said. The city of Maiduguri has doubled in size since the start of the conflict with Boko Haram some eight years ago, rising to some two million inhabitants due to influxes of displac...

President Buhari The Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is set for a trip to to Washington, DC, he will leave Abuja on Monday, September 4, 2017. The President’s  trip to the US is at the invitation of President Donald Trump, with a Nigerian Presidency source telling S.R correspondent that Mr. Trump extended the invitation last February, shortly after his inauguration. According to an itinerary seen by a correspondent in Aso Rock , Mr. Buhari is scheduled to leave his hometown, Daura, by helicopter at 9:15 am on Monday for Kastina airport. From the airport, he will fly out at 10am aboard with the presidential jet to Washington, DC.     A source at the Presidential villa said earlier plan was for Mr. Buhari to combine the official visit to the US with his participation at the UN General Assembly in New York from September 21 to 25, 2017. Another source from Aso Rock said that they are optimistic that the president is going for a trip to a medical tone.

Infinix hot 5 Africa’s leading smartphone brand, Infinix Mobility, has stormed the Nigerian market with its newest Hot series smartphone, ‘Infinix Hot 5 and Hot 5 lite.  The new products were announced with the company’s retail partners, Jumia and Slot which would exclusively handle the online and offline sales of the phones. The new Infinix Hot 5 & Hot 5 lite is promoted as Nigeria’s first Mobile cinema smart phone, which ensures real time mobile viewing with its 5.5HD display, dual front speakers and 3D Dirac stereo to enable users optimise their mobile experience.  Powered by Android 7.0, the new Infinix Hot 5 offers the customized user interface XOS 2.2 on 4000mah battery life, which ensures 35hrs talk time for all users. The well-equipped affordable smartphone also offers internal 16GB ROM and 2GB RAM for speed targeted at Hot series fans and trendsetters.  According to Jumia, while Infinix Hot 5’s predecessor was the best seller on its platform in 14 countries, ...

The pilgrims ABOUT 1.7 million pilgrims for this year’s Hajj have begun to converge on Mount Arafat to mark the most important ritual of the holy pilgrimage. It is an annual pilgrimage that re-enacts the actions of Prophet Muhammad from more than 1,400 years ago. No fewer than 91,000 Nigerian pilgrims are among those participating in the Hajj. Millions of the pilgrims on Tuesday night began moving from Makkah to Mina, where the main hajj rites are expected to take place. Traffic gridlock was visibly in many Makkah cities leading to Mina. The 2,332 pilgrims from Lagos State started converging around 9pm at the Lagos House 1 & 2 in Musfala area. Today is the Day of Arafat and any pilgrim that missed the gathering is considered not to have performed hajj for that particular year. Pilgrims, who are on Mount Arafat are expected to fast, which vitiates sins of two years. Wearing two white, unattached pieces of cloth for men known as the “Ihram” and any loose-fitting clothing for women, t...