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Nigeria: Is it democracy or demoncrazy

Benue State is no doubt one of the struggling federating units in the entire body polity that is ravaged by mass poverty. But the State is poor not necessarily because of lack trained manpower that could power it to greater heights. No, Benue State carries a large baggage of bad statistics in terms of development index essentially because of the dearth of good leadership in its political space. Anyway, Benue’s political misfortune of possessing greater quantity of self -centred and greedy politicians is much the same with virtually the entire 36 States because it’s

Police arrest two armed robbers in Ogun, recover weapons

The men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ogun State Police Command on Sunday arrested two suspected armed robbers in Agbado, Ifo Local Government Area of the state after the hoodlums had engaged the security operatives in a gun duel. The SARS, attached to Agbado Division of the state command, were said to have responded to distress calls from residents of Somuyiwa and Dalemo areas after the robbers had stormed the two communities, dispossessing the residents of their valuable and injuring some of them in the process.

one Dubai start-up, computer coding is child’s play

O n one side of the room, children are building worlds and on the other, websites. A boy taps away at his keyboard, typing commands and tying up loose ends. He appears in his element, even if the name of the language he is using – Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) – would be enough to put most people off. “I’m making a ninja profile page,” says Eissa Al Mulla, a nine-year-old Emirati, pointing to a screenful of text commands. He switches over to a preview of the web page and, like magic, it all makes sense.

Buhari to probe military JTF in Niger Delta over oil theft

Indications emerged on Friday that President Muhammadu Buhari would probe the Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta as part of the drives to fish out oil thieves under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Buhari, at an interactive session with Nigerians in the Diaspora at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC, the United States, during his four-day official visit to the country, accused some officials of the immediate past administration of stealing one million barrels of crude oil daily.

We won’t stop ex-militants’ meeting in Bayelsa – Presidency

The Presidency on Friday said there was no plan to disrupt a meeting of top ex-Niger Delta militants previously scheduled to hold in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State on Saturday (today). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in an interview with Saturday DEVTKING

Anne Hathaway Responds to Amy Schumer's 'Trainwreck' Joke With Sweet Gesture

 Amy Schumer's "Trainwreck" which was directed by Judd Apatow includes a joke about Anne Hathaway. In the film, Schumer's character compares her boyfriend Aaron's (Bill Hader) reaction after winning a charity award to Hathaway's on Oscar night when she carried her Best Supporting Actress Academy Award trophy to after parties in 2013.  Apparently, Hathaway has seen the raunchy comedy and she took the joke in stride. Posting a picture of her ticket stub on Instagram, she captioned it, "Dear @AmySchumer, Don't pretend like when you win your Oscar- which you could for your brilliant and refreshing writing and/or acting in @TrainwreckMovie- you won't tote it around to every Oscar party you go to. Way to slay, Annie.

Kendall Jenner Shares Her Sexiest Bikini Selfie Yet, Lets Kylie Jenner Borrow One of Her Swimsuits

In case there was any doubt, Kendall and Kylie Jenner are ready for the summer. The sisters got tongues wagging with their bikini-clad social media posts over the weekend—and it's easy to see why Kendall shared a photo of herself sporting a barely there orange bikini while lounging by the pool yesterday. The model's killer bod was on display—if you've got it, flaunt it, right?—as she played with a Capwell + Co.  necklace during the shot.And all eyes were also on her younger sister, Kylie, and her latest skin-heavy Instagram that featured an up-close-and-personal look at her insane cleavage.