16:49:00
 
Read a young Haitian Mackenson Saintloth's post which he shared on Facebook on May 15:
"Praise to Jesus Christ! Before he couldn't walk and stand straight but now his all well. Compassion is a weapon! Three months after: You all remember this young man, he lived under a car. He urinated and had bowel movements under that car and slept there.

14:58:00

Senator Shehu Sani who represents Kaduna Central in the Senate, has released a statement reacting to the threat of expulsion from the Kaduna chapter of APC. The party yesterday threatened to expel him for speaking against the Buhari-led government on the oil subsidy removal.

In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Politics and Ideology, Suleiman Ahmed and released today, Sani accused the state governor, Nasir El Rufai, of being the mastermind behind the expulsion threat. Sani said the threat is nothing but the hallucinations of a barely educated ogogoro drinker.

10:32:00
 
An operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has killed a 26-year-old man, Chukwudi John, after he opened fire on a truck in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.

PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday when John, an employee of Dompec Global Resources Limited, was returning from Abak Local Government Area in the state, where he and his colleagues had gone to supply goods.

10:25:00

Actress Adunni Ade, who is a single mother of two beautiful boys, took to her Instagram page to call out those criticizing babymamas/single mothers. She wrote;
"I take it personal when a person feels like they've got the right to speak on a person's lifestyle, relationship status or what not. Just because some choose to be quiet about your dirty laundry does NOT give you the right to speak about another.

09:32:00
Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan's first female president was sworn into office this morning after winning the presidential polls in January. Almost 700 dignitaries from 59 countries watched Tsai, leader of the Beijing-skeptic Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), receive the presidential seal at Taipei’s Ching-kuo Hall.

The 59-year-old former law professor who studied in The U.S takes over from outgoing Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party) President Ma Ying-jeou, who was ineligible for re-election after two four-year terms.

18:45:00

Actress, Yvonne Jegede has had enough of people acting like everything is going on fine in the country. She took to her Instagram page to share a photo of the lady who trended on social media for stepping out with a cardboard paper to cry out for a job, and shared her thoughts on the current unemployment situation in Nigeria, saying this is not the time to manage but the time to speak up.

18:30:00


Mariah Carey dropped by Watch What Happens Live on Tuesday night and Andy Cohen, true to form, managed to get her to throw more shade at Jennifer Lopez's way. She also dished on Nicki Minaj and Jay Z, Beyonce and Britney Spears.
The 46-year-old five times Grammy winner clarified that when she famously said of J.Lo, "I don't know her," she wasn't being rude or dismissive. Andy tried to get to the bottom of the relationship between the two.
"Do you know each other?...She says you know her."

18:15:00

An EgyptAir flight with more than 66 people aboard crashed during a flight from Paris to Cairo leaving the victim's families and friends devastated as they search for answer.
The plane was flying at 37,000 feet when it lost contact overnight above the Mediterranean Sea, the airline tweeted. French President Francois Hollande said he was told the flight crashed, but Egyptian Civil Aviation Minister Sharif Fathi said he preferred to classify the flight as missing, CNN reports.

18:00:00
In furtherance of the ongoing efforts to enhance operational effectiveness and service delivery, the Nigerian Air Force has commissioned new sets of facilities in its units at Makurdi and Benin City.

Some of the newly commissioned projects were named after deceased personnel who died in the ongoing counter insurgency operation in Northeast Nigeria. Those honoured with the recent projects are Flight Lieutenant Ebitimi Owei and Flight Sergeant Awodi Emmanuel Adakole who died on 10 October 2015 and 25 August 2015 respectively.

17:45:00
NLC Protesters this afternoon forced their way into the Lagos state government secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja to harass and disturb government workers who are not participating in the ongoing strike action.

The state government yesterday released a statement warning all its workers to shun the strike as the "No work no pay rule" will be applied for anyone who failed to show up for work.

17:25:00

Nigeria Labour Congress in Lagos State took their protests to the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, today. According to reports, they blocked a junction leading to the secretariat, then entered the premises and began disturbing government activities by harassing workers for not obeying the announced strike action. Officers from the Rapid Response Squad were immediately deployed to handle the situation. More photos after the cut.
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