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Migrants and refugees being sold into slavery in Libya is not really new information. In April 2017, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that along the North African migrant routes its staff discovered "slave markets" where hundreds of African young men are being tormented. But following CNN's release of footage showing men being sold by an auctioneer for the equivalent of $800, there was finally international outrage. There were demonstrations in Paris, Stockholm and New York with slogans such as "Free our brothers!" and "Black people are not slaves!" The chairman of the African Union , Guinean President Alpha Conde, demanded prosecutions for these crimes and Libya announced it was reportedly launching an investigation into the matter. But while the outrage has focused on the Libyan authorities, it has very much ignored the role the European Union has played in enabling such despicable abuse. The EU has pushed to curb migration...

Former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Barcelona striker, Samuel Eto’o, has denied the report that he paid for tickets for Cameroonian immigrants back to Libya. The former Cameroon striker, while refuting the claims, said the ‘rumor is profoundly unfounded’ He wrote, “Several sites have circulated a rumor that I would have given money to every migrant returnee, in relation to a topical issue. This rumor is absolutely unfounded! “I would therefore take advantage of this opportunity, dear brothers and sisters, to emphasize that love prevents more evils than money can solve. “So let’s not waste our precious time looking for thrills at the expense of grieving people, but let us use this time to prevent other brothers from being deprived of their dignity. “Let us not just react when we can prevent, because among these victims are certainly people who have been our neighbours at some point, but to whom we have not daigné to look kindly. “Let us build our Africa by having a positive impact on e...

The comedian took to his Instagram page late last night and expressed his feelings towards the Davido and Wizkid war. Hun hun, I am so moved by what this cute chubby comedian wrote. Guy please go they write inspiration books. Afrima, make unna come carry wetin unna wahala cos oo, shey na until wizkid nd Davido start to dey gun chase themselves up and down?

Serena Williams  and  Alexis Ohanian  had quite the racquet after saying I do! The new Mr. and Mrs. Ohanian wed at the Contemporary Arts Center on Thursday evening in front of a slew of celebrity guests, including  Beyoncé,  Kim Kardashian,   Eva Longoria  and husband José Bastón, and fellow tennis star  Caroline Wozniacki with her new fiancé , NBA player David Lee. Williams custom Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen princess gown  while Ohanian suited up in Armani. walked down the aisle in a stunning In addition to her strapless, belted gown, the mother of one sparkled in jewelry by XIV Karats, worth $3.5 million. When it came time for the reception, the star changed into a second wedding look in a white strapless Versace dress that featured lace and feathers throughout the bodice. And Alexis Olympia  held a  star-studded rehearsal dinner  at celebrity chef  Emeril Lagasse ‘s restaur...

Serena Williams ' bridal style was a total Grand Slam. The tennis champion, 36, married Reddit co-founder  Alexis Ohanian,  34, in a fairy tale dress that showed her love of fashion -- and surely made close friend Anna Wintour very proud. Williams shared all the details of her breathtaking Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen princess gown with  Vogue .  “I flew to London to meet with Sarah and ended up falling in love with the ball gown silhouette, which is completely the opposite of what I ever thought I would choose for myself,” the bride said of her wedding look that also featured a cape. “I loved the idea of doing a really spectacular ball gown, and it has turned out to be such an incredibly special piece.”  In addition to her strapless, belted gown, Williams sparkled thanks to jewelry by XIV Karats, worth $3.5 million in total. Meanwhile, her groom wore an Armani suit. The new parents to daughter ...

Automobili Lamborghini has produced a unique and special specimen of Huracán RWD that it donated to His Holiness Pope Francis in the presence of the Company’s top executives. The car will be auctioned by RM Sotheby’s on 12 May 2018, with the proceeds delivered directly to the Holy Father, who decided to allocate them to the Pontifical Foundation “Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre” (Aid to the Church in Need), the Pope John XXIII Community, GICAM headed by Dr. Marco Lanzetta (hand surgeon) and “Amici per il Centrafrica” (Friends of Central Africa). The Lamborghini Huracán RWD donated to the Pope was produced by Ad Personam , the Company’s customization department. It is painted Bianco Monocerus (white) with Giallo Tiberino (yellow) stripes that run along the body in homage to the colors of the flag of Vatican City. The ceremony of presentation to Pope Francis was held in the Vatican, attended by Stefano Domenicali, Chairman and CEO of Aut...

The Lagos state polytechnic students, who had their National Diplomat (ND) last year and have applied to return for their Higher National Diplomat (HND) this year have expressed their pains and dissatisfaction based on the admission offered to them by the school. ( ) "We applied for the full time program and we are been offered the part time regular program, we can't cope with that, why then did we have Full time program in our ND, only to come back after the required one year Industrial Training that was required of us only to be offered a part time HND program, NO , we can't watch our colleagues go for service while we just seat there like a statue doing a part time program" - one of the affected diplomats said. "We have had a total different plan, but now that plan is been changed, the high school fee, renting of an apartment and so on, please we plead to the school authority to help us on this issue" another diplomat said. ( ) The affect...

Nigeria super Eagles made their fans the happiest as they defeated the Argentine National team. "Waooo, Its like we have just won the world cup" was what a fan said when he was asked how he is feeling right now. Its not easy to defeat the Argentine team even though their main man (Lionel Messi) was absent from the match. ( ) Does this mean Nigeria is highly prepared for the Russia 2018 world cup? The Nigerian fans are feeling so happy right now and hope for more in the coming World Cup....

Arguments suspension of the Lagos state Polytechnic ASUP chapter. Some have said it would be like a Federation without the executive arm, meaning too much powers for the oga's at the top, some students said its not possible for ASUP to be absent in the institution and so many more deliberations on the matter. are been tabled and questions been asked by students based on the recent ( ) The fact is ASUP remains in the Polytechnic, just that the current house has been dissolved for reasons unknown to us. The Polytechnic union is now been controlled by the head quarter or what will I call them, the general ASUP till a new house is set up or whatever amendment that is needed is made.

Standing Ben Affleck ,  Henry Cavill  and  Diane Lane  may be an intimidating task for some, but not  Gal Gadot . (She is Wonder Woman, after all). out on a red carpet that includes a slew of iconic actors like The 32-year-old actress stunned at the premiere of  Justice League  in Hollywood on Monday night, wearing a shimmering gold gown with a thigh-high slit that allowed her left leg to peek out. The ensemble was on-trend for the night, with  Connie Nielsen  and  Amber Heard  also  sporting   similar leggy looks . Gadot's asymmetrical neckline kept the top half of the dress modest and placed the focus on her fresh-faced beauty look. Her brunette locks were swept into a chic up-do. Just this week, Warner Bros. announced that  Wonder Woman 2  will debut six weeks earlier than originally planned  — moving the hugely anticipated superhero sequel up to Nov. 1, 2019. Originally the Patty Jenkins-di...

Shakir a has postponed her  El Dorado World Tour  until 2018 after suffering a hemorrhage on her right vocal cord. The Colombian singer, 40, made the announcement in a moving letter posted to Instagram on Tuesday morning. Her news comes after  a slew of cancelled dates  over the past week due to "vocal rest." Shakira's full message, which was  posted in Spanish and English , is below: To my friend and fans, For the last five months I’ve been wholly dedicated to preparing my El Dorado World Tour. However, these past few days, just before my first concerts, have been the hardest of my career. At the end of July I went for a routine checkup, before starting to design this tour and my doctor confirmed that my vocal cords were in perfect condition. Towards the end of October though, in the home stretch of my rehearsals, I felt a strange hoarseness that impeded my singing. The doctors, upon examination, detected that I had suffered a hemor...

ASUP is to embark on strike today 13th November 2017, and with the information gathered from the Laspotech polytechnic's SUG executives, the polytechnic won't be joining the strike for now due to reasons best known to the polytechnic's management, so all students are been implored to resume as full lectures begins today and registration continues for new students. ASUP Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Monday, after the union’s emergency National Executive Council Meeting, ASUP President, Usman Dutse regretted the nonchalant manner successive administrations had treated polytechnic education in the country. “This action shall be sustained until our demands are met or an implementable memorandum of action is agreed upon by our union and relevant agencies of government,” he stated. ASUP had in October asked the Nigerian government to implement outstanding demands. Issues ASUP want resolved include NEEDS Assessment for federal and state polytechnics at N652, 591, 478, 6...

Yesterday it was still a rumor but today the red card has been confirmed. We all must have been pondering if it was possible to dissolve the Laspotech Chapter of ASUP , well who knows? Today from a closer source, its been confirmed that the Lagos State Polytechnic Chapter of ASUP has been dissolved due to reasons the source has no idea of but another source confirmed that ASUP still exist in the institution but now been controlled by the National body of the association, so if that is the case, that is the Association executives of the institution (Laspotech)are no longer in office. Its also been confirmed that the ASUP building in the institution is no longer in operation as of the moment. The question now is, what effect has this new update in Laspotech, on the ASUP nation wide strike that is to begin on Monday 13th of November? Will Laspotech be part of the strike or not. Hang around on echoes, the answer will be brought to you in the quickest means possible. Do not forget to ...

Venus and Jupiter will get together in the November sky, and early risers with a clear view of the eastern horizon can catch a view of this celestial rendezvous.Just before sunrise Monday (Nov. 13), Venus and Jupiter will pass within 17 arc minutes (0.28 degrees) of each other in the sky, or just over half the apparent width of the full moon. The two planets will also be fairly close to each other in the days just ahead of and just after the conjunction. Two videos released this week explain the conjunction and how to see it. The first is from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and the second is from the Space Telescope Science Institute's (STScI) Hubble Space Telescope website. (STScI serves as NASA's science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope.) [ The 2017 Venus-Jupiter Conjunction: When, Where and How to See It ] The actual conjunction (the point at which the planets are closest together in the sky) will happen at 1:05 a.m. EST (0605 GMT) on Nov. ...

The latest gist going on Laspotech Campus right now is that of "Asup Laspotech Chapter no longer exist"... The question now is could it be real, can the union be dissolved? And the Lagos state Polytechnic go without a staff union? Late yesterday, the gist kept spreading round like fire burning a dried grass land that the Ogas at the top have dissolved the Academic Staff Union Of Polytechnic (ASUP) Laspotech Chapter due to reasons unknown to any of the parrots spreading the news which I still tag as a rumor until a confirmation has been made until we get the real facts... The Union nation wide is to embark on a strike on the 13th of November 2017, in which the same day happens to be the start of active lecture classes for the Lagos state Polytechnic. ASUP Laspotech Chapter, we don't know what is going on with the rumor going round but surely I will get the real gist and bring it to your ears all by Monday..            Greatest Laspote...

The Student Representatives Council(SRC) Arms of the Student Union Government (SUG)(LASPOTECH)here by declare the suspension on the payment of INSURANCE fee with immediate effective till all issues are resolved. The suspension that was placed by Rt Hon Olori Jabar Afolabi (Speaker SRC/SUG) after a long time deliberations with motion been moved and seconded on the floor of the house in their last sitting had on 8th November 2017. The reason for the suspension of the payment are as follows:: 1-The Student Representatives Council (SRC) were not aware of any information about the insurance fee and it has been signed and accepted by other arms of the Student Union Government. 2-The Student Representatives Council (SRC) is the law making arms according to the constitution,and which they are not aware of the law that was passed and executed by the Student Union Executives (SUE).The arms who execute laws passed by the Legislative. 3-There was a former Insurance company existing in the in...

Toxicology tests suggest a German former nurse murdered at least 100 people at two hospitals where he worked, prosecutors say. Detectives believe Niels Hoegel, who is already serving a life sentence for two murders, systematically administered fatal doses of heart medication to people in his care. He wanted to impress colleagues by resuscitating them but many died. Fresh charges against him are expected next year. Hoegel is now said to have killed 38 patients in Oldenburg and 62 in Delmenhorst, both in northern Germany, between 1999 and 2005. Investigators say he may have killed more but potential victims have been cremated. If found guilty of all the deaths, he would become one of Germany's worst post-war serial killers. The investigation into Hoegel was widened when he admitted killing up to 30 people during his 2015 trial, when he was convicted of two murders, two attempted murders and harming patients. Investigators exhumed 130 former patients, looking for traces of me...

The boss himself gave his polite slap reply to blackface and Idris, who he tagged as "they have been talking nonsense and he is far busy than replying to their rants as 2baba has said this will be the last time he would reply them...

Oprah Winfrey  has zero tolerance for innappropriate behavior. On Tuesday night, at the season finale celebration of OWN's  Queen Sugar  in West Hollywood, California, the media mogul told reporters she keeps her sets harassment free by being very choosy about who she works with. "We don’t want any a------- around us," she said before describing the casting process that weeds out any unsavory characters on set. "First of all starting with all-female directors," she continued. " Ava [DuVernay]  casts from the spirit of the person and looks for skill and talent. You’re casting with the very idea of surrounding yourself and when you’re looking at casting you’re looking at ‘Does this guy fit with this woman? Does this little boy fit? Could those two people have had that boy? And how do we make this family?’" "So we’re looking at those things and not just looking at who’s gonna be the star and take the lead but looking a...

Ready or not:  Taylor Swift  has released the official titles of her songs off her highly-anticipated sixth studio album,  Reputation . And most notably among the 15-song tracklist is the 27-year-old singer's (one and only) collaboration with BFF  Ed Sheeran  and rapper Future, titled "End Game." The forthcoming single will mark Swift and Sheeran's second single together following 2012's "Everything Has Changed" off her  Red  album. Four songs have already been released including,  "…Ready For It"  (track 1),  "Look What You Made Me Do" (track 6),  "Gorgeous"  (track 8) and  “Call It What You Want”  (track 14). RELATED:  Everything We Know About Taylor Swift's Reputation The tracklist, which Swift posted on Instagram just hours after it was leaked, also listed production credits of which the Grammy winner is tagged as executive producer. Co-producers include Jack Antonoff (“...

Ed Westwick  is being investigated for sexual assault by the Los Angeles Police Department after actress Kristina Cohen accused him of rape. The actress filed a report Tuesday alleging the actor sexually assaulted her. On Tuesday afternoon, an alleged victim went to the LAPD's Hollywood division and filed a report of sexual assault, in which they named the  Gossip Girl  alum as a suspect, public information officer Tony Im told PEOPLE. The LAPD would not identify Cohen as the woman who made the complaint. “Suspect forced victim to have sexual intercourse inside his residence … three years ago," the report states, according to  Deadline , which first reported news of the investigation. LAPD's investigation comes hours after  Westwick denied Cohen's claims that he raped her  three years ago at his apartment. “I do not know this woman,” Westwick, 30, wrote on Instagram. “I have never forced myself in any manner, on any woma...

Five years ago, the gunman responsible for Sunday's mass shooting was sent to an inpatient mental health facility in New Mexico but escaped and fled to Texas, according to multiple reports. On June 13, 2012, Devin Kelley, 26, reportedly fled the Peak Behavioral Health Services Center in Santa Teresa, New Mexico. A missing person report claimed the shooter, who was in the Air Force, was ordered to submit to mental health treatment after admitting he beat his first wife and stepson, according to  KHOU . One attack on the child left him with a skull fracture. According to the shooter's 2012 court-martial plea bargain, obtained by PEOPLE, he pled guilty to choking and kicking his wife and had a charge for pointing an unloaded gun at her dismissed. An Air Force spokeswoman tells PEOPLE Kelley was stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, New Mexico, from 2010 until he was discharged in 2014, following the 2012 court-martial on accusations he assaulted his spouse and t...

It is real the music duos, who happen to be blood brothers are no longer together after so many years of giving their fans the best in the Music Industry, the brothers happen to be one of the artists who brought a reformation to the Nigerian and Africa Music Industry ... We  have heard a lot of rumors in the past about their falling apart but this year falling apart seems to be real ... For Paul on His twitter account promised His fans or is it their fans one will make use of? Who knows? So let's just say has made a promise to Nigerians that nothing will change in terms of the music, but could that be possible... Hmmmm.... We can only wait to see...