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Ade Abbas (not real name) looked furtively around before he spoke. It was clear he was afraid. He was afraid like many other factory workers, who simply walked away when our correspondent approached them to inquire about working conditions in their places of work. They did not want to get fired. The condition in the country has taught these youths to be thankful for their situation and count themselves fortunate to be employed, no matter how terrible the working condition in their places of work is. Some of them told our correspondent that they were aware that their case was ‘voluntary slavery;’ but said they had become powerless as a result of the economic hardship in the country. “I don’t want to lose my job please, I cannot lose this job. My wife is pregnant. The survival of my family and I depends on the N15,000 I earn here per month,” Abbas said. He tried to explain the reason why he had to be vigilant as he met with our correspondent some distance away from one of the factori...

Popular broadcaster and Co-presenter of Primetime Entertainment Africa, Dayo Adeneye, popularly known as D1, is one celebrity that has earned a name in the entertainment industry in Nigeria. He is believed to be one of those who pioneered the revival of the entertainment industry in Nigeria. In 2013, he acquired a Bentley Continental GT premium with customised plate number DEE 1, which also launched him into the clique of users of the powerful machine in the country. He was said to have bought the car for N25m. The Bentley Continental GT is a premium two-door coupe that offers a variety of styles among the most luxury cars around. The Continental GT is quick in any weather, featuring all-wheel drive and sufficient power. The Bentley’s V8 engine is astonishing, not just for what it does but also for the way it does it. It is equipped with a 4.0 litre engine, which produces a 500 horse power indicating that the V8 is an advanced high performance engine. It is a continuous All Wheel D...

Toyin-Kehinde and Adewale You see him on Sunday morning well dressed in his three piece suit and looking freshly anointed. The picture you see is that of a cherub, who has just arrived from the heavens with a message for the people and would be back there soon after. Once he starts to preach, the congregation is overwhelmed with the awe he exudes. Because this is all they know about him, some followers believe that is all about the pastor. Ask some Christians and they will bet their life savings that their pastors have never visited the toilet, not to talk of having sex. Where on earth do they have the time for such things, they seem to assert in illusion. They base their judgement on the fact that usually, a pastor is seen praying, preaching or counselling; so the average congregant believes he must be a super being, who never answers to any call of nature – especially sex. The pastor is perhaps the most misunderstood and over-rated being on earth today. He is rated as a semi-go...

Bosnia Demonstrators in Bosnia-Hercegovina have set fire to government buildings, in the worst unrest since the end of the 1992-95 war. Hundreds of people have been injured in three days of protests over high unemployment and perceived inability of politicians to improve the situation. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to quell unrest in the capital Sarajevo and the northern town of Tuzla. Black smoke could be seen coming from the presidency building in Sarajevo. In Bosnia the legacies of the war mean that few even hope for change anymore. For this reason, anger has been simmering for years, but now it has boiled over” Sarajevo-based newspaper Dnevni Avaz says police used water to disperse the protesters who were throwing stones at the building. There were also reports of an attempted storming of the office. The fire brigade are unable to reach the burning building, the paper reports. A total of 13 fire service teams have been deployed. On Thursday, clashes between police...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo There are strong indications that efforts by the Peoples Democratic Party to make former President Olusegun Obasanjo to have a rethink  on his decision to stay away from the party’s activities  have failed.  Investigations on Thursday showed that Obasanjo insisted when the new PDP National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu visited him on January 26, that Jonathan  must  honour his alleged promise in 2011 not to contest the 2015 presidential election. A very reliable  PDP national officer  confided in  The PUNCH that  Obasanjo also  gave  other conditions that the new leadership of the party must meet before he would have a change of mind.  They include the restructuring of the party as well as   the correction of the  anomalies relating to the removal of Olagunsoye Oyinlola as the national secretary of the PDP  and Bode Mustapha  as  national auditor in early...

Governor Rotimi Amaechi and President Goodluck Jonathan President Goodluck Jonathan may meet the Governor of Rivers State Mr. Rotimi Amaechi soon,  Mic's Blog  has learnt A source at the meeting the President had with the governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party  at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday night, disclosed this to our correspondent. Going by the tune of the meeting, the source said the President might initiate a meeting with Amaechi soon. The source, who is close to the President, told our correspondent that the President was asked to make peace with anyone capable of helping him to win the 2015 presidential election. This, he said, was one of the decisions reached at the meeting between the PDP governors and the President. The source, who was one of the governors at the meeting, told our correspondent that the expected meeting with Amaechi might start with the leadership of the party. “The President, at the meeting, was ma...

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar The Inspector-General of Police,Mohammed Abubakar, on Friday in Lagos said the force was set for the 2015 general elections both in terms of personnel and equipment. Abubakar said this when he briefed the press on the police preparation for the elections during the Pull-Out Parade of seven senior police officers at the Ikeja Police College. He said that many officers had undergone training and some were still currently on training in different centres, including anti-terrorism training. The I-G said that the force had taken delivery of different equipment that would help it provide adequate security during and after elections in 2015. On the posting of Mr Joseph Mbu, the former Commissioner of police in Rivers, Abubakar said that there was nothing special about it. He said the posting was part of routine movement of officers and men. “Mbu’s redeployment is just routine in the force to move officers and men to beef up security s...