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Updated September 6, 2017 Entertainment News. Singer Beyonce and actor George Clooney will headline a telethon to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Harvey, which has displaced more than 1 million people in Texas, organizers said on Tuesday. “Hand in Hand,” a Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief, will air live on September 12 from Los Angeles, New York and Nashville on broadcast networks ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC as well as cable music channel CMT and digital platforms Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The broadcast, which will air live on the U.S. East Coast at 8 p.m. EDT (midnight GMT) and replay on the West Coast at 8 p.m. PST, will include musical performances, taped messages. It will also include live appearances from a host of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, actors Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Julia Roberts, and singers Barbra Streisand, Blake Shelton and George Strait. The telethon will benefit Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children, Feeding Tex...

Nigeria’s exit from its worst recession in more than two decades is positive in several ways, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Economic Matters has said. Dr Adeyemi Dipeolu expects news of the exit from recession to encourage optimism and investment in the country.

Updated September 6, 2017 The new Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Gbenga Adeyanju has assured residents of the state of safety and security of their lives and property in the “ember” months and beyond. The CP made this disclosure during the handing over by the outgoing CP, Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison at the command headquarters in Akure, the state capital. CP Adeyanju who called for the collaboration of every good citizen of the state in ensuring the state is crime free, urged the members of the public to always give relevant information to the police that  will ensure effective policing. The outgoing CP, Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison, in her valedictory speech thanked the government and people of Ondo State for their support during her tenure. She expressed assurance that her successor will do better than her, calling on all the good people of the state to continue to give intelligent information to the police, to ensure better police operations. ...

The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, will today be visiting Benue State on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, to meet with victims of the torrential rainfall that hit Benue State on August 27 and 28, 2017.

An exclusive investigative report has revealed the untold story of the deal that gave birth to the peaceful release of 21 Chibok school girls by Boko Haram group on Thursday. The release of 21 Chibok girls by the terrorist Boko Haram group Thursday was the culmination of more than two years of negotiation and perseverance by a team which first assembled about two years ago. The key actors who first initiated the process made their initial attempt to rescue the girls around July 2014, during the Goodluck Jonathan administration, but that effort floundered in the last minutes. The initial team comprised Shehu Sani, now a senator; rights activist, Fred Eno; a lawyer, Mustapha Zanna; the Nigerian Army, then led by Kenneth Minimah; the Swiss government; and the International Committee of the Red Cross, which was called in to play a neutral intermediary role. Mr. Sani, the sources said, began the process when he reached out to the Swiss Government through its Embassy in Nigeria and...

Fayose Steps Out In Military Outfit… See Reactions   Gov. Fayose of Ekiti State on military ‘camo’. Fayose easy easy easy!This man eeeeeh! His charisma too much. Pictured above is Governor Ayodele Fayose arriving Erelu Angela Adeniyi-Adebayo Motherless Babies’ Home where he is to commission blocks of class rooms donated to the centre by his wife and Ekiti First Lady, Mrs. Feyisetan Fayose on Thursday.