Senator Babafemi Ojudu represented Ekiti Central senatorial district in the Senate between 2011 and 2015. He is currently the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters.

Won’t lose her in a crowd! RHOS star Athena X Levendi makes a style statement in a kaleidoscopic coat and houndstooth trousers as she goes shopping for flowers And Real Housewives Of Sydney star Athena X Levendi made sure to stand out from the crowd when she stepped out in a kaleidoscopic coat and clashing houndstooth trousers this Tuesday. The reality star was seen enjoying a low-key spot of shopping at a local florist, but was hard to miss in her eclectic coat was emblazoned with a geometric floral print in vibrant blue, green and orange.

The continued prosecution of Emeka Mba, erstwhile Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, by the Federal Government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, presents several agonizing puzzles and contradictions. Recently, the Minister of Information, National Orientation and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed admitted that government was grateful for the N34 billion realised by NBC through the special auction of part of the 700Mhz digital dividend broadcast spectrum to MTN Nigeria in June 2015.

A male leopard cub born at the Nashville Zoo on Wednesday is the first of its species to be conceived using artificial insemination of cryopreserved — frozen and then thawed — semen, according to a joint announcement from the Smithsonian National Zoo and the Nashville Zoo. Clouded leopards have been listed as a vulnerable species on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list of threatened species since 2008.

The more that one learns about this faux controversy the more the flavor of offal sneaks through. There have been developments to curl one’s ears and Eli, of course, has long curlies.

U.S. weather forecasters said Thursday that La Nina, the cool flip side to the climate phenomenon El Nino, has faded away. The La Nina episode lasted only four months and was among the weakest and shortest on record, coming on the heels of one of the strongest El Ninos, said Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center.

The La Nina episode lasted only four months and was among the weakest and shortest on record, coming on the heels of one of the strongest El Ninos, said Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center. La Nina, a cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, often lasts a year or more, longer than El Ninos.

The La Nina episode lasted only four months and was among the weakest and shortest on record, coming on the heels of one of the strongest El Ninos, said Mike Halpert of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center. La Nina, a cooling of parts of the equatorial Pacific that changes weather patterns worldwide, often lasts a year or more, longer than El Ninos.

Accessible Media Inc. announced today that the 2017 AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship campaign will launch Monday, February 6. Entering its sixth year, the AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship program offers much needed financial assistance to students with a disability. The scholarship was renamed in 2016 in memory of AMI’s former Accessibility Officer, Robert Pearson, who passed away suddenly in December 2015.

… as they take this courageous step, and we look forward to welcoming them to our family of 160,000 media and entertainment professionals.” Said Katie Barberi, who has appeared in 20 telenovelas: “We are excited to have the opportunity to vote and …

On Thursday, February 16th at 2:00 pm, The Grand screens a live, high-definition simulcast of The National Theatre of London’s production starring Gemma Arterton in the title role of “Saint Joan,” broadcast live from the Donmar Warehouse. Bernard Shaw’s classic play follows the life and trial of a young country girl who declares a bloody mission to drive the English from France.

In one of its final communications with Canada, the outgoing Obama administration is engaging in pigskin politics: asking the Trudeau government to overturn a regulation affecting ads during the Super Bowl. The U.S. trade representative wrote last week to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland, urging her to reverse the CRTC’s new ban on “simultaneous substitution” of Canadian commercials during the football spectacle.

NewsHour’s Inauguration day livestream will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff, with John Yang reporting from the steps of the U.S. Capitol and Lisa Desjardins from the National Mall.

Germany’s supreme court has rejected a lawmakers’ bid to outlaw a far-right party accused of promoting a racist and anti-Semitic agenda. Andreas Vosskuhle, chief justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, said Tuesday that even though the party had unconstitutional goals, “there are currently no concrete indications that its actions will lead to success.”

A new report released by the National Economic Council , a board created in 1993 to advise the president on domestic and global economic policy, shows that declining competition in some markets has led to rising pricing in the form of hidden fees for American consumers. The NEC noted that competition not only keeps prices down, it also forces companies to innovate, and can push wages higher.

The average temperature during 2016 was 13.4 Celsius , according to a report released Monday by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. That was nearly 1 degree Celsius warmer than normal and fractionally hotter than the previous record set in 1998.

Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro has ordered investigations into heavy deployment of police to Parliament Buildings ahead of Wednesday’s special sitting. The Speaker also ruled that the entire session would be broadcast live after the Parliament Broadcasting Unit signal was switched off last week when the National Assembly sitting degenerated into chaos.

Regulators have approved pay-TV operator TrueVisions’ request to drop six entertainment channels including HBO and Cinemax from Jan 1 as the cable operator claimed it had lost the rights to air them, according to a commissioner. The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission made the decision at its Monday meeting, Col Natee Sukonrat, chairman of the NBTC’s broadcasting committee, said a briefing shortly after the meeting.