Facebook activates safety check after Nigeria blast

Facebook has activated its "Safety Check" feature after the deadly bomb blast that killed 32 people in north-eastern Nigerian city of Yola.

"We've activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post "A loss of human life anywhere is a tragedy, and we're committed to doing our part to help people in more of these situations," he added. The social networking site was heavily criticised for being selective after it activated the feature following the Paris attacks that killed 129 people on Friday, because it was not activated for previous similar violent incidents. The feature is usually activated to allow users to mark themselves as safe, after natural disasters.

Illegal migrant makes good as plumber in Nigeria

Nearly 15 years ago, successful Nigerian businessman Anselm Okoukoni was one of the desperate African migrants prepared to do anything to get to Europe.

Senate rejects proposal to payunemployed youth N5, 000monthly

The Senate on Wednesday rejected a motion for the payment of N5, 000 monthly allowance to unemployed youths in the country. The motion was sponsored by Philip Aduda (PDP, FCT) but was greeted with shouts of “no, no” when he tried to explain it. Attempts by the Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, to second the motion were disrupted by the rowdiness. Intervening, President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, posed the question but the senators responded along party lines. While Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members yelled ‘’aye’’ in favour of the motion, All Progressives Congress (APC) senators, who were in majority, rejected it. However, a motion calling for the probe of the utilisation of Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds by the immediate past administration was adopted by the senators. The sponsor of the motion, Babajide Omoworare, prayed that every naira spent by the past government on SURE- P a...

RAWLINGS, FORMER GHANIAN PRESIDENT ADVISES NIGERIANS!

JJ Rawlins: I can't believe that despite the setback of Nigeria as a result of a failed British experiment on that country, Nigeria is still very much in Love with them. Nigeria has everything it needs to be the greatest country not just in Africa but in the world the British knew about it. There are two things that can salvage Nigeria: the first is Nigeria must peacefully retire these old colonial leaders who are still servants to western imperialism, the second is Nigeria must restructure their country back to the days when it was regional system of government. Let every region develop at its own pace, build its resources and people. With this that country called Nigeria will be the greatest hub for the people of color in the world. -JJ. Rawlins former Ghanian President

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