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South Korea has become the first east Asian country to legalise medical cannabis in a surprising move to expand the treatment options for patients with epilepsy and other rare diseases in the conservative country. The country’s national assembly approved amending the Act on the Management of Narcotic Drugs on Friday to allow non-hallucinogenic doses of medical marijuana. Still, using weed even for medical purpose will be strictly controlled with patients required to apply to the Korea Orphan Drug Centre, a government body facilitating patient access to rare medicines, after receiving a doctor’s prescription. Approval will be granted on a case-by-case basis, according to the country’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. South Korea has some of the toughest rules on cannabis consumption with citizens prosecuted for using weed in other countries where recreational marijuana is legalised. Under the country’s anti-drug laws, smoking and trading marijuana remains illegal with th...

Mary Remmy Njoku, a popular Nollywood actress, recently revealed a very bad situation she experienced at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos via her Instagram page. According to the CEO of ROK studios, there was no water to flush toilets at the international airport, thereby leaving the toilets full with “different layers of waste.” She posted a photo of the airport and wrote:  “Whenever I hear people talking crazy about Nigeria i dive in and defend my Fatherland. But these days, Naija Dey fall my hand! How can there be no water to flush the toilets in an International Airport? Haba! The toilets are full. Different layers of waste/tissue. No water! Abeg I Dey travel abroad go piss. #faan #Nigeria #buhari.”

Olufowora Olorunleke Yinka, the publisher and owner of Daily Gister is a Microbiologist by profession who bagged a B.Sc degree from Ekiti state University (EKSU) Nigeria, where he got lots of academic and social awards; and also finished as the best graduating student in the department. He was also the President of the Nigerian Association of Microbiology Students (NAMS), Ekiti State University chapter for the 2014/2015 Academic session. In 2018, the passionate blogger and Microbiologist won a Scholarship (Korean Government Scholarship Program KGSP) to study for a Master's in Microbiology and Biotechnology at Chungbuk National University sponsored by the South Korean Government. He is also the publisher of  Microbophiles Magazines Olorunleke currently has an academic publication on "Plasmid Profile of Multiple Antibiotics Resistant (MAR) Bacteria Isolated from Leachate Samples in Ebira Communities of Ekiti Central and Ekiti South, Ekiti State, Nigeria" ...

The Former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, is dead accoring to a tweet on the Nigeria Football Federation's official twitter handle @thenff ‎Emmanuel Ado a brother to the late coach says the 54-year-old died of Cardiac arrest in the early hours of Wednesday, June 8.‎ ‎ The former international football player and coach, lost his wife, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. ‎Keshi has coached the national teams of Togo and Mali, qualifying the former to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. ‎In his last job with Nigeria, he won the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations and reached the Round of 16 at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.‎‎‎‎

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would not be demanding any apology from British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron over his diplomatic gaffe, describing Nigeria, along with Afghanistan as 'fantastically corrupt'. ‎President Buhari said instead, he would demand action from Cameron, by returning Nigeria's stolen money and assets stashed in the United Kingdom. Buhari made his frustration clear as he addressed a Commonwealth conference in London Wednesday morning in the wake of Mr Cameron's diplomatic gaffe. Clutching a glass as he made small talk with the Queen at a Buckingham Palace reception, the PM was caught on camera being indiscreet about the countries he had invited to a key anti-corruption summit tomorrow. The Presidency and several other Nigerians, have however, lashed back at the British PM for that scathing remark. This came as the Presidency, yesterday, expressed 'shock' at the unguarded comment, saying that Cameron must have bee...

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the 2016 appropriation Act into law. Mr. Buhari signed the budget in the presence of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, in his office at the presidential villa Abuja. ‎ Others who witnessed the budget been signed by the President were the national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC, John Odigie-Oyegun and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal. ‎ The 2016 budget estimates suffered several delays after claims and counter claims from both the legislature and executive arms, each accusing the other of padding the budget. Mr. Buhari returned the budget to the National Assembly, saying key projects were removed and others not in the estimates he submitted were added. ‎ A meeting was held last week with the leadership of the national assembly after which a committee was formed to look at all "grey areas" and harmon...

Speaking during the monthly Security Council on Tuesday, the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem said the Lagos State Government would no longer tolerate the illegal activities of land grabbers otherwise known as Omo-Onile, just as it warned that anyone found using such to disturb public peace and illegally disposes people of their property would be prosecuted in accordance with relevant criminal laws. Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting chaired by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and attended by heads of security agencies in the state, Kazeem said the Council strongly condemned the disturbing menace of land grabbing, and advised members of the public who are victims of such to gather enough evidence and forward same to the appropriate security agencies for prompt action. "Land is a very important asset in this state and the security of title is also very important and therefore, anybody who uses threat of arms or physical threat...

The General Overseer of the Synagogue church of All Nation, Pastor T.B Joshua, got many talking over the weekend when he rolled out a huge amount of money to 39 Nigerians out of the reported 172 Nigerians who were deported from Libya on Friday 11th March 2016. According to reports, the deportees were each given the sum of N100,000 by the prophet, who is well known for his charitable gestures. ‎One of the deportees, Fidelis Onos, who spoke on behalf of the group, said most of them had been imprisoned for up to one year in Libya after they were suddenly arrested. Adding that some of them were working as bricklayers in the North African country where they had sought 'greener pastures'. ‎ "We are not here to blame Libya. If Nigeria was okay, we would never have left in the first place. It's the war in Libya that turned it to what it is today. In a place where there is no government, what can you expect?" he said ‎

Speaking today at the joint conference with the visiting South African president, Jacob Zuma, President Buhari accrue blames to MTN saying the delay in the registration of sims by the communication company has cost the country 10,000 lives. He also defended the Nigeria Communication Commission over the $3.9b fine the body asked MTN to pay. "This is the first time I will personally as a president be making a public comment about it, the concern of the federal government is basically on the security and not the fine imposed on MTN" . " You know how the unregistered GSM are being used by terrorists. "And between 2009 and today, at least 10,000 Nigerians were killed by Boko Haram. That was why NCC asked MTN, Glo and the rest of them to register GSM. Unfortunately, MTN was very, very slow and contributed to the casualties" The South African telecoms company, MTN, is however negotiating with the Nigerian government for a possible reduction of the N...

Trabzonspor player Salih Dursin was furious after a referee in a Turkish league match gave the marching orders to his teammate Luis Cavanda. Dursin picked up the referees card after it fell on the floor and shoved it in the referee's face. The Referee, angry with such bizarre show of disrespect by the player, gave Dursin his own red card leaving his team with only 8 outfield players. See the video:    Violence and player disobedience to referees and racism is on the rise in Turkish football. In October 2015, Trabzonspor club president Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu locked four officials in their stadium following a draw with Gaziantepspor. Turkish president Recep Tayyip was forced to later intervene and the referees were released after four hours.

Ibrahim Magu, the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, says he is prepared to die as he fights corruption in Nigeria. The EFCC boss said this while speaking to ‎a group of Senior Lawyers led by Femi Falana, who paid him a solidarity visit at the agency's headquarters in Abuja yesterday February 18th. In his own words: "I am not afraid of anything. I prefer to die fighting corruption if need be"

The rate at which the value of naira depreciates over the last few months have been so alarming, but the last few days seem to have the worse of it. On Tuesday February 17, it was N348 to $ 1, yesterday morning (February 18) it increased to N358 to $1. At night, which is now the latest, it became N400 to $1. Only God knows what the outcome will be today. Source: The Guardian‎

Tolu Ogunlesi, a Journalist and Blogger, have been appointed by President Buhari as his Special Assistant on Digital and New Media. Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, announced this in a statement released this evening. Read the statement below: President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday appointed Mr. Tolu Ogunlesi as his Special Assistant on Digital/New Media. Ogunlesi, who is a renowned blogger and journalist, graduated from the University of Ibadan in 2004, and obtained an MA in Creative Writing from University of East Anglia, UK, in 2011. Before his appointment, Ogunlesi had worked as a Features Editor and Editorial Board member of NEXT Newspaper. H‎e also worked as a West Africa Editor for The Africa Report magazine from 2014 to 2015. Ogunlesi is a two-time winner of the CNN Multichoice African Journalism Awards, and a 2015 New Media Fellow of the U.S. State Department's International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP). Ogunlesi w...

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, on Tuesday, urged residents of the state to support his administration through lofty ideas, suggestions and constructive criticisms that would promote an all-inclusive government. Amobe said that his administration was ready to engage women, youths, religious bodies, community associations and civil society groups in the process of providing good governance. Ambode, represented by the Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, made the appeal at the beginning of activities of the Office of Civic Engagement under the supervision of the Deputy Governor's office. In his own words: "During my inaugural speech, I promised to run an all-inclusive government in which all Lagosians will have a say in the way and manner that they are governed. "We believe that the connection between political leaders and the people must not end with the election process; the people's opinions and ideas are crucial in policy formulation and imp...

Abike Dabiri is now a member of President Muhammadu Buhari's cabinet. According to Punch Newspaper, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora. Dabiri-Erewa was a former Chair of the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs and Chair of the House Committee on Media and Publicity.‎

Daigo Kashino,a 33 year old theatre group actor died after getting stabbed in the stomach during a rehearsal  with what is believed to be either a real or mock samurai sword. The incident happened at a studio in Tokyo. Daigo was rushed to an hospital but died hours later, media reports indicated that nobody was watching exactly how it happened as other members of the group who were rehearsing alongside with him said they saw him hunched over as they turned around after hearing him groan. Tokyo police said on Tuesday they were investigating whether the death was criminal or accidental.

The Federal Government has sacked the heads of the six information parastatals under the Ministry of information and Culture. T he disengagement was announced on Monday, by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a meeting with the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Voice of Nigeria (VON), News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) and the National Orientation Agency (NOA). A statement was made available to this effect by Segun Adeyemi, SA to Hon Minister of Information and Culture. "The Minister directed the disengaged Chief Executives to hand over to the most senior officials in their various establishments. He thanked them for their service to the nation and wished them the best of luck in their future endeavours." ‎"The affected Chief Executives are the Director-Generals of NTA, Mr. Sola Omole, FRCN (Mr. Ladan Salihu), VON (Mr Sam...

The founder of the most popular social media site, Mark Zuckerberg‎ posted a video on his facebook page where he, his wife, Priscila and their baby, Max showed off their Chinese skills to welcome China to its Lunar new year. Mark wished viewers a happy Lunar new year and announced that Max's Chinese name will now be "Chen Mingyu" See video  here ‎ ‎

The death of Whitney Houston's daughter, Bobbi Kristian, has led a former secret service agent to call for the re-opening of Whitney Houston's death investigation which may be the only way to solve the mystery behind her daughter's death. ‎ ‎John A. Carman, a former Secret Service agent, told The National Enquirer that  "This smacks of a double cover-up!" ‎ ‎Both deaths are linked by a combination of drugs and Bobbi Kristina's abusive boyfriend, Nick Gordon, 25, who was either near or at both death scenes.‎ John declared that "Whitney Houston ended up dead in a bathtub, covered with bruises, under hinky circumstances,"‎ ‎ "Three years later, Bobbi Kristina dies in a bathtub, also covered with bruises, under hinky circumstances." ‎John, who has worked hundreds of drug cases, said in order to solve the case, detectives must reopen a Whitney probe.‎ "Whitney's case was dropped by Beverly Hills cops who didn't do a prope...

82 years old former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, prostrated for the Ooni of Ife during his visit to the monarch's palace on Friday February 5th. Meanwhile, reports says that the 41 year Ooni was a little uncomfortable with Baba postrating in front of him, but Baba knows the tradition and won't let go. See more photos below... ‎