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Professor Akintunde Akinwande of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States may have rejected his nomination as the chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).  Akinwande was reportedly not consulted before being named as NERC chairman. The absence of the MIT professor stalled proceedings at the senate session on Tuesday where 7 persons nominated to the board of the NERC were scheduled to be screened, reports The Nation. In a list of nominees circulated by the Senate Committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, records of date of birth, qualification, specialisation, experience and certificate of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) were missing in Akinwande’s column. A source within the Senate cited by the media house hinted that Akinwande was currently working on a project at MIT where he works as a professor of electrical engineering and computer science. “ We also learnt that enough consul...

Finally, the rumours of a bun in the oven have now been confirmed as Russell Wilson just announced that he and Ciara are expecting their first child together. The couple who famously abstained from sex during their courtship based on the Seattle Seahawk’s quarterback’s faith must have been putting in a lot of work in the baby making department since their destination wedding in Peckforton Castle in Liverpool, back in July. A few minutes ago, 27-year-old Russell who has been having a lot of daddy-practice with Ciara’s 2-year-old son and already earning the title ‘ Papa ‘ tweeted; “The Greatest Blessing of All. Forever Grateful. #BabyWilsonOnTheWay” This will be the first child for Russell Wilson and the second for Ciara who shares a son with ex-fiance, Future, with whom she has been locked in a series of legal battle since their split. Huge congratulations to the pro footballer and his awesome wife Ciara who celebrated her 31st birthday y...

Details have emerged of a request made by President Muhammadu Buhari to transfer unspent funds under the N500 billion Special Intervention Fund to other critical areas starved of funds. In a letter to the National Assembly read on the floor of the senate at its plenary on Tuesday, President Buhari requested approval for the transfer of N180, 839, 254, 430 billion from the Special Intervention Fund. The letter conveying the President’s request, dated October 24, 2016, contained a list of some agencies for which the fund is being sought. The Nation  provides a breakdown of the president’s proposal on how the sum requested under the virement is to be spent.

The Los Angeles Police Department has launched a manhunt for the man who took responsibility for the destruction of Donald Trump’s Walk of Fame Star on the Hollywood Boulevard. According to  Deadline , a man named Jamie Otis dressed up like a construction worker took a sledgehammer and pick axe to the star dedicated to Trump in 2007 in recognition of his NBC series, Apprentice. Speaking with the media house, Otis said he wanted to remove the entire slab, auction it off to raise funds for the 11 women who have accused the Republican candidate of groping them. But this is not the first time Trump’s star has been attacked. Deadline reports that in January a reverse swastika was sprayed on the star. In June, a mute sign was painted on it, but these were easily wiped off. In July, a street artist surrounded the star with a wall of tiny razor wire, but this is the first time it is being destroyed. Jamie Otis is yet to be arrested. OJPals,  what do you ...

THE LONG-RUMOURED  BlackBerry DTEK60 is official and arrives as the firm's highest-spec smartphone to date.  The BlackBerry DTEK60. which the firm tells us is aimed at the enterprise, businesses and consumers (so, everybody then), sees the firm eyeing up the likes of Samsung and Apple in the specification stakes, despite no longer making its own smartphones. Built by TCL (no, not TLC), the awfully-named DTEK60 features a 5.5in QHD AMOLED display. An improvement on the 5.2in FHD screen sat on its DTEK50 predecessor. It's had an upgrade under the hood too and packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chip, 4GB RAM and 32GB expandable storage, expandable up to 2TB via the on-board micro SD slot. The BlackBerry DTEK60 is the firm's first smartphone to offer USB-C connectivity, and the firm was keen to big-up the fact that the handset retains the 3.5mm audio jack, despite measuring in at just shy of 7mm-thick.  "This is a feature our users love," ...

A CLUSTER OF SEVEN CRIMINALS , a sort of dirty half dozen with a plus one, have swaggered into an Apple store, scared some people and stolen enough iPhones for them each to have two and give five away. According to  Fox News , the thieves stormed the store in Natick, Massachusetts, and carried out a well organised but pretty crappy raid. It seems that the group, a mix of lads and lasses, stormed in and swarmed a display. Once in swarm mode, the group produced some sort of cutting equipment, perhaps strong scissors, cut the security cords that bound 19 handsets, then ran out of the store cradling handfuls of iPhones.  Fox says that the whole thing took about two minutes, or about the time it takes Siri in the UK to work out what you are saying. Fox links to the  Boston Globe , which is a relief since we take everything that Fox says with a pinch of grubby salt, and that report says that something else happened recently that was quite similar. It r...

Michael Buble has confirmed he is going to be the new host of the Brit Awards, starting with the 2017 ceremony. "I belong to the UK. They made me," he told BBC News. "So to be honoured by being asked to do something like the Brits, it's a privilege, it really is." Although Buble has been nominated for a Brit three times, he has yet to pick up one of the prizes himself - although he has won numerous Grammy and Juno awards. "It's a huge honour for me to host such a big night in music," the Canadian singer said in a statement. "Even though I didn't grow up as a Brit I've always been well aware of the Brit Awards and their impact globally.  "As a fan of music this is the perfect gig. I'm very much looking forward to February and celebrating the success stories of a great year in music." "So to be able to be honoured by being asked to do something like the Brits, it's a privilege, it real...