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Many big actresses who have made it already are claiming that there are no cases of séxual harassment in movie industry, at least to cover themselves so people wont say they also did it, but some young ones who are not so desperate are trying to expose the messand probably stop it. One of such actress is Banke Adewunmi. She said séxual harassment is very real in Nollywood:

Tiwa has been getting a lot of flak from fans since the racy video for her song Wanted was released. Some felt it was a bit too much, especially for a married woman. Well, there’s someone who thinks everyone should shush it and leave the girl alone. Peter Okoye took to his instagram page a few hours ago to defend Tiwa, comparing her to Beyonce and Nicki and pointing out the hypocrisy. He shared this pic of Beyonce above right and wrote what you see above. See more tweets after the cut… For Nicki, Peter shared the pic of her on the right and wrote;“She gets worshipped for doing this but our own Tiwa hasn’t even come close and the hypocrisy comes flying from all corners. Abeg@officialtiwasavage keep tasting and chopping ur money.”

Ngozi Okonjo IwealaChineme Okafor  The Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Ministerof Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has disclosed that the current cycle of economic pain and deprivation being experienced in the country are caused by the reckless economic mistakes that were made by the ruling class in the 1980s and 1990s. Okonjo-Iweala stated that the federal government’s economic decisions within the periods ensured that both decades were wasted without any form of progress in the economy. The minister said this on Sunday in Ilishan, Ogun State, when she delivered a speech at the 12th convocation ceremony of Babcock University. While describing 1999 when Nigeria returned to democratic rule as the turning point for the country, withthe government’s initiation of various macroeconomic and structural reforms to manage the economy, she however noted that the current government of President Goodluck Jonathan has thus continued from where former President Olusegun Obasanjo left

National president of NARD, Dr. Jubril AbdullahiBlame government for incessant strikePaul Obi in AbujaThe National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) yesterday insisted on going on with its warning strike following the alleged failure of the government to adhere to previous agreements reached with the union. The national president of NARD, Dr. Jubril Abdullahi, told THISDAY that “the strike would continue until tomorrow, nothing has changed, we continue with the strike until that day.”Abdullahi informed THISDAY that the association had become wary of going back and forth with government on its responsibility to meet the demands of NARD. This came as the Medical and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) said government should be blamed for the incessant cases of strike in public hospitals in Nigeria. MDCAN President, Steve Oluwole, stated that the nationwide warning strike which entered day three today was unwarranted if government kept to its promises.“Strike actions

(IG). Mr. Mohammed Abubakar,•  Protesters go to court, seek N200m damages  • Boko Haram razes three Borno villagesTobi Soniyi, Yemi Akinsuyi in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri with agency report 
 The Australian government has offered to deploy its Special Forces to help Nigeria rescue more than 200 schoolgirls who were abducted more than a month ago by the extremist Boko Haram group from their secondary school in Chibok, Borno State. This came as the Inspector General of Police (IG). Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, overturned the order by the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Joseph Mbu, banning the#BringBackOurGirls rallies in Abuja, stating that the Police High Command did not issue any order banning peaceful assemblies/protests anywhere in Nigeria. Australia said the Special Air Service (SAS) regiment is on standby to deploy for the rescue if the Nigerian government accepts the offer.Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop, told Sky News yesterday that

The Australian government has offered to provide its special forces to help Nigeria to rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram. The schoolgirls were abducted by the Islamic sect on April14. The abduction attracted international outrage and led to the birth of the BringBackOurGirls campaign. Australian television website,abc.au.net,reports that the country’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop toldSky Newsthat Australia had offered to lend its support but Nigeria had not responded. Britain, France and the United States had also offered to help Nigeria.Bishop reportedly said, “Australian troops, the SAS, are always on standby for contingencies. We have made an offer to the Nigerian government to provide whatever support they need to release the girls. We’ve made a specific offer to our UK and US allies … that we are ready toassist in whatever way we can.“ We have not had a response from the Nigerian government. They’ve thanked us for our willingness to be involved in t