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H e may be facing charges over alleged EU subsidy fraud, but billionaire businessman Andrej Babis has won the support of voters in the Czech general election by pushing his trademark anti - corruption and anti -euro ticket . Dubbed the “Czech version of Trump ” by Forbes , the wiry , grey - haired , Slovak - born farming , media and chemicals mogul is the Czech Republic ’s second - richest man . He set up the populist ANO ( Yes) party in 2011 as a political outsider determined to lure voters with promises of clean politics in the EU country of 10 .6 million ranked more corrupt than Botswana by Transparency International. ANO entered parliament two years later, but Babis himself has since been dogged by allegations of wrongdoing, something he flatly denies . The 63 -year - old hammered home his “now or never ” mantra in his campaign , insisting that the ballot was a last chance for voters to get rid of “the treacherous hydra of corruption choking this country ” by handing him po...

A ce Nigerian actor, Zack Orji , has lent his voice to the recent drug related deaths of young artistes in the entertainment industry and blamed poor parenting for the ugly trend . Zack Orji He said , “I would say the problem of drugs in the entertainment industry especially with young musicians is a problem of poor parenting . We must inculcate in our children a good moral compass . When they go wrong, we must not fail to correct them . We should not condone certain things and make our children feel like they can get away with certain things. That is one of the problems we have with the so -called influential people in the society. They are always ready to bail out their children irrespective of what the children did , not minding the fact that whatever your son does to another person, that is also another human being . “A number of parents in America for example , who choose to be their children’ s managers do that because of the bad influence they fear that they might be expo...

(NAN)-A Director in the Kogi State Civil Service, Mr Edward Soje has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Lokoja, the state capital. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Saturday in Lokoja that the dangling body of Soje was found on a tree behind the mammy market at the Maigumeri barracks, the Nigeria Army Command Record. The 54-year-old civil servant decided to take his life barely 10 days after his wife of 17 years gave birth to a set of male triplets in a private hospital in Abuja. The couple had been childless before then. Soje, a Grade Level 16 Officer in the Kogi State Teaching Service Commission, was being owed 11 months’ salary arrears as at the time he took his life. He hailed from Ogori town in Ogori -Magongo Local Government area of the state. He had before killing himself travelled to Abuja and left a suicide note for the wife who also works in one of the federal ministries. “kPsalm 121:3 God will not suffer your foot to be moved: He that keepe...

The  National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has arrested a 24 -year - old housewife, Mrs Basira Sagiru , for pushing her sister - in- law into a pot of boiling water . The Head , Press and Public Relations Unit of NAPTIP , Mr Josiah Emerole, confirmed the arrest in Abuja on Saturday . Sagiru pushed her sister - in- law , who is living with her, into a pot of boiling water over a minor disagreement in the house . The victim , whose name was given as Hasiya Ibrahim , was reported to have suffered high degree burns before some good Samaritans rescued and took her to NAPTIP headquarters in Abuja . Emerole said that the victim was under the custody of NAPTIP for medical attention . He said that the suspect was picked up on Oct. 19 , and immediately the matter was reported to NAPTIP and was awaiting further investigation . He said the agency would decide the next line of action when investigations were concluded . Part of NAPTIP’ s mission is to prevent al...