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INEC creates more centres in Bayelsa for CVR

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INDEPENDENT National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelssa has created additional ten centres in the state for the on-going Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). Mr Clement Oha, Director and Administrative Secretary of the Commission in Bayelsa, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the centres were created to to ease the challenge posed by […]

Elders wade into Ondo APC crisis

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ONDO State Elders Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has called for reconciliation among all warring groups in the party. A statement by the elders said it was important to wrestle the APC from its current state of disunity, mutual distrust and rudderless position. The statement signed by Sen. Farukanmi Olorunnimbe, Chairman of the […]

52% Kogi West voters endorse Melaye’s recall

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THE MOVE to recall the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye may have gotten to new heights as voters in his senatorial district are said to have signed the document initiating his recall. A total of 188, 588 voters, representing 52.3 per cent of the total number of registered voters in Kogi West senatorial district […]

Alleged $500,000 bribe: Prosecution shuns Lawan’s trial

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THE PROSECUTION team in the corruption trial of a former House of Representatives’ member, Farouk Lawan refused to turn up in court yesterday at the planned commencement of the trial before a new judge. Lawan, who has been on trial for about four years now, was last before Justice Angela Otaluka of the High Court […]

Alleged removal of CRK from schools’ curriculum: FG reacts, debunks claim

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THE FEDERAL Ministry of Education has debunked reports that Christian Religious Knowledge, CRK, has been removed as a subject of study from the curriculum of public secondary schools in Nigeria while Islamic Religious Studies, IRS, has been reintroduced. Debunking the report, Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs. Chinenye Ihuoma, pointed out that the […]

Alleged $500,000 bribe: Prosecution shuns Lawan’s trial

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THE PROSECUTION team in the corruption trial of a former House of Representatives’ member, Farouk Lawan refused to turn up in court yesterday at the planned commencement of the trial before a new judge. Lawan, who has been on trial for about four years now, was last before Justice Angela Otaluka of the High Court […]

Niger Delta elders advocates 50% derivation increase

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A GROUP under the auspices of Niger Delta Elders and Leaders Forum, NDELF, yesterday advocated for true federalism and increase of derivation from the current 13 per cent to 50 per cent for the region. The coordinator of NDELF, Chief Mike Loyibo, said that, the Niger Delta people were averse to the Federal Government’s “cosmetic […]

You can’t freeze Fayose’s bank accounts, A’Court tells EFCC

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APPEAL COURT sitting in Ado Ekiti yesterday, dismissed the application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for injunction restraining the Ekiti State Governor, MrAyodele Fayose from operating his accounts in Zenith Bank Plc, describing the application as lacking in merit. The court said that, “EFCC did not come with clean hands on […]

FG calls for disease reduction in ECOWAS region

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FEDERAL government has called on the West African Health Organisation, WAHO, to invest in reduction of communicable diseases such as Malaria, Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS in the region. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo made this call on Friday during the 2017 18th Ordinary Assembly of the West African Health meeting in Abuja. This was contained in a […]

Pope donates ‘$515,000 to South Sudan’

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The Vatican has announced that it is donating about $515,000 ($400,000) towards aid projects in South Sudan, AFP news agency reports. The move comes after Pope Francis dropped plans to visit South Sudan because of security fears in a country hit by myriad conflicts since it gained independence from Sudan in 2011. The $515,000 would […]

Angola capital, Luanda rated world’s most expensive city

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Luanda, the capital of Angola, has regained top spot as the world’s most expensive city for expats, pushing Hong Kong back into second place. The claim is made in the 23rd annual cost-of-living survey carried out by the advisory firm Mercer. Tokyo, Zurich and Singapore comprise the rest of the top five. London fell 30th […]

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hire surrogate to carry 3rd child

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Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West have hired a surrogate, a source confirms to PEOPLE. Kardashian West has long made it clear on Keeping Up with the Kardashians that she wants another child – even though her doctors have warned her about the health risks of carrying another baby because she suffered from placenta accreta […]

Herdsmen menace, continuation of Islamic agenda – IPOB

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INDIGENOUS People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared that the rampaging activities of Fulani herdsmen in various parts of Nigeria is calculated attempt to continue the spread of Islam, which could not be achieved in the day of Uthman Dan Fodio. The organisation, which is convinced that the herdsmen menace is actually a continuation of the […]

El-Rufai governing Kaduna like family estate –Shehu Sani

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Senator representing Kaduna, Senator Shehu San said Kaduna journalists were under siege, blackmail, arrest, pocketed or threatened for arrest, and therefore no longer writing objective stories about happenings in the state. Sani also admonished Governor Nasir El-Rufai of the state to shelve his presidential ambition because “he has failed woefully.” Sani, who made remarks in […]

Group appeals to Okowa to empower more unemployed youths

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Delta Democratic Platform, DDP, has appealed to Delta State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, to create more empowerment programmes for the teeming unemployed youths in the state. The group made this appeal at the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Warri Correspondent Chapel Press Centre, Warri, during a courtesy call on the newly elected chairman of NUJ […]

GDP by Expenditure Declined by 2.4% in Q3 2016 – NBS

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National Bureau of Statistics NBS has stated that in real terms, market price gross domestic product GDP declined year-on year by 2.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2016, this was the lowest year on year growth rate in the rebased period 2010 onwards. The NBS stated this in its Nigerian GDP report Expenditure […]

Insurgents ambush, kill scores along Maidugri-Damboa road

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BOkO Haram terrorists have reportedly ambushed motorists and vehicles loaded with goods, including three trucks conveying drugs to Askira/Uba and Chibok Local Government Areas of Boko State, killing scores of people, including some policemen and driver of one of the trucks conveying the drugs. According to information, the insurgents abducted some people and carted way […]

ECA, AfDB re-commit to advancing Africa’s devt.

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Economic Commission for Africa ECA, and the African Development Bank AfDB, have restated commitment to advancing Africa’s development agenda through their various programmes. ECA made this known in a statement obtained from its website yesterday in Abuja, noted that ECA Acting Executive Secretary, Mr Abdalla Hamdok and the newly appointed Senior Vice President, AfDB, Mr […]

SEC commends DMO, CBN and PENCOM on Sukuk

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SecuritieS and Exchange Commission SEC has commended the Debt Management Office DMO on arrangements to issue the maiden N100.0 Billion Sukuk in the Nigerian Capital Market. In a statement by the SEC “This is a major milestone for Nigeria as it will catalyze the development of non-interest capital market products. The issuance of this Sukuk […]

Leicester City plan £25m deal for Iheanacho

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Craig Shakespeare is plotting a £25million move for Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, as Leicester prepare to spend big this summer. Shakespeare, the new Leicester manager, has been alerted to Iheanacho’s availability and is ready to pay a significant fee for the Nigeria international. Iheanacho is free to leave the Etihad Stadium ahead of the […]
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