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November 14, 2017

Film Review: Forget the title, Couple’s Award is a pleasant surprise

by Wilfred Okiche To market Couple’s Award, a surprisingly decent, if linear domestic drama about the toll that the pressures of waiting for that first baby takes on young couples, the film’s makers and distribution team (Blue Pictures) have decided to pass the project off as a Kate Henshaw vehicle. As the biggest and only... Read More
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Halellujah challenge
November 14, 2017

[The Church Blog] HIV gone forever and other testimonies from Hallelujah Challenge 2.0

It’s 14 days into the second edition of the Hallelujah Challenge; a 21 day online praise program convened by Nathaniel Bassey and run for one hour each day. This one-hour long online praise program which was tagged “Open heavens” features worship, reading of the word and prayers. There have been loads of testimonies of God’s faithfulness... Read More
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November 14, 2017

About 3,000 Oyo pensioners march to protest 56 months unpaid arrears

No less than 3,000 retired Primary School teachers in Oyo yesterday staged a protest over their unpaid pension arrears running to 56 months. The old men and women started the protest from the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and proceeded to the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Agodi Ibadan and later to the government secretariat.... Read More
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November 14, 2017

The good intentions of Buhari towards the South East should not be doubted – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has been fair to he indigenes of the South East, the Presidency has said – downplaying claims of marginalisation. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an opinion article he wrote to coincide with Buhari’s two-day visit to Ebonyi and Anambra which would start on Tuesday... Read More
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November 14, 2017

Sagay says FG does not want the #Ikoyigate whistleblower to have mental issues

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), says the Federal Government does not want the whistleblower who informed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of the N13 billion in an Ikoyi apartment to have mental issues. Go deeper: Sagay said the government believed he needed to be adequately counselled and... Read More
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November 14, 2017

Senate recalls its suspended former leader, Ali Ndume

The Senate has recalled its former leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume. He is expected to resume in plenary tomorrow. One more thing: Some Senators have disagreed with the chamber’s counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) for proceeding on appeal against the High Court judgment that declared Ndume’s suspension illegal without the resolution of members. Ozekhome has filed a notice... Read More
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Maina
November 14, 2017

Reps write EFCC to immediately arrest former pension boss, Maina

The House of Representatives has written the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes  Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu to arrest and prosecute the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina. The November 7 letter was in line with the House’s resolution of  October 24. Highlights: In the letter, the House urged... Read More
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IPOB
November 13, 2017

Those planning to disrupt Buhari’s Ebonyi visit will be dealt with – Police

The Ebonyi police command on Monday warned the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) against disrupting the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Commissioner of police, Titus Lamorde gave the warning in an interview with NAN in Abakaliki. IPOB members had asked the President not to come to the South-East. He said the command... Read More
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November 13, 2017

Court sentences two civil servants to 105 years imprisonment

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced two civil servants, Mohammed Audu and Yusuf Ayodeji, to 105 years imprisonment. Both civil servants were sentenced for fraudulent activities. They were procurement officers in the office of the accountant-general of the federation, and were arraigned in July 2016. Audu was arraigned on a 10-count charge while... Read More
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November 13, 2017

Nigeria’s Adebola Williams and Dayo Israel, Zimbabwe’s Vimbai Mutinhiri engage citizens on How to Win Elections in Africa

Last weekend, StateCraft Inc., the nation-building arm under RED in conjunction with the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) hosted young and politically aware Nigerians at a symposium about youth involvement in elections and the creation of our next world order during the just-concluded Lagos Book and Art Festival in Lagos. The event which held on... Read More
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November 13, 2017

Ex-minister, Belgore admitted to collecting N450m from Diezani – Witness

Usman Zakari, an EFCC prosecutor on Monday told a Federal High Court in Lagos that a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dele Belgore and a former Minister of Planning, Professor Abubakar Sulaiman admitted to receiving N450 million from the former minister of petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke. Zakari was testifying before Justice Rilwan Mohammed Aikawa while he was being cross-examined by... Read More
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November 13, 2017

Kano governor Ganduje buys N208m noodles, eggs for tea sellers

Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje said his administration has spent N208m to empower 5,200 tea sellers in the state. Ganduje said this on Saturday while distributing empowerment items to the 5,200 tea sellers from the 44 local government areas of Kano State. He distributed cartons of noodles, cocoa beverage, liquid and powdered milk, tea, crates of eggs, nylon... Read More
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November 13, 2017

UNIPORT was lit, up next UNN! Closeup Cool Breeze campus party continues with Reekado Banks, DJ Altims

Closeup Cool Breeze hosted the biggest campus party in UNIPORT as Reekado Banks, DJ Altims and other upcoming artistes shut down the Rivers state capital to provide students with the ultimate music experience. The event was held on November 10, 2017, at the UNIPORT School Gymnasium. Guests at the highly anticipated party were treated to... Read More
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Cool
November 13, 2017

Shehu Sani’s ‘unionism’ supports incompetence | YNaija Effectiveness Ranking for Senators

The Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has found it difficult to separate activism from the inner workings of governance. Sani, who has previously been at loggerheads with Kaduna governor, Nasir el-Rufai, and is a staunch opposition to el-Rufai in the state took to his social media pages to condemn the governor’s decision to sack... Read More
Citizenship, Featured, Thinking Through
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November 13, 2017

We will protect you from IPOB | NOA tells Anambra voters

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has urged voters in Anambra to come out and vote during the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. This comes after the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) threatened death on those who vote during the election. In a statement on Monday, Garba Abari, Director-General of NOA, said the security agencies would ensure the safety... Read More
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November 13, 2017

Travis Greene, Donnie McClurkin, Don Moen, others set for The Experience 2017

All is set for the 12th edition of the annual gospel concert, “The Experience.” Scheduled to hold on Friday, the 1st of December, 2017 at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos from 7pm till dawn, The Experience provides a rallying ground for worshippers to praise, dance and rejoice freely in a conducive and Spirit-filled atmosphere.... Read More
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November 13, 2017

The Explainer: UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, is trapped in the woods

by Alexander O. Onukwue The former Nigerian Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, has been accused of authorizing a multi-million dollar racket involving the illegal trade in Rosewood, an endangered species, between Nigeria and China. The charge stems from a report published by a Washington DC-based environmental watch group, Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), following a two-year... Read More
Thinking Through
November 13, 2017

23 companies want to invest in Nigeria following Buhari’s Turkey visit

President Muhammadu Buhari visited Turkey some weeks ago to boost bilateral trade and, 23 Turkish electrical manufacturing companies are set to visit Nigeria this week to meet with buyers and distributors. The Managing Director of Naijalink Ltd., Thessa Bagu, said this in Lagos that the visit would strengthen trade and economic relations between Nigeria and... Read More
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