Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have sealed off four houses and two companies allegedly belonging to the former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina. Highlights: An official of the EFCC, Ibrahim Kamal confirmed that the property belongs to Maina. The affected property are a two-storey shopping...
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Every day on the Nigerian internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social matters, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today:...
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Nigerian-born American artiste, Jidenna arrived Lagos today ahead of the Heineken Live Your Music parties. He is expected to perform on Friday 27th October at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja and on Saturday, October 28th at the Eko Atlantic in Lagos. Jidenna was announced as host at a press cocktail for the 2017 Heineken...
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Tennessee Republican Senator, Bob Corker, who has been embroiled in an all day long war of words with President Trump, has fired back at the president’s latest tweets, telling ABC News today that he believes the “utterly untruthful” commander in chief is “debasing” the United States. “I don’t think there’s any question that that’s the...
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Water is a very important part of our daily diet. It quenches our thirst, helps digest the food we eat, hence, it’s utterly essential for our survival. But, besides those obvious reasons, water plays a major role in maintaining the general well being of our bodies, particularly when taken first thing in the morning. It...
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On the 4th of November, the Alter Native Artist Initiative (A.N.A.I) a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of visual arts endeavours, will open its doors. Its arts advocacy is practical in nature, taking the form of training, provision of infrastructure, and artists’ residency, whilst also facilitating the creation of new collaborations between creative practitioners...
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Head of the EU team for Brexit negotiations, Michel Barnier has suggested that the UK will have to settle for a trade deal with the EU similar to Canada. Speaking to French newspaper Les Echoes, Mr Barnier suggested the UK’s decision to leave the single market and customs union meant any deal would “have to...
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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Tuesday, announced that subscribers browsing the internet through its network increased to 93 million in September from 92.1 million the previous month. The telecommunications industry regulator made the disclosure in its monthly internet subscribers’ data on its website. The commission said the data showed a marginal increase of 815,764 subscribers...
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President Buhari’s government has gradually lost the goodwill he came into office with in 2015. One of the reasons for this is that the anti-corruption crusade which he promised to lead has been exposed as a sham. Whilst the president went after his opponents with vigour, he has applied kid gloves to his corrupt friends,...
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Popular wrestler, John Eke Uti known as Power Uti was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ebute Metta Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly killing his wife, Toyin Uti, 38. Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, the prosecutor told the court that the accused committed the offences on Oct. 10 about 10.25 p.m. at No. 17, Oremeji St., Ilupeju, Lagos. He...
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President Muhamadu Buhari Tuesday, in Niamey, Republic of Niger, urged member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to tread carefully in pushing for a single currency in the sub-region by 2020. He cited the challenges faced by the European Union in realising the same goal to buttress his position. The President made...
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President Donald Trump resumed his Twitter battle with Tennesse GOP Senator Bob Corker hours before he attends a luncheon with Republican Senators at Capitol Hill. Trump, through flurries of tweets, chided Corker who heads the Senate Foreign Committee on issues from forging the Iran nuclear deal, his decision to retire from the Senate, to his...
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The Presidency Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari followed due process in ordering the immediate disengagement of the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, from service. Why it matters: Shortly after Maina’s disengagement was announced on Monday, some commentators said the presidential order violated the provisions of the Civil Service Rule...
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by Olalekan Waheed ADIGUN Man is really in an ambiguous position in nature. Nature presents to him (gender neutral) series of paradoxes and puzzles he is expected to solve. His consciousness reminds him of his individuality because he has his own name, ambitions, destiny and in some cases fate; yet to optimise his individuality in...
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Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello is hardly ever in the news for the right reasons. If he’s not owing salaries, he’s being alleged to be the mastermind of an assassination attempt on Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, or worse still justifying his non-payment of salaries. Bello, who is currently Nigeria’s youngest governor keeps playing to the...
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Joining the fallen soldier’s widow – Trump controversies, Retired four-star Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey is blasting President Trump for his “inane” behaviour. McCaffrey said in an interview with The Washington Post: “We’re cruising toward a war with North Korea, and for eight days we’ve watched inane behaviour by the president, Congresswoman Wilson and the chattering...
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for a repositioning of Africa’s economy such that investors will be attracted because investment depends on the perceived advantages. Osinbajo made this call while interacting with a committee of African Ambassadors to Indonesia led by the dean of the group, Ms Alice Mageza of Zimbabwe, on the sideline of...
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Kenya’s Supreme Court Tuesday, said it would meet on the eve of the country’s presidential election re-run to hear a last-minute petition challenging the ballot. A little reminder: The Supreme Court in Kenya ordered a re-run of the presidential poll, citing irregularities in the collation. An audit, however, said there were no “computer manipulations”. Later on,...
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), says it has sanctioned twenty (20) personnel involved in corruption between January 2016 and June 2017 in four states. Go deeper: A report obtained from the Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU) by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) indicated that those sanctioned served in Enugu, Abuja, Ogun and Lagos commands....
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President Muhammadu Buhari was the most popular Nigerian 2014/2015. His popularity was such that every stumbling block erected on his journey to the Aso Villa was surmounted. The most grievous rumour of his non-possession of O’level certificate couldn’t fly as his supporters concluded that even if he has a “NEPA bill” they will vote for...
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Real Madrid and Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo, has expressed joy at winning the #TheBest FIFA Men’s Player 2017 for the second consecutive time. Ronaldo, 32, was named the winner on Monday, ahead of Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain‘s Neymar Jnr. “Thank you, a lot, to the guys who voted for me. I must also mention Leo...
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Zimbabwe‘s Robert Mugabe would have rejected the role of WHO goodwill ambassador had he been formally asked, his spokesman said Tuesday. A reminder: The World Health Organisation (WHO) revoked the appointment of Mugabe’s as a goodwill ambassador, following widespread criticism. Before that: Friday, the state-owned Herald celebrated the largely ceremonial appointment as a ‘New feather in President’s...
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The news report that the EFCC has gone after the reinstated (now sacked) former head of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina, is not one to be joyous about going by the antecedents of this administration, as it relates to the ninety-seven percenters. The Presidency over the years has developed a...
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Will Wright, the brother of Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush in Niger on Oct. 4, said he wants to know if the military may have made mistakes that ultimately led to his brother’s death. “Even with adequate resources, a fully manned team and armored vehicles, these brave...
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by Jideofor Adibe Nigerians love buzzwords – slogans that are repeated frequently enough, (and imbued with assumed values), that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. One of the favourite mantras in Nigeria today is the notion of the ‘detribalized’ Nigerian. Depending on the context and the speaker, this could often mean...
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The Senate has started probe into the reinstatement and promotion of wanted ex-Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina. At the plenary on Tuesday, Senator Isah Misau said the incident is an embarrassment to the country. “So I understand why a government that is always talking about fighting corruption, then the same...
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European Council president, Donald Tusk has warned the “toughest stress test” of Brexit negotiations is still ahead and suggested Britain could still consider a stay in the bloc. Referring to Theresa May’s hopes of negotiations moving to the next phase by the end of the year, the European Council president insisted it is “up to...
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Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has President Muhammadu Buhari is a good man, surrounded by cankerworms. Melaye said this on Tuesday while discussing the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the presidential task force team on pension reforms at plenary. Background: Maina was dismissed in 2013 by the Federal Civil Service Commission following a recommendation...
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by Jubilian Ngaruwa 26th September was the day I started my 14 days marathon of travelling across the country by train. In spite of the negative comments, discouraging reviews about the Nigerian Railway system which after my experience I could attest were right, the tremendous attempt of discouragement from friends close and distant. I...
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