The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has directed the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), to obey the Supreme Court’s order asking him to reinstate the retired Comptroller, Abdullahi Gusau, Punch reports. The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, in his judgment, had ordered the...
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From the papers, a tracklist. BIM, MASSOB ask Nnamdi Kanu to stop trying to cause emergency rule in Anambra – YNaija We are expecting high profile defectors in the next 3 weeks – PDP – YNaija Devolution of powers will help produce constant power supply – A’Ibom Speaker – YNaija ASUU To Decide On Strike...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has been away from the country on a medical leave for close to 4 months now and Nigerians have only had to look to media aides for up-to-date information on his health status. There’s no telling how that has fared. We’ve been pushed around, accused of being disrespectful for our inquisitiveness, been...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set for another showdown over the controversial 2009 agreement they reached with the Federal Government, among other issues. A meeting of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of ASUU will hold on Friday in Abuja ahead of the action, The Nation reports. All chapters of the union nationwide...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Abuja, inaugurated a 24-member committee on true federalism to express the party’s position on the restructuring of the country. The National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, who inaugurated the committee, said the party was not opposed to true federalism. The 24-member committee, which has nine...
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There are reports that a 22-year-old man in Abeokuta, Ogun, has allegedly contracted Lassa fever and is under medical observation at the State General Hospital, Ijaiye. The patient, names withheld, returned from Lagos with the symptoms. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Babatunde Ipaye, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with Newsmen on Thursday in...
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The Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Onofiok Luke has explained that the Federal Government needs to “devolve lots of power to the states if we need to have a constant power supply.” Luke, who is the 11th Speaker of the said House and a member of the PDP, said...
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As part of its efforts to clean up the voter’s register, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered the removal of names of 109 non-Nigerians. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the commission’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, on Thursday in Abuja. The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) had recently...
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The Biafra Independent Movement (BIM) together with the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has warned the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to stop causing unsettlement in the South-East region. The two pro-Biafra groups were reacting to the boycott announcement by IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, saying the...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said in Abuja Thursday, that it was expecting those it outlined as “high-profile” defectors to rejoin within the next three weeks. The Chairman of the party’s Special Non-Elective National Convention, who is also the Governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa, stated this in a chat with newsmen while inspecting Eagles...
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Every day, 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 even downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1 Kayode Ogundamisi There’s...
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Every day, Twitter NG scavenges for things to talk about. They will jump on an opinion, a sentiment, anything at all (especially those at odds with what they reckon popular opinion dictates) for talk-ability sake. They will even help you make it trend, like they did Toke, because Amadioha forbid that a day comes and...
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128 Nigerians on Thursday voluntarily returned to the country, from Libya. The National Emergency Management Agency received the returnees who included 126 males and two females, with two females and four males with medical cases. They arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 5:40 pm, aboard an aircraft with flight no BURAQ...
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said the present administration will not allow excuses on its quest to deliver sustainable socio-economic development to Nigerians is not possible. Osinbajo spoke at a retreat on the Economic Recovery Growth Plan and the 2018 Budget preparation. He said, “The excuse that it won’t work here, the Nigerian factor, or...
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In the afternoon of October 9, 2012, Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani female activist survived an assassination attempt orchestrated by the Taliban. She went unconscious but later regained her consciousness after medical attention. She was placed on the Taliban radar for advocating girl child right and education. At the time of the attack, she was fifteen but...
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In recent times, the Nigerian child has been at the receiving end of anti-social behaviours, compared to what occurred in the past when they were loved and cared for. Today, only few of them enjoy that love and care. The Nigerian child is now at the receiving end of child labour, child trafficking, zero access...
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These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. 1. AIRFORCE RELEASES AERIAL VIDEO OF ATTACK ON BOKO HARAM The Nigerian Airforce (NAF) has released a video of ambush of Sambisa forest which has been known to be the main base of operations of the Boko Haram terrorists. 2. ARREST PERPETRATORS OF HATE SPEECH, ODIGIE-OYEGUN TELLS...
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A Twitter user and regular public commentator @ogbenidipo has cried out in reaction to the level of nepotism in the Muhammadu Buhari-led Government. In his tweets, he highlighted that the CBN, DSS, FIRS and other government agencies, in their recruitment process, only favour ‘family and friends’, therefore contravening the federal character. https://twitter.com/OgbeniDipo/status/895024593446068228 https://twitter.com/OgbeniDipo/status/895025092681486336 https://twitter.com/OgbeniDipo/status/895025509654040576 Another...
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So many things we see, read and hear in Nigeria are liable to make one erupt in blinding fury, but this special report by the Tribune’s Ayomide Owonibi Odekanyin definitely takes the cake. A prison for children who have committed bailable offences and are awaiting trial? Why? When did we sell our souls to the...
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by Wareez Odunayo The top trending instant messaging app on Apple app store and Google Play store is not Facebook, WhatsApp or Snapchat, neither is it Instagram. It’s a new app by Saudi Arabia developer ZainAlabdin Tawfiq called Sarahah app. The app was launched in June and it has taking the internet by storm recently:...
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Riding off the positive reception to Control, his recently released single, Tee Jewel, AbOriginal Music’s lover boy, returns with yet another irresistible song: Get Loose. A slow, sensual jam influenced by the distinct blend of trap and reggae and delivered flawlessly over an infectious beat with incredible vocals, Get Loose is sure to get you...
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The Presidency on Thursday said those protesting for President Muhammadu Buhari to resign were trying to derail the war against corruption. In a statement, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said the group was “an illegal assembly stealthily organised to deliver a blow to the war against corruption.” He...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue The APC Chairman, John Oyegun and the Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano, have had their words to each other with respect to the coming Anambra elections reported and analyzed. Oyegun says Obiano should contact the Movers because results in November will move him from Awka to Aguleri, with Obiano retracing the APC...
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In 2011, the Nigerian Press stole a win from the National Assembly. The Freedom of Information Act was finally signed into law giving everyone in Nigeria the right to request information “whether or not contained in any written form, which is in the custody or possession of any public official, agency or institution howsoever described.”...
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Nigeria’s first content market held on August 4th, 2017 at the Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos and had over 200 people in attendance, consisting of over 100 registered content developers, over 20 Local TV networks, Distribution platforms & online platforms, international brands such as AFP, BBC and CANAL+. The main panel was powerful as it...
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A suspected hideout of a kidnap gang has been discovered at the Ile-Zik, close to Ikeja, Lagos state. According to reports, security operatives found human parts concealed in some sachets. Reports state that a hawker who fell into the hands of the gang raised the alarm after managing to escape. The hideout was invaded shortly...
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The Presidency has described the senate’s position on the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari as patriotic. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang said the Senate stance on the matter was commendable. The Senate had on Tuesday said those protesting and demanding the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari were...
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by Adedotun Michael It is currently crystal clear that President Trump hasn’t had enough of Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell. The duo who have been embroiled in ugly comments about each other have painted the polity with recurrent utterances – in which the President seems to be gaining the upper hand. The issue which started...
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Seven European countries have deported 41 Nigerians over immigration-related offences. The deportees arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Thursday. They were deported from Australia, Switzerland, Hungary, Netherland, Germany, Norway and Denmark. The deportees comprising 35 male and six female, arrived Lagos at 10:50am, in an aircraft with Registration mark EC-120. DSP Joseph...
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