As part of efforts to restructure the commission, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says it has revoked more than 600 contracts and projects. NDDC Managing Director, Nsima Ekere told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Thursday that the commission’s management and board took the decision to adopt a ‘4R’ initiative as roadmap to development, NAN...
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by Pius Adesanmi When a culture that defines economic opportunity as the massive manufacture of inferior material quick fixes for Africa (China) meets, falls in love with, and marries a culture that is pathologically resistant to maintenance (Nigeria), the results can be devastating. From Lagos or Abuja to the hinterland, you keep changing rooms within...
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The Governor of Bauchi, Mohammed Abubakar Thursday, dissolved the State executive council, Punch reports. However, only the Special Adviser Security, Brig-General Ladan Yusuf retained his position. No official reason for the dissolution was given. The Governor also appointed Mohammed Nadada Umar as the new Secretary to the State Government. This was contained in a statement issued by...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue In his first six months at the White House, President Trump has taken a beating from the media for spending too much time away from the White House. It has not been for meetings like the G7 and G20, or so much about foreign trips (though the recent one to France...
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Lagos Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni Thursday condemned the action of a Sergeant who was reported to have killed a truck driver at Apapa. The Sergeant attached to the Police Mobile Force (PMF) 23, had shot dead a driver, who allegedly stabbed him for insisting that his truck is removed from the bank’s entrance. In reaction,...
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with the APC governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. No details on the agenda of the meeting yet, but according to Daily Trust, the meeting began shortly after the National Economic Council which the acting president presided over. The report also says Osinbajo might brief the APC governors...
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The Man Awards is a set of awards, presented at the annual show hosted by Men’s Fashion Week Nigeria, which recognizes the outstanding work of gentlemen that have distinguished themselves through artistic and organizational impetus, to honor their contributions to the media, fashion, and entertainment industry by identifying excellence and inspiring practitioners. AWARD CATEGORIES Germaine Auto...
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, Adamawa, has discharged and acquitted former governor of the state, Bala Ngilari, Punch reports. Justice Ambrose Mamadi of the state High Court had earlier sentenced the Ngilari to five years imprisonment for violating due process in the procurement of 25 units of vehicles during his tenure as governor....
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In a society filled with children and young adults who are facing neglect and abandonment, there can never be too many hands reaching out to help. The Potter’s Children Global Foundation is barely three-months old and has already worked with over 100 children in the country’s capital. In this interview with YNaija’s Impact365, we learn...
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A Saudi prince has been arrested on the orders of Saudi King Salman bin Abdelaziz after videos were shared on social media showing the prince beating several people, BBC reports. According to the state-run Al-Ikhbariya TV‘s Twitter account @alekhbariyatv, the arrest order for Prince Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Musaed bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue Normally, interviews are supposed to flow, without looking rehearsed or overly formal in conversation. When you are having a chat with a high ranking official, especially in Government, you expect them to maybe hold back a bit or be a bit rounded in the things they say and in how they...
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The Federal High Court in Lagos Thursday ordered seven commercial banks in the country to temporarily remit a total of $793, 200, 000 allegedly hidden with them in contravention of the Federal Government’s Treasury Single Account policy, Punch reports. Justice Chuka Obiozor ordered the seven banks to remit the various amounts being allegedly kept illegally...
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The Governors Forum last night set up a six man committee to ascertain the possibility of state police in the country. The committee which has a representative from the six geo-political zones of the country was mandated to come up with the best way of policing the country in view of the myriads of security...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue President Trump’s biggest blunder yet may be his shading the wife of the Prime Minister of Japan, Akie Abe, for not being able to speak English, “I was seated next to the wife of Prime Minister Abe [Shinzo Abe of Japan], who I think is a terrific guy, and she’s a...
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The prayers and well-wishes for Sen. John McCain have been pouring in since news that he was diagnosed with brain cancer broke Wednesday. Politicians and lawmakers past and present at the highest levels of both political parties. Many top politicians and lawmakers echoed President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence statement released Wednesday, “Karen...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed confusion in the face of the increased call for the restructuring of the country, saying the party didn’t understand what it meant. This led the party to set up a committee to come up with the party’s own definition of restructuring. APC said the committee, headed by Governor...
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by Jideofor Adibe Nigerians love mantras – statements or slogans repeated frequently enough that they begin to sound like established facts or self-evident truths. Recently in this column (on June 22, 2017), I interrogated the mantra of ‘generation shift’, which was renewed with vigour following the victory of Emmanuel Macron, 39, in the...
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Sylaz Ud’ee is a Nigerian-American film maker in the City College, New York undergoing his MFA in Filmmaking. The Lagos born filmmaker is in the news for his new movie Heart Cry that was nominated as the Best student short film in the Los Angeles film festival and the Miami independent film festival and has...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to set aside an earlier order, suspending the recall of Senator Dino Melaye, NAN reports. Melaye had approached the court, seeking an order stopping INEC from going ahead with the process, pending the determination of a suit he filed to...
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For those who are will be attending The African Praise Experience (TAPE) for the first time this year, brace up because every single moment at TAPE is always one to remember. From the Praise and worship to the comedy, the word, performances and the beautiful dresses too. For the love of TAPE tomorrow, we are...
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President Donald Trump sat with New York Times’ reporters, Maggie Haberman, Peter Baker and Michael S.Schmidt in an exclusive interview in the Oval Room on Wednesday. While the President had a lot to say on burning topics ranging from investigations into possible ties between his campaign and Russia, Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ recusal, his healthcare...
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The rights group, Amnesty International said Thursday, dozens of Boko Haram suspects have died in Cameroon custody, with security forces brutally torturing them, Guardian reports. The NGO said it had found 101 people who said they were held in secret and tortured by the Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR) and the General Directorate of External Research...
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by Chinyere Akataobi Alignments have started, friends are turning foes, brothers are turning enemies and life-long friendships are being thrown aside for power. The games concerning several thrones are about to begin and by the end of the current year, politicians across the entire nation will be at each other’s throat for positions they hope...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue Trump may be a brash man but he knows that Emmanuel Macron is his match. In the interview with the New York Times, the American President tried to play down the fact that the 39-year old has neither been intimidated by him, nor by his hand shake. If you have been...
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The Side Hustle. Very essential to have in these times when everything is so unstable, prices are fluctuating on a daily, bills skyrocketing and food an essential luxury. Yep. It’s essential to have a side hustle in order to keep “body and soul together, A side hustle is simply something you do asides your primary...
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The Department of State Services (DSS) says some security agencies, which engage in illegal activities have been impersonating the agency. In a statement on Thursday, the agency particularly cited the raid of the residence of Namadi Sambo, former vice-president, by the police as one of such illegal operations for which the agency was impersonated, TheCable reports....
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The Senate on Wednesday confirmed eight resident electoral commissioners (RECs) of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC). The upper chamber had earlier confirmed 15 out of the 27 nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari. Chairman of the senate committee on INEC, Suleiman Nazif had said the remaining 12 were still undergoing screening. The senator also said nomination of...
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by Alexander O. Onukwue Straight after saying hello to the New York Times reporters who were in his office to have a chat with him, Trump, asked by the reporters about his lunch with Republican Senators, went straight for Hillary Clinton, “Look, Hillary Clinton worked eight years in the White House with her husband as...
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Senator representing Osun West, Ademola Adeleke has said he taught his nephew, Davido and his sons, B-Red and Shina Rambo how to dance. He said this in an interview with Bamikole Omishore, Special Adviser New Media to the President of the Senate. A video of the senator dancing after winning the election had gone viral....
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This week, I had the privilege of making a presentation on Cybersecurity and Trust as a resource person in the area of cyberspace law at the recently concluded Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) in Kaduna. You could check up discussions and action-plans on www.nigf.org.ng. Afterward, I traveled for a speaking engagement at Ahmadu Bello University,...
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