The Presidency on Thursday denied reports that N500bn earmarked for Social Investment Programmes in the 2016 budget has been mismanaged. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande said this in a statement in Abuja. Akande was reacting to media reports on a recent debate in the Senate titled, “The need to avoid...
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The former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro who is currently in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly promised and signed an undertaken to return N480m to the agency, Punch reports. It was gathered also gathered that the former minister has submitted his passports to the EFCC. A source...
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I was going to start by saying “it appears that these people do not get it”. But then as I typed the words and read them myself, I realised that “it doesn’t appear”. They just do not get it. If they did, the Presidency through the Finance ministry’s DMO – Debt Management Office – wouldn’t have...
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A law firm Ucheomumu Law Group, LLC has filed a lawsuit against SPAGnVOLA Chocolatier, the Government of Ondo and governor of the Olusegun Mimiko. Documents gotten by online news medium Sahara Reporters show that the lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland, USA. The suit alleged that Mimiko and the Ondo...
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The Administrative Secretary of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ekiti State, Muslim Omoleke has been kidnapped by yet to be identified gunmen. According to The Punch Omoleke was kidnapped at Iwaraja, a town near Ilesa in Osun State, at about 4pm. A source said he was abducted along with his driver and his child, who were...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has accused Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, immediate and current governor of Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio and Udom Emmanuel of being behind the bribery allegations against Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. According to The Vanguard the Chairman of the party, Rivers chapter, Chief Davies...
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The Nigerian Army has intercepted suspected Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. In a statement issued by Army spokesman Col. Sani Usman, the insurgents were allegedly on a mission to loot logistics supplies in surrounding villages when they were intercepted by Troops of 8 Task Force Division. The statement said, “On sighting the patrol, the insurgents engaged...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed dates for yet to be held elections Rivers, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The National Assembly elections in Rivers has been fixed for Dec. 10. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by the Secretary to the commission, Mrs Auguta Ogakwu, the electoral body fixed Dec....
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by Olukayode Kolawole I was privileged to attend the 12th edition of the African Travel & Tourism Conference (Akwaaba): a gathering of travel and tourism experts in Africa – both from private establishments and various government parastatals. The event held at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos on Sunday October 31st through Tuesday November 1st 2016....
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The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended seven senior judges arrested by the Department Security Service (DSS) for alleged corruption. The judges were arrested in an earlier morning raid in October by the operatives of the DSS. The NJC has been on fire for its refusal to suspend the arrested judges. But in a communique issued...
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As part of our goal to get one million fingers coding by 2017, Aiki Nigeria continues its training on coding and entrepreneurship. In the last quarter, Code2Earn training has held at different locations covering Zamfara, Port-Harcourt, Uyo, and Abeokuta. To cover as many locations as possible and train more young people, The Future Project has...
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It’s only a day to ART X Lagos, a new art fair designed to widen Nigeria’s connection to the contemporary art scene in Africa and the rest of the world. ART X Lagos will launch from Friday November 4th to Sunday 6th 2016, with an annual 3-day art fair and exhibition that will inspire Nigerians, bring the international art world...
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Doctors in Kenyatta National Hospital on Wednesday successfully separated co-joined twins in a 23-hour operation. The team which comprised of over 50 medical personnel saw the two-year-old girls separated in the first ever sarcophagus surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa. A statement on the hospital’s official Facebook page read: On 1st November 2016, the Kenyatta National Hospital and...
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These are the top five stories that drove conversation today. The challenges I met made me want to abscond – Buhari President Muhammau Buhari says he felt like absconding when he resumed office. Buhari said this on Thursday at the State House when he received participants of the Senior Executive Course 37 of the National Institute...
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The House of Representatives on Thursday says it has not passed a Bill for the implementation of Sharia law in the country. The Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Chukwuka Onyeama said the bill was still before the House ad hoc committee on the review of the constitution. “When a bill for constitutional amendment is brought...
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Uber Nigeria has today announced that from the 3rd till 13th of November all riders in Lagos will get 50% off their trips. The 50% off campaign, initiated and covered by Uber Nigeria, is aimed to reward loyal riders in Lagos who have made Uber their preferred choice of transportation. Ebi Atawodi, General Manager Uber...
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The goalkeeper of the Gambia’s national women’s football team on the Mediterranean in her bid to start a new life in Europe, her former coach told AFP Wednesday. Fatim Jawara, believed to have been just 19, was among those on board a boat that ran into trouble in the Mediterranean last month while crossing from Libya to...
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned President Muhammadu Buhari about a “gathering cloud of crisis” if an end is not brought to the abduction and eventual marriage of young Christian girls to traditional rulers and Emirs in the North. The executive committee of CAN in the North said this when they visited the President...
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Governor of Ekiti Ayodele Fayose has given herdsmen in the state a 14-day ultimatum to register with the state government. Fayose made this known on Thursday during the signing of an agreement between the state government and Miyyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Ado Ekiti. He noted that herdsmen in the state would have...
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by Jide Ojo “Non-implementation of the National Health Act 2014 which provides for not less than one per cent Consolidated Revenue Fund as basic health care provision fund has further worsened the travail of the health sector particularly at the grass roots, where the greater burden of the health disease resides. It has also added...
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A Magistrates’ court sitting in Kano on Thursday discharged an acquitted all five suspects who allegedly killed Bridget Agbahime, a trader based in Kano. The suspects, Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi were charged on a four-count charge of allegedly inciting disturbance, culpable homicide, joint act and mischief. Agbahime, 74, an...
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A former staff of Oceanic Bank Aliyu Suleiman on Wednesday was sentenced to 195 years imprisonment for fraud by Justice Dije Abdu Aboki of the Kano State High Court. The convict was arraigned by the EFCC on the September 30, 2014, for allegedly stealing over N21m from Albasu Microfinance Bank. Upon his arraignment, the convict pleaded...
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by Olufemi Babalogbon When she is raped, it’s for nudity No judgment for the villain himself She gets pregnant in school, lost sympathy Of people who aren’t holier than her-self Why should a girl be impregnated? She must have invented the semen! Why should a girl be violated? She must have been the one...
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President Muhammau Buhari says he felt like absconding when he resumed office. Buhari said this on Thursday at the State House when he received participants of the Senior Executive Course 37 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). He said, “For 16 years and eight consecutive governments of the other party, you know...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday said was ready to conclude the suspended re-run parliamentary elections in Rivers. The Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity in the commission, Mr. Nick Dazang, who spoke in reaction to the December 10 deadline given to the electoral body by the National Assembly on Wednesday said it had...
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We still have no clue what the something is about but well, clearly she’s been busy. She first teased her “Becoming” project months ago and the past few days have seen more references to it on her social media. Now she’s gone and released a trailer. Or is it even a trailer? We’re pretty confused, to...
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The Sultan of Sokoto is marking 10 years on the throne. At the symposium organised to mark this anniversary, the Sultan had a few words for the nation. See below: Foundation of the Sokoto Caliphate,the basic pillars include: Ideology not ethnic or tribal sentiments #SultanAt10 — King (@MsTyma_) November 3, 2016 https://twitter.com/jag_bros/status/794124633410654208 Emir of...
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The disciplinary committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has recommended that the party’s deputy national publicity secretary Timi Frank be expelled, The Cable reports. Timi Frank has been quite vocal and antagonistic towards the party chairman John Odigie Oyegun, as he has repeatedly called for his resignation. Chairman of the committee Solomon Edoja, says Frank will be...
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday received the Executive Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from 19 Northern States and Abuja. The meeting which held at the Presidential Villa also had in attendance Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff to the President Abba Kyari, Minister of Sports an Youth development Solomon Dalung, and...
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59-year-old Linda Iseler had for 23 years wondered why her husband Richard Hoagland, abruptly left her and their two sons. People Magazine reports that she was met with a rude shock three months ago when she received a phone call informing her of Hoagland’s arrest for identify theft. Hoagland was arrested on July 20 in Pasco County, Florida,...
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