The examples of Justices Abdul Kafarati and Ibrahim Auta are grisly flashback to the scenes of Sodom and Gomorrah. April 11, 2016, SaharaReporters lead story headlined “Billionaire Judge, In Turnaround, Now To Give Saraki Judgement on Thursday” “Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court Judge, reversing his position, will this week return to the...
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Members of a civil rights group, the Campaign for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR), on Wednesday, prevented the convoy of Osun state Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, from going to his office. According to Punch Newspapers, the group was protesting against corruption in the Osun state public service and had blocked one of the lanes along...
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An average of $1.8 billion is spent – every 4 months – on the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, into the country. This was revealed on Wednesday, April 13, by the Nigeria National Petroleum Cooperation while also apologising to Nigerians for the lingering scarcity of the product across the country. Four officials of NNPC –...
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Following the heat generated from the alleged re-padding of the 2016 budget, Senators from the Southern part of the country have urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the bill unless the Lagos-Calabar rail project is included by the Appropriation Committees of both chambers of the National Assembly. The Presidency had returned the budget...
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‘We are absolutely not satisfied; we feel like our Chibok girls are being let down’ – Two years after the abduction of the 219 girls from their school in Chibok community, this is the sentiment of a proponent of the BringBackOurGirls advocacy, Obiageli Ezekwesili. The advocacy was launched after the abduction of the girls on...
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If former President Goodluck Jonathan had acted faster, the Chibok girls would have been found and rescued. President Jonathan failed to believe that the girls were kidnapped – a month after their abduction by dreaded Boko Haram sect. This opinion was asserted by the spokesperson of the BringBackOurGirls coalition, Tunji Olanrewaju, as the group marked...
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Professor Pat Utomi, a renowned political-economist says the Nigerian political class lack vision, hence the prevalent economic depression in the country. Utoim on Wednesday, also said Nigeria has a ‘lazy political class’ while stressing that the developmental policy standard of Nigeria is deeply impaired. Speaking at the second ‘SMC-NRGI media conference series 2016’ – Utomi...
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Following the Department of State Services’ indictment of the Indigenous People of Biafra, in the killing of five Fulani herdsmen, the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has urged the DSS to produce physical evidence to back its claim. The DSS had alleged that IPOB was responsible for killing and burying the bodies of five...
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A video showing 15 of the abducted Chibok girls was purportedly released to local officials on Tuesday, April 12. Boko Haram insurgents abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok two years ago, and while 57 students successfully escaped, 219 still remain in captivity. In the video tagged as ‘proof of life’, the teenage girls said they are...
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In commemoration of the 2-year anniversary of the Chibok girls’ abduction, Nobel peace laureate, Malala Yousafzai has called on President Muhammaadu Buhari to ‘act now’ to bring back the girls. In an open letter which was released on Wednesday, Malala said the president should not give up on the Chibok girls just as he won’t...
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On Wednesday night, all eyes were on the Estadio Vicente Calderon for the 2nd leg of the all Spanish quarter-final clash between Barcelona and Athletico Madrid. Following Tuesday’s brilliant performance from Real Madrid, especially Ronaldo‘s 3-goal magic, their arch-rivals Barcelona were looking to finish things off against Athletico – heading into the game with 2-1...
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Into an unchartered terrain Into an unknown land I wander I ponder I hunger For something familiar The paths I trod Have become untraceable And I am hopelessly lost… The times cloud my judgement And the storms erode my trail. A part of me is lost In all this turmoil All my hardwork Is covered...
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The Department of State Service (DSS) official in charge of Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Mohammed Usman, says Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) – Shiite sect- is funded by Iraq and Iran. The DSS official also said the Shiite sect don’t believe in Nigeria’s sovereignty, stating that residents of Sabon Gari often complain about the IMN members. Usman...
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Ekiti state governor, Ayodele Fayose has travelled to Guangzhou, China to attend the 119th China Import and Export Fair – popularly known as the Canton Fair – which is scheduled to hold between April 14 and 19. Special Assistant to the Ekiti Governor on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, made this known in...
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The Nigerian government has responded to an article published in the UK Telegraph on Wednesday, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of using aid money from the British government to witch-hunt political enemies. The presidency in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, noted that the article was...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to win the war against corruption while reaffirming his position that anyone caught dipping their hands into the coffers of the Nigerian government will not be spared. The President said he aims to stamp out corruption in the ‘shortest possible time’ while stating that the ‘government is still being dared’...
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Of the myriad of hi-tech toys out there screaming for our attention on a daily basis, none fascinates me more than smartphones. My natural gravitation towards smartphones have seen me transit from a mere gadget freak to a Tech journalist; sniffing out the best mobile devices in the market and giving mobile users reasons to...
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Ibadan cleaning was a success, thanks to your votes. It was also tremendous fun and excitement at Port-Harcourt where your votes landed the Dettol Clean Naija team at the Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital, as they used the New Dettol Multi Surface Cleaner which has 10 times better cleaning and germ-kill efficiency versus bleach and detergents,...
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In remembrance of the two years anniversary since 297 school girls were kidnapped from their school in Chibok, Borno state, the United States government has once again reiterated its call for the release of the kidnapped girls. This was contained in a statement signed by Deputy Spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State Office, Mark...
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The Ekiti state commissioner for justice, Owoseni Ajayi, has told the attorney-general of the federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, that the report of the military panel set up to investigate the 2014 Ekiti state governorship election lacks the power to prosecute anybody. While noting that no one can adjudicate on a matter already decided by the...
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Not less than 570,174 candidates have applied for enlistment – in the ongoing recruitment exercise by the Nigeria Police Force. The exercise which commenced about two weeks ago, has attracted an unprecedented number of applicants, largely as a result of the problem of widespread unemployment and hard economic times. The huge traffic recorded, crashed the...
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Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakubu Dogara, on Wednesday, expressed the readiness of the house to review the 2016 budget following the controversy surrounding the bill. The Speaker made this known on Wednesday after an executive session with members of the house. He noted that “to re-examine the 2016 budget in view of the...
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To say that a large percentage of socially and politically conscious Nigerians have followed keenly the continued persecution of the President of the 8th Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for simply defying the odds in clinching the highly coveted position will not be an understatement. The Senate President himself has stated categorically the very reasons he...
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Waziri Onibiyo Adio, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has released the full details of his assets. “As required by paragraph 11 of the 5th Schedule of the 1999 Constitution and Section 15 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, I have submitted Form CCB 1. My Declarant ID is FGAO:...
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A round table was on Wednesday, April 13, held in honor of the missing Chibok schoolgirls at the Enugu Hall, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The round table was attended by Vice President Yemi Osibanjo, members of the Federal Executive Council and some service chiefs. The objective of the roundtable is to provide an avenue for engagement...
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In marking the second year anniversary of the kidnapping of 276 Chibok school girls, a United Nations and African human rights group of experts have called on terror sect, Boko Haram, to reveal the location of the girls, who were abducted from their school in 2014. The group of experts made the appeal in a...
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As the 2nd edition of Life Continental Lager Beer’s Progress Booster Radio Show kicked off in Nnewi, Anambra State, this April, Six (6) budding entrepreneurs in South East Nigeria were immediately empowered with N250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) each. This comes as Life Continental Lager Beer, a brand of Nigerian Breweries Plc., rolls...
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Millions given to Nigeria by the British government as foreign aid to prosecute the war against Boko Haram is said to have been diverted by the Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to fight political opponents of the government. This is according to a Tuesday publication by the UK Telegraph defense editor, Con Coughlin. Britain and the...
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Lagos comes alive as jazz, fashion and culture take centrestage at the biggest jazz event this April, Runway Jazz. Runway Jazz is a harmonic fusion of the classy worlds of jazz, fashion and fine dining; an expression of the arts, designed to showcase our proudly Nigerian (and African) culture, music talents and products to all...
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Abigail Brown thought it wise to kidnap her two children and demand for a N6million ransom from her husband. Brown, who was recently arrested, plotted the evil deed with her husband’s former driver, ThankGod. According to reports, both were said to have kidnapped the couple’s two children and called the husband to pay a ransom...
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