The South-South and the South-East regional chapters of the All Progressives Congress have thrown their weight behind the recent unabashed criticism of the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, by the National Leader of the APC, Bola Tinubu. In a statement released on Sunday by the APC’s National Vice-Chairman, South South region, Hilliard Eta,...
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The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan will be held liable if any case of corruption is established against him. Sagay faulted the statement made by the spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party Ministers’ Forum, Abubakar Suleiman, that Jonathan cannot be held liable as no...
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Foreign airlines are reportedly planning to sack about two thousand Nigerian workers, owing to their inability to transfer money to their home countries to meet operational costs because of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s policy on forex and fund transfer. The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) revealed on Sunday, that the foreign airlines...
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Troops of 114 Task Force Battalion, 28 Task Force Brigade, in conjunction with some vigilantes in their area of operation, have cleared Boko Haram terrorists from the Bita-Madube Cikin-Njubul axis of Borno state. During the operation, 2 soldiers were reported to have stepped on a buried Improvised Explosive Device (IED) ‘that seriously injured one of...
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The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said on Sunday, that the National Orientation Agency has refused to believe in the change agenda of the current administration. While announcing on Sunday that the presidency is set to begin town hall meetings across Nigeria, Shehu said: “We have an...
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The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has advised the presidency to go beyond apologizing to Nigerians for the wrong policies and actions made by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, saying that the President needs to step up. This was contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Idowu Adelusi. The governor...
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“It is a four years mandate. We still have 36 months to go. I just pray that those who have been so critical, so cynical will be humble enough to eat their words when the goodies start coming,” says the Presidential Spokesman Femi Adesina. Adesina, who stated this on Sunday while speaking during Channels television...
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The Chairman, House of Representative Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions, Linus Okorie, on Sunday, condemned the recent scathing statements made by the National leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Ahmed Tinubu, on the fuel scarcity. Okorie, who represents Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal Constituency of Ebonyi state, in a signed statement said that Tinubu had used the...
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Following the revelation that he was a classmate of embattled National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, Justice Okon Abang has said that he had no relationship with Metuh either as a practicing lawyer or while in school. Justice Abang stated this referral to a petition written by Metuh calling for his...
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As sojourners, we set out believing there were no obstacles We progressed thinking falling was impossible It was a mistake to have thought the road was without debacles We were foolish to think there would be no crucible Then all of a sudden, we found ourselves on the floor Fallen, downcast and surprised we felt...
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Following the conduct of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), various allegations have been flying around. From the outright ridiculous to the downright untrue, attempts have been made to discredit the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of the examination, which replaced the Paper and Pencil Test (PPT),...
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The Chief Hunter of Borno state, Mallam Maigana Maidurma, on Sunday, called on the Nigerian military to allow hunters in the Boko Haram ridden state to join in the fight against terrorism. Maidurma, who noted that hunters in the state were familiar to the environment around Sambisa forest, also said his colleagues were ready to...
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Former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has come up as an unlikely supporter of the under-pressure Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu. Kachikwu had come under heavy fire and criticism when he stated that he was not a magician and that the fuel scarcity in the...
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Sokoto state government has instructed all workers to submit their Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) before they would be paid salaries for the month of April. Imam Imam, spokesperson for Governor Aminu Tambuwal said on Sunday, that the decision is ‘part of efforts to sanitise the state civil service and permanently tackle the menace of ghost...
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The Presidency has revealed the reason why the funds alleged to be recovered from looters of the nation’s treasury cannot be made public just yet. Speaking to the press, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said that until the funds are used as evidence in court against the people...
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Three women suspected to be specialists in child trafficking have been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command. The Public Relation Officer of the command, Haruna Mohammed, revealed on Sunday that the suspects were arrested by detectives of the command on March 25. Mohammed said one of the suspects from Plateau was arrested for selling...
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Gunmen have kidnapped an Army Colonel serving with Nigeria Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Kaduna State. The unnamed Colonel’s kidnap was announced on Sunday, by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Usman Abdul. According to Abdul, the colonel was abducted around Kamazo near NNPC junction, Kaduna, at about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. “The abductors dropped...
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In a bid to to carry out more aerial bombardment of Boko Haram terrorists and promptly facilitate the restoration of peace in the North East part of the country, the Nigerian Airforce is set to expand its operations in the region to ensure a speedy response to counter-insurgency operations. This development was disclosed by the...
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The EKiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, is known for his brazen and outspoken criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling party, the All Progressive Congress. In this interview with Vanguard, Gov. Fayose, again, airs his view about the presidency, the National Economic Council, the Peoples Democratic Party and the state of the country. Here...
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Afro-pop singer, Wizkid who is currently on the Starboy world tour, held down Cameroon on Saturday, March 26. The concert took place at the Complexe Sportive Camtel Bependa in Doula. Wizkid alongside Cameroon’s Stanley Enow -gave the crowd an electrifying performance, while the rain poured. His next stop on the road is Senegal on Monday,...
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Not the Psquare we have come to know in the past few months, not the social media squabblers who can’t seem to settle a simple managerial disagreement without a season of drama. Not those ones – but the Psquare Africa fell in love with – as a result of hit songs like Busy Body, Azonto,...
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Something that has become an extremely alarming issue is the extent at which officers saddled with the responsibility of protecting the lives and properties of Nigerians, have been reduced to mere bag carriers, drivers, suya-buyers amongst other domestic chores of ‘big-politician’ and even powerful internet fraudsters popularly referred to as ‘yahoo-boys’ in Nigeria. The men...
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As I type this firefighters are battling to put out rampaging inferno at the Kano’s major market, Abubakar Rimi Market, Sabon Gari. At the same time, similar fireballs were reported over the Birnin Kebbi major market. These cases of fire outbreaks are the latest in a series of market and school infernos recorded in the...
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Our neighbours to the West, the Republic of Benin, have just concluded a Presidential election, which has been considered free, fair and peaceful, from the first round, to the run-off which produced businessman Patrice Talon as winner and next President of that country of about 10 million people. Commentators have noted with delight the manner...
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Apostle John Suleiman of the Omega Fire Ministries has been extremely vocal on his stance against the decision of the Kaduna state government to regulate religious activities. The cleric says Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai must be forced to revoke the bill, else other northern states will follow suit. He expressed disappointment in the silence...
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Mercy Aigbe-Gentry is known for three things -decent acting, beautiful persona and an impeccable fashion taste. The Nollywood actress who recently caused an internet frenzy with her outfit to the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, has of late, been fighting against the marginalization of the Yoruba sector of the movie industry. Mercy reveals in an...
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But then, what are the consequences of upholding the result of an election which the entire world saw was characterised by unprecedented violence, murders, beheadings, decapitation and incineration of human beings, even when the electoral law provides that such elections must be invalidated? Is it remotely possible that none of our eminent Justices of the...
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The investigation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission into the financial activities of office of the National Security Adviser has shifted from politicians to individuals and firms. Punch Newspapers reports that the EFCC will from next week, start inviting the individuals and firms that were indicted over a fresh contract scam. As from Tuesday,...
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The Federal Government is set to send a some members of the Chibok community, in Borno to Cameroon to verify whether the recently arrested potential suicide bomber is indeed one of the abducted Chibok girls. A suspected female bomber was arrested in Cameroon a couple of days ago before she could blow herself up. During...
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31 young girls have been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board for being involved in immoral acts within the state. The girls were arrested in a hotel, says the spokesman of the board, Sani Tanko, while speaking to reporters. Tanko revealed that they were rounded up during a special operation at the Sabon Gari...
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