The Late 5: NBS’ report on Nigeria’s GDP, the death of Alex Ekwueme and, other top stories

These are the top five stories that drove conversation today.

A former vice president, Alex Ekwueme is dead. He is reported to have died in a London hospital according to family sources.


The NBS has reported that Nigeria’s GDP has grown by 1.40 percent in the third quarter of 2017.


While Nigerians have been questioning the complicity of the Federal Government, Abike Dabiri has said Italian authorities rushed the burial of the said 26 girls who died on the Mediterranean.


Maybe due to ‘dishonesty’, FIFA has released the list of the referees for the 2018 World Cup and Nigerian referees are absent.


Earlier, the PDP candidate for the Anambra governorship election has queried the result of the election but, in a turn-around, he has accepted defeat and congratulated the winner, Willie Obiano.

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