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APC suffers defection in Edo

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2016 0

More than 2,000 All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Edo State, on Sunday, burnt their cards and brooms which is the symbol of their party, to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ward 5 Esan North East of the state. It would be recalled that the ruling party has been embroiled in

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Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2016 0

UI makes world’s top 1,000 varsities Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan (UI), has finally been ranked among the best 1, 000 universities in the world. The latest ranking which was carried out by the top rated organization, Times Higher Education (THE), showed that University of Ibadan is the only Nigerian university that made it […]

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Juweirat Centre, Synergy Attornies hold maiden workshop

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2016 0

Worried by perennial problems of building collapse in the country, Juweirat Law Resource Centre in collaboration with Synergy Attornies – one of the nation’s foremost law firms, is organizing a maiden workshop for lawyers and other stakeholders in the building and construction sector. The two-day Workshop titled: “Legal Due Diligence on Building and

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LGs should be catalysts for rural devt, says Ugwuanyi

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2016 0

The Governor of Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has said that local government councils should strive to be catalysts for development in rural areas in order to bring government closer to the grassroots. Governor Ugwuanyi was speaking during a thank-you-visit by the people of Ezeagu Local Government Council to his country home at Orba, Udenu […]

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Okorocha appoints wife chairperson Amnesty committee

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2016 0

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State,at weekend,  appointed his wife, Nkechi, to chair the state’s Amnesty committee. The governor also inaugurated two other committees including the committee on the Review of the Activities and Infrastructural Development of state owned Higher Institutions, and the Technical committee for the take-off of the Eastern Palm University,

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Army reacts to Shekau video, tell Nigerians not to panic

Ihesiulo Grace 25 September 2016 0

The Nigerian Army, has urged Nigerians, especially residents of Maiduguri, Kano, Kaduna and Zaria, not to panic over a video purportedly posted by a factional leader of the Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau. The army spokesman, Col. Sani Usman, while reacting to the video in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the army had more […]

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Plateau legislative staff bemoan 2 months’ outstanding salary

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

The Legislative Staff of the Plateau State House of Assembly, are yet receive their salaries for over two months owing to the lingering dispute on whether to use the old salary scale or the new one just signed into law by Governor Simon Lalong. Recall that the legislative staff, under the aegis of Legislative Staff […]

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Sale of national assets: NLC blasts Dangote, others 

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Thursday, condemned recent suggestions by some Nigerians that major national assets be sold to revamp the dwindling economy. The umbrella labour body warned that any attempt to heed to the call precipitate a nationwide resistance. The Aliyu Waba-led NLC in a press statement, Thursday, said having viewed the recent call […]

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Appeal Court upholds Gov. Dickson’s election

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

…Sylva, APC head for Supreme Court   The Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Thursday, held that Governor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State was validly elected as governor of the state and that he was lawfully declared winner of the December 6, 2015 election in the state. In a unanimous decision of a five […]

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Donald Trump opposes IANA on internet transition plans

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

  United State of America’s Republican Presidential candidate in the forthcoming election, Mr. Donald Trump, has strongly opposed the already on course transition of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) plans. IANA is responsible for the global coordination of the Domain Name System (DNS) Root, Internet Protocol (IP) addressing, and other Internet

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Reps rap Buhari over recession

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, took a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly crumbling the nation’s economy through his bad monetary policies and incompetent economic team. The lawmakers in a resumed debate on a motion on the urgent need to address the economic recession in the country, moved by Hon. Mukaila Olayiwola Kazzim, […]

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Rivers Dep Gov seeks NASS intervention over re-run

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Ipalibo Harry Banigo, has called on the National Assembly to prevail on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to come out with a definite date and blue print for the conduct of a free and fair rerun elections in the state. INEC had tentatively fixed the election for end of […]

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Bankole advocates institutional re-birth in education sector

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, has advocated for a strong institutional rebirth that will enable administrators in the nation’s educational sector churn out graduates who in the later future would be responsible for the training of the future Nigerian leaders. Bankole made the advocacy while delivering his paper at the […]

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Buhari’s daughters paid their way to the US, says Shehu

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Contrary to insinuations that the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari seen at the United Nations General Assembly were sponsored on the trip by the government, the Nigerian public have been urged to disregard such. Senior Special Assistant to the president on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, says the government did not sponsor the US trip […]

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Recession: Osinbajo, Govs in crucial meeting

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is currently meeting with state governors and other council members in Abuja in a National Economic Council (NEC) meeting. The meeting, which is still on at the time of this report, started at the Council Chamber of the State House at around 11am. About 23 state governors were present when the […]

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BREAKING NEWS: Shiites protest in Abuja, demand El-Zakzaky’s release

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), otherwise called, the Shi’ites, on Thursday, marched across major streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital territory. The protesters were demanding immediate release of their leader, Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been held out of touch by the Nigerian army since last year December. The group earlier expressed […]

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Ugwuanyi seeks sustenance of DFID Health scheme in Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called for a successor project to the Department for International Development’s (DFID) Path II Programme. The governor who was impressed by the numerous achievements in healthcare delivery in the State in the past six years, made the comment at a dinner organised by the state government for DFID […]

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Edo farmers get N2bn CBN loan

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Farmers in Edo State are beneficiaries of a N2 billion loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) guaranteed by the state government in the Anchor Borrowers’ programme, one of the CBN’s policy initiatives to pursue the creation of jobs, reduction in food imports and diversification of Nigeria’s economy. The state farmers who also got […]

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Bishops flee Anambra as IPOB declares sit-at-home  

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

The Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion of Nigeria holding in Awka, Anambra state which was scheduled to end on Friday September 23 ended abruptly yesterday out of fear of the threat by the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB). Their fear was that about 170 bishops and their delegates attending the meeting could be trapped […]

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We’ll burn Nigeria if Patience Jonathan is arrested – militant group

Ihesiulo Grace 22 September 2016 0

Militant group, the Niger Delta Peoples Professional Volunteer Force (NDPPVF), says it will cause nationwide mayhem if the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) goes ahead with its threat to arrest former first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. The group  accused the anti-graft agency of witch-hunting the former first lady. The group, according to an online […]