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PDP alleges INEC plotting security breach in Rivers

Ihesiulo Grace 20 September 2016 0

The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cause security breach in the state. The party said by upholding an election announced by INEC despite a subsisting court order

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Okorocha assures oil producing areas monarchs of sustainable peace

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has assured traditional rulers from the oil producing areas of Ohaji/Egbema and Oguta areas of the state that his administration would leave no stone unturned in ensuring that peace is achieved in their areas .The ex-militants from the oil producing areas of the state last Friday renounced their activities […]

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Minister debunks report on women abused in IDPs camps

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

Minister for Women Affairs, Hajiya Aisha Jummai Alhassan, on Monday, debunked allegation that women and girls were abused said to be going on at Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in the North East. Alhassan who spoke to newsmen after a meeting with women at the Fufore camp in  Adamawa State, said  findings from her visits […]

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NJC to punish Judges over conflicting judgments

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Mahmud Mohammed, on Monday, disclosed that the National Judicial Council(NJC) has commenced the investigation of judges who gave conflicting judgements from same courts with co-ordinate jurisdiction that are say to have exposed the country’s judiciary to ridicule. Justice Mohammed disclosed this at the opening of 2016/2017

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Hard time awaits herdsmen, hawkers, Okada riders in FCT

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

Herdsmen seeking grazing sites in the FCT may have to wait longer than necessary as the present administration has vehemently over uled such move in the Nigerian capital city. FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello dropped this hint after an emergency FCT Security Committee meeting on Monday stated that grazing of cattle, commercial motorcycle(okada) remains […]

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Navy averts hijack of marine tanker

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy have successfully repelled attack by sea robbers on Marine Tanker (MT) HANZE KOCHI the vessel was enrouted Lagos from Port Harcourt. Naval spokesman, Commodore Christian Ezekobe said in a statement that the attackers made spirited effort to board the vessel 50 nautical miles off Bayelsa State on 16 September 2016 […]

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Buhari assures investors of security of lives, investments, property

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in New York assured existing and potential investors in Nigeria of adequate protection of their lives, investments and property. According to a statement issued in Abuja, Buhari gave the assurance at a bilateral meeting with President Jacob Zuma of South Africa, on the sidelines of the 71st Session of the […]

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Educationist advocates ‘Obasanjo formula’ to eradicate cultism from campuses

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

The Chairman, Exam Ethics Marshal International (EEMI), Mr. Ike Onyechere, has expressed the readiness of education stakeholders to launch fresh initiatives to eradicate cult activities from campuses. Onyechere, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja, said that re-enacting the 1999 ‘Obasanjo Formula’ was also being considered. He recalled

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Konduga, former Boko Haram spokesman, still in psychiatric hospital – Police

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

  The Borno State Police Command, on Monday, said that it had placed the former spokesman of the Boko Haram sect, Ali Konduga, under psychiatric investigation. This, the police said, followed Konduga’s display of abnormal behaviour since his arrest last week. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the spokesman of the command, Mr. […]

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Court fixes Nov 21 to hear case against man who named his dog ‘Buhari’

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

An Ota Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ogun State, has fixed November 21, 2016, to hear the application filed by Joachim Iroko, the man charged to court for naming his dog ‘Buhari’, which is challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear the case brought against him. Iroko was charged before the Court on August 22, 2016, […]

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Jibrin denies operating Foreign Account

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

  …Dogara diverting attention from budget padding allegations Embattled former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, has denied reports making the rounds that he owns an account with ING Bank of UK with a balance of £1.3 million saying he neither owns nor operates such an account.   The […]

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PDP’ll come out of crisis stronger – Makarfi

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

From the Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, NCC, of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, on Monday, came a firm assurance that the party would come out of its present leadership crisis better and stronger. Makarfi, who was a former Governor of Kaduna State, disclosed that the party was doing everything possible to […]

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No plans to postpone Edo guber poll, says INEC

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, dismissed insinuations in some quarters that it was planning to further postpone the Edo State Governorship election yet again. The Commission emphatically declared that it has no plan, whatsoever, to postpone the September 28 governorship election in the state. The election was initially billed to hold on

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Itire: Lagos govt denounces purported restriction of movement

Ihesiulo Grace 19 September 2016 0

  The Lagos State Government on Monday denounced the purported restriction of movement announced in Itire on Sunday night as part of traditional rites following the demise of Onitire of Itire, Oba Lateef Abayomi Akanbi Dauda. The Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tunji Bello, in a statement described it as an act of illegality. […]

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FUNAI VC presents 6 months’ scorecard  

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

 The Vice Chancellor Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo, (FUNAI) Ebonyi State, Professor Chinedum Nwajiuba, has presented scorecard of his six months’ administration to the University community. Addressing senior non-teaching staff and lecturers, Prof. Nwajiuba stated that since his assumption of office, his administration has achieved monumental feats in the area of

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Monarchs, lawmakers laud Ambode over completion of 114 LG roads

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

Some prominent traditional rulers in Lagos State, lawmakers and party chieftains at the weekend applauded the State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, over the commissioning of 114 roads newly constructed in all the 57 Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the State. Ambode had on Saturday flagged off a week-long commissioning of […]

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Chinese investors eye Nigerian market, to visit FCT, 3 states

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

A group of Chinese investors and businesses have begun a week-long visit in Nigeria to explore trade and investment opportunities, despite the recession and weak Naira which have seen Western investors and firms divesting or reducing their economic stakes. The visit highlights the growing relationship between Nigeria and China which was strengthened with President

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Textile Union endorses Obaseki for Governor

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

The National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) has endorsed Mr Godwin Obaseki as the next Governor of Edo State to continue with the development strides of Governor Adams Oshiomhole. General-Secretary of the Union, Comrade Issa Aremu, at the Annual National Education Conference of the union in Benin City, said: “I […]

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CRPP adopts Ize-Iyamu

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

Ahead of September 28 governorship election in Edo State, the Coalition of Registered Political Parties, Edo State chapter has adopted the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu for the election. A statement by the State Coordinator of the CRPP, Dr. Samson Isibor said the adoption of Pastor Ize-Iyamu was based on […]

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Edo needs competent, credible manager, says Obaseki

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 28 Edo governorship elections, Godwin Obaseki, has said that Edo State needs a competent, credible and hardworking governor to deliver people-oriented programmes and effectively manage the meager resources accruing to the state due the fall in global oil prices. Obaseki made the assertion yesterday […]