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Persistent rains stall small-scale businesses in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

The persistent rains that fell last week in Lagos State, the commercial nerve centre of the country, has been a mix bag of blessing and misfortune for many small-scale entrepreneurs and traders in the state. Although the rains have caused tremendous havoc in parts of the city hampering

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World Habitat Day: Lagos community urges govt to respect rights to properties of individuals

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

  As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2016 World Habitat Day in October, the families of Olowobaju, Apena Ogunpodo, Falade and Idotun in Ileke Community, Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos State, have urged the Nigerian government at all levels to respect the constitution as it concerns the rights to property […]

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EU, ECOWAS delegation urges Nigeria to sign EPA

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

A delegation of the European Union and the ECOWAS has urged Nigeria to fully subscribe to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) even as it contains features capable of facilitating an early exit from the current recession in the country. The EPA is a trade agreement between the ECOWAS 15-member states, the West African Economic and […]

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Edo Govt immortalises Ogbemudia, names school after him

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has again immortalised the two-time Governor of the defunct Mid-West State and Bendel states by naming the rebuilt and remodeled New Era College in Benin City after the elder statesman. This is the second time the state government under Governor Oshiomhole had immortalised Dr. Samuel Ogbemudia as the governemnt […]

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Patience Jonathan may face fresh EFCC probe

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan, could face a fresh probe over the source of five properties including a N5billion hotel in Abuja, linked to her. According to a report, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently studying documents on how the Abuja hotel (names withheld) was built. She could face a fresh EFCC […]

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US to return over $550 million Abacha loot, dismisses case filed by Nigerian lawyer

Ihesiulo Grace 18 September 2016 0

The United States is set to repatriate over $550 million of stolen funds during the regime of late General Sani Abacha after a case instigated by a Nigerian lawyer was dismissed. It was learnt that a US-based Nigerian lawyer, Godson Nnaka, had requested for $320 million from the Abacha loot from Nigeria. Justice John D. […]

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FG needs NASS permission to reflate economy

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

  The Federal Government needs special permission of the National Assembly to be able to truncate some inhibiting legal encumbrances in order to urgently reflate the economy. This was the position of Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun. Speaking during a media briefing, Adeosun also said that the administration has decided to reintroduce some of the […]

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Obama’s speech plagiarism: Presidency to punish speechwriter

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the speechwriter responsible for plagiarising the United States President Barack Obama’s 2008 victory speech will face disciplinary action. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, in a statement said that the similarities between certain paragraphs in Buhari and Obama’s speeches were too

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Troops recover large cache of ammunition from Boko Haram in Borno

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

The troops of the Nigerian Army have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition from the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Kukeshika Usman, said in a statement on Saturday that troop recovered the arms and ammunition at a residential area of Bulabulin Ngarna on Friday morning following […]

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Navy rates S’ South operations ‘successful’

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe-Ibas, on Saturday, said recent operations by the navy in the South-South and other parts of the country have been successful. Ibas stated this while briefing journalists at the end of the Third Quarter Route March in Abuja. The naval chief was represented by Chief of […]

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Desmond Tutu back in hospital after surgery

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

South African cleric and foremost anti-apartheid icon, Bishop Desmond Tutu, was readmitted to hospital on Saturday to treat an infection following a surgery last week, his family said. BishopTutu, former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after a successful surgery to treat recurring infections that have afflicted him in the […]

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Air Force arrests 6 for illegal arms deals in Adamawa

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

Commander, 37 Base Services Group of Nigeria Air Force Yola, Air commodore  Haruna Umar Muhammed, said six men have been arrested in connection with arms deals in Adamawa State. Umar in a press conference at the Nigeria  Air Force base in Yola said the public should be aware on the alleged case of illegal possession […]

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NECO releases 2016 results

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2016 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) with 88.51 per cent of the students obtaining five Credit Pass and above including English Language and General Mathematics. Registrar and CEO of NECO, Professor Charles Uwakwe, while announcing the release of the results in Minna, Niger State, said that

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Mistaken kidney transplant victim recuperating in Yola hospital

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

Barely up to three weeks now that the Adamawa State Governor, Senator Mohammadu Umaru Jibrilla Bindow,  donated about N5 million for the kidney transplant of Isa Hamma, which was mistakenly removed by a doctor in Yola, his mother said Isa is recuperating well in hospital. Isa’s mother, Amina, affirmed that Isa is responding to treatment […]

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Kebbi sacks 17 LG administrators

Ihesiulo Grace 17 September 2016 0

Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has announced the sacking of 17 of the 21 Local Government Sole Administrators. Addressing journalists after meeting with the out gone Sole Administrators Governor Bagudu stressed that sacking of the 17 of the 21 council chiefs was as a result of the expiration of their tenure as provided by […]

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SERVICOM tasks N’ Delta ministry on service delivery

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2016 0

SERVICOM has charged the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs and other intervention agencies to render services that are geared towards human and infrastructural development in the Niger Delta region. This charge was made in Abuja on Wednesday by the Acting National Coordinator, SERVICOM, Mrs. Nnenna Akajameli, during a working visit on the Minister of Niger […]

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PDP plots mayhem in Edo, Ogie alleges

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2016 0

Director-General of the Godwin Obaseki Campaign Organisation, Mr. Osarodion Ogie, has raised an alarm over sinister plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to create tension and possible mayhem in the state ahead of the September 28, 2016, governorship election. According to Ogie, “we have information on the plot by the PDP to acquire rickety […]

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Cause of Kaduna tremor still under investigation — NASRDA

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2016 0

The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has attributed the cause of the recent tremor in Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State to passive sources. This is contained in a statement signed by the Head of the agency’s Media and Corporate Communications, Dr. Felix Ale, on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Ale, the […]

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Communal clash rages in C’ River sister communities

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2016 0

Two communities in central Cross River State, Ochon in Obubra local Government Area and their Ofutop neighbours in Ikom Local Government Area are currently engaged in a raging communal conflict. The conflict, which started in the wee hours of Tuesday, has already left many people dead and others with severe injuries while some villages in […]

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S’ East Youth Economic Summit holds in Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 14 September 2016 0

The maiden edition of South East Youth Economic Summit, SEYES, has been slated for October 2016. The two-day economic summit which will take place at the Dome Hotel, Enugu, will hold from October 5 to culminate in October6, 2016. The summit will be organised by a non-governmental organisation, NGO, Diamond Youth Transformation Initiative of Nigeria, […]