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Nasir El Rufai and the bloodfest in Southern Kaduna by Femi Fani Kayode

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2016 0

Senator Danjuma La’ah, the Senator representing the good people of Southern Kaduna continued. He said that according to the Leadership Newspaper of 4th December, 2016 under the headline: “Foreigners Behind Southern Kaduna Massacre”, Governor Nasir El-Rufai stated that some of them (Killer

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Bombing: Plateau to secure boundary at Christmas, says Security chief

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2016 0

The renewed bombing in the northeastern part of the country, has spurred security agencies in Plateau state to beef up security within its borders to forestall any form of attack by terrorists even as Christmas gets underway. Speaking at the weekend in Jos the state capital, the Coordinator, Operation Rainbow (a state owned security out-fit), […]

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Breaking: Twin blasts rock Maiduguri, three feared killed

Ihesiulo Grace 11 December 2016 0

Barely 48 hours after a twin bomb blasts hit Madagali market, in Madagali Local government area of Adamawa State, leaving 56 dad and 177 injured, another twin blast Sunday hit Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Three people have been confirmed dead in the bomb explosion. A personnel of the local vigilante called Civilian-JTF, involved in […]

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Breaking: Governor Udom Escapes Death, As collapsed Building Kills 50

Ihesiulo Grace 10 December 2016 0

At least 50 people have been killed after a church building collapsed in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria.  The Governor of the State, Mr Udom Emmanuel, who was attending the service at the Reighers Bible Church narrowly escaped death. The church located at Uyo Village Road, off Barrack Road, is […]

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Buhari Calls For Peaceful Re-run Elections In Rivers

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for peaceful and orderly conduct in the legislative re-run election in Rivers State. The President urged all political parties, their candidates, other stakeholders and the people of the state to ensure that the federal and state polls were conducted without rigging, violence and intimidation of opponents and electoral officials. In

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BREAKING: CROSS RIVER GOV, AYADE, WINS AT SUPREME COURT

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Prof. Ben Ayade of the Peoples Democratic Party as the Governor of Cross River state. Joe Agi, also of the PDP, had asked the court to sack Ayade over false declaration of age but the apex court justices held that Agi could not prove the allegation against the Governor. […]

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Banks storm Osun Assembly, insist bailout was used for salaries, pensions

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

Recipient banks of the bailout fund given to the Osun State Government have declared that the fund was strictly used for payment of arrears of salaries, allowances and pensions in line with the Central Bank of Nigeria’s guidelines. This was as the Accountant General of the State revealed that Labour leaders said pensioners were not […]

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IPOB: Igbo youth condemns right grp’s attack on Amnesty

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

The Igbo Youths Forum (IYF), a socio-cultural group, has condemned what it described as the orchestrated attack on the Amnesty International for its report alleging that the Nigerian security forces killed over 150 members of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), the Movement for the Actualization of Biafra (MASSOB) and other Biafran activists. The President of the Forum,

Opinion

Africa and the Esau Mentality

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

The news that the Nigerian customs intercepted a container of “READY TO EAT FOODS” like egusi soup, jollof rice, ogbono, yam porridge imported from India should actually worry every African. What this means is that it was cheaper and easier to make egusi soup and package it in India than it is to make in […]

Opinion

Mimiko in eye of History (1)

Ihesiulo Grace 9 December 2016 0

I was at Oke Agbe, Akoko North West in Ondo state home to business mogul Otunba Solomon Oladunni and the late Chief Rufus Giwa where I was Guest Speaker and Special guest of honour at the commissioning of one of the 50 Mega schools built by the Mimiko administration. Each of the schools with capacity […]

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BREAKING: SENATE FAILS TO SCREEN EFCC BOSS, MAGU

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

The Nigerian Senate on Thursday failed to screen the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. The Presidency had six months ago forwarded a letter to National Assembly nominating Magu as the substantive Chairman of the anti-graft agency. Details later

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Buhari has no Minister as intelligent as Sanusi – Reno Omokri

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Former Special Adviser, Electronic Media, to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has blasted the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, for calling Emir of Kano, Emir Muhammadu Sanusi, ‘ignorant’. The Presidency had said Sanusi, a former Central Bank Governor, did not possess facts about the Central Consolidated Account domiciled in the apex bank and had no right to

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Review of data price inevitable, says NCC

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Wednesday hinted that data price hike by telecom operators in the country was inevitable, citing high cost of foreign exchange, poor power supply and taxation as some of the reasons for this. The NCC however quickly added that before the review of the data price is reviewed, necessary wide consultations among […]

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Ugwuanyi seeks refund of N22b spent on federal roads

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has appealed to the federal government to refund the over N22b the state has spent on the rehabilitation of federal roads to enable it undertake other crucial development projects. The Governor, who spoke when the House of Representatives’ Committee on Works paid him a courtesy call at Government House, […]

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Obiano commissions ASUBEB building

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, has commissioned a two storey building belonging to teachers in the state, under the umbrella of Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB). The building which is situated at ASUBEB premises, Awka, Anambra State would house a library, procurement offices and many more. Commissioning the project, Governor Obiano said […]

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Jibrin to appear before House over petitions, absenteeism

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Suspended member of the House of Representatives and former chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Abdulmumin Jibrin, got a reprieve Wednesday as he was granted leave to come into the National Assembly complex and defend himself before the Committee on Ethics and Privileges.The reprieve came as a result of a motion by chairman of the committee […]

Opinion

Unmasking real owners of Nigeria’s extractive asset

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

One of the ways in which corruption continues to ravage the economies of resource-rich countries is through hidden ownership of companies operating in extractive industries. Hidden ownership allows companies to avoid taxes through practices such as gold-platting and transfer pricing. It also allows public officials to use their positions to corner extractive asset at the

Editorial

Nigeria and physically challenged citizens

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Last Saturday, December 3 the world marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The annual event, aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilise support for the dignity, rights and well being of persons with disabilities. It also seeks to emphasise the gains that comes from the integration of such persons in […]

Opinion

The grave need not be so close

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Nigeria in 1988, had just a handful of   human or civil right   organisations. They were in their infancy in a country with very high   mortality rate. To some of us, it was worrying that while large parts of   the world would mark the 40th commemoration of the  Universal   Declaration of Human Rights, the largest Black […]

Opinion

Just like that

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

A former health minister in Zimbabwe once said in 1997 I think, that there are alternatives to death in Europe while it also has options in United States, but inevitable in Africa. He said these two decades ago on why mortality was on the increase at a World Health Organisation forum. Painfully, the situation has […]