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Trump Says ‘All Is Well’ After Iranian Missiles Target US Troops
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that initial casualty assessments indicated “all is well” after Iranian missiles targeted two bases housing US troops in Iraq. He tweeted that “assessment of casualties & damages taking place now....
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Supreme Court Begins Hearing On Appeal Against Ikpeazu
The Supreme Court has commenced hearing on the appeal filed against the election of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu. At the onset of proceeding on Wednesday, counsel to Mr. Alex Orti and APGA Mr. Lateef Fagbemi adopted his processes. According to him,...
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Nigeria Yet To Ratify 400 Treaties Signed By Successive Govt – Reps Member
Chairman House Committee on Treaties, Ossai Ossai, on Tuesday revealed that over 400 treaties, protocols, and agreements signed by the successive Nigerian government with other nations of the world were yet to be ratified or domesticated. The...
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Trump Says Zuckerberg Told Him He’s Facebook’s ‘Number One’
President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is “number one” on the global social media platform. “I had dinner with Mark Zuckerberg the other day and he said ‘I’d like to congratulate...
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Bauchi Govt Uncovers 596 Dead Workers, Pensioners On Payroll
A total of 596 dead civil servants and pensioners have been uncovered on the payroll of the Bauchi State Government in north-east Nigeria. The Chairman of Bauchi State Authentication Exercise Committee, Mr Adamu Gumba, disclosed this to reporters...
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US: Britain, France, Germany send message to Iran as Macron reveals next action
France, Britain and Germany have told the grieving Iran to refrain from any violent action and respect arrangements laid out in the JCPOA 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Iran on Sunday threatened to attack the US White House, following...
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US Army Will ‘Pay Price’ For Killing Soleimani – Hezbollah Chief
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday said the US army will “pay the price” for killing top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and a senior Iraqi commander in a drone strike. “The American army killed them and it will pay the price,”...
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EU Invites Iranian Foreign Minister Amid Rising Regional Tensions
Iran’s foreign minister has been invited to Brussels, the European Union said Sunday, urging a “de-escalation of tensions” in the Gulf after US airstrikes that killed a top Iranian general. The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made...
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E-ticketing for trains coming
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says the corporation will soon introduce e-ticketing for train services across the country. Its Managing Director,Mr Fidet Okhiria, said yesterday in Abuja that the processes involving the commencement of...
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IGP deploys two AIGs, as four states get new CPs
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate deployment of two Assistant Inspectors General of Police as well as four Commissioners of Police to states. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP...
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Petrol scarcity looms as tanker drivers give FG ultimatum over Lagos gridlock
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the weekend threatened to withdraw its services from January 15, 2020, if the Federal Government fails to clear Lagos roads of the...
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Why we created Ministry of Enterprise in Kwara, by AbdulRazaq
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara says the Ministry of Enterprise is created to grow businesses, encourage creativity, create more jobs and widen revenue generation base of the state. The governor said this on Tuesday during a tour of the...
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FG orders Sowore, Dasuki’s release from detention
Nigerian Government on Tuesday ordered the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Sambo Dasuki and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore from detention. Nigeria’s justice minister and attorney general of the federation (AGF),...
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Makinde Signs N213.78bn 2020 Budget
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has signed the state’s 2020 Appropriation Bill into Law. He assented to the bill on Monday at a brief ceremony which held inside the State’s Executive Council Chambers of the Government House in Ibadan, the...
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Soku oil fields belong to Rivers, not Bayelsa, says Wike
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike yesterday declared that the disputed Soku oil wells belong to the people of the state as affirmed by a Federal High Court.He said the court verdict was based on the admission by the National Boundary Commission...
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Soldier, three others killed as gunmen attack Jonathan’s house
Unknown gunmen killed a soldier on guard duty at the courtyard of former President Goodluck Jonathan situated close to the bank of the river at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. Multiple sources said about three of the gunmen...
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Telecoms subscribers rise by 2.96% to 179 million
The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday said that the number of active voice subscribers rose by 2.96 per cent from 174.02 million in the second quarter to 179.17 million in the third quarter. The bureau said this in the telecoms data report...
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Police Arrest Rep Member Shina Peller In Lagos
The lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has been arrested. The Press Secretary in the lawmaker’s office, Kola Popoola, confirmed this in a statement on...
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Judge declines to hear Sowore’s case as protesters clash in Abuja
Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, recused himself from a suit brought by Omoyele Sowore, the convener of #RevokutionNow, currently before him. Mohammed made this known to parties at the mention of the motion...
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Real reasons why Donald Trump was impeached
President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives. For the third time in the nation’s history, the House of Representatives voted to impeach a sitting president after daylong debate. Trump was impeached following...
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Buhari sacks Odubu-led NNDC Board
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the recomposition of the Dr. Pius Odubu-led Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The President also validated the existence of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the commission led by Dr...
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Illegal bunkering: Court forfeits ship, N10m to Fed Govt
The Federal High Court in Lagos has forfeited a vessel, MV Shirley, to the Federal Government for being used for illegal conveyance of 145,000 litres of petroleum products. Justice Rilwan Aikawa convicted MV Shirley of four counts alongside a...
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Buhari signs 2020 budget into law
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday signed the 2020 spending plan into law, returning the country to the January-December budget cycle. culled from: guardian.ng
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NAPTIP rescues 15,000 human trafficking victims, secures 404 offenders’ conviction
Delta flays trade as Kenyan activist blames menace on bad governance, traditions The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has disclosed it rescued 15,000 victims, convicted 404 traffickers, while several other...
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Soldiers clean up Ojuelegba axis of Lagos
The Army on Saturday deployed no fewer than 300 personnel to the Ojuelegba axis of Lagos for a clean-up to mark the 2019 Corps Commander Ordinance Annual Conference. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Commander, Nigerian Army Ordinance...
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Three fake soldiers nabbed in Anambra
The Police in Anambra state confirmed the arrest of three persons for allegedly impersonating military personnel. Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this on Saturday, said the suspects were arrested wearing military camouflaged...
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Sowore: AGF demands case file from DSS for review
THE Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has demanded for the case file of the detained activist and Revolution Now convener, Comrade Omoyele Sowore, from the Department of State Security Services (DSS)...
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No state government can alter minimum wage law, FG declares
Crack in presidency as Aisha Buhari lashes out 6 hours ago Electricity workers suspend strike 3 hours ago Passenger slumps, dies at Lagos airport 2 hours ago • Why negotiation at state level is...
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Paying minimum wage means respecting our laws, NLC tells govs
Kindly Share This Story NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress has reiterated that the National Minimum Wage law is binding on all, and that governors cannot...
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Apapa Gridlock Will Persist Without Alternatives For Trailers, Says Sanwo-Olu
The executive order on the Apapa Road may not be enough to address the traffic problem in that axis without the appropriate measures being put in place. This was the view of the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who was on Channels...
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Garba Shehu pushed for the sack of my media aides- Aisha Buhari`
The wife of the Nigeria’s president Aisha Buhari has accused the president’s spokesman Garba Shehu of pushing for the sack of her media aides because she addressed the press on her return to Nigeria on October 13th. “Mr....
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BREAKING: Senate passes N10.594tr 2020 budget
The Senate on Thursday passed the 2020 Budget of N10.594 trillion, as against N10.33trillion presented to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senators effected an increase of N264billion on the Budget. The passage,...
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Amaechi, Akpabio, Aliero on pension refund list
Some former state governors may have to return pensions and allowances received after leaving the office. This followed a judgment by a Federal High Court in Lagos ordering the Federal Government to recover pensions collected by former governors who...
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Abuse against women is offence against humanity, says Dolapo Osinbajo
Wife of Nigeria Vice president Dolapo Osibanjo has said that abuse against women in any form is wrong and offensive against collective humanity. She disclosed this at the graduation of over 300 out of school girls from Spotlight, Step up training...
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US 2020 Race: Biden Slips, Beto Quits, Warren Answers Critics
Joe Biden’s standing in the Democratic presidential nomination battle has slipped in Iowa against top rivals including Elizabeth Warren, the frontrunner in the early-voting state, who on Friday answered critics over how she will pay for her...
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Border closure will stop banditry, kidnapping if sustained for two years – Emefiele
THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has said that if border closure is sustained for the next two years, issues of insurgency, banditry and kidnapping will be totally eradicated. Emefiele stated this at the...
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Drama as Senate panel screens NDDC board nominees
THE Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs on Thursday screened nominees for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) governing board. The senators had a heated argument over whether a nominee, Otobong Ndem, who had discrepancies in his...
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NAFDAC urges pharmaceutical companies to attach GPS tracking device on vehicles
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC),has urged pharmaceutical companies and medicine distribution companies to install Global Positioning System (GPS) trackers in their distribution vehicles. GPS is a...
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Government stops salaries of ASUU, others over IPPIS
The Federal Government yesterday made good its threat to stop the salaries of all its workers, especially members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who are not featured on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System...
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US House formalises Trump impeachment process in landmark vote
Congress formally opened a new, public phase of its presidential investigation Thursday as US lawmakers voted for the first time to advance the impeachment process against Donald Trump. “Today, the House takes the next step forward as...
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Varsities’ governing councils and burden of politics
Nigerian universities are not short of drama. Examples are students’ ‘uprising’ against the institutions, teachers’ exploitation of the former as well as lecturers’ revolt against the government to the former’s internal wrangling over...
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I’m ready to face trial if…, Nnamdi Kanu tells court
Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was ready to face trial if his safety would be guaranteed by the court. Kanu told the presiding judge,...
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Appeal court sacks APC senators, House of Reps member
The Court of Appeal Sokoto Division on Wednesday returned Ibrahim Danbaba and Balarabe Kakale as Senator and House of Representative member in the National Assembly, respectively. In a short judgement read by Justice Frederick Oho, the court said...
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Governors seek variation of loan repayment plans
GOVERNORS on Tuesday sought the variation of the budget support loan repayment, which they said will compound the state governments’ burden. They rejected the proposed monthly repayment of N164billion, stressing that the states could not...
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Supreme court announces 7-man panel to hear Atiku’s appeal
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has named the seven man panel constituted to hear the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. Listed in the panel is the Chief Justice of Nigeria Justice Ibrahim...
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IPOB, Police trade words as clash leaves DPO hospitalised in Ebonyi
The Indigenous People of Biafra on Tuesday alleged that 17 of its members sustained gunshot injuries when they were attacked by a combined team of security agencies on Sunday in Ebonyi State. But the Police debunked the allegations stating that...
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Britain’s Johnson revives early election push
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday made a fresh push to get lawmakers to back his plan for a pre-Christmas election after a third Brexit delay. The Conservative leader is trying to lead Britain through a three-year crisis that was...
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Nigeria gives condition for reopening borders
Men load a truck at the cereal market of Maradi, near Niger’s southern frontier on October 19, 2019 after the Nigeria closed its border with Niger on August 20, 2019 to defend against smuggling. – The closure of the border by Nigeria...
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