Month: July 2019
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NNPC warns violators of pipelines’ right-of-way
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has raised the red flag on what it called “flagrant and dangerous” violation of its pipelines’ right-of-way by some individuals and communities along the corridor of the system 2E pipeline network stretching from Port Harcourt (Rivers State) through Aba (Abia), Enugu (Enugu) up to Makurdi (Benue). In a statement…
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APC youths express shock over Kwara ministerial nominees
Kwara North All Progressives Congress (APC) youths have expressed their shock and reservation on the recent ministerial nominees from the state. The youths regretted that none of the minsters-designate hails from their senatorial district. The youth added that “we are not in contention with the competency and merits of the nomination of Alhaji Lai Mohammed…
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Vacate Our Lands Within 21 Days – Ondo Monarchs Tell Herdsmen
The people of Idoani, Idogun, Imeri and Afo in Ose local government area of Ondo State have issued a 21-day ultimatum to Fulani herdsmen to vacate their farmlands with effect from July 22nd. In a communiqué jointly signed by Alani of Idoani, Oba Olufemi Olutoye, Onidogun, Oba Moses Bakare, Onimeri, Oba Babatunde Adeniran and Alafo,…
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Our protests would not stop until El-Zakzaky is freed – Shiites
A Nigerian Shiite group on Sunday condemned a court order that allows the government to ban it on “terrorism” grounds after a spate of deadly protests in the capital. At least six protesters, a trainee journalist and a senior police officer were killed on Monday when violence flared during a march by the Islamic Movement…
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You carried your authority too far, Jumoke Akindele bombs Akeredolu over outburst on lawmakers
Describes Akeredolu as too dictatorial, an-hitlerish individual who imagines himself next to God in importance Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele, former speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, has bombed Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu over his alleged outburst on the members of Ondo State House of Assembly in a video that went viral on social media, where…
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Fulani’s migration to Southern, Central Nigeria should be banned otherwise-Ganduje
Sokoto – Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, says states, where Fulani are not indigenes will not be required to implement the RUGA settlement initiative. Ganduje made the clarification shortly after attending the wedding ceremony of the son of Sen. Kabiru Gaya, Ibrahim Khalil in Sokoto on Saturday. The governor told newsmen that the RUGA…
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Buhari knows the problems of this country, says Rotimi Amaechi
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, the immediate past Minister of Transportation, Saturday said that President Muhammadu Buhari is aware of the problems bedeviling the growth and progress of the country and that’s why his administration declared war against poverty. “This government knows the problems of the country which they inherited. “That is why President Muhammadu Buhari declares…
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Air Peace pilot breaks silence on burst tyre incident
Four days after an Air Peace Boeing 737- 300 made emergency landing at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Pilot – in – Command of the flight , Captain Simisola Ajibola on Saturday broke silence on the matter debunking claims that she landed the airplane without tyres. Speaking in an interview with The Nation, in…
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Shiites Proscription: “they want to create another problem in Nigeria”, says Abdullahi Musa
Herdsmen, Shi’ites crisis may end Nigeria – Sheikh Gumi The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, also know as Shiites, has described the application by the ban on the activities of the sect as unconstitutional. The Federal Government had, on Friday, obtained an ex parte order from a Federal High Court in Abuja, banning the activities…
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I have no preferred candidate, says Dickson
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has insisted that he had no preferred candidate for the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. Dickson in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, called on Bayelsans to discountenance aspirants claiming to have his…
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You’re too poor to prosecute me, rape suspect tells mother of 13-yr-old victim
A 13 years old girl, who is a JSS One student at Central Junior Secondary School in Angwan Bakin Kasuwa of Misau local government, Bauchi State is now facing the hardest part of her life yet, after she was allegedly raped and impregnated by an elderly man who was in the habit of giving her…
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Otedola’s ‘time bomb’ splits celebrities
MIXED reactions have trailed billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola’s reasons for not wearing a wristwatch. While some celebrities expressed their support for Otedola’s view, others disagreed with his assertion about the loss of relevance of wristwatch with the emergence of other timekeeping devices. Otedola on his Instagram page had described wristwatch as ‘archaic’, noting that the…