Month: July 2019
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Canada sends message to Igbos living in country
The Canadian government has sent a powerful message to the members of the Igbo community in the country. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Honourable Ralph Goodale, wrote to the Cultural Association of Saskatchewan (ICAS) as they prepare to celebrate their Nigerian-Canadian heritage on August 3. Writing on behalf of Prime Minister Trudeau and…
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Kyari’s return alters lobbying for Buhari’s cabinet
The reappointment of Mallam Abba Kyari by President Muhammadu Buhari as his Chief of Staff appears to have upturned calculations by some political forces to influence the constitution of the next federal cabinet. Kyari was a key factor in the composition of the last cabinet. Well-placed sources in Abuja are convinced that his retention is…
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Senate to proceed on two-month recess, gives Buhari deadline to submit ministerial list
The Senate has given President Muhammadu Buhari till Friday to submit the list of ministerial nominees for screening, failure of which the red chamber will proceed on its two-month annual recess. In line with its annual calendar, the National Assembly is meant to go on its annual recess on July 26 and resume on September…
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Confusion as villagers take corpse to Zamfara Government House
There was pandemonium in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, when the people of Jimrawa village in the Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of the state took the body of one of their people killed by bandits to the Government House to let the government know that the peace dialogue initiated to end banditry was not working. The…
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Bandits attack Katsina community, loot houses, rustle animals
Bandits, on Friday night, struck again at Danbirgima in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, stealing residents’ money and rustling an unspecified number of animals in the process. No death was reported during the two-hour attack on the community. Residents said the bandits stormed the town around 9:45 p.m. and carried out their activities…
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Election results were collated in the coven, witness tells Tribunal
A prosecution witness for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr. Okpafo Victor, has told the National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin City that election results for Ikpoba-Okha/Egor Federal Constituency were collated in the coven. Victor was testifying in the petition filed by Hon Johnson Agbonyinma against the election of…
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Yinka Ayefele welcomes triplets with wife
Nigerian gospel singer and proprietor of Ibadan radio station, Fresh 105.9 FM, Yinka Ayefele, has confirmed his wife’s delivery of a set of triplets in the United States. Ayefele reportedly broke the news on Tuesday during his live programme, “Let’s Talk About It” the programme he co-anchors with Enitan Olusegun Bamidele on his Fresh 105.9…
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Ighalo confirms retirement from Super Eagles
Super Eagles Striker, Odion Ighalo on Friday confirmed his retirement from the national team, after leading the country to a third place finish at the just concluded Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. Ighalo, who was the highest goal score of the competition, said on his twitter handle that he took the decision after extensive…
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Man rapes daughter to confirm her virginity
A 37-year-old guard, Wasiu Orilonise has publicly confessed that he raped his 15-year-old daughter for verification of her virginity and protection. Wasiu who appeared in Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, however, appealed to the court to forgive him as he did that only to confirm if her daughter was still a virgin. The…
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If Bayelsa has three senators as Kano, Nigeria’s Constitution is fair –Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the 1999 Constitution as fair to all segments of the country. To justify his position, Buhari cited the fact that each of the 36 states must have a minister representing it in the cabinet. He also noted that it was for the same reason that Bayelsa, a small state with…
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Miyetti Allah to herdsmen: Defend yourselves against ethnic militia groups
Barely 72 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari asked Fulani herdsmen in the South to ignore the call by northern elders asking them to return to the North, the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, the umbrella body for Fulani herdsmen in the country, has asked its members to defend themselves against any ethnic militia group in the…
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Buhari approves recruitment of 5,000 personnel for NDLEA
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Abdallah (retd), says President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recruitment of 5,000 personnel for the agency to boost its manpower. Abdallah made the disclosure on Friday at the Public Destruction of Drug Exhibits by Taraba Command of NDLEA in Jalingo. He said that the gesture would…