Political thugs suspected to be members of a political party, have set the Ughelli office of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC on fire. The youths whom earlier faced a stiff challenge by the police, invaded the office in protest of the noninclusion of result sheets in the voting materials. Gunshots and protests at about 8:40am today, rocked the …
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Former Ballon d’Or winner Weah, 51, played under Wenger at Monaco between 1988 and 1992, long before turning to politics. The ex-AC Milan star recently won 61.5 per cent of the nation’s vote in Liberia’s presidential election – with his inauguration to be held on January 22. However, Wenger has joked he will only be able to attend should the …
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Liberia’s National Elections Commission, NEC, has presented certificate of return to the President-elect, George Weah; Vice President-elect, Jewel Howard-Taylor, and the newly elected members of the House of Representatives. The Chairman of NEC, Jerome Korkoya, performed the ceremony at the commission’s headquarters in Monrovia on Thursday evening. According to local media, 66 out of the 73 elected lawmakers were certificated, …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said there was no going back on the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, assuring that the rule of law, peace and order will be maintained in the state as government pursues its programs and policies. Obaseki said this when elders and leaders of thought from the five Ijaw clans in the state …
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Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has decried the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians by marauding herdsmen across Nigeria, calling on Nigeria Government to treat alleged muderers as terrorists. Acase in point is the continuous massacre of innocent Nigerians in Benue and Kaduna States, the organization noted. PFN national president, Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, in a press statement in Benin City …
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The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Thursday announced the launch of its Hausa Radio Service. This announcement was contained in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful. IPOB members It said the maiden daily broadcast will hit the airwaves on Saturday, the 6th of January, 2018 at 7PM Nigerian time on Short Wave 15110 KHz 19 Meter Band. The …
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Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has denied news reports that the Federal Government was planning to jack up the pump price of petrol, at present fixed at N145 per litre. Idang Alibi, the Director of Press in the ministry in a statement on Thursday night, clarified the minister’s submission made to the joint committee of the …
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Mr Segun Adeniji, General Manager, Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), says the waste management challenges facing the Lagos metropolis will soon be over when the state government’s reforms take effect. Adeniji gave the assurance on Friday in an interview in Lagos. He said that the new waste management reforms were aimed at ensuring a cleaner environment in the state. “Our …
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Youths from the northern region, said they would back the Southeast region to produce the president of Nigeria in 2019, adding that their support would weaken the agitations for a Biafra Republic in the country. The declaration was made during their summit at Arondizuogu in Imo State. The groups included Arewa Youths Forum, Arewa Youths Coalition for Peace, Northern Central …
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As one of the continent’s economic powerhouses, Nigeria has in many ways set new standards of progress across Africa. But, it has become clear that to maintain this momentum, the country needs new answers to existing education challenges. Indeed, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, recently announced that currently, 11.5 million school-age children in the country are not attending school. …
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