Nine days after Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State ordered the arrest and prosecution of some Northern youths that gave Igbo in the North a three-month ultimatum to leave the region, no arrest has been made by the police. A coalition of Northern groups, including the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, had on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 given all Igbo in …
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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, disclosed that his administration would work with Edo State branch of Nigerian Red Cross Society to set up an emergency response system for providing First Aid for accident victims. Governor Obaseki, receiving members of the society, led by the Chairman, Festus Alenkhe, disclosed this at the Edo State Government House in Benin City, …
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In a bid to increase enrolment into the tax net and boost revenue generation, the federal government is set to recruit no fewer than 7,500 graduates as outreaches in communities across the country in order to raise awareness on the tax system This is a deliberate move by government to recruit more people into the tax net with the overall …
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The federal government has again stated that it will not completely deregulate Nigeria’s downstream petroleum sector, stressing that the move could increase the prices of petroleum products, especially petrol, which would have negative consequences on the country. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo stated this Thursday in Abuja at the 2017 African Modular Refinery Discussion organised by the Modular Refiners Association of …
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Donald Trump will on Friday announce new restrictions on trade and travel to Cuba on Friday, but will not entirely reverse Barack Obama’s 2015 rapprochement with Havana. Diplomatic relations will remain, and so will commercial flights, but travel to Cuba will be more tightly monitored and business will face restrictions aimed at ensuring that Cuban military and intelligence organisations do …
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Donald Trump seemed to confirm for the first time that he was under federal investigation on Twitter on Friday morning. “I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director! Witch Hunt,” tweeted the president as he both confirmed a blockbuster Washington Post story from Wednesday and contradicted himself yet …
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More than 70 people remain unaccounted for after the Grenfell Tower blaze and 30 are confirmed dead, it has been revealed. Police released updated figures on the deaths on Friday as anger in the community grew over what residents said was a lack of information being released to them. Scores of protesters entered Kensington town hall in the afternoon chanting: …
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Theresa May visited victims of the Grenfell Tower blaze in a west London hospital on Friday, after being criticised for failing to meet residents of the block earlier. Mrs May spent almost an hour speaking to patients and staff at London’s Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on Friday. She had been widely criticised on Thursday when she went to the scene …
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The Lagos State Government will host the maiden ‘Ankara’ carnival in September as parts of efforts to resuscitate the moribund textile industry and create job opportunities for the unemployed. Mr. Olawale Oladunjoye who addressed a news conference in Lagos said that the carnival would hold between Sept. 2, 2017, and Sept. 9, 2017, at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere in …
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Iraqis are being swept up in immigration raids across the US and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration, in a crackdown attorneys and advocates described as a “death sentence” for members of Iraq’s Christian minority. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) arrested more than 200 Iraqi nationals over the weekend who have been the subject of deportation orders following …
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