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Governance Code: Minister, FRCN Boss Clash Over Adeboye, Others.

There are strong indications that the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, and the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council of Nigeria(FRCN), Mr. Jim Obazee, are currently engaged in a face-off over an FRCN regulation, which stipulates 20 years tenure for heads of religious groups and civil society groups in the country. We reliably gathered in …

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Tunde Bakare Asks God To Grant Buhari Wisdom, Health, Courage, Clear Vision

Pastor Tunde Bakare, the Convener, Save Nigeria Group, SNG, yesterday joined other eminent Nigerians in the call for restructuring of Nigeria’s federal system. Bakare made the call in his “State of the Nation” broadcast at the Latter Rain Assembly, End-Time Church in Lagos. Theme of the broadcast was: “Looking into the Future with the Eyes of Faith.” He said the …

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N5,000 Stipend: How We Identified Beneficiaries – Presidency

Presidency, last night, said the beneficiaries of the N5,000 stipend in the Social Investment Programmes, SIP, were selected through a credible process by non partisan approach. It stated that government workers, working with the state officials, identified the poorest local government areas, using an existing poverty map for the state. According to it, the local government officials were later contacted …

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Ban On Private Revenue Collection: Edo Police Vows Crackdown … Govt Releases Emergency Numbers

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – Edo state Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu has vowed to enforce the implementation of the ban on collection of revenue by private individuals as recently pronounced by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Besides, Edo State Government has released emergency phone lines to the public, so as to report any violator of the ban …

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Edo To Introduce POS For Revenue Collection, Set To Employ 10,000

By Oladipo Airenakho Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has set up a modality for the employment of 10,000 persons in the first phase of his 200,000 job creation in fulfillment of his electioneering campaigns promise, according to officials. Besides, the government says it would establish an electronic platform that will collect revenue by the means of Point of Service …

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Clerics, Others Say Adeboye’s Appointment of Obayemi Signifies Humility

Clerics on Saturday described the appointment of a new Head for the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Nigeria by the General Overseer of the church, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as a sign of humility and obedience to God. Pastor Joshua Obayemi was appointed the new Overseer for the church in Nigeria at the Annual Ministers Thanksgiving at Shimawa, Ogun …

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Ghana’s New President Akufo-Addo To Cut Taxes

Ghana’s new President Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to cut taxes to boost the economy at his swearing in ceremony on Saturday, whilst also promising to protect the public purse by getting value for money on services. Akufo-Addo, 72, defeated incumbent John Dramani Mahama in peaceful elections a month ago, a rare peaceful transfer of power in a region plagued by political …

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BREAKING NEWS: Pastor Adeboye Retires As General Overseer Of RCCG

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye has retired. Pastor Adeboye, today saturday 7th January, 2017 named a new General Overseer (GO), Pastor J.O Obayemi, as his his successor, ahead of his 75th birthday on 2 March. The new GO is Pastor Joshua Obayemi was appointed the new GO at the Annual …

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Nigeria Can’t Be Islamised – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday enjoined faith-based organisations in the country to shun rumours that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari was moving to Islamise Nigeria. He told religious leaders after receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Student Christian Movement of Nigeria (SCM) in his office, that they should dwell on facts. Recall that before the election in …

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Chibok Girls: Rakiya Abubakar’s Gives Hope That Other Abducted Girls “ll Return-Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed happiness over the recovery of another Chibok schoolgirl, Rakiya Abubakar, in the Alagarno area of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. Rakiya Abubakar is one of the girl’s abducted from Chibok community, Borno State by the Boko Haram insurgency on April 14, 2014. So far, 22 girls had been recovered and had been reunited …

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