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Why Dismissed Ex-NYSC Boss, Fadah Should Be Punished – CCF
A civil society group, Concerned Citizens Forum (CCF), has called for stringent punishment for the dismissed former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen MK Fadah. The group, at a press conference, in Abuja at the weekend, demanded that Fadah returns all his earnings as NYSC DG and salaries from the Nigerian…
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Currency redesign: Terrorists begin rejection of Naira, opts for CFAs
The Shura Council of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) has banned the receiving of Naira from farmers and fishermen due to the move by the Nigerian government to redesign and reissue higher denominations of the currency, a Republic of Chad-based Zagazola Makama Media network has reported. Zagazola Makama is a fast-rising go-to handle…
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13% derivation: Wike’s Disclosure Unsettles Southsouth Governors
The Nation Newspaper How did the other Southsouth states, aside from Rivers, spend their 13 per cent derivation arrears? This is the question on the lips of stakeholders. It followed the revelation of Governor Nyesom Wike that President Muhammadu Buhari approved and paid the arrears to Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Akwa Ibom states. Wike…
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Kwara State Varsity Loses Vice-Chancellor, Government Reacts
The Nigeria Lawyer The Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Muhammed Akanbi (SAN), is dead. He was reported dead on Sunday night after a brief illness. Details of what led to his death was still sketchy as of the time of filing this report as the Director of KWASU relations, Dr Saedat Aliyu, did…
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England vs Iran: FIFA Bans Harry Kane
England and Harry Kane will not be permitted to wear the ‘One Love’ armband at the Qatar World Cup. According to the Telegraph, the FA have been told that players will not be allowed to wear the armband, which is designed to show solidarity with minority groups that are criminalised in Qatar. The report states…
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Kidnappers Abduct Islamic Cleric, Son, Sibling in Ilorin
Nigerian Tribune Suspected kidnappers in the early hours of Saturday abducted three persons at a suburb of the Ilorin metropolis called Oko-Olowo community, Kwara State. Tribune Online gathered that the kidnap victims are a young cleric; Alfa Sofiu Amolegbe, his son, Aliyu and his sibling, Fasaasi. It was also gathered that the trio were attacked…
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Why Nigerian Visa Applications Are Rising – UK envoy
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said the number of Nigerians applying for visas to the United Kingdom has increased in recent times. Laing made the disclosure on Sunday in Abuja when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria Forum. She noted, however, that the UK government was mindful of the…
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DJ Cuppy Reportedly Engages To British Boxer (Video)
Renowned female disc jockey, Florence Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, is reportedly engaged. The music star, in a viral video, said yes to her white professional Boxer boyfriend, Ryan Taylor, at a public concert, outside Nigeria. The Gelato crooner who appeared surprised when her boyfriend went on his kneels to pop the question followed…
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Aggrieved PDP Governors Meets in Lagos Today
Punch Newspaper The five governors opposed to Senator Iyorchia Ayu’s continued stay as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party will on Sunday (today) converge on Lagos for a strategic meeting. A former National Vice Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, disclosed this in an interview with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday. He said…
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Tinubu’s Academic Records More Straightforward than Peter Obi – Omokri
Former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has come hard on the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi. Omokri who is an ardent supporter of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, of the PDP, noted that the academic records of the APC candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, was more straightforward than Obi’s school records.…
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