Month: August 2016
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Boko Haram: UN Officials Visits Bama in Borno
By Yahaya WAKILI, Maiduguri Officials of the United Nations has observed on Friday that, the number of people in northeast Nigeria who need food aid could nearly double within a month, as the Boko Haram insurgency and economic pressures intensify suffering. The UN officials along with some ambassador, who were in Maiduguri, the Borno state…
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4th AGM: Adamawa Beverages Record N3.8bn Turnover
By James Johnson Yola Despite the harrowing political situation in 2015 and the uncertainty of economic situation in the country, Adama beverages Nigeria limited was able to achieve the turnover of 3.8billion naira as against 3.5billion naira recorded in 2014 to consolidate and stabilize its production to obtain optimum capacity level. At the 4th Annual…
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Edo 2016: Benin Palace Chiefs Sue For Peaceful Election
By Monday EBALU, Benin City Benin Chiefs from the palace of Oba of Benin have sued for a peaceful Governorship election in the state, on September 10. The chiefs made this call when they played host to the governorship of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Gowin Obaseki, in Benin. The chiefs, led by Chief Sam…
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Groups Condemn Allegations Linking Jonathan With Avengers
From Chris EZE, Yenagoa The National Executive Council of Ogbia Brotherhood has strongly condemned what it described as “dangerous trend of production of spurious and wild allegations against former president Goodluck Jonathan”. Ogbia Brotherhood is a socio cultural group in Bayelsa made up of the people of Ogbia Kingdom, in Ogbia Local Government Area of…
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Pharmacists Take Campaign On ADR To Market
By Eyo AKAISO, Lagos Pharmacists working in hospitals under the auspices of Association of Hospital and Administrative Pharmacists of Nigeria, Lagos state chapter recently stormed Shomolu market to sensitize the people on the scourge of rising cases of Adverse Drug Reactions and what to do when they occur. Leading them to the venue of the…
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‘I Have 40 Chibok Girls In My Custody’– B/H Commander
Confirms Death of Dozens, As 23 Parents Die Out Of Frustrations Community Leader Challenges Buhari On Rescue Of Abducted Girls FG Begins Swoop Operations, Inflict Heavy Casualty On Sect Members, Abducted Girl A Commander controlling new Markas, one of the camps in which some of the abducted Chibok Girls are believed to being harboured has…
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PDP Crises: CJ Moves To Reconcile Conflicting Court orders
Anger/Confusion Trails One Year Extension For Makarfi As Sheriff Holds On To Chairmanship Dokpesi Talks Tough, Disowns Govs’ Actions Abuja The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Ndahi Auta may have taken steps to correct inconsistencies in court pronouncements, especially over the leadership tussle in the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, over which the integrity of the judiciary has been challenged. Our…
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Why I’m In Edo Guber Race – Ize Iyamu
By Monday EBALU, Benin City The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the September 10 2016 governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has said that he is contesting for the High office of governor not because he is a Pastor but to right the many wrongs of the last seven and a half years by the…
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Bayelsa to Earn N150m from Palm Estate
From Chris EZE, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Government will generate the sum of N150 million from the commercialization of the state-owned palm estate situated at the Elebele axis of the state. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Doodei Week, who disclosed this shortly after the 63rd State Executive Council Meeting at Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Yenagoa,…
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Budget Padding: Dogara’s Kinsmen Seek Explanation
By Sule ALIYU, Bauchi As controversy continued to trail what is today known as the budget padding saga, Concerned Citizens from Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi state, home state of the Speaker has called on Dogara to come back home to explain his role on the issue which is current rocking…