Month: March 2017
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Speaker Joins Northern Christian Women to Pray For Buhari
By Aaron Ossai Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara joined a group of Northern Christian Women to pray for the speedy recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari. The prayer session took place in the Speaker’s office when the Christian women leaders from the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), paid…
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Man In Police Net for Chopping off 9-Month-old Baby’s Penis
By Ogbia Dickson, Yenegoa The Police in Bayelsa state has confirmed the arrest of a 59-year-old traditional health practitioner, Mr Ziworitin Keke, who allegedly cut off the penis of a nine-month-old boy during circumcision. The incident occurred at Odenwari, a coastal settlement in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa on February 5. The Spokesman…
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Bayelsa elders vow to protect rice farmlands
By Ogbia Dickson, Yenegoa Leaders of Oweikorogha and Otuan communities in Southern-Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State have promised to protect rice projects in the area. The community leaders who made the vow in separate in Oweikorogha yesterday said safety of the projects would ensure that the objectives of the project owners were realised.…
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IPOB Oppose Obiano’s Re-election Bid
By Peter Okere, Awka Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state, the Indigenous Peoples of Baifra (IPOB) has vowed to truncate Governor Willie Obiano’s chances of returning to government house. The governorship election has been fixed for November this year by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The pro-Biafra group has vowed to…
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My Victory Litmus Test For Party Supremacy – Gov Bello
BY Juliana MAIRIGA MINNA Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello said Supreme Court judgement that upheld his candidacy as the standard bearer of All Progressives Congress (APC) for Niger State at the 2015 governorship election was a confirmation of party supremacy. The governor said the trend of judgement from the lower to the apex…
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IPOB Oppose Obiano’s Re-election Bid
By Peter Okere, Awka Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra state, the Indigenous Peoples of Baifra (IPOB) has vowed to truncate Governor Willie Obiano’s chances of returning to government house. The governorship election has been fixed for November this year by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The pro-Biafra group has vowed to…
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N30bn Loan for Sokoto Small Scale Farmers
By Muhammadu Abubakar, Sokoto Over 30,000 small scale entrepreneurs in Sokoto State are to benefit from a N30 billion loan under the Federal Government’s Entrepreneurship Empowerment Programme (GEEP). The State Coordinator of the programme, Alhaji Lawalli Kebbe who disclosed this yesterday in Sokoto said that bank accounts had been opened for the beneficiaries most of…
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INEC’s Release Of 2019 Elections Time Table Good Innovation, says APC Spokesman
By Steve Oni, Ilorin The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the release of the time table for the 2019 general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as a welcome development. INEC had on Thursday announced the time table, fixing the presidential and National Assembly elections for February 16 and governorship and…
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I’ve Never Been So Sick In My Life -Buhari
By AaronOssai, Abuja Amidst jubilationacross the country, President Muhammadu Buhari who has just returned from aprolonged vacation in the United Kingdom (UK), has said he had never been thissick in his entire life. Buhariwho spoke to government officials at the State House in Abuja on arrivalfrom Kaduna International Airport said: “Icouldn’t recall being so sick since…