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Covid-19: FG extends eased lockdown by four weeks

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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the current phase of the national response to COVID-19 by another four weeks. The implication is that all the guidelines put in place to curtail further spread of the virus under the second phase of the eased lockdown which started on June 1 will remain in force with slight modifications to address the economic, socio-political and health concerns as contained in the latest report by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. The  Chairman of the task force, who is also the Secretary…

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CBN, Accountant-General clash with NDDC over N2.1bn media expenses

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Record of the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation showed that the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission spent N2.1bn on public communication between October 2019 and May 2020. The agency presented a conflicting record of N1.1bn in its submission to the Senate ad hoc investigative panel report. The report revealed that the CBN and the OAGF agreed that the agency spent N2.1bn, contrary to the IMC record of N1.1bn. According to the report, the IMC under the Joi Nunieh…

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Don’t sow religious strife in Ogun, Muslim group warns MURIC director

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An Islamic advocacy group, Community of Muslim Professionals (CMP), on Thursday, warned the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, to desist from sowing the seeds of religious friction in Ogun State in the bid to promote his own brand of irredentism. CMC described Akintola as a well-known rabble rouser fond of hiding under the guise of Islamic rights advocacy to promote division, sectionalism and religious strife, adding that Muslims in the state, being responsible and progressive individuals, had not at any time given him a mandate to…

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Lai Mohammed as a politician cannot regulate broadcasting – former DG, NTA

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Former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Mr. Tonnie Iredia, has said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a politician cannot regulate broadcasting. According to Iredia, Mohammed is usurping the powers of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Speaking during a live television programme yesterday, the former NTA DG faulted Mohammed’s involvement in the amendment of the Code of the NBC on Tuesday. The controversial code, which increased fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, is facing nationwide opposition. Iredia, who is a…

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Imo State Governor wants to hijack Edo Assembly -Speaker

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The governorship election billed for September 19 in Edo State is indeed taking new dimension as political players and interest groups within the state have started plotting against each other. What however came as a surprise is that, interest groups outside the state may have also joined in heating up the polity as allegations and counter allegations are made against each other by the two big parties, All People’s Congress (APC) and the state’s ruling party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Frank Okiye,…

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Police tear gas, arrest #RevolutionNow members in Lagos

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No fewer than 20 protesters, including Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo were arrested by the Lagos State Police Command this afternoon during the #RevolutionNow protest in the state. One of the protesters, Jamiu Towolawi, said the police also attacked members of the group around the Ikeja Along area, adding that 15 people are missing. He said, “As at the last count, we have confirmed the arrest of 20 people and 15 are still missing. They shot tear gas at us at Ikeja Underbridge and brutalised our people. Agba Jalingo is among…

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30 stranded Nigerians in Lebanon rescued, await evacuation

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The viral video of 30 stranded Nigerians begging for help to leave Lebanon on social media, has yielded result as the Nigerian Mission, relocated them to a more conducive environment, and would begin the evacuation process soon. A statement yesterday by the Media, Public Relations and Protocol Unit of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Mr. Gabriel Odu, said the 30 rescued ladies would be part of 150 others trafficked and stranded in Lebanon to be evacuated back to Nigeria. He quoted the Lebanese Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Houssam Diab, as…

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Jackson Ude gets death threats after exposing US$2.5m illegal oil deal

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Global Peace Ambassador and investigative journalist, Mr. Jackson Ude, who exposed the theft and illicit sale of 48 million barrels of Nigeria’s Bonny Light crude off the coast of China for $2.5billion has disclosed that he has received several death threats from persons he described as “known and unknown.” Mr. Ude, a Nigerian-American resident in New York, had recently used his newspaper, Pointblanknews.com and his Twitter handle @jacksonpbn, to expose a mind-blowing surreptitious sale of stolen Nigerian crude by highly placed government officials under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The…

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FIRS at war with NIPOST over stamp duty

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Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the tax agency of the Federal government said the collection of stamp duty by the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) is unconstitutional. According to the agency, it says “To be sure, NIPOST is a government parastatal established by Decree 41 of 1992 with the function to develop, promote, and provide adequate and efficiently co-ordinated postal services at reasonable rates,” FIRS spokesman Abdullahi Ismaila Ahmad said in a statement. “On the other hand, the FIRS is the sole agency of got charged with the responsibility of *assessing,…

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Woman Forced To Carry Husband On Shoulders As Punishment for infidelity

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An Indian woman has been filmed carrying her husband around on her shoulders as punishment after she was accused of having an affair by her husband. The wife was beaten every time she tried to stop or take a break from carrying her heavy load as she was paraded around the village in India. The woman was jeered at by fellow villagers and even had car tyres thrown at her in the shocking footage. The incident took place in a village in the Jhabua district, about 300 miles north of…

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