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Inside story of how Minister of State, (Power), Goddy Jedy Agba Saved Nigeria From Total Blackout

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The swift initiative of Minister of State (Power), Mr. Goddy Jedy Agba, in extensively engaging the stakeholders in the Electricity sector, including those from the Ministry of Power, Director General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex Okoh, representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, leadership of NUEE and others, brought the nation wide strike embarked upon by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on Wednesday 11th December, 2019 to an end. The workers embarked on the strike action following crisis in the power sector at the…

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Aisha Buhari: The Challenges of A First Lady Defending Good Governance In Nigeria

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By Olalekan Abdullahi Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari is certainly facing an existential battle, despite being the wife of the President of the most populous black country in the world. Her travails are not actually from her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, but from those that surround him, who she strongly believes are trying to make life difficult for her and her children, and she appears to be helpless as her husband does not seem perturbed by what she has been complaining about right in Aso Rock, the seat of…

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ONIRU OBASHIP STOOL: ENOUGH OF LIES

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By Babatunde Olowu. It has become necessary to nip in the bud the vicious lies being shamelessly peddled by certain unscrupulous fellows who have allowed their greed to rob them of their senses. Where good people choose to stay away while untruths are being fed to the people, they (the good people) enable the ground upon which the truth is forever lost, actual history is interred and the lies become the new truths. The desires of certain persons to illegally appropriate the currently vacant stool of Oniru of Iruland has…

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Anthony Joshua: I was compromised going into my first fight with Ruiz

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t Unified heavyweight title champion, Anthony Joshua has revealed he was compromised going into his first fight with Andy Ruiz Jr., according to express.co.uk. Joshua suffered a stunning seventh-round TKO defeat to the unfancied Mexican-American at Madison Square Garden in June. Ruiz Jr, a late replacement for the disgraced Jarrell Miller, dropped Joshua four times in his ill-fated American debut – which brought about the end of his reign as unified heavyweight champion. Following his first professional loss, several conspiracy theories over Joshua’s wellbeing before the fight started to swirl.…

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Kano Emirates:Ganduje appoints Emir Sanusi as chairman, Council of Chiefs

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Kano State governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has appointed Muhammadu Sanusi II, Emir of Kano Emirate, as Chairman Kano State Council of Chiefs. This is come after the alleged war between the two Kano top citizens. Their war began when Sanusi’s utterances before the 2019 elections, suggest that he was against the re-election bid of Ganduje. On winning his second term in office, the Governor split the Kano emirate into five leaving Sanusi with 10 of the 44 local government areas he had control over. Abba Anwar, the governor’s spokesman in…

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We have not picked Hakeem Ajasa as next Oniru -Abisogun ruling house

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The Abisogun Family has described a report in a section of the media that the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to ex-governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Mr. Hakeem Ajasa has been picked as the next Oniru of Iruland in Lagos State as fake news. According to the family, the selection of Ajasa, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) as the next Oniru of Iruland, is kangaroo and it is not known to the entire family. The family said in a public notice titled; “Fake News By A Section of…

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Ocean Marine Solutions : “We did not harass Ms. Hadiza Usman with thugs”

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The management of Ocean Marine Solutions Limited (OMSL) has debunked any knowledge or involvement in the physical attack of the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman, at the National Assembly. NPA boss Ms. Hadiza Usman petitioned the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan alleging that she was physically attacked by hoodlums at the premises of the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday. She claimed that her attack was sponsored by Chairman of Messrs Ocean Maritime Solutions Limited (OMSL), Captain Wells Okunbo apparently over the…

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At last, DSS releases Sowore from detention

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Less than 24-hour after an ultimatum issued by an Abuja based Federal High Court to release the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, the Department of State Services (DSS) has complied with the order. The court also awarded N100,000 against the prosecution for failing to comply with court orders requesting the release of Sowore and for not serving the defense counsel with necessary documents early enough. The penalty, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu said, must be paid to the defendants before the commencement of trial. The judge consequently adjourned hearing till Friday.…

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Nigerian family denied refugee status in Canada faces deportation

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A Nigerian, Afeez Bakare and his immediate family are facing the battles of their lives, as the Canadian government has ordered their deportation back to Nigeria from Canada where they had been residing since 2017. Bakare claimed they fled Nigeria out of fear that their daughter would be subjected to female genital mutilation. The Nigerian family living in Windsor said they fear for their lives as a result of media attention they have received after a deportation order previously issued by the Canadian government. Afeez, his wife Rasheedat Bakare, their…

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SERAP: Court orders Saraki, Amaechi other ex-Governors to return pensions

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A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos State has ordered the recovery of pensions collected by former governors serving as ministers and members of the National Assembly. In a case instituted by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), the court ordered the Federal Government to recover the earlier paid pensions to these former political office holders. It also directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) to challenge the legality of states’ pension laws which allow former governors and other past public…

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