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Akeredolu suspended byAPC NWC for anti-party activities

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Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been suspended by the National Working Committee of the ruling All Progressives Congress, for anti-party activities. The party’s NWC had on March 1 resolved to issue a query to the governor over what it described as glaring anti-party activities. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Isa-Onilu, after a meeting presided over by the national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, the party had said the governor’s anti-party activities “greatly affected the fortunes of its candidates in the recently conducted presidential and National Assembly elections…

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19-year-old burnt to death in Bangladesh for reporting sexual assault

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Less than two weeks after reporting a sexual harassment complaint against her headmaster, Nusrat Jahan Rafi was doused with kerosene and set on fire at her school in Bangladesh. Her courage in speaking out against sexual assault, her death five days after being set alight and everything that happened in-between has gripped Bangladesh and brought attention to the vulnerability of sexual harassment victims in this conservative South Asian country. Nusrat, who was 19, was from Feni, a small town 100 miles (160km) south of Dhaka. She was studying at a…

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Liberian President chased from his office by snakes

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The Liberian President, George Weah, has been forced out of his office by two black snakes. This has made the former world and African best footballer to work from his private residence since Wednesday. Weah’s Press secretary, Mr Smith Toby, said that two black snakes were found in the foreign affairs ministry building, Weah’s official place of work. In view of this, therefore, all staff have been told to stay away until 22 April. “It’s just to make sure that crawling and creeping things get fumigated from the building. “The…

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Robbery: Eight Nigerians sentenced to death in UAE

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Eight Nigerians have been sentenced to death by the Criminal Court of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, for carrying out what it termed as “a string of armed robberies” at money exchanges and cash machines across the emirate in December 2016. Khaleej Times, a UAE medium, reported on Thursday that the ninth suspect was however sentenced to six months imprisonment for possession of stolen money. He would be deported after serving the jail term. The report noted that the ninth suspect denied the charge against him and claimed that one…

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Man Nailed To The Cross In Philippines in extreme Easter celebration

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In a blood-soaked display of religious fervour in the Philippines, a man was nailed to a cross with up to 10 more to follow while barefoot men beat themselves with flails on Good Friday. Frowned upon by the Church, the ritual crucifixions and self-flagellation in the north of the country are extreme affirmations of faith performed every Easter in Asia’s Catholic outpost. Wilfredo Salvador stared at the sky and appeared to mumble a prayer after the slight 62-year-old with wild grey hair and a long beard became the first local…

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1st Quarter 2019: GTBank’s Profit before Tax hit ₦57.0Billion

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Guaranty Trust Bank plc has released its unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 to the Nigerian and London Stock Exchanges. The Bank recorded positive performance across all financial metrics with gross earnings for the period growing by 1.2% to ₦110.3billion from ₦109.0billion posted in March 2018. Profit before tax improved to ₦57.0billion from ₦52.6billion recorded in the corresponding period of March 2018, representing a growth of 8.3%. Customers’ deposits also rose by 6.0% to ₦2.410trillion in March 2019 from ₦2.274trillion in December 2018, whilst the Bank’s…

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I Have No Plans To Return To The PDP — Senator Akpabio

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Former Governor of oil-rich Akwa Ibom and chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Godswill Obot Akpabio has denied allegations that he called his party evil and was considering returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a press release on Thursday, signed by his Special Assistant on media, Anietie Ekong, Senator Akpabio disclosed that he had no regret whatsoever for the decision he took as a nationalist to join the APC. He re-echoed his earlier stand that he was rigged out of the race for re-election as Senator…

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Buhari signs N30,000 Minimum Wage Bill

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The Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-enactment Bill, 2019, has been signed into law yesterday by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying implementation takes immediate effect. The National Assembly had on March 27 transmitted the bill to the President for assent. Briefing State House correspondents, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang, said: “You can see me smiling on behalf of Nigerian workers. President Buhari has assented to the Minimum Wage Repeal and Enactment Act 2019. This makes it compulsory for all employers of labour in Nigeria…

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CCT convicts, sacks Onnoghen as Chief Justice

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The allegation of false and non-assets declaration against Justice Walter Onnoghen, came to a dramatic end yesterday at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). Onnoghen watched helplessly as the tribunal headed by Mr. Danladi Umar, a non-judicial officer, found him guilty of the six-count charge brought against him by the Federal Government through the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The tribunal in a unanimous judgment also ordered the removal of Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and chairman, National Judicial Council (NJC). He was also barred from holding public…

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Wife beats husband to death for supporting daughter over theft

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Hafsat, a 50-year-old housewife, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command yesterday, alongside her 25-year-old son for allegedly beating the father, Ali Haruna, to death for shielding his daughter for stealing from their mother. One of the daughters of the couple was said to have stolen money of her mother and this led to a sharp disagreement between the parents which eventually led to physical combat between them. The incident occurred on 13 April 2019, behind Shango Primary School Minna, in Chanchaga Local Government area of the State.…

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