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25 killed in fresh attack in Plateau State

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25 people have again been killed Monday night at Dundu village, Kwall District of Bassa local government area of Plateau State. There has been renewed attacks by people residents say are Fulani men in that local government area in the last one week and some of those killed were scheduled to be given a mass burial today. The fresh attack claimed the lives of 19 men, three women and three children but the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mathias Tyopev who confirmed the incident stated the figure is uncertain.…

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INEC Plotting To Disenfranchise Ndigbo – Ohaneze Says

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Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of deliberate plot to disfranchise Igbo people in the 2019 general elections. President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, made the allegation in Enugu yesterday when the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr. Emeka Ononamadu, paid him a visit. Nwodo alleged shortage of registration materials in virtually all the states in the South-East in the on-going Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise. Nwodo said he had visited many of the registration centres and had come to…

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Stephanie Busari, Ifeoma Fafunwa, Joke Silva and others join Union Bank to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of its Women’s Network- Wehub.

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Every year across the world, the 8th of March is set aside to celebrate women and their remarkable contributions to humanity. It is also an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges they face while stimulating action for the resolution of these challenges. This year, the theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) was ‘Press for Progress’, a strong call to press forward and speed up the move for gender parity and inclusiveness. In celebration of this year’s IWD, Union Bank organised an inspirational event at its Stallion Plaza Head Office…

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The Lagos Of Our Dreams: This Is What Lagos Will Be Like By 2025 – Ambode

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The Lagos state governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, recently declared what Nigeria’s number one city will be like by 2025. Ambode, made the submission at the gathering of captains of industry and top government officials at a programme tagged ‘LagosMeansBusiness’. He stressed that government is consequently expected to explore the economic potentials of the state to meet the needs of the citizenry, adding that Lagos will be Africa’s model megacity, a global, economic and financial hub that is safe, secure, functional and productive. The governor also stated that almost half of the…

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Excise duty on alcoholic drinks, tobacco increased by FG

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With effect from June 4, 2018, the federal government has increased excise duty on alcoholic beverages and tobacco. There is, however, no increase in excise duty of other locally excisable products. The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who announced this, in Abuja, Sunday, stated that the new excise duty rates were spread over a three-year period from 2018 to 2020 in order to moderate the impact on prices of the affected products. Under the newly approved excise duty rates for tobacco, in addition to the 20 per cent ad-valorem…

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FG Hails Mo Abudu, Chimamanda Adichie & Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde

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The Federal Government has congratulated Mo Abudu, Chimamanda Adichie and Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, over the honours recently bestowed on them on the global stage, calling them great ambassadors of Nigeria. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the three honorees are iconic women in the Creative Industry who have brought great honour not only to themselves, their families and their industry, but also to the country. He described as well deserved the listing of Mo Abudu, the Chief Executive Officer…

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16 dead as lightning strikes church in Rwanda

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A Seventh-Day Adventist church in Rwanda has been struck by lightning leaving at least 16 people dead and dozens more injured, a local official said Sunday. Fourteen victims were killed on the spot as lightning hit the church in the Nyaruguru district in the Southern Province on Saturday, local mayor Habitegeko Francois revealed. Two others died later from their injuries, he said. He added that 140 people involved in the incident had been rushed to hospital and district health centres, but many had already been discharged. “Doctors say that only…

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5 persons killed in fresh herdsmen attack in Plateau

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In the latest violence linked to tensions over grazing rights, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least five people in central Nigeria‘s Plateau state, police said Saturday. Thursday’s attack happened just as President Muhammadu Buhari was rounding up a tour of Plateau and four other flashpoint states. “The gunmen were believed to be herdsmen. They attacked some communities in Miango district and killed five people,” state police spokesman Terna Tyopev said. He said dozens of people were injured while many houses and properties were destroyed in the mayhem. Local…

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Buhari Has Turned Condolence Visits To Campaign Rallies —PDP

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The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Friday that President Muhammadu Buhari has turned his belated tour of violence affected states to campaign rallies. The party, which spoke through its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said that the President was unconcerned about the real victims of violence in the affected states. According to him the PDP saw it earlier that the President was not ready to empathise with the people over the persistent loss of lives and it cried out. He also said that the APC led government…

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Woman born with two sets of DNA is her own twin

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Taylor Muhl, a Los Angeles singer and model, has been discovered to be her own twin. She absorbed her fraternal twin while she was in the womb. She grew up believing a discoloration on her stomach was simply a birthmark. After years of battling autoimmune issues, Muhl went to a doctor who diagnosed her with  Chimerism—a rare disorder in which a person has two sets of DNA—in Muhl’s case, she lives with the DNA of her fraternal twin whom she absorbed in her mother’s womb. Each set of DNA has its…

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