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Prices of diesel, cooking gas drop by in Q2’17

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The Nigeria Bureau of Statistic, NBS, has disclosed in its latest report that the average prices of Automotive Gas Oil, AGO (diesel) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, (cooking gas) decreased by 9.4 per cent and 9 per cent respectively between the first and second quarters of this year. The price paid by consumers for diesel decreased by 9.4 percent in the period under review to N218.7 as against N241.5 in the preceding quarter of the same year. NBS stated that, “The Average price paid by consumers for automotive gas oil…

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1st Afolabi Ayantayo Football Championship debuts

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The 1st Afolabi Ayantayo football Championship will kick off on the 18th of July 2017 with four teams gunning for glory. The championship is been put together and sponsored by Hon Dipo Liadi and a few of his friends. Hon Dipo Liadi stated that the Orile Agege APC chairmanship Aspirant Hon Afolabi Ayantayo has expressed his delight when he was briefed about the championship. Hon Dipo also stated that the championship was been sponsored in order to support youth development in the LCDA and to also encourage the incoming chairman…

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Suicide bombers hit UNIMAID again

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Suicide bombers have again attacked the University of Maiduguri in the early hours of Monday. Reports say that many people have been killed at the University of Maiduguri Mosque when some suicide bombers struck. The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) has urged the Federal Government to deploy Special Joint Task Force to stem the spate of suicide bombings within the University of Maiduguri. Comrade Samson Ugwoke, SSANU President said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday. The statement said Ugwoke spoke at the 31st National Executive…

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APC to Nigerians: Four years not enough to deliver promises

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‘It would be unfair to expect the All Progressives Congress (APC) to fulfil its campaign promises within four years in office’. Those we’re the words of the APC which was made known yesterday in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi entitled “Re: ‘PDP Unveils Plans To Sack APC”,. This contradicts the party’s position while seeking power that the fulfillment of some of its promises would take only a short time. Among others, APC promised to create 720, 000 jobs yearly; generate, transmit and distribute at least…

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PRINCE NED NWOKO: A UNIVERSITY AND A SENATORIAL CALLING

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By Onyeka Ibe I met Prince Ned Nwoko 18 years ago as a wide-eyed young man freshly out of NYSC. He was then a member of the House of Representatives. Within a few days of our meeting it was obvious to me that here was a special character. It wasn’t his academic or professional CV, as impressive as they were (Law & History Bachelor’s, Keele University London, LLM Kings College,4 London, Crown Prosecutor, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales etc.), that got me believing. What got me…

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Ali-Modu Sheriff Congratulates Makarfi

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Former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, has surrendered his struggle for the leadership of the party and congratulated the lawfully recognised Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, for his victory. Sheriff’s surrender came just as Makarfi said that the party would leave its doors open to all aggrieved members, including Sheriff and his group, for reconciliation. In a short statement posted on Sheriff’s twitter handle, the former Borno State governor said: “The Supreme Court has spoken. I…

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INEC suspends Dino Melaye’s recal

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In compliance with the order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will temporarily suspend the recall process of Dino Melaye from the Senate. Mr. Melaye represents the Kogi West Senatorial District at the Upper Chamber. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Thursday. Mr. Soyebi said the commission reached the decision after considering the court order dated July 6, at its regular weekly meeting held on Thursday.…

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Lagos driver beats drunk wife to death

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Lagos State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba has arrested a 34-year-old commercial driver in Amoshe town, Meiran, for allegedly beating his wife to death. The suspect, identified only as Benjamin, beat his wife to death for allegedly getting drunk. It was said that the victim, Stella, together with three of her friends – Fatima, Kafaya – and a man, Wasiu, had gone to have fun in a nearby bar. She was said to have returned home drunk, which angered her husband. Benjamin reportedly beat her to a pulp and…

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Baale arrested for faking own kidnap

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Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Chief Yusuf Ogundare has been suspended by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday for faking his kidnap which allegedly took place on July 5 along Center for Management Development (CMD) Road in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State. In a memo with reference number OLGAS.83/S./Vol.1 dated July 13, 2017 addressed to the Sole Administrator of Ikosi-Isheri LCDA and signed by the State’s Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Hon Teslim Folami, Governor Ambode directed Ogundare to stop parading…

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ntel makes a splash in Port Harcourt with its ntel NOVA 4G/LTE phone

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ntel took over the Port Harcourt mall on Thursday July 13, 2017 with the formal launch of its bespoke ntel NOVA phone, the lowest priced dual SIM 4G/LTE phone in Nigeria. In his comments at the event, Inusa Bello, Director Sales at ntel said “ntel is a technologically advanced 4G/LTE company with a listening ear. When 4G/LTE customers complained about the high cost and lack of availability of 4G/LTE phones in the market, ntel with teamed up with an OEM in China to bring you NOVA which is low priced,…

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