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ntel NOVA 4G/LTE phone berths in Abuja

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ntel, Nigeria’s first 4G/LTE-Advanced network has taken the ntel NOVA gospel to Abuja, the federal capital territory. The company, which is presently prosecuting a road show across its areas of operation as part of plans to promote its bespoke 4G/LTE phone, touched down in Abuja today. Speaking at a well-attended event, Inusa Bello, Director, Consumer Marketing & Sales told the gathering of business partners, regulators and staff that “ntel NOVA is a revolution. It has brought to an end all the complaints from customers about availability and high cost of…

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PDP Supreme Court Judgment: Ogun PDP Chairman, Sikirulai Ogundele Hails Supreme Court Verdict, Salutes Hon Ladi Adebutu

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The Chairman of the People Democratic Party in Ogun State, Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele has described the Supreme Court judgment affirming the Sen. Ahmed Makarfi led National Caretaker Committee of PDP as the authentic party leaders of the party as the triumph of good over evil. In a press statement released signed by the Publicity Secretary of the Ogun State PDP, Alhaji Malik Ibitoye and released to the media few hours ago, Ogundele was quoted as saying it was time all members of the party came together to rebuild the party.…

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Environmental makeover: Sterling Bank, DAAR Communication sign pact 

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Leading commercial bank, Sterling Bank Plc and media broadcast corporation, DAAR Communication Plc, owners of Ray Power FM and AIT Television, have announced a strategic partnership aimed at keeping Nigeria clean and safe through mass awareness campaigns on environmental sustainability. Objective of the strategic partnership is the amplification of Sterling Environment Makeover (STEM) message on sanitation through the Ray Power FM and AIT Television networks to influence uptake of sustainable living actions among Nigerians. STEM is Sterling Bank’s corporate social responsibility initiative which promotes practices that protect the environment for the benefit of humanity.…

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Supreme Court sacks Sheriff, ends 14-month battle in PDP

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The protracted legal battle between Senator Ahmed Makarfi, the former governor of Kaduna State and his counterpart from Borno, Senator Alli-Modu Sheriff over the leadership of the country’s main opposition — the Peoples Democratic Party has been resolved by the Supreme Court yesterday as it declared Ahmed Makarfi the authentic chairman. The squabble between the two has led to the lose of critical elections, including governorship seats in Edo and Ondo states and legislative seats in many others. Across the country, the opposition party has been grappling with a loss…

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Adeyemi college student gang-raped by five boys

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Ondo State Police Command paraded four out of five students of the Adeyemi College of Education for allegedly gang-raping a female student of the school. The suspects’ names were given as Timilehin Akinola, Tobi Olagbaju, Olakunle Adetuyi, Adeyemi Adebisi and Eric Nwage. The police said they allegedly committed the crime on Funbi-Fagun Housing Estate, Ondo town, last week Monday. The police, who did not give details of the incident, said the victim was a student in the Department of History/English and the fifth student is presently at large. The suspects…

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Dangote to Replicate Cement Revolution in Rice Production

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Alhaji Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group of Companies has stated in Jalingo yesterday that the focal point of the company is to replicate the revolution it brought about in cement production into agriculture particularly rice and sugar. This is coming just as the Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, expressed optimism that the state has the potential to produce the local requirement for rice and sugar as well as for exports. Dangote, who paid a courtesy call on the governor, said his company is keen about revolutionising rice and sugar…

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Rochas Okorocha bans monarchs from speaking English

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Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha has banned traditional rulers in Imo State from speaking English or any other foreign language at public functions or in their palaces while conducting the affairs of their communities. Okorocha said that the monarchs could employ the services of interpreters if the need arises should they find it difficult to speak Igbo fluently to the understanding of their subjects, adding that the Igbo language, as predicted by some, will not be allowed to go into extinction. He gave the directive while handing over letters of…

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Mother sells two-month old baby, uses proceeds to buy motorcycle

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The Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Garba Umar has disclosed that a 24-year-old mother Oluchi Emeobi, in Nnewi, Anambra State, has allegedly sold her two-month old baby and used part of the proceeds to buy a motorcycle while parading no fewer than 100 criminal suspects at the police command headquarters in Awka. Umar said on July 8, 2017 around 11a.m., police detectives attached to Nnewi Division arrested Oluchi, who allegedly conspired “with her friend, one Nchedoch Richard, aged 26, of the same address and sold her two-month old baby to…

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Ports operations paralyzed nationwide over Maritime workers’ strike

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Aggrieved port workers partially grounded operations at the seaports nationwide yesterday as maritime workers staged a protest over the contentious amendment of the Nigerian Ports Authority Act. The aggrieved workers barricaded entrances to the Lagos and Tin-can ports carrying placards with various inscriptions between 6:00 a.m. and noon yesterday, while trucks that were scheduled to lift containers at the ports could not load cargoes due to absence of workers. President-General of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Adewale Adeyanju, stated that the nationwide struggle was a warning strike aimed at…

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Widespread racism trails South Korea’s first black male model

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Han Hyun-Min, a teenage male model is a rising star on South Korean catwalks, but his agent knew there would be a problem in the ethnically homogenous country: he is half black. Han, 16, has a Nigerian father in a society where racial discrimination is widespread and people of mixed race are commonly referred to as “mongrels”. “A dark-skinned fashion model like Han was unheard of in South Korea, so recruiting him was a big gamble,” said agent Youn Bum. Now Han is posing for top glossy magazines as the…

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